Army troops guard civil rights marchers in Selma and Montgomery
UPI reports an army of U S soldiers trained in riot control converged on Selma to guard thousands of civil rights demonstrators ahead of a march to Montgomery. President Johnson federalized 1 863 Alabama Guard members and dispatched MP battalions from Fort Hood and Fort Bragg to support the effort amid Governor Wallace’s stance and state troopers in Selma.
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Selma
Ala
UPI
U.S
Ts Cattle Town
Montgomery
Federal
Johnson
George Wallace
Alabama
Alabama Guard
Dixie
Ft Hood Tex
Craig Air Force Base
503Rd
Miltary
Ft Bragg
Maxwell Air Force Base
University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Dixie Division
Ole Miss
Guv Wallace
University of Alabama At
Tuscaloosa
Little Rock
Ark
Benning
Snowy Friday Affected Crowd at Monks Town Dinner
Cantrell reports a snowy Friday night reduced attendance at the Monks Town fried chicken dinner yet failed to dampen the warm reception for the hardy diners. Food included fried chicken beans greens pies and coffee as snow began in the mid afternoon and covered the ground though roads remained passable.
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Monkstown
83rd Infantry Division Seeks 28000 Missing Veterans
The Thunderbolt unit is hunting 28,000 former 83rd Infantry Division members not contacted since WWII. An association formed after the war hopes to list all veterans. Contact national secretary Harry Lockwood at 43 Oakland Ave Jersey City NJ.
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83Rd Infantry
Thunderbolt
83Rd Infantry Division Association
Harry Lockwood
Oakland Ave
Jersey City
N. J
Unseasonable Freeze Follows Warm Day Shocks Local Resident
Spring onset at 2 05 p m Saturday contrasted by frigid air as W V Wilson reports lights shivering Friday morning. He said lights shook, noting 40 years in Kansas and never seeing such a sight. The region had reached 67 degrees the day prior before the freeze.
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W. V. Wilson
Kansas
Texas highway department gardener buffs roadside flora
The Texas Highway Department maintains rights of way along over 66 000 miles of road and more than 800 900 acres. Flowering species such as bluebonnet coreopsis paint brush gaillardia phlox and verbena beautify routes while reducing soil erosion and washouts.
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Texas Highway Department
Texas
Bonham boys recover from Sherman crash injuries
Two Bonham youths reported good recovery Saturday after injuries from a one car crash in Sherman the previous week. Injured were Gary Lightfoot and Lee McBroom, sons of local residents.
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Bonham
Sherman
Gary Lightfoot
Bill Lightfoot
Lee McBroom
Bonham School Budget Shows Local Funding Below State and Nation
Bonham's school district relies on local 24 percent, state 74 percent, and federal 2 percent of a 644000 budget. Local funding trails state and national averages, with state at 48 percent and nation 42 percent. Federal share is near 1 percent nationally. The district faces long term needs for building replacement as enrollment grows, with tax inequities and bond limits affecting future financing.
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Bonham’s
Bonham
Texas
Bonham — Independent School District
Secret Day Night Raids Are Planned
Military sources say the United States plans secret night and day air raids against North Vietnam possibly with naval missile bombardments and Da Nang kept off limits to reporters. The effort may aim to disrupt morale in the north while jets continue round the clock operations in South Vietnam. A U S Air Force spokesman reported 12 B57 bombers struck a suspected Communist troop concentration in Binh Tuy Province near Saigon.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
UPS
United States
North Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S
Binh Tuy
Saigon
Cuba Asked to Sign Ban Pact
Mexico in effect has asked Cuba to ditch its nuclear arms and to join a Latin American atomic bomb ban treaty. A message to Cuban foreign minister Raul Roa was sent by Alfonso Garcia Robles, Mexican undersecretary of foreign relations, who chairs the denuclearization meeting ending Monday. The Colombian proposal urged a regional treaty only if all countries in the area are included.
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Mexico City
UPI
Mexico
Cuba
Raul Roa
Alfonso Garcia Robles
Latin America
Beautification Committee Receives Community Help in Bonham
Bonham beautification committee reports offers of aid from two sources. Troop 255, Boy Scouts of America, sponsored by First Christian church, will be assigned cleanup duties. Mike Brown, senior architecture student at Texas Tech, offers preliminary studies and use of his skills, citing mental and economic community benefits and urging active local participation.
