Haunted house tale tied to Arkansas visitors in old Oklahoma City Journal
A clipping relays the Harvey Bruce family story of a haunted Oklahoma house less than 10 years old with a shadow figure and a bloody apparition roaming its halls. Other items note a Sunday dinner in Gober Community club, sports banquet ticket lines, tax meeting at the courthouse, and local bicycle lore.
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Oklahoma City Journal
Susan Norris
Harvey Bruce
Arkansas
Bruce
Bidding Due on Savoy Post Office Building
Congressman Ray Roberts announced bids for a new Savoy post office will be posted December 20 with opening January 21 in Dallas. The facility on Hays and Main streets spans 2,595 square feet with a 120 square foot platform and 16,125 square foot parking area. The Post Office Department will lease for 10 years with four five year renewal options.
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SAVOY
Spl
Ray Roberts
C. Allen Wright
Dallas
Wright
P. O. Box 3
Hays and
Main Streets
Highway 82
Post Office Department
Roberts
Government warns students as protests deemed unacceptable
Lisbon Portugal government warns that any student demonstrations will be quelled firmly if necessary. It says the only solution to student problems lies in a climate of good faith mutual loyalty and constructive collaboration.
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Lisbon
UPL
Portugese
Progress Report Saigon in Paris Talks Delays Ebb
South Vietnam's ambassador to Washington Bui Diem meets U.S. deputy negotiator Cyrus Vance in Paris as Saigon seeks to speed up expanded talks. Officials see two doorway rooms at the French Foreign Ministry signaling possible shift toward two sided talks while Hanoi maintains demands for four sided talks including Viet Cong. Ky warns of hard fighting and urges unity at home as police plan for Viet Namese demonstrations.
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Paris
UPI
South Vietnam
Washington
U.S
Hanoi
Diem
Dan Duc Khoi
Nguyen Cao Ky
Saigon
Khoi
Pham Dang Lam
U.S. Hanoi
Boulevard
Boulogne Woods
Orly
Pickup 4Ih Pgh
Cyrus R. Vance
Col
Ha van Lau
Foreign Ministry
United States
Border Tensions Persist as Skies Roar Over Jordan Frontier
Israeli farmers return to fields along the Jordan border amid renewed fire from Jordan and Israeli air strikes. Diplomatic talks in Cairo, New York, and Beirut show no progress toward cooling the Middle East crisis. Egyptian Foreign Minister Riad rejects land concessions as search envoy Jarring reports little movement toward settlement. Former Pennsylvania Governor Scranton prepares for talks in Cairo on Nixon’s peace approach amid Arab critiques of U S policy. Cairo’s semiofficial paper claims Israeli operatives plotted a coup in Egypt but the plot failed.
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Jordan
United Nations
Middle East
UPI
David L. Dugas
Thant
U. S
Cairo
Mahmoud Riad
U.N
Gunnar Jarring
Jarring
Cyprus
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Richard M. Nixon
Beirut
Scranton
Nixon
A Gomhouria Today
Egypt
Gamal Nasser
al Gombouria
Historical Survey Committee Set for Fannin County
Judge Choice Moore announces the formation of the Fannin County Historical Survey Committee to guide RAMPS based marking and preservation. Helen Buron of Bonham chairs, with members from Bonham Honey Grove Tren ton Windom and others. The group aims to develop the county history as a tourist draw and support local preservation with RAMPS cooperation.
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Fannin County
Honey Grove
Stella Kennedy
Sam Meade
Lucille Hackiey
Bonham
Henry Donaghy
Trenton
Maude Cooper
Windom
Moore
Texas
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Commissioners’ Court
Vietnam Victim Olover Durham Rites Set in Honey Grove
Funeral services for Yeoman First class Olover Earl Durham US Navy who was killed in action in Vietnam on November 27 will be held Sunday afternoon at the Church of Christ in Honey Grove. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery under Cooper Sorrels Funeral Home.
