Early Texas History Mystery Ties to Griffin Griffith
Mrs. Hood of 4219 Junius, Ballas seeks information about a Griffin or Griffith once said to have lived in Bonham. In a letter to Mrs. Jack Saugere she states the Brown family name may appear on a courthouse record and that he was prominent in Texas Masonic circles in the early days of Texas history.
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M. M. Hood
Junius
Ballas
Griffin
Griffith
Bonham
Jack Sau- Gere
Hood
Brown
Texas
Fogger Triggers Fire Alarm at Piggly Wiggly
Saturday night a fogger set off the store alarm at Piggly Wiggly. Witnesses saw fog reflect off lights as the alarm sounded and firefighters arrived quickly to respond.
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Galted
Library staff relocate books to new shelves
Women workers at the library Monday morning arrange moved books into shelves after a weekend relocation. Mrs Bob Franks, Mrs Lewie Morgan, Mrs Gene Danner, and Mrs W T Moody take a coffee break while sorting each box by classification.
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Bob Pranks
Lewie Morgan
Gene Danner
W. T. Moody
Morning chill sparks heat switch for comfort
In the cool morning, some locals opted to turn on the heat rather than the air conditioning as they started their day.
Cicero Sighs Of Relief As Youngsters Go Home
Cicero residents breathed easier when the youngsters left for the day, ending a tense morning at the local scene. The quiet return followed a period of disruption and concern among neighbors.
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Cicero
Airmen Burned in Space Test Blaze
In San Antonio Texas a fire in a capsule during a space medicine lab test left Carl C. Fletcher Jr. seriously burned and his companion Captain Dean B. Smith injured. Airman J C Henry Hall helped pull the capsule and attempted to escape after the blaze began, averting a larger tragedy.
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AN Antonio
Tex
Carl C. Fletcher Jr
Okla
School of Space Medicine
Labora
Fletcher
Dean B. Smith
J.C Henry
Hall
Rusk
Pletcher
Smith
Emake
City officers make six weekend arrests for drunkenness and disturbance
City officers arrested six people over the weekend on charges including drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Details list multiple defendants and locations where incidents occurred.
Space Center Prepares for Kennedy LBJ Visit to Houston
President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson will tour NASA’s future Houston center sites on a two hour visit. They will inspect 16 hundred acres cleared for the nerve center near Clear Lake between Houston and Texas City. Rice University scientists are supported on 17 space research projects with NASA funding.
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Houston
UPI
Manned Spacecraft Center
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Harris County
America
Rice University
NASA
Ennedy
Five Die In Panhandle Wreck And Weather Toll
A five fatality crash near Post in the Texas Panhandle and weather boosted the weekend violent death toll. The UPI survey shows at least 23 deaths. fourteen in traffic, five drownings, four homicides or accidents. Names include Marcario Hernandez and Trinidad Muniz of Tulsa, Marguerita Villamuvia of San Angelo, Robert Martinez Villamuvia, and Edgar Wehrman of Mereta.
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United Press International
Post
Panhandle
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Marcario Hernandez
Tulsa
Trinidad Smith Muniz
Marguerita Martinez Villamuvia
San Angelo
Robert Martinez Villamuvia
Edgar Wehrman
Mereta
Tex
Concho River
Larry Williams
Leonard Wiliams
Fort Worth
Gidney Raymond Oliver
Pueblo
Colo
Gail
China Blames U.S. for U2 Flight Downed
Nationalist China assumed full responsibility for the American made U2 aircraft shot down over southeast China. Peiping ignored Taipei and blamed the United States while launching a propaganda blitz on Cuba Berlin and Southeast Asia. No details on the pilot or exact fate were released.
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Taipei
Formosa
UPI
China
Peiping
United States
Cuba
Berlin
Southeast Asia
Peiping Radio
South East
Liu Chen
Washington
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
State Department
Communit
Oil pirates probe widens as judge missing before hearing
Texas House General Investigating Committee resumes inquiry into oil theft bribes. Judge David Moore of Gladewater, part owner of a slanted East Texas well, is among six missing witnesses. Subpoenas issued for Kilgore, Tyler, and Troup operators as the panel grills allegations of state official bribes and directional drilling to steal from legitimate lessees.
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Dallas
UPI
East Texas
David Moore
Gladewater
Texas House
Fred Erieman
Longwew
Moore
David Witts
Atty
Will Wilson
Douglas Godfrey
Gayle Oglesby
Kilgore
J. D. Laird
J. L. Gulley Jr
Tyler
A. B. Martin
Troup
Tex
Earl Sharp
Longview
Texas Railroad Commission
Rayburn Stamp Ceremony Set In Washington
Sam Rayburn commemorative stamp ceremonies are planned in Washington on Monday September 17 as part of nationwide second day of issue events. The stamp will first go on sale in Bonham the day before with brief ceremonies at House and Senate post offices.
