Bondi High Choir Wins Four First Divisions
Bondi High School choir won four first division ratings and four second division ratings at the Texas Interscholastic League meet in Commerce on Thursday May 14. Caroline Clark earned a first in solo, the Bondi trio of Clark and the Pope sisters earned a first in trio, while several students earned second division piano ratings.
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Bondi High School
Commerce
Caroline Clark
Doss Clark
Bondi
Miss Clark
Dean
Jean Pope
G. G. Pope
Mary Lou Taylor
Patricia Annip
Miss Dark
Nickey Butler
Don Blacketer
Bonham High Seeks Historic Bonds Issues for Library
The Bonham High School library seeks old issues of The Bonds the student newspaper compiled by librarian Mrs Elizabeth Baggarly. Copies published 1917 1928 1933 1936 1940 1944 are needed to complete the file from 1917 through 1944. Students alumni or parents with copies should contact Mrs Baggarty.
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Bonham High School
Elizabeth Baggarly
Mystery surrounds FBI questioning of seven men
FBI agents questioned and secretly transported seven or more white men believed connected to the lynching of Mack Charles Parker in Poplarville Mississippi. The men were shielded from reporters as they were taken to FBI headquarters and later returned home, while Parker awaited trial for rape.
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FBI
United Presse International
Poplarville, Miss
Mack Charles Parker
Hattiesburg
Gulfport
Jackson
Meridian
Miss
New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Five April Accidents Reported by Fannin County Patrol
Highway Patrolmen in Fannin County logged five April accidents investigated by Capt. Harry Hutchinson. The incidents injured two people and caused about 3768 dollars in damage. Excludes city limits cases in Bonham and Honey Grove and other towns. No fatalities occurred that month.
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Fannin County
Harry Hutchinson
Bonham
Honey Grove
Right of way delays on farm road near Bonham and Randall tract
County Judge Choice Moore cites a single fourth-interest signature blocking the Bonham north farm road project from Highway 78 to U S 63 at Ector. A Randolph lot with unknown owner delays Cotton Belt railroad right of way, possibly requiring condemnation. Athens fiddlers contest announced for May 28.
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Bonham
Ector
Moore
Randolph
Bailey
B-58 Hustler Explodes at Fort Worth Plant
Air Force investigators probe the B-58 Hustler explosion at the Convair plant in Fort Worth after a maintenance crew accident. One worker, G. W. Johnson, died and 13 others were injured as flames and smoke lit the sky eight miles away. The aircraft, valued at up to 198 million dollars, had not yet entered production and no weapons were aboard.
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Fort Worth
UPI
Air Force
Convair
G. W. Johnson
Lillian
Carswell Air Force Base
Search Fails to Find Missing Peru Plane With 12 Aboard
A day-long air search by nine planes in Eastern Peru failed to locate a Peruvian airliner carrying 12 people that is believed to have crashed in the jungle. Among the missing is Paul Dixon, 40, of Bowling Green Kentucky, who had been living in Lima with his wife and five children.
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Lima
Peru
Nuclear Plane Clear to Begin Prototype Development
The Air Force announced the final obstacle to a nuclear powered war plane is cleared and a prototype program will start. Lt. Gen. Roscoe C. Wilson said shielding is no longer a hindrance and envisioned a fast, range unlimited bomber carrying ballistic missiles and nuclear bombs.
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Washington
UPS
Air Force
Roscoe C. Wilson
Aviation Writers Association
Wilson
Defense
Eisenhower
Only Guardsmen At Plant Gates In Henderson Mills
National Guardsmen guarded the Harriet-Henderson cotton mills in Henderson North Carolina as union leaders weigh a possible legal challenge to a court order limiting picket activity. The order allows seven pickets per gate and authorizes dispersal of anyone near the mills for intimidation while prohibiting harassment of workers and interference with vehicles.
Twining Expected To Beat Cancer
Gen Nathan F. Twining chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 61, underwent surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for a cancerous tumor in his left lung. Officials said the tumor was removed with no cancer found in other chest regions and projected a return to duty within weeks.
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James H. Forsee
Walter Reed
Committee Nixes Six Hospitals
The Senate Armed Services Committee refused to approve construction of six new U S military hospitals after deeming Pentagon cost estimates unrealistic. Projects slated for Redstone Arsenal Alabama Fort Eustis Virginia LeMoore California Naval Air Station and bases at Sheppard Texas Clinton County Ohio and George California were removed from a military construction bill and the Defense Department ordered to resubmit with more modest costs.
Strike Closes Center at Cape Canaveral
Carpenters at Cape Canaveral missile test center walk out at dawn in a wage dispute. About 3,000 union members on the early shift refused to cross picket lines, with 1,500 building tradesmen and 1,450 transport workers and teamsters unions not reporting to work. Supervisors filled many union jobs as some workers faced 12 hour shifts.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
Missile Test Center
Air Force
Cape
Transport Workers and Teamsters
United States Walker Cup Dominates Britain in 40 Match Sweep
Captain Charlie Coe and Billy Joe Patten led the U S Walker Cup team to a 40 match sweep over Britain in Denton Texas. A separate incident reports a 20 year old Colorado City woman sustaining facial injuries after a campus party altercation when a male aced a malicious splash of silver nitrate.
