Bonham Christmas Parade features county queen and runners up
Bonham’s annual Christmas parade Thursday afternoon will highlight Fannin County Fair Queen Lavonna Sue Grogan of Leonard and runners up Norma Butler of Trenton and Judy Chaffin of Bonham. Santa Claus will also appear as bands riding clubs and scouts prepare floats with trophies and cash prizes.
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Bonham
Les Ewes
Lavonna Sue Grogan
Ewel
Bonham and
Honey Grove High School
Ladonia Riding Club
Bonham Quarter Horse Association
Colir Guard
East Texas State University
Commerce
Larry Guess
Camp Fire Girls
Seventh and Main Baptist Church
Cub Scouts
Boys Scouts
West Sth
Guess
B52 Bombers Hit Viet Cong Strongholds Near Cambodian Border
American B52 bombers based on Guam carried out a predawn strike 260 miles north of Saigon against suspected Viet Cong positions in support of ground forces. Spokesmen said the high altitude raid followed a Monday series of clashes with 53 Communist casualties reported, in the same jungle area targeted by the bombers.
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Saigon
UPS
Spoesmen
U. S
U.S
Viet Nam
Washington
North Viet Nam
Navy
Panhandle
Haiphong
Viet Nam veteran returns to U S meets pen pal in Virginia
Spec 4 James Ronald Corky Smith, grandson of Bonham resident Rainer Smith, recently returned from Vietnam and met his wartime pen pal Melinda Meadows of Norge, Virginia, in Williamsburg. The meeting, reported with photos in the Virginia Gazette, followed a year of letter exchanges and included Smith’s companion James Klein of Birmingham. Other items note regional sports results and local civic notices.
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Bonham
Viet Nam
Williamsburg
James Ronald (Corky) Smith
Rainer Smith
South
Morgan Street
Smith
Quanah
Texas
Vint Hill Farms
Warrenton
Melinda Meadows
Norge
U. S
Melinda
Virginia Gazette
James Klein
Birmingham
Ala
Virginia
Billy Taylor Named New Bonham Policeman
Billy Rab Taylor has assumed the duties of day dispatcher for the Bonham police department. He began work Tuesday, taking over from John W. Grisham who resigned. Chief Thurman Renfro said Grisham was a good man we hated to lose.
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Billy Rab Taylor
Bonham
Taylor
John W. Grisham
Grisham
Thurman Renfro
Temperatures To Warm Up Then Cold Front Moves In
Bonham cool with a frost at 28 degrees as a warming trend is expected to continue through Wednesday. A new cold front is forecast to reach the Texas Panhandle by Wednesday night and push across the state, with partly cloudy skies and no precipitation. Lower Rio Grande Valley reports frost and 30s, Junction records 21 degrees, Galveston 49.
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Bonham
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Junction
Galveston
Stowaways Evade Draft Aboard U S Ship in Hong Kong
Two South Vietnamese stowaways found aboard the U S Cason when the ship arrived in Hong Kong from Saigon on Sunday. They said they hid aboard to avoid being drafted into military training.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Viet Nam
U.S
Saigon
Negro Charged With Burglary In Bonham
John Henry Goodman, a Bonham resident, is jailed in Fannin County on a burglary charge related to the Glen Ingram laundry on East Sam Rayburn Drive. Bond set at 5000 dollars by Justice of Peace Clark Benton after a preliminary hearing was waived.
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Fannin County
John Henry Goodman
Glen Ingram
Sam Rayburn Drive
Goodman
Justice of Peace
Clark Benton
UF Is Up To 22 465 United Fund Campaign Progress
Bonham s United Fund drive nears conclusion with totals at 22 465 81 dollars. Jimmy Wiggins reports new contributions from Red River Textile Mills employees and the firm itself. Campaign closes soon. donations urged via United Fund office or chairman.
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Bonham
United Fund
Jimmy Wiggins
Red River
Wiggins
Chamber of Commerce
Gober Students to Present Council Program at Meeting
Two Fannin county students, Raylene Warnell and Terry Don Brent of Gober, will present slides from their Washington trip at the Fannin County Community Improvement Club Council meeting Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Fannin Co-Op building. County Agent Wayne Cranfill will appoint a nominating committee for officers to be submitted at the February meeting.
