Camp Fire Girls Camp Seeks Volunteer Dads and Local News
Fathers of girls headed to the Camp Fire Girls camp are asked to volunteer a day or so to ready facilities for opening. John Lindsey needs help as he works hard on site. Mrs Hib Travis seeks a home for a stray puppy the girls found. A local notice encourages readers to reflect on time and kindness while noting a window theft and a Boy Scout camporee traffic jam. George and C went on Daylight Saving time Monday with Cecil Clayton remarking on waking with the sun.
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John Lindsey
Camp Fire Girls
John
Firemen Respond To Car Fire On South Fourth Street
Firefighters were dispatched Monday night to South Fourth Street to extinguish a car blaze with responders reporting the incident under control shortly after arrival.
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South Fourth Street
Filibuster Ends as Texas Senate Passes Voter Registration Bill
The Texas Senate voted 21 to 5 to pass a voter registration reform after a long filibuster led by Sen. Tom Creighton. Sen. Henry Grover opposed, arguing about alleged voter fraud, and the session adjourned at 6:15 a.m. Creighton questioned constitutional amendment notices in small versus capital letters.
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Grover
Senate
Creighton
Illinois
Damage Light In Two Car Wreck On South Main
Light damage was reported in a two vehicle collision on South Main Monday. Officers Hamilton and Harper estimated the damage at 70 dollars to the involved drivers William Otto Patton and James Alexander McLoud.
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South Main
Archie Hamilton
Leon Harper
William Otto Patton
James Alexander McLoud
Pompidou Declares Candidacy for French Presidency
George Pompidou announced he would seek the French presidency after de Gaulle’s resignation. He called on Gaullists to unite, citing a voter groundswell and potential up to ten candidates in the race.
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Paris
UPI
George Pompidou
Charles de Gaulle
Gaullist Party
de Gaulle
Pompidou
France
Pgh
Colombey-les-Deux- Eglises
Senate
Alain Poher
Maurice Schumann
Demonstrations Continue as Militants Seize Voorhees Library
About 75 black militants armed with rifles and knives hold the Voorhees College Library Administration Building, fortifying with food and newspaper placards while the president declines to call police. Harvard undergraduates vote against resuming the strike as Radcliffe students protest. other campuses see arrests, occupation, and protests over ROTC, amnesty, and disciplinary actions.
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United Press International
Voorhees College
South Carolina
Harvard University
Radcliffe
Harvard
Mary Bunting
Voorhees
Bunting
Jouse
Memphis State University
Memphis
Laave
Queens College
New York City
Cornell
University
James A. Perkins
City College of New York
Iowa
Iowa Statehouse
Daily Favorite Price At Stands And Office
The Daily Favorite lists a single copy price of 10 cents on weekdays and Sundays 15 cents at news stands and The Favorite Office.
Two Copters Lose Convoy Rescued From Ambush North of Saigon
U S dive bombers helicopter gunships and tanks rescued a 25 truck convoy trapped by a Viet Cong ambush 55 miles north of Saigon near Quan Loi. Four American GIs died and 14 wounded while two helicopters were shot down.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Quan Loi
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Hue
Highlands
1St Division
Lai Khe
U.S. 25Th Division
Violence Rips Cairo Illinois Amid Fire Bombings
In Cairo Illinois gunfire struck a fire engine at a fire bombed Tri County Health Department building during eight Monday night arson attacks. Police and fire crews were driven from the scene as Governor Ogilvie sent 30 state troopers to help a town of about 1 009 residents with a large Negro population.
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Cairo
Ill
UPI
Tri-County Health Department
Mississippi
Ohio
Richard Ogilvie
Illinois
Polce
U.S. 51
Burglars Loot Rayburn Jones Station and Gray Home
The Rayburn Jones filling station on Highway 121 was broken into Monday night with a cash register and pennies taken. Glass was broken to reach the lock. The old Gray home at Dodd City was also burglarized, with picture frames chairs and other furniture missing. Sheriff Dudley Jackson Deputy H R Van Zandt investigated. John Kincaid of Arlington reported the Gray home burglary. Deputy Leonard Collingsworth reported the items taken.
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Rayburn Jones
Highway 121
Dudley Jackson
H. R. van Zandt
Jackson
Sheriff's Department
Gray
Dodd City
John Kincaid
Arlington
Leonard Collingsworth
Silver Beaver Awards Given at NeTseQ Trails Council Dinner
Dupree James E of Honey Grove was among four adults honored with the Silver Beaver at a NeTseQ Trails Council banquet in the Sam Rayburn Memorial Student Center East Texas State University. Others were Lewis Reed Blankenship Randy G Moore and Dr Henry G Sellers. Three Bonham Scouts advanced to Eagle in 1968 among 21 recognized in the Eagle ceremony. Dr Tom Haggai urged youth to gain wisdom and goal direction as Scouting shapes futures.
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NeTsex Trails Council
Sam Rayburn Memorial
East Texas State University
James E. Dupree
Honey Grove
Boy Scout
American Legion Post
Chamber of Commerce
Supree
6Th Street Baptist Church
Bonham VA Center
Lewis Reed Blankenship
Idabel
Okla
Randy G
United States
Tom Haggai
High Point
N. C
Haggai
Fair Warm-up Forecast for Bonham Area Through Wednesday
The U S Weather Bureau expects fair skies and rising temperatures in the Bonham area through Wednesday with Wednesday morning in the mid-50s and a high in the low 70s. Bonham recorded 43 degrees this morning after a 70 degree high Monday afternoon with ground fog in the Bois d Arc bottoms. Showers may touch the Gulf coast today while a Pacific front could bring more precipitation by Thursday.
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Bonham Area
S. Bonham
Gulf Coast
Texas
Coalition Pushes Four Point Civil Rights Bill Extension
A bipartisan Senate coalition led by Hart Kennedy Scott Javits introduced a four point civil rights package. It includes a five year extension of the Voting Rights Act and would outlaw jury discrimination and grant cease and desist powers to the EEOC. The measure also seeks to remove the funding cap on the Civil Rights Commission.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Senate
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
Edward M. Kennedy
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Lyndon B. Johnson
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Hart
Congress
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Euclid McDonald
Gober Community Improvement Club
Dan Rogers
George Holcomb
Negroes Hold Voorhees Building
Students For A Democratic Society
St. Louis University
Association of Black Collegians
the Daily Favorite
Dupree
Netseq Trails Council Executive Board
Coalition Plans Rights Bill
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