North Korea Not Ready To Free Pueblo Crew Yet
UPI reports no sign from North Korea of releasing the 83 Pueblo crewmen after their capture 13 days ago. William Bundy says U.S. officials see no foundation for release rumors despite speculation of a Panmunjom deal and potential prior entry into North Korea waters.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
North Korea
Pueblo
William P. Bundy
Far East
Sea of Japan
South Korea
Panmunjom
Today Show
NBC
Bundy
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Four Girls Safe After School Walk Amid Warm Spring
County Agent Wayne Cranfill warns warm days bring budding fruit trees at risk from later freezes. Four young girls walking home from school Friday were barefoot and carrying their sex and shoes, showing signs of spring activity as lawns and mowers appear in stores ahead of grass green-up.
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Wayne Cranfill
Bonham City Government Quiz Puts Local Officials to the Test
Mayor Gene Danner gave a government quiz to the Rotary Club and the Democratic Women’s Club. The questions cover city structure including commissioners wards at large seats term lengths meeting times budget sources and charter history with names of charter writers and mayoral election rules.
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Gene Danner
Rotary Club
Democratic Women’s Club
City of
Bonham
Two-Car Wreck Damages Gas Meter and Garbage Can
Honey Grove suffered major damage in a two car collision on 14th street over the weekend. Drivers Jess Lee Corley and Roy Marmaduke of Hurd, both Honey Grove, were identified by Highway Patrolman Bob Ridley. Corley left the turn. Marmaduke, attempting to pass, struck Corley and then hit a gas meter and a garbage can, driving through a yard to avoid the crash. Patrolman Ridley estimated damage over 700.
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Honey Grove
Bob Ridley
Jess Lee Corley
Roy Marmaduke
Hurd
Ridley
14Th Street
Corley
Collision on U. S. 69 Injures Leonard Resident
One person hospitalized after a two car crash on U. S. 69 in Leonard. Robert Layman of Whitewright taken to Sherman hospital with undetermined injuries while K C Sparks of Leonard, making a left turn into a construction lot, was not hurt. Total damage about 1500 dollars.
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U. S. 69
Leonard
Dwayne Cox
Robert Layman
Whitewright
Sherman
Cox
Layman
K. C. Sparks
R. W. McKinney Construction
Sparky
Arthur Lee Connor
Dawn E. Fowler
Collison
Candidates Must File Tonight for Fannin Primary Ballot
County and precinct hopefuls in Fannin County must file by midnight with Roy Doyle at his Honey Grove home to secure a ballot spot in the first Democratic primary on May 4. The Democratic Executive Committee will meet next Monday to weigh primary costs against filing candidates.
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Fannin County
Roy Doyle
Democratic Executive Committee
Honey Grove
Democratic Committee
Bonham girl writes father in Vietnam for Valentine reply
Deborah Moore 11 writes to M Sgt James C. Moore stationed in Saigon asking why he fights in Vietnam. She receives a Christmas globe, a poem from him, and a class read aloud with a taped letter and classroom valentines hoping to reach him by Valentine’s Day.
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Daddy
Deborah Moore
I. W. Evans School
Vietnam
Bonham
James
Connie
Lynn Street
James C. Moore
Saigon
Deborah
M-Set
I. W. Evans
Juanita Spencer
Jetter M-Sgt
Moore
Firemen respond to mattress fire and two grass blazes
The Bonham fire department worked over the weekend at 709 West 7th where a mattress in an unoccupied house burned. Crews also tackled two grass fires: one north on State 78 toward Barwood's place and another on West 10th.
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Bonham
West 7Th
State 78
Barwood’s Place
West 10Th
Bond Set at $5,000 for Bonham burglary suspect
Sheriff Dudley Jackson identified Theodore Roskosky of Bonham as the burglary suspect. The bond was set at $5,000 pending further proceedings.
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Bang
Honey Grove
Dudley Jackson
Theodore Roskosky
Bonham
Mothers March Raises Over 500 for Birth Defects Fight
Members of the VFW Auxiliary of the James Bragg post organized the 1968 Mothers March in Bonham. About 500 plus dollars were raised as workers gathered at the VFW Hall at 1 p.m. and reported back after canvassing assigned areas.
