Bonham Purple Warriors Prepare for District Start Jan 2
The Warriors group non district games this week include Grapevine at Grapevine Sulphur Springs Wildcats at Sulphur Springs and Commerce at Sulphur Springs before district play. Coach Bobby Butler notes youth and inexperience but optimism for 1969-70 with eight juniors and two seniors Marshall Perry and James Grunert lead the squad.
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Bonham Purple Warriors
Grapevine
Warriors
Sulphur Springs
Bobby Butler
Butler
Marshall Perry
James Grunert
Preston Anderson
Durwond Keeton
Bib Jenkins
Lonnie Bennett
Wanda Shaw
Thomas Richardson
Dick Stinson
Roger Steward
Leonard Holiday Basketball Tournament Kicks Off Thursday
Leonard hosts a multi day Holiday Basketball tournament with six Thursday games, boys and girls divisions, and finals through New Year’s Eve. Teams include Como-Pickton Anna Wolfe City Bells Fannin Del Whitewright Celeste Leonard Whitesboro Roxton Van Alstyne Bland Trenton. Trophies and all tournament honors awarded after final games. nightly savings bonds prize valued at fifty dollars.
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Leonard
Will Hbegin
Como-Pickton
Anna
Wolfe City
Bells
Fannindel
Whitewright Celeste
Whitesboro
Roxton
van Alstyne
Bland
Trenton
UTEP Stuns New Mexico In Sparse Night Upset
UTEP overcame a late deficit to beat sixth ranked New Mexico 71 67 as Tom Isaac Mike Switzer and Nate Archibald sparked a 9 0 run in the final four minutes Switzer led UTEP with 23 points Ron Becker scored 17 for New Mexico The Miners and Lobos both improved to 8 2 Houston beat Bowling Green 91 80 SMU topped Yale 82 76 Wichita State upset Texas A M 79 60 and Grambling defeated Bishop 99 69
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Texas
University of Texas At el Paso
New Mexico
Miners
Tom Isaac
Mike Switzer
Nate Archibald
Switzer
UTEP
Ron Becker
University of Houston
Bowling Green
Cougars
Ollie Taylor
Cougar
Dick Rodgers
Houston
SMU
Yale
Dallas
Gene Phillips
Lynn
Mustangs
Gene
John Whiston
Jim Morgan
Wichita State
Joseph Dean
Bishop
Grambling
UCLA Bruins United as No 1 in UPI Basketball Ratings
UCLA remains the top ranked major college basketball team with a perfect 350 points. North Carolina moves closer to the Bruins with 330 points, while Davidson holds third with 204 and Kentucky rises to fourth with 179. Cincinnati drops to 10th as Villanova, Santa Clara, Notre Dame and others fill the next spots.
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North Carolina
UCLA
Tar Heels
Dean Smith
Bruins
Davidson
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Villanova
Santa Clara
Notre Dame
Irish
New Mexico
Kansas
Illinois
Lins
Toomey Named Amateur Athlete of the Year
Philadelphia Sports Writers Association names Olympic decathlon winner Bill Toomey as amateur athlete of the year. The 29 year old Laguna California teacher is the oldest winner of the 10 event two day decathlon. Or Simpson was the previous winner last year.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Philadelphia Sports Writers Association
Bill Toomey
Toomey
Laguna
Calif
Southern California
Or. Simpson
Halas Plans Return After Hip Surgery Recovery
Chicago Bears owner George Halas, resting at home after hip surgery, said he will be back in his office next month. He reported the condition causes no pain and allows mobility.
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Chicago
UPI
Chicago Bear
George Halas
Halas
Toys for Tots Volunteer Work By Bonham Students
Vocational students in James Griffitt's Bonham High School classes repair and paint toy wagons and cars as a Toys for Tots effort. The project gathers community support and gives children in need a festive gift assortment.
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James Griffitt
Bonham High School
Santa Claus Charged in Texas Penal Code Mock Case
UPI reports two young lawyers under a State Bar project used Santa as a fictional defendant to illustrate potential penal code violations. They claim Santa votes vagrancy and drunkenness while detailing imagined offenses from disguise to risky toy factory work.
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Austin
UPI
Texas
Santa Claus
Bumble
Dist
Atty. Grisch
Santa
Grinch
State Bar Association
Claus
Subject
Dancer's Image Named Derby Winner Yet Forfeits Purse
Kentucky Racing Commission ruled Dancer's Image ran the May 4 Derby with an illegal drug and cannot collect the $122,600 first prize. Forward Pass inherits the purse with Francie's Hat, T.V. Commercial, and Kentucky Sherry in next places. The decision preserves the official finish order for recordkeeping.
