Rusk defends Vietnam bombing as North Vietnam struggles
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said North Vietnam is hurting badly and warned against suspending U S bombing without clear evidence of a Communist response. He discussed Glassboro talks with Kosygin, U S Soviet relations, and Middle East arms shipments while stressing deterence of non Communist nations and Israel's right to exist.
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Washington
UPI
Dean Rusk
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Rusk
U.S
State Department
Britain
Far Pacific
United States
Moscow
Glassboro
Johnson
Alexei Koastein
Kosygin
Russia
Vietnam
Middle East
Soviet Union
Israel
Bonham Weekend Barbecues and Health Drive
Bonham hosts two fundraisers this weekend with Barbecue Barn catering Friday at 5 30 p m at the Little League field and Leonard volunteers serving Saturday on the square near city hall to raise money for fire equipment. A free chest x ray by DATA will run Friday and Saturday with no cost to residents.
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Bonham Boys’ Baseball, Inc
Little League Field
Leonard Volunteer Firemen
Leonard
Poison Ivy Delays No One at School Board Meeting
Joe Denton contracted poison ivy last week but attended the school board meeting Monday night. He still performed his duty slicing the coffee cake Mrs. Joe Campbell brought, with her husband delivering the warm treat. Attendees praised the cake with an A for taste.
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Joe Denton
Joe
Joe Campbell
Wreck at Fast Sam Rayburn and Lipscomb Causes $600 Damages
Officers estimated $600 in damage after a two car collision at the intersection of Fast Sam Rayburn and Lipscomb. Kenneth Templeton identified drivers as W. W Wilkins of Honey Grove and Mrs Patsy Roberson Garner.
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Sam Rayburn
Lipscomb
Kenneth Templeton
W. W Wilkins
Honey Grove
Patsy Roberson Garner
Mobile X Ray Unit Visits Bonham for Free Screenings
The Dallas Area TB Association DATA mobile x ray unit, with Fannin county as a member, will be in Bonham on Friday and Saturday. The unit will set up on the courthouse square, offering free chest x rays to residents over 15. Hours: Friday 10 1 to 2 and 3 to 7 p.m.. Saturday 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Senior citizens are urged to participate. costs are funded by Christmas Seal contributions.
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Bonham
Dallas Area Tuberculosis Association
DATA
Dallas Area TB Association
Fannin County
Courthouse Square
County Committee On Aging
Cairo Guardsmen Seal Off 10 Blocks After Vandalism Spree
In Cairo Illinois fifty National Guardsmen sealed off ten blocks of Pyramid Court after youths fired guns and threw Molotov cocktails at the White Coleman lumber yard and other targets. One white woman was stabbed, no arrests were made, and local NAACP leader Preston Ewing cautioned against deploying troops.
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Cairo, Ill
UPI
Cairo
Carl Clutts
Otto Kerner
Pyramid Court
White-Coleman
Negro District
Ilinois
Egypt
Preston Ewing
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Friday Night Club Picnic at Bonham Park
The Fannin county community improvement clubs plan a Friday night picnic at Bonham State Park notch pavilion starting at 7 30 p m. Extension Agents Myo Mible London and Wayne Cran fill remind members. Geber and Ravenna win cash awards for high placing in the state contest. All clubs receive participation certificates and the Allen's Chanel club provides music. Each family brings a picnic basket. cold drinks, bread, plates and silverware provided.
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Fannin County
Bonham State Park
Rescue by helicopters saves surrounded Green Berets near Saigon
U.S. Army helicopters rescued a surrounded Special Forces Green Beret unit about 79 miles northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border after some 600 guerrillas trapped them with heavy fire. Major Robert Bowles said the team could not have been saved if night fell. Reinforcements from the 1st Infantry Division were flown in to support the operation as gunships kept enemy fire at bay.
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Saigon
UPS
Robert Bowles
Mineral Wells
Tex
Green Berets
Jodo U.S. Army 1St Infantry Division
Rainy July Forecast Keeps North Texas Cool and Wet
Area forecast notes cool conditions and above normal rainfall for the five day period. Bonham reported a low around 68 and highs in the 70s with steady drizzle. Rainfall for the 24 hours ending 7 am totaled .09 inches as showers persist. The forecast calls for temperatures 4 to 7 degrees below normal and rainfall from a quarter to three quarters of an inch across North Texas through Monday.
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Bonham
North
Texas
Eisenhower to Meet Western Alliance Task Force
The House GOB task force on the western alliance will meet with former President Dwight D Eisenhower this week to discuss NASO problems. Rep. Paul Findley said the breakfast conference would be held Friday in the general's office at Gettysburg College.
