Community notices and holiday events fill the town
Subscriptions poured in with thanks as residents including Holly T. Dean and O. M. Trammell sent in copies of the Nov. 24 issue. Town activities on Saturday include a Christmas bazaar at the First National Bank Fountain Room, a Jaycees bake sale, and a library board toy sale in the Alexander hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly T. Dean
O. M. Trammell
A. E. Williamson
Cora Parton
First Christian Church
First National Bank
Jaycees
Library Board
Alexander Hotel
Bonham Prepares Big Yule Parade With Santa and Celebrities
Bonham eyes North Texas' largest Yule parade as about 60 units from Dallas groups Shriner Hella Temple and others join bands floats and walking groups. Santa Claus will visit after the procession on the courthouse square and Judy Jordan will lead as parade marshal. Cash prizes await top floats and cars along a North Main route ending near the L. H. Rather grounds.
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Daily Favorite
Bonham Immediate
North Main Street
Santa Claus
Santa
Bonham
Santa’s House
Court House Square
Judy Jordan
Dallas TV Eyewitness News
Dallas
Evans Avenue
11Th Street
L. H. Rather
Shriner Hella Temple
Hella Temple
Orental
Black Horse Patrol
Westerners
Bondi
Honey Grove High School
Fannin County
7Th Street
Main
Bonham Chamber of Commerce
J. B Richey
Ronnie Ford
Edward Swintovy
Dwain Sumter
Senate probes wiretap claims against Southwestern Bell
Lt Governor William P. Hobby ordered a Senate consumer affairs subcommittee inquiry into alleged illegal wiretapping by Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. An internal Bell probe targets the accusers as Bell officials deny any wrongdoing. Houston police say some officials and citizens may have been targeted.
Unemployment hits 13 year high at 6.5 percent
The Labor Department says the nationwide jobless rate rose to 6.5 percent in November, the highest since 1961, with 790000 added to the unemployed. Ford urges Congress for $25 billion in public works and unemployment aid to counter a weakening economy.
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Washington
UPL
Labor Department
Ford
Congress
Committee Ends Rocky Hearing on Rockefeller Nomination
The House Judiciary Committee closes Rockefeller confirmation hearings after thorough questioning. Chairman Rodine indicates a vote next Tuesday with Democratic support likely. a December 16-20 floor vote before Christmas recess is anticipated.
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Upfs
Rockefeller
Gerald R. Ford
House
Mills Expected to Resign as Ways and Means Chair
Rep. Al Ullman of Oregon, heir apparent to the Ways and Means chair, says Wilbur Mills may resign soon due to illness. Mills, longtime chairman, was hospitalized in Bethesda after exhaustion. Speaker Carl Albert calls Mills unlikely to return to head the committee.
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Washington
UPI
al Ullman
D-Ore
Ways and Means
Wilbur Mills
Mills
D-Ark
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Ullman
Carl Albert
Albert
Fungtune House
Boston
Fanne Foxe
Bonham Area To Enjoy Cooler, Fair Weekend Forecast
National Weather Service reports cooler conditions for the Bonham area through Saturday as a cold front clears skies. Overnight temperatures may fall to the upper 30s with mid-50s by afternoon, after Bonham measured 1.01 inches of rain from showers overnight.
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National Weather Service
Bonham
Texas
Panhandle
Fannin County
Cities urged to reduce budgets and regain power
San Juan Mayor Carlos Romero Barcelo, new president of the National League of Cities, urged Houston and other municipalities to cut and control budgets and appealed to the federal government to restore municipal authority to cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
UPL
National League of Cities
San Juan
Carlos Romero Barcelo
Barcelo
Governor Briscoe hospitalized for kidney inflammation in Texas
Gov Dolph Briscoe was admitted to Nix Memorial Hospital in San Antonio with acute kidney inflammation after attending his mother’s funeral. His secretary said the seriousness of the condition was unclear and a medical statement would follow. He advised proxy voting and recommended John White to chair the Texas delegation at the Democratic multi convention.
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San Antonio
Tex
UPD
Dolph Briscoe
Nix Memorial Hospital
Bob Hardesty
Briscoe
Sterling Fly
Uvalde
Houston
Hardesty
Kansas City
Texas
Nix Hospital
4 Year Old Amazed by Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
Four year old Giulietta Romano reacts with wide eyes and a silent wow as Rockefeller Center’s 60 foot tree lights up at the holiday ceremony. Alton G Marshall switches on the lights after a crowd gathers at the plaza while the Ukrainian Bandura Ensemble, Allity Concert Choir and Santa Clauses perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Giulietta Romano
Rockefeller Center
Allity Concert
Alton G Marshall
Democrats consider strong wage price controls at convention
In Kansas City Democrats plan a firm call for mandatory wage price controls in a mid term convention resolution. The draft also includes tax reform energy conservation and extended unemployment benefits while signaling a move away from gasoline rationing though some fuel allocation may be reintroduced. President Ford opposes controls and Nixon previously imposed them in 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Sion
Richard M. Nixon
Ford
Helicopter downed by Communist fire near Saigon
A Soviet SA7 Grail missile hit a twin rotor CH47 Chinook north of Saigon causing a crash near An Loc. Five crewmen and 10 soldiers aboard were killed in the incident, part of a series of attacks on government aircraft in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Sagon
An Loc
United Press International
An Loc An Loc
Loc Ninh
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Air Force Academy Commandant of Cadets
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Slaughter
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D-Wash
Lloyd Bentsen
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