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Muirfield
Scotiac
UPI
Charlie Coe
Billy Joe Patten
United States
Britain
Denton
Tex
Shiela Rena Nelms
Colorado City
Flo Memorial Hospital
Senator Raighae Rae Accuses Admin of Pinching Pennies
Washington Senator Raighae Rae a Democrat from Texas accuses the administration of a penny pinching policy. The record cites her remarks during a Capitol debate about budget restraint and financial planning.
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Washington
UPI
Sen. Raighae Ae
D-Tex
Defense studies seek Eisenhower approval for nuclear airplane
The Defense Department proposed that President Eisenhower grant approval to begin construction of a nuclear powered aircraft. The plan was disclosed today.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Eisenhower
Official Charges Benson Fails to Aid Cotton Farmer
Comptroller General Joseph Campbell told a congressional committee that Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson violated federal law by not ensuring U.S. farmers receive a fair share of the world cotton market. Benson seeks greater export subsidies to aid cotton growers while the International Cotton Advisory Committee, with delegates from 33 nations, discusses price cutting and policy uncertainty amid a textile recession in Western Europe and Japan.
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Washington
UPI
Joseph Campbell
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
U.S
Campbell
Congress
Benson
State Department
International Cotton Advisory Committee
Europe
Japan
United States
Communist Bloc
Nehru Set for Four Day Nepal Visit in June
The Indian premier Jawaharlal Nehru will start a four day trip to Nepal on June 11 the government announced on Thursday.
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Nepal
UPI
Jawaharlal Nehru
Swiss Army Parade Shows Strength Near Geneva
More than 25,000 soldiers from the Swiss First Army Corps gathered at Payerne for a grand review after spring maneuvers, showcasing the nation’s military might near the Geneva area.
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Swiss Flex Muscles
Geneva
UPI
Switzerland
Swiss First Army Corps
Payerne
North Central Texas Weather Outlook
Mostly cloudy conditions persist through Saturday with scattered showers and thunderstorms to the west tonight. No significant temperature changes expected as the forecast emphasizes limited risk of severe weather.
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Texas
West Portion
Battle Lines Form Over Price Fixing Bill In Congress
Congressional debate sharpens as the House Commerce Committee backs a bill allowing manufacturers to set minimum retail prices for branded goods. Opponents warn of huge consumer costs and a bitter floor fight, while retailers defend it as protection for small shops against chain price cutting. State laws on fair trade vary, with 17 states struck down and 29 still enforcing some provisions.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
House Commerce Committee
House
John D. Dingell
D-Mich
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Commerce Committee
Departments of Justice, Commerce, Agriculture and State
Federal Trade Commission
Death Sentence Is Assessed Webb
Eugene Lloyd Webb was sentenced to death by electric chair after a Fort Worth jury found him guilty of murder in the December 28 shooting at a Fort Worth nightclub. The case stemmed from the killing of Kenneth Burson, 19, at the Penguin Club where a bystander, Bobby Fogle, 23, was wounded when Webb opened fire. Defense plans an appeal within 10 days.
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Fort Worth
API
Eugene Lloyd Webb
Kenneth Burson
Webb
Burson
Penguin Club
Bobby Fogle
Mother Killed by Shotgun Blast in Houston
In Houston a 40 year old mother of five, Lena Rainer, was shot to death by a shotgun blast while nursing an infant. Police say the gun may have been fired by Darleen Rainer, 14, who was incoherent at the scene. It was unclear if the shooting was accidental.
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Houston
UPS
Lena Rainer
Weldon Waycott
Darleen Rainer
Western powers seize initiative at four power talks in Geneva
In Geneva the United States Britain and France press a sweeping peace plan for a gradual cold war settlement. Western strategy sessions since the East West conference began enabled a unified approach while Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko signals a cautious stance as negotiations start.
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Geneva
UPI
United States
Britain
France
Bether
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Binishes
Gromyko
Peets
Sero
Drivers Killed in Head-on Collision Near Livingston
Two drivers died instantly in a head on crash seven miles south of Livingston on US Highway 59. Victims were Patrick W. Pome roy, 27, of Houston and George S. Rogers, 34, of Columbus, Ohio. Rogers' son Roy Arthur was critically injured.
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Livingston, Tex
Pravda Attacks Western Peace Plan at Geneva
Pravda charged the Geneva peace plan is a propaganda device and a new version of eastern proposals. It argued the package bundles unequal German issues and blocks real solutions while Khrushchev urged a separate East Germany peace treaty and a free West Berlin. Moscow Radio echoed claims the Western approach rests on obsolete concepts and ignores two German states.
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Christian Herter
Russia
Germany
Berlin
Moscow
UPI
Pravda Today
Geneva
Communist Party
Nikita S Khrushchev
Moscow Radio
Pravda
Coun
Christian A. Herter
Khrushchev
Kishinev
Soviet Union
East Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
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Pearl River
Southwest
Odme
American Airlines
Love Field
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Betty Meador
Janet Tidwell
Hustler
Twining
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