Commissioners To Hear Residents Of District July 24
A public hearing before the Fan nin County Commissioners Court is set for 10 o clock Tuesday morning July 24 on a petition to form Fannin County Watershed Control District No 1. The Caney Creek watershed would span about 48 000 acres with six to eight retention dams planned to reduce flood damage. The project cost is estimated at 384 000 dollars shared by the federal government and the district. Local residents from Savoy Ector Ravenna Bonham and other areas signed the petition led by C E Cox and Charley Gilley of Ector as president of the Caney Creek Watershed Association.
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Fannin County
Red River
Ravenna Mulberry
Caney
Bonham
Ector
Savoy
Ravenna
Watershed Control District
Charley Gilley
Ectors
Caney Creek Watershed Association
Choice Moore
Bois d’ Arc
Honey Grove
Ohio Governor Signals Possible Vote for Republican Senate Control
Gov. Frank Lausche an irregular Democrat said he might back Republican control of the Senate if elected. The remark came as Democratic divisions and tensions over party alignment surfaced during the Senate leadership scramble in Washington.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Senate
Local People Share Corn and Fishing Tales
The piece recounts Odessa resident Cynthia Ford visiting her grandparents in Bonham with a harvest of corn and produce. It then shifts to light anecdotes about James Arle’s fishing misadventure with a parakeet, Crick at the post office dressing catfish, and Lausche's tip during a governors conference discussion on public education and Democratic politics in Atlantic City.
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Cynthia Ford
Odessa
H. M. Brown
Bonham
Honey Grove
Brown
McKee Orick
Crick
Lausche
Conference of Governors
Tuesday Movie Day set by Bonham merchants at American theatre
The American theatre in Bonham opens at 2 pm for the first of five showings of The Annapolis Story. Tickets are available from about 30 participating merchants who bought the rights for the day. John Derek and Diana Lynn star in this Technicolor naval training drama.
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Bonham
U. S. Naval Academy
John Derek
Diana Lynn
Yewry
Jury Finishes Guilty Verdict In JP Court With 100 Dollar Fine
A six man jury in Justice of Peace Hamp Harper's court found Lois Denton Donaghey guilty of leaving the scene of an accident and imposed a 100 dollar fine plus 121.50 in costs. Judge Harper noted penalties could range from 1 to 200 dollars. In other cases D L Crowley of Trenton was fined 100 dollars in four counts for driving without a Texas license, disturbing the peace, losing control of a vehicle and drunkenness.
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Justice of Peace
Hamp
Harper's
Lois Denton Donaghey
Harper
Justice Court
D. L. Crowley
Trenton
Texas
Plane crash in Kano kills 30 aboard British airliner
A four engine BOAC jet crashed three miles from Kano Airport Nigeria killing 30 of 45 aboard with 10 passengers and five crew surviving. Captain Herbert Tomlinson survived the nose high tree-top pancake landing. Surviving and dead included British and Nigerian passengers and Irish stewardess Kay Buckley.
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Kano
Nigeria
Harold Watkinson
House of Commons
London
British Overseas Airways Corp
Herbert Tomlinson
BOAC
Kay Buckley
County Cork
Ireland
L. A. Ward
Tomlinson
Tripoli
Sahara Desert
Steel wage rise would trigger higher steel prices warns negotiator
A top steel industry negotiator said any wage increase for the 650000 workers must be followed by a substantial price hike. Retail prices for private label coffee rose three to four cents a pound at Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. and Safeway Stores. Senator Mansfield urged Democrats not to overemphasize Eisenhower health in campaigns. Minnie Mangum, a Sunday school teacher, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for embezzling almost $3 million to aid friends and relatives.
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New York
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Safeway Stores, Inc
Norfolk
Minnie Mangum
West Texas grasshopper control program progress survey
Agriculture Commissioner John White conducted an on site survey to gauge progress of the federal state grasshopper control program in West Texas and the Panhandle. Three San Angelo youths are reported improving after a highway accident that claimed a companion from San Antonio.
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Austin
John White
West Texas
Panhandle
Prescott, Ark
San Angelo
Tex
San Antonio
Eisenhower Plans Panama Trip and Gettysburg Convalescence
President Eisenhower will fly to Panama in late July for talks with American state presidents after postponing planned talks with Indian Prime Minister Nehru. He will depart Walter Reed to recover at Gettysburg Farm where he and Mrs. Eisenhower will celebrate their 40th anniversary this weekend.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Panama
Jawaharlal Nehru
Walter Reed Hospital
Gettysburg
Eisenhowers
James G. Hagerty
Nehru
London
Hisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Sherman Adams
Senate Set For Showdown Over Air Force Funds Increase
The Senate heads toward a close vote on boosting Air Force funds in the $35 billion defense bill. Lyndon Johnson backs a $1.16 billion increase as a show of U.S. resolve, while Henry Jackson warns of an uphill fight. Army Secretary Brucker signals a 10 percent rise in next year’s budget. postal rate votes and foreign aid debates accompany. Civil Defense chief Zeidler warns of limited civilian capacity to absorb a nuclear blow.
