Bonham State Re Elects Arledge New Head of First National
Bonham state bank re organized its leadership at the annual meeting Tuesday. John F. Arledge moved to the presidency of the First National Bank after 60 years with Dick Saunders. David A. McMahon Sr became board chairman succeeding Bland Smith. Roby Windham advanced to executive vice president and Jim A. Wiggins to assistant vice president. John Armstrong joined the board replacing Roy Owens who retired but remains with the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Arledge
David A. McMahon, Sr
First National Bank
Arledge
Dick Saunders
McMahon
Bland Smith
Roby Windham
Jim A. Wiggins
Bonham State Bank
John Armstrong
Armstrong
Bank
Commerce
Roy Owens
Bonham State
C. B. Bryant
Clyde Crittenden
R. B. Nunnelee
Owens
Eugene Risser, Jr
Edward Southerland
Joe R. West
B. J. Williams
Bonham State Board
Nunnelee
Bryant
Williams
Howard Smith
Audra Brock
First National Bank Stockyolders
L. C. Ripgers
Udell Brown
John A. Meade
Tom Scott
Windjam
H. A. Buron
Suster Cole
Joe Denton
Frank Doss
Martin Hassell
David A. McMahon
Ray Peeler
John B. Saunders
W. E. McMahon
Gene Danner
Windham
Wiggins
Hassell
Lyndell Purdy
Elizabeth May
Betty Tarpley
Saunders
Smith
C Collection
First National
Bonham
Bonham Chamber of Commerce
Bonham _ Industrial foundation board
Bonham Golf Club
Bonham Municipal Water Authority Board
Timber Creek Lake
First Christian Church
Cleburne
Bonham Industrial Foundation
Bonham Lions Club
Bonham Development Council
Friday the 13th and Local News Bits from Monkstown
A jumble of small town items notes keys found and brought to the favorite office, postal rate changes starting January 15, a New Year’s Eve sing in Monkstown, and FFA show details in the high school auditorium with Ruby Allmond and The Goldtones. Also quirky quotes and local anecdotes accompany brief illness and social notes.
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Leonard Future Farmers
Ruby Allmond
Bailey
The
Goldtones
Loretta Black
Bob Stewman
Tranquiliers
Old Maids
FFA
Relay Satellite Launched Today
A substitute for the crippled Lani Bird satellite entered orbit from Cape Kennedy racing toward a full time North America to Far East link. If the final orbital shift succeeds, it will relay telephone and television 24 hours daily between Australia, Japan, Hawai i and the mainland after reaching the Pacific outpost in three or four days.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
North America
Far East
Pacific
Space Agency
Space Switchboard
Australia
Japan
Hawai
Uss
Thompson arrives in Moscow carrying Johnson message
UPI reports new U S ambassador Llewellyn Thompson landed in Moscow with a Johnson administration message for the Soviet government. He declined to reveal contents while expressing optimism for improving U S Soviet relations amid a North Vietnam bombing pause and current tensions.
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Moscow
UPI
Llewellyn Thompson
U S
Soviet Union
Johnson
State of the Union
Kremlin
Thompson
State Department
United States
North Vietnam
Roy D Kohler
Washington
U.S
Bonham Weather Sees Little Change Through Friday
The U S Weather Bureau expects clear skies warm days and cool nights in the Bonham area through Friday. Overnight lows may drop below freezing while afternoon highs reach the upper 50s to low 60s. Temperatures overall stay near normal with little rain expected though light showers may reach south North Central Texas. Bonham recorded a low in the low 20s and sub freezing readings are forecast Thursday morning. A large high pressure system keeps the nation under clear and cool skies.
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Bonham
U. S
Johnson seeks 6 percent tax hike to fund Vietnam war
President Johnson urges a 6 percent surcharge on individuals and corporations to pay soaring Vietnam war costs while pressing to expand the Great Society at home. He faces a tougher Congress and Republican pushback after a somber State of the Union address. Johnson notes progress at home but warns of continued war burdens.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Great Society
Despitte
Vietnam
Congress
House
Senate
Gerald R. Ford
Everett M. Dirksen
Ford
Soviet Union
Dirksen
Len Russell B. Long
Senate Finance Committee
Grass fires keep Bonham firemen on run
Three grass fires kept Bonham firemen busy around 1 p.m. Tuesday with runs to the Oakland community and on the ola ctor pike. The Oakland blaze destroyed three small barns and burned a large pasture.
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Bonham
Oakland
Poplar
Olactor Pike
B52 strikes unveil Viet Cong bases near Saigon
U S B52 bombers attacked less than a mile from American troops in the Iron Triangle 27 miles north of Saigon uncovering five Viet Cong base camps in the Thang Dien forest. The operation Cedar Falls aimed to clear a 60 square mile jungle stronghold with 16 000 American troops advancing behind bulldozers and armored spearheads.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Mekong
North Vietnam
UPI
Tom Corpora
Thang Dien Forest
Corpora
Cedar Falls
Congress Shocked By Tax Proposal
Washington lawmakers react in surprise to President Johnson’s plan for a 6 percent tax hike on corporate and personal taxes for two years as they debateCuts to domestic outlays and a balanced budget. Senate and House leaders spar over the approach while Democrats weigh Senate support.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Johnson
House
Richard B. Russell
Dgu
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Secretaries Enjoy Christmas Taffy Kisses at Nelson Office
Barbara Dewoody and Kay Newton secretaries in the office of Supt. M. B. Nelson still enjoy a box of taffy kisses received for Christmas along with their friends.
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Barbara Dewoody
Kay Newton
Supt. M. B. Nelson
SR7 Super Spy plane damaged in wet runway test at Edwards AFB
A 2000 mph SR7 prototype suffered landing gear failure during a wet runway test at Edwards AFB. Civilian test pilot Art Peterson escaped injury. The aircraft's damage extent was not disclosed. The prior week another SR7 crashed near Las Vegas. the pilot Walter Ray, 33, was found dead.
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Edwards Afb
Calif
Las Vegas
Ney
Walter Ray
Canoga Park
Chapter to Be Organized at First Presbyterian Church
A Bonhim chapter of the Order of the Arrow will be organized in a meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in the education building of the First Presbyterian church. All Scouts Explorers and adult leaders are invited. Jimmy Collins will preside. officers will be elected and a year program discussed.
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Order of the Arrow
First Presbyterian Church
Jimmy Collins
Directors Seek Tax Add On County Roll
The Caney Creek Watershed directory requested the county tax be added to the county roll. County tax collector Henry Joe Fletcher announced the commissioners' court gave unanimous approval. Commissioner Robert Bellows moved the grant and Commissioner John Avery seconded. Fletcher said the tax would be added as approved.
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Caney Creek
Henry Joe Fletcher
Commissioners’ Court
Robert Bellows
John Avery
Fletcher
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Lowell Shuler
Monkstown
Ethalmore Adams
Wayden Fletcher
Polly Gilbreath
Pete Holman
Martha Cooper
Freida Simpson
John Arledge
Labor and Commerce Departments
Department of Business and Labor
Commie
Communist Triangle
Beth St. John
Michael Limni
Tillson
N. Y
Ulster County Welfare Commission
Joseph Fitzsimmons
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