Attack on President Sukarno's Jakarta Palace reported
Radio Indonesia said a defected pilot strafed Sukarno's Merdeka Palace at 12:00 p.m. no injuries to Sukarno or his five children were reported. The pilot, a flight lieutenant who fled from Kemajoran, was arrested later. security measures were said to be in place.
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UPI
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Indonesia
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Chief of Police Charles Leslie Ails Beneath Radio Woes
Honey Grove Chief of Police Charles Leslie faced a stalled day as his radio failed and his car was in the shop leaving him unable to transmit while others spoke. Talmadge Moore, recently released from hospital after a heart ailment, visited town with Ruth and returned after Christmas.
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Honey Grove
Charles Leslie
Prairie View Alumni Set to Move Into New Union Center
The Prairie View A&M Alumni Association, celebrating 84 years of operation, gains office space in the new Union Center on campus. Officials urge graduates and former students to send names addresses and graduation years as Prairie View provides affordable higher education for Black Texans.
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Praine View A&m College
Praine View
Prairie View
Texas
Rough Weather Slashes South East Across Regions
The latest March storm brings freezing rain sleet and snow across the South and East with seven inches forecast for the Midwest and Nashville reporting two inches in an hour. Bowling Green Kentucky sees 14 inches on the ground. Roads become hazardous as U S 51 near Du Quoin Illinois is blocked by a jackknifed bread truck.
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Tennessee
Weather Bureau
Nashville
Tenn
Arkansas
Georgia
Carolinas
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Illnois
U.S. 51
du Quoin
Bowling Green
Atlanta
North
South Carolina
Statesville
N.C
Drake’s Oil Discovery Spurs Era of Oil Rush
Edwin N. Drake’s 1859 oil strike at Titusville, Pennsylvania launched the oil era and sparked a rush rivaling the earlier California gold boom.
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Edwin N. Drake
Titusville
California
Eisenhower expected to veto bid to boost housing
House Republicans said President Eisenhower would veto a billion-dollar housing bill designed to expand and fund government backed mortgages for new homes in the moderate and low-priced range. The Banking Committee approved the measure 18-7 along party lines amid questions on Senate passage.
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UPI
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D-Ala
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D-Wash
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South Pole
Murder Suspect seeks freedom in habeas hearing
Clarence Sack Collins, the man charged as the trigger man in the November 16 murder of Mrs. Wilma Selby, asks for release via a writ of habeas corpus. His lawyers challenge the confession and the indictment as the hearing before Judge Miron Love nears on Monday.
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Houston
UPI
United States vacates Ben Shimane Air Base in Morocco
Moroccan sources report the United States has completed vacating Ben Shimane Air Base and handed control to the Moroccan army as pledged by President Eisenhower during his visit.
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Rabat
Morocco
UPI
United States
Ben Shimane
Eisenhower
Herter Hints Break With Cuba Not Imminent
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter said the United States might have to break relations with Cuba someday but hopes it will not. He cited Castro's persistence in stirring trouble and his remarks after the Havana explosion death toll as fueling U S anger.
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Washington
UPI
Christian A. Herter
United States
Cuba
Herter
Fidel Castro
Castro
Havana
Enrique Patterson
Patterson
Raul Roa
State Department
Daniel Braddock
Eisenhower Studies Surprise Soviet Message on Russia Trip
President Eisenhower examined a surprise personal note from Soviet Premier Khrushchev delivered by Ambassador Menshikov, with officials withholding contents. He then conferred with Secretary of State Herter and Undersecretary Merchant. Foreign ministers plan a pre-summit meeting in Washington on April 12-13.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Nikita
Khrushchev
Russia
White House
Mikhail Menshikov
Menshikov
Christian A. Herter
Livingston T. Merchant
Harold Caccia
Herve Alphand
Merchant
Defendant to be Brought to Bonham from Los Angeles
Deputy Sheriff Troy McNear will fly from Dallas to Los Angeles to return Bill Downing, charged with forging an $85.50 check, to Fannin county. Sheriff Hoyt Ivey identified the defendant and said he was wanted here. McNear will return to Bonham Friday, as officials deemed air transport cheaper than an automobile trip.
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Troy McNear
Dallas
Los Angeles
Calif
Fannin County
Hoyt Ivey
Bill Downing
McNear
Bonham
Sheriff's Office
Bonham School District Grows Census Adds Six Scholastics
The Bonham independent school district reports 1,840 scholastics for 1960-61, up from 1,534 last year, including Edhube district transfers. White students total 1,612 with 822 boys and 798 girls. Negro students total 228 with 118 boys and 110 girls. The 13 year old group remains largest with 79 white boys and 92 white girls plus 17 Negro students.
