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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1964
Page
3
E I Jenkins district manager of General Telephone announces new dial switching gear for Bonham. About 400 exchange lines and 400 terminals will be installed to expand dialing facilities and TV numbers. Completion by July 1 will bring a softer tone and a new dialing method on party lines.
Japanese statesmen Eisaku Sato and Aiichiro Fujiwara announced plans to run against Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda at the Conservative party convention in Tokyo July 10 11. The winner would become prime minister as the Conservatives hold power after last November election.
Mrs Nannie Garrett 88 of Randolph died June 25 1964. Funeral held June 27 at Wise Funeral chapel Bonham. She was born December 2 1875 at Randolph widow of P W Garrett. Survived by daughter Mrs R L Cates Bonham sister Ruth Pratt California and three grandchildren. Interment Randolph cemetery.
Funeral services for Lee M. Myers will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m in Wise Funeral Home chapel. Interment will be in Willow Wild Cemetery. Myers, a former Bonham resident, died Wednesday June 24 1964 in Twenty Nine Palms California. Survivors include his widow Mary Myers of California, a son, three daughters, seven grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Pallbearers are David Manning Charles Gibson Hardy Hamm Billy Foster James Neighbors and Doc Hudson.
Graveside services for James Edward Hipp 60 of Osawatomie Kansas were held at Allens Point cemetery. Rev Douglas Cheatham officiated. He died June 23 at Kansas City MO hospital. He was born March 20 1904 in Honey Grove. Survivors include widow three sons two daughters two brothers and nine grandchildren.
Moscow reports Cuba joins the Soviet camp in the Sino Soviet dispute and names Fidel Castro among supporters. Kommunist lists 17 new Communist parties backing Moscow, bringing total to 69 of about 90.
Formal opening and dedication of the Bonham Savings and Loan association new building on North Center street is set for next Friday from 10 30 a m to 8 30 p m with James O Gerst Texas Savings and Loan commissioner among visiting officials. Gerst, a San Benito native, holds a 1950 UT BBA and has held multiple savings and loan posts culminating as commissioner since March 28. Open house continues July 6 through July 11 as announced by John Meade executive vice president and manager.
President Johnson in St. Paul rally declares Americans have moved farther and faster toward progressive aims in four years. He vows continued effort to end racial injustice, boost education, wage full employment, and wipe out poverty while noting Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor support. He also attends Swedish-American Day ceremonies and an upper Midwest fund-raiser.
Mrs. Clark Bell of Lubbock returns home after visiting Mrs. Little Spivy and Mr. Emory Rutherford. Other local visits include Garnets' granddaughters from Sherman, Spicers from Dallas, Felmet from New Mexico and California, and relatives in Sherman Fort Worth and Whitewright.
Five masked men armed with meat cleavers and sledgehammers raided a London location, stealing gems before fleeing. Police hunt details remain scarce as authorities review security footage and seek witnesses.
Police recover the stolen jewelry and loot worth an estimated 140000 dollars after a bold daylight robbery in the Burlington Arcade, a premier shopping passage off Piccadilly in central London, with the goldsmiths shop front windows ransacked. The haul includes a meat cleaver and about 8409 dollars in cash.
Advertisement urges men and women aged 18 to 52 to prepare for U S government civil service openings over the next year with starting pay up to 44.00 monthly. It promotes Lincoln Service as a long established prep school connected with the government and offers free information and a coupon for mail and web details.
A signal letter from Lincoln Service Pekin requests a list of U S Government positions and salaries and a guide on how to qualify for government jobs. The sender names Tam and provides contact details and a note of strong interest.
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