Viet Cong Seizes Saigon Police Substation In Night Attack
Viet Cong forces estimated 400 men captured a police substation in central Saigon and attacked the nearby police district headquarters as part of a broader wave of North Vietnamese assaults around Khe Sanh. U.S. Marines and government troops conducted counterattacks, with house to house fighting in Cholon and near Hue.
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Saigon
UPI
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
V.C
Chinese Cholon Quarter
U.S
Nguyen Cao Ky
Laos
Hue
Vietnam
Pueblo crew to be released by United States and North Korea
Tokyo based Kyodo and Mainichi Shimbun report from Seoul that the United States and North Korea have agreed to release the entire crew of the captured intelligence ship USS Pueblo.
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Tokyo
UPI
Kyodo
Mainichi Shimbun
Seoul
United States
North Korea
Pueblo
Two Slightly Injured in Bonham Weekend Accidents
Bonham residents Alvin Bernard Hartwell and Mike Long received first aid after a motorcycle car collision at West 9th and Center streets. Hartwell dodged a milk truck and hit a car driven by Carolyn Boles Bond in a Speedway parking lot. A second crash on East Sam Rayburn involved Wesley Ray Goodwin and Johnnie F. Charles with about $1,000 in damage.
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Bonham
Alvin Bernard Hartwell
Mike Long
Rt. 1
West 9Th
Center Streets
Harvey Trapp
Archie Hamilton
Hartwell
Speedway
Carolyn Boles Bond
Trapp
Hamilton
East
Sam Rayburn
Wesley Ray Goodwin
Telephone
Johnnie F. Charles
Wichita Falls
15 Killed in Texas Traffic Over Weekend
United Press International tally shows 23 violent deaths in Texas from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. Fifteen fatalities were traffic related, with four homicides, one fire death, one drowning, and one due to miscellaneous causes.
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United Press International
Texas
Texans head to ballot as filing closes for 1968 races
Midnight filing ends in Texas with nine Democrats filed for governor including liberal Don Yarborough and eight moderates to face three Republican hopefuls Paul Eggers John Trice and Wallace Sisk. Voter registration totals about four million for the first presidential year since poll tax repeal.
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Austin
UPI
Texas
John Connally
Price Daniel
Don Yarborough
Houston
Paul W. Eggers
Wichita Falls
GOP
John R. Trice
Dallas
Wallace Sisk
Yarpurough
Eugene Locke
Atty
Waggoner Carr
Preston Smith
John Hill
Dolph Briscoe
Edward L. Whittenburg
Hous
Travel Tax Sought to Cut Deficit With Graduated Rates
Treasury Secretary Fowler asked Congress to approve an overseas travel tax for Americans spending more than seven dollars daily abroad. A 15 percent rate applies from seven to fifteen dollars, and 30 percent above fifteen. Exempt first seven dollars, apply during 1968 and 1969 travel seasons, expiring October 1, 1969. Other measures include lowering duty free exemption and adjusting mailed and gifts provisions.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson Administration
Congress
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
House
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Western Hemisphere
Vietnam
Ector Youth Hit by Car at Denison Drive In
Winkle 19 the son of A L Winkle of Ector suffered possible back injuries and facial cuts when struck by a car at a Denison drive-in theater Saturday night. He was taken to Madonna hospital and was unconscious for a time. The driver told officers he did not know he had hit anyone until told.
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Carro. Winkle
A. L. Winkle
Ector
Denison
Winkle
Madonna Hospital
O. L. Winkle
Protest at Soesterberg Air Base in the Netherlands
A small protest occurred Sunday outside Soesterberg Air Base in Holland with young men and women waving Viet Cong flags and anti American placards. Official reports state there were no incidents or arrests.
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Soesterberg
Holland
UPI
U.S. Air Force Base
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June Hensiee
Rachel Templeton
Kathleen Clayton
Mildred Jennings
Doris Dodson
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Nobie Smith
Alenia Walton
Tommy Washington
Judy Wireless
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Cindy Templeton
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Eunnie Baker
Judy Dale
Pat George
Mary Curtis
Susan Duan
Eddie Haggard
Donna Roberts
Kay Robnett
Judy Dodson
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