Filing Deadline Nears for Fannin County Ballot Candidates
Midnight Monday marks the filing deadline for county and precinct offices in Fannin County. Official candidates include G L Holman for county clerk, Roy Darrough for district clerk, ML Brent for county superintendent, Miss Billie Burnette for treasurer, and T G McLain and John Kent for Precincts 2 and 4 commissioners. Also contesting are four justices of the peace, Ray Roberts seeking re election in the 4th district, Lindsey Beckworth for Congress, James D Cole for Texas Legislature, and Berton DuLlaney among Precinct 4 candidates.
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Roy Doyle
Fannin County
Democrat Committee
Justices of Peace
Teuts
T G Me
Lain
John Kent
Wan
Clark Berton
Jess Dullaney
Bonham
Ray Roberts
Lindsey Beckworth
Sesson
Beckworth
James D
Adults urged to attend shorthand class meeting
Ingh school invites adults to a Monday 7 p m session in the cafeteria to discuss starting an adult shorthand course after 31 adults enrolled in the typing program. Aubry Conley the high school principal said plans will be made for the course.
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Aubry Conley
Ngh
Conley
Weekend Weather Hears More Rain Likely
McKee Onck reacts to Weatherman’s note of possible weekend precipitation. Dial community hosts large Thursday fried chicken and ham supper with Bonham Pans Honey Grove and nearby folks enjoying plates of vegetables salads and pies. A 1926 Tren ton tribune item notes farmers sowing oats while a 1936 issue recalls icy streets causing slips.
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Trenton ‘Tribune
Trenton
Sign warning readers along highway in Boise area
John Coady of Boise Idaho reports a roadside sign reading Methodists Beware of the Myivien crickets spotted along a highway in the region. The report notes the sign as a curious local roadside message with unclear origin and intent.
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John Coady
Boise, Idaho
Myivien
Pre-Automation Clauses Proposed to Prevent Labor Conflicts
NLRB member Sam Zagoria urged negotiation of pre automation clauses in union management contracts to curb potential industrial conflict. He warned the full impact of automation is not yet felt but could cause widespread displacement and job changes, comparing a worker losing a job to a hurricane shock. He spoke in a prepared address for a Northeastern University conference.
National Assembly Approves Probe Into Congo Loot Scandal
Kampala Uganda The national assembly has approved a probe into allegations that patd and ivory worth 700000 dollars were looted from the Congo and distributed among Ugandan government officials.
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Uganda
UPI
National Assembly
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Patd
Congo
Johnson flies to Hawaii for Viet Nam talks
President Johnson departed from Andrews Air Force Base with a top advisory team for a three day conference in Honolulu with South Viet Nam leaders and U S military commanders. Secretary Rusk and Defense Secretary McNamara joined the trip as Agriculture Secretary Freeman and HEW Secretary Gardner planned Sunday's departure. The stop follows the war and aid program discussions.
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UPI
Johnson
Hawaii
Alld
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNama
Andrews Air Force Base
Honolulu
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Health, Education and Welfare
John Gardner
Major U.S. pushes in Vietnam drive into central coast
U S forces mount three large offensives in South Viet Nam’s central coast, led by the 1st Cavalry Division in Operation White Wing. The drives, aided by 155mm artillery and helicopter airlift, aim to push deeper as paratroopers and Marines advance. A Vietnamese delegation heads to Hawaii for summit talks with President Johnson.
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UPI
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Viet Nam
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Johnson
Johnson to meet Ky in Hawaii amid Vietnam talks
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky leads a 27 member Vietnamese government delegation with US Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge and 10 top advisers as Gen Westmoreland and Maj Gen Stilwell join Hawaii talks. The visit aims to review military and civilian aspects of the Vietnam conflict and test a new pacification program.
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Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Hawaii
Viet Nam
William C. Westmoreland
Thailand
Richard Stilwell
Victor M. Krulak
Pacific Fleet Marine Force
1St Cavalry
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Aur
U.S
Henry Cathny Lodge
White House
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Westmoreland
Johnson
United States
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Canada
Pacific
Pentagon denies McNamara testifying clash with Senate panels
The Pentagon urged the public to view Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara’s stance as not a head-on collision with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee over public testimony on U.S. Viet Nam policy. Officials emphasized McNamara would not testify publicly.
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UPI
Pentagon
Defense
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McNamara
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Viet Nam
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McNamara Rebuffs Public Questioning on Vietnam
Arthur Sylvester indicated to a UPI reporter that McNamara might be willing to speak on the record if pressed. McNamara angered committee members by declining to testify publicly with Gen Earley Wheeler, saying such discussion could harm national interest. He argued openness would aid enemies by revealing military plans and aims in Vietnam. Sylvester said McNamara expressed an opinion against a public briefing rather than outright opposition, noting no head on collision with the foreign relations committee yet.
