Awards Night Honors 1962 63 Rural Improvement Winners
Bonham Armory hosts Awards Night for ten Fannin County rural improvement clubs led by Telephone as state blue ribbon winner. Officials from Texas A and M, extension services, electric utilities and local Chamber of Commerce attend. prizes include $550 to Telephone and county and district awards announced. Community figures Brad Smith and Lee Morrow participate as presenters and master of ceremonies.
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Bonham National Guard Armory
Texas
Fannin
Fannin County
Texas A. and M. College
State
Brad Smith
Austin
Texas Telephone Association
Bassett Watson
Texas Power and Light Company
Bennett Smith
Community Public Service Company
Bonham Chamber of Commerce
Lee Morrow
Agri-Business Committee
J. T. Woodson
Gober
Texas Far Bureau
Farm Bureau
R. E. Patterson
Texas A. and
M. College
State Extension Service
Bob Old
The
Telephone Club
Fannin Program
Armadillo Busted by Pee Wee Whitlock in Yard Conflict
Pee Wee Whitlock eliminates a plowing armadillo with a shotgun blast after the animal roots up his yard. A local note adds a humorous card about work hours and a snake story told by Mrs. Bob Barrow during a fishing outing with Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Alexander. Noel Burnett denies owning a big yellow cat at Bartley Woods Community Improvement Club meetings.
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Pee Wee Whitlock
Pee Wee
Bob Barrow
Wallace Alexander
Noel Burnett
Big Yellow Cat
Bartley Woods Community Improvement Club
Woman Injured in Kenefic Auto Crash
A Kenefic woman, Mrs Leon Lawder, was treated at M&S Hospital after being struck by a car Wednesday morning. Police identified the driver as Mrs James Eastey, who said she backed away from the scene. Lawder suffered bruises and shock but no serious injuries.
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Kenefic
Okla
M&s Hospital
Leon Lawder
Rt. 1
Herman Renfro
Lawder
James Eastey
Eastey
Delays Possible in Sino Soviet Talks Amid Chinese Letter Row
Moscow facing fresh pressure as attacks on China stir talk that July 5 talks may be postponed. Kremlin will not publish Beijing letter from last week which Beijing says must be debated. Central committee debates “new Soviet man” while weighing polemics in the Sino Soviet split.
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Moscow
UPI
Red China
Kremlin
Peking
Communist Party Central Committee
Party
Cardinals Pay Final Tribute To Pope John
Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church, dressed in mourning, prayed at a Mass before entering the conclave to elect a successor to Pope John XXIII. All but two of the 80 princes attended as the cardinals prepared to enter the Vatican conclave at 6 p.m. to elect the new leader of the world’s Catholics.
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Vatican City
Little Change Is Due in Weather
Bonham residents face little weather change through Thursday with partly cloudy skies and a chance of thunderstorms. Tuesday’s showers dropped .40 inch in Bonham, others reported heavier rains in the county. highs reached 86, overnight low 69. Forecast calls for near normal temps and only light precipitation.
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Andrews
Odessa
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Amarillo
Presidio
Rights Bill Aims Broad Desegregation Across Public Life
President Kennedy seeks sweeping civil rights powers to enable desegregation of hotels, theaters, stadiums, restaurants, and retail stores and to compel public schools to integrate. He calls for limits on federal funds to programs with discrimination and for voting rights aid, backed by constitutional grounds for federal action.
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Washington
API
Kennedy
Congress
Robert F. Kennedy
Film on Cancer Shown at Rotary
A Rotary Club noon meeting featured the film The Other City highlighting annual cancer deaths. Gene Danner of the Fannin County Cancer Society introduced the program, noting Racine Wis as the film’s filming site and stressing early detection through regular medical exams.
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Rotary Club
Gene Danner
Fannin County Cancer Society
Racine
Wis
Soviet man and woman space team returns to Earth
Moscow reports Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky land safely after historic flights. Tereshkova completes nearly three days in orbit, Bykovsky logs about five days and around 2 million miles, setting new distance and endurance records. Tass notes both feel well.
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Moscow
UPS
Earth
Tereshkova
Bykovsky
Andrian Nikolayev
Tass
Valentina
Karaganda
Kazakhstan
Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Soviet Union
Valentino
Vostok VI
Taso
Mij Gordon Cooper
Kennedy seeks aggressive civil rights package with federal aid
President Kennedy urged Congress to enact a broad civil rights program ending discrimination in jobs voting schools and access to public facilities while calling for an end to demonstrations. He asked for optional federal funding cuts for local programs if racial discrimination persists and backed expanded federal manpower development equal employment protections and a strong EEOC.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
House
Senate
Capitol
Ceudler Dagpe
Public Hearing On Zoning Change Set For Monday Night
Public notices go out to property owners within 200 feet of a North Center Street area where a zoning clarification is proposed. The Planning and Zoning Board schedules a 7 p.m. Monday hearing at City Hall to consider changing from Class D to Class R2 in the Highway 78 corridor north of Russell to White Avenue and east to Chat. Bud Moody, chairman, urged affected owners to attend and share wishes before the commission reviews future business development.
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Noth Center Street
Besa
City Hall
Planning and Zonine Board
Highway 78
Russell
White Avenue
Sde
Bud Moody
San
Varea
Industrial Class Is Delayed Year
Supt Nelson stated the industrial class will be postponed to the 1961 65 term due to insufficient student enrollment. He cited planning gaps and the need to align senior participation and teacher availability for next year.
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Bonham High
Mio Oboone
Nelson
Ter
Pune
Supl
Bonham Schools Elect Two Teachers and Plan Building
The board elected Robert Bacurers and Waoytte Clement to the Benham schools for the 1963-64 term. Washington school’s old building was sold to the Negro Musonic lodge for use as a lodge hall and youth center. Final plans for a 40120 classmium building at Washington school were approved at a base price of 17822.81, with Mac Sudderth hired to audit books and a 5 cent meal price hike approved for the 1903-64 term.
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Robert Bacurers
Waoytte Clement
Dwayne Brady
Clement
Brands
Bonham Schools
Supt
M. B. Nelson
Board of
Washington School
Tt. McIntyre
Eddie
Buck) Hunter
Hool Board
RCM Tucker Co
Mac Sudderth
Hools
Indictments Listed by Jury Across District Court
A jury filed ten indictments in a district court session, detailing charges against multiple defendants. The names and precise charges are unclear due to OCR errors, but the record indicates a routine grand jury action resulting in ten separate cases presented for further legal proceedings.
Navy Yeoman Drummond Retrial Set for July
Navy Yeoman EC Newson Drummond will face trial again in New York on July 7 after a federal judge set the date, repacing the previously scheduled June 24 retrial. The case follows a 34 year old Drummond's arrest last September for allegedly attempting to pass defense secrets to Soviet delegates at the United Nations.
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New York
UPI
Navy
EC Newson
Drummond
United Nations
Thomas F Murphy
Ted
Ato
Larchmond
Enda
California Attendees Rally for United States Trade Growth
Ambiguous text references a United States commercial rally in California. Details unclear but suggests discussion of trade or industry growth involving unspecified attendees and location.
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United States
California
City awards bids for trash pickup and petroleum supplies
The city commission awarded a trash pickup contract to Lackey and a petroleum products supply contract to Sinclair for one year. Low bids and bidder names are noted, with discussion of parking meter considerations and potential installation delays.
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Cuty Commie Mission
Sinclair
Billy Go Foackey
Secent
Peputation
Willard Castle
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