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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1968
Page
12
A jumble of notes reports humor about postage refunds and roadside verses. It cites AAA figures showing daily highway growth and vehicle registrations in Texas and other states. A Texas judge and sheriff stories touch on travel, hijack fears, and a Santa color quip at Hunt's.
About 50 SDS members used a couch as a battering ram to smash an auditorium door at New York University. They shouted obscenities and attacked Nguyen Huu Chi and James Reston, then fled as police arrived. NYU Chancellor Allan M. Cartier announced suspension of the responsible students.
Bonham firemen battled two outside runs on Wednesday. They were summoned to Ector to extinguish railroad crossties and to the Rav enna road area for a grass blaze.
At the Bonham VA Center the Christmas Gift Shop organized by the American Legion Auxiliary Department of Texas wrapped 474 packages containing about 1 460 gifts for patients and their families. Forty three volunteers worked over 300 hours assisted by local auxiliaries from Leonard Greenville Paris Sherman Terrell and Denison with gifts donated by AMVETS Auxiliary Denison and local clubs.
U S officials urged Israel and Jordan to end border clashes and pressed Russia for proof of peace efforts as Arab-Israeli tensions flare. The Jarring mission mediator aims to calm the region while Moscow increases arms and influence. An Israeli air strike followed four days of border pressure and Pravda called Israel an aggressor.
The U S Weather Bureau forecast freezing temperatures in Bonham tonight with a low near 30 degrees and a warming trend expected Friday. A cold front dropped tonight’s reading to 36 with Friday’s morning low forecast at 30 and a high in the upper 60s.
A survey for Texas committees and the University of Texas shows 6,300 total votes in the November election, with 2,394 from Bonham boxes. West Bonham 1,103 Fast Bonham 1,030 South Bonham 261. Precinct tallies include 1,967 in Precinct 1, 1,473 in Precinct 2, 1,295 in Precinct 3, and 1,765 in Precinct 4. Local wards such as Leonard 567 and Trenton 302. Honey Grove North 814 South 338. Ladonia 342. Savoy 262 Ector 247. minimal votes at Hail 31, Carson 33, Dial 37, Nobility 40, Lannius 41, Ely 38, Monkstown 40.
San Francisco State College held classes for a third day under Acting President S I Hayakawa amid a growing controversy over his tough policy. Militant students who fought police Tuesday held a noon rally Wednesday but dispersed as 400 officers lined the scene. Hayakawa faced protests from Negro leaders while maintaining police on campus and rejecting calls to cancel classes for a convocation to settle strike issues.
Iraqi crowds in Baghdad mourn the deaths from Israeli air strikes in Jordan. Protests feature slogans against the United States and Israel, with Nasser vowing to punish Israel and Cairo warning of high costs. Jordan reports casualties and disrupted morale as Israeli jets strike targets amid ongoing cross-border fighting.
UPI reports heavy fighting along the Cambodian frontier northwest of Saigon raised American deaths to 228 in action and 1 094 wounded for the week, the highest in 10 weeks. Communist losses reached 2 689 slain, with South Vietnamese toll at 223 killed and 789 wounded.
London APS reports Air Chief Marshal Sir Edmond Hudleston, former commander of allied air forces in central Europe, warned that NATO forces in Europe would need a substantial increase if relying only on conventional weapons to withstand a Soviet attack. He said allied ground and air forces in Europe are likely outnumbered by Soviet bloc forces by about three to one.
North Vietnam stated that major procedural obstacles block expanded talks to end the war. Paris talks focus on whether the conference will be four sided with the Viet Cong as an equal partner and who seats where.
Viet Cong military command says its forces will observe three day ceasefires during the Christmas and New Year holidays. South Vietnam has announced a 24 hour ceasefire starting Christmas Eve with no parate plan for New Year. The broadcast warned all American attacks during the Viet Cong truce would be violations. No immediate allied reply to the broadcast.
Investigating officers estimate total damage at $575 in two accidents on city streets. Officer Archie Hamilton identifies drivers in a collision at Main and Sam Rayburn Drive as Max Curtis Ulmer and Jacob Marshall Ellis of Ector. Officers Kenneth Rice and Fred Clark name the drivers in a collision at Center and Seventh Streets as Mrs. Mary Lackey Busby and Miss Kris Lorance.
Theft reported to the sheriff's office Thursday morning. Two hub caps were taken from a car at Jerry Boone Ford Sales.
The Appalachian Trail spans over 2,000 miles across 14 eastern states from Mt Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in Georgia. It traces a continuous footpath through varied terrains and designated conservation areas reaching from the north to the southeast.
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