Fannin ASC Office Earns Texas Honorable Distinction
The Fannin County ASC office was named the outstanding county office in Texas for 1959 by the state Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation committee. The honor cites effective operation and cooperation of the county ASC committee and office in 1959 with 4,548 farms and multiple program enrollments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannin County
ASC
Texas
State Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation
R. R. Grishman
Dan Barnard
Barnard
Grisham
Arthur D. Woodson
T. Loyd Burnett
Capa
Whch
Bonham Woman Held in Death of Paris Man
Grayson county authorities say 42-year-old Bonham woman Ann Irion, a Paris native, is held in Sherman on a murder inquiry connected to the death of J. C. Ross whose body was found along a Dorchester area road. Investigators traced Friday’s movements from a Paris bus ticket to Bonham, and Irion was arrested Tuesday night after a warrant issued in Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woody Clanton
Grayson County
Paris
Sherman
J. C. Ross
Bonham
Justice Court
Homer Gattis
Denison
Dorchester
Ann Irion
Hoyt Ivey
Woody Bhanton
Ivey
Irion
Blanton
Bonham ASC Office Honored as Outstanding County Office
The Bonham ASC office, committee chair R. R. Grisham and office manager Dan Barnard praise the office staff for winning the Texas outstanding county ASC office award for the period ending July 21 1959. Farmers of Fannin County and the office girls are commended for handling heavy paperwork and cooperative effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham Asc
Fannin County
ASC
Texas
R. R. Grisham
Ang. Dan Barnard
Barnard
Khrushchev Likes American Life During U S Visit
At Denton Lyndon Johnson reports Nikita Khrushchev admired American industrial output air conditioned homes and good meals and would like to have them. Johnson predicted a coming great struggle between Russia and the United States in the years ahead.
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Denton
UPI
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Denton Juesday
U. S
No Secret Talks Planned for Lopez Mateos Visit
President Adolfo Lopez Mateos said there will be no secret talks with President Eisenhower during his Washington visit next week. He told a congressional committee that all dealings will be public and clear as a reaffirmation of friendship with the United States and Canada. Arrival is set for Oct. 9 with a detailed program to follow. reports of a Oct. 8 departure and a Matamoros stopover could not be confirmed.
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Mexico City
UPI
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Esenhower
Washington
United States
Canada
Lopez Mateos
Mexico
Mario Escurdia
Escardia
Matamoros
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Tex
Salvation Army Aids Bonham Needy With Local Unit Support
The Salvation Army in Bonham operates a Ser vice Unit Committee of eight who approve expenditures over twenty dollars. This year the unit seeks three thousand dollars to fund groceries medicines and transport for indigent patients sent to Galveston hospitals by local doctors. The story highlights a rural elder who traveled to John Sealy Hospital with Salvation Army support for food lodging and bus fare. The charity also assists mentally incapable county residents with groceries and medicines and notes December February create peak need as employment declines.
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Salvation Army
Bonham
James Bybee
United Land
M. D. Anderson
John Sealy
Galveston
Fannin County
Camp Hoblitzelle
New Car Parade Opens With GM Oldsmobile and Pontiac
The 1960 new passenger car parade starts Thursday with General Motors models led by Oldsmobile and Pontiac. Bonham Motor Co. owned by R L Lawrence will display Olds and Kissinger Pontiac Cadillac owned by O M Kissinger will display Pontiac. Ads in this issue point to their showings. Chevrolet follows Friday with its Corvair and other models.
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General Motors
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Bonham Motor Company
R. L. Lawrence
Kissinger
Pontiac-Cadillac
O. M. Kissinger
Favorite
Chevrolet
Thirteen Die in New Jersey EEE Outbreak
Thirteen persons died from eastern equine encephalitis in New Jersey amid 23 reported cases across six southern counties. Health authorities warn the disease is highly fatal with many survivors left permanently impaired, as multiple state departments fight mosquitoes to curb transmission and a community declares a state of emergency.
