Cabinet Secretary Denies He Opened Files to Newsman
Senate investigators pressed Maxwell M. Rabb to testify about secret Cabinet files given to New York Herald Tribune reporter Robert J. Donovan. Rabb denied sharing any information, while Chairman McClellan invited him to testify under oath. House chair William Dawson demanded access to previously denied files, accusing the White House of waiving privilege.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Maxwell M. Rabb
Congress
Rabb
Robert J. Donovan
Donovan
New York Herald-Tribune
James Hagerty
Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
McClellan
Robert F. Kennedy
Cabinet
William L. Dawson
D-Iii
House Government Operations Committee
Dawson
Eisenhower
D.-Ark
Californians Find Texas Vacations Popular This Week
Californians flock to Texas for vacations with car tags seen on U S 82 and around the square. Deputy Steve Carroll assists in recapture of an escaped prisoner near Bois d Arc bottoms while Deputy Leon Shastid handles civil papers in Honey Grove and Ladonia. Everett Parker, North Fannin schools superintendent, previews a six week July term as crops boost district prospects and pine trees he planted are thriving, part of his Tree Farm hobby.
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Texas
California
U. S. 82
Steve Carroll
Steve
Johnson
Bois d’ Arc
Leon Shastid
Shastid
Honey Grove
Ladonia
Everett Parker
North Fannin
Texas Tree Farm Association
Parker
Fannin County
Mercury Tops Heat Record With 99 Degree High
The city sweltered as Monday reached an official high near 99 degrees, the hottest of the year so far. Daytime temperatures topped three preceding days, which peaked at 98, signaling an ongoing heat wave.
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Mercury
Rites Slated Friday for King Tough Boss of U S Navy
Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King, 77, died at Portsmouth Naval Hospital after a heart seizure. His body to be flown to Washington then to Annapolis for burial with a service in the National Cathedral and state at the Capitol. He led the U S Navy as fleet commander in chief and chief of naval operations.
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Kittery
Ernest J. King
Annapolis
King
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Navy
Washington
Washington National Cathedral
Naval Academy Cemetery
U.S
Diplomatic Corps
U. S. Navy
Bethesda
National
Constitution Avenue
Capitol
Ernest J. King, Jr
Eisenhower
America
Naval Academy
William D. Leahy
Chester W. Nimitz
William F
Bull) Halsey
U.S. Fleet
Naval Operations
Lorain
Ohio
Martha Rankin Egerton
Baltimore
Farm Women Meet At Park Tomorrow In Bonham
Representatives from all Fannin county home demonstration clubs will attend a recreational training school at Bonham State Park on Wednesday. About 60 women are expected to learn games and songs to take back to their clubs led by Mrs. Paul Turner, Mrs. Lloyd Withrow, Mrs. Hobart Waterman, and Mrs. Bobby Lane. 4-H girls Janice Hall and Anne Wylie may assist. attendees recently trained at a district school in Denton.
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Fannin County
Bonham State Park
Barbara McAnelly
Paul Turner
Lloyd Withrow
Nobility Club
Hobart Waterman
Bobby Lane
Allen's Point Club
Denton
Miss McAnelley
Trinidad
Janice Hall
Mulberry Club
Anne Wylie
Allen’s Point
Elusive Negro Gets Year in Local Jail
Bobby Fuller, identified as a Negro, was sentenced to one year in the Fannin county jail by County Judge Moore after pleading guilty to a theft under $50 charge. The case involved stolen radiators and batteries from J. B. Hopkins Wrecking yard. items were recovered in Commerce. Fuller fled deputies in an attempted bid for freedom but was recaptured near Bonham and Bois d Arc bottom by Sheriff Hoyt Ivey.
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Bobby Fuller
Fannin County
Moore
Fuller
J. B. Hopkins
Bonham
Bois d’ Arc
Hoyt Ivey
TB Association Plans Seal Campaign Meeting in Fannin County
The Fannin County Tuberculosis Association officers and directors meet at Mrs. A. H. Kincaid's home tonight to discuss the 1906 seal sale campaign. President Dub Hodge says the session begins at 7:30 PM with Co B Bryant VI, named seal sale chairman for 1956, present to discuss work.
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TB Association
Fannin County Tuberculosis Association
A. H. Kincaid
West 5Th Street
Dub Hodge
Co. B. Bryant VI
Seal Sale
Okinawa compared to Cyprus by Soviet Union
The Soviet Union accused the United States of turning Okinawa into another Cyprus. A Moscow radio broadcast backed Okinawan protests against lump-sum base payments rather than annual rents. It called the affair grim and an international problem as 800 plus students demonstrated before the US embassy demanding Okinawa be returned to Japan.
