Sam Rayburn and Dodd City Host Fundraisers This Week
The Sam Rayburn PTA will serve fried chicken Friday at 6 pm to raise funds for a public address system and a school sign. Dodd City High School sophomores host a Sunday barbecue from 11 am to 1 30 pm with Ernie’s of Greenville providing the meal. Proceeds support year‑long student projects. Bailey Inglish PTA presents a Friday night variety show with Mrs. Robert Hill as chair. The Mothers Four perform, following a Lions Club show last Thursday. March 30 is the deadline for 1969 license tags. Jerry Wilson notes the tags as signs.
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Fannin County
Sam Rayburn Parent-Teacher Association
Sam Rayburn
Ivanhoe
Dodd City High School
Ernies of
Greenville
Bailey Inglish Parent-Teacher Association
Robert Hill
Bonham
Lions Club
PTA
Jerry Wilson
Ted Wilson
Three Officials Delayed Leaving County Superintendent’s Office
Kate Reed Estes June Morrison and Dorothy Robinson were a bit late leaving the office of County Superintendent M L Brent on Monday noon delaying their luncheon schedule in a small county bureau.
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Kate Reed Estes
June Morrison
Dorothy Robinson
M. L. Brent
Easter Chill Hints At Spring Footnotes From Bonham Area
Bonham residents note early spring wind as Easter mood lingers. Carolyn Pearson earned third in VOE shorthand state contest in Abilene. Ralph and Mrs. Pearson are her parents. Wesley Barker, ETSU sophomore, named Alpha Gamma Rho reporter. Honey Grove seniors stage Don Quixote U S A play Friday at 7 p.m.
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Carolyn Pearson
Abilene
Georgia Jenkins
Ralph Pearson
Wesley Barker
Alpha Gam- Ma Rho
East Texas State University
Commerce
Bonham High School
Barker
ETSU
Amarillo Highway Worker Recalls Unusual Alaska Question
An Amarillo Texas Highway Department employee reports a hitchhiker asked for directions to Alaska. The office staff offered well wishes as the traveler posed the odd query and departed.
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Texas Highway Department
Amarillo
Alaska
Jack
Berry Would Divide Texas Into 2 States
Sen. W. E. Berry of San Antonio proposed a bill to split Texas into two states. He said South Texas would gain preferred elements including the Battleship Texas, the Alamo, and Connallys, while the north would keep oil and wealth, with legalization of horse racing and liquor by the drink to shift money southward.
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Austin
UPI
W. E. Berry
San Antonio
Senate
Texas
South Texas
Connallys
Berry
No Raids Over North Vietnam As Bombing Rises
UPI reports the United States is deploying more air munitions in the Vietnam War than before the November halt on North Vietnam bombing. Defense officials cite a monthly consumption near 129000 tons with 852 sorties, while noting Laos and South Vietnam changes and unclear B52 usage.
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Washington
UPI
United States
North Vietnam
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Laos
Vietnam
Laird Seeks Funds as B52 Air Campaign Intensifies
Defense secretary Robert Laird notes lower than expected B52 sorties but confirms heavy use of the eight engine bombers. He requests 102 million dollars for 15 months of operation while Gen Abrams supports maintaining the current rate. Administration forecasts 129000 tons monthly despite doubts of decline.
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Laird
Pentagon
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
31 Day Offensive by Viet Cong In Cambodia Attacks Spread
B52 bombers pounded infiltration routes toward Saigon as U S command seeks Nixon approval for Cambodia raids. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese shelled Quang Ngai city while battles surged around Kontum and Da Nang amid continued large scale offensives. US and ARVN reported 148 guerrillas killed near Quang Ngai with light allied losses.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Nixon
Cambodia
Quang Ngai
da Nang
Robert E. Cushman Jr
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Mekong River
Favorite Given Awards Recognition at North and East Texas Press
The Bonham Daily Favorite earned seven certificates at the North and East Texas Press Association convention in Marshall. The paper placed second in local columns and local news photos, third in feature story writing and general excellence, fourth in community service and news writing, fifth in sweeping, and competed against papers from Athens Kilgore Gainesville Jacksonville Nacogdoches Marlin and Waxahachie.
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Bonham Daily
North
East Texas Press Association
Marshall
Athens
Kilgore
Gaimesville
Jacksonville
Nacogdoches
Marlin
Waxahachie
Nixon to seek retention of 10 percent surcharge through 1970
President Nixon plans to ask Congress to keep the full 10 percent income tax surcharge through mid-1970 to combat inflation. GOP leaders Sen. Everett Dirksen and Rep. Gerald Ford announced after a White House meeting with the President and advisers. They said the move aims to hold a surplus in fiscal 1969 and 1970 by cutting spending and maintaining taxes.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
House
Senate
White House
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Capitol Hill
Dirksen
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Nixon urged to extend raids on Cambodian bases
U S military command asks President Nixon to approve raids on about 12 North Vietnamese bases along the Cambodia border using B52 strikes or large scale cross border raids. Cambodian leader Sihanouk signaled no objection, easing internal opposition though further assurances are sought.
