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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1955
Page
12
With summer weather setting in the street department launches a program to retop and repair several city blocks. The effort aims to prepare streets for winter by sealing the base during hot months using city equipment and regular wartime staff.
State Welfare Department staff in a jail building endure heat without fans as the aging 110 volt wiring cannot support cooling units. Built with no air conditioning, the jail lacks adequate circulation while remaining lights operate. Welfare, ASC, and railway departments share the space and rely on fans and water coolers. The system collapsed this week, leaving offices without cooling.
A Bonham store offers a sale of used furniture including 2 piece living room suites from $15, a near new couch, several dinette sets, a round table set, a steel bed, sewing machine, several refrigerators, mattresses, and a washer at $8. The sale is at 118 West Eth Street.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles obtained permission to arm State Department security officers to protect top American diplomats and visiting foreign dignitaries. President Eisenhower signed the bill authorizing the new authority.
President Eisenhower signed 33 bills into law, including an Agriculture Department study on barley and tobacco marketing controls. Other measures grant Arkansas and Oklahoma consent to a Arkansas River compact and authorize toll bridges at Los Ebanos and Rio Grande City in Texas.
Fannin county schools announce summer session dates with Selfs Gober Bartley Woods Savoy Dodd City likely July 11 start. Trenton Ladonia Ector North Fannin Telephone begin July 18 Bailey starts July for Tuesday. Buses run first day and lunchrooms operate. Classes start about 7:30 am and end 2 to 3 pm.
Cleveland reports that The Toe Groza, a charter member of the Browns, has signed for his 10th NFL season. He led last year’s club in scoring with 84 points from place kicks and conversions in 1960.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports a generally improving crop season in Texas with field work shifting from planting to cultivation and harvesting. Rains slowed progress in some plains counties, but wheat, corn, sorghum, hay and cotton yields are positioned for better outputs pending upcoming rains.
In the southern High Plains moisture was scarce and immature grass was already curing as drought conditions persisted.
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