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Okinawa
Cyprus
Tokyo
Soviet Union
United States
Okinwa
Moscow
Okiniawans
Pacific
Japan
Clothing Workshops Conducted by Agent for 4-H Girls
County home demonstration agent Miss Barbara Shanelly conducts two clothing workshops daily this week for 4-H club girls. Miss McAncelly meets Allen's Point club each morning and Mulberry club in the afternoon. Workshops teach pattern laying cutting fabric and garment fitting.
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Barbara shAnelly
McAncelly
Allen's Point Club
Mulberry Club
Twining Sees Soviet Aviation Progress During Moscow Visit
General Nathan F. Twining, U S Air Force chief of staff, tours the Zhukovsky Sky Air Engineering Academy in Moscow and views Soviet jet projects. He may inspect planes at Kubinka base and observes a TU104 passenger liner, while six generals accompany him. The mission ends Sunday with coordination at Wiesbaden for Pentagon and President Eisenhower.
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USAF
Nathan Twining
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Georgi Zhukov
Vassily Sokolovsky
Moscow
Tushino
NEA Radiophoto
Nathan F. Twining
Zhukovsky
Soviet Union
Twining
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Russia
U. S. Air Force Base
Wiesbaden
Germany
Pentagon
Eisenhower
Mrs. W. W. Wilson Dies in Fort Worth at 82
Mrs. W. W. Wilson 82 widow of Walter Wilson died in Fort Worth Sunday at her daughter’s home. Funeral service set for Wednesday 2 PM at Wise Funeral chapel with Rev. Earl M. Jones officiating. Interment Oakwood Cemetery Honey Grove. Survivors include two sons A. R. Wilson and W. W. Wilson of Grand Prairie two daughters Mrs Peterson of Fort Worth and Mrs Vera McKowan of Harlingen one brother Ike Scott Planters Okla six grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
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W. W
Lon) Wilson
Walter Wilson
Fort Worth
Beb. B Peterson
Dorsey and
Choice Wilson
C. W. Bond
Ralph Bond
Herman Bond
A. R Wilson
W. W. Wilson
Grand Prairie
Peterson
Vera McKowan
Harlingen
Ike Scott
Planters
Okla
Trumans dine with Queen at Buckingham Palace visit
Former President Harry S Truman and his wife joined Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace for lunch. The meeting marked the first since Elizabeth’s 1952 succession and their first since her 1951 princess days.
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London
Harry Struman
Queen Elizabeth
White House
Truman
Duke of Edinburgh
Buckingham Palace
Trumans
Elizabeth
George VI
Washington
Canada
House Approves Record $32.9 Billion Highway Plan
The House authorized a large highway construction program and raised use taxes to fund it. The plan envisions 41 000 miles of interstate highways linking capitals and major cities by 1969 with a total system cost of 27.5 billion, funded mostly by the federal government.
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Washington
House
Senate
Federal
Texas highway aid could triple under new federal act
Austin reports the highway department says the act awaiting congressional approval would raise Texas road funding from $52.4 million a year under 1954 rules to $151 million from federal aid plus $62 million state funds, totaling $213 million annually for roads.
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Austin
Texas
Highway Department
Tax hikes on gasoline tires and trucks take effect next Sunday
The report notes a penny per gallon gasoline tax increase and higher tire and truck taxes set to take effect next Sunday. It also covers a White House push to limit Air Force budget increases and a congressional demand for disclosure of who accessed secret Cabinet meeting records.
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House
Congress
Defense
White House
Tito Signs Mutual Pact With Romania
Yugoslav President Tito and Romanian Premier Chivu Stoica sign a mutual friendship document in Bucharest after Tito’s visit to Moscow. The pact follows eight years after Romania helped oust Tito from the Cominform and marks a fresh turn in Yugoslav Romanian relations.
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London
Yugoslavia
Tito
Cominform
Tanjug
Bucharest
Chivu Stoica
Romania
Moscow
Weather outlook for North Central Texas on Tuesday
Partly cloudy with widely scattered thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday. Northwestern portions see cooler conditions this afternoon and warmer weather easing by Wednesday with slightly lower temperatures.
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North Central
Tiexas
Iceland election threatens US air bases on Moscow-Washington route
In Reykjavik the May parliamentary results show a coalition likely to seek mothballing of US bases and repatriation of US troops. Communists gain seats and may back removal while NATO eyes potential intervention to prevent base closures ahead of August 1 date.
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NATO
Great Circle
Reykjavik
Iceland
United States
Moscow-Washington Great Circle
U. 5
Iceland State Radio
Olafur Thors
Independence Party
Paris
NAACP Plans Rapid Integration Push at 47th Convention
About 800 delegates gather in San Francisco for the NAACP annual convention. Roy Wilkins says speeding integration is the top priority and Thurgood Marshall launches with a keynote on desegregation, while urging a strong civil rights plank from both parties and criticizing the White House for inaction.
