Holiday slog ends as 1976 begins in Bonham area
Local workers lament holiday fatigue and switch to 1976 writing. Historical markers for First United Methodist Church and Constan tine Lodge No 13 AF AM set for Sunday ceremonies. Gov Dolph Briscoe to attend Tate Sam Rayburn events, with open houses at Sam Rayburn Library and House. Bonham and Fannin schools resume after the break. Weather and police reports note showers and deer-hunting conditions. County tax officer comments on busy year-end payments.
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Dolph Briscoe
Bonham
Tate
Sam Rayburn
Ford to Address Farm Bureau Convention in St Louis
President Ford will fly to St Louis Monday to speak to 5,000 Farm Bureau members at Kiel Auditorium and host a closed Q A with news executives from the Middle Western states. He will be joined by Agriculture Secretary Butz and end with a press session for about 25 newspaper executives from Missouri Iowa Kansas and southern Illinois.
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Washington
UPL
Ford
St Loui
American Farm Bureau National Convention
Middle Western States
Farm Bureau
Kiel Auditorium
Agriculture
Karl Butz
St. Louis
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Illinois
Two Historical Markers to Be Dedicated in Bonham Sunday
Two markers will be dedicated in Bonham on Sunday with ceremonies starting at 1 PM. The First United Methodist Church marker at 300 West Faghth will feature Bishop Wo Mekerrin of the North Texas Conference as speaker and retirement of the church indebtedness. At 2 PM the Constantine Lodge No 13 AF and AM marker dedication will be held at the Bonham cafeteria with Grand Master Thomas Yantis of Brownwood as speaker.
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First United Methodist Church
Constantine Lodge No 13
AF & AM
Masonic Lodge
Bonhi
Grand Lodge of Texas
Bonham
Methodist Church
Fannin County Historical Survey Committee
West Faghth
Wo Mekerrin
North Texas
Bob Bush
Thomas Yantis
Brownwood
Dedication of Constantine Lodge Marker Hosted by Masons
Master Masons from the North Texas area are invited as special guests for the dedication of a marker for Constantine Lodge. A reception by the Order of the Eastern Star will follow. The marker will be placed at the Lodge Hall site at Sam Hayburn Drive and North Center Street when weather allows. Mrs Harry Swann, chair of the Fannin County Historical Survey Committee, will present the markers to the First United Methodist Church and the Masome lodge.
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Order of the Eastern Star
Constantine Lodge
Sam Hayburn
North Center Street
Harry Swann
Fannin County
Three Traffic Deaths Reported in Fannin County 1975
State Trooper Bob Ridley reports Fannin County logged three traffic deaths in 1975 and investigated 196 accidents with 68 injuries. Arrests totaled 2 924 including 116 for driving while intoxicated. counts show declines from 1973 and 1974 totals.
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Fannin County
Bob Ridley
Department of Public Safety
Leonard
Trenton
DPS
Ridley
U S Women Meet Chinese Leaders in Peking
In Peking Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao ping and Li Suewen hosted 11 U S congresswomen led by Rep Margaret Heckler and Patsy Mink. The delegation visited China at the government's invitation, marking the first such American group since President Ford's December trip.
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Teng Hsiao-ping
Peking
New China News Agency
Teng
Li Suewen
National People’s Congress Standing Committee
Congress
China
Margaret Heckler
Mass
Patsy Mink
D-Hawaii
Ford
Major Winter Storm Slams Wide Region With Heavy Snow
A major winter storm paralyzed southeastern Wyoming and western Nebraska with record snows and moved into the Upper Midwest and Dakotas. Airports faced visibility problems while roads and highways saw closures and drifting snow across Colorado Nebraska Iowa Michigan and Wisconsin.
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Wyoming
Nebraska
Upper
Midwest
Atlanta
Hartsfield — International Airport
Wyoming Highway Patrol
Cheyenne
Cadron
Neb
Dakotas
Minnesota
Michigans
Upper Peninsula
Willmar
Duluth
Redwood Falls
Minn
Huron
National Weather Service
Michigan
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Candidates Pick Up Their Checks
A Treasury handout marked the first direct taxpayer subsidies for presidential campaigns as six candidates collected checks totaling about 1.88 million for 11 contenders. Among attendees were Bentsen, Jackson, Bayh, Udall, Sanford and Reagan, with Bentsen receiving 492,030 and Sanford 214,050. others got 100,000 each.
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Treasury
Ford
Jim Neeley
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Henry Jackson
Washington
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Morris Udall
Anzona
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Ronald Reagan
Neeley
Bentsen
Sanford
Grass Fire Traced to Early Morning Blaze
Firemen were called to Randolph shortly before seven o clock to extinguish a grass fire. The blaze burned about ten acres before being brought under control.
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Randolph
Offshore Acreage To Be Leased For Offshore Drilling
The government plans to lease about 1.2 million acres off Massachusetts coast for oil and gas drilling with potential reductions in New Jersey acreage after environmental complaints. A draft environmental impact statement will guide the final leasing decisions, with public hearings planned and a later presidential review.
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Washington
UPI
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Interior Department
Toms River
Department
Bureau of Land Management
Georges Bank Trough
Nantucket Island
President's Council On Environmental Quality
FTC probes promotion of individual retirement accounts
The FTC opened an investigation into advertising and promotion of IRA plans for about 40 million Americans not covered by pensions. It follows a House subcommittee warning that year end promotions pushed potentially misleading advertising and urged full information on penalties, limits, and return rates under the Pension Reform Act of 1974.
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Washington
UPL
Federal Trade Commission Today
House
Jr. Pickle
D-Tex
New Year Quakes Hit California Greece and Pacific Regions
Multiple tremors marked New Year 1976 with a 4.2 Richter quake near West Covina and disruption from Los Angeles to San Bernardino. In Greece a 4.75 quake destroyed 103 homes and damaged 300. a 6.8 tremor was recorded near the New Hebrides area in the South Pacific.
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Los Angeles
UPL
California
Greece
South Pacific
Orange County
Los Angeles County
San Bernardino
Riverside Counties
Caltech Seismological Laboratory
West Covina
University of California Seismological Laboratory
Berkeley
New Hebrides Islands
Hawaii
Honolulu Observatory
Kermadec Islands
New Hebrides
Pope Paul VI plans no rest after Holy Year
Vatican spokesman says Pope Paul VI will not take a rest period after the Holy Year. He continues his normal daily activities and receives aides to handle Church affairs backlogged by the Holy Year schedule. Cardinal Jean Villot delivered him the first copy of the 1976 Vatican Yearbook.
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Vatican City
UPD
Paul VI
Vatican
Federico Alessandrini
Alessandrini
Holy Father
Tus
Jean Villot
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