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Bonham
H. A. Busow
Burow
Boy Scouts of America
First Christian Church
Dick Alfred
Scoutminster
Brown
Debra McGuire Named Queen by Association
Debra McGuire a Bonham area junior high student who has ridden since age two is chosen queen for 1965 by the Bonham Quarter Horse Association. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Wayne McGuire and will ride with association members in parades rodeos and events alongside other contestants Judy Herd Jamie Stephenson and Linda Welch.
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Debra McGuire
Wayne McGuire
Bonham Quarter Horse Association
Wiss Shar . Vinable
VicGune
Association
Wer
Judy Herd
Waille Herd
Jamie Stephenson
Jack Stephenson
Linda Welch
Joe Welch
Favorite Wins Two Fourths in Annual Press Contest
The Bonham Daily Favorite earned two fourth place finishes in the North and East Texas Press Association contests. The paper also garnered awards for editorial excellence and community service. James Smith of the Panola Watchman in Carthage was named president of NETPA for the coming year.
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Bonham Daily
North
East Texas Press Association
James Smith
Panola Watchman
Carthage
NETPA
Bonham Weather Brings Snow and Cold Snap
Frigid conditions hit Texas with Bonham reporting snow Friday and a 41 degree high on Saturday. Arctic air lingered, lows near 9 degrees in Amarillo and Dallas area, with Sunday expected warmer highs in the 50s but cold nights. The midwinter chill may threaten the peach crop.
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Bonham
Vidas
Wetuta Falls
Johnson backs 18-year voting rights but Congress to decide
President Johnson said 18-year-olds should be allowed to vote but any broadening of the Negro voting rights bill must come from Congress. He noted a straightforward universal age could require a constitutional amendment and left registration details to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees. Georgia and Kentucky allow 18-year-olds. most states set higher ages.
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Johnson Cily
Tex
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Republican Civil Rights Back
GOP
LBJ
Texas
Georgia
Kentucky
Alaska
Hawaii
Senate
House Judiciary Committees
Favorite Foods Winners Named in Fannin County
Windom and Allen's Point 4 H clubs will represent Fannin County in the Favorite Foods Contest at Big Town on April 3. Winners include Carolyn Bowman and Levanda Ridge from Windom, with Judith and Paula Jordan of Allen's Point. other entries were banana milk shake and tuna salad by Jud Jordan and Linda Caplinger. Judges were Ruth Bell and Edith Trout.
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Judy Jordan
Allen's Point
Levandia Ridge
Indore
Carolyn Bowman
Windom
Paula Jordan
Ners
Mable London
Big Town
Allen
Fann .Cuat
Fannin County
Judy
Astets
Bowman
Lees
Jack Ridge
Fannin County Rural Electric Cooperative
Jourdan Sisters
W. P. Jordan
Paula
Kathleen
Carney
E. G.ney
Bonham
Stefan
Spaghett
Linda
Aplinger
Mis
Carne
Miss Caplinger
Atbon
Wes Sheryl Burk
Kathy Book
Lub-Atarge
Brenda Bowman
Gale Roberts
Pegs Williams
Allen’s Point
Sheila Bowman Windom
Mable Lundon
Ruth Bell
Texas Power and Light Co
Sherman
T.dith Trout
Gober High School
Johnson affirms unchanged U S policy in Vietnam
President Johnson stressed that the United States will maintain its role in South Vietnam and halt progress toward terrorism. He announced Ambassador Mansfield Tastor will return to Washington March 28 for consultations and said Congress broadly supports the policy amid Gromyko’s calls for U S withdrawal.
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Johnson Cley
Fesco! PD
Sadeai Vayy
United State
South Viet Nam
Manwell Tastor
Washington
Leta
Congress
Johnson
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Viet Nam
Gromyko
Southeast Asia
U.S
North Viet Nam
Fines Levied After Guilty Pleas in County Court
Three defendants pleaded guilty before Judge Choice Moore in county court. Samuel Jones fined $100 and costs for possession of liquor for sale in dry territory. Paul Fuller Sr. fined $150 and costs for transportation of liquor in dry territory. George D. Gill fined $1.69 and given three days in jail plus license suspension for driving while intoxicated.
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Choice Moore
Samuel Jones
Dry Territory
Paul Fuller, Sr
Guily
George D. Gill
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OUR
Bonham School
Allen's Point Girls
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