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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1968
Page
1
Local Kiwanis club hosts an auction Tuesday afternoon adding a goat among items. Bidder must name the recipient. Also recaps a Denver family traffic stop over a headlight and other notes from Bonham and McKinney.
Authorities in Alexandria Louisiana study a case where a car stolen in the past year was paid for daily at the city and state police headquarters. District Attorney Ed Ware said a probe is underway to see if the officer who drove it to work was involved in the theft over a year ago.
Gordon Silver, 53, jailed after being found guilty of forgery for cutting five pound notes into 12 pieces and pasting them to form twelve new bills. Police traced the crime when several notes did not match.
Mrs. S. Serebrakova of Mokshan in the northern Ural mountains reported $3,300 in rubles hidden under a refrigerator. Police found the money in a rat hole beneath the store floor. wrapping paper and glue were eaten by rats but the cash remained undamaged.
Paris imposes a new fuel levy as part of Charles de Gaulle’s budget cuts to steady the franc. Regular gasoline climbs to 86 cents per gallon, with a two centime per liter raise, taking effect at midnight. The post office also suspends the Santa letters service due to budget cuts.
Western diplomats say Saigon will block progress until Nixon appoints a new delegation head to Paris. Ambassador Pham Dang Lam’s late arrival fuels concern that South Vietnam seeks a tougher stance, potentially shelving four party talks with North Vietnam Viet Cong and the United States.
Washington Republicans propose a wide set of crime laws for the 91st Congress. The plan targets mob racketeering with fines up to 50 000 and 10 year terms, hijackings with bulletproof cabins, tougher firearm penalties, and job help for ex convicts alongside rehab incentives.
The U S Weather Bureau predicts possible rain for the Bonham area through Sunday with cloudy skies and a rise toward warm temperatures on Sunday then cooler weather early next week. Saturday morning dropped to 37 degrees with lows in the low 40s forecast for Sunday and a high near the mid 50s Sunday afternoon.
Bonham Kiwanis members become auctioneers Tuesday afternoon for the annual radio sale on KFYN. About $1,000 in quality items will be offered from 12 30 p m to 5 p m with bids phoned in. Proceeds fund programs for underprivileged children in Bonham and Fannin County. A football autographed by the Purple Warrior squad and a novelty goat ups the ante as bidders name recipients. Items are on display at the merchant store and receipts are issued to winners.
North Vietnamese battalions reportedly moved into the South Vietnamese portion of the Demilitarized Zone in a bid to seize the buffer strip. U S commanders downplayed a major offensive while reporting heavy fighting near Lon Ninh and along the Cambodian border with 569 Communist deaths cited in a week.
In Mannington West Virginia the five mine portals were sealed with concrete timber and steel ending rescue attempts for 78 trapped miners. Sealing followed reports of dangerous air with high carbon monoxide and methane levels and the mine was deemed too dangerous for entry.
A district judge granted an injunction to stop three discount stores K Mart Clark s and Gibson s from opening on Sundays. The move, sought by Waco district attorney Martin Eichelberger, says the stores violated Sunday closing laws by using Sundaco style turnover to operate on Sundays and return goods Monday.
Burglars entered Ben Maner's Garage and Lee McBroom's Body Shop and stole a log chain from Maner's garage and siphoned gasoline from trucks on the lots of both establishments.
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes will represent Texas at two national conferences of legislative leaders next week. He will preside over a meeting of the National Legislative Conference executive committee in San Francisco Sunday and on Monday meet with the advisory council of the State Governments' Southern Conference, where he is a former chairman.
Complaints alleging arson have been filed against Edward Lee Lawl ers Roy Edward Jones and Elza Jones for the burning of a vacant house on the Sid Woodruff place in Grayson county. The trio, arrested by Grayson officers, were brought to Fannin county for questioning about additional vacant-house fires.
The United States added 33 million to its gold holdings in October, rising from 10 755 billion to 10 788 billion, marking a third straight increase. Treasury officials credit French bullion sales to dollars for the franc support as a major factor.
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