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Lexington
UPI
Kentucky State Racing Commission
Dancer
Francie’s Hat
T.V. Commercial
Kentucky Sherry
Kentucky
Bluegrass
Churchill Downs
Paul Robinson Wins AFL Rookie of the Year Honor
Paul Robinson, a 6-1 198 pound back, earned the AFL Rookie of the Year title after a 1000 yard season with the Cincinnati Bengals. The former Arizona track star and junior college transfer rushed for 3023 yards, joining Cookie Gilchrist as the only AFL rookies to reach the milestone.
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NEW York
UPI
Paul Robinson
University of Arizona
United Press International
Robinson
Cincinnati Bengals
AFL
New York Jets
Cookie Gilchrist
Corpus Christi Scoutmaster Reaches 101 Eagles
Gerald N. Smith, longtime scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 1 at First Baptist Church Corpus Christi, watched his 100th and 101st boys reach Eagle. The ceremony featured 560 Eagles assisting as numbers 100 and 101 received their ranks. Smith, an Eagle himself, notes many alumni earned college degrees, serve in the armed forces, and study at campuses nationwide.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
UPI
Gerald N. Smith
Smith
First Baptist Church
Richland Springs
Armed Services
Vietnam
Joe Steve Williams
Gerald Jr
Milton Flanagan
Henry Sapp
Eagles
Odds Favor Colts and Jets in NFL AFL Showdowns
Las Vegas oddsmakers name the Baltimore Colts six point favorites to beat the Cleveland Browns in the NFL clash and place the New York Jets three points better than the Oakland Raiders in the AFL matchup for the league finals.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Baltimore
New York
Colts
Cleveland Browns
New York Jets
Oaklind Raiders
Basketball on TV Christmas Night Nets 8 Game NBA Telecast
New York UPI reports a Christmas night telecast will feature the Los Angeles and Phoenix NBA game. The telecast marks the first of an eight game series to be shown on television.
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New York
UPI
Los Angeles
Phoenix
National Basketball Association
Worst Murder of 1968 in Texas Stuns Small Town
Five Piedras Negras residents were slain in a brutal 1968 massacre. Manuel Arellano Sr his wife Rosa and sister were killed along with two children 18 month old Eduardo and 24 year old Leticia. The surviving son Manuel Arellano Jr. survived with brain injuries and questionable memory. Sheriff Henderson described the killer as a psycho with freckles and a rash and said the case remains unsolved as the killer may strike again.
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Rocksprings
Tex
UPI
Texas
Edwards County
Tom. Henderson
Henderson
Manuel Arellano Sr
Mont
Rosa Elia Santos Arellano
Eduardo
Leticia
Miss Arellano
Manuel Arellano Jr
Piedras Negras
Mexico
Manuel Jr
Arellano
San Angelo
Patera Resigns as Giants Defensive Line Coach
Former Baltimore Colt and Detroit Lions lineman and coach Jack Patera quit as Giants defensive line coach on Friday seeking further opportunities in football. He said he would pursue other football openings.
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NEW York
UPI
Jack Patera
New York Giants
Patera
Baltimore Colts
Detroit Lions
Brazil Lifts Radio TV Censorship but Keeps Press Under Watch
Brazil lifts the censorship on radio and television after Congress resumes, though newspapers remain under government censorship. The move follows the indefinite suspension of Congress a week earlier, signaling a shift in media control while print outlets stay constrained.
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Rio DE Janeiro
UPD
Brazil
Congress
NBC Televises Five Playoff Games and All-Star Classic
NBC announces a weekday Phoenix game as the sole weekday telecast with a slate of five playoff games and the NBA All-Star Classic on January 14.
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NBC
Phoenix
Hospital News Patient List From Area Hospitals
A dense list of new patients and dismissals from Risser and Allen Memorial Hospitals plus Medical Surgical Hospital. Names include Bonham Bethel area residents such as Mary Dysham Lisa Gahn and many others from Randolph Ravenna Honey Grove and Ladonia.
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Walter Langford
Honey Grove
Nettie Binion
Ravenna
Ray Tolbert
Bonham
Louise Combs
Arthur Smith
Leonard Leonard E. Nowak
George W. Parker
Paris
George Miller
Nettie Rains
Lottie Terry
Mary Ellen White
Medical Surgical Hospital
Jess Owens
Celeste
Donald Spivy
Belville
Oscar Colvin
Lanetta Nichols
Ivanhoe
Willie Johnson
M. K. McDonald
Kenneth Grisham
Roy Taylor
T. L. Berry
Ladonia
Cora Dunlap
T. E. Musser
Ector
Wm. Howard
Cecil Inglish
Walter Caldwell
Essie Bruce
C. B. Anderson
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