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New York
UPI
New Jersey
New York City
Tragic Cooper Collision Kills Eight Students and Teacher
A salt truck struck a Mount Vernon Junior High bus carrying 22 on a curve at the 154 64 intersection in Cooper Texas killing eight people including Principal Jack Henry and 11 year old Billy Max Henry. Twenty were injured as the truck driver J M Warrington 39 was hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Weatherford
Mount Vernon
Audrey Turner
Juaquita Rainey
Cooper Hospital
Lex Weatherford
Cooper
Sulphur Springs
Max. Womach
Womach
J. M. Warrington
Grand Saline
Tex
Pryor
Okla
Jimmy White
Franklin County
John Tittle
Young White
White
Warrington
H. F. Holderen
Hurricane Hannah churning westward toward Atlantic
UPI reports Hurricane Hannah with 100 mph winds moves west at about 12 mph. It centers about 970 miles east of Palm Beach and could follow the path of Gracie if a high pressure system blocks its northwest trajectory. No land threat exists at the moment.
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Miami
UPI
Hannah
Atlantic
Palm Beach
Gracie
Gordon Dunn
Miami Weather Bureau
Carolinas
Dunn
Airliner Explodes In Flight Near Buffalo
A Lockheed Electra, flying from Houston to New York, exploded in the air and crashed into scrub oaks near Buffalo, Texas, late Tuesday night. The surprise disaster left few details and casualties were not yet confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo, Tex
UPI
Houston
New York
Wreckage From Braniff Flight Kills 34 People
A Braniff International Airways plane bound for Dallas Washington and New York with 34 aboard crashed near Buffalo Texas. Recovery crews found bodies and parts of bodies in a one mile square area. The captain was W E Stone 47 first officer Don Hallowell 38 third officer Rollin Longhill 28 and three stewardesses Leona Windler 25 Betty Rusch 3 and Alvilyn Harmon 2. Ground shaking blast described by residents. Weather bureau warned of flash floods from North Carolina to Pennsylvania due to Hurricane Gracie.
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Dallas
Washington
New York
State Department of Public Safety
Braniff International Airways
B. H. Pickens
Buffalo
Charlotte
UPI
Gracie
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Charleston
Virginia
Weather Bureau
Appalachian Mountains
West Virgina
Maryland
Cape May
N. J
Block Island
R. I
Potomac
Chesapeake Bay
David L. Lawrence
Bonnie Huff
South Carolina Electric and Gas Co
W. D. Dibrell
American Red Cross
Diane
Wilmington
N.C
New Jersey
Texas Department of Public Safety
Zirochi
Miami
Department of Public Safety
Pickens
Ww. E. Stone
Braniff
Don Hallowell
Rollin Longhill
Leona Mary Windler
Betty Rusch
Alvilyn Harraon
Weco
Tex
Oliver Horn
Cooler Weather Forecast for Bonham Area
The Bonham area is forecast for cooler weather with light rain through Thursday. Early Wednesday sightings show showers and a high near 65 degrees, with a cool front pushing in and north winds causing a temperature drop.
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Bonham
Room
Wand
Cloudy Sky With Scattered Showers In Central Texas
A forecast shows considerable cloudiness through Thursday with scattered showers and thunderstorms in Worth Central Texas. Covier today and Waughs are noted in the region.
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Worth
Texas
Waughs
More Civilians Go On Federal Jobs
Senator Byrd reports August civilian federal employment rose by 1 914 to 2 372 608. He notes civilian agency jobs increased by 1 072 to 1 293 804 while military agency employment grew by 842 to 1 078 804.
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Washington
Byrd
Paris Minister Speaks on Living a Well Balanced Life
The Rev John Shuler pastor of First Methodist Paris spoke before the Bonham Rotary club on Wednesday noon. Introduced by Rev W T Stephenson, he described work play love and worship as four blades in a well balanced life and said happiness depends on all four elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shuler
First Methodist Church
Paris
Bonham
Japan Faces Worst Disaster Yet As Typhoon Toll Mounts
Typhoon Vera devastates Japan with 2,964 dead 1,781 missing and 9,343 injured. Dysentery and typhoid add to suffering as 1.5 million are homeless. Nagoya among hardest hit as water famine and disease spread. U S aid including Kearsage carrier planes and helicopters rush relief.
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Nagoya
Japan
UPI
United States
Taro Iwatan
Yoshida
Minato
Minami
Ing
Fiji
U. S Navy
Kearsage
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Fannin County Agriculture Conservation and Stabilizatioon Committee
Ray Grisham
Arthur Woodson
Fannin Asc
City of Office
Nikita
U.S
Nes Ighuite
Carolina
Rotary
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