Bonham license office delayed. next week staff on vacation
Cantrell notes an operator license exam in Bonham will wait another week as examiner Bob Bannister will be away on vacation. Jim Bates starts as a volunteer driver on Thursday driving a power lawn mower at the fire hall. Moore's Chapel hosts Memorial Day service and homecoming from 10 a.m. to closing with a picnic lunch. Grayson College alumni from Whiteside, Whitewright hold their 27th annual reunion with a noon picnic and program.
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Bonham
Bob Bannister
Jim Bates
Moore’s Chapel
Grayson College
Whitewright
Vintage 1917 Ladies Home Journal Found in Wreck Cleanup
Mrs Clyde Ross discovers a September 1917 Ladies Home Journal amid old papers in a house her husband is wrecking. The issue advertises Grafonolas Victrolas Overland cars Campbell Soups Lux flakes Kellogg's corn flakes shoes hats and dresses reflecting fashion of the era. The magazine is in good condition and offers readable content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Ross
East 15Th
The
Ladies Home Journal
Overland
Campbell Soups
Lux
Kellogg’s
Fire damages elevator shaft at Red River Textile Mills
A fire in an elevator shaft at Red River Textile Mills Friday morning caused slight damage. Firemen said the fire was confined to the shaft though water damage occurred during firefighting. The cause was not immediately determined.
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Red River
Butler in Critical Condition at Sherman Hospital
Hardy Butler assistant general manager of Hi-Yield Fertilizer remained in critical condition at Community Hospital in Sherman after a heart attack about ten days ago. No visitors are allowed. Friends may send cards to Room 35 there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardy Butler
Hi-Yield Fertilizer Company
Community Hospital
Sherman
Premier Ky Moves Police Into Hue Amid Buddhist Crisis
In Hue Premier Ky dispatches a battalion of combat police as Buddhists block convoys. Ky plans to attend a Seoul conference next week while moderates press for resignation and U S influence to end support for the Ky government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue
Lodge
Chiau See Ky
Chau
Thich Tri Quang
Johnson
Robert Ibrahim
Tornado Tears Through Topeka Area Killing and Missing
Rescue workers scoured Topeka for the missing after a tornado struck the area, killing at least 150 and injuring over 400. Federal aid was pledged to rebuild hundreds of homes and businesses smashed in the disaster. Damage was estimated around 100 million dollars. Mayor Charles Wright called the figure conservative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
UPI
Charles Wright
Alma pushes across Georgia toward Atlantic Ocean
Tropical storm Alma moves northeast across Georgia toward the Atlantic after devastating Florida and Cuba. Warnings say strength may rise over water as it nears the coast, with 40 to 60 mph winds and potential further damage along Florida shores.
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Savannah
UPI
Alma
Florida
Cuba
Georgia
Atlantic Ocean
Charleston
S.C
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Almas
Flunda Panhandle
Apalachicola
Ida
Cedar Key
Gemini 10 planned space walks and stand for Collins
NASA outlines a three day Gemini 10 mission with Michael Collins performing two spacewalks and a space stand. Collins, 35, will venture outside for a 50 foot tether, touch the Agena target vehicle, photograph the zodiacal light, and then reenter to remove EVA gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains
United Press International
Collins
Agena
Space Agency
Manned Spacecraft Center
Cleveland Keene Injured In Fall At West 8th Home
Cleveland Keene of 721 Poplar suffered a back injury when a hole he was cutting with an electric saw on the second floor of a West 8th street house shorted and shocked him. A Negro man caught him as he fell, saving a more serious injury. he was taken to Risser Hospital resting satisfactorily Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Keene
Poplar
West 8Th
Keene
Cerabrae
Risser Hospital
L. E. Davis
Grand Prairie
Commissioners Attend Session on Mosquitoes
Commissioners Johnny Avery and Ross Fitzwater heard about mosquito control in a day-long briefing at McKinney with speakers from State and Federal Health departments. They learned elimination of breeding sites is essential and noted that recent rains created pools and puddles while tall grass hides mosquitoes and stagnant water. Fannin County has applied for federal funds to assist in fighting mosquitoes.
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Johnny Avery
Ross Fitzwater
McKinney
Federal Departments of Health
Fannin County
Fiee Nance
Warmer Weather Due Saturday After Cool Spell Ends
Bonham's cool spell ends tonight as the U S Weather Bureau expects clear to partly cloudy skies and a warming trend with highs in the low 90s by Saturday. Overnight low was 59 this morning, with a Thursday high of 88. Alpine and Marfa report severe thunderstorms and hail, blocking some highways.
