25 Mar 1976
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1976
Page
1
Local correspondence recalls Frances Jones and Ruth Jones Jordan with a vintage photograph of early Texas and Pacific bridge crews near Windom. Garden club sales, fishing chats, and a paper drive fundraiser populate a day of community happenings.
Bruce Caylor reports a work day planned at McCraws Chapel Cemetery this Saturday to clean up for spring and summer. Dogwoods bloom in the county’s north as temperatures stay springlike.
Partly cloudy and warm with a 40 percent chance of showers Friday. Overnight winds from the southeast gusting to 15 miles per hour. Lows in the 60s, highs in the low 80s.
Union leaders gather in Chicago as Teamsters reject a revised industry offer over wages cost of living and welfare pension funding. Frank Fitzsimmons pulls back a contract proposal and a strike vote is set for the end of March with Secretary Usery offering to assist. The dispute centers on a 13 to 20 percent raise over three years and $2.50 hourly demand plus ongoing cost of living adjustments.
The National Weather Service says no additional rain is expected in Bonham Friday as a new light cool front approaches from the west. Temperatures will range from the low 60s in the morning to the low 80s in the afternoon with fog diminishing from Wednesday night.
Carter seeks Wisconsin delegates after winning North Carolina as Udall vows a hard fight in Milwaukee. Reagan eyes a national speech while Ford comments on Reagan's NC victory. Wallace cuts staff as he pivots to TV spots. Jackson rallies labor support in New York and Pennsylvania primaries. Church opens Omaha HQ for Nebraska, Harris funds folk concerts for Pennsylvania bid.
A bomb threat forced American Embassy staff to evacuate the Moscow office but no bomb was found. The caller, speaking in English, warned of a four pound C4 explosive set to detonate minutes later.
Texas A and M researchers report that high pressure air may lift oil recovery from certain reserves. Laboratory tests cited by students M Rushing Bruce C Thomasson and Dr Paul B Crawford emphasize air driven recovery amid fuel shortages. Crawford notes scarcity sharpens interest in this method.
Four Black Muslims including Manuel Moore J C Simon Larry Craig Green and Jessie Lee Cooks face two or more life sentences after San Francisco Superior Court Judge Joseph Karesh denied a new trial motion. The 1973 74 Zebra street slayings involved random killings by the four convicted men.
Corrigan Texas. Hubert Calhoun says stepson Pvt. Lynn E. McClure did not die as the Marine Corps reports. He questions the pugil sticks drill death, cites protective gear doubts, and notes autopsy results pending toxicology. McClure died in Houston after injury in San Diego.
Beirut faced a renewed assault as President Suleiman Franjieh fled his hillside palace during heavy shelling by rebel and left wing forces. The city saw widespread destruction with hundreds killed or wounded as residents fled in night clothing.
In London, Andrei A. Gromyko dismissed reports of Soviet intervention in Rhodesia and South West Africa as fairy tales. He told reporters the Soviet Union has nothing to do with either area, concluding three days of talks with Britain.
United Press International reports savage winds across the West and Midwest Wednesday with hurricane force gusts up to 112 mph in western Nevada. Trailers overturned, power lines down, and a nursing home damaged by a downed tree in Azle Texas. Chicago and Indiana faced dust, debris, and delays at O Hare as gusts hit 44 to 50 mph.
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