Grand Jury Recommends Deputies and Car for Sheriff
The Sixth District Court grand jury at the January term urged the county commissioners to add at least two deputy sheriffs and one more car, saying the sheriff is understaffed and under equipped. It commended the courthouse remodeling and filed five true bills of indictment for theft tied to copper wire from the General Cable Co plant in Bonham.
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Sheriff's Department
Grand Jury
Sixth District Court
A. M. Harrison
Fannin County Commissioners’ Court
Harrison
Gene V. Danner
Commissioners’ Court
Choice Moore
Danner
Ben
Orlie Dunlap
William Arthur Rayford
Arthur Gene Brooks
Royce Phea
Robert Givens
General Cable Co
Bonham
Peace Be Still or Please Be Still
Sonny Brent plans to buy root blades for science lab to cut up a frog for Jab. Fifth Sunday Singing aims to attract locals at Monkstown Sunday from 2 to 4 PM. Mrs Shem Martin discusses a Beagle pup drinking milk from a saucer with ears dipping into the dish.
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Sonny Brent
Monkstown
Shem Martin
Shem
Rain Delays Hit Bartley Woods Fields After Two Inches
A. Y. Dewoody reported Bartley Woods area receiving over two inches of rain on Tuesday and warned it may take a month to work the fields even if dry.
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A. Y. Dewoody
Bartley Woods
Brent elected to NHS membership clarified
The article corrects a misidentification noting Larry Brent rather than Dava Brent as elected to National Honor Society. It quotes a women bowlers group expressing relief that the season ended and mentions an upcoming annual banquet where awards will be given.
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Larry Brent
Dava Brent
National Honor Society
Judge Moore Says Courthouse Will Not Secede Over Time
The judge states the courthouse will not object to changing clocks to align with daylight saving time. Clocks move forward one hour and the courthouse adopts the DST schedule starting Monday.
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Moore
Fannin 4-H Bake Sale Sets Up On The Square
Fannin 4-H clubs host a bake sale Saturday with top notch goods on tables around the square. If you missed the senior play last night you can see it tonight with curtain time at 7 30 p.m.
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Fannin 4-H
Communists Charge Leftist Doomed in Greece
Athens reports claim the military government sentenced a leftist leader to death but officials deny the charges. They say no trials have occurred for the around 5,000 communists detained and promise fair trials with no kangaroo courts.
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Athens
UPI
Greece
Jeader
Pyernment
Moscow Radio
Ferjug
Manolis Glezos
Daylight Saving Time Arrives In Bonham and County
Bonham and Fannin county residents set clocks forward at 2 a.m. Sunday as daylight saving time begins. Courthouse clocks will shift Saturday night, with other clocks moved as offices close. The change, authorized by Congress, prompts earlier work hours and longer afternoon time.
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Bonham
Fannin County
Choice Moore
Bonham City
Texas
Transfers Must Furnish Own Transportation
County Superintendent M. L. Brent announced a new 1967 68 policy requiring transferring students to supply their own transportation. TEA rules prevent receiving district buses from picking up transfer students. transfers are handled through the county superintendent in May with board approval or disapproval.
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M. L. Brent
Brent
Texas Education Agency
TEA
Nigerian contender Rafia King KO's Jimmy Anderson in London
Rafia King of Nigeria, a former world featherweight title challenger, stopped Britain's Jimmy Anderson with a fifth round knockout in London. King, a veteran of more than 60 bouts, floored Anderson five times before the finish.
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London
UPI
Rafia King
Nigeria
Britain
Jimmy Anderson
King
Anderson
Navy P3A crashes off Japan with 12 crew dead presumed
A U S Navy P3A turboprop ditched near Toshima Island in southern Japan. Navy officials say all 12 aboard are presumed dead after search units found two empty liferafts and no trace of the crew. The four engine plane, a military Electra variant, belonged to Patrol Squadron 4 based at Barbers Point, Hawaii, deployed to Japan last year.