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Bonham
U. S
Texas
North Texas
Leyland Motors Boss Heads to Moscow to Sell Buses
The top salesman for Britain's Leyland Motors traveled to Moscow on a mission to sell buses to the Soviet Union and explore the potential sale of a bus factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Britain
Leyland Motors
Bonham Sees City-County Hospital as Top Priority
Bonham and Fannin County officials backed a city-county hospital as the urgent community need. The Bonham Community Development Council steering committee urged immediate steps, redesignating the study group as an action committee to plan financing, facilities, and federal funds with R F Voyer aiding. The push notes a doctor shortage and aging beds, calling for modern facilities to attract physicians and meet Medicare demand.
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Bonham
Fannin County
City Council and Co. of Co
City County
R. F. Voyer
Graham Hall Foundation
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Voyer
C. of C
Glenn
Clyde Lee Herring
J. D. Hunter
Sidney Andersen
Oss Clark
Texas Department of Health
Fort Worth Man Fatally Injured in State 121 Crash
Lester H. Gray, 61, of Fort Worth, die in a one vehicle crash on State 121 near the Collin county line. He and his son Lester Leon Gray, 21, were en route from Bonham VA hospital when the elder Gray reportedly slumped and grasped the wheel, sending the car down a 30 foot embankment into Desert Creek. Both were taken to a McKinney hospital. the younger Gray was listed in fair condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester H. Gray
Fort Worth
Bonham VA
State
Collin County
Gray
Lester Leon Gray
Bonham
Desert Creek
Larnheart Funeral Home
Whitewright
McKinney
Frenchwoman Falls to Death From Arc de Triomphe
A young Frenchwoman leapt to her death from the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Thursday becoming the 37th person to die at the monument in about a century. Police did not immediately release her identity.
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Paris
UPI
Rusk and Wilson Discuss Viet Nam and World Problems
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk flew to Washington after a 99 minute talk with Prime Minister Harold Wilson at 10 Downing Street. The talks covered Viet Nam and NASO with Wilson providing Rhodesia details from British talks in Salisbury. ELDO did not figure in the conversation. no US pressure or approaches on ELDO were reported. Also present were Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart Defense Secretary Desmond Allen CS Ambassador David Bruce.
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London
UPJ
U. S
Dean Rusk
Washington
Prie
Harold Wilson
Viet Nam
Wilson
Rusk
Rhodesia
Britain
Eldbo
United States
Downing Street
Brtsh
Michael Stewart
Defense
Des Tealey
David Bruce
Rescue Columns Fight Through Flames To Save Trapped Men
In Kontum plains near Saigon, three U S Army helicopter columns fought through heavy fire to hoist wounded paratroopers from Company C of the 101st Airborne and Capt. Bill Carpenter’s unit. The four day battle involved multiple regiments with hundreds of casualties as U S artillery tried to blunt a Communist assault.
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Saigon
UPS
West Point
Bill
Lonesome End
Carpenter
101St Airborn
Screaming Eagles
Walter R. Brown
Chattanooga
Tenn
Willard Pearson
Kontum Plains
Walter Wesley
Galveston
Texas
United States
101St Airborne Division
Kontum
Big Red One
Ministers Return to Churches in North Texas Conference
Two Methodist ministers were reassigned to Bonham churches as the North Texas Methodist conference concluded at Southern Methodist University. The gathering celebrated Methodism’s US 200th anniversary and the North Texas 100th, noting CMU’s 50th. Several appointments were listed including Copeland and Welch to multiple churches.
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Bonham
North Texas Methodist Church
Southern Methodist University
Methodist Conferences
Texas
SMU
United States
North Texas
Central Texas
Northwest Texas
CMU
Carrol Copeland
First
White Shed
J. R. Welch
Clark Memorial
Dodd City - New Hippe
Georg Wohcoxon
Wolfe City
Jack McNabb
Garrett Memorial
Paris
Blossom - Pattonville
Walter Zimmerman
Ladonia - Pan Gap
Jimmy Martin
Ravenna
Mulder
Ector
James F. Dean
MecKenzie
Hom
Grove
Thomas R. Peel
Randolph Gober
James A. Denton
J ‘Onard
James F Dean
Telephone
Clock and Cash Taken by Thieves
Two minor thefts are under investigation by city police. Thieves took an electric clock from Dick Keene's washateria on North Cater and looted a box at the Bob Francis car wash, with about $5 reported missing.
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Thurman Renfro
Renfro
Dick Keene
Washateria
North Cater
Bob Francis
Defendant Draws 90 Days in Jail in County Court
A 90 day jail term was imposed by Judge Choice Moore after Ira Phea pleaded guilty to a gravitated assault charge. Phea waived jury trial and was arrested by sheriff deputies following the complaint filed in county court.
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Choice Moore
Ira Phea
Phea
Guity
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National Capital
Gober
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Salisbury
Questin
Eldo
European Launcher Development Organization
Wilson Rusk
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