Automobile Traffic and Hijacking Fears Mentioned
A Mississippi memory of a roadside verse prompts a note on highway songs. AAA reports daily increases in vehicles, Texas registrations reaching six million, and 9 million new registrations yearly with 6 million scrapped. A Texas judge travels home from Alabama fearing hijack risk based on a Birmingham passenger.
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American Automobile Association
AAA
Texas
California
New York
Judge Choice Moore
Birmingham
Ala
Ruby
Havana
Miami
Fla
Choice
Riot by SDS Students at NYU Disrupts Chi Speech
Radical protesters used a couch as a ram to burst into a NYU auditorium where Nguyen Huu Chi spoke. They waved Viet Cong flags, shouted insults at Reston and Chi, and one student threw water while another dropped an egg. NYU Chancellor Cartier suspended the involved students and apologized. police arrived but no arrests were made.
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NEW York
UPI
New York Times
James Reston
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Nguyen Huu Chi
Saigon
United Nations
Chi
Allan M. Cartier
NYU
Thes
Cartier
Reston
Banham Firemen Run Two Calls Outside City
Banham firemen made two calls outside the city Wednesday. They were summoned to Ector to tackle a pile of railroad cross-ties on the old Ravenna road to extinguish a blaze.
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Banham
Ravenna
Christmas Gift Shop aids Bonham VA Center staff and patients
At the Bonham VA Center the Christmas Gift Shop sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary Department of Texas enabled members and patients to select gifts and have them wrapped for mailing. Forty three volunteers wrapped 474 packages containing about 1400 gifts, funded by the Texas Legion Auxiliary with donations from AMVETS Auxiliary Denison Sherman Home Demonstration Club and Bonham Auxiliary.
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Prudence Kelsey
Dr. Box
VA Center
Bonham VA Center
American Legion Auxiliary
Department of Texas
J. C. Scherer
Russell Kelsey
Leonard
Texas Department of the Legion Auxiliary
Amvets
Denison
Sherman Home Demonstration Club
Auxiliary
Bonham
Jack Scherer
American Legion
J.M. Adams
W.E., Lawrance
W. L. Rice
Cordin Thompson
Stewart Stanley
Clarksville
Ula
Sidney Doggett
Mary Herron
Opal McClung
Kay Wineinger
Fred E. Wright
U.S. Presses for Peace Steps in Border Crisis
U.S. officials urge Israel and Jordan to halt border clashes and seek a peaceful settlement as Soviet arms support for Arab states grows. State Department explains concern over ceasefire violations and notes the Jarring mission aims to narrow tensions amid an Israeli air strike and Mediterranean fleet buildup.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Middle East
State Department
Israel
Jordan
Kremlin
Russia
Yitzhak Rabin
Abdul Hamid Sharay
Department
Rober J. McCloskey
Gunnar
Jarring
U.N
Sea of Galilee
Dead Sea
Mediterranean
Moscow
Pravda
Cold snap expected with 30 degree low Friday
A new cold front hit Bonham area overnight lowering the thermometer to 36 with a forecast frost risk. The U.S. Weather Bureau expects a Friday low of 30 and a high in the upper 60s with clear skies. Light snow possible in the Texas Panhandle and northern Oklahoma.
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Bonham
U. S. Weather Bureau
Bonham Area
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Voter Distribution in Nav General Election by Bonham Boxes
A survey for two Texas Legislative committees and the University of Texas finds 6,389 total votes with 2,304 in Bonham boxes. West Bonham 3,103 East Bonham 1,03 South Bonham 261. Precincts show varied totals including Honey Grove Ladonia and small boxes with low counts.
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Bonham
Judge Choice Moore
Texas Legislative
University of Texas
West Bonham
East Bonham
South Bonham
Commissioner's Precinct
Honey Grove
Ladonia
Leonard
Trenton
North Honey Grove
South Honey Grove
Laduonia
Savoy
Ector
Hail
Carson
Dial
Nobility
Lannus
Ely
Monbotuwn
Violence Lessons At Frisco State
San Francisco State College continued under Acting President S I Hayakawa as classes resumed amid a growing controversy over methods used by the semanticist. Militant students clashed with police on Tuesday and a noon protest Wednesday dispersed under police presence. Hayakawa faced attacks from Negro leaders while defending police and warning against campus disruption.
