Bonham Sidewalk Sale Draws Shoppers in Bicentennial Style
A Bonham sidewalk sale lures shoppers with bargains across sidewalks and stores on a Saturday. A bicentennial themed setup appears in many displays as merchants invite crowds despite the forecast. A separate note mentions a stolen blue vase once at Willow Wild cemetery and a humorous anonimous remark from a 4 year old. U S Senator Lloyd Bentsen criticizes federal paperwork burden, noting $18 billion annual cost to businesses and government, and calls for reform.
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Bonham
Willow Wild
U. S
Lloyd Bentsen
Internal Revenue Service
Texas
Phat' Sus
Washington
Israel Egypt move to resume Middle East peace talks
Israeli cabinet backs renewed negotiations with Egypt for a broad peace accord while Egypt weighs new U S backed proposals. Kissinger shuttle diplomacy revived as Rabin reports Egyptian shifts and Sadat calls for Geneva talks by year end.
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United States
Middle East
Ford
Yitzhak Rabin
Egypt
Hermann F. Eilts
Washington
Sadat
Rabin
Israel
Kissinger
Sinai Desert
Sinai
Anwar Sadat
Salzburg
Austria
Beirut
An Nahar
Geneva
Grass Fire Threatens Lake Bonham Area
Firemen were called to Lake Bonham on Tuesday night to extinguish a grass fire burning nearby. The blaze prompted a response from local firefighters and fire prevention crews.
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Lake Bonham
Bonham Sidewalk Sale Draws Shoppers With Bicentennial Flair
Bonham merchants plan a Saturday Sidewalk Sale with outdoor and inside bargains. Clerks in period costumes highlight a bicentennial theme as crowds begin early, browse racks and tables, and buy summer and fall wear. Merchandise moved outside plus in store ensures large turnout.
Texas City Sales Tax Rebates Reach 28.8 Million
More than 800 Texas towns and cities received May rebates totaling 28.8 million dollars. Fannin county towns shared 24,697.80 with Bonham at 16,886.35 and others receiving varied payments from Ector to Wolfe City. Comptroller Bob Bullock shifted to monthly payments starting April to replace the older quarterly system.
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Texas
Bob Bullock
Fannin County
Bonham
Ector
Honey Grove
Ladonia
Leonard
Wolfe City
Bullock
Northern Mariana Islands vote to become U S territory
Voters in the northern Mariana Islands endorse a U S commonwealth status with more than three quarters supporting political union. U N observers oversaw the plebiscite that will go to Congress for ratification, while the 16 000 residents of 14 islands await final results.
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Mariana Islands
U. S
Saipan. Mariana Islands
UPI
Northern Mariana Islands
Pacific Archipelago
U.S. Commonwealth
United States
U.N
Northern
Marianas
United Nations Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands
Micronesia
U.S
Northern Mariana
Congress
Islands
Japan
Puerto Rico
Repatriation May Start Soon for Vietnamese Refugees
UPI reports UNHCR official David Arnold says repatriation of Vietnamese refugees in the United States could begin within weeks. Assembling at Camp Pendleton California, refugees from Chaffee Arkansas Eglin Air Force Base Florida and Ft Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania await transfer within days. Most volunteers are men who left families during Saigon evacuation.
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FT. Chaffee, Ark
UPI
United Nations
David Arnold
U.N. High Commission On Refugees
United States
Vietnam
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Arnold
Chaffee
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Ft. Indiantown Gap
Pendleton
PRG
Provisional Revoluionary Goverment
Saigon
U.N
Geneva
Donald McDonald
Col
Joe Rogers
Army
CIA Ban on Assassination Proposals Since 1972
CIA Director William Colby said his predecessor Richard Helms ordered a 1972 ban on any assassination proposal or operation. He urged limiting discussion of past CIA plots and prepared testimony for mid June before the House Select Intelligence Committee.
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Washington
UPI
CIA
William Colby
Richard Helms
Colby
Select Intelligence Committee
Lucien Nedzi
D-Mich
House Committee
Rockefeller Commission
Ford
Senate Intelligence Committee
Rockefeller
John Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
White House
National Security Council
U.S
Hill argues Southwestern Bell rate hike is unreasonable
Texas Attorney General John Hill told the Texas Supreme Court the proposed $45 million intrastate rate increase by Southwestern Bell is arbitrary and extortionist in effect. Bell disputed his jurisdiction and contended rate making is a legislative function while the court weighed whether to uphold the injunction on new rates.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
John Hill
Texas Supreme Court
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Hill
High Court
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Supreme Court
Bell
Will Sears
Dallas
Southwestern Bell
St. Louis
Bell System
Hull
Sears
Joe Greenhall
Zolue Steakiey
Price Danel Sr
General Cable Names Manager for Bonham Plant
Joseph J. Errico, previously General Cable Corp. plant manager in Tampa, becomes Bonham plant manager. He joined in 1952 and has worked in Bayonne Perth Amboy Elkton Dixon and Tampa. Errico helped start Dixon Elkton and Bonham operations and looks forward to contributing to the Bonham community. He is a Rutgers graduate with a BS in Business Admin and, with his wife Grace, has two children Ellen Weeks and Thomas. The family expects to move to Bonham by early July.
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Joseph J. Errico
General Cable Corp
Tampa
Fla
Bonham
Errico
General Cable
Bayone
N.J
Perth Amboy
Elkton
Enrico
Dixon and Elkton
Union, N.J
Rutgers University
Grace
Ellen C. Weeks
University of South Florida
Thomas
Partly Cloudy Skies and Warm Temps Forecast for Bonham
The National Weather Service predicts partly cloudy skies and warm weather in the Bonham area through Thursday with no rain expected. Temperatures should range from mid-70s to around 90, with a foggy Gulf coast morning and southerly winds pumping moist air from the Gulf.
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Bonham
National Weather Service
NWS
Texas Panhandle
Fort Worth
Mineral Wells
Texas Gulf Coast
Gulf of Mexico
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