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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1967
Page
3
Evelyn Y Davis, calling herself the nation's leading minority stockholder, testified at a House postal rate hearing about a brace of corporate meetings. She wowed some lawmakers with zigzag dress and a torrent of digressions while urging a rate hike for periodicals and railing against Time magazine.
Actress Jayne Mansfield is killed when a chauffeured Buick crashes into a slow truck on U.S. Highway 90 near New Orleans. Also dead are the chauffeur and a lawyer's associate. Mansfield's three children are injured, dogs killed, and the accident site near Lake Pontchartrain is described.
L. J. Bryant 57 died at his Whitewright home after a two week illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete under Earnheart directing, with Wallace Mynatt of the Church of Christ officiating. He was born October 18 1909 in Point Cedar Arkansas, worked at Meador Tractor, married Mary Garner January 20 1935, and survived by his widow a son a brother three sisters and two grandchildren.
Rain improves crops and pastures in Nunnelee as residents report visitors and family gatherings. Mrs. Jessie Slate notes hospital stay for Mrs. Bobby Jones in Wilson N. Jones Hospital, room 325, following surgery with her sons Anthony and Billy Wayne staying with relatives.
New patients listed across Bonham Ravenna Paris Honey Grove and nearby towns include Samuel Jones Leonard Walker Elizabeth Love John Maness O P Dilliard Lela Rue Lucy Smith Randy Kirk George Miller Robert McDonald Bonham Estelle Watkins Clarence Thomas Cordy Coburn Robert Walker Lola Smith Toy Landham Irene Jones and many others. Dismissals include William Garner James Cockrill Liza Gunn and additional transfers among Bonham Ravenna Paris Honey Grove and Ector facilities.
Grandparents Mr and Mrs A W Jones along with C P Moore Mrs Billy Lindsey and Mrs Jessie Slate are recovering from recent illnesses in the community notes.
Chi Rho groups from District 20 of Christian churches converge at Camp Fellowship Lake Fannin for a weeklong conference. Ed Dowell, youth director at University Christian Church Fort Worth, directs the meeting with Mr and Mrs Tom Allison serving as Camp Fellowship directors. The groups arrived Monday and depart Saturday.
The House Ways and Means Committee nears agreement on a 13 percent benefit increase for about 23.5 million Social Security recipients. But sources say no bill will clear the committee until after the July 4 recess.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 0.30 to 868.5 while the Dow Jones Transportation and Utility indices posted small moves: rails down 0.19 to 256.28 and industrials up 0.02 to 1306. A broad market snapshot shows 65 stocks at 337.88, down 0.13.
Primo Carnera known as the Gentle Giant dies at age 60 in his birthplace town after returning from Glendale California for a final farewell. He held the world heavyweight title from Sharkey for 11 months in 1933 until losing it to Max Baer in 1934.
Mrs. Mable London of Fannin county home demonstration agent attends the national convention of home economists in Dallas.
Mrs Marguerite Oswald mother of Lee Harvey Oswald said she sent a telegram to President Johnson asking to present evidence to clear her son's name. She claimed she possesses information proving her son did not kill President Kennedy and urged that the American people be allowed to know the truth.
Fort Worth cattle markets show 1400 calves steady to good and choice 995 lb steers at 26.65, 685 lb heifers 24.00-25.30, bulls 21.80-22.25, feeders 540-850 lb steers 24.60-28.00, 535-620 lb heifers 23.20-24.90. Hogs scarce for test with 215-306 lb barrows and gilts 20.00-21.00, sows steady to 50 higher, 285-530 lb at 16.00-16.50.
A mother criticized CBS for naming her son as the assassin, saying the network did a very good job on overall coverage but erred in identifying the suspect. Her remarks accompany reaction to the televised report and public statements.
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