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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1963
Page
1
President Kennedy outlined to Democratic and Republican congressional leaders the civil rights proposals he plans to send to Congress this week. The bipartisan briefing began at 10 34 a m EDT with leaders from both chambers in attendance.
A ballot found by County Judge Moore shows Democrats with a full slate across statewide offices in Precinct 4, while Republicans trail with several missing contenders. The document names many Democratic candidates for governor, attorney general, land office, and judiciary along with local posts.
Bonham residents enjoyed relief from a week of heat as a light cool front moved in around 6 a.m. bringing showers and a low 69 while the high stayed near 79. Rain totaled about .24 inch with earlier showers and a forecast of temperatures slightly above normal later in the week. North Central Texas may see scattered showers and about three quarters of an inch of precip through midweek.
American evangelist Billy Graham closed his Nuernberg crusade urging Germans to pray for President Kennedy. He said the President bears the heaviest responsibility of any man in the world and planned to begin another crusade in Stuttgart on Tuesday.
Kennedy sends civil rights requests to Congress to partially fulfill 1960 campaign promises. The package includes four year extension of the Civil Rights Commission, desegregation aid for school districts, faster processing of voting rights suits, and literacy test reforms. Administration support for FEPC faces uncertain prospects.
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan faces a confidence vote amid the Profumo affair and a parliamentary debate on Britain's sex and security scandal. Harold Wilson plans a Labor push focusing on security while defending his future as a potential prime minister. Christine Keeler and Eugene Janes emerge as central figures in a case impacting the Atlantic alliance.
A string of burglaries Monday prompted Sheriff Hoyt Ivey and deputies to investigate. Items stolen include tools, household goods, sporting gear, a tool shed load worth about 60 dollars, and various appliances from the homes of Forrest Porter, Mr and Mrs Bill Petty, and a First Baptist Church entry in Peter. No motive or suspects named.
A fire Sunday night gutted the home of Greeley Williams on East 7th street after he left minutes earlier to run an errand. Williams told firemen the blaze started in an area of undetermined origin.
The Supreme Court, in an 8 to 1 decision led by Justice Tom C. Clark, ruled that opening devotions consisting of the Lord's Prayer and Bible readings in public schools violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The case, brought by Madalyn E. Murray and her son William Murray II, challenged a 1905 Maryland rule requiring daily Bible reading or the Lord's Prayer.
Public presentation of prizes to 10 of Fannin county's outstanding organized communities is set for Thursday night at 8 in the National Guard armory. Telephone will receive the state blue ribbon for top placing in the Texas Rural Improvement contest, with district awards to Telephone and Mulberry. Other districts and county prize recipients include Nunnelee, Lannius, Valley Creek, Allen's Chapel, Allen's Point, Dial, Bartley Woods, Ravenna, and six more communities with cash awards.
A moisture laden front brought heavy rain across West Texas and the Panhandle with up to five inches in the Kenedy area. Severe storms flooded Amarillo and caused time limited outages in Falls City as winds damaged few lines. Tornado sighted near Seguin and widespread lowland flooding reported across multiple cities.
United Press International reports ongoing demonstrations amid civil rights tensions in the South and across northern cities. Incidents include violence in Cambridge Maryland, police actions, and church and school integration battles as leaders push for nonviolent change.
Observers note that modern cockpits contain about 100 more instruments and displays than older piston engine airliners. The shift from analog gauges to advanced digital interfaces marks a major upgrade in situational awareness and pilot workload management aboard newer Boeing models.
Televised images from Valery Bykovsky’s space capsule depict him completing multiple orbits amid speculation the mission could lead to a space laboratory. Reports say a second cosmonaut, possibly a woman, may join him.
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