Peanut Clinic and 4-H Leaders Meet in Fannin County
The county hosts its seventh annual peanut clinic at Sam Rayburn school featuring Dr. C Wendell Horne and H R Spears from Texas A M Extension Service. A separate session in the Fannin Electric Co Op assembly room covers record books and awards for 4 H adult leaders.
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Telephone Community Club
C. Wendell Horne
H. R. Spears
Texas A&m Extension Service
Sam Rayburn
Fannin Electric Co-Op
Extension Service
Kenneth Denmark
Skunk Family Closes Scout Headquarters Briefly
Ogallala Nebraska UPI reports the Star Council of Girls Scouts faced an unwelcome intrusion as a family of skunks moved under the headquarters building prompting a precautionary response.
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Ogallala
Neb
Neptune Fountain statue gains grim fish trophy at museum
Neptune’s Fountain at the St. Louis city art museum features a life size water god statue with an iron spear. On Saturday a large dead red snapper was impaled on the spear, creating a macabre display.
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ST. Louis, Mo
UPI
City Art Museum
Michigan Bans Giant Quart and Jumbo Pint Phrases
A new Michigan law forbids terms like giant quart and jumbo pint on jars bottles and cartons sold in the state. The act requires the smallest unit of weight or measure to be stated on the container.
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Lansing
Mich
UPI
Michigan
Gasoline Tank Stolen From Morristown Car
Night watchman Robert Sterns found his car failed to start after work. A mechanic later discovered the gasoline tank had been stolen, leaving the vehicle unable to operate despite a functioning engine, lights, and battery.
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Morristown
N. J
UPI
Robert Sterns
Television watching linked to fourth graders study
A UPI report notes a study finding some fourth graders watch more television than parents suspect. One student claimed an 80 hour weekly habit with 25 hours on Saturday, highlighting possible TV time impact on school work.
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Fort Worth
UPI
Apollo 9 crew shifts to safer orbit after engine hiccup
At midflight, Apollo 9 astronauts McDivitt Scott and Schweickart moved to a lower 130 to 120 mile Earth orbit and shot Earth images for potential crop and mineral studies. After a 90 minute delay, the main engine fired successfully for 2.5 seconds as Mission Control confirmed the fix and the mission proceeded toward lunar objectives.
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Space Center
Houston
UPI
Earth
James A. McDivitt
David R. Scott
Russell L. Schweickart
Mission Control Flight
Scott
Stuart Roosa
Mission Control
Space Agency
U.S
Middle East Talks Highlight UPI Conference Findings
Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin met two hours with Secretary of State William Rogers in Washington to discuss the Middle East and other matters. State Department officials noted upcoming talks involving the United States the Soviet Union France and Great Britain as key in the wake of President Nixon's European trip and de Gaulle promoted UN envoy talks among the big four.
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Washington
UPI
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
William P. Rogers
Middle East
State Department
United States
Soviet Union
France
Great Britain
Nixon
U.S
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
United Nations
Allied and Communist diplomats keep Vietnam talks alive
Paris reports say allied and Communist diplomats are willing to continue peace talks despite Viet Cong rocket attacks on South Vietnamese cities. Hanoi delegates would not commit on a U S retaliatory bombing. Observers note a suspension or withdrawal of delegations could undo a year of diplomatic maneuvering.
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Paris
UPI
Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Nixon
Viet Cong
DMZ patrols clash with North Vietnamese near Saigon
Allied patrols probe the DMZ southern sector amid daily clashes with North Vietnamese regualrs. U.S. sources say 2,000 Communist troops in the zone, with 163 Communist deaths in three Saigon area battles and 12 U.S. dead or wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
Phu Khuong
Moscow Peking Exchange Threats Deepens Cold Tension
Kremlin and Peking traded sharp words fueling a crisis after the Ussuri border clash. Pravda labeled Mao a traitor and warmonger while Radio Peking warned of a war prep, with a Soviet Foreign Office spokesman declaring relations are bad through no fault of ours.
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Moscow
UPI
Peking
Soviet Union
Pravda
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Radio Peking
Kremlin
Soviet Foreign
Ussuri
Trustees Race Draws 34 Candidates Across Districts
In the 1969 trustee elections set for April 5, 34 candidates filed for school board posts across districts including Honey Grove Trenton and Gober. Incumbents Lewis Donaghy and Roy Lochridge had no opponents. ballots go to printer this week after the filing deadline.
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Lewis Donaghy
Trenton
Roy T. Lochridge
Honey Grove
Donaghey
Lochridge
J. C. Luttrell
Randell Freeman
Bob J. Reed
Bob H. Milford
Sam Reece
Travis L. Skinner
Millard Head
Ian Rayburn
Ivanhoe
Shuff Gibbs
Johnson Whited
Leonard Bryant
Telephone
Calvin H. Felts
Savoy
J. D. Hutchins
Joe W. Cox
Robert E. Mas
Nixon weighs ABM deployment decision during Florida weekend
President Nixon spent Saturday at the Florida retreat weighing whether to proceed with deploying the Antiballistic Missile system. He planned to announce his decision early in the week as Pentagon pressure and Senate opposition mount. He also faced a broader choice on advancing Johnson era Great Society programs amid budget concerns.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Capitol Hill
Senate
Pentagon
Edward M. Kennedy
Soviet Union
$75 Damage Reported in Two Vehicle Collision
Investigating officers assessed $715 in damage after a two car crash on North Main Street. Assistant Chief Jay Duckworth and Officer Archie Hamilton identified drivers as Mrs. Mildred Hartley Wright of Bonham and Mrs. Gladys W. Anderson of Ector.
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North Main Street Friay
Jay Duckworth
Archie Hamilton
Mildred Hartley Wright
Bonham
Gladys W. Anderson
Ector
Thurmond Pushes Health Warning on Liquor Labels
Sen. Strom Thurmond urges a Senate bill to require health warnings on liquor bottle labels. The South Carolina Republican, a teetotaler, says Congress must confront the health hazard of alcoholism.
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Washington
UPI
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Thurmond
Senate
Congress
WinterPays Return Visit To Bonham
Winter returned to the Bonham area with cold, windy conditions and a forecast of clear skies. Sunday is expected to reach around 40 degrees after a 20 degree low, with 34 degrees at 7 a m Saturday and a 0.33 inch rainfall total recorded by 6 p m Friday.
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Bonham
Texas Panhandle
Dalhart
Nixon visit cited as dampening Berlin crisis
West Berlin Mayor Klaus Schuetz said Nixon's visit helped deter the Communist threat in a war of nerves. Allied officials warned minor traffic interference might recur from East Germany, but a total highway blockade was unlikely as Soviet maneuvers ended and Heinemann prepared to become president.
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Berlin
UPJ
West Berlin
Klaus Schuetz
Schuetz
Nixon
East Germany
United States
Soviet Union
Gustav Heinemann
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