Dominican intercept forces U S transport to land
Major George A Williams Jr said an unarmed U S B47 was forced to land at Ciudad Trujillo after a Dominican F51 fired a short burst while the American crew, seven aboard, escaped unharmed. The incident occurred amid international waters between Cape Canaveral and Cuba and prompted a State Department Air Force inquiry.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
U.S
Dominican Resable
Dom
Inican Fohter
George A. Williams Jr
Csland
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Williams
Fau Gallie
Air Force
Cape Canaveral Test Center
State Department
Guantanamo Bay
Willams
Sailor Reunites After Bus Ticket Lost in Travel Mixup
Photographer's Mate Bill Moser of the USN is relieved to recover a lost bus ticket after a chain of rides from Wichita Falls to Gainesville and Bonham. Landers Vaughn drove him. Weldon Nichols identified the owner from The Favorite’s report. Mosier, a Bonham native and Navy sailor, helped locate the ticket owner. The finder plans to mail the ticket back once he returns to Dallas–Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beir Cantrell
Bill Moser
USN
Bill
Landers Vaughn
Dallas
Gainesville
Wichita Falls
Bonham
Landers
Weldon Nichols
Mosier
General Cable Co
Nichols
Otto Douglas
Ravenna
Rt 1
Bonham High School
Atsuki
Japan
Vaughn
Sanger
Toon
Sanger Courier
U. S. Navy
Campbell Released On Bond In Indecent Exposure Case
W R Don Campbell owner of the Cedarvale Health Resort was released on 1000 bond furnished by Fort Worth residents. Sheriff Hoyt Ivey and Texas Ranger G W Burks arrested Campbell at the resort on a complaint filed in county court alleging an obscene and indecent public exhibition. The case was moved to Judge Choice Moore's county court with no trial date set. likely late July or August. The resort was found after a shuttered gate was discovered at the 50 acre tract. Bills to outlaw nudity failed in the legislature earlier this session.
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W. R (Don) Campbell
Cedarvale
New Hope Ammuniity
Uain
Vdnsda
Fort Worth
Justice of Peace Hamp
Harper's Court
Coury Court
Choice Moore
Campbell
Tibby Wright
Moore
Nenyty Sherff
Leon Shastid
Texas
House
James A Turman
Gober
Senate
Ray Roberts
McKinney
Newlyweds Expect Many Happy Years Ahead
The item suggests long, hopeful years ahead for the couple, implying durable marriage and future milestones without specifying names or dates. The tone is celebratory and timeless, typical of wedding notices.
Wayward Buses Recovered In Mexico In Purchase Scam Case
Two of three 'wayward buses' linked to a purported U S purchase deal have been found in Mexico. One bus is impounded in Ciudad Miguel Aleman Tamaulipas, another in a Mexico City firm’s private garage. A Texas man is sought on a master-minding charge while US consular officials plan a formal request for return under a stolen car treaty. The Mexico City bus was delivered to a local firm after an unknown offerer presented the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
UPI
U. S
Mexico
Ciudad Miguel Aleman
State of
Tamaulipas
Hamish Turner
Spartanburg
Turner
Texas
Laredo
Tex
Lions View Alaska Slides After Club Trip
Members of the Bonham Lions Club viewed color slide presentation by Len Morgan Jr who lived in Fairbanks Alaska for a year detailing Alaskan scenes observed Thursday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham Lions Club
Alaska
Len Morgan, Jr
Fairbanks
Speeding car kills 16 year old crossing US 75 near Howe
Cindy Matthews, 16, was struck and killed by a speeding vehicle as she crossed US 75 near Howe. The impact threw her about 200 feet, investigators said.
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Howe
Tex
UPI
Cindy Matthews
US 75
Senate kills transportation tax by vote
The Senate approved repeal of the 10 percent transportation tax on domestic train, airline and long distance bus tickets. The move would save about 235 million dollars annually but was not in the House bill. The action aimed to close tax loopholes while extending corporate income and other excise taxes for one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate
Treasury
George A Smathers
House
Congress
Resigned Pastor Weds Divorcee in Alamogordo
The Rev. W. S. McBirnie former pastor of Trinity Baptist Church San Antonio and Mrs Wilma Jean Durham a congregation member wed June 8 in Alamogordo New Mexico. McBirnie 39 confessed involvement with a married woman before 800 members and had resigned the San Antonio pulpit a day earlier. The couple’s marriage followed Mrs Durham’s Mexican divorce from Carl Durham and the couple’s two children Exa 12 Tommy 15 attended the ceremony.
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San Antonio
Tex
UPI
W. S. McBirnie
Trinity Baptist
Nuevo Laredo
Durham
Carl W. Durham
Durham Business Colleges
Durhams
Exa
Tommy
Alamogordo
McBirnie
Don’t Count On It in Dallas Romance Rumor
Dallas gossip item from UPI notes Stephen Callahan 6 told his six year old girlfriend he would marry her when he grew up. She dismisses the plan saying she might be with another man by then.
