Two Sherman Men Held After Body Found In Ditch
Gus Sloan 58 was found face down in a roadside ditch on U S 89 a mile north of Leonard. Grayson county sheriff said autopsy showed head blows as cause of death. Arthur Mask 23 and O W Luper 29, both of Sherman, plus a third Black man, were taken to Dallas for lie detector tests in connected disappearance case.
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Grayson County
Sherman
Gus Sloan
0. S. 89
Leonard
Hoyt Ivey
Woody Blanton
Arthur Ray Mask
O. W. Luper
Blanton
Dallas
Sloan
Archa Evans
Ivey
Bonham Schools Observe Public School Week With Open Houses
Bonham schools will join the state in public school week with open houses across all five days. Exhibits of student work will be viewable in school lobbies and rooms during visits, with junior high art shown Thursday and Friday. DRT and DAR speakers will address history classes at Bailey Ing and the sixth grade, and Washington students will stage a 11 15 am Friday skit. A high school open house and display runs Friday 6 to 8 pm, followed by weekly Kiwanis Rotarians and Lions meetings in the campus cafeteria.
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Bonham
State of Texas
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Daughters of the American Revolution
Bailey Ingsh
Washington School
Kiwanis
Rotarians
Lions
Supt. M. B. Nelson
San Antonio heritage and a Bonham poet memories
A clipping recalls Mrs Eliza Stevens a 101 year San Antonio resident born in Paris during the fall of the Alamo and her sheriff husband in 1885. A poem from Sterling City’s Mrs O G Walker reflects Bonham ties and nostalgia for hometown sights and events from the old town square to Rayburn and local presses.
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Beatrice Semash
Rt. 1
San Antonio
Pai
Bexar County
0. G. Walker
Sterling City
Tex
Bonham
Texas Public Schools Week Bet
A brief odds and ends note references a wager tied to Texas Public Schools Week noted on Page 5. The snippet hints at a local or statewide betting angle but offers no details on participants amounts or outcomes.
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Texas Public Schools
Seal Coat Work Let For 10.7 Miles In Fannin County
The Texas Highway Commission awarded a contract to McElroy Transport Co. of Fort Worth to seal coat 10.7 miles of farm to market roads in Fannin County. The low bid was 140 436 40 dollars for 86 miles of seal coat work across six North Texas counties. The project includes five miles and 5.7 miles on FM and involves District Raginesr L. D. Cabanlss partg the project would wheing.
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Fannin County
McElroy Transport Co
Fort Worth
Texas Highway Commission
Texas
Flag kits available in Bonham for patriotic homes
The Daily Favorite offers 12x18 Texas flags and 3x5 U S flags in a ready kit for 3 50 including tax by mail or 3 plus tax in person. Each kit features a two piece brass staff, heavy socket, fold er and rigging guide, urging display on Armed Forces Day Memorial Day and other holidays.
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U. S
Texas
Favorite
Violence Rages Across Algiers as French Troops Clash
In Algiers Casbah, Oran, and Bone, French troops battle Moslem gunmen amid riots. Reports cite 26 killed and 64 wounded for Saturday, with totals for 1962 reaching 1,366 dead and 3,292 wounded. Explosions hit Algiers near the delegate general’s office amid multiple shoot and run attacks.
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Algiers
VPI
Casbah
Oran
Bone
Secret Army Organization
OAS
Forum Square
Red Cross fund drive kickoff set for Monday in Fannin County
The 1962 Red Cross drive aims to raise 4232 to meet a county goal of 7732. Co chairs Don Frair and Robert Dale announced the kickoff Monday with a committee including Rev. Jack Carson H B Travis and Leeman Sewell. Funds support tornado flood and fire relief and local victims.
