County to discuss U. S. 82 expansion with Bonham Chamber
Fannin County Commissioners, after a report by County Judge Choice Moore, agreed to discuss upgrading U. S. 82 with the Bonham Chamber of Commerce highway committee. A four lane, 300 to 400 foot wide right of way across the county may be needed, with state and county sharing costs. Appointed presiding election judges were C. K. McClendon and Harry Bomar for Leonard and Savoy.
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Fannin County Commissioners’ Court
Bonham Chamber of Commerce
Choice Moore
Moore
L. D. Cabaniss
Texas Highway Department
State Highway Commission
Austin
Fannin County
Savoy
Ector
Bonham
Dodd City
Windom
Honey Grove
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Commissioners
Dan Campbell
Jim Wise
Tom Lochridge
C. K. McClendon
Harry Bomar
Leonard
Hail Banks North Central Texas As Storms Rattle Dallas Area
Hail spawns in Arlington and northern Dallas areas with mar levee hail as fog drizzle and rain blanket Texas. Lightning cuts power in several districts while six deaths are linked to a South Texas crash near Edna. The Weather Bureau warns of a slow warming trend but below normal temperatures through early spring.
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Dallas
Texas
Arlington
Edna
U. S. Weather Bureau
Dan
Nadine Conner Retires After Met Opera Farewell
Soprano Nadine Conner sang Marguerite in Faust marking her final Met appearance. She debuted at the Met in 1941 and retires to spend more time with husband Dr. L H Heacock of Compton California and their two children.
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New York
UPI
Nadine Conner
Metropolitan Opera
Marguerite
Miss Conner
Met
L H. Heacock
Compton
Calif
Bonham Man Fatally Injured In Traffic Crash
Billy Burks 42 of 521 West Sth street Bonham died after his 1955 Ford overturned on US 82 east of Bells. He had been on furlough from a VA hospital and was en route to Bonham after leaving Sherman. Funeral services will be held in Pineville Louisiana with interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife Juanita Goin Burks, a daughter Joyce, his parents and siblings.
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Billy Burks
Sth
Bonham
Bells
Burks
Sherman Community Hospital
Pineville
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Barnheart Funeral
Whitewright
W. J. Morris
Morris
Vick
Sherman
Bell
McKinney
Juanita Goin
Hugo
Okla
C. B. Beaubouef
Juanita Goin Burks
Joyce Goin
J. B. Burks
Houston
Grace Lambirt
Alexander
Rescue Effort Pressed Across Four States For Snowbound Families
In Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Kentucky rescuers push food and fuel drops to about 1500 mountaineer families stranded by heavy snow. Volunteers report spirited responses from families and children as packages fall from helicopters.
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West Jefferson
N. C
UPI
Appalachians
United Press International
George Flowers
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Kentucky
Luther H. Hodges
Hodges
Boone
Newland
Whitetop
Bob McNeill
Mattie Gualtney
Near West
Jefferson
Senator Jackson Eyes Polaris Plan To Bridge Missile Gap
Washington Senator Henry M. Jackson proposes using the Polaris system to close the missile gap. He calls for seven additional nuclear subs and solid fuel missiles on surface ships, plus mobile Polaris units abroad.
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Polaris
Washington
UPI
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Navy
Jackson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Thor
Arthur S . Flemming
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
House
Hyman G. Rickoves
U S Troops Fly to Caribbean for Training Exercises
The United States mobilized 15,000 troops from across the nation for Operation Big Sidium Puerto Pine in Puerto Rico to test Strategic Army Corps mobility and MATS airlift capacity. Simultaneously Operation Banyan Tree TI proceeds in Panama with participation by Peru Brazil Colombia Chile and Panama. Navy support is planned for future Caribbean maneuvers.
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Panama
United States
Peru
Brazil
Columbia
Chile
Navy
Caribbean
Department
Cuba
Local student earns junior membership in American Shorthorn Association
Gary Hall of Ravenna route two near Bonham is named a junior member of the American Shorthorn Association. A Bonham High School student, Hall is active in Future Farmers and the Mulberry 4-H Club and is noted as a promising young cattleman. The piece notes community PTA chili supper events and past spaghetti suppers, highlighting fundraisers and local dining.
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Cantrell
Gary Hall
Rt. 2
Ravenna
American Shorthorn Association
America
Hall
Bonham High School
Future Farmers and the
Mulberry 4- H Club
The Sharpest Clap of Thunder
A fragment hints at a dramatic event described as the sharpest clap of thunder. It references additional material on Page 4 under ODOS AND ENDS, suggesting a continuation or related feature in the same issue.
Trial Set For Negro Students In Florida Sitdown Case
Thirty five students from Florida universities pleaded not guilty to disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace after a Saturday sitdown demonstration. The trial date of Friday March 18 was set in Tallahassee Florida.
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United Press International
Florida
Tallahassee
Fla
Ll Negro
Desegregation Sit-Downs Threaten Six San Antonio Stores
NAACP warns six downtown San Antonio firms that sit-down demonstrations will occur if lunch counters are not desegregated by Thursday. About 1,590 people rallied at Second Baptist Church and clergymen plan talks with merchants to avert protests.
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San Antonio
UPI
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Second Baptist Church
Make Plains
Harry V. Burns
NAACP
Joske’s of
Texas
F. W. Woodworth's
S. H. Kress and Co
Barns
Prisoner Back From California in Forgery Case
Deputy Sheriff Troy McNear returned Sunday from Los Angeles with a man held on forgery charges in Fannin County. The suspect was identified as Bill Downing. McNear traveled to California by plane and came back by train.
