Tractors Return to Fannin County Fields After Rain
Farmers in Fannin County resume fieldwork as tractors rumble back after weeks of rain. Edhube gardener Elvie Gatlin praises crops including English peas potatoes radishes onions and cabbage. Bonham truckers haul materials for city street improvements while Scouters plan April meetings and training. Students return to Bonham schools after a four day Easter break.
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Fannin County
Gardners
Elvie Gatlin
Elvie
Robert Leslie
Leslie
Bonham
Oklahoma
Two Men Die in Cessna 310 Crash Near Waxahachie
A private twin-engine Cessna 310 bound for San Angelo crashed ten miles north of Waxahachie in heavy overcast, bursting into flames and killing two Dallas men aboard. Emery Johnson Jr. piloted the plane and William P. Curry was the other passenger.
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Waxahachie, Tex
UPI
San Angelo
Waxahachie
Ellis County
George Clark
Fort Worth
National Transportation Safety Board
Emery Johnson Jr
William P. Curry
Dallas
Legislature Returns Faces 12 Key Bills Awaiting Action
In Austin after a five day Easter break the Texas House and Senate report progress on major bills with 12 of 14 key measures awaiting action by at least one chamber. The session nears its two thirds mark eight weeks remain with appropriations the main point of contention.
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Austin
API
Texas House
Senate
House
Houston
Lubcock
Deadwood
Appropriations
House Appropriations Committee
Preston Smith
Missing Bodies May Be In Ship
Coast Guard searchers failed to find any of the 25 missing crewmen from the Formosan freighter Union Faith after the sinking near New Orleans. Cutters planes and helicopters scanned a 90 mile water stretch downriver from the port where the ship collided with a barge carrying crude oil. Twenty six crewmen, all Chinese nationals, survived by jumping into the river or onto nearby tugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
UPS
Coast Guard
Rain Likely In Bonham Area Weather Update
Light to heavy drizzle hit the Bonham area Tuesday morning as the weather bureau warned of more rain overnight. Temperatures will be mild with 59 to 68 degree range. outlook calls for clearing, cooler conditions Wednesday afternoon.
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Bonham
Weather Bureau
Texas Panhandle
Marines Hit Da Nang Bunker Complex in Major Sweep
U S Marines killed 35 Communist soldiers in an assault on a bunker complex southwest of Da Nang during Operation Oklahoma Hills. Ground action was part of four major offensives to curb infiltration from Laos and Cambodia while B52s conducted night missions near Cambodia and Laos.
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Saigon
Aps
U.S
da Nang
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Mekong
Giao Duc
Cambodia
Laos
Dmz
Con Thien
Nine Die in Blast at Swiss Explosives Plant
A munitions factory in Dottikon, Switzerland, exploded at 7:15 am, killing nine people and injuring about 40 while several others were reported missing. Flames engulfed the Swiss Sprengstoff plant as shock waves reached 12 miles, drawing fire crews from nearby towns. The facility, a major local employer, makes demolition explosives.
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Dottikon
Switzerland
UPI
Schweizerische Sprengstoff - Fabrik
Dietikon
Ruling Bars Diverting Road Funds for Fire Service
Atty. Gen Crawford Martin rules county commissioners may not divert road and bridge funds to rural fire service or sheriff equipment. He does approve use of part of registration fees and road taxes to pay commissioners and county judge salaries.
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Austin
UPI
Crawford Martin
Martin
North Vietnam Builds New Supply Base 20 Miles North of DMZ
UPI sources report North Vietnam has established a fortified supply complex with antiaircraft guns 20 miles north of the DMZ. The base, manned by about 10,000 workers and troops, sits within six hours of Marine bases Con Thien and Gio Linh and serves as a staging area for infiltrations toward the DMZ and Laos Ho Chi Minh Trail. US Marines have launched offensives along the Laotian border and bombing continues against supply routes in Laos.
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Nam
U.S
Demilitarized Zone Dmz
Hanoi
Haiphong
North Vietnam
Con Thien
Gio Linh
South Vietnam
Fron
Dmz
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
United States
Peace Talks Show No Real Progress In Vietnam Negotiations
South Vietnamese and Viet Cong delegations at the Paris peace talks said progress is none as both sides accused the other of stalling. U S negotiators remain hopeful about private talks, while the NLF reiterates demands for U.S. withdrawal and rejects Thieu's secret talks offer.
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Ments
United States
Viet Cong
Nguyen van Thieu
National Liberation Front
NLF
Thieu
South Vietnam
Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Melvin R. Laird
Kennedy leads 3000 mile Alaska fact finding tour
Senator Edward M. Kennedy and his Indian education sub committee began a 3000 mile trip through Alaska to study conditions among impoverished Indians Eskimos and Aleuts. They will visit Anchorage Bethel Nome Kotzebue Point Barrow Fort Yukon Fairbanks and numerous remote villages.
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Washington
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Alaska
Anchorage
Bethel
Nome
Kotzebue
Point Barrow
Fort Yukon
Fairbanks
Forgotten American breaks free from Mexican prison escape
Simmons, once on death row for Monterrey child murders, describes a prison escape aided by guards and a conjugal visit ruse. He says he fled with a woman disguise and crossed the border at Roma after a 10 year ordeal. He awaits Mexican authorities next move while vowing not to return.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Dykes Askew Simmons Jr
Nuevo Leon
Simmons
Monterrey
Marta
Hilda
Juan Perez Vallagomez
Texas
Roma
United States
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I. W. Evans School
Paris
Bob ‘Milford
Honey Grove
Roby Windham
Ray Peeler
Dan Mize
Danny Harris
Palm Springs
Calif
Tahquitz Canyon
David McGahey
UPI Telephoto
Texas Water Plan
Texas Water Development Board
Mississippi
Lubbock
San Antonio
Smith
John Connally
Vietnam
North Viet
Freedom Will
Los Angeles International Airport
State of
Nuevo
Simmon
Dennis Frederickson
Beverly Hills
U. S
Frederickson
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