Bonham seeks history of Moore Drug Store location
Mrs. J T Norris of the Duplex community found an odd shaped bottle etched Moore Drug Store Bonham and asks locals when and where the store operated. Elder residents recall nothing definite while the clue remains. Nearby, Raymond Denney jokes about collecting leaves as Friday the thirteenth quiets the week.
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Bonham
J. T. Norris
Moore Drug Store
Norris
Moore Drug
Will
Jimmie Buford's Rush for Lions Club Chow Line Fails
Jimmie Buford made an energetic but unsuccessful bid to lead the first chow line at the Lions Club gathering on Thursday noon.
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Jimmie Buford
Lions Club
Ghost stories spark debate as Ruby Puilling weighs beliefs
In a Thursday discussion on ghost tales, Ruby Puilling says she does not believe in ghosts yet admits she would be frightened if she ever saw one. The remark reflects a common mix of skepticism and fear in the conversation.
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Ruby Puilling
Deon Petty Promotes Stoves Over Central Heating
Trenton Tribune reports Deon Petty praising old stoves and criticizing modern central heating. He notes the hot stove comforts newcomers feel, and argues central heat makes it hard to find an even temperature with one setting.
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Tom Mc Holmes
Trenton Tribune
Deon Petty
Meon
Blue northern nights and the townsfolk near the fire
On cold evenings, people sought warmth and companionship by the blaze, recalling how everyone gathered close to the fire on those blue northern nights. The memory endures as a quiet communal ritual amid winter hush.
Unser Escapes Injury After Car Spin at Riverside
Riverside California UPI reports race driver Bobby Unser escaped injury when his Eagle Ford car snapped a suspension bar and spun on a warm up lap at the International Raceway. The right front wheel came off but Unser halted the vehicle and walked away.
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Riverside
Calif
UPI
Bobby Unser
Eagle Ford
International Raceway
Unser
Deaths rise as Hong Kong flu signals epidemic
UPI reports about 760 flu and pneumonia deaths in the United States as the Hong Kong influenza strain nears epidemic levels. Officials from the National Communicable Disease Center say the western mountain states show the only area with epidemic proportions while Colorado reports a broader spread across borders. The NCDC notes at least 33 states have flu illness and peak mortality is expected mid January across divisions including the west, north central, east north central, mountain and middle Atlantic.
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Atlanta
UPI
United States
National Communicable Disease Center
NCDC
Hong Kong
Colorado
Secret Viet Nam talks stall over seating plan
In Paris the United States and North Vietnam held a secret meeting with Col Ha Van Lau to discuss a compromise on seating for four delegations. The plan aims to avoid recognizing the Viet Cong as a separate body, while Viet Cong representatives protest alleged U.S. and Saigon aggression and massing for attacks.
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Paris
Ups
Vietnam
Cyrus Vance
Hanoi
Ha van Lau
Hunot
United States
Saigon
Mme
Nguyen Thi Binh
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Washington
Lau
Vance
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Nguyen Cao Ky
Harriman
Big Powers Move to End Threat of New Middle East War
United States Britain France and the Soviet Union begin steps toward a major power led effort to halt a new Arab Israeli war. In Jerusalem Moshe Dayan allows resumed goods shipments across ceasefire lines if traffic does not aid anti Israeli guerrilla activity. In Cairo Al Ahram accuses Israel of expansionism blocking UN peace efforts.
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United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
London
Jerusalem
Moshe Dayan
Jordan
Egypt
Cairo
al Ahram
Israel
United Nations
Middle East
Apollo 8 Countdown Preponed to Sunday
Space officials moved the Apollo 8 countdown to Sunday to allow extra margin before the December 2 launch. The three man crew Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders will begin the six day lunar orbit mission at 7 5 a.m. EST.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Space Agency
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Willam Anders
B52s Hit Red Bases in Saigon Area Shelling
Communist shelling hit three Saigon area towns, Sa Dec Loc Ninh and Khenh Hung, with U S B52 raids dropping 3.5 million pounds of bombs. At least 30 killed and 24 wounded, including civilians, as government forces brace for possible Red attack near Saigon.
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Saigon
APV
U.S
Sa Dec
Loc Ninh
Khenh Hung
United States
North Vietnam
Cumbo
An Oder
U S
Bonham Firemen Respond to Three Alarms
Bonham firemen answered three calls Thursday. Two grass fires within the city limits burned across a large grassy area to Island Bayou road, and a third incident involved a car on State 12. A grass fire near East Sam Rayburn Drive endangered a barn briefly.
