08 Nov 1968
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1968
Page
1
Dub Clark reports to the Barnley Woods Community Improvement club about pine cone decorations and a planned night out. Fire crews install a wood stove line after a forecast of real winter weather. Armadillos are blamed for mock trouble as Mrs. Martha Cooper recalls a recent encounter.
Donny James Busby is charged with arson over two Bonham house fires on Halloween night. His bond is set at $5,000 by Justice of Peace Clark Benton after arraignment. Deli Turman also faces related charges with the fires and a $5,000 bond set by the same official.
Heavy winter blast blankets West Texas and the Panhandle with four inches at Seminole and up to 3.5 inches at Denver City. Accidents rise as rain mixes with snow and slick oil-coated highways worsen driving conditions across Abilene and surrounding counties. Weather Bureau warnings urge caution for travelers amid fog and slick surfaces.
Willis Jarrell said Dr. Harold Eidinoff has reached New York after escaping Rusk State Hospital last Monday. A jury recently ruled Eidinoff sane and he plans to practice medicine there. Eidinoff left the Cherokee County courthouse during a Monday hearing on the verdict, as a state motion for a new hearing was overruled pending appeal.
Bonham and North Texas expect scattered light rain with a cold snap lingering. The Panhandle and South Plains face snow mixed with rain in sub freez ing temperatures, while the eastern half stays mainly rainy and chilly.
Soviet bloc radio demanded crushing anti-Russian demonstrations in Czechoslovakia as the government pledged to present more favorable coverage of Russia. Vitava Radio condemned vandalism of Soviet symbols and police used tear gas and clubs to disperse crowds amid two hours of street protests led by students and workers.
The United States launched Pioneer 9 to observe solar radiation and warn Apollo astronauts of storms. The 148 pound satellite rode a Delta rocket into orbit, joining three other Pioneers to track sun activity from multiple angles, detecting flares up to 16 days before Earth impact.
UPI reports student demonstrators burst into a Strasbourg restaurant to question U.S. Ambassador Sargent Shriver about Vietnam War talks. They asked how Nixon’s election would affect the Paris discussions. Police broke up the antiwar presence and arrested 10 protesters.
Saigon President Nguyen Van Thieu called for Paris talks with South Vietnam leading an allied delegation and including the United States. Hanoi rejected the plan as absurd and insisted on four way talks with Viet Cong and Saigon as independent parties.
Paris UPI report says two international commandos for Greece used a pistol and grenade to hijack an Olympic Airways jet with 130 aboard. They forced the plane back to Paris after 15 minutes, were arrested, and later identified as Umberto Giovine and Maurizio Panichi of Florence. The group claimed responsibility, attacked Onassis and the Greek junta, and vowed sabotage.
The Democratic party will control Congress in name but southern Democrats will hold most chairmanships under seniority, shaping major bills. In the Senate, Magnuson Jackson and Bible join southern leaders in chair roles, while in the House Colmer and Mills head influential committees, guiding which bills advance.
President elect Nixon selects Franklin B. Lincoln Jr a longtime partner at Nixon Mudge Rose Guthrie and Alexander to work with the Johnson administration on a smooth transition Lincoln a former defense secretary under Eisenhower remains 60 and may be tapped for defense secretary if Rockefeller does not get the job
North Vietnamese gunners fired 40 bio rockets at Marine camps one mile below the DMZ in the first sizable shelling since the bombing halt. Near Saigon, South Vietnamese troops said 53 Communists were killed in two battles as U.S. bombs hit suspected north of Saigon bivouacs and Laos truck movements were reported on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Queen Elizabeth visits Campinas Brazil for a tour of the world’s largest coffee genetics laboratory. She is accompanied by Brazil’s agriculture minister Herbert Ley to an experimental coffee farm housing the genetics lab.
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