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Red Cross Fund
Fannin County
Don Frair
Robert Dale
Cochairmen
Red Cross
Bonham United Fund
Leonard Fund
Dale
Frair
Jack Carson
H. B. Travis
Leeman Sewell
Bonham
Fannin County 4-H Week Noted With Proclamation
Fannin County 4-H members join National 4-H Week with a flag raising and community displays. County Judge Choice Moore issued a proclamation praising 4-H 47 years of service to health welfare and youth career guidance Learn Live Serve through 4-H and honoring 175 enrolled boys and girls as future leaders.
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Fannin County
United States
Choice Moore
Judge Moore
Heart Fund Drive to Begin at 1 P M in Bonham
Bonham and Fannin county residents will be visited door to door starting at 1 p m Sunday to raise funds for heart and blood vessel disease research. More than 50 Bonham women will assemble at the Jack and Jill shop to collect pamphlets and organize packets for distribution.
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Heart Fund
Bonham
Fannin County
Jack and Jill
John Morris
Hazel Eliott
Choice Moore
London meeting sets defense pledges for Pyrenees region
The Evening Standard reports a London gathering on defense with a pledge of 4.0 for the current year. Officials discussed strategic security measures and budget allocations affecting Ancora and the Pyrenees region.
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London
Ancora
Pyrenees
Evening Standard
Japanese Students Clash With Police At Embassy Protest
About 60 members of the Zengakuren Student Organization marched on the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo to denounce Kennedy’s atmospheric nuclear test resumption. Police armed with clubs dispersed the protesters after they refused to disperse, while about 200 Tokyo police waited nearby.
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Tokyo
UPI
U.S
Kennedy
Asia
America
Zengakuren
Toyko
Hayato Ikeda
Oram
Kent
No Extension For Texas Vehicle Inspections
AUSTIN DPI reports no extension to the April 15 deadline for statewide motor vehicle inspections. Col Homer Garrison Jr and the DPS say about two million vehicles remain to be checked in ten weeks, with stations not required to stay open on Sundays. The goal remains to uncover defects that could cause accidents.
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Austin
DPI
Texas
State Department of Public Safety
Col
Homer Garrison Jr
DPS
Garrison
Nuclear tests likely to be below Russian releases
Defense Secretary McNamara said U S nuclear blasts would emit only a small fraction of the radioactivity seen in Soviet tests. He endorsed resuming above ground testing to maintain Western strategic parity and warned of a potential shift toward Soviet superiority if tests halt.
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Washington
UPI
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Russia
Pentagon
U.S
Pacific
McNamara
Kennedy
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ussr
Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet Propaganda Chief Warns of Atomic Blackmail
Moscow reports a Soviet official newspaper warns the United States may trigger a crisis by resuming nuclear tests. Premier Khrushchev may respond in person at a Communist Party meeting as disarmament talks loom. The piece omits last fall’s test counts.
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Viet
Russia
United States
At Moscow
UPI
Mentator V. Matveyev
Izveetia
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Communist Party Cesstral Committee
Moscow
Tess
Soviet Union
Cooler Weather to Return Sunday in Bonham Area
Partly cloudy skies give way to a cooler Sunday as a Pacific air mass moves in. Temperatures will not fall below the mid-60s daytime with early morning readings around 33 in the Bonham region.
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Bonham
Bonham Area
Wuwing
Texas
Hero in hometown welcomes John Glenn to New Concord
Astronaut John H. Glenn and his companion Anna arrived in New Concord Ohio to a huge parade. Thousands crowded the village streets as the main national road was closed for the celebration. Glenn gave two speeches and a news conference before flying back to Arlington Virginia to return to NASA work.
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New Concord
Glenn
Ohio
Arlington
Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
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Pao Sieber Sbi
PETIA
Denison
Troy McNear
Harvey Trapp
Ry Beir Cantrell
Rayburn
Sam
District Raginesr
L. D. Cabanlss
Louise Cain
Mulberry 4-H Club
4-H Council
Photel
Flair
Lennard
Ne Win
Burma
Nevada
U.S. Nevada Proving Ground
Pacific Test Range
Johnson
Johnston
Christmas Islands
Honolulu
Hawaii
John
Comerome Mea
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