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Gary Pinkerton, whose parents were natives of the Leonard and Celeste communities and who had family ties in Celeste, was scheduled to graduate from R. L. Paschal High School. The item also noted his participation in PASCHAL POSSE and varsity baseball.
Youth Night at the North Texas Methodist Annual Conference was scheduled at First Methodist Church in Dallas. Dr. Charles Allen was to deliver a special message, and Bishop William C. Martin was to install new conference youth officers.
A Commerce Journal item reported that New York was chosen to host the Democratic national convention. The story noted the convention would assemble there on June 3, the first time in 56 years.