In and Around Trenton: Local Tales and Odd Finds
Joe Shaw reports removing an armadillo after heavy digging in a yard. Charles Hilliard trapped the animal and shot it multiple times, then cleared the hole. John McKenzie prepares new ID buttons for a June 1 meeting. Dusty the parakeet dies, and Jim Russell uncovers an 1838 half dime in his garden. The Griffiths foster a stray dog named Poochy, who later dies.
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Kennedy to visit four European nations on 12 day diplomacy tour
President Kennedy will depart from Andrews Air Force Base for a 12 day trip to four European countries. He will also meet Pope Paul VI in Vatican City. The journey follows a domestic crisis backdrop and marks his longest foreign tour since taking office.
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Kennedy to Visit Europe Amid Turmoil and Protests
West Berlin prepares for Kennedy with flowers banned and confetti made from old newspapers. Kennedy will give five major speeches in Bonn Berlin and Dublin meeting Erhard LeMass Macmillan Leone and Pope Paul VI during a three day swing amid European unrest.
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Kennedy Faces Civil Rights Push With Demonstrations Uncertain
Key integrationist leaders pledged support for Kennedy civil rights legislation but refused to promise an end to protests. Kennedy ordered agencies to cut funds to federally assisted projects with racial discrimination and asked McNamara to study naval service shutdowns near cities with widespread discrimination. King warned demonstrations would continue until core problems are solved and planned a 100000-person march in August as Congress weighs the package.
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Five Million Cut From Lance Missile Funds
The House Appropriations Committee recommended a five million dollar reduction in Defense Department requests for Lance missile research and development funds. The move followed a dispute over an Army directive mandating Michigan work and a Ling-Temco-Vought contract in Dallas for the project.
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Cambridge Talks Break Off Amid Racial Dispute
Washington dispatch reports Cambridge Maryland racial talks collapsed as mediator Edmund Mester withdrew after Negro leaders rejected a plan to put integration in public accommodations to a public vote. Mayor and council were praised by Mester but Negro leaders accused whites of bad faith and halted housing project plans in Neypro district.
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Favorite Wins 3 Awards in Texas Newspaper Contest
The Bonham Daily Favorite won second in general appearance and third in news and column writing in the Texas Press Association contest. It earned 150 points and placed second overall in general excellence behind The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel. Aubrey McAlister represented The Favorite. he was elected to the TPA board, with Bob Weddle named secretary treasurer.
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Ladonia waterworks completion set for July 4
Joe Morrow notes the 8:30 a.m start for the Ladonia modern waterworks program as speakers including Congressman Ray Roberts from McKinney State Senator Ralph Hall and Everett Cappleman state administrator of the Farmers Home Administration are scheduled.
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Sidewalk Sale Draws Shoppers to Bonham in 1890s Style
Fannin county shoppers crowded Bonham on Saturday for the annual sidewalk sale. Merchants reported strong demand and many clerks wore Gay Nineties dresses, drawing crowds and attention while bargain prices attracted buyers from across the county.
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Summer Heat Begins Amid Scattered Thunderstorms Across Texas
The first day of summer brought mild temperatures with a forecast of warmer readings and stronger winds come Sunday. Scattered thundershowers, hail, and high winds were reported in parts of Texas including the Panhandle, Gulf Coast, and Central Texas as forecasters warn of unsettled weather across North Central Texas.
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New Force Put on Federal Funds
President Kennedy issued an executive order granting the government power to withdraw federal funds from construction projects where Negro workers face discrimination. The order extends the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee to federally assisted contracts, requiring contractors on buildings and highways to ensure equal employment and to notify labor unions. The committee, led by Vice President Lyndon Johnson, gains broad new authority beyond federal jobs.
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Texas traffic fatalities rise 5 percent to 1027 by June
A UPI report from the Department of Public Safety shows Texas traffic fatalities through June 2 totaling 1,027, up from 942 a year earlier. The fatalities came from 843 fatal accidents, vs 778 last year, an 8 percent rise in total accidents.
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Department of Public Safety
Merger Efforts End Between Airlines in CAB Ruling
Washington based report states American Airlines and Eastern Airlines abandonment of merger plans after CAB rejection of domestic operations merger and American's dismissal motion cancels overseas route merger.
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Hearing Set on Rezoning Bid Along State Highway 78
Planning and Zoning Board will hold a public hearing Monday at city hall starting 7 p.m. on a rezoning request for a 150 foot wide stretch along State Highway 78 from Russell Avenue to White Avenue east to Chaffin addition. The request seeks to change the zoning from Dwelling to Light Retail. All property owners within 200 feet have been notified and invited to attend.
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State Dept awaits Cuba request to return Cuban captives
Washington reports the State Department is waiting for Cuba to request the release of two Cuban coast guardsmen taken to Florida as captives by anti Castro raiders. Cuban exiles carried the men to Marathon Key on June 12 after a battle with a Cuban patrol boat.
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First National Bank Board to Meet Tuesday Evening
The regular monthly meeting of the First National Bank board of directors is scheduled for 7 30 p m Tuesday in the directors room of the bank building. Each director is urged to attend.
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Schweitzer Named IMF Managing Director
Paul Pierre Schweitzer deputy director of the Bank of France was appointed Friday to lead the International Monetary Fund succeeding the late Per Jacobsson who died in London on May 5.
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UPI
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London
Directors Okay A and M Shakeup at Texas A&M
The Texas A&M Board of Directors approved Rudder's plan to modernize the cadet corps. Col. Joe Davis would be fired as commandant. a regular military officer will take the post. The board also endorsed compulsory basic ROTC for first and second year male students and cut seven military tacticians to save about 60,000 dollars annually.
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Income Tax Cuts Shape Hopes in House Debate
Washington reports that Ways and Means faces final shaping of a major tax cut. Kennedy backs large rate reductions while conservatives fear revenue loss. battles over corporate versus individual cuts loom as the two week deadline approaches.
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