Local Garden Tales and Wildlife in North Texas
Pickles missing from Mrs. Anderson’s porch remain unrecovered after a classified ad appeal. Gardeners discuss rabbit ear tomatoes, mockingbirds, rubber snakes, and deer raiding beans. Wildlife sightings include a skunk, whip-poor-will, cotton tail rabbit, road runner, turtle, two deer, and a cow testing fences. Texas highways shift from Texas Highway Department to State Highways and Public Transportation under a session signing by Gov. Roscoe. City officer jokes about breakfast dinner or supper. Lions club plans to attend Dallas convention. regular meetings resume July 3.
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Herbert Buron
Herbert
Trav Currin
Mockingbirds
Trav
Tom Gelhausen
Lake Texoma
United Way Sets $23 015 Campaign Goal for 1976
The Greater Bonham United Way renamed from United Fund in a Monday meeting and selected Gary Hall as campaign director. Eight agencies will receive funds including Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Red Cross, and others. Sept. 23 starts the drive with allocations totaling 27 2 0 0 0 200 and expenses 1 7 0 0 115.
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Greater Bonham United Way
United Fund
United Way
Gary Hall
Bonham
Hall
C. B. Bryant
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
Red Cross
Fannin County Child Welfare Committee
Salvation Army
Community Service Committee
Boys Baseball
Planned Parenthood
Tornado Kills Texas Rancher Wife and Infant Son
A tornado in Briscoe County killed rancher Leland H Woods, his wife Fata Woods, and their 10 month old son Ky, according to the Department of Public Safety. The incident occurred Sunday night and was reported Monday by UPI.
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Silverton, Tex
UPI
Briscoe County
Department of Public Safety
Leland H
Fata Woods
Rayburn VA Center to honor staff with service and performance awards
Sam Rayburn Memorial VA Center employees will receive service and performance awards at a 2 p.m. ceremony in the VA Center Auditorium. Center director Banks I. Paul will welcome attendees. 30 year pin goes to J. D. Coffee. 25 year pins to Mary Belt and Bill Cashion. 15 years to George A. Phillips. 10 years to John H. Peters. Performance awards go to Mary Lou Griffith, Johnnie Casada, Esther I Casper, and Claude Vaughn. Edward Rocus will receive a DMAS award for suggesting a hearing device for admission services.
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Sam Rayburn Memorial VA Center
VA Center
Banks I. Paul
J. D. Coffee
Mary Belt
NHCU
Bill Cashion
George A. Phillips
John H. Peters
Mary Lou Grif
Fith
Johnnie Casada
Arthur M. Savage
Esther I. Casper
Claude Vaughn
Edward Rocus
DMAS
Ikard Urges Quick Oil Area Development
Frank Ikard president of the American Petroleum Institute warns that U S oil reserves are shrinking by about 500 000 barrels daily and urges prompt development of Outer Continental Shelf resources. He criticizes Congress for delaying new leases and notes rising Arab oil imports and potential shortages.
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Jacksonville, Fla
Frank Ikard
America
Ikard
Congress
Atlantic
United States
Briscoe Corrects Error on Texas Health Board Vice Chairman
Gov Dolph Briscoe announced a correction after a typographical error led to the wrong man being named vice chairman of the reorganized Texas Board of Health Resources. He said William J Foran of Amarillo should be vice chairman, replacing Dr Eugene Brown of Lubbock, former Texas Osteopathic Medical Association president, whose designation was in error.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Dolph Briscoe
Texas Board of Health Resources
Briscoe
William J. Foran
Amarillo
Eugene Brown
Lubbock
Texas Osteopathic Medical Association
Erg
Negotiations Sought in Newspaper Exclusive Rights Case
UPI reports Manhattan federal judge Edmund Palmieri urged settlement talks over an eight year dispute on exclusive territorial rights to syndicated features. The Justice Department accuses Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate Field Enterprises and Hearst Corp of Sherman Act violations by granting overly broad exclusivity to newspapers carrying those features.
