Local garden displays and youth rodeo plans in area
A community shows off home grown produce including oversized onions and discusses plans for a Youth Quadrille organized by the Bonham Quarter Horse Association. Honey Grove volunteers will assist with the display from 7 30 to 8 p m as locals aim to form a rodeo youth group before fall and winter seasons. Nut grass pests and a new oak sapling project are also noted.
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Bonham Quarter Horse Association
Nunnelee
Honey Grove
Joe Ross
Wolfe City Riding Club postpones Sunday riding events
The Wolfe City Riding Club cancels Sunday afternoon events due to heat and moves riding activities to Thursday nights. Red Cross offers water safety courses at Bonham State Park led by Dr. James W. Davis with openings for 100 beginner swimmers starting Monday. The summer recreation program also begins Monday offering another swimming chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfe City
Red Cross
Bonham State Park
James W. Davis
Leonard
Cigarette Sales Fall After Surgeon General Report
UPI reports cigarette sales dropped 13 billion in Q1 as the surgeon general's smoking and health findings weighed on demand. February saw the steepest slide, with a rebound in March. Factory shipments totaled 108 billion, down from 121 billion, and IRS tax receipts fell to 451 million from 474 million.
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Washington
UPI
Surgeon General
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Texas Senators Split On Civil Rights Bill Filibuster
Washington UPI report shows Sen. John Tower R Texas voting against limiting debate while Sen. Ralph Yarborough D Texas voted to end the filibuster, as the civil rights bill faced a 1 day old shutdown attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Texas
John Tower
R-Tex
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
President Johnson signs $1.3 billion deficiency bill
President Johnson signed a $1.3 billion deficiency appropriations bill aimed mainly at funding military pay raises approved by Congress last year.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Fannin county awards praise for outstanding community improvement
Awards Night honors 1963 64 Texas Rural Improvement program. Allen’s Point wins state Blue Ribbon and 576 dollars as 13 county clubs receive certificates. Officials from Texas Power and Light and Community Public Service commend Fannin county for envious progress and steady leadership. About 200 people attend at Sam Rayburn Memorial armory with remarks from Bonham Chamber and local leaders.
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H. G. Whitlock
Texas
Allen's Point
Bassett Watson
Texas Power and Light Company
Watson
Electric Utilities Companies of
Electric Utility
Fannin County
John E. Hutchison
Texas Extension Service
Hutchison
Allen's Point Club
Extension Service
R. E. Patterson
Texas A. and M. University School of Agriculture
Fannin
Bennett L. Smith
Community Public Service Company
Allen’s Point
Ravenna
Telephone
Lannius
Randolph
Bartley Woods
Ted Martin
Tom Joyce Cunningham
Sam Rayburn Memorial Armory
Sam Zumwall
Bonham C. of C
Allen Bowman
Community Improvement Council
Moore
Tom Newhouse
Selfs
Raymond Perry
Flood Death Toll Tops 28 As Montana Floods Recede
Montana floodwaters receded as relief work intensified in the Great Falls region. Officials reported 28 dead and about 115 missing across the state, with the Sun River cresting and the Missouri River flooding upscale areas. Civil defense warned the total death toll could rise over weeks.
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Great Falls
Mont
UPI
Montana
Missouri
Tim Babcock
Glacier National Park
Devoty Civil Defense
Col
Howard McKinney
Vaughn
News Media Pool Formed for Election Coverage
United States networks and the Associated Press announce a pool to cover presidential, senatorial, and gubernatorial contests across all states and D C. Network Election Service will coordinate results, with UPI weighing participation and over 100000 reporters deployed at precinct and county levels.
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New York
UPI
Associated Press
United Press International
Network Election Service
District of Columbia
Senate Cloture Clears Path for Civil Rights Bill
The Senate voted 71 to 29 to end the Southern filibuster and move toward final passage of the civil rights bill. Debate limits will curb amendments, with more than 550 proposed. leaders expect a two week window to finish work and vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
W. Va
Ekdy
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Dixie Bloc
Russell
Mike Maansfield
Mont
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Arguments Heard On Loan Bill
The Third Court of Civil Appeals heard five suits challenging a 1963 loan shark law provision. The section allows only offices existing in Texas in 1963 to issue small loan licenses and blocks new offices or out-of-state firms. Suits were filed by Templan Inc divisions in Houston El Paso Oak Cliff South Texas and Fort Worth against Loan Commissioner Francis A Miskell. Judge Herman Jones of Austin upheld the loan company and declared the section invalid, and Miskell appealed for a higher court ruling.
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Oak Chiff
South Texas
Fort Worth
Templan, Inc
Francis A. Miskell
Dist
Herman Jones
Austin
Miskell
Milking Contest Sparks Rivalry and Rumors of Practicing
Tension rose among milkers as accusations flew that Dick Grunert was practicing for a Saturday cow milking contest. Currin cited a photo as proof, while Grunert and others denied clear evidence. Officials warned against any rough conduct and promised orderly, dignified competition with events like a woman’s milking challenge and old-time churn contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tray Currin
Dick Grunert
Eunice Felty
Chas Carter
Miss Felty
Grunert
Currin
Johnson urges end to poverty and disease at Holy Cross
President Johnson told a Worcester audience at Holy Cross College that now is the time to solve worldwide poverty and disease. He warned peace alone won t end the struggle and noted future battles even with global peace. Police noted an escaped mental patient was in the area but hospital officials said he posed no threat to the president.
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Worcester
Mass
Upid
Johnson
Holy Cross College
Harold Hardy
Jackson Heights
N.Y
Washington
Four Children Shot Dead in Ohioville Home
Four children aged two to five were found shot in the chest while asleep in Ohioville Borough near Midland Pennsylvania. The 24-year-old mother Mary Zlatovich is jailed. a surviving eight month old baby is unharmed. Police say the killer used a 32 caliber revolver and the shooter confessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
UPI
Ohioville
Beaver County
Midland Police
Mitchell Zlatovich
Mary
Jean Elkins
Gary Silkins
Virginia Louise Zlatovich
Robert Zlatovich
Elkins
Weather steady with warm temps and scattered storms
Bonham residents can expect more of the same through Thursday with partly cloudy to clear skies and strong winds. Temperatures will run warm with a cooling trend by weekend and precipitation from a quarter inch to three quarters of an inch as scattered thundershowers. A 94 degree high is forecast for Tuesday, with Tuesday night and Wednesday morning in the 70s. Farmers seek rain to aid crops as grain is largely harvested. Presidio logged 109 degrees as West Texas saw frequent 100 degree+ readings. North Central Texas remains clear to partly cloudy and warm into Thursday.
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Presidio
West Texas
Strike ends at Essex Wire plant in Hillsdale
The three month IUEE strike at Essex Wire Corp ended when 18 Local 810 members ratified a four year contract. Gov Romne y noted the bitter violence and the use of 1,400 National Guardsmen and six state police to maintain peace during the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsdale, Mich
UPI
George Romney
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUEE
Essex Wire Corp
Radium Vials Found at Mobile Dump Spark Probe
Hospital officials investigated how two small vials of radium ended up at a Mobile dump. No radiation exposure was reported. The vials, matchstick sized, were missing Tuesday and found during a city garbage search. Local authorities pursued the case as precautionary measure.
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Mobile
Ala
UPI
Eig
Modase General
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