Ike program forecast to pass most proposed bills
Republican leaders expect most of President Eisenhower s program to pass, with Democrats supporting social security health and unemployment measures while signaling opposition to a major tax reform and flexible farm support. They anticipate strong support for housing, and warn of political battles over farm and tax bills amid a tense political climate.
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Eisenhower
America
Congress
Citizens For Eisenhower
Congressional Committee
Beiserhower
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Martin
John W McCormack
Mass
Fisenhower
A. S
Mike Monroney
D.-Okla
Quickies by Ken Reyneld Driving the Used Car Debate
Daily Favorite Want Ads features a humorous line from Ken Reyneld about a woman and a used car, echoing a social stereotype of gender roles in car purchasing. The quip captures a comic stance on control and independence in a light newspaper tone.
Split widens between Eisenhower and farm bloc leaders
President Eisenhower presses a flexible farm support plan as the rift grows with the congressional farm bloc. Sen. Milton Young warns the GOP should not embrace the plan while House action on extending the high feed program sparks debate. Trade and energy issues also crowd the agenda as hearings and votes loom.
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Fisenhower
Congressional Farm Bloc
Eisenhower
Milton R. Young
Republican Party
Midwest
GOP
Young
House Agriculture Committee
950 Physicians Drafted in July Plan
The Defense Department announced that an additional 850 physicians will be drafted next month 500 for the Air Force and 350 for the Navy bringing total physician draftees to 970 in July. Earlier it had said 120 would serve in the Navy and this month 260 physicians are being drafted all for the Navy.
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Washington
Defense Department
Air Force
Navy
Department
Rhee Says Time For Rok To Quit Geneva
President Syngman Rhee declared the time has come for South Korea to walk out of the Geneva conference. He told United Press that further talks only aid the Communists and hinted Seoul may recall its foreign minister before the July deadline. He also said Korea may hold a nationwide plebiscite before a new assembly is elected from north and south.
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Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Rhee
United Press
Korea
Republic of Korea
Geneva
North Korea
Free World
Pyun Yung Tai
Indictments in Grain Deals Hit Galveston Officials
A federal grand jury indicted KE H Thornton Sr former Galveston wharves manager and four Bunge officials plus the Bunge Corp on 35 counts alleging conspiracy to defraud the government of about 1.84 million dollars by taking wheat subsidies on Canadian mixed grain. The case stems from a year long probe including a Senate Agriculture subcommittee inquiry.
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Galveston Wharves
International Grain Company
United States
Bunge Corp
New York
Minneapolis
Kansas City
KE. H. Thornton Sr
Galveston W
Bunge
Robert F. Straub
Andre Hirschier
Simon Kern
Walton F Muller
Kansan
U S. Senate Agriculture
Senators Protest End of Hearing Without Schine Called
Democrats attacked Republicans after a 4 to 3 party line vote to end the Army McCarthy hearings without sworn testimony from Pvt. G David Schine, deemed a central figure. They demanded witness Clark Clifford and warned the move would prevent essential information for the case. Mundt said a likely finish by next week, as McCarthy and Cohn were questioned further.
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Schine
Washington
Pvt. G
David Schine
Senate
Clark Clifford
White House
Karl E. Mundt
R.S. D
Subcommittee
Joseph R McCarthy
Roy M. Cohn
Francis P. Crrro
McCarthy
Ray H. Jenkins
Cohn
Carr
Mundt
Demrecreats
Pic Ponsa Mundt
Mon Én Holt
Army
Joseph N. Welch
John L. McClellan
DEMOS
U. S
Bonham Forecast Sees Continued Heat Through Saturday
The Bonham area faces extended hot weather with a high near 90 degrees and a low around 70. Skies are expected to be partly cloudy with little temperature change through Saturday.
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Bonham
Ernst Hickfang Dies of Heart Attack in Bonham
Ernst Hickfang 60 a Bonham resident born in Suhl Germany died of a heart attack at his home 320 South Second Street around 7 p m Thursday while mowing his yard He had lived in Bonham since 1911 and was in the shoe repair business for over 25 years He leaves wife Flora four sons Ernest Jr Karl Paul and Lt Max Hickfang a brother Hugo and a sister Fannie Noeller Funeral services set Sunday at 3 p m at First Baptist Church with pastors officiating Burial will be in Willow Wild Wise Funeral Home in charge
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Suhl
First Baptist Church
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Ernest Hickfang, Jr
Memphis
Tenn
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Bay City
Paul Hickfang
Ann Arbor
Mich
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McGee- Tyson
Knoxville
Hugo Hickfang
Dallas
Fannie Noeller
Erfurt
Wise Funeral Home
Hicksang
J. I. Gregory
van Alstyne
Harry Mason, Jr
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Calvary Baptist Church
Bill Richards
Edgar Bragg
A. C. Woodruff
Lowell Schuler
Fred Keene
Marion Gouge
Willow Wild
Ing
Dulles Warns Reds May Seek Destroy Free World's Post
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told 700 at the San Francisco World Affairs Council that Chinese Communists may attempt to destroy the free world’s position in the Western Pacific. He warned such action would be a direct threat and would be met with decisive U.S. judgment and action.