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Saigon
Apn
U.S
Nixon
Cambodia
United States
Cambodian
South Vietnam
Johnson
Prince Norodom
Shaffer Sworn In as FAA Administrator
John H. Shaffer, 50, former TRW vice president, is sworn in as administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration by Transportation Secretary John A. Volpe. He succeeds acting Administrator David D. Thomas, who will remain deputy administrator.
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Washington
UPI
John H. Shaffer
TRW
Federal Aviation Administration
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Shaffer
Aciing
David D. Thomas
Three Crashes Do $460 Damage On City Streets
Investigating officers estimate total damage at 460 dollars in three traffic accidents. Mrs Ruby Liner Sisson of Ravenna reports left front fender damage to her parked car at Bonham Manufacturing. Officers identify drivers Garber B Stone Sammie Travis Mckuen and Dennis Wiliam White Horace Fredrik Sartor in separate collisions.
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Ruby Liner
Sisson
Ravenna
Rt. J
Bonham Manufacturing Company
FE. N. McCraw
Bruce Caylor
North Center
Herndon
Garber B. Stone
Sammie Travis Mckuen
Leon Harper
Archie Hamilton
Dennis Wiliam White
Horace Fredrik Sartor
Hanes Farm Equipment Company
FDA Recalls Fabric Covered Toy Tunnels Over Fire Risk
The FDA ordered fabric covered toy tunnels removed from shelves after tests show a risk of catching fire with a child inside. FDA spokesperson said no deaths or injuries have been reported to date.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Light Freeze Forecast for Wednesday in Bonham Area
The U S Weather Bureau warns Bonham area residents of a light freeze with temperatures in the upper 20s Wednesday morning. Skies should be clear with a warming trend by afternoon as Panhandle and much of Texas face near freezing or below temps. small craft warnings issued for the Texas coast. North winds eased overnight across North Texas.
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Bonham
U. S
Texas
Apollo 10 Will Not Make Landing
NASA officials choose lunar orbit mission for Apollo 10 in May before attempting a July landing with Apollo 11. Astronauts Thomas Stafford John Young and Eugene Cernan will launch May 18 and remain in lunar orbit for about 63 hours, over three times Apollo 8’s orbit duration.
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Space Center
Houston
UPI
Space Agency
Thomas Stafford
John Young
Eugene Cernan
Tragedy in Rusk as Doctor’s Wife and Daughters Shot
In Rusk Texas the wife Betty Tipton 30s and daughters Pam 9 and Karen 7 were found shot twice in the chest with a .22 pistol around 9 p.m. The physician Dr George Tipton has lived in the four acre outskirts home for five years. Sheriff's officers investigate and funeral plans are pending as the doctor remains unready to talk.
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Thompson
Rusk
Rolls Owners in Fannin County Urged to Render Property
County tax assessor Henry Joe Fletcher reminded 1969 property owners to render their real estate on the 1969 tax rolls. Rendition sheets were mailed with tax statements and must be returned by April 30 to ensure accurate listing. Owners who sold or bought property this year should note changes on the form.
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Fannin County
Henry Joe Fletcher
Fletcher
Premier Rifai Predicts Escalation in Arab-Iraeli Conflict
Amman Jordan April reports say premier Abdel Moneim Rifai forecasts more escalation by Arabs against Israeli aggression and would back Palestinian guerrilla groups. His stance contrasts with the cabinet shakeup that ousted Bahyjat Talhouni, seen as King Hussein tightening control over a volatile government.
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Amman
Jordan
UPI
Abdel Moneim_ Rifai
Rifai
Khan resigns as president of Pakistan ending Ayub era
President Mohammad Ayub Khan resigns and transfers power to the army amid months of violence and near civil war. East Pakistan faces leftist agitation led by Sulfikar Ali Bhutto and Maulana Bhashani as mobs enforce "People’s Courts" and chaos grips the nation.
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Karachi
UPI
Mohammad Ayub Khan
Pakistan
Karachi Radio
Ayub
West Pakistan
East Pakistan
Ayub Khan
Sulfikar al Bhutto
Maulana Bashani
Mao Tse-Tung
United States
Deputy Rosson Named Deputy Commander in Vietnam
Lt Gen William B Rosson director of plans and policy for the Joint Chiefs of Staff is named deputy commander of U S forces in Vietnam replacing Gen Andrew J Goodpaster who becomes supreme allied commander in Europe President Nixon also appoints Maj Gen Julian J Ewell from the 9th Infantry Division Vietnam to command II Field Force replacing Lt Gen Walter T Kerwin Jr in Vietnam
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Bob Cantrell
Bonhamite
Honey Grove
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Clark M. Clifford
J. Laird
Mary Ann Marshall
William Marshall
Michelle Gary
Glen D. Gary
Sherry Marshall
L. B. Marshall
Diane Buford
Jimmie Buford
Len Leatherwood
George Leatherwood
Teresa Bragg
Dan Bragg
Sihanouk
State Department
Khan
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