Grand jury urges study of building a new county courthouse
A sixth district grand jury recommendation calls on the Fannin County Commissioners Court to study the feasibility of constructing a modern courthouse at the existing site. The 1888 building shows significant deterioration, high upkeep costs, and inefficient space with no cooling, while a new structure could offer compact offices and reduced ceilings.
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Grand Jury
Sixth District Court
Commissioners’ Court
Fannin County
Man And Wife to Face Liquor Charge
A Ladonia man and his wife are jailed in Fannin County pending filing of complaints alleging violation of state liquor laws. They were arrested over the weekend by Sheriff Hoyt Ivey and his deputies.
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Ladonia
Fannin County
Hoyt Ivey
Free Europe Praises Eisenhower Atoms Offer
Free Europe in London praises President Eisenhower for his proposals to share half the cost of building research reactors and provide technical know how for peaceful atomic power. Britain, France, and Finland react with cautious optimism while Moscow’s stance weighs on Helsinki.
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London
Free Europe
Eisenhower
United States
Finland
Soviet Union
Pennsylvania State
U. S
U.S
Free Nations
Europe
Moscow
Helsinki
Foreign Office
Soviet Russia
Kremlin
Britain
Gaston Palewski
France
110 Miles Per Hour In 60 Mile Zone Resulted In Fine
A Bonham man, Harold E. Crawford, was fined $110.50 for driving 110 mph in a 60 mph zone. Justice of Peace Hamp Harper imposed the fine and costs after Crawford was arrested by Patrolman J. L. Smith following a chase from north of Bonham to south of the Red River bridge on a motorcycle.
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Bonham
Justice of Peace
Hamp Harper
Harold E. Crawford
Crawford
J. L. Smith
Bunham
Red River Bridge
Smith Gaid
GM Union Sign Three Year Contract To Avert Strike
GM and the United Auto Workers reached a three year contract on Sunday, averting a potential early Monday walkout. The agreement covers workers nationwide and ends the threat of a major industry disruption.
Exams announced for Perrin jobs at Perrin Air Force Base
The U S Civil Service Commission announces examinations for Simulated Flight Trainer Repairer WB 17 at $1.94 to $2.24 per hour for Perrin Air Force Base and other Federal establishments in the area. Information and applications may be obtained at the post office or from the Executive Secretary, Board of U S Civil Service Examiners, Perrin Air Force Base.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Perrin Air Force Base
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Perrin Air Porce
Stevenson urges compromise at Big Four meeting
Adlai E. Stevenson told Oberlin College graduates the United States must be willing to compromise and take reasonable chances at the Big Four summit. He warned against an inflexible stand and urged Americans to think and speak for themselves on national and international issues. He also criticized the advertising approach in public affairs and demagogic leadership.
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Oberlin
Ohio
Adlai E. Stevenson
United States
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Oberlin College
Adlai
Father of the Year contest narrows in Fannin County
More than 46 fathers stand as nominees after a noon closing for Father of the Year letters in Bonham. Three local judges will evaluate sincerity and originality from the submitted letters to select the winner, with results announced in The Daily Favorite Father’s Day edition.
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Fannin County
32 Years A Teacher In Bonham Kindergarten
Mrs. Margaret Marston has served 32 years as head teacher of the Bonham Free Kindergarten, beginning in 1923 with Miss Katherine Phillips. She also directed church music and piano for Rotary, and has taught generations of local families while remaining a Bonham native.
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Margaret Russell Marston
Bonham Free Kindergarten
Marston
Katherine Phillips
Miss Phillips
First Baptist Church
Rotary Chuir
Bonham
Carlton College
Holling College
Virginia
Margaret Marston
Marston Shumpert
Jack Shumpert
Dorina Hill
Charles Hill
Young Shumpert
U.S. Officials Begin Capital Relocation Drill In 1965 Test
President Eisenhower and about 16 000 officials will relocate to secret emergency centers from Wednesday to Friday in the Operation Alert 1965 civil defense drill. The test simulates an atomic attack on Washington and other cities, with centers codenamed Haught Points Low Point New Point and Quarterback. Public participation varies by city while most workers stay near their offices.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Dallas Man Faces Attack Charge Against Girl
A 22 year old Dallas man is to be charged with statutory rape in connection with an attack on a 1 year old girl in Nobility. County Attorney Tibby Wright said charges would be filed once prepared. Sheriff Hoyt Ivey reported the man was married with one child and carried the girl to a vacant house before being taken into custody by Dallas officers.
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Dallas
Tibby Wright
Hay Tine
Sixth District
Hoyt Ivey
Ivey
Bonham
Former Leonard Student Wins Scholarship at Grayson College
Betty Nan Carpenter of the 1955 Paschal High School class was named winner of the Grayson College Ex-Students Association scholarship from eight candidates. The Fort Worth resident plans to study voice at Christian College in Columbia Missouri.
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Pope
North Texas State College
Denton
Future Homemakers of America
Florida
White Wright
Betty Nan Carpenter
Paschal High School
Fort Worth
Grayson College
Ex-Students Association
Miss Carpenter
Granville Carpenter
Leonard
Carpenter
Homer Caston
Christian College
Columbia, Mo
Katricia Pope
Bonham
Anne Hunter
Johnnie Harper
Jack Pannel
Whitewright
Linda Pritchett
Plainview
Janice Gibson
Joplins
GM and CIO unions seal 26 week layoff pay pact
General Motors signed three year guaranteed wage contracts with CIO United Auto Workers and Electrical Workers Union. The deals cover 410 000 GM workers joining 140 500 Ford employees with guaranteed pay during 26 week layoffs. The UAW pact covers 375 000 and the electrical workers 35 000. Strike actions disrupted plants as negotiations neared, with Reuther pledging to restore operations to normal.
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General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Electrical Workers Union
Ford
UAW
CMN
Ternstedt
Treneton
N. J
Walter
Reuther
General Motors
Auto Workers Union
Routher
Guaraneed
G. M
85-Year-Old Windom Man Walks 5 Miles to Honey Grove
George W Sandefur, 85, of Windom makes the five mile trek to Honey Grove when needed, though he usually rides with a neighbor. He walks about once a week, says he avoids burdening others and stays active to keep from aging, noting many can’t manage the distance.
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Honey Grove
Windom
George W Sandefur
Sandefur
U. S
Bandefar
Weldon Chaney
Sam
Kentucky
Texas
Eleven Women and Five Negroes Serve on Petit Jury Panel
Trial of criminal cases opened with ten set for trial. The panel included eleven women and five African Americans, first time such representation on a Bonham and surrounding area petit jury panel. Names listed include Mrs W Carpenter, Mrs Ray Peeler Sr, Mrs Paul Campbell, and others from Bonham Trenton and Ector.
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Sixth District Court
W. Carpenter
Ray Peeler Sr
Paul Campbell
Wesley Farmer
Lou E Meade
M. D. Anderson
Robert Dale
Arthur Maxwell
Bonham
Junior Riley
Kate Reed Estes
Trenton
Emmett Gilley
Ector
Etta Maddrey
Mia
M. B. Walton
Claude Wilson
Bennie Phillips
Herbert James
On the Square Night Observes In Town
Lee Morrow headed home for dinner while Dennes Raley headed out as Doyce Lightfees wrestles with car trouble and Hiram Farmer also heads home in a brief urban roundup of local residents.
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Lee Morrow
Doyce Lightfees
Hiram Farmer
Dennes Raley
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