Community events highlight Friday night plans
Ector high school senior class hosts a 6 to 8 p.m. barbeque supper in the lunchroom followed by a western and country music program at Dodd City high school auditorium starting at 8 p.m. In Waurika Oklahoma Jaycees host their 7th annual rattlesnake hunt weekend with events Friday through Sunday and dances Saturday night.
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Ector High School
Dodd City
Ector
Waurika
Okla
Jaycees
Garden Memories Turn Muddy In 1968 Narratives
A reader recalls a dry summer garden fading to mud as Mrs. Ethel Milstead discusses killing two small snakes. A listener jokes about worms while Milstead insists you can tell a snake anytime. Cecil Clayton suggests groundhog shadows marked spring. Christ Ambassadors hold a rummage sale in Peeler building Friday and Saturday with assorted items.
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Ethel Milstead
Mrs. Milstead
Christ Ambassadors of the First Assembly of God Church
Peeler
Pocket knife and keys found after Warrior Relays at B P Weaks
Coach Cotton Ford reports a pocket knife and several keys were found at B P Weaks Stadium following the Warrior Relays last Saturday. The finder is asked to describe the items to claim.
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Cotton Ford
Allied push toward Khe Sanh as U.S. casualty record set
Saigon reports a record 3,886 American troops wounded last week as allied forces move toward the besieged Khe Sanh. The 75 day siege nears relief as 25 North Vietnamese are killed and the force advances three miles from the objective amid heavy shelling.
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Saigon
UPS
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
U.S
Kae Sanh
America
Highway 9
Marine Bastion
Plateau Fort
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Johnson
20Th Parallel
Panhandle
Bonham ISD to elect three trustees from six candidates
Six candidates compete for three Bonham Independent School District trustee seats in Saturday elections at I W Evans gym. Voters must be registered by Feb 1. Incumbents L C Biggers C J Crittenden and Joe Denton seek re election with contested Place 3 and Place 4. Denton has no opponent. County board posts also on ballot with Gailon Moore J D Toney and W L Calvary unopposed.
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Bonham Independent School District
I. W. Evans School
L. C. Biggers
C. J. Crittenden
Joe Denton
Biggers
Jack Vinson
Crittenden
Lester Hall
Charles Hill
Denton
Bonham
Gailon Moore
J. D. Toney
W. L. Calvary
Deputies Question Tractor Theft Suspect in Oklahoma
Deputies H R Van Zandt and Leonard Collingsworth traveled to Lone Grove Oklahoma to question a suspect connected to a tractor theft from a field near Savoy. The matter dates back about three months with the suspect being held in Oklahoma.
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Fannin County
Oklahoma
H. R. van Zandt
Leonard Collingsworth
Lone Grove
Okla
Savoy
Civil Docket For January Term Set
The civil docket for the January term of Sixth District Court is arranged with hearings through May. Petit jury cases are set for May 13 and June 17. non jury cases for May 1, May 6, and May 13.
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Sixth District Court
Peace Talks in Hawaii Move Toward Formal Vietnam Talks
President Johnson heads to Honolulu with top advisers to plan possible U S North Vietnam negotiations as Hanoi signals willingness to establish contact. Hanoi accuses U S raids near Lai Chau. Geneva Moscow options floated with Mansfield and Wilson weighing in.
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Washington
UPI
United States
North Vietnam
Hanoi Radio
Johnson
Defense Department
U.S
Lai Chau
Hanoi
Honolulu
Vietnam
Wiliam C. Westmoreland
Park Chung Hee
South Korea
Harold Wilson
Britain
Soviet Union
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Park
South Vietnam
Neuyen Vang Thieu
Geneva
London
Moscow
W. Averell Harriman
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Saigon
Hawaii
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dean Rusk
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
New Zealand
Nguyen van Thieu
Pacific
White House
Rusk
Wellington
Ward 2 Alderman Recount Shows Sandel Leads Crockett
A three member recount of Ward 2 ballots increased Robert Sandel's tally from one to nine votes for the alderman race. The unofficial count after recounts shows 361 for Sandel and 351 for Crockett, with the city commission to canvas election returns Monday.
