Local events listed for Bonham and Fannin County residents
Bonham area events include a Leonard seniors domino tournament at 7 30 p m in the Leonard high gym, a Sam Rayburn high school junior class country and western program Saturday at 7 30 p m, and a Windom Athletic Club western country music program Friday with hot dogs served from 6 45 p m. Also notes about weather effects, a fencing class ploy, school trustee filing deadline March 2, and a car brake incident near Batley Inglish.
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Fanmin County
Leonard
Leonard High
Sam Rayburn High School
Windom Athletic Club
Barrett Announces Run for Texas Legislature
Barrett who has served in the Texas Legislature on three prior occasions announces another candidacy. He lives in Trenton and previously served in the 7th 38th and 43rd Legislatures. He plans a strong campaign in Fannin Hunt and Rating counties for the legislative post.
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Trenton
Fannin Hunt
Northeast Snow Buries Cities Forces Closures
A foot of snow swept the Northeast in the winter’s heaviest storm. Drifts rose to several feet as schools closed and thousands of commuters were delayed. Newark Airport closed after a 10 inch snowfall and many New Jersey counties halted classes.
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United Press International
Newark
New Jersey
City of
Cornerstone rites mark renovated Fannin courthouse
The Ilam ceremony placed a copper box with 150 instruments in the cornerstone of the rebuilt Fannin County courthouse. Officials led by County Judge Choice Moore praised past officials and historic milestones from 1838 to 1965, while a National Guard Color Guard saluted and students observed.
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Fannin County
Jacob Black
Red River
Moore
Vue Morrow
Lee Cleveland Cuker
Duncan
Oklo
Ed Gorum
Clyde Herring
National Guard Color Guard
Viet Cong Defector Leads 276 to Refuge Center
Nguyen Sac 27 led 276 villagers from Huong Tho to Tu Hiep refugee village under Marine guard. Marines treated 624 refugees that day. Reports also note heavy fighting near the North Viet Nam border with B52 bombing and Viet Cong attacks around Trieu Phong and Phu Bai. TNT found at an interrogation center in Can Tho.
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Huong Tho
Jonas M. Platt
Platt
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Sac
Tu Hiep
Viet Nam
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Quang Tri
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Phu Bai
Strategic Air Command
Leatherneck
Mekong
Can Tho
Bonham Area Forecast Warm Trend With Light Rain
The US Weather Bureau predicts light rain for Bonham this Saturday with a slight warming trend. Overnight low around 30 degrees and increasing cloudiness tonight as temperatures rise from the freezing range. The five day outlook calls for near normal temps across North Texas and a slow warm up before a cooler spell early next week with expected rain totals of a quarter to three quarters of an inch.
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Bonham
Teaus
Medal of Honor I Presented for Vietnam Heroism
President Johnson awarded the second Medal of Honor of the Vietnam War to Staff Sgt Larry Pierce who threw himself on a grenade to save his men. The ceremony honored Pierce posthumously for actions near Vietnam with his widow receiving the medal in Washington. Pierce was 24 and from Wasco California.
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Brandt
Lyndon B. Johnson
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
New York
County to judge entries locally for Texas Community Improve ment contest
Agri-Business committee and club chairmen adopt a new system to select county entries for district judging of the Texas Community Improvement contest. Divisions cover communities by participation years with limits on submitted books and local judging decisions guiding district selections.
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Fanmin County
Agri-Business Committee
Agti
Fannin County
Gober
Wayne Cranfill
Texas Power and Light Company
W. L. Barnett
Draft Call Cut in March as Enlistments Rise
Washington reports the Defense Department slashed the March draft by 10,900 to 22,400 due to rising voluntary enlistments. The March quota is the lowest since last August and well below earlier large calls, as the Pentagon notes a continued favorable enlistment trend.
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Army
Yael Nam
Pentagon
Morse denounces tear gas use in Vietnam and funding bill
Senator Wayne Morse charges the United States violates international war rules by dropping tear gas on Viet Cong in Vietnam. He criticizes President Johnson's 4.8 billion Vietnam aid bill as an unchecked land war, arguing the policy ignores Senate assurances and SEATO pressures. The House backed 415 million in supplemental aid by 350 to 27.
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UPI
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
United States
Viet Nam
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Asia
Congress
Foreign Relations Committee
Morse
Dean Rusk
SEATO
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
John Foster Dulles
House
Defense rests in Mossler murder trial in Miami
The Mossler case ends its sixth week as defense rests after a motion to strike a key state witness who claimed Melvin Lane Powers offered money to murder Jacques Mossler. The all male jury heard 38 defense witnesses and 70 by the state.
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UPI
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Mulion
Melvin Lane Powers
Jacques Mossler
Powers
Blonde Canclave Musgsler
Mosster
Vauh
Bonham Banks Set Saturday Closing March 12
Bonham State Bank and First National Bank announce a new schedule extending Friday hours and closing Saturdays starting March 12. The banks will open 9 am to 2 pm Monday to Friday, then from 4 pm to 7 pm on Friday for weekend service, with several holidays observed officially during the year.
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Bonham State Bank
First National Bank
Mina
Wing F.cnd
Bunhin
Soviets Seek Peace Line but Stand Pat on Talks
Moscow signals desire to keep a communication channel open with the West but shows no inclination to major negotiations while the Vietnam War continues. After talks with Harold Wilson, Premier Kosygin emphasized limited moves, stressing no sign of access to nuclear weapons and ongoing American and British pressure for a Southeast Asia policy.
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Fire destroys farm home in Kentucky
Firefighters from Bonham battled a blaze at a rural Kentucky farm home of Mr and Mrs Melvin Littrell near Ivanhoe Friday morning. The home was destroyed before fire crews could save it while Mrs Littrell and two young children were inside at the time.
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Bonham
Jittrell
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Littrell
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