Bonham Local Notes and Community Updates
City officer Mike Bankston reports a skunk escaped a Sack during a door check at the Steak Out. The Dr Jamesons seek a wandering long-haired cat last seen Thursday. Lions club meeting with Frank Sherman set for noon in Fountain Room. Arbor Day urged in Texas with shade tree plantings. Bicentennial plans see New York abolish the Office of State History to save money.
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Ray Ashlock
Frank
Lions
Fountain
First National Bank
Leo Club
Texas
Bonham approves city budget with 10 percent raises
The Bonham city commission on first reading approved a budget of 896,540 with salary increases of 10 percent for all city employees and departmental adjustments after individual reviews. Revenue is estimated at 898,050. taxes and utility rates remain unchanged.
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Bonham City Commission
Bob Williams
Williams
City Commission
Dan Moe
PLO Participates in UN Security Council Debate
The PLO joins a UN Security Council debate on the Middle East with limited privileges, provoking U S objections. The vote was 11 to 1 with Britain France and Italy abstaining. Israel boycotts the session amid security bomb threats near the UN library and Iraqi mission.
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UN Security Council
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PLO
Britain
France
Italy
Farouk Kaddoum
Palestine
Israel
Chaim Herzog
U.N Library
Cooler Weather Forecast for Bonham Wednesday
The National Weather Service predicts cooler air arriving in Bonham on Wednesday as a light cool front drops temperatures under clear skies. Wednesday morning will see near freezing to the upper 20s with a high in the low 50s after, and Monday produced a low in the 50s with a 60s afternoon. Winds shifted from south to west, and fog and light mist dampened streets this morning.
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Bonham
National Weather Service
Northeast Sees Snowstorm Freeze Region Amid Fatalities
A heavy blizzard swept New England and nearby states, closing schools and airports as up to twelve inches fell in places like Springfield Vermont and Boston. The storm claimed three lives including Walter Potasky in Easthampton and Antonio Barrows and Kevin Ross in Scituate after ice breaks. Local transit crews worked overnight to clear arteries as Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority offered $3 an hour for snow shoveling.
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France offers gifts for U S bicentennial celebration
France unveiled a $4 million package for the U S bicentennial starting with an $800,000 Light and Sound spectacle to be opened by President Giscard dEstaing at Mount Vernon in May. The program includes 40 naval friendship calls, cultural exchanges, traveling exhibits on the Revolution, and a French bicentennial champagne. French ambassador Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet said the aim is broad public involvement across states and people to deepen Franco American ties.
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Philadelphia
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
George Washington
Mount Vernon
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Union
Officers Told Of Escape by Radio Newsman
Winter Haven Florida police learned of a jail escape from a radio newsman who was tipped by a cellmate. Police Chief Hamp Rogers said the incident showed negligence and embarrassment. Four prisoners reportedly escaped from a cell used for prisoners in transit after a Palm Beach station caller claimed the escape.
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Fla
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Rogers
Palm Beach
Fannin County approves wage hike for sheriff county workers
County commissioners set salaries for 1976 raising most by about 25 dollars monthly and adding new scales for deputies and officials. Total yearly cost expected at around 25000 with specific raises for county judge commissioners clerk auditor attorney and others and new jail and juvenile officer pay scales.
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Juvenille
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County Health Office
Harold Ashlock Motors
Sheriff's Department
Steen Ford
Mercury Inc
Ray Murphy Chevrolet
Water Woes Threaten Anna Texas as Delays Mount
Anna Texas, with 1 000 residents, faces a drought crisis after its single well ran dry nine months ago and a nearby pump failed last week. The town relies on a rural system but lacks reserves, forcing shutdowns including the Washeteria. FHA review and state approval delay a hoped May well drilling.
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Washeteria
Powell
Washeterias
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