Peace Officers Share Lake Fannin Fish Fry Network Bonding
About 70 peace officers from North Central Texas attended a Lake Fannin fish fry hosted by Bonham Chief R O McKissack Highway Patrolmen James L Smith and Bob Walker. The event emphasized cooperation among sheriff’s deputies city police FBI agents and military police to fight crime across county and state lines.
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Texas
Lake Fannin
R. O. McKissack
Bonham Police Department
James L. Smith
Bob Walker
H. R. van Zant
David Taylor
Tibby Wright
Tibby
Darrell L. Schlotterback
Perrin Air Force Base
Paul Bentley
Dallas
Dallas Police Department
Hoyt Ivey
Sheriff Ivey
Sheriff's
FBI
Perrin
Ivey
McKissack
Smith
Walker
Floyd Williams
Collin County
Woody Blanton
Grayson County
Ridge Hopkins
Honey Grove
W. G. Patterson
Denison
H. R. Mark
Paris
Thurman Renfro
W. E. Cain
Troy MecNear
George Biggerstaff
Voucher found and forgotten by North Fannin teacher
Mrs E J Ward a long serving teacher in the North Fannin rural high school district recovered a voucher she had received in February 1955 while spring cleaning. She had forgotten about it after placing it in a small vase on a table. The note from Paul Campbell in California mentions cool weather and cites visits to Forest Lawn Mission San Juan Capistrano and the redwood forest. He plans to preach July 1 at Windom Christian church. Bonhamite reports a day of summer heat and a breeze with 95 degrees, followed by cooler night temperatures and scattered thunder showers forecast but not in Bonham.
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E. J. Ward
North Fannin
Paul Campbell
California
Knights of Pythias
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
California Redwood Forest
Windom
Bonham
Released Priests to Leave China Ordered by Society of Jesus
In Hong Kong two priests, Rev. John W. Clifford and Rev. Thomas L. Phillips of San Francisco, recently freed from Communist prisons, have booked passage on a freighter to depart Red China next week. They are due to arrive in Hong Kong within 30 days.
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Hong Kong
Society of Jesus
Red China
John W. Clifford
Thomas L. Phillips
San Francisco
Wilson Bradford Oppose Giving Air Force More Funds
Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson and Admiral Arthur W. Radford oppose adding 1.16 billion dollars to the air budget for fiscal 1957. They call the Republican compromise plan phony and say the Eisenhower administration budget is adequate.
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Wilson
Bradford
Air Force
Quantico
Charles E. Wilson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Senate
Democratc
Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Ensmen
Russia
United States
America
Repubican
William F. Knowland
Calif
Defense
Eisenhower Begins Third Week in Hospital
President Eisenhower entered Walter Reed for a third week in good spirits and hopeful for release within a week. A 7:40 a.m. bulletin said he slept well, maintained his weight, and progressed satisfactorily. He named Vice President Nixon as his personal representative for Manila July 4 ceremonies, Nixon's wife to accompany him.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Richard M. Nixon
Manila
Philippines
Nixon
Hagerty
Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital
Oldest Norwegian King Haakon Marks 50 Years Reign
Oslo reports King Haakon of Norway, the world's oldest and longest reigning monarch, celebrated 50 years on the throne. He is 84 and has been semi invalid after fracturing his thigh in a fall last year. no official celebrations were held.
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Oslo
Norway
Haakon of
Haakon
Investigation Starts Into Worst Commercial Crash
Naval divers will search the Atlantic for significant pieces of the Venezuela airliner that crashed off the New Jersey coast killing 74. The Venezuelan government and the U S Civil Aeronautics Board began inquiries into the disaster, with questions raised about emergency gasoline jettison procedures and possible cockpit actions by Captain Luis F Plata.
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New York
Atlantic Ocean
U. S. Civil Aeronautics Board
New Jersey
Coast Guard
Luis F. Plata
CAA
Eisenhower signs bill authorizing Tex Tin Smelting Plant disposal
United Press reports President Eisenhower signed into law a measure allowing the federal government to dispose of its tin smelting plant in Texas City Texas. In New Jersey a Texas Army officer remained critical after a helicopter crash at Fort Monmouth, Lt Raymond L. Smith of Austin injured. Detroit workers at Chrysler Mack Avenue plant voted to strike over grievances. Mexico City announced a reciprocal border licensing agreement allowing trucks to cross without extra plates.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Texas City
Tex
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Texas Army
Fort Monmouth Hospital
Raymond L. Smith
Austin
Monmouth County
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Mack Avenue
Mexico City
Mexican Communications Ministry
Texas
Weather Outlook for North Central Texas
North Central Texas remains clear to partly cloudy and warm through Saturday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms possible in the northwest portion.
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Texas
Free Movie Passes Offered by Bonham Merchants
Thirty Bonham merchants distribute tickets to the film The Annapolis Story at the American Theatre. Tickets come from the Jackpot Thursday fund and go to customers based on purchases. Showings start at 2 p.m. Tuesday and run into the evening, with John Derek and Diana Lynn starring in the Technicolor Naval academy drama.
