10 Feb 1966
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1966
Page
1
Cotton Ford seeks old fish nets for track use in pole vault and high jump pits. Fannin Dell Young Homemakers sponsor Western jamboree at 8 pm Saturday with an oat barbecue ride to Ladonta. J M Watson brings in a 7 lb 13 oz turnip 27 inch circ with a smaller 4 lb 7 oz pair.
A large bucket is filled under a downspout in the 500 block of North Main as brief showers pass by Tuesday afternoon. Rainwater collection occurs during the intermittent showers.
Mrs k Edith Craven of Gainesville reports that Pecan Creek running out of bank disrupts her travel to work. She tells her parents Mr and Mrs Ruel Mize that the rising water does not affect her at home but adds several minutes to her Wednesday morning trip.
Tom Allison advised motorists that the banquet at Lake Fannin will begin at 7 pm and roads are expected to be fine. He recommended entering the park via Suplex and offered to assist vehicles stuck in mud with a tractor and chain while urging careful driving and avoiding unnecessary chances.
A framed garage wall sign in Seattle Washington proclaims Autopsies perform ed on all dead motors. The quirky phrase captures local humor about car repair and maintenance.
The liberation press agency in Saigon demanded the release of all accused terrorists held by the South Vietnamese government. The statement, without a specific threat, asserted that the United States and its allies in Saigon should stand trial before the people's court.
The Bonham Daily Favorite invites readers to send questions to County Farm Agent Wayne Cranfur for his weekly Down the Lawn and Garden Path column. He plans to discuss insect and disease control pruning fertilizing varieties and related topics so others with the same problems can benefit.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey arrived in Saigon pledging a vigorous war on social and economic ills in Viet Nam. He stressed he is here as a representative of the Great Society while security and a grand welcome marked the visit amid Vietnam’s political and military tensions.
A U S Army 1st Cavalry Division trooper wearing a gas mask moves cautiously through a gas filled village in the An Loa valley, a VC stronghold. Marines and allied forces sweep the area but encounter only civilians including old men women and children.
Reported this week an elite US Special Forces unit suffered heavy losses in An Lao Valley with at least 22 members killed or captured. Only two survivors remained from three teams of Project Delta attached troops, one wounded and hospitalized in the Philippines. Beckwith of Atlanta, a survivor, earned hero status last November during a Communist assault on a Camp Me outpost in the Central Highlands.
President Johnson proposed a worldwide war on hunger centered on maximizing U S farm capacity and self help by developing nations. He urged a shift from surplus shipments to Food for Freedom, expanding aid to build overseas cash markets for American farm products.
A UPI report cites a study showing western states including New Mexico will triple their electricity requirement by 1980. Sen Clinton Anderson notes scarce hydroelectric sources complicating supply and points to coal as best near term option, with oil and nuclear sharing load.
Cotton farmers in Fannin County will gather Monday at 7 p.m. in the Gober High School auditorium for a county wide production meeting. Speakers from Texas A M University will discuss weed control and cotton insect control with a question and answer period to follow.
Congressman Ray Roberts assured Gober residents the post office will stay open. He said the postmaster general rescinded the closing order and an examination will be held soon to choose a postmaster. Mrs Clarence Nelson serves as acting postmaster as the effort to preserve the office succeeds.
Four accidents were reported Thursday morning by city officers. A Souis-Roebuck delivery truck driven by Harry Glen Scoggins struck a Black Angus on FM 123 three miles east of Bauey. damage $780. Three city-accidents near West 10th and Evans, West 9th and Star, and Last Sam Rayburn Drive involved Henry Lee Mann Homer L Hildinger Myrtle Lee Lackey Forrest T Coonrod Albert C Parker and Glenn Spencer’s parked car.
Deputy Sheriff H R Van Zandt said burglars broke into the Browning cafe in Trenton by crawling through a vent fan. They opened a cigarette vending machine a juke box and a pool table rack to steal about 40 dollars.
Bonham area sees clear skies after over two inches of rain measured Tuesday and Wednesday. Forecast calls for fair skies and cooler winds tonight with increasing clouds and cooler Friday. Rainfall over the two days totals about 2.23 inches, nearly double January’s total. Farmers welcome the moisture easing ground and starting tanks. County weather briefly unsettled with gusty winds.
A three judge federal panel ruled the Texas poll tax unconstitutional and not seriously discriminatory. The decision bans denying voting rights over tax payment and could affect the upcoming elections if appeals fail. Secretary of State Crawford Martin urged a special session to write a new registration law. Governor Connally had not yet commented.
Renewed antiAmerican riots in Santo Domingo left a police officer dead amid sniper fire and arson. Reports describe gun battles across downtown, a mob burning a officer, and protests by leftist unions and students. The government promised an official investigation as streets remained volatile.
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