Flanagan Wins Dairy Day Judging Contest in Fannin County
Kenneth Flanagan of Leonard won the judging contest scoring 591 of 600 at the annual Fannin County Dairy Day in Memorial Park. Harold Ballard placed second with 689 points, Magness Carter of Honey Grove third with 587, and others earned ribbons for their showmanship and placing.
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Kenneth Flanagan
Leonard
FFA
Fannin County
Flanagan
Ballard
Castela
Lavcoct
Brown
A. M. Meekma
Texas A&m Extension Service
Bobby Todd
Trenton
Lindell Brown
Bailey
Ernest Weeks
Gober
Magness Carter
Honey Grove
Dwayne Curry
Ridings
Jerry Halli
Mulberry
Harold Ballard
Savoy
Billy Todd
Lindel Brown
Batley
Jerry Laycock
Windom
Chamber of Commerce
Des Moines Wins Battle of Flood Deluge Hopeful
Des Moines fought the highest flood in its history with guardsmen and Army engineers patrolling 5.5 miles of levees around the city. Col. Nelson LeClair Jr. declared, We are winning, but officials warned the danger would not end until the river falls nearly seven feet below flood stage, not expected until midnight Saturday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
U. P
Nelson LeClair
Shivers’ 425000 Profit Highlighted in Land Suit Deposition
United Press reports that Governor Allan Shivers made a 1,700 percent return on a 1946 Texas land deal, earning 425000 from a 25000 investment. The disclosure emerged as his deposition in the Landergott land fraud suit was opened in Brownsville, drawing immediate political reactions from opponents.
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United Press
Allan Shivers
Hig
Shivers
U. S. District Court
Brownsville
West Texas
Ralph Yarborough
Yarborough
Temple
Texas
Landergott
Charles Landergott
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr
Lloyd M. Bentsen Sr
Elmer C. Bentsen
J. T
Bentsen
Toxyas Realty Co
Ita
Laredo
Tex
Mra
Mra. Landergott
North Central Texas Warm with Scattered Showers Likely
Generally fair and hot conditions expected through Saturday with widely scattered thundershowers possible mainly in the extreme south portion of the region.
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Texas
Red efforts to attack air base repelled near Haiphong
French high command said Communist commandos tried to infiltrate and attack Dawson airbase six miles south of Haiphong where U.S. Air Force technicians are stationed. Alert guards repelled the assault, but Reds took three French positions along the Hanoi Haiphong railway and nearby delta sites, including Dan Le and Quang Yen.
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Hanoi
Dawson
Haiphong
Red River
Red
Hanoi -Haiphong
Quang Yen
Viet Namese Army Training School
Dan le
Ninh Binh
Hanoi-Haiphong
Del
Churchill arrives for talks with Eisenhower to ease Anglo American rifts
Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill flies to Washington for crucial talks with President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles over postwar strategy in Asia and the free world. The visit centers on a possible Allied Red anti aggression pact, atomic energy exchanges, and Southeast Asia alliance plans amid strong policy divisions.
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Washington
Sir Winaton Churchill
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Eisenhower
John Fenter Dulles
Free World
Atatewnan
Winston Churchill
Asia
Britain
U. S
Richard M. Nixon
John Foster Dulles
National Airport
White House
Mra. Eisenhower
Georgi M. Malenkov
Air Force Academy chosen site north of Colorado Springs
A 53 000 city plans a billion dollar boom with the Air Force Academy to train 680 officers annually on 15166 acres of ranch land 11 miles north of Colorado Springs. Colorado funds 3 million dollars with local pledges and utilities expanding. academy payroll expected at 1.5 million monthly. First classes in Denver temporary quarters, main construction to finish by 1967. total cost estimated 700 to 900 million.
