16 Aug 1970
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1970
Page
1
A note to football fans announces 1970 reserve seats go on sale Monday at the school administration building with optional seat changes on Thursday. Other items report Lucky the Apaloosa back home after a Tampa lease, a quick car inspection date cue, and a Fly-In at Walcott Field. Local snippets cover a wet weekend forecast, a long standing newspaper subscription, and updates from the fire hall on a new fire truck transmission transition.
In Vienna at SALT talks, U S negotiators propose curbs on SS9 missiles in exchange for Soviet limits on Safeguard ABMs. Proposed ceilings would count bombers and missiles equally, freezing U S arms while allowing Soviet parity. A single defensive ring around Moscow and Washington is favored, with U S dismantling ABM sites in North Dakota and Montana.
Eiland Bowie was called to free a cat wedged inside an evaporative fan. The cat crawled into the fan and was wedged around the squirrel cage. rescuers backed the cage out to release it. The cat appeared unharmed and no charge was made.
Marine Pfc Samuel G Green 19 of Cleveland Ohio convicted by court martial of 13 of 16 counts of murder in the Hamlet 4 Son Thang Village Feb 19 killings that killed eleven women three men and two children He received five years in prison and a dishonorable discharge plus reduced to lowest pay grade The jury deliberated 3 hours 30 minutes while two other Marines faced related verdicts and one defendant was acquitted
Miss Marilyn Hill of Ia doria represents Fannin County in the Miss Texas Peanut Queen contest at Eastland. She is a Fannindel high school senior and reigning Fannin County Fair queen, competing against delegates from over a dozen peanut counties in Texas for a $500 scholarship and statewide appearances.
The Weather Bureau predicts a slight chance of thundershowers Sunday in Bonham with clearer spells, hot temperatures, and highs in the upper 90s. Friday reached 101 degrees, while a 74 degree low was recorded Saturday morning. Traffic incidents were reported in western North Central Texas Friday night. Abiene saw its first measurable rain in 73 cases.
A late Friday search in the Mulberry bottom area for a Grayson county jail escapee was scaled back after a resident identified Leonard Sprague in a photo. Grayson and Fannin counties along with DPS and local officers combed woods and fields, deterring residents, with one man arrested on a drunk charge.
Israel says negotiations with UN envoy Gunnar Jarring may be slowed and held at a ministerial level not in New York, citing Egyptian and Lebanese cease-fire violations. Cyprus touted as a possible venue, while Jordan and Feznet favor New York. Lebanese reports accuse Israeli forces of border raids, building destruction, and kidnappings amid the U S backed cease-fire.
Two traffic accidents on Bonham streets Friday night and Saturday morning caused an estimated $875 in damage. Officers identified William H. Washington and Evelyn Caldwell Francis as drivers in one crash at West Russell and Center, while John Henry Newsom and Hazel Janser Stroud were named in a second crash at West Sam Rayburn and Star.
Cambodian military authorities report 6000 Viet Cong and Cambodian Communists staging near Phnom Penh with 1000 in Oui Dong and 3000 near Suang. Other UPI notes cite SAM missiles against a US RF-8 plane and multiple firefights in South Vietnam with casualties among Americans and Vietnamese forces. Cambodian officers describe efforts to choke supplies and threats around Saang and the Kirirom plateau as troops reposition.
The Bonham school budget for 1970 71 will be officially adopted by the school board Monday night after a public hearing. Supt Joe Campbell presented the proposal with a proposed tax rate of 1.30 per 100 value. The board will open bids for petroleum products and hear a report on selling two old buses. It is 4 680 air miles from New York to Moscow.
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