Truce Reached in Milk Strike and Labor Bargains
Three week milk strike ends with 6600 workers to receive improved wages and benefits at 67 dairies. Union officials report guaranteed route-salesman wages up to 12.50 on day one and five cent-an-hour raises plus social benefits as mediators seek a comprehensive end to rail walkouts. Kaiser-Frazer and CIO United Workers sign a new contract, while Illinois coal miners face penalties and an NLRB inquiry continues. Confederate veteran Joseph Whitsett is named honorary colonel by Governor Rivers with a ceremony at his home.
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Conick
Los
Madden
National Labor Relations
Chicago
Illinois
Lloyd
Canton
Himnois
United Mine
NLRB
Joseph Haden
Niecle
Texas
United Preas
Douglas MacArthur
White House
Truman
United States Air Force
Korea
Washington
MacArhhur
Seoul
Han River
United States
38Th Parallel
Arthur
Boat Race Planned on Lake Travis in August
Plans announced in Austin for a mile outboard motorboat race on Lake Travis set for August 20. Boat clubs and racing associations in the Southwest invited to enter. Texas Navy Guard aircraft and amphibious ducks will patrol the 100 mile course.
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Estin
Austin
Lake Travis
Southwest
King Association
Webb
Texas Navy Guard
Parris Pirtle Retires As County Auditor Today
Parris Pirtle retires as the county auditor today and will assume the role of court clerk. He was honored by courthouse officials and the commissioners court this morning, receiving a pen and pen set as they passed a resolution thanking him for his cooperation and service and wishing him success in the future.
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Parris Pirtle
Boy Scouts Converge At Valley Forge For National Encampment
At Valley Forge Pennsylvania the second annual Boy Scouts of America encampment opens with 47 000 scouts gathering on 625 acres. Campfires burn as in 1777 78. President Truman plans a visit to tour the camp and address the group in the open air arena.
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Valley Forge
Stars and Stripes
Boy Scouts of America
Pennsylvania
George Washington
Truman
Boy Scouts
Rotarians Urged to Learn to Laugh More Worldwide
Rev Donald G. Smith of Dallas told the Bonham Rotary Club to stress laughter and joking among people. He recalled visiting families of 20 men he served with in Virginia during World War II and urged resilience. Visitors included Kid Yinger and Al Bartley Jr among others.
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Stud
Donald G. Smith
Dallas
Buonham Rotary Club
Rex Simms
Rev Smith
Virginia
Kid Yinger
Waxahachie
al Bruce Sherman
Earl Qrenbaugh
Tyler Martin Hunssell
Maj Heren Maples
Alpert Bartley, Jr
Ladonia
Gilmer-Aiken laws set Texas education costs at 170 million
Texas taxpayers face a first year bill of 170,144,505 for the Gillmer-Aiken school reforms. Senator Otis Lock cites approved budgets for 2,312 districts pegging total costs at 170,144,505 for the fiscal year with 19,723,417 earmarked for teachers salaries by August 32. State and local funds are combined in the financing plan.
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Austin
Gillmer- Aiken
Texas
Otis Lock
Zavata
Gilmer-Aiken
Baby Born to Bonham Woman Ill with Polio
18 year old Hazel Gentry Jones of Bonham gave birth to a six and a half pound boy at Parkland Hospital in Dallas while she fights polio. The baby, placed in an incubator, was kept isolated from his mother amid a polio ward emergency.
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Dallas
Doc Stork
Parkland Hospital
Hazel Gentry Jones
Robert Jones
Jones
Bonham
Parkland
City Agrees to Cooperate in New Addition
Bonham city commission met this morning agreeing to cooperate with a group planning a new residential addition east of Island Bayou Road off Hvans and Graham avenues. Walter Boyd, spokesman, said the city was asked to extend water and sewer mains, aid in grading a street, and build an all weather road from Evans Avenue to the new street. The commission held a general round table discussion on the water situation.
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Bonham Cary Commission
Island Bayou
Hvans
Graham Avenues
Walter Boyd
Evans Avenue
Plane door blows open kills crewman over Norfolk
A crewman died when an airliner door blew open at about 8 000 feet northeast of Norfolk Virginia as Argonaut Air Lines C 46 carried Puerto Rican passengers from New York to San Juan The Civil Aviation Board reports the accident occurred during the flight.
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Miami
Avtonuutics Board
Moam
CAA
Argonaut Air Lines
Norfolk
Virginia
New York
San Juan
Bonham Industries Close For Annual Employee Vacation
Two of Bonham's leading industries suspend operations from July 3 to July 9 for the annual summer vacation. Bonham Cotton Mall workers receive a full week of paid vacation, joined by Southwest Pump Company staff.
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Bonham
Bonham Cotton Mall
Southwest Pump Company
Major Seneeny Project Underway At A and M College
College of Texas plans four major building projects as part of a six million dollar program. Projects include a Physical Education building, Texas Engineers Library, a coliseum, and a new Physics Building wing with ends for future expansion. Funding covers road access work and pedestrian crossings to connect the main campus with agricultural centers, with bids to be invited for the Memorial Student Center area improvements.
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College Station
A. and M. College of Texas
Memorial
Texas Engineers Library
Registered
Professional Engineers of Texas
A and M
State Board of Professionalengineers
Colume Technical
Mechanical Engineering
Miner
Sbisa Hall
Texas Weather Brings Scattered Showers Across State
Bonham feels cooler air as a squall line crosses Texas bringing scattered showers and cloudy skies. Temperatures rose to 92 with overnight lows in the mid sixties and highs forecast in the upper eighties. A light tornado touched McCamey causing no injuries and six planes damaged at the airport. Fatal crashes occurred near Roanoke and Amarillo amid driving rain. A South Plains wind halted a 28 car freight train as crews described it like an invisible wall.