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John Foster Dulles
Western Pacific
United States
Indo- China
Dulles
Free World
Geneva
United Nations
Mexico Agrees to Study Guatemala Situation
Mexico acting Foreign Minister Jose Gorostiza announced that Mexico will back an Inter American meeting to study Guatemala under the Rio treaty and OAS charter. He stressed no commitment yet and cited Communist infiltration as a growing concern.
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Mexico City
Jose Gorostiza
Mexico
Guatemala
Gorostiza
Rio de Janeiro
Organization of American States
United States
Caracas
Luiy Padilla Nervo
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Bailey rainfall for first five months 24 1 inches
Bailey records rainfall for January through May 1954 at 24.1 inches, slightly under 1953 and above 1952 and 1951. McMillin reports monthly totals with year comparisons, noting 1954 total near 1953 and ahead of earlier years.
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Bailey
A McMillin
Berry in Korea with 3rd Infantry Division
Pvt. Tommy L. Berry, 20, son of Mrs. Mattie Berry of Leonard Texas, serves in Korea with the 3rd Infantry Division. The Rock of the Marne unit fought at Tron Trangle and Outpost Harry and now trains as part of the U.S. security force on the peninsula. Berry entered the Army in May 193 and arrived in Korea last November.
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Leonard
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Korea
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Tron Trangle
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Camp Roberts Calif
McCarthy Faces Senate Push to Strip Chair Roles
In the Army-McCarthy hearings Sen Ralph E Flanders pressed to strip Sen Joseph R McCarthy of committee chairmanships unless he quickly purge contempt of the Senate. McCarthy said he and Roy M Cohn disagreed on getting Pvt G David Schine from Army duty and that Flanders would attack him again in a later speech. The day featured cross examination interruptions and fresh complaints about abuse from Cohn and Schine’s role in information work.
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Ralph FE. Mirandere
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Roy M. Cohn
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Cohn
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Stine
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Former Bonhamite Graduates From West Point June 8
John Louis Bonham age 24 son of Sergeant William A Bonham and Mrs Bonham of Seattle Washington graduated on Tuesday June 8 from the United States Military Academy at West Point New York He received a Congressional appointment from Representative Sam Rayburn Bonham was born near Gober attended elementary school in Bonham and Bonham High School before finishing in Lawton Oklahoma His grandfather is listed and an aunt from Edhube is named
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William A. Bonham
West Howe
Seattle
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New York
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Fort Lawton
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Sam Rayburn
Gober
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Lawton
Oklahoma
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South Main Street
John DL. Casteel
Edhube
Reds Demand Surrender of Red River Delta
Geneva June IL reports said Viet Minh demanded France surrender the Red River Delta except Hanoi and Haiphong in a regroupment after a cease fire. Hanoi and Haiphong would be surrounded. talks focused on zones while roads to Haiphong might stay open under conditions. The plan aims to allow Viet Minh to seize the delta as in the Dien Bien Phu era.
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Haiphong
Reda
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Dien Bien Phu
Marvets Fort Worth Market Report Summary
Fort Worth market report notes steady activity across cattle and hog futures with limited stock available. Utility cows and calves show modest declines, stockers scarce, hogs uneven with sows weaker and choice hogs about 190 to 23 pounds, and medicated hogs around 180 pounds fetch mid-20s per hundredweight.
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Fort Worth
Hugh Leslie Dies At Home Of Sea In Bailey
Hugh Leslie longtime bank president of Bailey First National Bank died at his son John T Lealie’s home north of Bailey on State Highway 78 at 9 35 p m He had been weakening recently A sports fan and Bailey High School basketball supporter he served 35 years on the Fannin County Democratic Executive Committee He is survived by two sons C J Leslie and John To Leste and a daughter Mrs Bernice Leslie Clayton Funeral set for Sunday at 2 00 p m at Bailey Methodist Church with interment in Grovehill Cemetery under Wise Funeral Home direction
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Bailey High School
Fannin County
Democratic Executive Committee
Bailey
Bank
C.J. Leslie
First National Bank
John
Leste
Scouts Get Camp Site On Glover
Members of the Lone Star Area Council BSA executive committee met on Hover River in Oklahoma and authorized continued talks with Dierks Lumber Co. for a permanent camp site with a free lease of acreage. Officials planned a 4 survey to define the tract and engineers from New York to assist, while approving two field executives and the 1955 budget. Attendees from Bonham included Bob Cantrell John Arledge Pred Johnson and John Dickey.
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BSA
Hover River
Oklahoma
Dierks Lumber Co
Dierks
Lone Star Area
National
New York
Lameber Company
Bonham
Bob Cantrell
John Arledge
Pred Johnson
John Dickey
Weather outlook for North Central Texas stays warm and humid
Parity cloudy and continued warm conditions with widely scattered thunderstorms. Drying late Friday into Friday night and Saturday with lingering showers possible in pockets.
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Texar
Mexican Workers Call Nationwide Strike Over Wages
The Confederation of Workers of Mexico with 400000 members plans strike notices against 1328 firms to back demands for 24 percent wage hikes after peso devaluation. President Videll Velasaquea warns of a revolutionary walkout July 32 if unmet and vows action if blocked by law. Other unions in Labor Unity Bills pledge solidarity.
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Confederation
Videl Velasaquea
Labor Unity Biles
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