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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1951
Page
2
Editorial urges immediate action against the cotton boll weevil in Fannin County. It cites favorable weather but warns insects thrive in wet fields and stresses spraying to protect farmers with small plots. It calls on all business leaders to support insect control now.
The piece surveys a looming 1952 GOP contest between Taft and Eisenhower with Warren Stassen and Dewey as possible middle choices. It examines conservative doubts about Taft, liberal uncertainty over Eisenhower, and the risk of a Truman-Ike cross party move if Ike stays silent. MacArthur is proposed as a convention speaker to deter that drift.
A Bonham Texas post office notice includes trivia prompts and answers on topics like tea consumption, John Quincy Adams service, potato soaking, and the first airplane landing on a ship deck with dates such as January 18 1913. The page reflects a survey of public notice and reader quiz items.
Funeral services were held in Dallas Friday for Thomas Harve Lively, 68, once owner of several dry goods stores in Fannin and Grayson counties. His main shop was at Whitewright. Lively, a native of Wisconsin, died after a long illness.
A CIA training plan selects about 100 top university graduates for a fast tracked career in intelligence. The program emphasizes Russian language, phased development, and a 1 percent annual allocation to a senior career corps led by Lt Gen Walter B. Smith.
A behind the scenes glimpse of the United States Navy frames the Twentieth Century Fox comedy Your in the Navy Now starring Gary Cooper and Jane Greer. The film follows top Secret project trials on a new air marine chaser plagued by explosions and governed by a crew of skilled actors.
Dellis manager of the Texas Prison System disclosed the firing of a guard at Harlem Prison Farm No 1 for shooting a prisoner. The move signals disciplinary action within state correctional facilities.
Ernest C. Thompson, 49, in Houston, is reported improved after a transfusion yesterday at a Houston hospital. Thompson is senior member of the Texas Railroad Commission and flew to Houston from New York City, having attended a world petroleum congress in the Netherlands.
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