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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1968
Page
8
Robert L. Jacques of Rockville Maryland sued after being dropped from the Saturday Evening Post during a circulation cutback. The court ordered $66 for 32 issues and reinstatement on the subscriber list, a noted stand for readers facing editorial exclusions.
Mrs. Robert L. Adkins formerly Clovie Joe Roy of Ivanhoe attended her father Oran Roy’s funeral at Wise Funeral Home in Ivanhoe on Sunday. She will spend the weekend in Dallas with the Vincent and Neeley families before flying to San Jose California. Her mother died in the 1930s.
UPI reports Sen. E L Bartlett Alaska's first senator died at Cleveland Clinic Wednesday night twenty days after arterial surgery. He was 64 and survived by wife Vide and two daughters Burke Riley and Susan Bartlett. He had been in poor health after heart complications following the Nov 21 operation.
President elect Richard Nixon's all Republican cabinet selections drew favorable remarks from Hubert Humphrey and key Democrats. Senate and House leaders praised the team as able and dedicated while Humphrey hosted a Kuwait dinner and Nixon introduced the nominees on television.
Two U S Navy destroyers Dyess and Turner completed a four day Black Sea cruise shadowed by Soviet ships and airplanes. Navy spokesmen termed the voyage routine and said more such cruises would continue despite Moscow denouncing them as unwelcome intrusions.
Professional golfer Mason Rudolph was aboard a Trans World Airlines flight hijacked and diverted to Cuba with 38 other passengers and crew members. Rudolph had won 36 thousand dollars on the PGA Tour last season.
Mrs Elizabeth Pool 5 died after burns from a fire in a friend s apartment in Alexandria Virginia She never regained consciousness after being burned over 90 percent of her body Her husband Rep Joe Pool D Tex died five months earlier at Hobby Airport in Houston He was 57 and known for defying judiciary to defend congressional rights Funeral services set for 2 p m Friday in Dallas Texas.
Debbie Myer, triple gold medalist for the United States in Mexico City, leads American swimmers to an international meet in Marseilles France to help dedicate a new Olympic sized pool. Fellow Olympic champions Mike Burton Doug Russell and Zac Zorn also will swim at the event.
Mrs John F Roberts 89 died in a Paris hospital December 1 1968 after a long illness. Funeral at McKenzie United Methodist Church at 2 pm with Rev John Hawkins officiating. Burial Oakwood Cemetery Cooner-Sorrells in charge. Born Ore City February 19 1879 she married John F Roberts November 14 1897. Survived by four daughters two sons a brother two sisters and many grandchildren and nieces.
Carl Taylor 76 retired farmer died in a Paris hospital December 1965 after a four year illness. Funeral at Cooper-Sorrell chapel Friday at 2 p m with Rev. Robert Henson officiating. Interment Oakwood cemetery. Survivors include wife Ruby Taylor son Carl Joyce Taylor daughters A R Bolt and Doyle Gilbreath stepson Henry D Doyle and eight grandchildren. He was a member of the Dial Baptist church. Family to meet friends 7 to 9 p m tonight at the funeral home.
Douglas Sudderth, brother of Mrs. J. A. Ivey of Bonham, died in a Dallas hospital at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral arrangements are to be held Friday at Dudley-Hughes Funeral Home.
Mrs. John Armstrong hosted the December meeting of the Trowel and Error Garden Club at 504 East Ninth Street at 1 30 p m. The program by Mrs. Frank Dobbs Home Service advisor Lone Star Gas Co showed how to make decorations from disposable cartons and home items and offered gift ideas. Community events include the Home Lighting competition December 15 and Pilgrimage of Homes December 17. Coffee and Christmas treats were served to 24 members and guests.
Mr and Mrs Curtis Howell long time natives of Lannius retire to a brick home in the community after three decades away in Dallas She worked for Sanger Harris and he served as a custodian at Southern Methodist University The couple has re established ties with old friends in Lannius and was welcomed back home.
Mrs Garrison left Dallas Love Field by jet Tuesday for Los Angeles California to visit her sister Mrs Hallie S Brewer who has been ill Mrs Brewer will return to Bonham with Mrs Garrison to make her home and receive medical treatment here Hospitals in LA are reported to be overcrowded with no rooms available.
The funeral details note interment scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday with burial in Dallas following services at the church.
Volunteers from 11 organizations decorated the Bonham VA Center Christmas trees. Workers included women from veterans groups and home demonstration clubs such as Bonham VFW Auxiliary Denison American Legion Auxiliary Denison WI Auxiliary Denison DAY Auxiliary Ravenna Friendship Club and Ravenna Home Demonstration club among others.
Lyndon B. Johnson and Gustavo Diaz Ordaz will meet on a border bridge to detonate a charge intended to open a new Rio Grande channel and adjust the U S Mexico boundary. Johnson is due at El Paso International Airport at 11 a m and will travel by helicopter to the bridge area.
Tallulah Bankhead, 64, Southern star of Broadway and Hollywood, died in New York City from pneumonia complications at St Luke's Hospital. Born in Huntsville Alabama in 1904, she was the daughter of a House speaker and granddaughter of a senator, moved to New York at 13 after a beauty contest win, and found early fame in The Dancers in London in 1923.
Assistant police chief Ted Vogel says plans remain indefinite but expects President Johnson and President Diaz Ordaz to meet on the bridge at 11:30 a.m. They would press a button to dynamite the river, signaling a dramatic act separating El Paso from Juarez.
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