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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1968
Page
1
The notice mentions a New Year's Eve gospel singing at the Monkstown Community Center on December 31 with weather hopes for a large crowd. It also recalls unusual Christmas gifts, calendar quirks, and local travel anecdotes about a fire call cancellation near Bonham and a dark, foggy trip from Bonham to Amarillo with mixed precipitation.
Fair skies and cooler readings are forecast for Bonham on Saturday as a cool front moves through the Texas Panhandle. The front, which brought rain to the area, was associated with snow in New Mexico and El Paso earlier Thursday. Temperatures behind the front dropped to the 30s and 40s, with 60s and 70s ahead. Bonham saw light morning rain with a chance of heavier rain in the afternoon and early night as the front crosses the state.
U S war planes and South Vietnamese troops hit Communist bunkers fortifications sampans and supply routes around Saigon. 125 bunkers 55 fortifications 28 sampans destroyed. 49 Viet Cong trainees captured. Two tons TNT arms seized in Mekong Delta.
Firefighters responded to a blaze at Mrs Edwards residence on State Highway 78 south of Bonham on Thursday afternoon when a transformer in a television set burned out.
Saigon protests France for discussing South Vietnam's fate with Tran Buu Kiem of the Viet Cong in Paris. Pham Dang Lam accuses Debre of prejudging the peace process while the Viet Cong and North Vietnam urge open negotiations at a circular table and demand U.S. actions to topple Saigon.
Washington reports indicate little chance of court martial for USS Pueblo crew members after their 1 1 2 months as prisoners in North Korea. A San Diego court of inquiry will review conduct, with observers noting the 1955 code of conduct forbids confessions and the war status complicates applying Articles of War. The Navy emphasizes praise and confidence while addressing potential judgments.
Agnes Grey received a Christmas telegram from her son Anthony Grey a journalist held in house arrest in Peking since July 1967 stating he was well.
Apollo 8's Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders splash down in the Pacific aboard the USS Yorktown completing a six day lunar orbit journey. They report the mission as unprecedented and mark humans’ drive into space with a celebrated return.
NASA administrator Thomas Paine hailed Apollo 8 as a triumph of the squares and said the mission sparked a dawn of lunar exploration. He foresaw two lunar landings in 1969 and two more before 1970, but warned that success hinges on Apollo 9 and 10 tests before any manned touchdown. Paine framed the effort as a global, noncompetitive human venture beyond space race tensions, praising engineers, scientists, and even Bible readers on Christmas Eve.
A 10-year-old Pamela Powers abducted from the Des Moines YMCA Christmas Eve was found dead in a snowdrift near a rural cornfield. Robert Anthony Williams, 24, an escaped mental patient with prior sex offenses, turned himself in and led police to the body, facing murder charges and held in Des Moines jail. Williams had escaped a Fulton, Missouri mental hospital after charges of raping two girls.
Egyptian newspapers report a new push for peace with the United States and Soviet Union pressuring Israel to withdraw from Arab lands after Gromyko’s Cairo visit. Israel laments Arab attacks on the Monastery of John the Baptist and an airliner incident, with possible retaliation hinted.
Rep. Morris K. Udall of Arizona announces his bid for House speaker, breaking a long tradition of incumbents. McCormack, a 40 year veteran from Boston, already counts a majority of Democratic members in backing him as Congress begins its 91st session.
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