Christmas Notes and Local Happenings Across Towns
Mrs. Tom Gregory of Ambrose reports a reverse on Santa letters as taxes take away his essentials and a donkey sleigh becomes his ride. Lions club members question Thelbert Wingate’s Christmas party. Ladonia and Leonard plan parades with Old Saint Nicholas present. Burnham State Bank faces drive in delays and a contractor’s illness. A hawk visits Burns dining room after breaking a window. Bonham residents note persistent leaves and unseasonable weather.
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Tom Gregory
Ambrose
Santa Claus
Santa
Bonham VA Center Wins Departmental Incentive Award
Sam Rayburn Memorial VA Center in Bonham earns the Departmental Award for superior excellence in the Incentive Awards program for fiscal year 1972. Twelve employees submitted 13 suggestions, nine adopted, saving $6,949 in operations costs. VA official Darrell Orr presented the award to Center Director Ira J. Carter and staff at a morning ceremony.
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National Veterans Administration System
Sam Rayburn Memorial VA Center
Bonham
Bonham Center
Bunham Center
Darrell Orr
Ira J. Carter
Carter
Apollo 17 ends lunar mission with Challenger crash
Apollo 17 astronauts Cernan Schmitt and Evans concluded lunar operations by crashing the Challenger into Taurus Littrow to study seismic effects and left 832 pounds of samples aboard America. They will return to Earth after a final engine burn. Evans will perform an in space walk and retrieve film cassettes.
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Taurus- Littrow Valley
Cernan
Schmitt
Moon
America
Earth
Evans
Space
South Pacific
United States
David Strangway
Manned _ Spacecraft Center
Lunar Valley
Challenger
Clear Cold Weather Forecast for Bonham Area
The National Weather Service predicts clear skies and very cold conditions in the Bonham area through Saturday with lows around the mid twenties and afternoon highs in the upper thirties. A hard freeze is expected tonight across much of the state after a period of sleet and rain earlier in the week.
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Bonham
National Weather Service
Bunham
Texas
Record B52 Raid Hits North Vietnam and Saigon Area Clashes
A record wave of about 50 B52 bombers dropped more than 1 400 tons of bombs on lower North Vietnam in 24 hours ending noon today. In the South, 324 heavy raids targeted enemy supply caches near the DMZ as tensions rose around Saigon with tank sightings and village attacks. Six villagers died at Bien Hoa and shells hit the airbase and nearby sites. no American deaths reported.
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Saigon
UPS
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
North
Vietnams
US Navy
Ranger
Dmz
U.S
Tan Uyen
Bien Hoa
James O Cullum Dies After Heart Attack At Home
James O Bubba Cullum 47 of Bonham Rt 1 Moore's Chapel died Thursday afternoon from an apparent heart attack. Funeral at 2 pm Saturday at Wise Funeral Chapel with Rev Tommy Marshall. burial in Willow Ward. Survived by mother, wife, son, two daughters, and sister. High Point, N C claims to be The Furniture Capital of the World.
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James O.bubba Cullum
Bonham
Moore’s Chapel
Wise Funeral
Tommy Marshall
Seventh and Main Baptist Church
Alt
Willow Ward
Cullum
Lottie Stewart Cullum
Marvin Cullum
20 Years An Officer Thurman Renfro Dies Friday
Thurman Renfro 64 Bonham chief of police died 4 05 am Friday Dec 15 1972 at Fannin County hospital after fall injuries. Services 2 pm Sunday Wise Funeral chapel burial Dodd City. Survivor details include wife Myrtle, son Floyd, two brothers, two sisters, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The article notes his 20 years on the force since Feb 21 1952 and ascent to chief July 1 1965.
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Thurman Renfro
Bonham
Fannin County
Wise Funeral
Dodd City
Chief Renfro
K. D. Renfro
Chhief Renfro
Methodist Church
Myrtle Renfro
East
Sam Rayburn
Floyd Renfro
Dallas
Jack Renfro
Jacksonville
Kenneth Renfro
Bunham
Ray Hermage
Cathel Campbell
Grand Praire
Renfro
O R McKissack
Truman Suffers Restless Night in Hospital
Former President Harry S Truman, 88, is described as very serious with a weakened heart, congested lung, and blocked kidneys. Doctors said kidney output is declining despite treatment, and he slept fitfully with vital signs largely stable this morning.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Harry §S Truman
Research Hospital
John Dreves
Dreves
Wallace Graham
Truman
Dear Santa Letters Flood New York Post Offices
New York Post Office reports thousands of Santa letters from children in the city and beyond each year. James Ho Jarvis notes about 2,500 requests come from needy kids, with clubs, schools, and individuals collecting replies.
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New York Post Office
Santa
William
Randy
Jain
Kenneth
John
James Ho Jarvis
Postal Admiitiative Services
Jarvis
Vaumple
New Jersey
87 Persons to Die in Traffic
The Department of Public Safety estimates 87 people will be killed in Texas traffic accidents during the Christmas and New Year holidays. The period runs from 6 pm December 22 to midnight December 25, with 46 deaths expected on highways.
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Austin
Tex
Department of Public Safety Today
Texas
DPS
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Ladonia
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Tom McHolmes
The
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Homer Gentry
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Bob Williams
Burns, Ore
Hal McOne
Kissinger
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Eldon Frair
Johnnie Underwood
Arta B. Blackburn
Robert W. Rattan
Oneta S. Baker
Robert Q. Carder
Carl M. Short
Curtis Curry
S. K. Sinclair
Margaret Stone
Betty J. Banks
Arline F. Currin
James O. Cullum
Lottie Stewart Culluns
Savoy
Gloria Cullum
Jammy Cullum
Mike Morgan
High Point
N.C
Chief Benfry
Bonham Chamber of Commerce
Oma Regional Planning Commission
North Texas
Texuma Reginal Planning Commission
Pipe Dreams
Tucson
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