27 Aug 1967
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1967
Page
1
In the county clerk’s office Ed Southerlang complains Wright talks too much while Tibby Wright recalls a secretary mispronouncing oppose and a woman misreading forty as fourty. The note adds TV finale jokes and football field light towers with a Warrior scrimmage looming Friday night.
The Whitewright Sun notes that by Aug 19 1937 459 bales of cotton were ginned by the Whitewright guns. A large houseboat rode a big trailer westward Friday noon attracting many curious onlookers. Johnny Horton eyed borrowing a howitzer carried east through Bonham on a large trailer Friday morning.
Officers plan heightened highway patrol Friday through Monday to curb crashes over the last summer holiday weekend. Officials estimate about 45 people will die on Texas highways during the period.
Washington reports the death of Charles H. Jordan, vice chairman of the American Joint Distribution Committee, found drowned in Prague's Vitava River four days after he left the hotel to buy a newspaper. The incident renews concerns about Western travel safety in Communist countries.
Homespun efforts in Fannin County plan two cleanup events for Center Grove in Lamasco on Sunday and Porters cemetery east of Whitewright on Monday. Organizers urge attendees to bring tools, with future maintenance funding via recurring contributions.
Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield says President Johnson is very desirous of taking the Vietnam issue to the United Nations Security Council to pursue a peace effort. He notes elections in South Vietnam on Sept 3 and asserts the move should proceed regardless of outcomes. Mansfield says Johnson showed interest recently, aiming to get a U N resolution before the Security Council and negotiations toward an honorable peace. The U S has previously proposed a resolution to open such action but has had little follow up, and Mansfield accuses the U N of shirking its responsibility in the conflict.
The U S Weather Bureau expects clear skies and warm weather through Sunday in Bonham with a high mid to upper 90s and a Sunday morning low in the 70s. No rain is forecast. Mansfield comments on McNamara’s Vietnam bombing stance, suggesting the decision lies with the administration.
President Johnson marked his 59th birthday with optimism for the year ahead. He credits his direction for progress, notes his health is good, and reflects on handling domestic issues and Vietnam while praising relations with the Soviet Union and the nuclear nonproliferation treaty.
A historical note lists the five biggest planets in order as Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, and Jarth, suggesting a mix of accepted and fictional bodies in early astronomy.
Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba called on Arab states to recognize Israel and end threats to wipe it out. He blamed Nasser for sparking the past war as Arab ministers met in Khartoum to prepare for the planned Tuesday summit amid hopes a Yemen settlement outline gains support.
Bonham bank officials urged patrons to use only magnetic ink marked checks as electronic processing begins. Beginning Friday the Federal Reserve will not handle non magnetic ink checks and customers should carry their own checks or a few bank checks to avoid delays or service charges.
Two cars collided Friday afternoon at East 9th and Lipscomb with estimated damage of 75. No injuries reported. Drivers identified as George W. Emerson and Mrs. Nannie Long Herpeche, both of Bonham, by city officers Archie Hamilton Jay Duckworth and Leon Harper.
Bonham firefighters were summoned to Cave Ray place north of Ector Friday afternoon to extinguish a grass blaze threatening the Ray home. About 50 acres in a pasture burned before the fire was controlled.
New Delhi government says more than two million men and women have been sterilized since family planning began in 196. A parliamentary report notes 1.7 million intra-uterine loop devices used by women, averaging 3.39 per thousand.
American fighter bombers and B52s with 7th Fleet warships joined in a large strike against three North Vietnamese divisions massing near the DMZ to disrupt South Vietnam's presidential vote. Viet Cong terror rose with a mine killing 22 civilians near My Tho and a grenade injuring a district chief.
A sermon argues that US family life and early education shape moral code and national resilience. It warns neglecting prayer and religious teaching in homes and nurseries risks communism-like social collapse and moral decay, urging church-run preschool programs and spiritual literacy for children.
Fragmented OCR text suggests a religious feature about homes and redemption. The readable portion mentions gospel themes and redemptive ideas, likely describing a church or devotional piece and its message to readers.
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