Old Chimney Painting and Local Happenings in Bonham
The Chester Herrings display a painting of an old chimney by 11 year old Scott Coney of Pasadena, created from a color slide borrowed by the grandson. The Savoy FHA hosts an ice cream supper at the school on Sunday July 20 to fund future projects. Residents note yard activity, a damaged awning replaced, frog and woodpecker sounds, and local outings including Lake Bonham and New Hope Homecoming with Rev. Cates. A Bonham item about Dusty the prolific cat from Avon Lake, Ohio is also noted.
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Chester Herrings
East Evans
Mineral Wells
Scott Coney
Jamie Coney
Pasadena
Herrings
Chester
Savoy Future Homemakers of America
Cindy Bankston
Bonham
Texas
Jerry Avery
Moore Road
Apt
Avon Lake
Ohio
Jerry
Guinness Book of World New
Dusty
Hes
Katten
Walker
South Bonham
Apollo and Soyuz In Orbit As Historic Docking Quest Begins
Cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov launched from Baikonur in Soyuz 19 with a United Nations flag aboard, orbiting Earth as Apollo crew Thomas Stafford Vance Brand and Donald Slayton prepare for their own launch from Cape Canaveral. Presidents, ambassadors, and millions watched the moment, signaling a landmark cooperative space mission. The two crews plan to meet in orbit, docking over Germany before exchanging gifts and conducting joint experiments.
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United Nations
Alexei Leonov
Valeri Kubasov
America
Thomas Stafford
Vance Brand
Donald ‘Deke’ Slayton
Leonov
Ford
State Department
Washington
Florida Oceanside Spaceport
Soyuz
Kubasov
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Tyuratam
Aral Sea
Sputnik
U. S
Walter J. Stoessel Jr
Cosmodrome
Anatoly Dobrynin
Florida
Russia
Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
Stafford
Brand
Slayton
Mercury
Siberian
Karaganda
Apollo
Pacific Ocean
Weather note shows low 70s in Fahrenheit
A fragment reports a minimum temperature in the low seventies Fahrenheit. No additional weather details or locations are provided.
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Farhenhett
Fire destroys car of Gene Denton on FM 1753
Early Sunday a car owned by Gene Denton of Ector was destroyed by fire on FM 1753 after he ran off the highway and sought help. Capt Ray Sherer of the fire department said the vehicle burned without further involvement.
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Gene Denton
Ector
Ray Sherer
Denton
Mental Health Program Continued In Fannin County
County commissioners approved another year of funding for the Texoma Regional Mental Health and Mental Retardation center and kept the tax rate at 95 cents per $100. The assessed value was raised from 25 to 35 percent of actual value. Center director Jim Snowden outlined 155 county enrollees since Sept and a work training opening with seven participants.
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Fannin County Commissioners
Texoma Regional
Jim Snowden
Texoma Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center
Kathleen Wright
Snowden
Fannin County
Fannin County Center
MHMR
Bonham
Raymond Taylor
Buford
Gerald McClain
Dick Veldman
Lakewood Estates Subdivision
Mathews Opposes Forced Busing as Education Goal
UPI reports President Ford nominee F David Mathews told the Senate Finance Committee that forced busing to achieve racial equality may be counterproductive to good education. He said children deserve equal opportunities, but criticized past methods as potentially harmful to educational aims.
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Washington
UPI
F. David Mathews
Ford
Mathews
Herman Talmadge
Weather outlook: little change for Bonham through Wednesday
The National Weather Service says the Bonham area will see little weather change through Wednesday with hot temperatures and partly cloudy skies. A chance of showers is possible as readings stay around the low 70s Monday morning to a high near 88.
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Bonham
National Weather Service
Bonham approves first readings of utility rate hikes
Bonham city commissioners approve first readings raising gas, telephone, and power rates for residents. Lone Star Gas, General Telephone, and Texas Power and Light contest higher costs for fuel, materials, and operations with plans for second readings and Aug. 11 hearings.
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Bonham
Bonham City Commission
Lone Star Gas Co
General Telephone Co
Texas Power and Light Go
Virgil Stroup
Rayburn Home Party Set for Tonight by Friends of Sam Rayburn
Final preparations underway for the Friends of Sam Rayburn first gathering at Sam Rayburn's home at 6:30 p.m. Special guest John C White arrives by plane, met by Dr. John Jameson and John Black. Memberships sold at the museum shop, tours run 6:30 to 7:30 with refreshments and a slide presentation on Rayburn.
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Friends of
Sam Rayburn
Sam
John C. White
Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
Jones Field
John Jameson
White
Jameson
John Black
FOSA
Rayburn
Kate Reed Estes
Mrs. Jameson
The
Rayburn Home Guides
Bonham City Awards Grants and Debates Sewer Fixes
Bonham city commission heard a Texoma MHMR Center report detailing services and requested continued funding, while delaying sewer-line work on East Ninth and Carpenter Loop awaiting a full survey. Jim Melton and Kenneth Grisham named to the Airport Board. Bicentennial Street and planter box watering requests discussed.
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Bonham City
EDA
Bonham Public Library
Jim Snowden
Texoma Mhmr Center
Fannin
Grayson
Cooke Counties
Bonham, Sherman
Denison
Gainesville
Bonham
Walter Hicks
Wisenbaker, Fix and Associates
East Ninth
Carpenter Loop
Hicks
Mize
Mazeas
Ee Oearis
Pat Porter
Jim Melton
Kenneth Grisham
B. J. Williams
Library Board
Homer
Eee
Trowell and Extor Garden Club
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Joe
Myrtle Keene
Tom Gelhausen
Myrtle
W. T. Gilbert
Thelbert Wingate
Thelbert
W. T
Paul Woolsey
Lake Bonham
New Hope
R. L. Cates
Earth
Northwestern University Archeological
Kaster
Eldred, Jr
HEW
Stroiup
Dan Mize
Billy Cox
Cox
G. G
Keithley
Tikaeharee
Tp&l
W. L. Barnett
Barnett
Glenn Porter
Porter
Rayburn Home
Milwaukee
Wis
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
UN General Assembly
General Assembly
Aption
Institute of World Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Middle East
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