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Bonham
Annapolis
U.S. Naval Academy
John Derek
Diana Lynn
Severe storms flood Reynoldsburg and whip Texas farmlands
Destructive summer storms drenched Reynoldsburg Ohio with four feet of water and caused structural damage as far west as Minnesota. A tornado wrecked farms near Taylor Nebraska and a tree crashed into a home in Danville. Texas drought-relief rains hit the South Plains flooding acres of cotton and grain while a dust storm cleared the Panhandle.
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Reynoldsburg
Ohio
Minnesota
Taylor
Neb
Danville
Rockies
Appalachian Mountains
Plains
Dakotas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Licking County
Fairfield County
Indianapolis
Hig
Belgrade
Minn
St Cloud
South Plains
Dalhart
Panhandle
Texas
Amherst
Robert Chandler
Yoakum County
Lubbock
Abernathy
Seminole
Steel strike threat grows as June deadline nears
United Steelworkers locals form strike committees and draft picketing plans as June 30 looms. Big Three talks stall amid deadlock over a five year pact, while steel towns tighten belts and banks prepare furnaces for potential stoppage.
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New York
United Steelworkers
Pittsburgh
Gary
Ind
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
Relef
Fig
U. S, Steel
Beth Steel
Republic Steel
United Preas
USW
Republicans Map TV Strategy For 1956 Convention
About 40 GOP leaders met to plan television outreach for the San Francisco convention opening August 20. They discussed shortening the four day schedule, avoiding roll calls, and naming officials while awaiting Eisenhower’s condition. Democrats favor a whistle stop campaign and a budget near two million dollars for radio and TV.
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Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
San Francisco
Bkisenhower
Robert A. Taft
House
Joseph W. Martin
Senate
William F. Knowland
Paul Mutler
Adlai FE. Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Averell Harriman
Butler
Benson Kefauver Exchange Salvoes Over Farm Plans
Agri culture Secretary Ezra T Benson and Sen Estes Kefauver spoke on the same platform in Eldora. Feuch said his party favored farmers while Benson criticized gloomy Democratic farm forecasts and warned against sacrificing farmers on the political auction block. Kefauver, seeking the Democratic nomination, charged President Eisenhower broke 1952 promises and has no intention of a new farm policy.
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Eldora
Ezra T Benson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Feuch
Benson
Kefauver
Higenhower
Court ruling upholds FBI and DOJ in Rosenberg spy case
Judge Irving Kaufman denied Sobell’s motion for a new trial and rejected claims of FBI misdeeds. The article notes Sobell’s attempt to shift blame to federal agencies and cites protests by Communist groups, while asserting the FBI’s actions did not violate Sobell’s rights. The piece reinforces the U.S. judicial system’s stance on the original espionage convictions.
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Washington
FBI
Justice Department
Ethel and
Rulius Rosenberg
Martin Sobel
Irving Kaufman
Sobell
Kauman
U. S
New York
Kaufman
Red Front
Syubell’s
Hosenbergs
Atom
Mexico
Polce
Sobel
H. Saypol
Sobell’o
United States
KBE
Fire Destroys Hay Barn In Trenton
A large sheet iron barn housing 4 000 to 5 000 bales of value straw owned by Cecil Davis was destroyed by a Thursday afternoon fire of undetermined origin. The flames damaged surrounding pasture and grass. no one was home when the fire started. Davis estimated losses in the thousands, with hay from the 1955 crop.
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Trenton
Joan Milton Fourth in State Beauty Contest
Joan Milton Miss Texoma of 1956 placed fourth in the state beauty contest at Lake Whitney held Tuesday and Wednesday. A Bonham high school senior, she is daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernard Milton of Denison and Liberty streets. Jo Dodson of Cleburne won the state title and Miss Universal eligibility, with Hadeling Lee of Corpus Christi second and Donna Harris of Dallas third.
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Joan Milton
Texoma
Lake Whitney
Miss Milton
Bonham High School
Bernard Milton
Denison
Liberty Streets
Jo Dodson
Cleburne
Hadeling Lee
Corpus Christi
Donna Harris
Dallas
Roundtable Chats At Beahhum Friday
A lively gathering on Friday at Beahhum features John Dickey Joe Denton Buster Cole and Brad Ne sharing coffee and chat. Other groups include Richard Grunert Reid Apivy with Martin Haleeil Milam Amdesneu and Harry Swann talking, plus Johnny Lane Maggie Willians and Allert Neibenald discussing the Humer Bridge of Telephone. A Mr Hlush was seen reading a document as Red Haspés Tibby Wright and Jan Meukies engaged in light talk.
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John Dickey
Joe Denton
Buster Cole
Brad Ne
Richard Grunert
Reid Apivy
Martin Haleeil
Milam Amdesneu
Harry Swann
Johnny Lane
Maggie Willians
Allert Neibenald
Mr. Hlush
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United Press
Nathan F. Twining
Moscow
Twining
NEA Telephoto
Sudan - Denver
Plainview
Presidio
Galveston
Wichita Falls
el Paso
Weather Bureau
Kefauver Exchange
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