Bonham Planned Disaster Drill to Test VA Center Plans
Bonham residents will witness a Wednesday disaster drill simulating a gasoline truck crash at the American Theatre. VA Center emergency teams with county city and funeral ambulance units will treat eight student casualties and transport them to the VA Center hospital for care. The exercise aims to test readiness for tornado fire explosion atomic scenarios and other emergencies, with the public urged to watch from a safe distance.
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Bea Line explains 21 gun salute origin for presidents
Mrs. Bea Spence of Wagoner Oklahoma answers why a 21 gun salute is fired for presidents. She recounts a 1776 anecdote about Francis Hopkinson of New Jersey, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, who proposed 21 shots and prompted congressional approval.
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1969s Biggest Battle of ie Silt 320 Reds Are Killed
South Vietnamese troops claimed 320 Communists killed in Pleiku as Rangers pressed the highlands fight with air strikes and artillery. The battle coincided with Dak To turnover and broader operations from Batangan to the Mekong Delta, with U.S. losses light and 51 Rangers wounded.
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Reader's Digest Flag Calendar Slogan Push in February Issue
Reader's Digest distributes a 3x5 inch flag decal in 16 million February copies for window display in homes, autos, or businesses. It advises clean surfaces and no wrinkles for sticking. The column recalls weather lore about warm spells predicting colder, snowy spells to follow.
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Roy Bean Visitor Center Opens at Langtry
The Roy Bean Visitor Center opens at Langtry featuring Judge Roy Bean’s court building and the Jersey Lilly Saloon. A large cactus garden awaits guests as part of Texas Highway Department tourist spots. The Texas Chamber of Commerce merchandising school Feb 10 13 sponsorship info available.
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Parker's Wrong Way Lesson From Salt Truck Crash
Albert Parker 64, a state highway department truck driver, was en route to spread salt on Cincinnati streets when his vehicle skidded on a slick road and overturned on Wilmer Ave. Four tons of de-icer spilled. Parker suffered only minor injuries.
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Grass Fire Responders Quell North Center Street Blaze
Firemen answered an alarm Monday to extinguish a grass fire in the 2000 block of North Center street. No damage was reported.
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Bonham Clergy Study Coordinated Welfare Council
Bonham pastors and representatives from city county Salvation Army and Department of Public Welfare discussed forming a general welfare council to coordinate independent relief programs. Rev. John Black named planning chairman with a meeting planned to study council makeup and broader agency participation.
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Assembly OKs condemnation of taco stand blocking Capitol progress
The Nevada Assembly unanimously passed a measure Monday to grant the Planning Board power to condemn a taco stand blocking construction of the legislative building. The stand is the sole remaining parcel in the Capitol complex not owned by the state.
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Light damage after two cars collision at West Sam Rayburn and Beech
Monday afternoon crash at the West Sam Rayburn and Beech streets intersection left light property damage. Police identified drivers as Barney Ray Walker and Eva Mae Spoon. Walker's car damage estimated at about 50 dollars.
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Bucher Aims to Clear Name and Command Navy Vessel
Pueblo commander Lloyd M. Bucher seeks to clear his name after the Pueblo seizure by North Korea and to regain a Navy command. His attorney says Bucher is not a scapegoat and is getting a fair Navy court of inquiry with testimony from Rear Adm. Frank L. Johnson and others. Bucher hopes to command again.
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Barnes to Name Senate Committee Chairs in Dallas Move
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes planned to announce committee appointments before the senate session or trip today. He pledged rewards for moderates and liberals who backed Monday’s rules reforms to make the senate more democratic.
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Allies map push to reactivate DMZ in Vietnam talks
In Paris American and South Vietnamese negotiators enter strategy sessions ahead of Thursday's plenary. Lodge and allied envoys press for DMZ reactivation, mutual withdrawal of forces, and prisoner exchanges as Hanoi and Viet Cong signals are awaited.
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Iraq Hangs 14 Men as Israel Vows Blood Revenge
Iraq defends as a necessary measure its execution of 14 men including nine Jews on spying charges. Israel’s Levi Eshkol vows retaliation while world reactions range from shock to calls for peace efforts under U S envoy Jarring.
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Christmas Homecoming for Marine's Vietnamese Orphan Adopted Sister
In Dallas, the Bollman family awaits Marine Lance Corporal Jerry Bollman and 7-year-old Mai Ly, an orphan he found after Da Nang’s Tet offensive, to join them for a first Christmas together. Mai Ly will become their sixth child though legally she remains his sister. The family recounts gifts under the tree and plans for Mai Ly to adjust with 9-year-old Richard teaching her play, while Jerry’s mother notes Mai Ly signs letters and hopes for English schooling.
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Airliner Hijacked to Cuba From Los Angeles to Havana
A National Airlines DC8 with 25 passengers and seven crew was hijacked after takeoff from New Orleans and redirected to Havana Cuba. The flight from Los Angeles with 32 aboard had stops in Houston and New Orleans when two gunmen seized control and ordered the plane to Cuba. Officials reported this was the 10th hijacking of the year.
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New Cold Front Moves Into Texas
A cold front spreads south from the Texas Panhandle forecast to cover most of the state by Wednesday. The eastern half sees cloud cover and fog along the upper Gulf Coast while the west remains clearer. Panhandle temps fall into the 20s and 30s as the front passes.
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