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Bonham
Texas
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
McCamey
Upton County
Iight
Roanoke
Alen Lumpkin
Allen Jr
Amarillo
Billy Massengale
Hale Center
South Plains
Ike
One Killed Three Injured in Grade Crossing Crash
AMARILLO June 80 UP One man was killed and three others seriously injured when their automobile collided with a freight train at a grade crossing. Victim Jasper Franklin Thomas 22 farmer of Wellington Texas. Seriously injured Raymond McGill 21 driver. Also hurt Mrs Evelyn Chumley 17 and her eight month old daughter Beverly. All residents of Wellington.
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Amarillo
Gade
Jasper Franklin Thomas
Wellington
Texas
Raymond McGill
Evelyn Chumley
Beverly
Last Day As Harris Pirtle County Auditor Ends Era
Today marks the final day for Harris Pirtle as county auditor as he returns to teaching. Glen Finley, former court official, becomes county auditor while Pirtle takes over as superintendent of the eros Schools succeeding FOB Fleming.
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Harris Pirtle
Farris Pirtle
Puirtle
Eros
Fob Fleming
Mr Pirtl
Glen Finley
Pirth
Valley Polio Clinic Sees 72 Patients in Edinburg
In Edinburg on June 30 the Valley Polio Clinic reports 72 patients, the year’s heaviest load. Over the past 36 hours five new cases were admitted, four from Rio Honda, all patients being children.
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Edinburg
Valley Polio Clinic
Rio Hondu
Fort Worth Market Report Livestock Prices
Fort Worth markets show cattle mostly steady with scarce better grades. Slaughter cattle and calves steady to higher. hogs and butcher stock mixed with prices quoted for choice goods and feeders amid light supplies.
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Fort Worth
Savoy Native Named Assistant to Braniff President
ILN Mason, a Savoy native and former Farm Bureau Insurance executive, was named assistant to Braniff International Airways president Tom Braniff. Mason's career includes work at Consolidated Aircraft in Fort Worth and teaching at Texas Christian University, with prior roles in Dallas and Columbus. He joins Chas E Beard in improving Braniff operations while Jesse Bennett remains assistant in Braniff Washington.
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Dallas
Texas
Iln Mason
Braniff International Airways
Tom FE
Fannin County
Vernon
Tex
Texas Tech
University of Texas
Mason
Consolidated Aircraft, Inc
Fort Worth
Texas Christian University
Employers Casualty Insurance Company
Dre''na
Mason Manred
Donna Brock
Waco
Sandra Ann
Jesse Bennett
Branmis
Washington
Texas Cities Surpass 15,000 Population Threshold in Decade
Census data show 18 Texas cities exceeded 15,000 residents for the first time in the past decade while many top 25 cities shifted. Galveston dropped from seventh to 13th as Paris Marshall Sherman and Corsicana fell from the top ranks. Odess a Longview Harlingen and Baytown gained spots. Austin rose to seventh, Beaumont held eighth, and Wichita Falls advanced to 12th. Overall 24-city counts rise with 663 total gain as the final tallies approach.
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United Press
Texas
Galveston
Paris
Marshall
Sherman
Corsana
Odessi
Longview
Harlingen
Baytown
Austin
Frm Usth
Fiftt
Orpu Hristhad An
Beaumont
Namie Tunk
Thas
Sd Wa
Amet Hte
Wietata Falls
United Pr
Man Ordered to Jail Over Unpaid Court Fine
Louis Kusken of Minneapolis was ordered jailed for six months in Dallas after failing to raise $5,000 to pay a court fine for shipping horsemeat. The case arose in Texas with the judge denying further delay and directing immediate imprisonment until the money is paid.
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Dallas
Louis KK Kusken
Minneapolis
Texas
Hilken
UO S Tnstrat Juidge
Cas Toon
Ie.soanen
Ned Stend
Bonham Square Dancers Sponsor Cancer Campaign
Bonham Square Dancers host a community cancer fund drive inviting all residents to participate. The event aims to raise money with support from local volunteers, the VFW post, and chairs like Zeina Doan and Harper Smith.
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Bonham Square Dancers
0 Aid Cancer Campaign
Oilman Killed In Plane Crash
An oilman died in a plane crash near Frad Peau as the aircraft, flying at low altitude, struck a tank or structure. The victim was 68 years old, lived in Wort, and was identified in reports from United Press.
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Cathy
No Increase in Wheat Acreage Predicted
Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan, after meeting with the president at the White House, said there are no plans to recommend an increase in wheat acreage despite current international tensions. Brannan spoke in Washington on June 30.
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Washington
Charles Brannan
Brannan
Waite House
West Berlin Unfazed by Russian Water Power Cutoff
West Berlin officials say they are not alarmed by the order to cut off water and electricity to the Western sectors. They report having sufficient facilities to maintain a steady power flow to Western authorities despite the move.
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West Berlin
Berlin
Tught
Air Force Bombs Targets North of Seoul
The United States Air Force announced that Superforts bombed targets along the Han River east and west of Seoul. It reported heavy damage to barges, troop concentrations, tanks, convoys, and highway installations.
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Tokyo
United States Air Force
Han River
Seoul
Bonham Area Weather Zips Through Varied Clouds
Bonham and vicinity shows partly cloudy skies with a few scattered thundershowers. Temperatures hold near 67 by night. East Texas sees considerable cloudiness with scattered showers in western and central areas and modest winds along the coast.
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Bonham
Cuouayt
East Texas
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