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Sylvester
McNamara
Foreign Relations Committee
Russia open to talks with United States at Geneva talks
At the Geneva disarmament conference Russia signals willingness to negotiate with the United States despite Vietnam war tensions. Moscow aims to keep channels to Washington open while not ruling out a future pact if terms suit Moscow. No walkouts or threats reported as talks proceed.
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UPI
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United States
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Collision Damage Put At 275 In Two Car Crash
Investigating officers estimated the damage from a two car collision at North Main and the streets Friday at 275 dollars. No injuries were reported. City officers identified the drivers as Cuonme Faye Francis W7 Denison and John T Birdwell 605 Glen Oaks Rows.
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Fiaiday
Kenneth Duckworth
Cuonme Faye Francis
Denison
John T. Birdwell
Glen Oaks Rowds
Central Greece Quakes Destroy Four Villages
A sequence of strong earthquakes struck central and western Greece on Saturday. One person was killed, hundreds of houses damaged, and about 4,000 people rendered homeless. Evritania reported 30 injuries from landslides. Krentis Furna Kleistos and Vracha were deemed totally destroyed with 750 houses leveled.
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Greece
UPI
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Thessaly
Krentis
Furna
Kleistos
Vracha
FCC Warns on Treasure Hunts Affecting Licenses
Washington FCC policy statement warns broadcasters that using treasure hunts or similar contests to boost listener interest could jeopardize renewals of their radio or television licenses. The commission urged stations to follow FCC guidance to maintain license integrity.
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Washington
LBJ Faces Setbacks in Senate Battle Over Taft Hartley
Johnson faces defeat in his first congressional test of the session as a double barrel Senate showdown targets nullifying state right to work laws. Proponents have abandoned hope for repeal of section 14 B. opponents predict two failed filibusters will force Mansfield to drop the fight and move on to other business.
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UPI
Johnson
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Student burns self to death in Cebu City
A 26 year old college student in Cebu City in the central Philippines burned himself to death for unknown reasons according to the Manila Times.
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UPI
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Philippines
Manila Times
Weather forecast for Bonham area Sunday
Clouds: mostly cloudy Sunday with warmer temps and a chance of scattered drizzle. Night and Sunday remain overcast with a low in the low 40s and a high in the 50s. Bonham set a 35 degree low Saturday morning, ending 19 straight frosty mornings.
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US Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Three Die When Train Hits Amish Buggy in Wisconsin
An Amish farmer Jacob Hochstetler, 35, and his daughters Phoebe 9 and Sarah 7 died after their top buggy with curtains drawn was struck by a Green Bay and Western Railroad freight train at a crossing four miles south of Whitehall Wisconsin. Phoebe died at the scene while Sarah died later at Tri County Memorial Hospital.
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Wis
UPI
Green Bay and Western Railroad
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Here
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Tri-County Memorial Hospital
London Says LBJ to Attend Viet Nam Peace Talks
The London Evening News reports a secret effort to hold a Viet Nam peace conference in Switzerland with President Johnson representing the United States. White House and State Department deny the report while a Swiss source questions such moves and the Vatican is said to back peace efforts.
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UPI
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United States
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Medicare enrollment climbs past seventeen million
The Social Security Administration reports about 11.5 million Americans 65 or older enrolled in the new voluntary Medicare program. Commissioner Robert M. Ball said this covers more than 80 percent of the 19 million eligible, with a $3 monthly premium and a March 31 enrollment deadline. Hospital protection begins July 1 and supplementary coverage extends to doctors fees.
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UPI
Social Security Administration
Robert M. Ball
Police Use Clubs To Disperse Mobs In Berlin
About 1,500 left wing demonstrators gathered at Berlin's Steinplatz near America House to protest American policy in Vietnam. Police used clubs Saturday night to disperse the crowd as tensions surged around the Vietnam issue and UPI reported the event from West Berlin.
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An Pulivyy
Viet Nam
Moon Shots Highlight Luna 9 Progress in Soviet TV
Moscow television showed Luna 9’s surface photographs after NASA reported the craft completed its lunar research program. British scientist Sir Bernard Lovell noted the images were high quality and warned against complacency as speculation about further space activity grew.
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Four New Moon Shots Recorded at Jodrell Bank
British scientists logged four new moon photographs from Russia's Luna craft during a 63 minute session. Sir Bernard Lovell said the Tass report may mark Luna 9's end but doubted this is final as the signal strength remained strong and the spacecraft appeared to work superbly.
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Britain
Jodrell Bank Observatory
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Jodrell Bank
England
LPI
Russia
Jodiejl Bank
Jaovell
Eas
Hoax Blamed for Covering Transfer of Prisoners
A British police officialsaid reports of an Abomb plot to free jailed members of the Criton robbery gang were a smokescreen to mask the transfer of four prisoners to the maximum security prison. Alec Muir, chief of police in Durham County, described the ruse as highly successful.
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London
UPI
Alec Muir
Durham County
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