Prospects for tax cut dim as debt limit proposal moves
Washington reports the chance of a pre election income tax cut dimming despite a large budget surplus for the year ending July 1. Democrats and Republicans back an administration plan to reduce the national debt limit by 3 billion dollars starting July 1 to offset the surplus and leave room for a tax cut. House Democratic leaders held a secret 90 minute caucus with fellow Democrats on the tax.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Farmers Praise Wheat Crop Amid Irregular Maturation
Dodd City area farmer M. M. Vaught and many county growers report surprising wheat oat and barley yields after late spring rains revived prospects. Reeding uncertainties include variable wheat emergence in the same fields as harvest approaches. In other notes, Trav Currin recalls starting a Model A with a push from his wife and old stories of roadside starts between Whitewright and Ely. Congressional and fiscal items discuss tax-cut prospects and debt ceiling adjustments with a Ways and Means committee hearing set to follow Humphrey testimony.
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Cantrell M. M. Vaught
Dodd City
Rt. 1
Vaught
Sam Devault Voted Fannin County Father of the Year
Sam Devault a World War II veteran and VA Center guard is named Fannin County Father of the Year. He lives at Dodd City with wife Anna Mirel Grissom Devault and their two children James Lynn and Gloria Anne. He is active in community and church work.
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Veterans Administration Center
Fannin County
James Sam Devault
Sam
Devault
Anna Mirel Grissom
E. H. Grissom
Windom
James Lynn
Gloria Anne
Dodd City
Typical Boy James L Devault Has Baseball And Softball Hobbies
James Lynn Devault an eight year old from Dodd City won his father Sam Devault the Bonham Daily Favorite Father of the Year honor for 1956 after submitting a heartfelt letter praising his dad. The boy, an avid softball and baseball player, also collects baseball cards and enjoys fishing gardening and dominoes. His father a World War II veteran works at the VA Center and has served on the school board and PTA. The prize includes ten dollars and assorted gifts from Bonham merchants, with plans to pose for a secret photo and present certificates at The Daily Favorite office.
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James Lynn Devault
Sam Devault
James Lynn
Dodd
Dodd City
Lynn
Dodd City Church of Christ
Bonham Daily
Bonham
Fannin County
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Devault
Wise Funeral Home
VA Center
James Lenn
Jetter
Dad
Bonham Stores
Bonham Theatres
Hunt's J Department Store
Dobson's Department Store
Tonmy’s Men's Store
J B. White Co
Peeler Drug Store
Trav Currin
Brannon Musa
Parker
Plaza Drug Store
Leeth's
Senate Foreign Relations panel trims foreign aid bill to 4.5 billion
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee delayed a final vote on the 4.5 billion foreign aid bill as it trimmed the package from the President's 4.9 billion request. A 690 million boost for military aid faces a tough floor fight, while some senators push deeper cuts toward 3.8 billion. The panel also rejected a tariff linked provision and approved lending mandates for most Near East Asia aid.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Allen J. Ellender
J.sa
Foreign Relations Committee
Mender
Sam
Eliender
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Near East
Asia
Middle East
Africa
Explosive Tests Promise 17 More Aboard US Program
Washington confirms 17 additional detonations are planned through September as the United States pursues hydrogen warhead development for intercontinental missiles. Key advisers travel to Eniwetok Bikini to witness the anticipated test, described as the most interesting in Operation Redwing.
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Washington
Air Force
Bikini
U. S
Donald A. Quarles
Cup
Eisenhower
Pacific
The
United Press
Eniwetok-Bikini Atomic Proving Ground
United States
Russia
Namu Island
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Proving
Quarles
Eisenhowers
Atomic and Security
Visers
Eniwetok Bikini Proving Ground
Seven Fannin County Boys Receive Sears Swine Gilts
Seven club boys from Honey Grove and nearby areas received gilts Friday under the Sears Foundation Swine program in Fannin County. County Agent Zeke Green led the distribution, with gifts awarded based on written applications and supervised care plans.
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Seven Club
Sears
Fannin County
Sears Foundation
Dallas
Larry Dobbs
Steve Willams
Sammy Ward
Mickey Nichols
Honey Grove
Kenneth Baker
Ravenna
Thomas Earl Johnson
Bonham
Rt. 3
Jerry Hicks
Dodd City
Zeke Green
Weather outlook for North Central Texas
Partly cloudy and warm through Sunday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers likely across the region.