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Sherff
Troy McNear
Los Angeles
Fannin County
Bill Downing
McNear
California
GOP Will Pick 3 Convention Sites
Texas GOP leaders meet to choose sites for three state conventions. The committee considers bids from McAllen Galveston Corpus Christi San Antonio El Paso Houston and Fort Worth for May 30 June 14 and September 20 events to nominate candidates elect delegates and adopt a platform.
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Dallas
UPS
Texas
GOP
Thad Hutcheson
U.S
Ed Mayer
Sonora
McAllen
Galveston
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
el Paso
Houston
Fort Worth
Molotov Fire Hits Paris Red Bookstore Window
A gasoline bomb was thrown through the display window of a Paris bookstore specializing in Communist literature. Firemen put out the blaze before extensive damage occurred. No injuries reported.
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Paris
UPI
A Thought for Lent. Season Goes Beyond Giving Up
The rector argues Lent is dangerous if conscience is soothed by giving up something and pride grows from believing we earned spiritual victories. True Lent is recognizing that blessings come from God and that any progress is a gift, not merit.
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St. Christopher's Episcopal Church
Oak Park
UPI
Christ
Jesus
Southern Senators Reject House Civil Rights Bill Without Changes
Richard B. Russell warns the Southern bloc will wage a full fight against any Senate move to accept the House civil rights bill as is. Speaker Rayburn says House debate is waning. Dirksen and Rogers insist any bill must tighten school integration enforcement.
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Washington
UPI
Richard B. Russell
D - Ga
Senate
Russell
House
House Qebate
Sam Rayburn
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Alty
William P. Rogers
Radio Ham Honored for Most Contacts
Caldwell Texas UP I Hu bert L Perry age 34 won first prize of 400 in a Ham radio contest for the most contacts in a six state region Perry who is paralyzed from the waist down and uses a wheelchair operates his station daily from 10 to 1 He logged more than 900 contacts from 300 towns and cities across Texas Mississippi Louisiana Oklahoma Arkansas and New Mexico supporting the emergency value of amateur radio operators in a crisis.
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Caldwell
Tex
UPI
Hubert L. Perry
Perry
Amateur Cross Reference Index
Dallas
Federal Communications Commission
Texas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New Mexico
Labor Secretary: February unemployment likely down from January
Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell says a Labor Department report due Tuesday will show February unemployment lower than January's 4,149,000. He calls the drop unusual for this time of year and notes the report will indicate a record high performance despite seasonal factors. He argues most unemployment is short term and not a signal of future trouble.
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Washington
UPJ
James P. Mitchell
Labor Department
Mitchell
Pope John XXII Visits Communist Rome Churches
Thousands of workers in a communist dominated district of Rome braved the rain to line the streets as Pope John XXII made his second visit to churches in the area.
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Rome
UPI
Rac
John XXI
Four Adult Scouters Earn Scoutmaster Training Certificates
Four unit leaders received certificates after completing a Scoutmasters basic training course presented by the Bois d Arc district leadership training committee at the First Christian church Saturday. Certificates were presented by Tibby Wright with Troop 256 Savoy and Eldon Flair of Troop 260 Bonham, along with Rev. Ed Gorum and Willis Duff of Troop 52 Bonham. A staff including Clyde Mayo Jim Danner Dick Higgins and Wright conducted the course. Morrison George Paris Nelsex Trails Council leadership training chairman attended and helped present. A roundtable for Scoutmasters is set for April 4 at the First Christian church in connection with the April district meeting.
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First Christian Church
Tibby Wright
John Reneau
Savoy
Eldon Flair
Ed Gorum
Willis Duff
Bonham
Clyde Mayo
Jim Danner
Dick Higgins
Jimmy Collins
Wright
Morrison George
Paris
Nelsex Trails Council
Fort Worth Man to face Charges Here
Fort Worth man J. D Grisham to be returned to Bonham this afternoon to face a charge of swindling by worthless check. Sheriff Hoyt Ivey identified him as the suspect who allegedly passed a worthless check to George Leatherwood. He was also wanted in Gatesville Carrollton and Durant on similar charges. Deputy Sheriff Odel Hyepock accompanied the transfer to Bothany.
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Fort
Jurors Deadlock in Finch Trezoff Murder Trial
In Los Angeles the Finch and Trezoff murder jury failed to agree after eight days of deliberation. Bias and violence accusations plagued the panel. Judge Evans set a new trial date for July in the case against Dr Ro Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff. One female juror faced threats from a male juror and extra bailiff protection was arranged.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Finch-Trezoff
Carole Tregoff
Ro Bernard Finch
Genevieve Lang
Walter R. Evans
Evans
Red
Barbara Jean Finch
Lang
Carole
Mrs Lang
Finch
Freed Carole
Lous Werner
Dolores Jiaimez
Eddie L Lindsey
Burglars Take Little Cash From Trenton School
In Trenton over the weekend burglars broke into the school building and found less than $1. They attempted to loot the candy machine and drink vending machines but no money was left in the superintendent W. L. Corley’s office. Entry was gained via a north side window as Deputy Sheriff Odell Hyepock investigated the break in and tracked mud and grass through the building.
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Trenton
Spt
W. L. Corley
Sherif Odell Hyepock
Weather report for North Central Texas
Occasional rain and scattered thunders moved through the region, then clearing to partly cloudy conditions. Temperatures showed little change amid the unsettled early week trend.
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Texas
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