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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1968
Page
2
Classified note shows pricing: eight dollars weekly and thirteen dollars yearly for advertising space. Includes contact by advertising representative for Texas Daily Press League.
The reader is invited to reflect on Galatians 4 1 6 and Isaiah 7 14 with a daily devotional note from Charles W Cook emphasizing that no place is inappropriate for the good news of Christ.
Jess Willard, 86, famed for his 1915 26 round victory over Jack Johnson and a 1919 title bid with Dempsey, died in Pacoima California from congestive heart failure after a stroke. Funeral set for Forest Lawn Glendale on Tuesday at 3 20 p.m. with private burial.
United Press International reports a broad warming trend in Texas with Gulf moisture bringing clouds and likely rain in the south and south central regions. Temperatures rose from overnight 30s to 60s in the south as a cold front threatened late Tuesday, with precipitation forecast north to north central Texas and rain expected statewide though not as severe as the eastern U.S. cold wave.
Atlanta Falcons head coach Norm Van Brocklin dismissed all five remaining assistants after the team finished 2-12 and lost 14-12 to San Francisco. The fired staff included offensive line coach Bob Fry head defensive coach Hal Herring linebacker coach Bill Jobko receivers coach Red Phillips and defensive backs coach John Sackticla.
Bonham High School is accredited for the 1968-69 school year by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Supt. Joe Campbell was advised by H. E. Phillips of the Texas Education Agency. Bonham has been a member since 1913. The association accredits 542 Texas schools and 300 other secondary schools across 11 states.
New York UPI reports J Edgar Hoover aged 73 will remain head of the FBI with a waiver of the 65 retirement age. Nixon to sign the waiver as he plans to push legislation through a Democratic dominated 91st Congress. The announcement comes ahead of meetings with Agnew Dirksen Ford and GOP leaders in Washington.
Dallas residents donate to the Knight family as funds reach five thousand dollars after Floyd Alexander Knight, a police shotgun squad member, was killed during an overnight stakeout at a grocery. A $1,000 reward is offered for his killer.
A Christmas Ideas program will be held Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the high school cafeteria. Mrs Avis Caldwell Homemaking teacher sponsors the event as a public service featuring decorating tips and inexpensive ideas using home objects. The program has long been a popular seasonal event by the Homemaking department and invites public attendance.
In Kuala Lumpur a government official stated that Muslims in Malaysia may receive eye transplants from donors of different religions but cannot donate their own eyes.
Katie Z Duncan 67 died Monday at 12 30 p m in a Bonham nursing home widow of Lawrence Duncan who died July 18 1962 funeral arrangements were incomplete in early afternoon Monday at Wise Funeral home she is survived by a sister Mrs Albert May of Bonham and a brother B F Foreman of Mesquite New Mexico Interment will be in a Providence cemetery at a time yet to be announced
Federal crime now covers all interstate sales of firearms and ammunition except those among licensed manufacturers dealers and collectors. Johnson signed the act on October 22 after years of debate. The law bars mail and in person rifle sales across state lines unless state laws permit purchases nearby.
Bernard E. Pfohl, 57, of Jacksonville, Florida, died at Methodist Hospital in Houston after living about three months with a transplanted heart. He collapsed from a lung infection. His donor was Robert G. Muir, 46, of Baytown, Texas. The operation occurred Sept. 19 under Dr. Michael DeBakey. The death affects the global heart transplant statistics showing 58 deaths among 97 patients and 39 survivors overall.
At 7:30 p m an annual high school Christmas carol service will be held in the high school auditorium. At 7 p m the First Methodist Forum Class Christmas party takes place in the Fellowship hall.
The Bonham Pilgrimage of homes hosted by the Trowel and Error Garden club runs Tuesday from 7 to 8 30 PM. New houses on the tour include the Wiggins 308 E Ninth, the Pitts 1001 N Main, and the Smiths Gober Community. hosts will guide visitors. All county residents are invited. no admission charge.
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