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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1949
Page
4
Energy Commission Chair Vid Lilienthal defends a plutonium plant while noting secret atom bomb tests at Eniwetok. He argues the plant is essential to fabricate devices once studied at Los Alamos and criticizes cost overruns and planning amid congressional scrutiny.
Farmers welcomed the rain as clouds moved north across the county after days of thunderstorms that halted fieldwork. Heavy showers drenched Bonham Ivanhoe Eagle Lake Yuba and the Red River area, with Trenton Bailey Ridge and Gober also reporting downpours. Rain is needed for several days to resume farming and construction.
Worth Livestock reports slow trading and uneven prices. Steers faltered to 60 cents lower. cows and calves move down, cutters and canners drop. yearling and feeder stock mixed but largely weaker. Butchers show higher bids in some lots. sows and pigs varied with limited demand.
The Bonham Rotary Club heard Rev John W Morphis of the First Methodist Church outline three ways to improve life and the community prayer persistence and the Masters Spirit He urged daily prayer and cited Edison on persistence The talk also noted insect control efforts and a fogging machine for Bonham with Belle Gioher and Frank Yant as guests
A May monthly police report shows 4 arrests for offenses and 100 dollars in fines collected. The department logged wrecks, settled three cases, escorted 14 families, and responded to five burglaries while noting multiple service inquiries and efforts to locate a rebate in a fine death case.
A Los Angeles mother sues to keep her nine year old son from spending summer with his father in Marfa Texas. The boy reportedly fears his father and the Marfa jail where he would stay during vacation under the custody order.
In Austin on June 15 members of the Texas House backed an economy plan calling for about 45 million in major cuts to end the fiscal muddle. Represented by Ho rany and Wagensleler the proposal seeks large reductions and follows Lt Governor Shivers idea of a swift adjournment with a 15 million surplus, prioritizing immediate needs later. The Ho rany plan targets a 22.9 million building program cut and shifts in department and higher education funding, while maintaining a nonbinding Senate-approved resolution.
The county sheriff's office relocates to the jail as demolition work proceeds. Sheriff Milane Andersen and deputies sort and move equipment and records, reorganizing operations before county home demonstration tasks begin.
Lieutenant Governor Allan Shivers proposes financing state needs over years by a Constitutional Building Commission amendment, aiming for a quick adjournment with a 15 million dollar surplus. The plan mirrors Speaker Purwood Manford’s push to cut appropriations and tax funding for long term projects. Governor Jester signs the Lamar Junior College expansion to a four year State Technical College in College Station. The legislature’s record is praised as more productive than prior sessions.
In Paris on June 15 Russia delayed by 24 hours a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers. Western powers planned to press for guaranteed access to Berlin. Optimism rose as French minister Schuman said a German compromise and an Austrian peace treaty could come by September 1.
Bonham area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies this afternoon and tonight with no major temperature changes. Lows near 65. East Texas regions show partly cloudy conditions with possible showers or thundershowers in the south this afternoon and tonight, and partly cloudy conditions for tomorrow.
Veterans enrolled in agriculture classes show a surge in farm ownership and landholding. The survey notes acres owned rising from 43,468 in 1947 to 14,306 in 1940, and many veterans are buying farms or planning purchases as training proceeds.
Three Charlotte residents were injured when their car failed to negotiate a curve on Highway 82 between Dodd City and Windom, drove into a ditch, and struck a bank. Driver Bill Lewis, Mrs. Thomas L. Lewis Sr., and Marilyn Wilson were admitted to Medical-Surgical Hospital around 5 AM.
Bonham city officials reminded residents of an ordinance requiring itinerant photographers to secure a permit and post a performance bond after the late Tuesday arrest of a mature photo-soliciting crew. Police returned money to victims and cited ongoing complaints about bank and magazine salesmen amid related thefts and burglaries.
Texans were promised milder conditions as a cool front moved southeast from the northwest. The system brought heavy rain in the Mahhes area and raised flood concerns near unprotected levees. Amory, Austin, Waco, Bryan, Beaumont, Lubbock, and San Antonio reported rainfall totals with today expected to be mostly clear. The high for yesterday reached 110 at Presidio, while Amarillo logged a 77 afternoon low and an overnight low around 5.
San Angelo records twelve new polio cases in a week raising the year total to 15 with eight deaths. Shannon Memorial Hospital treats 65 patients and an epidemic team from Stanford University assists local doctors as city authorities urge crowds to avoid pools theaters and other gatherings.
The committee approved loans for the construction of storage space facilities for wheat and oats. The program targets county level storage and price stability with terms of five years at four percent interest. The Agricultural Conservation Association offices will issue the storage loans with repayment through county measures and commodity operations.
National Guard units prepare to depart Sunday for training with assigned members and sections detailing the schedule and location for the exercise across several days at the levee and surrounding bases.
School authorities at High Wycombe launched a search for two missing girls after their disappearance. Dr Vaughan urged tracking opportunities and the public’s help in locating them. The report notes an exclusive Abbey connection and a broader inquiry into the surrounding community.
Even though Komden and Jonannesburpg stock exchanges were closed, hundreds of speculators were wiped out with shares valued at 12.10 dollars a week ago, dropping to 2.50 as markets collapsed.
A Katy diesel freight train collided with a car carrying Mrs Tonpehine Muchas and Miss Albino Muavhae as they drove to a wedding dance. Rudolph Machac, 20, the car’s driver, was injured critically.
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