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Yokosuka
Japan
UPI
Toshima Island
Navy
Jast
Barbers Honolulu
Point Naval Air Station
Generous Response to Cancer Crusade Mobilizes County
The Crusade Against Cancer in Bonham and Fannin County mobilizes hundreds of volunteers delivering educational material and soliciting funds. Over 140 women canvassed Bonham homes as countywide committees led by W. L. Barnett and Mrs E C Williams report strong donations and broad support across towns including Savoy Trenton Bailey Gober Dodd City Windom Ivanhoe Ravenna and Honey Grove. Special gifts in Bonham exceed last year in the business district while committees in multiple towns drive the campaign.
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Bonham
Fannin County
W. L. Barnett
General County
House Works on Local Bills in Friday Session
The Texas House plans a Friday session to tackle a local bill on farmer self assessment for crop research and promotion amid a list of local measures. A farm bill amendment exempts certain crops and requires participation certificates for others. Also approved was a Criminal Code revision with a stricter approach to oral confessions.
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Austin
UPS
House
Senate
del- Win Jones
Lubbock
R. H. Cory
Victoria
Texas Farm Bureau
Westmoreland urges united home support to win Vietnam war
Gen. William C. Westmoreland testified before a joint Congress session that strong civilian backing is vital to victory in Vietnam. He warned the Communists remain far from quitting and urged resolve, patience, and continued support while outlining a strategy of unrelenting pressure on the enemy.
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Washington
UPI
William C. Westmoreland
Congress
Vietnam
House
Senate
Westmoreland
Capitol Hill
Matthew B. Ridgeway
United Nations
Korea
White House
Johnson
Sentry Satellites Launched by U S Air Force Titan Flight
The United States launched two Sentry satellites aboard a Titan 3D rocket from Cape Kennedy to monitor nuclear tests worldwide including China. The Titan 3C booster lifted at 5 01 a.m. EST in a dramatic nighttime blastoff with boosters jettisoning to reveal a red orange plume over the Atlantic.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
United States
Earth
Mars
Air Force
China
Spaceport
Titan
Atlantic
Flares of Fighting Renewed Along DMZ Front as Marines Stand
UPI reports intensified Communist mortar rocket and artillery attacks on three U.S. Marine bases near the DMZ with 13 Americans killed and 190 wounded. North Vietnamese troops reportedly mass above the DMZ as Hill 861 remains a strategic, heavily defended high point near the Laotian border.
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Saigon
Dmz
Hill 861
North Vietnam
Laos
Light hail showers touch several counties in North Texas
Light hail about the size of English peas fell for about ten minutes across most of Fannin County and parts of surrounding areas. Bonham saw minor garden damage while rainfall measured .04 inches. Hail was reported in Naples Daingerfield Mt Pleasant and Omaha with showers from Bowie to Ardmore and Greenville. The five day forecast calls for cooler, near normal temperatures with additional showers early next week.
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Fannin County
Bonham
Ector
Naples
Daingerfield
Mt. Pleasant
Omaha
Bowie
Ardmore
Greenville
Tne
Panhandle
Conpolino Convicted of Second Degree Murder Life Term
Dr. Carl Coppolino was found guilty of killing his wife Carmela by injecting a paralyzing drug. The all male jury convicted without premeditation, and Circuit Court Judge Lynn N. Silvertooth sentenced him to life in Raiford Prison.
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Naples
Fla
UPI
Carl Coppolino
Suave
Carmela
Cappulino
Lynn N. Silvertooth
Raiford, Fla
Hawkins signs with Pittsburgh Rens after ABL MVP
Connie Hawkins, 6-8 center and 1961-62 ABL MVP, signs with the Pittsburgh Rens of the ABA. The move marks the first player from the defunct ABL to join the new league.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Connie Hawkins
Pittsburgh Rens
American Basketball Association
Hawkins
ABL
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Bob Cantrell
Demilitarized Zone
Lavus
Robert V. Denny
R-Neb
Capitol
Michael
Restal
Norfolk
Denny
U.S
Commie
Conpolino
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