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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1967
Page
1
Bob Barrow hopes bad weather shifts away from weekends as he recalls many weekends ruined by rain. Clarence Elkins comments on his appetite after sampling a baked ham. Freida Simpson, deputy district clerk, spends a quiet afternoon alone on the building's second floor.
A lively Wednesday afternoon talk in the court house lobby drew Choice Moore Henry Joe Fletcher Millard Brent and Bob Williams into a chat that steered toward school trustees and teachers. Sunday brings homecoming for two Bonham area cemetery associations at Providence and Yarledge Ridge with programs, basket lunches, and business sessions planned for strong turnout.
Emogene Sudderth described water two inches deep in her garage after the first hard rain. Puck Taylor noted the street could be crossed in a boat. Bonnie Horton planned to stay home and vacation at Nunnelee, with only short trips out.
County Judge Choice Moore announced that 18 of 36 deeds needed for Loop 12’s west Bonham right of way and drainage easements have been signed. Four deeds were returned to the State Highway Department for rewrite due to ownership changes since the original instruments.
Syrian terrorists and Israeli patrol clashed near Safad, six miles east of Kfarhansi. One Syrian and two Israelis died, four Syrians were captured with a machine gun and grenades. UN Security Council meetings were delayed as Johnson and Wilson sought a broader shipping powers accord to end the Gulf of Aqaba blockade.
Senator Peter Dominick after visiting Vietnam says Westmoreland seeks 600000 U.S. troops by year end, up from 453000. He backs a tougher campaign including renewed bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong quarantine, plus recommissioning a battleship to shell North Vietnam.
At the Port Authority Terminal the 479 foot Thorstream blew up amid chlorine gas containers during loading, trapping crew aboard and killing four with five wounded. The ship, from Chicago, bound for Hamilton and Africa, was Norwegian owned and built in 1960. Coast Guard and city firefighters fought the blaze as authorities reported the Sylvania accident a day earlier on Lake Huron.
Trade sources in New York expect higher retail cigarette prices after wholesale increases by three major manufacturers. Retail price likely up one cent per pack and cartons up at least ten cents.
The Greek government lines up a nationwide ban extending to Thursday on the music of composer Mikis Theodorakis, whose best known tune is Never on Sunday, in a move backed by the army authorities.
U S Marines stormed a heavily defended hill south of the DMZ in a second assault, fighting fiercely as South Vietnamese troops reported 150 Viet Cong killed and two prisoners captured. Casualties were not released, with a tunnel network and fortifications cited on the hill overlooking Con Thien and Camp Carroll.
A six hour storm spawned a small tornado and 92 mph winds across West Texas. Lubbock became a lake with hundreds of abandoned cars as 15 tornadoes were reported. A Clarence Smith and Annie Smith, both in their 70s, drowned near Smyer. Two others were injured in Lubbock. Damage totals were expected in the millions.
Charles Frank King charged with murder in the death of Mrs. Fred Hamner remains in the Fannin county jail. Officers continue the investigation to be presented to the grand jury when it convenes June 29.
Israel agrees to sign a British American declaration asserting free passage for ships of all nations through the Gulf of Aqaba. The manifesto urges Aqaba as an international waterway open to all, with nations pledging to exercise and safeguard the right of passage for any country.
President Johnson and British Prime Minister Harold Wilson meet at the White House to back a declaration on freedom of navigation through the Gulf of Aqaba and to discuss mobilizing international support and possibly an international naval force to ensure passage around Egypts blockade of the Strait of Tiran toward Elath.
Texas Senator Joe Bernal said the FBI should determine if federal law was violated amid farm labor disputes in the Rio Grande Valley. He noted no union violence, questioned Texas Ranger actions, and said other senators will travel to the Valley next week to review the case after two union members were arrested.
Showers linger in the Bonham forecast with mainly cloudy skies and a warming trend into Saturday. Scattered showers are expected late this afternoon, tonight, and again Saturday afternoon after a light shower Thursday night. Overnight lows were in the 60s as skies cleared then became overcast.
The U S Navy provides the Space Surveillance System as its primary contribution to the North American Air Defense Command, strengthening early warning and tracking capabilities for space and air threats.
A short note explains a bat uses echolocation with high frequency calls above 50 000 Hz to detect surroundings. The text highlights precision of the bat’s natural radar in dim environments.
Billie Sol Estes, once a prominent West Texas promoter, pleaded no contest to a swindling charge and received a two to three year jail term to run concurrently with a 15 year federal sentence. Estes, 40 pounds lighter and 40 years old, testified calmly in a dark suit with horn rim glasses.
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