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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1972
Page
1
After Christmas dinners and holiday traveling fund the diary notes start dieting plans. Local events include Lions club meeting changes, a deer hunt report near Fairfield, March of Dimes fundraisers, and the Monkstown New Year’s Eve Singing at the Community Center. Fireworks were fewer than in past years.
The replica bust of Speaker Sam Rayburn, sculpted by Jimiu Mason and once seen at the Smithsonian, was donated to the Rayburn Library by Charles Stephens of Richardson. The presentation in Bonham also honored Stephens’ father Albert A Stephens and grandfather Charles G Stephens, with Stephens and family attending alongside Congressman Ray Roberts.
More than 1,000 US jet fighters and 147 bomber waves struck North Vietnam from Dec 18 to Christmas Day in the heaviest raids of the war. Hanoi reports claim tens of thousands fled as B52s dropped up to 13,230 tons and fighters about 6,000 tons. The United States said 12 B52s and seven fighter-bombers were lost, raising U.S. losses to 58. Communist reports tallied eight more.
Five members of the present staff will be retained by Robert Dale when he assumes the duties of Fannin county's tax assessor. Two new deputies, Mrs Marlene Wis and Mrs Teresa Ann Bingham, will begin work at the start of the new year. Existing deputies retained include Mrs Evelyn Stephens, Mrs Mary Helen Keener Vis Ruth Claston, Vir Sula Montgomery and Mrs Marcella Stroud.
National Weather Service expects increasing clouds and warmer temperatures in the Bonham area with widespread showers possible in western North Central Texas late Thursday and overnight into Friday. A cold front moves southwestward as temperatures fall below freezing in the western half while the eastern half stays in the upper 30s to low 40s.
mourners gather at the Truman family home for a small private funeral in Independence Missouri with Bess Truman, daughter Margaret Daniel, and relatives present. Nixon declares 30 days of national mourning. Truman planned a simple farewell with no riders or drumming and will be buried near his beloved library.
A cattle truck jackknifed on a remote bridge near Fort Sumner New Mexico and collided with a chartered Austin Texas youth group bus carrying 35 people. Nine teenagers died and 14 to 20 were injured as responders faced a long trek to hospitals and authorities confirmed 16 bodies at the local mortuary with many victims identified at Woodlawn Baptist Church in Austin.
City fire officials reported a minor grass fire at 1806 Franklin Street on Tuesday afternoon. The blaze caused no damage to adjacent property. Firefighters also responded to a false alarm and noted a misdialed call to Cedar Street in Bonham, not extending to the 5300 block.
Bunham Chamber of Commerce selected five new directors via postcard ballot: Carl Bryan, Carl Smith, Di Lary Lawrence, John Templain, and Lewis Faith. Incumbents John Arledge, Dick Gilnell, David Cule, Blanton Hanes, and Harold Surtells face term expirations. Write in votes were tallied with 27 members submitting at least one vote.
Sheriff Dudley Jackson said a Department of Public Safety helicopter would scour the county at low level for 46 year old Hagel McCain who disappeared after Dec night. A ground and plane search failed to locate her cat or body in a ditch near Lake Bonham and View Hall. Local reports say her purse with money was found at home and new searches will continue in nearby Texas and surrounding states.
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