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Robert Sandel
Johnny Crockett
Roy Owens
Sandel
Crockett
Ward 2
Robert Sandell
Bonham City
Sanders
City Commission
Marine Son Back from Vietnam Ends Calendar Marking
J D Tadlock and his wife prepared for a Dallas trip after learning their son LCpl Mike Tadlock would arrive in 9:48 p m on Flight 264. Mike had returned to the United States to escort the body of LCpl Billy Bowen but was not yet certain he could attend the funeral. His parents recount Buddy system service, prior injuries, and seven major operations, hopeful for leave before re assignment. Beginning April 3 the family stops marking Xs on the calendar for the first time in 10 months.
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J. D. Tadlock
Lovefield
Dallas
Mike Tadlock
American Airlines
Mike
Vietnam
Los Angeles
United States
LCPL
Billy Bowen
Billy
James Bowen
L-Cpl
San Francisco
Marine Corps
Ray Roberts
Washington
Congressman Roberts
Corporal Tadlock
Robert Fort
Monkstown
Robert
California
Two-Vehicle Crash Causes $250 Damage at Chestnut and East Sam Ray Burn
No injuries reported after a two car collision at Chestnut and East Sam Rayburn Drive Tuesday. Officers Kenneth Rice and Fred Clark identified drivers Tommy Junior Alexander of Bonham Rt. 2 and Roy Kenneth Moore of 253 Boyd.
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Chestnut
East Sam _ Rayburn Drive
Kenneth Rice
Fred Clark
Tommy Junior Alexander
India Becomes Republic in 1950 Era Milestone
The article notes India as a sovereign republic from 1950, marking a turning point in its constitutional status. It references the transition from colonial rule to self governance and the adoption of a republican framework. Acknowledges nationwide political and legal changes following independence.
Bonham Civitan Open House For Youth Center Weekend
The Bonham Civitan club hosts a three day open house at the Youth Center starting Friday with a ribbon cutting by Texas Civitan governor Carl Deutsche and Mayor Gene Danner. Mrs True Adams is honored as the first Youth Center fund donor. The event invites all residents and runs Friday night Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. the center cost 7560 with 2000 still owed. A long list of local donors and supporters is acknowledged.
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Bonham Civitan Club
Youth Center
Carl Deutsche
Texas Civitan
Deutsche
Gene Danner
True Adams
Bonham
Civitan Club
Jeff Ford
E. F. Copeland
Bryce McIntyre
Jack Vinson
Max Ayer
Center Street Pharmacy
Reece Electric
Jim Caldwell
Tp&l
Tray Currin
L. B. Acree
CYF
Boone Motor Co
McKnight Drug
VFW
Aumiiary
Goodyear
S. BR. Carter
G. W. Duncan
Ronnie Ford
Jewell Johnson
T. May
Winter Weather Returns to Bonham Area
Winter weather returned to the Bonham area this morning with cool temperatures and a warming trend through Friday. Bonham’s low reached 37 and the high was 81 on Wednesday afternoon as skies cleared and are expected to stay clear. Thunderstorms and hail were reported across parts of Texas as the Canadian cold front moved through with hail observed in San Marcos Bastrop Cedar Creek and Luling.
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Bonham
Texas
San Marcos
Bastrop
Cedar Creek
Luekuart
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Pee Wee Whitlock
Aone
Cecil Clayton
Nguyen Cong Khanh
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Trong Am
South Viet
Nam
UPI Radiophoto
U.S. Force
LBJ
Jimmy Rodgers
Chub
Colleen
Granada Hills
Calif
Rodgers
Marine Son
Tadlock
Mrs. Tadlock
India
Republic
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