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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1968
Page
2
A defrocked magazine reader from Rockville Maryland sued after the Saturday Evening Post dropped four million subscribers to boost sophistication. Robert L Jacques won $66 for 32 due issues and restoration to good standing, sparking talk on readers rights.
Mrs. Robert L. Adkins former Clevie Joe Roy of Ivanhoe attends funeral services for her father Oran Roy in Wise Funeral Home Wise. She will spend the weekend in Dallas with her mother’s family the Billi Vincents Neeley family and Dorothy Moore before flying to San Jose California.
Senator E L Bartlett longtime Alaska legislator and first senator died in Cleveland Clinic hospital Wednesday night at age 64. He had arterial surgery on November 21 and suffered a series of heart attacks before the fatal cardiac arrest. Survived by widow Vide and daughters Mrs Burke Riley of Juneau and Susan Bartlett of Anchorage.
President-elect Richard Nixon's all-Republican cabinet selections drew favorable comment from defeated candidate Hubert Humphrey and key Democrats. Senators praised Secretary of State designate William P. Rogers for his judgment, while Henry Jackson and others signaled strong defense and military expertise. House leaders welcomed the overall cabinet as capable and dedicated.
Two U S Navy destroyers Dyess and Turner completed a four day Black Sea cruise shadowed by a Soviet destroyer and aircraft. Navy spokesmen said the routine voyage will continue with more such cruises as Moscow denounces the action.
Pro golfer Mason Rudolph was aboard a hijacked Trans World Airlines plane diverted to Cuba along with 38 others. Rudolph earned $36,000 on the PGA Tour last season.
Mrs Elizabeth Pool 3 died after severe burns from a blaze in a friend s apartment near Washington She survived by hours five months after her husband Rep Joe Pool D Tex died of a heart attack at Hobby Airport The widow left sons Richard Wes Wesley John and Joe Jr Funeral plans set for Dallas with services Friday afternoon.
Debbie Myer Olympic champion leads the U S team at an international meet in Marseilles France to dedicate a new Olympic sized pool. fellow American Olympians Mike Burton Doug Russell and Zac Zorn will also compete in the event.
Mrs. John F. Roberts 89 died December 11 1968 in a Paris hospital after an extended illness. Funeral at McKenzie United Methodist church at 2 p m officiated by Rev John Hawkins. Interment Oakwood cemetery directed by Cooner Sorrells. Survived by four daughters, one son, a brother two sisters and many grandchildren and nieces.
Carl Taylor 76 retired farmer died in a Paris hospital Wednesday December 11 1968 after a four year illness He will be buried at Oakwood cemetery in the Cooper Sorrell chapel Friday at 2 p m with Rev Robert Henson officiating Survivors include his wife Ruby Taylor of Honey Grove a son Carl Joyce Taylor of Dallas two daughters Mrs A R Bolt of Bellville Illinois and Mrs Doyle Gilbreath of Honey Grove a stepson Henry D Doyle of Dallas three brothers Ray Ruse and Lloyd Taylor and eight grandchildren The family will meet friends at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 9.
Douglas Sudderth died in a Dallas hospital at 1 p m Wednesday. The funeral arrangements are set at the Dudley Hughes Funeral Home with services planned for Friday in Bonham.
Mrs. John Armstrong hosted the December meeting at 504 East Ninth Street where 24 members heard Mrs. Frank Dobbs from Lone Star Gas Co present a Christmas ideas program. She demonstrated homemade decorations from disposable cartons and other repurposed items and shared gift and treat ideas.
Mr and Mrs Curtis Howell natives of the Lannius community built a brick home there and returned to live in retirement after 23 years in Dallas where she worked for Sanger-Larris and he was a custodian at Southern Methodist University They visited old friends and were warmly welcomed back home.
Mrs. L. G. Garrison left Daiing Love Fields by jet plane Tuesday for Los Angeles California to visit her sister Mrs. Hallie S. Brewer who has been ill Brewer will return to Bonham with Mrs. Garrison for medical care here Hospitals in Los Angeles are reported to be overcrowded with no rooms available
The family announces a burial at 1 30 p m on Friday with interment in Dallas.
Volunteer workers from 11 organizations decorated many Christmas trees at the Bonham VA Center. Women from veterans groups and home demonstration clubs spent the day decorating trees throughout the VA Center complex.
Presidents Johnson and Diaz Ordaz meet on a bridge to dynamite the Rio Grande to create a new channel and alter the border. Johnson arrives at El Paso International Airport and proceeds by helicopter to the bridge area.
New York reports Tallula Bankhead a Southern belle from Huntsville Alabama died at 64 in New York City hospital. She rose from beauty queen to Broadway and Hollywood star, born 1904, daughter of a state house speaker and granddaughter of a senator. Her career began after moving to New York at 15 and starring in The Dancers.
Assistant police chief Ted Vogel says plans are still indefinite but expects Presidents Johnson and Diaz Ordaz to meet on the bridge at 11 30 a m and press a button to detonate dynamite along the river.
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