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Dallas
UPI
Stephen Callahan
County May Lose Rodent Control Program After July 15
Fannin County may lose its rodent control program when the U S Fish and Wildlife Service contract ends July 15. County Agent Gene Graves urged residents to attend a July 15 meeting in Bonham to discuss renewing the contract and preserving the program. He noted each rat causes at least $25 in damage annually and implied unseen rats also cause damage.
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Fannin County
Gene Graves
U S. Fish and Wildlie Service
Agen Graves
Bonham Chamber of Commerce
Federal
Graves
United States
Paul Simpson Honored by Lone Star Gas District Office
Paul Simpson manager of Lone Star Gas Bonham district earns third place in Class B of the Distribution Division Management Achievement Awards. First in Class B went to A C Haley Palestine and second to W L Routt Gatesville. A Dallas hotel dinner July 10 honors winners with L T Potter president as speaker.
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Paul Simpson
Lone Star Gas Company
Bonham
M. L. Bird
Bird
Texas
Oklahoma
Simpson
A C Haley
Palestine
W. L. Routt
Gatesville
Embassy
Statler-Hi Ton
Dallas
L. T. Potter
Joe C Darrow
Man and Woman Held On Check Forgery Charges
Police in Houston held Josephine Dickerson and Warren Charles on charges of cashing 78 forged payroll checks totaling over 10000 dollars at area supermarkets. The couple were arrested Saturday, with charges filed Wednesday after the forgeries reached the bank.
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Houston
Aoman
Bank
Charles
Justice of the Peace
W C Ragan
Josephine Dickerson
Warren Dale Charles
Dickerson
William C Dickerson
Cambridge Lumber Co
Harold LD Wilcox
Vera K Zuber
Addison Sued by Three Attorneys
San Antonio reports John Milton Addison 31 uranium promoter who has filed six million dollars in damage suits against Texas officials was counter-suited for 150000 by three assistant district attorneys Harold Hall Garland Wier and Chief Investigator Donne Pogue. They allege Addison defamed their character in a radio broadcast. The trio were named in a prior Addison suit seeking four million dollars from them and three DPS members.
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San Antonio
UPI
John Milton Addison
Texas
Harold Hall
Garland Wier
Donne Pogue
Addison
Department of Public Safety
British aid funds desert coach to Aqaba port
The British government provides 1.4 million dollars to Jordan to complete a desert road to Aqaba, a Red Sea port on the Gulf of Aqaba. The embassy spokesman said the road ensures Jordan free access to the port while other routes through Syria are blocked.
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Amman
Jordan
UPI
Aqaba
Red Sea
Gulf of Aqaba
Syria
Snake Causes Barroom Disturbance Lands Man in Penitentiary
John Boulding, 35, was sent to the penitentiary for 50 days after a barroom disturbance sparked when he blew cigar smoke in a female patron's face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bupralo NY
John Boulding
Civil defense study projects 48.9 million U S deaths in H bomb attack
A U S civil defense official told a congressional subcommittee that 48.9 million Americans would die from blast, fire, or radiation in a U S versus Russia H bomb war. An additional 20 million would be seriously injured but could recover, with 128.1 million survivors facing fallout risks.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Russia
Eugene J. Quindlen
Office of Civil Defense
Congressional Atomic Energy Subcommittee
Chet Holifield
D-Calif
Holifield
Air Force
Atomic Energy Commission
Navy
Quindlen
Mexico reports 665 polio cases this year
Mexico’s Health Ministry reports 665 polio cases so far this year. 215 are in the federal district and 450 in provinces. Guadalajara leads with 96 cases, followed by Jalisco state with 53. Since 1957 Salk vaccinations have protected about 600,000 under fives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Ethiopian Emperor Selassie Arrives in Cairo for State Visit
Emperor Haile Selassie began a five day state visit to the United Arab Republic arriving in Cairo. He was welcomed by UAR President Gamal Abdel Nasser after Nasser's recent return from a Mediterranean vacation near Alexandria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
UPI
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Jeader
United Arab Republic
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Mediterranean
Alexandra
Bonham Area Sees Near Two Inch Rainfall Amid Flooding
Devine Texas reports up to eight inches of rain causing flash floods along Upson Street and closing an underpass on U.S. Highway 81. Bonham logged 1.91 inches, boosting weekly total to 3.61 inches as storms spread across North Texas. Local residents observed flood-affected streets, water over curbs, and a golf course flooded.
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Upson Street
U.S. Highway 81
Devine
Texas
del Rio
Dallas-Fort Worth
Greenville
Plano
Bas d’ Arc
Guest
North Texas
Texans Obligation Sparks Tax Session in Austin
Texans clash over severance tax on gas as industry spokesman argues other states would footing costs for Texas while Gov. Daniel warns 53 percent of the tax would hit residents outside Texas. House Revenue and Taxation Committee pursues a plan to raise about 4 million dollars in new taxes amid stalled agreement.
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Austin
UPS
Texas
House Revenue and Tanawon Committee
Britain
Amarillo
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America
Qiuzen
Teaus
Congress
Geo Price
Daniel
Rep V L. (Bo) Ramsey
Beckville
Kar
Ramseys
Waggoner
J.C. Kbranek
Dassetta
H. J. Blancherd
Lubbock
House Committee
Ramsey
Carr
Ee Ae
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