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Washington, D. C
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
House
Senate
John McCormack
House Post Office Committee
Tom Murray
Hap Morris
Mike Mansfield
Olin D. Johnam
Senate Post Office Committee
David Jennings
Kennedy plans Europe talk as trip includes space tests
In Washington JFK discusses Europe with aides while on a quiet yachting weekend in New England. He will briefed by brother Robert F Kennedy on attacks on Negro churches in Georgia and seek progress on telegraphers labor disputes. He departs Tuesday with Vice President Johnson for Cape Canaveral Huntsville Houston Rice University St Louis visits before returning Wednesday night.
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New England
Robert F. Kennedy
Georgia
W. Willard Wirtz
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Kennedy
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Huntsville
Ala
Houston
Tex
Rice University
St. Louis
Bonham Sees 57 Degree Low as Cool Front Passes
It was chilly with Bonham recording 57 degrees the lowest since spring. The cool front lingered through Tuesday with a warming midweek but cooler again this weekend. Dalhart logged 37 degrees as frost fears rose for Panhandle farmers. Rain remains sparse in North Texas while South Texas reports heavier showers.
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Bonham
South Texas
Dalhart
Texas
Panhandle
North Texas
Tuesuy
Police Probe Copper Wire Theft at Hi-Yield Plant
City officers investigated the theft of copper wire from a Hi-Yield plant building. Police said the wire appeared to be taken for sale as scrap wire and are examining suspects and evidence.
Authority to Call Reserves Asked by JFK
Defense Secretary McNamara urged the Senate Armed Services Committee to approve President Kennedy’s request for authority to mobilize up to 150,000 combat ready reservists. He said the power would provide flexible response in a crisis, and noted Congress aims to act before adjournment.
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White House
Senate
House
Kennedy
Washington
UPI
Robert S. McNamara
Senate Armed Services Committee
McNamara
Congress
United States
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Norman Paul
Defense
Pentagon
Cuba
Berlin
Armed Services
National Guard
Cotton forecast indicates lower U S cotton output
The Agriculture Department projects 14,687,000 bales of cotton this year, down 415,000 from last month. Forecasts show yields averaging 449 pounds of lint per acre, up from 438 last year, with a 10 year average of 380 pounds.
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Washington
UPS
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Dodd proposes U S aid to Cuban liberation forces
Sen Thomas J Dodd outlines a six point plan urging U S backing for Cuban freedom fighters while opposing a U S invasion The blueprint includes recognizing a government in exile embargoing Communist materials and stepped up Western Hemisphere propaganda with later military aid decision pending.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
U.S
Dodd
United States
Cuba
Hemisphere
Second Week Attendance Rises At Integrated Church Schools
In Louisiana the second week of school integration saw about 160 white children and two Black students attend Our Lady of Prompt S ocior in Westwego near New Orleans while Our Lady of Good Harbor No 2 in Burns reopened with white pupils. Boycotts affected turnout and a crowd gathered outside Westwego school though no taunts or violence were reported. In Burns tension rose over bloodline rules as no Negroes enrolled and none were seen entering the school.
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New Orleans
UPS
Westwepo
Burns
Our Lady of Prompt Soccor
Westwego
Mississippi River
Our Lady of Good Harbor
Westwe O
Men Fined in JP Court for Gambling Pleas
Six men pled guilty in Justice of Peace Thomas Reece's court in Trenton after arrests in Leonard by Deputies Troy McNear and Thansey Trapp. Each man was fined five dollars plus costs.
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Justice of Peace
Thomas Reece
Trenton
Leonard
Troy McNear
Thansey Trapp
Two-Car Crash Causes $80 Damage at Texan Intersection
A two car collision at the U S 69 and State 121 junction near Trenton caused about 80 in damage. The drivers were Samuel Burton Ektren rich of Ormond Beach Florida and Cecil Warren Gilbreath of McKinney Texas. Patrolman Jake Jackson investigated the scene and noted Ehres rich was northbound toward Kingston Oklahoma while Gilbreath exited on State 12.
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U. S. 69
Trenton
Jake Jackson
Samual Burton Ektrenrich
Ormond Beach
Fla
Cecil Warren Gilbreath
McKinney
Jackson
Ehresrich
Kingston
Okla
Gilbreath
Ihrenrich
Bonham
Big Cat
Mystery of Little Miss Q Ends in Identity Reveal
In Indianapolis the mother Lews Littler and grandmother Ruby St Claw, both from Chicago, faced child neglect charges after the mystery of four year old Jeannie Lee Odum, nicknamed Little Miss Q, was solved. Jeannie was found in a doorway near the bus terminal and later identified by relatives. Authorities indicated possible additional abandonment charges as the case unfolds.
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Indianapolis
Ind
UPI
Miss Q
Jeannie Lee Odum
Lews
Littler
Ruby St Claw
Chicago
Reaumon
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Peiping People's Daily
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Tke
Europe
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Liberation Unit
East Germany
Poland
Hungary
Tibet
Russia
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