Oldest Driver Suspected After License Mix-Up
Cantrell Desk Sergeant Billy Daniels traced an accident report aging the driver as born in 1900 after confirming the 2 26 67 date was license expiration. Elsewhere Deetsborough awaits a farm retention dam project on a Caney creek tributary with SCS bids opened Thursday for earthwork to curb runoff. The Nunnelee community watches as a mocking bird taunts Mr C while George plans to stay indoors until the birds tire of their dive bombing.
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Billy Daniels
Deetsborough
Nunnelee
SCS
Mr. C
George
Teens drive own spending money through jobs says report
The Bragg boys told C. H. Dillehay to contact H. R. Van Zandt for more information on shells. Experts note the teenager is growing adept at earning money for private spending. Fewer than one in ten students relies solely on allowance, while about one in four high school boys earns all spending money from regular work.
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Bragg
C. H. Dillehay
H. R. van Zandt
Farmers Call for Rain Ahead of Crop Needs
Farmers foresee a drought pause after a wet spell but insist on more rain in two to three weeks to sustain corn and grain sorghum.
Rain Forecast Extends for Bonham Amid Severe Northwest Texas Storms
Bonham area braces for more rain through Sunday with partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures. Friday rain totaled .79 inches and more is possible in early Sunday hours as Northwest Texas endures tornado warnings, damaging hail, and flooding reports across Amatilla and surrounding routes.
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Bonham
Texas
Amatilla
Yanks Will Learn Fate This Week
Three Americans held in Brazilian jails since Feb 11 face a verdict within days for allegedly smuggling cassiterite ore. Judge Ribeiro received final documents as lawyers for Sam Sexton Jr., Joe McCutchen of Fort Smith Arkansas, and Joe Truhill of Richardson Texas appealed to the federal appeals court to seek release on bond. The appeal was denied.
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Brasilia
UPI
Juscelino Ribeiro
Sam Sexton Jr
Joe McCutchen
Fort Smith, Ark
Joe Truhill
Richardson, Tex
Door Open to Tax Hike Johnson Says Too Early to Decide
President Johnson kept the door open on Saturday to a potential anti inflation tax increase. He told reporters it is too early to tell if one is needed and said cabinet members with differing statements speak only for themselves. He restated U S determination to pursue the fight for inflation control.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
U.S
LBJ Restates U S Policy In Viet Nam
President Johnson declared the United States would maintain limited objectives in South Vietnam but warned that increases in forces or operations could occur. He defended Air strikes on North Vietnam as raising costs to support the insurgency while urging an honorable peace and stopping the killing. The White House news conference also covered CIA leadership changes and a new atomic energy commissioner, with tax matters pending Congress and inflation concerns guiding decisions.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
U.S
South Viet Nam
White House
Viet Nam
North
Tam
South
Bonham Guard Unit Praised for Fort Hood Maneuvers
Bonham Texas National Guard unit returned from two weeks of field maneuvers with the 36th Brigade at Fort Hood. Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Bishop commended the unit for outstanding field performance and awarded a superior rating. Set. James Danner noted the unit faced mosquitoes and chiggers and stayed in the field without bivouac nights.
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Bonham
Texas National Guard
Fort Hood
Thomas S. Bishop
The
Texas
National Guard
Bishop
36Th Brigade
James Danner
Spt
Danner
Guard
36Th
Atl
County Thanks Donors for Flags for New Court House
Judge Choice Moore expresses gratitude to the Anderson-Roberts American Legion post the Woodmen of the World lodge in Randolph the Leonard American Legion post and Congressman Ray Roberts for flags and standards for the remodeled county court and district court rooms and grounds.
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Fannin County
Court House
Choice Moore
Anderson-Roberts
American Legion
Bonham
H. G. Dulaney
Avrey Jones
Woodmen of the World Lodge of
Randolph
C. R. Baker
Ector
Texas
Ray Roberts
National Capitol
Washington, D. C
American Legion — Post of
Leonard
District Court Room
Braceros Send Millions Home
Braceros in the United States have reduced inflows as Mexican migrant workers largely stopped coming north since 1965. In the first five months of this year they sent back 2.3 million dollars to families in Mexico via telegraph money orders, per the National Telegraph System.
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Mexico
Moscow festival singers advance to second round
Russian American and Bulgarian vocalists lead the way as 30 of 58 contestants reach the second round in the Tchakovsky International Music contest. Notable entrants include Jenneta A Bianka Barbara Rondel Simon Ester Veronica Tyler and June Marshal of the United States.
