Bonham Memories and Local Notes From 1969 Show
Bonham figures search for Post Office Row location in Old Post Office Row. Bonham Day highlighted at Fort Worth Western Livestock Show on Feb 2, 1969. Patrolman Jake Jackson contends with car heater on a cold Saturday. A Bonham woman and neighbors react as keys stay inside locked house. Paul Brent of Richardson learns trampoline limits. Texas auto dealers join DPS and highway dept to ensure correct addresses on car titles. Monkstown Community Center hosts a gospel sing in the evening. Writing 1969 begins now and tax forms will arrive by mail.
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Jake Jackson
The
Texas Automobile Dealers Association
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas Highway Department
Cold Front Edges Toward Bonham Area Tonight
Cloudy skies bring much colder weather to the Bonham area with temperatures dropping from the 50s to the low 20s tonight and Tuesday. The Texas Panhandle fronted mass brought rain fog and subfreezing readings with Dalhart at 29 degrees and a forecast of snow and zero readings later.
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Bonham
Texas Panhandle
Dalhart
Talks on Saigon Paris talks snag stalls progress
U.S. and Saigon delegates clashed over procedural issues in the Paris talks. Vance and Lam planned a session, but no firm date emerged. Saigon pressed for Viet Cong to be part of the North Vietnamese delegation while Hanoi hinted at possible secret talks. Nixon aimed for a February policy outline amid expectations of delays and new strategies.
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Paris
UPS
U.S
Saigon
United States
Cyrus R. Vance
Pham Dang Lam
Lam
Nguyen van Thieu
Vance
Washington
Hanoi
Richard M. Nixon
Washington-Saigon
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Nixon
Vietnam
Florida
Apollo 8 crew shares stark lunar images after orbit
Frank Borman and crewmates James Lovell and William Anders report the moon as vast and forbidding from lunar orbit. The Apollo 8 photographs, with details as small as 100 feet, are released to observatories to improve maps and lunar knowledge. The crew returns home to Houston and plans debriefings and family time before public events.
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Houston
Anders
Grass Fires Hit Trenton Area
An outbreak of grass fires east of Trenton Sunday afternoon kept firefighters and officers busy. Deputy Sheriff Bobby Madison was called to investigate reports that fires were set by occupants of a car driving along the roads.
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Trenton
Bobby Madison
Wrecks Leave Over $400 in Damage Across City Streets
Police report two separate weekend crashes with no injuries. Drivers Lillie Mayo McIntyre of Bonham and David Othell Dodson of Bailey collided at Main and Sam Rayburn Ottis, while Ottis Skipper of Jackson Tennessee and Janet J Washerlesky of Bonham were involved in a second crash at Fifth and Center streets.
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Lillie Mayo McIntyre
Bonham
David Othell Dodson
Bailey
Main
Sam Rayburn
Ottis ©. Skipper
Jackson, Tenn
Janet J. Washerlesky
Fifth and
Center Streets
Gaza
Egypt
Security Council
U.S
J. R. Wiggins
Beirut
Middle East
New Terms Officials to Be Sworn In Tuesday
County officials elected to new four year terms in the general election are Sheriff Dudley Jackson Tax Assessor-Collector Henry Joe Fletcher and County Attorney Pat Beene. Wesley Farmer to take oath again. Donald McLain and John Avery to be sworn in. two new constables Fred Clark and Alfred Blair plus re elected Wade Morris Leonard and Mutt Milford sworn in for four year terms.
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Commissioners’ Court
Moore
Dudley Jackson
Henry Joe Fletcher
Pat Beene
Wesley Farmer
Donald McLain
John Avery
Fred Clark
Bonham
Alfred Blair
Honey Grove
Wade Morris
Leonard
Mutt Milford
Ladonia
UN Will Condemn Israeli Raids at Beirut Airport
The UN Security Council and members including the United States urged condemnation of Israel's raid on Beirut Airport. The session paused for a Lebanese delegation arrival before a likely formal condemnations, with officials from Britain France the Soviet Union India Hungary Senegal Algeria and Brazil all backing condemnation.
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United Nations
UPD
U.N. Security Council
United States
Israel
Lebanon
Beirut
Security Council
U.S
J. R. Wiggins
Britain
France
Soviet Union
India
Hungary
Senegal
Algeria
Brazil
Israel Beirut Airstrike Sparks New Wave of Middle East Attacks
Across the Arab frontier observers report a surge of border incidents after Israel's Beirut airport raid. Moshe Dayan framed the strike as a new deterrent, while guerrilla groups vow revenge and U S and Soviet condemnation grows.
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Israel
Beirut
Middle East
United States
Soviet Union
Moshe Dayan
Cairo
al Fatah Arab
Voice of the Storm
Beit Shean
Jerusalem
Beersheba
Tsofar
Negev
Dead Sea
U.N. Security Council
Russia
Jordan
Egypt
Algeria
Lebanon
Moscow
Dayan
United Nations
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Athens
Magnetosphere Extends About 3.5 Million Miles
Spacecraft measurements show the Earth's magnetosphere stretching roughly 3.5 million miles from the planet, acting as a shield against high energy solar particles.
Tragic One Car Crash Ends Trip For Friona Couple
A Christmas trip to points in Louisiana ended in tragedy for four young Friona residents when their car crashed into the Bois d Arc bridge railing. Larry Grisham, 25, died about 12 hours later in a Sherman hospital. His wife Nancy Grisham, 19, remained in a Bonham hospital in fair condition.
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Louisiana
Friona
Bois d’ Arc
Larry Grisham
Sherman
Nancy Grisham
Bonham Hospital
Texas
David Maples
Maples
Prisoner Exchange Talks Planned On New Year’s Day
United States military command says it will send representatives to a river bank meeting on New Year’s Day near Saigon with Viet Cong to discuss possible release of three U S prisoners. The three GI captives are Spec 4 James W Brigham Ocala Florida Spec 4 Thomas N Jones Lynnville Indiana and PFC Donald G Smith Akron Pennsylvania.
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Saigon
UPI
USS
U. S
U.S
Armed Forces
Candestine
Liberation Radio
Vam Co Dong
James W. Brigham
Ocala
Fla
Thomas N. Jones
Lynnville
Ind
Donald G. Smith
Akron
Cambodian
Fannin County May Become One Texas School District
Governor's Committee on Public School Education suggests Texas reduce districts from 1218 to 353 and set minimum ADA at 2600. Fannin County would consolidate all present districts except Ladonia and portions reallocated to nearby districts. legislation to implement is due January with local district reorganization by 1971.
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Governor's Committee On
Texas
Fannin County
Bonham
Honey Grove
Ladonia
Fannindel
Delta County
Pecan Gap
Whitewright
Sherman
Grayson County
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Contrellers
Kate Vaught
Foster Studio
Fort Worth
Wayden Fletcher
Paul Brent
Richardson
Monkstown
Martin J. Doerman
North Kingston
R. I
3Rd Marine Division
Camp Base C-1
Dmz
Boerman
Bonham Area
Moonfliers
Astrodome
Oklahoma
Southern Methodist University
Eliay Simor
Jordan River
Sherman Hospital
H. R. van Zandt
Leonard Collingsworth
U.S. VC
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