Fannin County to Launch Two Week Soil Testing Campaign
The Fannin county Program Building committee will start a county wide soil testing drive on August 1 with a goal of 2000 samples sent to A and M University labs. The no charge tests cost $2 per lab, financed by a committee led by Bob Milford.
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Fannin County Program Building Committee
A. and M. University
Bob Milford
Honey Grove
Fannin County
Wayne Cranfill
Cranfill
Texas Power and Light Company
Sam Nelson
Ector
Milford
Lewis Donaghey
Trenton
Frank Howell
Windom
Manuel Neely
Honeyc Grove
Jack Caudle
Bonham
Rob Roy Gattis
Leonard
J. W. Cunningham
Harold Walker
Ravenna
Ray Wells
Long Range Vengeance Tale Echoes Texan Roots
A magazine item recounts Harry Ziegland of Honey Grove Texas as the last to die from a long chain of vengeance linked to 1893. The tale ends when a bullet in a tree is released by dynamite, killing Ziegland. Local notes mention community meetings, farm road work, and Bonham area residents in a Northwest Texas context.
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Cantrell
Dick Wait
Harry Ziegland
Honey Grove
Tex
Ziegland
John Avery
Harry Thompson
Harry
Speck Shows Remorse In Jail Visit
Richard Speck, accused of killing eight student nurses, expressed remorse after a jail visit with Rev. David Peterson. Speck, confined to a hospital bed after a possible heart attack, spoke for about 20 minutes and asked for another visit, while public defender Gerald Getty gained permission to defend him. The prosecutor filed a murder complaint for Gloria Jean Davy and planned charges for the other seven deaths later.
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Chicago
UPI
Richard Speck
Speck
David Peterson
Peterson
Gerald Getty
Atty
Daniel P. Ward
Gloria Jean Davy
Dyer
Ind
De Gaulle Visits Bonn for Talks With Erhard
French President Charles de Gaulle arrived in Bonn for talks with Chancellor Ludwig Erhard on the future of about 70,000 French troops in Germany. The visit, greeted with full military honors, is unlikely to bridge gaps on the Common Market NAO and Eastern policy.
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Bonn
Charles de Gaulle
Ludwig Erhard
Germany
de Gaulle
Wahp
Erhard
Gerhard Schroeder
Two Ohio Boys Rescued From PA Cave Maze
Two 15 year old Ohio youths were rescued after an 18 hour search in a maze of caves near Harlansburg Pennsylvania. They were transported by ambulance to a New Castle hospital and listed in good condition. Crews faced heavy mud narrow passages and winds of five to nine miles per hour as they searched caves about 40 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
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Harlansburg
UPI
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New Castle
Pittsburgh
Rumors Tie Richard Speck to Bonham Resident
Unfounded rumors spread Thursday that Richard Speck, accused in the Chicago nurse massacre, once worked in Bonham or that his wife lived here. Sheriff Dudley Jackson, FBI and Dallas officers checked tips since last Saturday and found no proof. A former Bonham resident recalls a possible past match, but records and memories do not confirm Speck’s presence here.
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Richard Speck
Chicago
Bonham
Dudley Jackson
Sherif Jackson
FBI
Dallas
Speck
Chicago Daily News
Jackson
Hoyt Ivey
Honey Grove
Bill Decker
Bonham Sees 102 Degree Heat With Scattered Thunder Showers
Bonham posted a 102 degree high Wednesday with a 76 degree overnight. Forecasters predict widely scattered thundershowers across North Texas tonight and Friday though no heavy fall is expected. Dalhart remained the cool spot at 68, while easterly winds and light showers nursed the area.
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Bonham
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Gulf Coast
Dalhart
West Tops East in First Coaches All America Game
The West defeated the East 30 to 20 in the first annual Coach es All America football game played in 196]. The event marked a debut matchup between regional selections in a postseason showcase.
Tiny Elm Beetle Threatens Bonham Trees
County Agent Wayne Cranfill warns a small worm in Bonham is defoliating elms on Boyd and Graham avenues and could kill trees if not treated. He endorses Sevin or YDT insecticides, warns to follow label directions, and urges early spraying as beetle larvae cause most damage before maturing.
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Bonham
Boyd and
Graham Avenues
Wayne Cranfill
Cranfil
Sevin
YDT
Cignit
Boyd
Graham
Astronauts Head Toward Splashdown After Historic Spacewalk
Flying economy to save fuel, John Young and Michael Collins plan a Atlantic splashdown 544 miles east of Cape Kennedy after Gemini 10 completes its fourth spacewalk. They face a 5 07 pm EDT touchdown with a cleanup of cabin clutter and missing gear noted.
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Cape Kennedy
Collins
Colling
Canary Islands
Young
Pround
Canary
Pair Fined For Possession Of Female Deer
Jes se Andrew Gray and Frank James Gray of the Telephone area were fined 50 dollars each after pleading guilty to possession of a wild female deer. Game Warden W C Forsyth filed the complaints with County Attorney Pat Beene. County Judge Choice Moore imposed the fines.
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Jesse Andrew Gray
Frank James Gray
Choice Moore
W. C. Forsyth
Pat Beene
Marines Climb Hill 208 as Hastings Fights Continue
UPI reports a 1,500 strong Marine battalion from the 4th Regiment assaulting Hill 208 in the Hastings operation. Nine battalions push toward the 17th Parallel aiming to crush about 10,000 North Vietnamese regulars. Air battles persist with three U.S. planes lost and 11 claimed by Communist broadcasts as Marine casualties run light on the day.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S. Marine Battalion
Phill 208
North
Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. Air Force
Ameri
North Viet Nam
4Th Marine Regiment
South Viet Nam
17Th Parallel
Hill 208
Cleveland Riots Claim Five Wounded Amid Firebomb Attacks
In Cleveland the fourth day of racial unrest sees five shot and nine injured, including a National Guard officer. Rioters roam a 10 square mile area, using crude Molotov cocktails to ignite fires at the University Party Center as police and guardsmen face disruptions and false alarms.
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Cleveland
UPI
National Guard
Hough
University Party Center
Richard Wagner
Five Found Slain In Newark Apartment
Five people including a man a woman two young boys and a young girl were found slain Thursday in a fourth floor Newark tenement at 20 22 Camp Street. A neighbor reported blood seen under Apartment 105 door and superintendent Emilio Gonsalez forced entry. The man was found with throat slashed and the children and woman were found in beds and on a couch in the same room.
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Newark
N. J
UPI
Camp St
Emilio Gonsalez
Texas Judges Get Quick OK
Washington reports a Senate judiciary subcommittee quickly examined 15 mine candidates and found six Texans nominated for federal judgeships had clean records. The swift review, praised by Senator Ralph Yarborough, yielded the finest slate for the federal bench from Texas in memory.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Judiciary
Ralph Yarborough
D- Tex
Texas
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