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Fannin County
Washington
Fannin County Electric Co-Operative
Fannin County Community Improvement Club Council
Wayne Cranfill
Raylene Warnell
Terry Don Brent
Gober
Fannin Co-Op
Chestnut Street
Dan Knowles
Allen’s Point
Cranfill
Sub Prize Promises 19 Inch TV In Bonham Campaign
Second period begins as Bonham Daily Favorite and Bonham Herald campaign for subscriptions moves forward. Don Smotherman and White Stores Inc sponsor a 19 inch portable TV as a prize for top fundraiser by Friday night. Contest remains neck and neck with prizes totaling 800 for first, 400 for second, 200 for third, 100 for fourth and 50 for fifth at December cananians conclusion.
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Fred P. Johnson
Bonham
Elias
Letha Bruce
Neal Thomas
Bonham Ie
Hazel Benson
Honey Grove
Mrs
E. G. McClure, Jr
Bonham Ae
Mary Vaughan
POS
Elsie Mae Hasten
Cora Lee Crews
Ladonia
Henry Green
Virgin N. Durham
Lucille Robertson
Dodd City
H. D. Ray
Ector
Kenneth Cline
Lelia Hall
Ravenna
J. D. Moore
Savoy
Mae Yoast
Bailey
Geraldean Crider
Wolfe City
B. F. Butts
L. L. Ramsey
Dodd
Votes Partially Prorated In Subscription Campaign
Subscriptions may be left at the Campaign Office, 1813 Franklin upstairs, or at the Bonham Favorite and Herald office or phone 583-5610 and leave a message for your favorite candidate to call.
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Franklin
Bonham Favorite and Herald
Israeli Egyptian air clash near Beerotayim and Jordan border
Israeli and Egyptian jet fighters clashed over Israel with two Egyptian MIG-19s shot down near Beerotayim as border gunfire flared along the Jordanian frontier. The incident follows regional tensions linked to Jordanian unrest and broader Cairo Damascus pressure as Syria and Egypt align against Israel.
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UPI
Israel
Beerotayim
Hebron
Middle East
Cairo
Damascus
Hussein
Palestine
Jordan
Syria
Soviet Union
United Arab Republic
Youssef Zayyen
Czechoslovakia
Rajem Madera
Es-Samu
Mideast
UN Rejects Red China in United Nations Seat Vote
United Nations General Assembly rejected a bid to expel Nationalist China and seat Red China, with a 57 to 46 vote. Seventeen abstentions. A separate U.S. backed move to require a two‑thirds majority for seating Peking passed 66 to 48 with seven abstentions, preventing a pro‑Peking victory this year. The earlier year’s tie vote contrasted with today’s result.
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United Nations
UPI
General Assembly
China
Red
U.S
Peking
Bonham Not Behind Student Fund Drive Says Superintendent
Supt. M B Nelson stated Bonham students are not organizing the drive for athletic fund contributions and that the district prohibits student collections. He explained the students were from another school and that any contributions are voluntary.
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Bonham
M. B. Nelson
Supt. Nelson
Worst in Decade Upper Great Lakes Buried Under Snow
A gale-lashed autumn snowstorm stalked the Upper Great Lakes with heavy snow, winds over 70 mph, and widespread disruptions. The freighter Nordmeer ran aground near Alpena, nine crew trapped, SOS sent as coast guard moved in. Lake Michigan ferries and highway routes faced closures, with Michigan hardest hit and Curtis isolated after Sunday night.
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Great Lakes
Lake
Hurin
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
New York
Virginia
Rocky Mountain
Upper Peninsula
Lower Peninsula
Detroit
SOS
Nordmeer
City of Midland
Greyhound
Skandia
Mich
U.S. 41
Taverigs
Lake Michigan
St. Joseph
South Haven
Peninsula
Curtis
Johnson Ordaz border meeting eyed near Del Rio
President Johnson and Mexico's Gustavo Diaz Ordaz were expected to meet Saturday on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande near Ciudad Acuna to inspect the Amistad Dam. Adolfo Lopez Mateos may participate. The talk would highlight a joint project conceived during Eisenhower and Mateos administrations.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Johnson
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Mexico
Lady Bird
Lopez Mateos
LBJ
Rio Grande
Amistad
Eisenhower
U.S
Mateog
Diaz Ordaz
Congress
Mateos
Bonham Firemen Battle Grass Fire Near Rogers Property
Bonham firemen responded Monday afternoon to a large grass fire northeast of Bonham at the B. W. Rogers residence. A garage and a small stock building were damaged while the blaze threatened the house and a large hay-filled barn. Two Bonham trucks fought the flames.
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Bonham
B. W. Rogers
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