Community snippets and upcoming events in Leonard region
Local notes report a Tennessee tobacco leaf find and a dog scavenging for bones after grocery deliveries. The Methodist Men announce a Sunday lunch 11 30 to 1 with proceeds aiding club operations. Hancock girls seek a loving home for a stray cat. Upcoming events include Leonard Athletic Club pancake supper Thursday 5 to 8, First United Methodist Thanksgiving dinner Saturday, and Blue Ridge Community Thanksgiving supper Saturday 6 to 8. An old ad notes Whitewright towels at 2.25 per dozen on November 8 1923.
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W. T. May
Leonard Athletic Club
Ladies of the First United Methodist Church
Leonard
Blue Ridge
Voter Casts Ballot for Snoopy and Pegasus in Ohio
A Cincinnati voter used his ballot to name Snoopy as chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and Pegasus as Hamilton County coroner, aligning with an animal-themed write-in protest.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Ohio Supreme Court
Snoopy
Hamilton County
Pegasus
Orse
Hunters Barred From Woods Near Army Base
In Polk Louisiana hunters outmatched soldiers training for Vietnam at a nearby Army base. Deer hunting in the wooded area near the base was banned as 300 signs declared the area off limits to civilians to protect troops in training.
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FT. Polk
UPI
Louisiana
Vietnam
U. S
Newberg Ballot On Dogs Running At Large Sparks Debate
In Newberg Oregon residents voted on a dog control measure with 437 choosing Yes and 121 No. City Attorney George Layman dismissed the ballot outcome saying it proves nothing and mocked the wording as if written by a dog leaver.
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Newberg
Ore
George Layman
Scores from Texas high school football games
The report lists final scores: Plane 14 over Gainesville 1, McKinney 35 over Grapevine 19, Lewisville 21 over Pearce 0, Honey Grove 52 over Whitesboro 14, Leonard 48 over Fannindel 14, Whitewright 52 over Van Alstyne 7, Wylie 18 over Frisco 12, Denison 28 over Sherman 7.
Drop-In for Lunch: Rex Fennell Drops by for Dinner
Rex Fennell, son of J. M. Fennell of 102 South 4th Street, surprised his father by landing a Bell helicopter in the back yard at noon. Rex, in the air taxi business in Corpus Christi, travels to Gulf rigs along the Texas Louisiana Florida coast and ships equipment and parts to old Gulf rigs. He is married with a son and daughter, and his father is retired from the Waggoner ranch.
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Rex Fennell
J. M. Fennell
South Fourth Street
South 4Th Street
Fennell
Rex
Corpus Christi
Bell
Fort Worth
Gulf of Mexico
Texas - Louisiana
Florida
Gulf
Edhube
Bonham
Waggoner Ranch
Vernon
U S Troops Crush Reds Near Saigon in Major Battle
In the Saigon region, 1st Cavalry Division troops repelled a large Communist assault near the Cambodian border. About 36 enemy fighters were killed in a 90 minute clash while 10 Americans were wounded. Da Nang saw terror attacks leaving a policeman dead and two civilians wounded.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S. 1St Cavalry Daivision
da Nang
U.S
Nist
1St Cavalry Division
Tay Ninh
South Vietnam
U. S. 1St Infantry
Nixon Hosts Quiet Florida Stop Amid Tight Security
President-elect Richard Nixon rests and selects aides at Key Biscayne Florida while a half mile bay zone and airspace cone guard the Smathers residence. He names two special White House assistants Raymond Price Jr and Patrick Buchanan Jr as staff aides.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Upi
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Nixon
Raymond K. Price Jr
New York Herald Tribune
Patrick J. Buchanan Jr
Secret Services
Pat
Tricia
Julie
Valley Forge
Barbara F Eisenhower
Fernando Elchavarria-Urige
Bogota
Colombia
Julhe Nixon
Barbara
David Eisenhower
Wreck Damage Estimated in North Main Collision
Investigating officers estimated damage at $45 in a two car crash in the 300 block of North Main on Friday. Officers Kenneth Rice and FE McCraw identified the drivers as Mrs Opal Haring Mark and Mrs Thelma Newch Dogn.
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North Main
Kenneth Rice
FE. ON. McCraw
Opal fLaring Mark
Thelma Newch Dogn
Tangled Ray Case Ahead of King Slayer Trial
In MEMPHIS, UPI report on James Earl Ray facing a tangled defense after firing attorney Arthur Hanes and hiring Percy Foreman. Eyewitness hints and ongoing disputes over fees complicate the April 4 killing case of Martin Luther King Jr. The trial, postponed to March 3 with potential further delays and a possible move out of Memphis, faces billiard-ball-like twists.
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Memphis
Arthur Hanes
Ray
Life Magazine
Foreman
Life
Hanes
Foresain
Tennessee
Beasley pleads guilty in four Canadian cases linked to 1970 hijacking
Dallas man Charles Laverne Beasley, linked to the Ladonia bank robbery, pleads guilty in Montreal to kidnapping assault and malicious mischief stemming from the Sept 11 Air Canada hijacking that carried 17 passengers and crew. He sought trial by judge only and faces sentencing by Judge John O'Meara in December.
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Charles Laverne
Beasley
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Ladonia
Air Canada
Dallas
Coordinating Committee
Montreal
Canada
Sessions
John O'Meara
O'Meara
Dallasite
Moncton
N. B
Cuba
Canadian Royal Mounted Police
End of Boycott Near as Saigon Eyes Expanded Paris Talks
Western diplomats report Saigon ready to end its boycott within days and send a delegation to expanded Paris Vietnam peace negotiations by December 1. U.S. officials foresee Saigon and Hanoi with Viet Cong ties joining discussions, with status shaped by Washington’s two way talks framework.
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Paris
UPI
Samurday
United States
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Saigon
France Soir
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Washington
Hanoi
Nationaal Liberation Front
Viet Cong
NLF
NATO Warns Soviets Over Czechoslovakia Style Action
The United States and NATO warned Moscow against any military intervention in Europe or the Mediterranean. They pledged a collective response and stronger forces, condemning the invasion of Czechoslovakia and urging respect for national independence. Names mentioned include Rusk and Clifford.
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Brussels
UPS
United States
NATO
Moscow
Europe
Mediterranean
Dean Rusk
Defense
Clark M. Cliffory
Albania
Romania
Yugoslavia
U.S
Czechoslovakia
Queen Elizabeth Makes Final Call at Southampton
The liner Queen Elizabeth, bound for permanent mooring at Port Everglades Florida, docked in Southampton on her final voyage after a 28 year career. She arrived from a cruise to Gibraltar and Majorca.
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Southampton
England
Queen Eiizabeth
Port Everglades
Fla
Gibraltar
Majorca
Cold Front Expected Sunday in Bonham Area
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts a Canadian cold front moving into the state Sunday bringing much colder conditions. Bonham should see clear to partly cloudy skies, with a low in the low 40s Saturday night and another in the low 40s Sunday morning, and a Sunday high near 60 as the front arrives.
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Bonham
U. S
Texas Gulf Coast
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Lewisville
Pearce
Honey Grove
Whitesboro
Wylie
Frisco
Denison
Sherman
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