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New York
UPI
Manhattan
Edmund Palmieri
Justice Department
Boston Globe
Department
Chicago Tribune-New York News
Field Enterae
Hearst
Credit Union Suspended Over Asset Sale to Partnership
The 3,450-member Gifford-Hill Credit Union in Austin was ordered suspended by Credit Union Commissioner John P. Parsons at 9:30 a.m. The action followed findings that the credit union was conducting its affairs in an unsound and unauthorized manner, including the sale of assets to a limited partnership named SAVE Select Associates Value Equity.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Gifford-Hill Credit Union
Texas Credit Union Department
John P. Parsons
Parsons
SAVE
Select Associates Value Equity
Property Owners Protest Property Valuations in Fannin County
Fannin county property owners flocked to the commissioners court as the board of equalization met to protest tax valuations. The court earlier raised the assessed value rate from 25 to 35 percent of market value, increasing property tax bills. sessions begin at 10 a.m. and run through the day all week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannin County
Commissioners’ Court
Board of Equalization
CIA Investigators Push to Expose Past CIA Plots
Senate panel chief Sen. Frank Church seeks details on alleged plots to kill Fidel Castro and others. John Roselli and Sam Giancana associates linked to a 1960s plan. Giancana killed recently amid Chicago mob tensions. Door opened to secret NSC and White House minutes. some documents still missing.
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Washington
UPI
Chicago
Sie
CIA
Fidel Castro
Frank Church
Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
John Roselli
Sam Giancana
Castro
Raul
Che Guevara
Church
National Security Council
White House
Uganda Aims for Clemency in Hills Case
United Press International reports Uganda demands clemency talks with Britain over Dennis Hills 61 who faces execution July 4 after being labeled a village tyrant in an unpublished manuscript. British officers returned to London with a sealed Ugandan letter for Queen Elizabeth and a copy for Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
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United Press International
Uganda
London
Queen Elizabeth
Idi Amin
Amin
Dennis Hills
Sir Chandos Blair
Heathrow Airport
Blair
Iain Grahame
Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
Callaghan
Hills
Cosmonauts Set Russian Space Endurance Mark
In Moscow two cosmonauts Pyotr Klimuk and Vitaly Sevastiyanov surpassed the Soviet space endurance record of 30 days 13 hours 30 minutes aboard Soyuz 18. They maintained two hours of calisthenics daily and adjusted to weightlessness as they remained in the Salyut 4 laboratory. The previous Soviet record was set by Gubarev and Grechko in February and the U S record stands at 84 days on Skylab.
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Moscow
UPS
Soviet Union
Pyotr Klimuk
Vitaly Sevastiyanov
Gandhi Appeals Ruling Keeps Prime Minister in Office
The Supreme Court ruled Indira Gandhi can stay as prime minister while she appeals election law convictions. The mixed verdict stripped her vote in Parliament, prompting shocked displays from supporters outside the New Delhi court. Justice Krish na Iyer granted a conditional stay, delaying further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
UPI
Supreme Court
Indira Gandhi
India
Mrs. Gandhi
Krishna Iyer
Raj Narain
Iyer
Congress Party
Gandhi
Narain
Lyer
Bonhi Bandsmen Shine At Lumberjack Camp Honors Band
Two Bonhi band cornet players Bill King and Jimmy Towry earned first section honors after auditions at the six day Lumberjack Camp at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches. They will perform in the Honors Band and top Stage Band with concerts and Fun Night on Thursday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches
Bill King
Jimmy Towry
Fannin County 4-H Dress Revue Set for Thursday Night
4-H club members will present spring and summer fashions in the Fountain Room of the First National Bank starting at 7 90 p.m. Judges evaluated entrants on appearance, poise, and garment construction with district contest prospects in Fort Worth July 9 10 and a state trip possible with a Chicago trip and $700 scholarship for winners.
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Fannin County
Charlotte Talley
First National Bank
Fort
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