Bonham Receipt Mystery and Leonard Holidays Tournament
An 1887 receipt from C. T. Ingram Co. questions Post Office Row's modern name while action opens today in the Leonard Holidays basketball tournament with games at 1 and 5 PM and a busy rush to exchange gifts. Local features note Christmas displays, Mistletoe Dance tree decor pickup and light holiday observations in Bonham.
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Russell Echols
Anderson Rest Home
W. Blakey
C. T. Ingram and Co
Bonham
C. Ingram
Leonard Holidays
Horizon Club
Jackie Stephenson
Linda Wagoner
Theft of Rifle Reported in Forrest Foreman Case
A .22 rifle was stolen from Forrest Fore man's truck parked at 701 East Third Street. Police were notified on Wednesday about the theft.
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Forrest Foreman
East Third Street
U.S. forces kill 53 guerrillas near Saigon amid truce end
Air power supported an attack northwest of Saigon as 150 guerrillas were spotted and engaged. 53 were killed, 150 dispersed, with US forces reporting no injuries. The clash followed a 24 hour truce marked by a record number of Communist violations and the release talks for three captured GIs.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Viet Cong Leader Sees French Foreign Minister Debre
Tran Buu Kiem, Viet Cong vice president and head of its negotiating delegation, met Michel Debre in Paris. Observers say the audience boosts Viet Cong prestige but not official recognition. Talks with South Vietnam and the United States remain stalled since November over diplomatic status.
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UPI
Viet Cong
Tran Buu Kiem
Michel Debre
Kiem
Nguyen Cao Ky
Paris
Homen Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Saigon
Jack Walsh
Plane attack at Athens airport shocks El Al flight
Two Palestinian Arabs armed with a submachine gun and hazardous devices confronted an El Al Boeing 707 on the runway at Athens airport as it prepared for takeoff with 50 aboard to Paris and New York. One Israeli passenger, Leon Shirdan, 50, from Haifa, died. two women were injured and the plane damaged. Police arrested the suspects, Naheb H. Suleiman and Mahmoud M. I. Mohamad, who confessed ties to an Arab extremist group and planned mass harm. Witnesses described the rapid escape from the transit lounge as shots were fired and devices hurled at the aircraft.
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Athens
APS
Paris
New York
Leon Shirdan
Haifa
Sel
Olympic Airways
Cairo
Naheb H. Suleiman
Tripoli
Libya
Mahmoud M. I. Mohamad
Palestine
Israel
Rome
Tel Aviv
Algiers
Algeria
el al
Sakellaris Matzoutas
Matzoutas
Rain Forecast for Bonham Area Tonight Through Friday
The U S Weather Bureau predicts a 30 percent chance of rain tonight increasing to 50 percent Friday in the Bonham area with cooler temperatures to follow. A cold front moving east after dropping four inches of snow in southwestern New Mexico brings possible snow flurries and clearing skies in North Texas. Bonham’s overnight low was a mild 56 degrees as a moist Gulf air flow continues to bring rain before the cool front.
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Bonham
U. S
Grass Fires Prompt Fire Department Runs
Firemen answered two grass fire calls Wednesday afternoon. Exploding firecrackers at the Randolph Community Center set grass ablaze, and another fire started by firecrackers was reported at the northwest corner of Jones Field.
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Randolph Community Center
Jones Field
Apollo 8 on path to record Earth return splashdown
Apollo 8 nears Pacific splashdown after a six day lunar voyage. Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders report the craft in excellent shape guiding it toward a precise 28 mile re entry corridor over the Pacific with a planned 10:54 am EST Friday splashdown 1 000 miles southwest of Hawaii.
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Milton Windler
Apollo
Pacific Ocean
Earth
Borman
Lovell
Mission Control
Tijuana Brass
Anders
Sea of Tranquility
Pacific
Hawaii
Christmas Over Pueblo Crewmen Face Questions
The 82 surviving Pueblo crewmen began two weeks of medical exams debriefings and a Navy court of inquiry in San Diego after their Christmas ashore. They will be questioned on captivity actions in North Korea with the schedule set by condition and a Christmas telegram from families.
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U.S
Mekong
Vietnam
North Vietnam
San Diego
UPI
Pueblo
Navy
Balboa Naval Hospital
North Korea
Cmdr
Lloyd Bucher
The
Edward Murphy
Apollo 8 splashdown near equator predicted by NASA official
John Stonesifer, NASA recovery chief, says Apollo 8 will likely land near the equator about 1,000 miles southwest of Hawaii, within easy range of USS Yorktown. Weather seen as satisfactory though showers could limit visibility. sharks and off-target landings cited as possible risks. A 17 man medical team and air search planes will support the recovery, with astronauts expected to be moderately fatigued but in good health.
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Uss Yorktown
UPS
John C. Stonesifer
Stonesifer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Equator
Hawaii
Clarence A. Jernigan
San Antonio
Tex
Lafayette
Best Gift Yet as Apollo 8 Crew Near Homecoming
Seabrook Texas relatives and the wives of Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders celebrate Christmas awaiting the crews return from a historic moon orbit. North Korea frees USS Pueblo crew adding to yuletide reunions and mission control hums with last reentry hopes.
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Moon
Robledo de Chavela
Spain
Frank Borman
James Lovell
William Anders
Seabrook
Tex
UPI
Cmdr
Lloyd Bucher
Uss Pueblo
Bucher
North Korea
Apollo
Valerie Anders
Susan Borman
Houston
Friends
Marilyn
Soviet Defense Minister Grechko to visit Pakistan in January
Pakistan announces that Soviet Defense Minister Andrei A. Grechko will undertake a ten day visit to Pakistan in the last week of January. The government confirmed the schedule and awaited further details of talks and arrangements.
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Ralwalpindi
Pakistan
UPI
Andrei A. Grechko
Government of
Gorton Sends Christmas Wishes to Houston Space Center
Prime Minister John Gorton sent Christmas greetings to the Houston Space Center for beaming to the United States Apollo astronauts. The message conveyed heartiest congratulations and warmest wishes.
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Canberra
Australia
UPI
John Gorton
Houston Space Center
U.S
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George
Mr. C
Bob Cantrell
Harper Woods
Mich
France
Apollo 6
Space Agency
Paul Haney
Apollo Mission
Bullseye
Apollo Return
Space Center
Michael Collins
Space
Collins
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