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William F Knowland
Calif
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Tex
U. S
Defense
Charles E Wilson
Johnson
Henry M. Jackson
United States
Army
Wilber M. Brucker
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Air Power
Congress
House
Eisenhower
Perking McGuire
Frank P. Zeidler
Milwaukee
American Municipal Association
Civil Defense Committee
Hot Weather Persists in Bonham Through Tuesday
Forecast calls for little temperature change in the Bonham area with highs near 98 degrees for Saturday and Sunday and overnight lows around 76. Scattered afternoon thunder showers are expected.
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Bonham
Admiral Ernest King Dies in Maine
Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King who led the Navy from Pearl Harbor defeat to World War II victory died today at Kittery Maine. He steered naval strategy and commanded Allied forces in the Pacific and Atlantic theaters. His death marks the loss of a chief wartime strategist and central figure in wartime maritime leadership.
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Kittery
Maine
Ernest J. King
Pearl Harbor
Job Wanted Ads Offered Free to Bonham Youths
The Daily Favorite and Texas Employment Commission offer free classified job ads for school age boys and girls for two weeks. Youths register at the employment office to run ads for babysitting carpentry help store work farm tasks lawn care or other opportunities.
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Daily Favorite
The
Texas Employment Commission
Twining Sees New Russian Fighters in Moscow Visit
General Nathan Twining US Air Force chief meets Marshal Zhukov in Moscow and tours the Gubinka fighter base amid show of seven new Soviet jets. Khrushchev hails Eisenhower for honesty, while Twining relays best wishes for the President’s recovery and rearmament stance.
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Moscow
Nathan F. Twining
Eisenhower
Georgi K Khukov
Gubinka
Twining
U. S. Air Force
Russia
Zhukov
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs J L Dobbs in Paris
Funeral services for Mrs J L Dobbs 83 former Bonham resident who died at a Paris hospital followed a two week illness were held at Roden Chapel Paris with Rev Stone Risinger officiating. Interment was in Willow Wild Cemetery Bonham. She was born Lena DeBerry January 11 1873 in Monroe Kentucky. Survivors include daughter Mrs Ray Baker of Paris brother Marvin DeBerry of Whitewright and sister Mrs J T Wrenn of Savoy.
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J. L. Dobbs
Bonham
Paris
Llness
Roden Chapel
Stone Risinger
First Methodist
Sulphur Springs
Willow Wild
Dobbs
Lena DeBerry
Monroe
Columbus DeBerry
Safety First Civil Rights Plank in Democratic Platform
Master Democratic strategists craft a safety first civil rights plank for the 1956 campaign to avoid a Chicago convention explosion. They weigh Supreme Court integration decisions, but face Southern resistance and northern pushes for strong civil rights language and enforcement actions.
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Washington
Chicago
Virginia
South Carolina
Louisiana
Democratic Party
Supreme Court
United States
Wisconsin
Michigan
New York
National Fair Employment Practices Commission
Justice Department
Prisoner Recaptured After Escape Near Bonham
A Black man who escaped from county officers while being taken to a pool east of Bonham to hunt for radiators was recaptured shortly before 1 p.m. about three miles west of Bonham by Sheriff Hoyt Ivey. Deputies Luther Smith and Steve Carroll had taken him to the pool where he said the radiators and batteries were. The man broke into tall weeds to flee, prompting a joint search by county officers, Highway Patrolman J. l. Smith and Walker, Bonham Chief R. O. McKissack, city police, and volunteers. He crossed the T and P tracks and headed west, then was found skirting Bonham’s southern edge seeking a ride.
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Bonham
Hoyt Ivey
Luther Smith
Steve Carroll
J. l. Smith
Walker
R. O. McKissack
T&p
Benrham
Ivey
North Central Texas Weather Forecast
Clear to partly cloudy and warm tonight with widely scattered afternoon and night time thunder showers. Thunder activity mainly affects the northwest and extreme north portions of the area.
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Texas
Local chatter fills Square with various residents
On the Square Pink Stoddard and Reid Puedy discuss watershed affairs with Judge Moore. Henry Gilbert relaxes while Buddy Avery and Wade Harper converse with County Attorney Tibby Wright. dal las Evans by the stairs and Jack Grynn with a cold drink. George Leatherweld heads to a sale. Shistey Mavensugh hurries back to attention. Monday notes refer to a sent item.
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Pink Stoddard
Reid Puedy
Judge Choice Moore
Henry Gilbert
Buddy Avery
Wade Harper
Tibby Wright
Dallas Evans
Jack Grynn
Shistey Mavensugh
George Leatherweld
Munday
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Demos
James Arle
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Averell Harriman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Harriman
G. Mennen Williams
Robert B. Meyner
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Stevenson
George Bell Timmerman, Jr
African Field
United Press
Mike Mansfield
Gettysbur
Knowland
Ernest King
Bulletin
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Bonham School
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T'Wining
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