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San Francisco
UPI
San Francisco State College
S. I. Hayakawa
Hayakawa
Ronald Reagan
Joseph Alhoto
Outbreak Aimed at Israel Sparks Arab Protests Across Cities
Baghdad crowds march with placards attacking the United States and Israel amid air strikes in Jordan. Nasser vows punishment, Amman watches skies, and Jarring seeks a diplomatic path as regional tensions flare along the cease-fire line.
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Nasser
State Department
Israel
Cairo
Yahmoud Riad
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Middle East
Jarring
Cyprus
Washington
Jordan
Sea of Galilee
Dead Sea
West Bank
Jordan River
Egypt
Pytte
Casualties Jump as Vietnam Front Clashes Rise
UPI reports heavy fighting along the Cambodian frontier near Saigon. American combat deaths for the week reach 228 with 1,094 wounded. Communist losses total 2,689 killed. South Vietnamese casualties: 223 killed, 789 wounded as US troop strength rises to 537,500 with additional Navy and Coast Guard personnel aboard the 7th Fleet.
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Saigon
S. Gmilitary
Vietnam
U.S
U.S. 7Th Fleet
South Vietnam
South China Sea
NATO would need bigger forces for nonconventional war
Air Chief Marshal Sir Edmund Hudleston said on Wednesday that NATO forces in Europe would have to be increased substantially if they relied only on conventional weapons. He warned that allied ground and air forces in Europe are probably outnumbered two to one by Soviet bloc forces.
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London
APS
NATO
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Edmond Hudleston
Hanoi says four party talks hurdle expanded Vietnam negotiations
North Vietnam said major procedural obstacles block expanding talks to end the war. Washington and Saigon favor a two sided conference, with Viet Cong as a full equal partner, while Hanoi insists on a four party format and no Saigon recognition at the table. Diplomats expect talks to begin next week in Paris with Cyrus Vance and Ha Van Lau meeting again to settle seating and structure.
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Paris
UPS
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Cyrus Vane
Ha van Lau
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
United States
National Liberation Front
Washington
Saigon
Majestic Hotel
Nguyen van Thieu
National Assembly
Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Pham Dang Lam
Cyrus Vance
Senate
House of Representatives
W. Averell Harriman
Johnson
Sauda
Jess Harriman
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Nixon
Alian Nixon
Viet Cong Sets Three Day Christmas New Year Ceasefire
Viet Cong radio announced two separate three day truces from December 24 to 27 and December 30 to January 2. South Vietnam had already declared a 24 hour ceasefire for Christmas Eve with no alert on New Year measures. The allied command had not yet commented.
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Saigon
UPS
Vieting
South Vietnam
Radio Liberation
Brad Ast
Neuyen van Thieu
U.s
Wrecks Report $575 Damage In City Streets
Investigating officers estimated total damage at $575 in two city wrecks. Officers identified drivers in a collision at Main and Sam Rayburn Drive as Max Curtis Ulmer and Jacob Marshal Ellis of Ector. Center and Seventh Streets collision involved Mrs Mary Lackey Busby and Miss Kris Lorance.
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Arche Hamilton
Main
Sam Rayburn
Max Curtis Ulmer
Jacob Marshal Ellis
Ector
Kenneth Rice
Fred Clark
Center and
Seventh Streets
Mary Lackey Busby
Kris Lorance
Hub Cap theft reported at Jerry Boon Ford Sales
Deputies investigated a theft Thursday morning after two hub caps were stolen from a car parked at Jerry Boon Ford Sales. The incident was reported to the county sheriff's office.
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Sheriff's Office
Jerry Boon
Ford Sales
Appalachian Trail spans 2000 miles from Maine to Georgia
The Appalachian Trail runs over 2,000 miles through 14 eastern states from Mt Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in Georgia. The long route traverses diverse terrains and guides hikers across a broad landscape of the eastern United States.
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Mt. Katahdin
Maine
Springer Muustuim
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