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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1955
Page
2
Senate Democrats rejected Eisenhower highway plans and pushed a higher public housing program, backing a $1 minimum wage while health bills see sporadic action. A judiciary subcommittee weighs changes to refugee admission law, and military manpower reserve funding remains unresolved in the House.
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckolls outlined a plan for nine filter centers including 375,000 people in cities such as Corpus Christi, St. Joseph, Brentwood, Joplin, Little Rock, Shreveport, Hutchinson, and Oklahoma City. Recruits of about 25 men will staff each center to recruit volunteers and maintain communications for aircraft tracking. Nine centers will operate 24 hour watch by December 15, with City and Hutchinson centers not on full-scale duty. The aim is to protect key industrial areas near foreign territory.
William F. Schnittzer, AFL official, charged big business interests in the national administration encouraged anti-union actions to provoke railroad and telephone strikes. He spoke at the Texas State Federation of Labor in Dallas while delegates heard Agriculture Commissioner John White urge a complete revamping of labor laws, arguing laws creating ill will are more harmful than none.
A sheriff says a “big” development may surface in a few days with two suspects split between West Texas and Los Angeles. Mrs. McPherson bought two beers with a mystery man in a Linda Le cafe and her rings were not stolen. An AWOL Dallas airman and a Mississippi ex-convict were questioned but deemed not involved.
Three Colombian motorists with a 640 car arrived in Frere after driving 350000 miles. Ernesto Carajal Teresa and Miguel Dominguez began their trans continental tour in 1953 after buying a 1940 car in Cali. They plan to motor to Alaska after touring 19 countries.
In Chicago Molotov toured a Cadillac limousine and asked about its air conditioning. He was told Russians currently lack air conditioning but will have it in the future, as he commented on the system during his visit.
A Dallas delegation urged the State Board of Pardons to commute Lonnie Brinkley’s death sentence for the 1953 murder of his wife Nellie in Houston. The board will act after all legal appeals, with Brinkley set for the electric chair July 18 unless commuted. Reynolds plans to appeal to the U S Supreme Court. Judge Langston King reportedly felt the sentence too severe.
Notice announces bids to the Fannin County Commissioner's Court for sale of an oil gas and mining lease covering about 45 acres of the Wm Blundell survey near Bonham Texas. Bids due by 10 00 a m July 26 1955 with court to award to highest bid meeting fair value and with lease terms including royalty and compliance provisions.
Randolph store owner P. E. Biggerstaff installs a burglar alarm after three break ins to deter night thieves. He hopes the alarm will scare off intruders even if he cannot catch them. Dallas visitors Mr. and Mrs. Dan McAnally are spending a short vacation with relatives.
Pittsburgh report notes several major steel mills banked furnaces in preparation for a no strike shutdown set to begin at midnight Thursday if labor talks fail. U S Steel representatives pressed CIO United Steelworkers for a pre deadline agreement as deadlocked negotiations continued.
Eldon Hall of Dyersville High School won a one year scholarship to Iowa State Teachers College for a projector entered in the Northeast Iowa Science Fair. The device was made from a tin can.
Davis California agronomists say hand thinning sugar beets yields higher returns for growers than machine thinning despite greater per acre costs. The UC branch study highlights improved root size and uniformity from manual thinning.
A lone statement hints that the subject was expected to set the pattern for the entire industry, signaling its anticipated influence on standards and practices across the sector.
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