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San Francisco
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Thurgood Marshall
Association
Marshall
U. S. Supreme Court
Wilkins
Japs Report New U S H Bomb Test Detected
Japanese scientists said the United States exploded another hydrogen bomb in a series of rival tests with the Soviet Union. The blast was detected by Niigata University radioactivity tests and may have occurred in the Bikini area with unusual atmospheric shocks recorded by the Central Meteorological Observatory. AEC declined comment.
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Tokyo
United States
Soviet Union
U. S
Central Meteorological Observatory
Bikini
Hironobu Watanabe
Niigata University
Niigata
Siberia
AEC
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Co Op Members to Name Directors at July 2 REA Meeting
About 400 to 600 REA members from Fannin Hunt Collin Grayson and Lamar counties will attend the annual meeting of the Fannin County Rural Electric Co-Operative Inc at the American theatre in Bonham Monday July 2. Incumbent directors Ray Renfro Dodd City Rt 1 and B R Smoot Blue Ridge will be on the ballot along with Richard Knight Dodd City and W A Childress Blue Ridge. Grover Hall Honey Grove president will preside and Sam Morgan manager will report on the past year and plans for the coming year.
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Fannin County Rural Electric Co-Operative, Inc
REA
American Theatre
Bonham
Ray Renfro
Dodd City
Rt. 1
B. R. Smoot
Blue Ridge
Richard Knight
W. A Childress
Fannin, Hunt, Collin
Grayson
Lamar Counties
Grover Hall
Honey Grove
Sam Morgan
C. Butler
Chestnut Street
Marriage Rate Up Cupid Busy With 34 Licenses In June
County Clerk E. E. Lee reports 34 marriage licenses issued through Monday for June with potential for more before week end. He notes 125 licenses issued in 1956 by mid year, vs 196 all of 1955, and May had 26 licenses. District Clerk Lloyd Tarver says about two divorces are filed weekly, trailing 1955 totals.
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E. E. Lee
Lee
Lloyd Tarver
Skelton Sees Eisenhower Unfit for Re election
Byron Skelton, Texas national Democratic committeeman, warned Eisenhower is not in condition to run for president. He urged the Republican bosses to step aside and predicted a Democratic ticket would win this fall. Skelton spoke at a $100-a-plate Texas State Federation of Labor dinner in Austin.
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Temple
Eisenhower
Skelton
Ben Ramsey
Texas
Reds Ask Delay on Algerian Question
At the United Nations the Soviet envoy moved to postpone indefinitely the council debate on the Algerian question. Russia's point of order halted consideration as Iran's spokesman for Arab states supported delaying action while not withdrawing the bloc's demand.
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United Nations
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Arkady A. Sobolev
France
Djdlaj Obdoh
Iran
Sobotev
Moscow
McCarthy Attacks Chief Justice Over Communist Links
United Press reports Senator McCarthy accusing Chief Justice Warren of having radical ties to communists, stating he does not label him a Communist but sees something seriously wrong with him. The remark targets Warren's alleged alignment with the Daily Worker.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wils
Karl Warren
Daily Worker
McCarthy
County Dems keep three racial referendums off ballot
KINGAVILLE Texas UP The Kieberg county Democratic committee votes unanimously to drop three racial referendum questions from the July 28 Democratic primary ballot. NEW YORK UP Big Three steel wage negotiators meet in crucial sessions seeking a compromise before the June 30 strike deadline to avert a 680000 steelworkers walkout.
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Kingaville
Tex
Kieberg County
Democratic Committee
D. A. Barger
New York
Texas Supreme Court orders ballot order redraw
The Webb County Democratic executive committee was ordered to rearrange the candidate names for local offices on the July primary ballot after a botched draw. The court directed silent retention of the new order following the ruling.
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Austin
Texas Supreme Court Today
Webb County
Democratic
Britain to cut defense spending by 141 million dollars
Britain announced a 141 million dollar reduction in current defense spending on the eve of a pivotal Commonwealth prime ministers meeting. Observers say the decision could influence the empire alliance, as the Foreign Office noted a Soviet trade mission would arrive soon to pursue the 2.8 billion dollar trade offer outlined during the April visit.
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London
Britain
Tedey
Foreign Office
Close Vote Expected on Defense Fund Increase
Senate Democrats edge toward final passage of a 116 billion defense fund hike tied to Air Force appropriations. Democrats seek a 1.16 billion rise, while Republicans push to cap the increase at 500 million amid a close showdown expected in the upcoming vote.
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Washington
Senate
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