Weather Brief for Bonham vicinity
Clear to partly cloudy conditions in the Bonham area with near calm winds. Temperatures around 27 degrees are expected with a high near 27.
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1964
Page
1
Clear to partly cloudy conditions in the Bonham area with near calm winds. Temperatures around 27 degrees are expected with a high near 27.
A chaotic Saturday night fire at a Meridian location led to federal involvement as two suspects, Sharif Lawrence Rarey and Cec Price, were detained by the FBI. The blaze caused flames and smoke but no injuries or structural damage. The case ties to the June slaying of three men, with Carbon dioxide used to extinguish the fire.
Fragmentary text describes a Christmas ship, Navy and machine colored depictions, decks and a fort arrival with flags. Mentions U S Nabe, Ai s oma, and AK hoisted to the I BP with a date around early 845.
Bonham High School students repair and distribute toys and dolls to children, led by president Vike Adams. Vocational agriculture homemaking and art classes prepare the items for delivery to mothers tonight between 7 and 9 at James.
The text notes rising terrorism and security deterioration in Vietnam over the past year with assassinations and Viet Cong activity. It mentions a potential shift toward a stronger central government, improved ministerial competence, and concerns about infiltration from North Vietnam via Laos and sea routes.
A garbled page fragment mentions a warm trend forecast by Cantrell Butch Faith a Texas Tech freshman facing shoulder surgery for an injury from a Purple Warners game. It also describes a Christmas card scene, local traffic hazards, and community notes urging safety and charity with Kiwanis and church carol services.
State Representative Daniel West of Detroit, a one term winner now facing a federal probe, allegedly forged tax returns to siphon refunds. IRS reports show he created fictitious spouses and dependents, using stolen identities to obtain refunds up to 275 dollars, with some checks misdirected to West.
Patrolman Dwayne Cox investigated a two car collision about a mile east of Bonham on US 82. Drivers Bobby Neal Barnes of Dodd City and Bob James Bailey of Austin were westbound when Barnes turned left onto a farm road and Bailey struck Barnes on the left side. Damage was estimated at 500 dollars.
Secretary McNamara and President Johnson discussed defense finances in a two hour meeting. They renewed preliminary figures for the budget to be sent to Congress in January. McNamara said obligational authority may be under 40 billion, while actual expenditures could reach 50 billion, with current military spending around 498 billion for the year.
General Curtis LeMay was awarded Japan’s Grand Cordon of the Rising Sun on the 23rd anniversary of Pearl Harbor. MPs accused the move of trampling Japanese anti-nuclear sentiment and questioned the decision as protests raged in parliament led by Socialist Deputy Hiroichi Tsuisura and opposed by Prime Minister Kisaku Sata.
Washington reports the posting in Bucharest was raised to embassy status by the president over the weekend. Ambassador designate William Ford, 49, a veteran service officer, is named to represent the United States as minister to Romania since 1960.
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