Marines Letter From Camp Pendleton Reads Frustration at War
The fragment describes Lance Corporal Craig Campbell USMC writing his grandmother from an overseas posting. He laments life away from home, notes building a house of page and sandbags with three buddies, and expresses a preference to be back in the United States. The text includes a racist slur quoted by Campbell.
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Vietnam
Craig Campbell
USMC
Clarice Harris
East 3Rd Street
Campbell
United States
Community clubs host Thanksgiving suppers at Center
National Cat Week note aside, Clarence Felts reports the Telephone club holds its supper Thursday night at the Community Center starting at 7. Nunnelee club plans dinner there Saturday November 18 at 7. Invitations urged, local activity highlighted with mentions of members Wade Morris Leonard con stable and others.
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Clarence Felts
Telephone Club
Boumedienne Promises Education Budget Boost to Algeria Students
President Boumedienne faced a university rally and told students the government would raise education funding from the current share to 25 percent of the national budget. He spoke to an auditorium crowded with demonstrators urging higher education spending.
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Algiers
UPI
Houari Boumedienne
Six Amendments Light Vote Expected in County
Fannin county voters will go to the polls Saturday to pass judgment on six proposed Texas constitutional amendments. Polls open at 8 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Locations have moved from the courthouse to the Chamber of Commerce in West Bonham, the Federal Center on Kennedy Street in South Bonham, and the basement of the 7th building in East Bonham. Amendments cover general fund taxes, mental health support, Veterans Land Program funding, medical bills for officers, parks system bonds, and non elective state positions. Voter interest is seen as light with officials expecting a typical turnout.
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Fannin County
Texas
Bonham
West Bonham
Chamber of Commerce
South Bonham
Federal Center
Kennedy Street
Main
Center Street
East Bonham
Court House
Texas Park Systems
Insurance Rate Survey of Banham City To Start Monday
A six member team from the Texas State Insurance Commission will begin a six week to two month survey Monday in Banham to determine a general fire insurance rate. The survey will cover business houses schools and churches within about two miles and will assess construction and usage of buildings. Inspectors will work from the County Office building on Fast Sam Rayburn Drive and examine interior and exterior conditions to build an accurate rate picture.
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Texas State Insurance Commission
Banham
Phelps
The
Insurance Commission
Sam Rayburn
Pneps
Tower Declares Report Wrong On Space Bombardment
Sen John Tower warned that McNamara underestimates the orbital bombing threat and urged immediate action to advance space defense. He said the United States must not wait for the administration and that Congress may act to counter Soviet space threats.
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Dallas
UPI
John Jower
R-Tex
Defense
Robert Ss. McNamara
McNamara
Tower
Senate Armed Services Committee
U.S
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Russia
Defense Secretary
United States
Congress
McNasmasa
Bonham Warms Slightly After Frost Peak
Bonham recorded a 27 degree low Saturday as a killing frost blanketed area under clear skies. Partly cloudy Sunday forecast with a new cold front moving in late in the day and slightly warmer highs expected.
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Bonham
Christmas Seal drive kicks off in Dallas area
The first annual Christmas Seal campaign targets 290000 mailers across 10 Dallas Area Tuberculosis Association counties. Proceeds aim for 225000 to support DATA programs with John N Thorne as president. Local chairmen are Dub Hodge in Benham and John Avery in Honey Grove. Fannin County joined DATA in 1966 with M L Brent Mudge and Avery as board representatives.
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Dallas Area Tuberculosis Association
John N. Thorne
Dub Hodge
Benham
John Avery
Honey Grove
Fannin County
DATA
M. L. Brent
Mudge and
Avery
U.S. General Claims 8000 Viet Cong Casualties at Loc Ninh
Maj. Gen. John Hay, commander of the U S 1st Infantry Division near Loc Ninh, cited heavy losses for the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in the past week and challenged Communist forces to send more troops under his guns. The fighting followed a renewed plea for a truce on the Vietnamese front.
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Saigon
UPI
Loc Ninh
John Hay
U.S
Employees of T P boost UF funds. war reports across Vietnam
The Greater Bonham United Fund nears $4,000 with 12 Texas and Pacific Railroad employees contributing over 200 each. Campaign chairmen praise donor morale as other firms and VA Center workers join UF efforts aiming for $26,825. Elsewhere in Vietnam, a unit suffered one KIA and five wounded after a machinegun ambush near Cam bodia, while US forces report heavy fighting in the Central Highlands with 28 Communists killed near the Cambodian border and several wounded, and clouds hinder airstrikes around Hanoi Haiphong.
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Greater Bonham United Fund
Sam Zumwalt
W. E. Biggerstaff
Texas and Pacific Railroad
T&p
Boy Scouts
Camp Fre Girls
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Free School Lunch Fund
Local Welfare Fund
Texas United Fund
Hanoi
Haiphong
Panhandle
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Huy
Loc Ninh
Apollo Manned Moon Launch Targeted for 1969 Schedule
U S space plans show two manned Apollo launches in 1969 with five flights in 1969 and a final moon flight late in the decade. An unmanned ATS satellite and Surveyor 6 moon lander are on the slate, with Saturn 6 tests and lunar module flights to follow.
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Cape Kennedy
UPD
United States
Earth
Applications Technology Satellites
ATS
America
Space Agency
Wives Meet in Vietnam Bond Across Battle Lines
Two Bonham soldiers stationed in Vietnam met for the first time when Pfc. Jimmy D. Fox and Pfc. Lewis Hutchins connected in Bien Hoa. Fox wrote of the reunion to his wife Robbie Henson describing their friendly meeting and plans to visit with wives in Hawaii. Both servicemen are away from home. their spouses remain with families in Bonham.
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Vietnam
Jimmy Fox
Lewis Hutchins
Bonham
Pfc
Jimmy D. Fox
Robbie Henson
J. H. Henson
Route 3
Betty Hutchins
Bien Hoa
Hutchins
Fox
Fort Polk
Fort Gordon
Ida Hutchins
Savoy
Savoy High School
Soviets to unveil four missiles in Red Square parade
Western sources say the Soviet Union will reveal at least four new missiles at the 50th anniversary Red Square parade. The lineup reportedly includes a potential orbital weapon capable ICBM, a naval Super Polaris, a 130 foot intercontinental missile, and an antiaircraft rocket suitable for rugged terrain like Vietnam.
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Moscow
UPS
Soviet Union
Red Square
Vietnam
ICBV
Seis
Rams Add Gene Breen to Roster Replacing Wendell Tucker
Line backer Gene Breen joins the Los Angeles Rams roster to replace rookie flanker Wendell Tucker who was placed on waivers. Breen previously played for Pittsburgh and Green Bay.
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LOS Angeles
UPI
Gene Breen
Los Angeles Rams
Wendell Tucker
Breen
Pittsburgh
Green Bay
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