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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1962
Page
2
The Senate moved to consider a House bill extending current Korean War era tax rates for one year and faced votes on raising the federal debt limit and renewing the Sugar Act before week’s end. A Medicare amendment may appear, with funding bills and appropriations in contention, plus a major veterans pension measure garnering signatures.
Texas Senator Ralph Yarborough said 37 telephone calls from promoter Billie Sol Estes were routine. He noted one call sought help for Church of Christ missionaries in Tanganyika and another touched on the Texas governor race. He disputed Estes’ claim that John Connally would win West Texas by 200,000.
A Santa Fe freight train struck a pickup at Higgins Texas killing four Oklahomans. A second two car head on collision claimed five lives. Weekend toll rises with multiple accidents making the state’s worst tally.
On this day in history the Confederate states were readmitted to the Union and Sitting Bull led the Sioux at the Little Bighorn in 1876. In 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea beginning the Korean War.
A brief thought recounts Friedrich Nietzsche urging distrust of those who feel compelled to punish. The aphorism cautions against power and the impulse to enforcement, reflecting a skeptical view of authority and vengeance.
The new Outdoor Recreation Bureau aims to reduce crowding by shifting land use toward areas near cities. It coordinates 20 agencies, urges state and local action, and supports federal funding to acquire parks and shorelines while private enterprise expands facilities.
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker unveils a five point austerity program to ease the Canadian dollar strain. The plan aims to trim government spending, raise duties on luxury goods, and secure international finance including loans from the IMF and credit from the Export-Import Bank.
The Department of State announces three foreign service examinations to be held in September in cities including Washington and Dublin. Candidates must be at least 20 years old, U.S. citizens for nine years, and hold a bachelor’s degree. Applications and details are available by writing to the Board of Examiners, Foreign Service, Room 2533, Department of State, Washington 25.
Police say former Marine Vance confessed to murdering two teenagers, including 11 year old Margaret Ann Kennedy, after forcing a car ride and assault. The suspect, discharged from service, faces charges in Plains County, with motive linked to a violent crime against a youth.
Mrs. Lawrence Johnson 31, of Hutchinson Kansas, died Friday June 22 1962 from injuries in a traffic accident. Reared in Bonham she was the former Hazel Pollard. Funeral set for 2 30 pm Tuesday Bradford Memorial Chapel with Rev H A Davis. Interment Gatey Hill cemetery Fannin County Funeral Home directing. Survivors include husband two Hutchinson children an aunt and two cousins in Bonham.
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Backers push toward House action as World War I veterans group claims 192 signatures on a discharge petition though some doubt remains. The bill would provide monthly pensions up to about 10237 for eligible veterans, with an estimated first year cost of 942 million and total cost through 2090 of 116 billion.
Severe weather Sunday and night storms brought lightning and floods from the Rockies to the Atlantic. A New York victim was killed by lightning and an 18 year old died in a Brooklyn basement flood. A Biloxi beach strike killed a wife of an airman and injured another, and a Hartford man was electrocuted by a live wire. Tornadoes damaged central Wisconsin and Nebraska with multi million dollar losses. Philadelphia and Camden recorded record rainfall with flooded streets and basements.
In Mexico City the nation’s top units and the military college prepare honors for President Kennedy on arrival. A 2 gun salute from four howitzers by Popotla Cadets will greet Kennedy, while a 21 gun salute honors President Lopez Mateos. A parachutist battalion of the presidential guards will be reviewed by both leaders before the motorcade to Los Pinos.
Mr and Mrs Cecil B Carter and their baby left Sunday for St Louis Missouri where he will work as an accountant in a U S Government department They were joined by his parents Mr and Mrs C H Carter of Bonham and on the way they visited C H Carters sister and family in Cape Girardeau Missouri
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