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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1963
Page
1
State Senator Ralph Hall told Bonham Lions members the pace of bills in the Texas Legislature leaves little time to analyze them. He cited finances as a major concern and criticized panic passing tax bills without study. He urged citizen participation and contact with representatives. The club will not meet July 4.
George Sandford a London window cleaner was fined 14 dollars after biting the nose of Alfred Nosworthy who had pushed past him in a bus line.
Grand Prairie and Irving school boards voted unanimously to start school integration in September using a grade a year plan beginning with first grade. The move sets a regional approach to desegregation across Dallas suburbs.
Washington UPI report notes Labor Secretary Wirtz defending the adminstration seven point civil rights package while Republicans McCulloch and Meader push for harsher penalties on unions. Wirtz argues loss of contracts is a real sanction and cites strides by the President's equal employment committee.
President Kennedy relaxes during a sentimental tour through southeastern Ireland. He visits New Ross and Dunganstown, meets relatives, lays a wreath in Wexford, and chats with locals at tea with Mary Ryan. Crowds cheer as security controls loosen.
UPI reports talk of a refugee invasion to support anti Castro guerrillas in Cuba faded within days. Estimates of landed commandos ranged from 20 to far higher figures before dissipating. Antonio Maceo resigns CRC presidency amid calls for discretion as reports of armed landings waver without clear casualty data.
In London an unidentified man described as small, white haired, wearing tuxedo and black hat tried to kiss Princess Margaret at the Sadler's Wells Ballet Theater entrance on Wednesday night. A theater official pushed him aside, and he vanished into the crowd without speaking or explanation.
Thundershowers remain in the forecast for the Bonham area through Friday with a past shower around noon Wednesday yielding .37 inch in the north part of town. A light shower occurred downtown and rain extended briefly northward. Temperatures reached 89 degrees Wednesday afternoon and dropped to 67 this morning, among the state lows.
The Bonham theatre scene celebrated its fourth anniversary with manager R D Jimmy Leatherman and owner Phil Isley highlighting theatres as vital community entertainment. They note 104 features per year and upcoming films like The Miracle of the White Stallions Savage Sam Bye Bye Birdie and The List of Adrian Messenger with new regional theater growth across Texas and national drive in plans.
Four ships including two Russian vessels and a unidentified craft crossed the 21 mile prohibited zone near the Thresher search as the bathyscaphe Trieste makes its third bottom dive. The Navy reported sonar detected a 60 foot object and magnetic contacts in the area about 220 miles off Cape Cod.
Oklahoma man Leonard Joe Baker, 27, remained at large after a Monday night jail breakout with Calvin Young, 42, of Paris Texas, who was captured in a Dallas tavern. Young will be held in Paris, authorities said. The abandoned car tied to the escape was found in Yuba Oklahoma.
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