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Washington
UPI
Western Alliance
Dwight Diisenhower
Paul Findley
R-Ui
Getlyoburz Coli Ge
New Egypt Israel Tension Surges Over Suez Canal
U N cease fire observer Gen Odd Bull urged Egypt and Israel to hold fire as tensions in the Suez Canal region rise. Mortar fire crossed the canal for the first time since U N observers arrived, with both sides claiming rights to use the waterway amid new Kremlin diplomacy.
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Egypt
Israel
Suez Canal
United Nations
Odd Bull
Norway
U.N
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Levi Eshkol
Bull
U.N. Secreta
Kremlin
Cairo
Sudan
Hail and Rain Hit Texas Plains Damaging Cotton
Severe storms drenched the Panhandle and South Plains of Texas with hail up to four inches, rain totals near four inches, and 75 mph winds. The Cotton belt suffered heavy losses, irrigation pumps were damaged, and roads flooded from Canyon to Amarillo with more rain expected.
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South Plains
Panhandle
Texas
Idalou
Canyon
L. R. Dobbs
Amarillo
Amarillo Air Terminal
Texas 217
Tierra Blanca Creek
Texas 136
Jet Crashes Near Hendersonville Airport Killing 78 Aboard
A Piedmont Airlines jet with 73 passengers and five crew collided with a Cessna light plane near Hendersonville North Carolina and crashed in flames along Interstate 26 and U S 64. Eyewitnesses report bodies along the highway and at the crash site. No survivors confirmed. The jet was Piedmont flight 22 from Atlanta to Roanoke and Washington.
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Hendersonville
N.C
UPI
Piedmont Airlines
Atlanta
Roanoke
Washington
FAA
Grady Walker
Asheville-Hendersonville
U.S. 64
Piedmont
Twe Airlines
Plane crash in Madagascar claims 38 lives
A 20 year old Air Madagascar DC4 exploded shortly after takeoff from Janarive Airport and crashed into a swamp killing 38 of 75 aboard. The dead include Malagasy Foreign Minister Albert Sylla.
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Tanarive
Malagasy Republic
UPI
Air
Soviet Pravda Reports Red Guards Cross Border Incidents
Pravda describes several incursions by up to a thousand Red Guards crossing the Ussuri River south of Kaubarovsk during winter. No direct military clashes are alleged, but border guards faced crowds and trucks pressing forward. The account comes from Siberia travel notes by writer Konstantin Simonov.
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Moscow
UPI
Red Guards
Pravda
Communist Party
Ussuri
Siberian
Kaubarovsk
Reg Guard
Red Guard
Morse selection sparks union backlash over rail mediation panel
P L Roy Siemiller president of the machinists union calls President Johnson's pick Sen Wayne Morse for the railroad mediation board a colossal blunder and a salt in the wounds to unions. Morse vows to push for a settlement within 90 days but labor leaders fear the move narrows paths to agreement and hints at compulsory arbitration.
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Morse
Siemiller
Labor
Sorghum Variety Tour Planned for Friday in Fannin
County Agent Cranfill announces a Friday morning sorghum tour in Fannin County. Farmers can view six grain sorghum varieties planted under irrigation at Bob Hodge’s farm near Ravenna and six more varieties on C. W. Junnsteen’s dryland farm in Nunneley. The event starts at 8 a.m. and lasts about an hour with public invitation.
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Fannin County
Wayne Canfil
Bob Hodge
Ravenna
C. W. Junnsteen
Nunneley
Cranfill
Emergency Declared in Plainfield as Guardsmen Hunt Weapons
Gov Richard J. Hughes declares a state of emergency in Plainfield New Jersey as National Guardsmen and State Police launch house to house searches for weapons amid riot damage and unrest.
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Plainfield
N.J
UPI
Richard J. Hughes
Violence spreads from Newark across New Jersey
A widening frontier of violence followed Newark unrest into Plainfield Elizabeth Paterson Asbury Park New Brunswick Jersey City Montclair and Franklin Township. Negro leaders urge white officials to change attitudes and meet Gov. Hughes for peace while Plainfield officials threaten to end a truce unless rival groups surrender weapons.
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Newark
UPI
New Jersey
Plainfield
Richard J. Hughes
Elizabeth
Paterson
Asbury Park
New Bunswick
Jersey City
Montclair
Ruwhay
Franklin Township
Tne
West End
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