Almanac and fishing tale highlight Bonham items
The snippet mentions Hazeltine's Pocket Book Almanac from Warren Pa, a 21 pound rockfish caught by Mary Fae Duff Kamm of Bonham staffer for Congressman Ray Roberts, and various local notes. It covers onion prices in 1945 and 1935, July 4 events, Kiwanis fireworks at Lake Bonham, and community happenings in Trenton Honey Grove Whitewright and Owens Chapel Cemetery associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Cummings
West Ninth Street
Mary Fae Duff Kamm
Sam
Solomons
Maryland
Kamm
Thuley Duff
Bonham
Ray Roberts
Washington
Congressman Roberts
Mary Fae
Nixon volunteers for Watergate questioning before grand jurors
Former President Richard Nixon voluntarily appeared for 11 hours of questioning by prosecutors and a grand jury in Washington. The interview covered a wide range of Watergate matters and the transcript remains sealed as part of the grand jury investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Watergate
George L. Hart Jr
Nixon
Herbert J. Miller
Miller
California
Hart’s Court
Henry S. Ruth Jr
Four Die in Plainview Plane Crash Near Airport
Four people died when a high plane crashed about half a mile from the runway at East County airport in Plainview. Victims include Michael East LaGrone, Thomas De Burgess, Jack L. South, and flight instructor James Frank South Jr. All residents or connected to Plainview or nearby towns.
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Plainview, Tex
UPI
Aeaste County
Michael East LaGrone
Thomas Nee de Burgess
Jack L. South
Plainview
Dames Frank South Jr
Tula
House Defies Surrender of Panama Canal Rights
The House approved an amendment barring use of funds to surrender U S rights in the Panama Canal by a 246 to 164 vote. The move risks upsetting canal talks with Panama and strains Latin American relations. Ellsworth Bunker leads negotiations with Antonio Tack Me State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
House
State Department
U.S
Panama Canal
United States
Panama
Latin America
Gene Snyder
D-Ky
Snyder
Congress
Ellsworth Bunker
Antonio Tacme
MO Tackici Jay
Senate
Dispute Halts Quick Passage of Housing Bill
Congress fails to rush a middle income housing bill due to a fight over 1 percent fee limits on mortgage handling. Senate bill would let $10 billion in subsidized mortgages be bought with 7.5 percent rates, but House removal of the fee cap stalled action until after the July 4 recess. Senator Proxmire balked at removing the limit, halting concurrence and delaying a Ford veto replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Congress
Ford
Senate
House
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Hubert Humphrey
Dminn
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Carla Hills
Humphrey
Officials appoint four to Hospital Licensing Council
Gov. Dolph Briscoe named Joe Roddy Jr. of Austin Dr. Sidney Schnur of Houston Guy H. Dalrymple of Beaumon and John Horn of Seymour to the Hospital Licensing Advisory Council on Thursday.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Dolph Briscoe
Joe Roddy Jr
Sidney Schnur
Houston
Guy H. Dalrymple
Beaumon
John Horn
Seymour
Hospital Licensing Advisory Council
Two Injured in Traffic Mishap Near Bokchito Okla
Mrs Joyce Alexander and her son were seriously injured when her southbound car ran off State Highway 78 at the 121 cutoff, striking a concrete culvert after a passing maneuver by Melvin Anderson of Savoy. Both were taken to Wilson N Jones hospital in Sherman.
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Joyce Alexander
Bokchito
Okla
Rt. 1
Wilson N. Jones Hospital
Sherman
Phil Ryan
Alexander
Ryan
Melvin Anderson
Savoy
Eee
Thunderstorms in NWS Forecast for Bonham Area
The National Weather Service projects partly cloudy skies with a 20 percent thunderstorm chance through Saturday in Bonham. Showers occurred Thursday with dense fog overnight. temperatures will peak in the 80s and drop to the low 70s by Saturday morning. Winds from the southeast 8 to 18 mph ease tonight. A funnel cloud was seen near Spearman and a tornado damaged a house and barn near Morse in the Texas Panhandle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham
National Weather Service
Texas Panhandle
Hull Country
Spearman
Morse
Suspects Arrested in Soviet Spy Case by FBI
FBI agents arrested Sarkis Pas aku lian in New York City and Sahag Dedeyan in Rockville Maryland on charges of spying for the Soviet Union. A criminal complaint accuses Pas kailian of conspiring to gather classified national defense information for a foreign power. Dedeyan is charged with failing to report illegal photographing of national defense facilities.
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Washington
Baltimore
Dedeyan
Kelley
Lebanon
New York
Armenia
Paskalian
United States
Soviet Union
Rockville
Operations Research, Inc
Silver Spring
FBI
Applied Physics Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University
Defense Department
Petros Petrosyan
Queens
Paskalan
NATO
Eduard B. Charchyan
Charchyan
United Nations
Rites Set for Mrs Maxwell
Mrs. Arthur Lavonia Maxwell, 64, died June 27 1975 at her Bonham home of an apparent heart attack. Services Sunday 2:30 at Wise Funeral chapel with burial in Willow Wild cemetery. She was active in First Presbyterian church and community groups, and cared for elderly relatives. Survived by husband, son, two brothers, and one sister. Born January 21 1911 in Greenville.
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Arthur
Lavonia) Maxwell
West 10Th Street
Bonham
Wise Funeral Chapel
Willow Wild Cemetery
Maxwell
Fannin County Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Order of Eastern Star
Leonard
Joe
Warner Squad
Bond
Farm Home Administration
Nacogdoches
Stephen F. Austin University
B. T. Howell
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
John Franklin Howell
Richmond
Elzabeth Howell Smith
Greenville
M. S. Howell
Officials deny beating of activist during arrest in Pearsall
State officials acknowledge using mace and force as necessary in arresting Mexican American activist Modesto Rodriguez outside a Pearsall bar but deny beating him. MALDEF gathers affidavits from witnesses and others arrested with Rodriguez claiming facial bleeding and near unconsciousness. The incident draws inquiries from the White House and Congress to the Justice Department and FBI after Rodriguez’s four day hospitalization for a head wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
UPI
White House
Congressional
Justice Department
FBI
Rodriguez
Texas
Bonham Chamber OKs City Brochure Plan With Local Work
Bonham chamber directors authorize Charles Turbyfill to prepare a city brochure including a map and building photos. No outside ad firms. only contributor names. A committee will meet Sen. Ain of Paris to discuss paying Bonham Texas Employment Office rent and utilities. The board also approved a $200 library building fund check from banquet profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonham
Barney Richey
Dan Muze
Jimmy Buford
Gene Danner
Chamber
Sen. A. M. Ain, Jr
Paris
Texas Employment Commission
City of
Fannin County
Chamber of Commerce
Jerry Jones
Blue Grass
Blue Shield
David Smuth
Fanpin
Bonham Librar Board Building Fund
Library
Authama
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Trenton Tribune
Trenton
Ted Lindsey
Texoma
Kiwanis
Bonham Water Authority
Lake Bonham
Honey Grove
Whitewright
Crockett Park
American Legion
Ector United Methodist Church
Burma
Owens Chapel Cemetery
Jimmy Britton
Australia
Windsor
Sydney
Hawkesbury River
John N. Mitchell
H.R. Haideman
John D. Ehrlichman
Robert C. Marcian
Democratic National Committee
John W. Dean
House Judiciary Committee
Haldeman
CIA
Canal Zone
Dante Fascell
D-Fra
Roddy
Raymond Taylor
Bobby Madson
Boyd Poullan
NWS
Mrs. Maxwell
Arthur Maxwell
Deny Man
Sen. Aikin
Gure Semu
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