Retirement cruise for Gordon Apple and Ruth with 600 group
The Apples, former Fannin County teachers now in the Dallas system, will join 600 people on a Caribbean cruise after talking with friends at a Bonn Exes reunion. Kate Reed Estes of Trenton shares animal tales about a lark sparrow nesting in her carport and Billy Squirrel raiding pecans. The piece notes historic tidbits from 1882 1883 malted milk powder and the 1935 onion crop in Trenton. It mentions an Enoch Hooper Tarver family reunion, local softball talk, and summer plans of Kathey Vestal and Bob Brooks. It closes with rodeo events at Ladonia and Dodd City and a reminder about submitting the 1974 Census of Agriculture form.
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Gordon Apple
Ruth
Fannin County
Dallas
Bonn Exes
Kate Reed Estes
Trenton
Estes Carport
Kate
Billy
Billy Squirrel
Minor Fires Reported Firemen Contain Incidents
Firemen were called to extinguish two small blazes, one in a fat and one in trash. A vehicle fire damaged the wining of a car identified as ADOLOFT.
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Wining
Adoloft
Judges worry over Douglas after stroke at Supreme Court
Los Angeles reports that several Supreme Court justices fear William O. Douglas cannot perform duties after a December stroke. Concerns focus on mental condition and possible resignation as he relies on clerks to read petitions and briefs, causing delays and a case logjam with about 46 undecided matters ahead of recess.
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Los Angeles
UPI
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William O. Douglas
Los Angeles Times
Douglas
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Washington
Times
U.S
Institute For Rehabilitation Medicine of
New York
Univer
The
William J. Brennan Jr
Helms Testifies On CIA At Senate Intelligence Hearing
Richard Helms, former CIA director and Iran ambassador, testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities about CIA actions during 1966 to 1973. Chairman Frank Church cites hard evidence of assassination plots and references Rockefeller Commission findings on domestic CIA violations.
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Washington
UPI
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Iran
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Senate Select Committee On Intelligence Activities
Helms
Frank Church
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CIA
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Rockefeller Commission
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Langley
Johnson
Nixon
New York
New Orleans
San Francisco
Honolulu
John Mitchell
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sam Rayburn VA Center GSA Recommends Keeping Area
The General Services Administration recommends leaving the Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center site intact on its 79 acre tract in Washington and Bonham Texas. A GSA survey reviewed center grounds and found retention preferable to sale as part of a property utilization study.
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Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center
General Services Administration
Washington
Wright Patman
VA Center
Banks I. Paul
GSA
Paul
Bonham VA Center
Veterans Administration
Bonham
Mostly Fair Skies Forecast for Bonham Area
The National Weather Service predicts mostly fair skies in the Bonham area through Saturday with slightly warmer temperatures. Saturday morning lows near the upper 60s and Saturday afternoon highs around the low 90s. Earlier, Bonham saw a low in the low 90s after a Thursday high in the low 80s.
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Bonham
National Weather Service
Texas Panhandle
Hill Wins Order Against Local Contractor in Texas
Attorney General John L. Hill secured a temporary restraining order from District Judge James C. Onion barring Roy P. Aguilion from doing home improvements without a signed written contract outlining starting dates specifications and a cost estimate.
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San Antonio, Tex
UPI
John L. Hill
James C. Onion
Roy P. Aguilion
Army Counter Intelligence Kept Civilian Files Violating 1971 Pact
Defense officials disclosed that an Army counter intelligence unit maintained civilian files in violation of a 1971 pledge to stop such actions. Secretary Howard Callaway testified before Congress that a microfilm library and computer index used by the unit held information on American civilians not connected with the Defense Department. The disclosure raised concerns about privacy and civil liberties.
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UPI
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Army
Howard H. Callaway
Congress
Department of Defense
Callaway
Counter Intelligence Group
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State Ordered To Purchase School Buses
Gov. Mulliken awaits fall implementation of a desegregation busing program in Detroit as the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals orders the state to arrange a 150 bus fleet costing about 2.4 million. Senate lawmakers oppose funding, calling it akin to voting for the bubonic plague, amid debates over payment sources and regulation violations related to Army intelligence files.
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Lansing
Mich
UPI
William Mulliken
Detroit
US. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Senate Thurdsay
Senate
John Bowman
Vietnamese Orphans Find Welcome in Buckner Home
Nguyen Xuan Ha leads 69 orphans from Vietnam through a perilous voyage to the United States. Baptist missionaries arrange air travel to the Vietnamese refugee center in Ft. Chaffee, Arkansas, then Buckner Orphanage will house them as staff plan adoption timelines and cultural adjustment.
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Dallas
UPI
Nguyen Xuan Ha
Kam Ran Bay
South Vietnam
Saigon
Singapore
United States
Ft. Chaffen
Ark
Paul Martin
Belleville
Tex
Houston
James Gayle
Buckner Orphan
Egyptian Soviet ties cool as Brezhnev cancels Cairo visit
UPI reports sharp deterioration in Egyptian Soviet relations after Brezhnev drops plans to visit Egypt this year. Cairo notes Moscow angered by Sadat liberalization and calls for new peace talks with Israel while Washington discusses step by step settlement with Rabin and Kissinger.
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Soviet Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Egypt
Caire
London
Britain
Cairo
Brezhnev
Sence
Libya
Col
Muammar
Moscow
Anwar Sadat
Middle East
Israel
Washington
Ford
Yitzhak Rabin
Henry A. Kussinger
Sadat
Austria
Continuances Granted in Sixth District Court Trials
Four defendants in Sixth District Court received continuances as their attorneys prepared for trial. Kenneth Loyd Vaughn Annette Thomas and Bertha Louise Cross will face trials on August 4 with a July 21 pre trial. The cases involve the beating robbery of Louise Dickson at her Haney Grove home April 2. A Dallas attorney will represent the three. Sharon Ann Fuller probation revocation hearing was delayed to June 27 after her mother and brother agreed to obtain counsel. An attorney had been appointed to represent her for the hearing.
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Henry Braswell
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Kenneth Loyd Vaughn
Annette Thomas
Bertha Louse Cross
Louise Dickson
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Fannin National Bank
Haney Grove
Dallas
Sharon Ann Fuller
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