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Texas
Umpire Urges Regulation Lighted Baseball Field
Ed English, longtime umpire for Bonham Little and Pony Leagues, urges a regulation size lighted baseball diamond for night play. He backs youth and older leagues, notes his sons’ participation, and praises the program’s role in developing fans and local sports culture.
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Ed English
Bonham Little and Pony
English
Jimmy
Kenny
Sherman
Bonham
American Legion
Junior
Merchants Meet Monday on Trades Event's Future
Weldon Holcomb 4-B group chairman announces a Monday morning meeting at 9 at the Chamber of Commerce office. Merchants who participated in Jackpot Thursday will discuss the future of the trades event and decide how to use existing funds for trades promotion.
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Weldon Holcomb
Holcomb
Chamber of Commerce
Jake Myers Res Well in Hospital
Jake Myers rests well in Allen Memorial hospital after a Thursday fall at his home 312 South 4th street fractured his right hip. He was standing when he slipped and fell to the floor.
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Jake Myers
Allen Memorial Hospital
South 4Th Street
Myers
Bonham Scouts Head to Oklahoma Camp for Week
Twenty one boys from Bonham Scout Troops 54 and 260 will spend a week at NeTsco Trails council camp on Glover river in Oklahoma. Troop 54 with 11 scouts is sponsored by First Baptist church and Troop 260 with 10 scouts is sponsored by First Methodist church. Adult leaders are M. L. Little and Jimmy Wiggins for Troop 54 and Buddy Avery for Troop 260. Troop 54 departs around 11:30 this morning and should reach camp about 3:00.
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Bonham Scout
NeTsco Trails Council
Glover River
Oklahoma
First Baptist Church
First Methodist Church
M. L. Little
Jimmy Wiggins
Buddy Avery
Paint mixup sparks porch bug bomb mishap in Alaska
B J Kil gore mistook a paint sprayer for a bug bomb on his porch. the failed insect control puzzled him until the error became clear. One Navy tractor in the Antarctic hauled 40 tons of freight on special sleds.
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Tamia
J Kilgore
Navy
Antarctic
Willie Griffin To Stand Trial For Murder In District Court
Willie Griffin 26 faced a murder with malice aforethought charge for the bludgeon death of his wife Mary Anne. Trial set for Monday at 109 oclock in Sixth District Court with a 36 member juror panel. defense attorneys were appointed by Judge A M Harrison.
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Willie Griffin
Mary Anne
Sixth District
Griffin
Ied Southerland
Ray Peeler, Jr
A. M. Harrison
Official Confirms B 57 Jets Grounded Worldwide
An Air Force spokesman affirmed that all eight B 57 light jet bombers remain grounded since January due to safety concerns. Crashes have occurred prior to grounding, with reported fatalities and unresolved handling issues at high speeds and a faulty horizontal stabilizer cited as core problems.
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Washington
Air Force
CBS
Tokyo
First Bale Brings Growers 2993.01 In Harlingen
G A Bingham and Billy Burke, growers of the first cotton bale of 1956, earned 2993.01 after the bale sold for 1403.01 at a Harlingen street auction. Lone Star Brewery’s Carl Snyder paid 3.13 a pound for the 477 pound bale, matching 1955 price. The Harlingen Chamber of Commerce added 1500 as sponsor for the annual first bale race. The bale originated from the Lower Rio Grande Valley where cotton planting can begin early.
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Harlingen
Tex
G. A. Bingham
Billy Burke
Lone Star
Bingham
Burke
Mission
On the Square and Street Scenes in town
Citizens bustle on the square and side streets with Tony Glass hurrying for a hamburger lot and Woodruff signaling to passersby. Dewey McKkelva and Ng hunt for a parking spot as Bob Campbell winds along. Paul Aridge and John Aridge share a brief chat while others walk past Center and Millard as weather and harvest tasks mingle.
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Tony Glass
Woodruff
Dewey McKkelva
Bob Campbell
Paul Ariedge
John Ariedge
Bob
M. G@ ton
Millard Breat
Wood
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Arlene
Currin
Bill Cunningham
Whitewright
Ely
James L. Devault
New Pacific
Mr. Eisenhower
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Dillon Anderson
Central Intelligence
Allen W. Dulles
U.S
Amos J. Peaskee
Harold B. Stagssen
Peaske
Hisenhower
Bonham Scouts
Oklahoma Camp
Peoria
John Berkeley
Marilyn Feehan
Marilyn
John
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