Christmas lighting contest judged by out of town judges
Tonight the home Christmas lighting entries will be judged by out of town judges in a contest sponsored by the Trowel and Error Garden Club. Oscar Burnett reports large turnip patches in Fannin county with harvests of seven pounds across two big specimens and guesses seventy nine bushels in total.
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The
Trowel and Error Garden Club
Fannin County
Oscar Burnett
Bailey
Oscar
Teens Tolson and Gartner Found Dead in Parked Car
In Fort Worth two teenagers who had been out on a date were found dead in a parked car near the girl's home at about 4 a.m. The victims are William For rest Tolson Jr. 16 a Western Hills High School junior and Gail Anne Gartner 17 a Arlington Heights High School senior. The medical examiner ruled death by carbon monoxide. Tolson was to turn 17 the following Sunday.
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W. F. Tolson Sr
George Gartner
Lake Bonham Cabin Subdivision Plan Nears Start
Bonham Municipal Water Authority begins land use study for cabins and home sites around Lake Bonham shores as the dam may close by late February. Engineers from Wisenbaker Fix and associates outline basic plans for subdivision and lease financing while work continues on reservoir and water treatment facilities.
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Lake Bonham
Bonham Municipal Water Authority Board
Irving C. Harris
Wisenbaker, Fix and Associates
Timber Creek
Walter Hicks
Egyptian Jets Shadow U S Fleet in Mediterranean
UPI reports Admiral Horacio Rivero says Soviet-built Egyptian TU16 bombers shadow the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean while NATO notes renewed Soviet-Yugoslav cooperation. He warns of potential Soviet air bases in Egypt and cites new Soviet naval support to Yugoslavia amid tensions.
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UPI
Mediterranean
U.S
Horacio Rivero
Rivero
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Italy
Greece
Turkey
United Press International
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
6Th Fleet
America
Rivera
Egypt
Europe
Elath
Split
Kremlin
Czechoslovakia
Ransom Plot Thwarted as Kidnappers Flee in Miami Shootout
Police and FBI chased the two ransom suspects after a gun battle in Miami. A suitcase with half a million dollars in marked bills was dropped during the exchange while officers searched the wooded area near the Viscaya site for the two men, believed cornered. Barbara Jane Mackle, kidnapped in Atlanta, remained the focus as authorities worked to resolve the case.
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Miami
UPS
Barbara Jane Mackle
FBI
Robert Mackle
Brickel Avenue
Cayne Bay
Bayshore Drive
Viscaya Museum
John Deering
Fred Froebush
Mackle
Mackles
Atlanta
Wreck Causes $315 in Damage at State 78 Intersection
Officers estimated the damage in a two car collision at the State 78 and White Shed road intersection at $315. Assistant Chief Jay Duckworth identified the drivers as Earl F E Coonrod of Ravenna Route 1 and Mrs Donna Van Zandt Ruark of Boyd Loop.
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State 78
White Shed Road
Jay Duckworth
Earl FE. Coonrod
Ravenna
Route 1
Donna van Zandt Ruark
Boyd Loop
Communists Shell U S Camps Near Saigon in Frontline Attacks
Communist forces shelled four U S camps near Saigon and fought infiltrations toward the city, with U S reports of 117 Reds killed. In the Central Highlands, North Vietnamese overran a hamlet, shelling a nearby village with 100 rounds. The Viet Cong offered to release prisoners and meet U S officials on Christmas Day. Cambodia freed 11 U S servicemen captured in July. U S forces reported 56 enemy killed around Saigon and 61 in three battles near Da Nang. nine nonstop hours of fighting accompanied air strikes by B 52 bombers. One American dead and 20 wounded.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Highlands
Prei Bing de
Viet Cong
Cambodia
South Vietnam
da Nang
North Vietnam warns of renewed U S bombing threat
North Vietnam said the United States would resume bombing if the Viet Cong renews attacks on Saigon. The warning followed a meeting between U S envoy Vance and North Vietnamese commander Lau. Diplomatic efforts to restart Paris talks continued amid a prisoner release from the Viet Cong.
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Viet Cong
Saigon
Dan van Thu
Paris
South Vietnam
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
Henry Kissinger
Richard M. Nixon
Vance-Lau
Vance
Lau
Nguyen Cao Ky
Burglars Loot Guard Armory in Pasadena Texas
Police report burglars broke into the Texas National Guard armory in Pasadena early today and stole 90 M1 rifles four .30-caliber machine guns and 9 45-caliber pistols. The weapons were hauled away in a 1966 three quarter ton army truck.
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Pasadena
Tex
UPI
Texas National Guard
Cambodia Frees 12 Americans
Prince Norodom Sihanouk announced Cambodia releases 12 American prisoners including 11 crew of a patrol craft and a helicopter crewman. The craft strayed into Cambodian waters July 17 and the men will be delivered to the Australian embassy to return home for Christmas. A South Vietnamese soldier arrested with them is freed.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Johnson
Sihanouk
Cambodian
U.S
Shriver Named United Nations Ambassador Pick
Washington sources say R. Sargent Shriver, then U S ambassador to France, will become United Nations ambassador under President elect Nixon. Officials expect an announcement later this week and confirm J R Wiggins will leave after inauguration.
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Washington
UPI
R. Sargent Shriver
U.S
France
Richard M. Niron
United Nations
Shriver
United Press International
Nixon
New York
U.N
J. R. Wiggins
Ronald Ziegler
Small storm strikes Leonard area with twister and damage
Violent weather swept across the southern edge of Fannin county as a small twister damaged poles and lines along Hickory Creek road. The E L Stanley home east of Leonard and several buildings on the Bill McBroom farm were destroyed or moved. Bonham reported rain and wind with 20 of an inch. temperatures dipped to 28 in Bonham and snow covered the Panhandle. A warming trend is forecast Friday before a new Pacific front moves into Texas by the weekend.
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Fannin County
J. W. Cunningham
Fannin Electric Co-Op
Hickory Creek Road
E. L. Stanley
Leonard
Bill McBroom
Bonham
Texas
Calhart
Panhandle
North Texas
Pacific Northwest
Viet Cong Proposes Release of Three American Prisoners
The Viet Cong claimed it would free three U.S. servicemen Thomas Nelson Jones Donald N. Smith and James W. Brigham to show a desire for peace. They proposed a Christmas Day meeting near Tay Ninh City to discuss release logistics and asked for up to five unarmed Americans to attend.
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Paris
UPI
Viet Cong Today
Vietnam
Thomas Nelson Jones
Donald N. Smith
James W. Brigham
U.S
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Commies Shell
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National Liberation Front
Cyrus R. Vance
Ha van Lau
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