Odds and Ends from the Daily Favorite
Small items from Bonham area life include identifications in pictures with Gov. Dolph Briscoe visits to the Rayburn House, volunteer guides Billy Stephens and Mrs. Johnny Russell, and a Virginia Beach resident checking Texas weather. Also noted are the Nelsons thanking helpers after Lake Bonham fire, a cabinet toe incident, Phil Ryan’s coffee can height puzzle, Glenn Porter on Idaho swimming water, a Tulip community fire damaging sills, and Bonham schools offering free adult education classes at Area Vocational School with Monday 7 pm registration.
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Billy Stephens
Claude Stephens
Hope Goode
Gov. Dolph Briscoe
Rayburn House
Billy
Gov. Briscoe
Johnny Russell
Gov
Bonham
Ford unveils 394.3 billion budget and CIA overhaul plan
President Ford will send Congress a 394.3 billion dollar budget with proposals to aid youth elderly and middle income Americans. He meets aides to discuss broad changes in intelligence operations and seeks input from top officials including Rockefeller Kissinger Rumsfeld Levi Colby and Brown while campaign aides preview State of the Union themes focusing on local control of education and expanded tax relief for middle earners.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
CIA
Rockefeller
Henry Kissinger
Donald Rumsfeld
Edward Levi
CLA
William Colby
George Brown
Joint Chiefs of Stat
Congession
White House
Grace Marie Prather
Ford Committee
Helios 2 to probe sun closer than any craft
NASA plans Helios 2 to approach within 269 million miles of the sun on an elliptical solar orbit, measuring radiation and magnetic fields. The mission follows Helios 1 and uses a Titan Centaur rocket. A Canadian communications satellite with a powerful transmitter will follow days later.
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Washington
US. Space Agency
Mars
Helios
Board Orders Halt to Fees
The Texas State Board of Education ordered public schools to stop charging fees for extracurricular activities band uniforms and drivers education classes. The decision aligns with a prior order by Commissioner M L Brockette after Attorney General John L Hill ruled districts could not charge fees for certain courses and equipment. Several districts warned the ruling would strain school budgets.
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Austin
Tex
State Board of Education
Texas Public Schools
Ralph Langley
North East Independent School District
San Antonio
Commissioner of Education
M.L. Brockette
Brockette
John L. Hill
Texas citrus escape damaging cold in Rio Grande Valley
Agriculture Commissioner John White says Texas citrus escaped the damaging low temperatures forecast for the Lower Rio Grande Valley Friday morning, indicating minimal frost impact on crops in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
UPI
John White
Texas
Rio Grande
Budget to Be Submitted for City Commission Meeting
The fiscal year budget prepared by City Manager Dan Muze will be submitted at the 7 p.m. council meeting in City Hall. The city charter governs January first approval with final consent after the city election. The panel may seek a 150000 community development grant and review the Texas Highway Department’s 1980 urban realignment. Other items include changes to the 1975 REI and substandard housing plans with public hearings.
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City Commission
Dan Muze
Bonham
Texas Highway Department
Commission
Moody Foundation Grants $25000 to Bonham Library Project
The Moody Foundation of Galveston awards $25000 to Bonham Public Library construction funds with condition to set building contracts by November 1976. The project aims for a 5000 square foot building near city hall, capacity 22000 volumes and a 75 seat meeting room. Additional funding efforts seek $59909 more to start construction.
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Moody Foundation of
Galveston
Bonham Public Library
Homer Jones
Library Board of Directors
Edward L. Protz
Moody Foundation
Jones
Bonham Library
City Hall
Library Board
Bonham
Moody
Library Fund
Udell Brown
Ford to centralize control of U S spy agencies reforms
White House plans to overhaul the U S intelligence network moving to end old boy networks and create clear lines of authority. A secret binder in the Oval Office outlines reforms to reduce temporary committees and place operations under White House oversight. Congress and the press are credited with exposing abuses and Ford aims to prevent another Pearl Harbor while keeping intelligence legal and ethical.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Ford
White House
America
Office of Strategic Services
U.S
Soviet Rejects Japan Bid on Four Islands
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko rejected Japan’s demand to return four island territories and suggested a neighborly cooperation treaty instead. He criticized Japan’s China friendship plan and noted the talks yielded only Japan’s 32 fishermen released from Siberian jails.
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Tokyo
Andrei Gromyko
Japan
Friends
Uip
China
Gromyko
Kuichi Miyazawa
Siberian
Miyazawa
Soviet Union
New Front Brings Cooler Weather to Bonham Area
The National Weather Service forecasts a cold front for Sunday in the Bonham region bringing cooler temperatures. Sunday morning lows near the 30s and highs in the 50s are expected with fair skies and some clouds, while winds shift from south to north.
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Bonham
National Weather Service
Fannin County Court to Open Bids and Discuss Salaries
The Fannin County Commissioners Court will meet Monday at 10 am to set salaries for employees and officials for the new year. Items include a Bonham Fire Department request for $100 per run, a report on the Child Welfare Committee, charity care costs for the hospital, and funds for the sheriff's department car upgrades. The court will also consider changing county court dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannin County Commissioners’ Court
Bonham Fire Department
Wayne Richardson
Fannin Coun
Ty Hospital
H. D. Swann
Fannin County Historical Survey Committee
Sheriff's Department
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Odds and Ends
Ruth Jordan
Virginia Beach
Fae Jones
Virginia
Randell
Janis Nelson
Lake Bonham
Nelsons
Loreta Hodge
Phil Ryan
Glenn Porter
Soda Springs
Idaho
Tommy
Tommy Keeton
Tulip
Bedford
Jim King
Betty
Moon
Moody Grant
Houston Endowment
Stemmons Foundation
Russia
Waters
Takeo Miki
Asia
Panhandle
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