Senior class supper at Gober High aims to fund trip
The Gober high school senior class will host a Thursday night supper in the school cafeteria starting around 6 30 p.m. Proceeds finance the end of year class trip. Windom to repeat senior class play at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday after weather delayed opening. George quarrels over deer meat, Hunt's Santa Claus sports a white suit, and students comment on careers and education. A Texas Youth Conference survey finds 58 percent blame TV for violence, 8 percent for movies, and 76 percent say police are understaffed.
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Gober High School
Windom
America
Barnes to Attend Swiss Conference
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes will represent the United States at a United Nations economic conference in Geneva Switzerland next week. He will join agricultural experts from Europe the Soviet Union and the United States for a session December 9 to 13. He is named by the State Department as representative to the UN Agricultural Committee part of the Economic Commission for Europe. He previously served as a State Department delegate to the NATO Civil Defense Committee meeting in Brussels Belgium.
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Austin
South Vietnam Joins Paris Vietnam Talks After Boycott
South Vietnam arrives for the Viet Talks in Paris with Nguyen Thien Nhon leading the delegation. Phan Dang Lang and Dang Duc Khoi expected to join as Ky’s team coordinates with Washington and Hanoi. Saigon seeks independence guarantees and avoids Viet Cong recognition as talks begin.
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Paris
UPS
South Vietnam
United States
North Vietnam
Nguyen Thien Nhon
Nguyen Can Ky
Saigon
Nhon
Phan Dang Lang
Dang Duc Khoi
Johnson
Washington
U.S
Hanoi
Nixon appoints Dubridge as chief science adviser
Nixon begins shaping his administration by naming Dr. Lee A. Dubridge of Caltech as chief science adviser to replace John P. Hornig. Kissinger is named assistant for national security to coordinate policy with state and defense departments.
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New York
UPS
Richard M. Nixon
Lee A. Dubridge
California Institute of Technology
Nixon
Dubridge
Caltech
White House
John P. Hornig
Johnson
Henry, A. Kissinger
Harvard University
Kissinger
Pierre
National Security Council
Walt W. Rostow
School Closes After Violence Flare at Ocean Hill Brownsville
New York City action follows clashes between students and police at junior high 271 in the Ocean Hill Brownsville district. Commissioner James E. Allen Jr orders closure until further notice and relieves district administrator Herbert F. Johnson. William D. Firman appointed to replace Johnson amid tensions with UFT head Albert Shanker warning of another strike.
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New York
UPI
Brooklyn
James E. Allen Jr
Ocean Hill-Brownsville
Allen
Herbert F. Johnson
Ocean -Hill
Brownsville
Johnson
New York City
William D. Firman
Albert Shanker
United Federation of Teachers
UFT
Marketing Quotas Vote Under Way for Cotton and Peanuts
Ballots sent to Fanmin county cotton and peanut producers asking for a two thirds approval on 1969 cotton quotas and a three year peanut quota for 1969 1970 and 1971. Ballots due by December 6 with transfer deadlines December 21.
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Fanmin
A. D. Woodson
ASCS
Woodson
Fannin County
Pilot Stolen Plane Plucked From Atlantic After Flight
An inexperienced flyer stole a single engine plane from Lakewood Airport, failed to land at Kennedy, and ditched in the Atlantic where Coast Guard helicopters rescued him about 50 miles east of Norfolk. The pilot, identified as Danny Hemphill, was described as despondent but in reasonably good condition after a three hour chase and rescue. The plane sank minutes after the rescue.
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Lakewood
N.J
UPI
Kennedy Airport
Atlantic Ocean
Coast Guard
Norfolk
Atlantic
Danny Hemphill
Lakewood Airport
Kennedy International Airport
3 Car Wreck Causes $875 Damage At West 6th And Willow
Investigating officers estimate damage at 875 dollars in a three car collision at West 6th and Willow Streets on Monday. Drivers identified as Prentice Rigsby Charles William McCarley and Johnnie B Crawford.
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West 6Th
Willow Streets
Prentice Rigsby
Charles Wiliam McCarley
Johnnie B. Crawford
U.S. Jets Hit DMZ Antiaircraft Sites As Saigon Fighting Rages
UPI reports U. S. jets struck Communist antiaircraft positions in the North Vietnamese DMZ for the first time in a week. In Saigon area fighting, 63 Communists were killed at the cost of one U.S. helicopter downed. Marines, Army and South Vietnamese forces pressed operations around Da Nang, Duc Hoa, Quan Loi and Quang Tri, with multiple engagements and helicopter losses.
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U. S
Ben Hai River
U.S
Dmz
Johnson
da Nang
Saigon
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Duc Hua
William J. Cummings
Knoxville
Phu Vinh
Quan Loi
Quang Tri City
South Vietnam
Koltum
Yarborough Said To Be Considered For Federal Judgeship
The Texas Observer reports Senator Ralph Yarborough could receive a federal judgeship as a reward for aiding Democratic gains in the November elections. Johnson might appoint Yarborough with Gov. Connally set to seek Yarborough’s successor, while Lt. Gov. Preston Smith could help counter Ben Barnes’ ambitions. Yarborough, 66, faces a difficult reelection bid in 1970, with questions about his future should he seek the post.
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Preston Smith
Connally
Yarborough
Ben Barnes
Nigeria Signals Readiness for Talks to End Civil War
Nigeria said it is ready to end the civil war with the secessionist Biafra when rebels agree to meaningful peace talks. The government criticized international relief efforts aiding victims of the fighting.
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Lagos
Nigeria
UPI
Biafra
Grass Fire Threat Near White Sheq Community
Firemen were dispatched Monday to extinguish a grass fire threatening to spread beyond the area near the White Sheq community. Authorities reported crews contained the blaze with no injuries and no structures damaged.
Nixon Names Lee Dubridge Science Adviser
President elect Richard M. Nixon named Dr. Lee A. Dubridge of California Institute of Technology as chief science adviser. Dubridge will resign as Caltech president to join Nixon’s team and bridge political and intellectual communities, advising on federal support for basic research.
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NEW York
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Lee A. Dubridge
California Institute of Technology
Dubridge
Nixon
Caltech
Border fighting flares along Jordan River truce line
Israeli and Jordanian artillery renewed clashes along the Jordan River front, described as the fiercest since 1967. Jordan says Israeli jets hit Kfar Assad village wounding civilians while Israel reports damage to settlements and a retaliatory raid inside Jordan, with no immediate casualty tallies.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Jordan River
Middle East
Jordan
Israel
Sea of Galilee
Amman
Kfar Assad
West Bank
Egypt
Syria
Taran
Irbid
Secomd
Bonham Area Weather Forecast and Cold Snap
Fair and cold conditions are predicted for the Bonham area through Wednesday with a low near 30 and a high in the 50s. Dense fog reduced visibility overnight, clearing after a cool front brings rain and lower temperatures. East Texas expects near-freezing readings Wednesday morning.
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Bonham
U. S. Weather Bureau
U S To Observe Christmas Truce In Vietnam
UPI reports the U S command says American troops in Vietnam will observe a 24 hour Christmas to New Year cease fire called by South Vietnamese leader Nguyen Van Thieu. The State Department ordered U S forces to join the truce starting 6 p.m. Christmas Eve and brief guidelines will follow.
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Saigon
UPI
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
State Department
Washington
U.S
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