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Bonham Independent School
C. H. Dillehay
Edhube
Bonham
Supt Dillehuy
18 Miners Trapped by Fire in Holden No 22 Mine
In Logan West Virginia 18 miners remain trapped 485 feet underground after a slate fall and fire in Holden No 22 mine. Rescue teams wrestle gas smoke and debris to reach the men as officials warn of possible carbon monoxide exposure and cave-in risks.
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Sam
Wilson
Holden No. 22
Oregon Senator Len Neuberger Dies After Hemorrhage
Len Richard J. Neuberger the first Democrat elected from Oregon to the U S Senate in 40 years died early after a cerebral hemorrhage He had been home resting and convalescing from virus attacks shingles and planned to seek re election in the May 20 primary His death at Good Samaritan Hospital left the contest wide open with no Democrat opponent and Republicans unsettled about a serious challenger Maurine his wife remained at his bedside until shortly before a afternoon cessation of consciousness The once controversial figure had mellowed in the Senate and editors who clashed with him praised his later years A cancer operation in 1958 helped temper his political stance and a dispatch noted his reflections on grievance fading after fighting cancer and aging with gratitude
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Portland
Ore
UPI
Len Richard J. Neuberger
Oregon
United States Senate
Good Samaritan Hospital
Maurine
Neuberger
Senate
United Press International Lust
4‑H Purposes and Achievements Discussed at Rotary
Rotary program spotlighted 4-H aims and wins during National 4-H Club week. Gene Graves Margie Sellers and Thomas Earl Johnson spoke on club work and achievements while Boat Trio performed and prepared to enter Share-the-Union district contests. Johnson noted 4-H reach nationwide with 93 000 clubs and 3 749 652 projects completed last year.
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Bonham Rotarians
Gene Graves
Margie Sellers
Thomas Earl Johnson
D. E. Johnson
Dean
Jean Pope
Carolyn Clark
Ethelleen Williams
Young Johnson
United States
Puerto Rico
J. O. Tate
Guilty Plea Leads to $100 Fine in Liquor Transport Case
William R Long pled guilty to transporting liquor and was fined $100 plus costs by County Judge Choice Moore. Sheriff Hoyt Ivey arrested Long on the charge.
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Choice Moore
William R Long
Long
Hoyt Ivey
Sitdowns Expand Across South Amid Civil Rights Push
United Press International reports that six predominantly Negro colleges in Atlanta issued an appeal vowing nonviolent action to secure full citizenship rights. In Montgomery police halted a sitdown protest, arresting 35 students and a faculty member, with about 900 people present. Nashville leaders rejected token integration of lunch counters.
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United Press International
Atlanta
Montgomery
Ala
Nashville
Tenn
Houston
Georgia
South
Cupid Poe
Sarasota
Fla
Alabama State College
Senate halts civil rights debate after Neuberger death
The Senate suspended debate on civil rights after the death of Senator Neuberger of Oregon. A cloture vote on a gag rule is set for Thursday, with Johnson aiming to recess to honor Neuberger. Javits seeks time to consult liberal colleagues while Nixon says the civil rights measure still has best chance of passage.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
United Press International
Congress
Bonham Weather Forecast Sees Warmer Thursday
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for the Bonham area on Thursday with a high near 56 degrees. Rainfall for the 24 hours ending 7 p.m. totaled .41 inches and Tuesday’s high reached 92 degrees. An overnight low of 36 degrees was recorded Wednesday morning, with the same low expected Thursday.
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Bonham
Vehicles Damaged in East 9th Street Collision
A pickup truck and car sustained slight damage in a collision on East 9th Street. Drivers were Charles L. Hilliard, 48, of 209 West 6th, and Millard Branch, 30, of 509 North Pine Street. Officers Renfro and Windle investigated.
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Charles L. Hilliard
West 6Th
Millard Branch
North Pine Street
Herman Renfro
Mack Windle
Fear and faith in a world of looming threats
The Rev Dr Henry E Hoesman argues fear grips America as threats mount from space race to stock market. He cites biblical guidance that faith counteracts fear and urges Christians to share courage and saving faith as an antidote to hysteria.
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Henry E. Hoesman
American Lutheran Church
Columbus
Ohio
UPI
Jesus
Americas
Moon
Cape Canaveral
Saul
Hugp
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