Lions Club mixups and local notes from Bonham to Tahoe
Thursday chatter covered Dick Grunert announcing Lion Smith’s paternity to puzzled members with Ed Smith mixed up in the same tale. Ed promised cigars next Thursday while Ector PTO to bake for new gym backboards. Nearby, red light tickets in California and windy weather sparks give a slice of small town life with Lions clubs, pecans, and a speaker delay due to ice on roads.
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Dick Grunert
Lions Club
Hely
Lion Smith
Moore
Howard Smith
Howard
Ed Smith
Ector Pto
Bonham
Ector
Roby Windham
Dallas
Roby
Apollo 17 Mission Heads Toward Moon Landing
Apollo 17 astronauts Cernan Evans and Schmitt push toward a Monday night landing in the eastern moon valley. They plan to collect rocks and search for late volcanic activity while NASA tracks the final Earth steps of the 12 day mission.
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Moon
Cernan
Schmitt
Apullo
Cape Kennedy
Lunar
Cape
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Two Injured In Accident On Bois d Ar Bridge
Two people were slightly injured in a two vehicle crash on Bois d Ar bridge on US 82 Thursday noon. Grady Sevier of Windom and Russ Stoddard of Denison led the involved vehicles, with Stoddard pulling a horse trailer that skidded on an ivy patch and swung into Sevier’s car. Mrs Sevier suffered a forehead cut and Sevier had minor bruises. other cars skid but sustained little damage and no injuries.
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Bois d
Uus
Rudy Dorrough
David Maples
Grady Sevier
Windum
Russ Stoddard
Denison
Stoddard
US 82
Sevier
Servier
Revenue Sharing Funds For Fannin County And Cities In 1972
Checks totaling 203 768 were mailed payable to Fannin County and nine cities for the first half of 1972 as part of Federal revenue sharing. County gets 137 917 and municipalities receive amounts from 41 499 to 441 with the second half possibly arriving in early 1973. Funds may be used for public safety environmental protection and other public works with a two year expenditure window and quarterly follow ups.
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Washington
Fannin County
Wright Patman
Bonham
Dodd
Ector
Honey Grove
Ladonia
Leonard
Savoy
Trenton
Windom
Department of the Treasury
Dan Muze
Mize
City Commission
County Commissioners’ Court
Congressman Patman
Kissinger Sees Tho as Vietnam Talks Near End
In Paris Kissinger and Tho held a 75 minute session at the Elysee and a later 3 PM meeting at a Neuilly sur Seine villa with Xuan Thuy as envoy. French sources say negotiations may be close to a final accord as Kissinger meets Tho for the fifth time.
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Paris
UPI
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Georges Pompidou
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Kissinger
Tho
Neuilly Sur Seine
U. S
Xuan Thuy
the Elysee Palace
Rain Forecasts and Cold Start to Weekend in Bonham Area
Forecasters expect more rain and cool conditions across the Bonham area through Saturday with cloud cover and a slight chance of rain tonight. Temperatures dip to the upper 30s Saturday morning and reach the low 50s in the afternoon. A cold front is moving into Texas Saturday and across the state. Bonham logged a low of 29 degrees at night but warmed toward freezing by Friday dawn. Ice was reported on roads Thursday night but melted as temps rose. West Texas and the Panhandle remained much colder than the eastern region. National and international reports touch on Vietnam peace talks, Kissinger discussions with Pompidou, and possible cease-fire developments amid Saigon’s concerns about a treaty and postwar normalization, alongside a local traffic incident near Bunham causing vehicle damage.
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Bunham
National Weather Service
Texas
Bonham
West Texas
Panhandle
Kissinger
Tho
Washington
Administration
State Department
Foreign Service
Vietnam
United States
Saigon
South Vietnam
le Monde
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Pompidou
Nguyen van Thieu
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Thiew
Ellsworth Bunker
Henry A Kissinger
Agu Thiew
Fletcher Named Head Of Henderson County Re appraisal Program
Henry Joe Fletcher, longtime Fannin county tax assessor-collector, will lead Henderson county’s re appraisal program starting after January. He will complete 12 years in Fannin county this December and plans to stay in the area, with the project expected to take about 18 months to finish.
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Henry Joe Fletcher
Fannin County
Henderson County
Fletcher
Athens
Heaviest Fighting Rages as Weather Hamps Air Raids
Rains persist as South Vietnam endures heavy fighting with 83 Communist attacks reported in 24 hours. Weather limits US airstrikes against North Vietnam, B52 missions reduced in the DMZ while waves hit Quang Tri Province. Saigon and US officers point to ceasefire talks and Thieu prepares remarks on the Paris accord.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North
Quang Tri
Quang Tri City
Sagzun
Minut
Drug Epidemic Reported Among U S Forces in Europe
Pentagon officials report rising drug use among U S Army personnel in Europe with urine tests showing 38 percent using drugs in Europe at one point and heroin and opiate use increasing. May Gen John Ko Singlaub outlined unannounced tests aimed at catching users early as authorities expand efforts against trafficking and addiction.
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Europe
Otftal Pentagonigure
Naetrat
Army
John Ko Singlaub
West Germany
Singlaub
Vietnam
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Dodd City Area
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H. C. King
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Trenton Lions Club
Ralph Allen
Rayburn Jones
West
Hubby
Schumann
Quai d’ Orsay
Southeast Asia
Gerald D. Griffin
Earth
Wake Island
Pacific
Australia
Indian Ocean
Elysee Palace
Pierre Juillet Juillet
Maurice Schumann
France
Kissinger-Trio
Robert Adams
Randolph
Shertl
Jimmy Evans
Sherif Don Smith
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Pentagon
Oltndals
Turkey
Thanti
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