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Bonham
Prass
State 12
North Man
Island Bayou Road
Sam Rayburn
Mediation Offer Rejected Over San Francisco State Unrest
Gov. Ronald Reagan and the state college trustees rejected mediation amid six weeks of violence at San Francisco State College. Reagan called it insurrection and backed trustees chair Theodore Meriam in keeping campus issues within the board. The Academic Senate, representing faculty, asked Hayakawa to appear to explain the board stance.
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IN Francisco
UPI
Ronald Reagan
State College Board of Trustees
San Francisco State College
Sacramento
Reagan
Theodore Meriam
State College
Glenn Dumke
Meriam
S. I. Hayakawa
San Francisco State
Hayakawa
Diana tanker explosions engulf Liberian vessel at Amsterdam
A series of blasts ripped the 33 759 ton tanker Diana near Amsterdam Thursday night and fire broke out in holds carrying 300 009 barrels of crude oil injuring more than a dozen crewmembers and port workers.
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Amsterdam
UPI
Bonham Pastors Aid Christmas Basket Drive
Bonham pastors urge community help for a Christmas basket fund to aid needy families with food toys and extras. Donations to Rev Mac Hargrove or via pastors. Kiwanis 150 Southwest Pum 50 Liane club 50 Salvation Army 25 and others. Registration at First Baptist church each afternoon this week and Monday 1 4 pm. Contact Mrs Cecil Birdwell to nominate a family.
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Mac Hargrove
First Baptist Church
Pastors’ Association
Mr Hartrove
Kiwanis Club
Methodist
Southwest Pum
Company
Liane Club
Salvation Army
John Arledge
J. C. Hawks
True Adams
J. C. Eubank
Cecil Birdwell
U S and Mexico Presidents Meet in Border Cooperation
On the Juarez bridge Diaz Ordaz and Johnson meet to push a joint border program. They vow to extend cooperation to Nixon and plan the Friendship Dam project near Del Rio while recalling mutual disaster aid during the 1966 Texas flood.
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Ciudad Juarez
Mexico
UPI
United States
Rio Grande
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
Diaz Ordaz
Richard M. Nixon
Paso
Tex
Nixon
Ro Grande
del Rio
Atl
Johnson
Johnso
Jed
Ned Moulder
Roo Grande
Texas
Mid Air Explosion Kills 51 in Pan Am Jet Crash
Searchers found only bodies and empty rubber rafts after Pan American Flight 217 from New York exploded and crashed 16 miles off Marquetia Venezuela. Venezuelan Navy reports no signs of life while Pan Am officials cite possible survivor in life rafts.
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UPI
Caribbean
New York
Pan American World Airways
Marquetia International
Port O la Guaira
Contol
Marque
Tia
Pan Am
Pan American
Antonetti
Luis Beltran Gonzalez
Frank Toscano
Fairlawn
N.J
Clear Cool Weather Forecast for Bonham Area
Skies remain clear in the Bonham area through Saturday with cooler nights and a warming trend by Saturday afternoon. Morning low was 33 degrees after a high of 70 on Thursday. rainfall was light at 0.05 inches amid scattered showers countywide. Severe weather hit rural Marsha and Overton with tornadoes and storms southeast of Texas. Bonham avoided the worst, though a severe weather alert was issued for the afternoon.
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Bonham
Mar Marsha
Qverton
East Texas
Wrecks Cause Estimated $400 Damage in City Collisions
Police identified drivers in two Thursday collisions in central city blocks. Eugene Vernon Reid of Ivanhoe Rt J and Jerry Wood King of Bonham involved in one crash in the 300 block of Cen street. Malcolm Dewey Keene and William Mugan Herd were named in a second collision on North Center Street.
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Marvin QC
Steward
Kenneth Rice
Fred Clark
Censtreet
Eugene Vernon Reid
Ivanhoe
Rt. J
Jerry Iwood King
Bonham
Jay Duckworth
Archie Hamilton
North Center St
Malcolm Dewey Keene
William Mugan Herd
Stores Begin Late Hours For Christmas Shopping
Bunham stores will stay open until 8pm through Dec 23 with each store setting its Christmas Eve closing time. Leeman Sewell of the Chamber of Commerce says the late hours help daytime workers finish shopping after work.
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Bunham
Leeman Sewell
The
Chamber of Commerce
Christmas toys in Malaysia seized for China party quotes
Assistant Home Affairs Minister Jxumeah Abu Suma says quotations attributed to Communist Chinese Party Chairman Mag Tse-tung were found on Christmas toys and wrapping paper arriving from Hong Kong to Malaysia.
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Malaysia
UPI
Jxumeah Abu Suma
Paty
Mag Tse-tung
Hong Kong
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