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Moscow
UPI
Russia
America
Bulgaria
Jenneta A Bianka
Barbara Rondel
Simon Ester
Veronica Tyler
June Marshal
Damage set at $305 in two wrecks
City officers investigated two vehicle accidents with total damage listed at 305 dollars. The West ath Cedar incident involved Deloris W Spiegel and Jack Rayburn Minnick. the North Center 6th Street crash involved Martha Fuller Smith and Albert Devies Ainey. All four vehicles sustained slight damage.
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Bobby Madison
Kenneth Templeton
Westath and
Cedar Streets
Deloris W. Spiegel
Elm
Jack Rayburn Minnick
Jay Duckworth
Templeton
North Center
6Th Streets
Martha Fuller Smith
Albert Devies Ainey
West 5Th Street
Clarke wins invitational 5,000 meters in Paris
Ron Clarke of Australia won an invitational 5000 meter race in Paris with a time of 13 minutes 43.6 seconds but did not beat Kipchoge Keino’s world record of 13 minutes 24.2 seconds.
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Paris
UPI
Ron Clarke
Australia
Kipchog Keino
B52 Bombers Hit Viet Cong Base Camps Across South Viet Nam
UPI reports three wave B52 strikes on Communist base camps and troop concentrations in South Vietnam on the first anniversary of saturation raids. Since then 852 bombers have operated almost daily against targets from War Zone D to Mu Gia Pass, with limited visibility hindering damage assessment.
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Saigon
UPI
South Viet Nam
Lwgon
U.S
United States
North Viet Nam
South Vat Nam
Viet Nam
da Nane
Tay Ninh Province
Dua Nang Jto
Strategic Air Command
Guam
Mu Gia
First Anniversary Under Cracks Down on Buddhist Rebels
In Saigon and Hue, South Viet Nam under General Ky nears year two of the junta as police raid a Buddhist pagoda in Hue arresting monks and tearing down antigovernment posters. The Saigon pagoda is ringed by police after rioters kill an officer. curfew is lifted for Army Day rehearsals.
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Vien Hoa Dao
Saigon
UPI
Prmier Nguyen Cao
South Viet Nam
Hue
Ngo Dinh Diem
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nguyen van Thein
Thich
Tri Quang
Dieu de
Nguyen Ngoc Loan
National
De Gaulle to Visit Moscow in Bid for Cold War Thaw
President Charles de Gaulle sails to Moscow for a 10 day official visit aimed at starting a thaw in Europe’s cold war. He will hold high level talks and may witness a Sputnik launch at Baikonur. French officials see the trip as pivotal for Franco Soviet engagement across politics and economy.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Moscow
Europe
de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Baikonur
Russia
France
Appeal for Nuclear Ban and Security Conference
Soviet Premier Kosygin and Finnish President Kekkonen urged greater international restrictions on nuclear weapons and a European security conference. The communique, issued after Kosygin's Finland visit, also called for ending the Vietnam War under the 1954 Geneva accords. Observers saw little new in the statement before Kosygin's departure for Moscow.
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Helsink
UPI
Alexei N. Kosygin
Urho Kekkonen
Finland
Kosygin
Viet Nam
Helsinki
Sentula
Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
Officials Frown On Monitoring in New England States
Boston officials and executives dispute a Maine governor and Massachusetts senator over a New England Telephone Co practice of monitoring calls. The company defends its system saying it does not listen in while Reed Kennedy and other leaders question the propriety of any monitoring.
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Boston
UPI
New England Telephone Co
Maine
John HH Reed
Reed
New England
I Edward M Kennedy
D-Mass
Public Schools Still Segregated
New York officials report public schools remain highly segregated with limited progress in the South offset by de facto segregation in Northern cities. Education Commissioner Harald Howe urges northern and southern officials to join in advancing true integration despite widespread resistance.
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New York
UPS
U.S
Harald Howe
Howe
South
Supreme Court
Bonham Lake Board Names Depository and Plans Timber Creek Dam
Bonham Water Authority selects First National Bank of Bonham as official depository through May 1971 and discusses use of $877,500 Economic Development Act funds for Timber Creek lake. Engineer reports aerial mapping completed, with water and flood line staking to follow. Dam construction slated to start this fall with a year for completion and lake bed clearing.
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Bonham Water Authority Board
Timber Creek Lake
First National Bank of
Bonham
Walter Hicks
Wisenbaker
Fix
Asantiates
Theoowater District
Prisoners Refuse Jail Food Stoke Protests in Dallas
Sheriff Bull Devser said about 50 prisoners at the Dallas county jail refused meals since Wednesday. The inmates demanded kitchen service and ordered peanut chips and other delicacies from the jail commissary, noting they were not starving but protesting.
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Dallas
UPI
Bull Devser
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Raborn
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Texas Southern University
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Nabrit
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Rosel H. Hyde
Federal Communications Commission
Commerce
John T. Connor
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Connor
Fowler
Congress
Braceros
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