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Honey Grove
Spl
Olover Earl Durham
Vietnam
Church of Christ
Delbert Tyler
Charles Kuhn
Oakwood Cemetery
Cooper-Sorrels Funeral Home
Dallas
Cooper-Sorrels
Love Field
Dorothy Kinmore
Paris
Harvey Durham
Caroline Applegate
Clarksville
Guinevere
Dolly Ann Harwell
Histepfather
A.L. MacBurnett
S. Kr. Brackeen
Tulsa
Okla
Coastline Highlights of Massachusetts and Cape Cod
Massachusetts features a 421 mile coastline with notable inlets including Cape Cod and Buzzards Bays and larger bays shaping its maritime geography.
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Massachusetts
Cape Cod
Buzzards Bays
Bonham Weather Forecast Shows Cool Weekend In North Texas
The U S Weather Bureau predicts clear skies and cooler temperatures for Bonham this Saturday with morning lows in the mid-20s and afternoon highs in the low 50s. A new cold front and a moving low pressure area may bring some precipitation over the weekend across North Texas.
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Bonham
U.S. Weather Bureau
North Texas
Terror Attacks Kill 17 in South Vietnam Across 11 Cities
Communist forces launched 11 attacks from the Mekong Delta to the northern border, killing 17 South Vietnamese and wounding 93. Phu Loc refugee settlement bore the heaviest blows as Viet Minh forces burned homes, killed villagers, and routed refugees amid a broader Red offensive across urban centers.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Mekong
Johag
U.S
North
Vietnam
Phu Loc
Paris
Vegeance
Cambodian
Tay Ninh
An Loc
Bien Hoa
Here
Ban Me Thout
Central Highlands
Hong Kong Flu Outbreak Expands Nationwide
The Hong Kong flu spreads across the United States touching at least 25 states plus Washington DC and Puerto Rico. CDC officials warn of a peak in January with vaccine shortages and a focus on the elderly and chronically ill.
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Atlanta
UPID
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Michael Hillegrass
Hong Kong
Frank J. Montermuro Jr
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Calley
National
Communicable Disease Center
CDC
Ares
Alaska
California
Texas
North Carolina
Missouri
New York
Connecticut
U.S
Comprehensive Planning Reports Adequate County Water Supplies
The Fannin County Comprehensive Planning Commission hears that most small municipal and rural water suppliers have adequate supplies and storage. Phase 3 recommendations call for facility expansions and future sewer extension, financed by revenue bonds or FHA aid, with Trenton approved for sewer extension and multiple systems identified for storage and well development.
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Fannin County
Farmers Home Administration
Marvin Bryant
Dave Wann
Temple
Arthur Maxwell
John Pitts
Fannin County Commissioners’ Court
Trenton
Planning Commission
Hayter
Fhaould
Honey Grove
Leonard
Ector
All Reserves To Be Released In 1969 Callups
The Army announced plans to release 20,000 Army National Guard and reserve troops called to active duty this year before the end of 1969. About half of those sent to Vietnam will be released after completing a one year tour. About 10,000 will be released by Oct 31, 1969. A total of 16,000 Air Force reservists and 1,600 Navy reservists were also called up for up to two years.
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Washington
Army
Army National Guard
Vietnam
Air Force
Navy
$25 000 Tree Shown by Neiman Marcus in Dallas
Pearl Bailey decorates a $25,000 Christmas tree with pears for display at Neiman Marcus Dallas in the Precious Jewelry Salon. The store also features thirteen other celebrity decorated trees by notable Americans including Everett Dirksen Truman Capote Andre Previn and James Lovell.
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Dallas
UPI
Texas
Pearl Bailey
Neiman Marcus
Sen
Everett Dirksen
Winds
Truman Capote
Andre Previn
James Lovell
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Trenton Tribune
Blanton Chapel
Steve Hodgkiss
C. B. Bryant
United Press International
Historical Survey Committee
Tion Meade River
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Hong Kong Flu
Ladonia
Dodd City
Bailey
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Gober
Dial
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Brotherton
Arledge Ridge
Bartley Woods
West Leanad
South Bonham
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Randolph
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Monkstown
Elwood
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Parker Grove
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