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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1966
Page
1
Sunday homecoming events at Arledge Ridge school include a program, business session, and picnic lunch. Parishioners and locals attend the cemetery maintenance session and visiting with old friends. Also noted are a mockingbird disturbance and community updates from Bonham Lions club and pastors association.
Gemini 9 crew Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan launched from Cape Kennedy at 9:39 a.m. EDT aboard a mission to reach the Glob satellite and orbit for 15 revolutions. The pairing, marking the spacewalking anniversary, aims for a rendezvous and possible link up amid steady ground control from Bermuda and Houston as the craft reaches initial orbits and test maneuvers.
Seabrook Texas reports joyous reaction as the wives of astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan celebrate Gemini 9's successful launch. Mrs Stafford jokes Tom may flee town, while Mrs Cernan relays a brief 415 am space call. Tracy, the Cernan daughter, mixes dad’s space work with swimming lessons.
Visiting Secretary of State Dean Rusk met Premier Per Borten and Norwegian officials for intensive talks on Viet Nam NATO crisis and disarmament. He laid a wreath at a World War II patriots monument before talks at the Foreign Ministry amid tight security to curb Viet Nam protestors.
Raylene Warnell and Terry Don Brent of Gober High School are en route to Washington as finalists from Texas in a 13 day oratorical contest run by Fannin County Rural Electric Cooperative. They travel with over 100 Texas youths touring the South and mid Atlantic states visiting the White House Capitol and federal agencies.
Militant Buddhist groups seize control of the Buddhist leadership in Hue amid political turmoil in South Vietnam. Thich Tri Quang attacks President Johnson for remarks about self-immolation, calling him disrespectful. A nun dies in Da Nang protest against U.S. backing of the government as Saigon reels from renewed unrest.
I J Jenkins of General Telephone Company of the Southwest announces the Rural Phones Randolph project is 50 percent complete serving Bonham Randolph area. Once finished, rural customers within 500 feet of a public right of way will receive multi party service at a regular monthly rate with no construction charges. The plan uses underground insulated cable to reduce weather related interruptions. Customers within 600 feet will be served without extra construction costs and will be notified when service is available. Jenkins urges questions at the Bonham office.
Sixteen Amherst College seniors walked out of the commencement in protest of awarding Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara an honorary degree. Twenty seven students wore white armbands, deeming the honor as approval of U S involvement in Vietnam. five Amherst and Smith students picketed the alumni gym.
Fannin county commissioners voted to reject all three bids received since May 25 for courthouse furniture and issued a call for new bids to be opened at 2 p.m. June 20. The court had reexamined the bids after four hours of discussion.
Police intervened at a party honoring Lady Bird Johnson after a neighbor complained about loud music by the band. It followed an earlier incident in which Lyndi Johnson and Luci Johnson faced a ticket for illegally parked escort car outside a French restaurant.
The Surveyor spacecraft returned 863 clear images including a possible lunar mountain near the Sea of Storms. The 620-pound rover, landing softly, sent panoramic and closeup views before a 16 hour rest as it moved beyond California’s Mojave tracking range.
The U S Weather Bureau calls for continued warm weather through Saturday in the Bonham area with clear to partly cloudy skies and a slight warming trend. No rain is expected according to the forecast.
Soviet scientist Veniamin Bogeray warned at the International Oceanographic Congress that five matter in the o¢ gi) could become a food source for up to a million people but the supply is not limitless and calls for thrift.
CAPE KENNEDY UPS Stafford, Gemini 9 command pilot, holds the sit and wait endurance record with about 12 hours on pad time. He endured multiple scrubs and abort warnings, waiting through tense minutes before launch while Franklin Borman and James Lovell planned their two week mission.
In Fannin County a second primary will be held Saturday with polls opening at 7 PM. Voter turnout is expected light with only a small number of absentees, as residents at West Bonham East Bonham and South Bonham vote at designated spots. Ballot counting should finish quickly after polls close as crews operate with smaller teams.
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