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Colo. Lune
Point
Annapolis
Harold EF. Talbett
Air Force Academy
Colorado Spring
Rocky Mountain
Hince
Colorado Interstate Gas Company
Plana
Air Force
Washington
Talbott
Air Academy
Denver
Joy
Tom Thornton
Colorado
Rhadew
Reckins Talbott
Lake Geneva
Wis
Alton
Charles A. Lindberg
Art Academy
Rockies
U. & Highway 87
Benjamin W. Chidlaw
Air Defense Command
Whetgun slaying mystery in Fannin County shocks community
In Fannin County sheriff’s deputies investigated the violent death of Thomas Heiman 58 found near his New Hope home. Heiman was struck by two . one to the arm and another to the face near his plowed field where his cultivator remained hitched. Texas Ranger Denson expected to assist as officers pursued leads suggesting acquaintance with the victim.
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Fannin County
Teday
Dea
Thomas
Jim) Heiman
Hia
New Hope
Benham
Helman
Sherif Kari Cale
Mekman
Bartley
Cain
Holman
Bigheet
Texas Ranger
Denson
Bonham
Two Year Sentence For Forgery In Randolph Case
Barnt and Calvin Ambers Turner were found guilty by a Sixth District Court jury of forging checks on Nath Young of the Randolph community. Turner received two years in the State Penitentiary. Ambers was detained after an attempt to pass checks in Leonard. Litigation on Walter Cuddy's indictment for burglary was held under advisement.
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Calvin Ambers Turner
Ambers
Nath Young
Randolph
Leonard
Ambers Lee Turner
Walter Cuddy
A. M. Harrison
Cuddy
Windom School to Open July 12 for Six-Week Session
Windom schools will open Monday July 12 for a summer session likely lasting six to 10 weeks. Students will be dismissed to aid in cotton harvest and other fall crops, with classes resuming after harvest in the late fall, according to Supt. Joe Gilbreath.
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Windom
First Gulf Hurricane Hits Coast Near Brownsville
The season's first hurricane named Alex was forecast to inland near Santa Teresa Mexico about 70 miles south of Brownsville. Maximum winds near 8 mph with heavy rain expected into the Rio Grande Valley as Navy evacuates hundreds of planes and 45 people from Gulf Coast fields.
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Brownsville
Tex
Gulf Coast
Brownaville
Alice
Santa Teresa
Rio Grande Valley
de Rio
Parsons
Fielda
Persona
Babson Predicts Mixed 1964 Business Outlook
Babson forecasts a mixed second half of 1964 with sectors like electric power, aircraft, rubber, textiles and petroleum improving, while machinery, rail equipment, steel and autos lag. Retail sales should hold with price-conscious consumers, inventories to shrink, and a liberal Eisenhower era outlook into year end.
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Babson Park
Mass
Columniatsa
Bomg Industries
Alan
Saleawise
Polio Cases Reach New Year High in Texas Week
Texas health officials report 9 polio cases in the week ending June 19, up from 8 the prior week and 5 in the same period last year. Harris County leads with 10 cases, Nueces County has 9, marking a statewide high for the year.
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Austin
Texi
State Health Department
Harris County
Nueces County
Cattle market steady in Fort Worth wholesale quotes
Fort Worth cattle prices show steady market across categories on June 26. Steer and heifer values range 14 to 18 for slaughter grades, utility cows 10.60 to 12, canners 7 to 19, bulls around 14, stockers scarce, calves 13 to 17 with some up to 18.50, sows around 16. Hog prices and other weights noted, butchers steady with chalice around 190 to 380 pounds at 23.80.
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Fort Worth
Two Grass Fire Alarms Reported Thursday Afternoon
A grass fire at Jimmie Brown's service station on South Center triggered one alarm and a second alarm came from Maggie Williams' dog house on Bam 13th. Fire crews responded to both incidents Thursday afternoon.
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Dog Howe
Jimmie Brown
South Center
Wes
Maggie Williams
Bam 13Th
Bey Hw Fleet Engagements Highlight Waney Weve
The report notes Bey Hw fleet actions near Waney Weve as crews rush to report events. Details are sparse but indicate ongoing activity and swift movement by vessels engaged in the area.
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