Horror camp near Sa Dec uncovered in Mekong Delta siege
South Vietnamese troops overran a Communist camp near Sa Dec, freeing eight prisoners and confirming four execution deaths among captives. Three escapees led troops to the scene, while two other prisoners were found shot. A separate friendly-fire shelling hit Tan Uyen, killing three villagers and wounding 14 amid a plotting error.
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Saigon
API
Mekong Delta
Siaoga
1St Infantry
Sa Dec
Mekong
U.S
North Viet Nam
Tan Ukven
Old typewriter wanted for Bailey Inglish classroom needs
Mrs Dorothy Railback seeks an old typewriter for exceptional children to help them peck on keys improve coordination and spelling. Call Bailey Inglish or drop one by. Also reminders about football banquet tickets at local banks and merchants. Kiwanis 13th annual radio auction Tuesday noon to five on the square with in person bidding.
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Dorothy Railback
Bailey Inglish
A Note to the Lions Meeting and Rummage Postponement
A note informs the Lions club to meet at the regular spot and time Thursday noon. The CYF rummage sale scheduled for Saturday has been postponed to a later date.
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The
Lions
CYF
Drinks Recovered From Warren Grocery Heist
Deputy Sheriffs H. R. Van Zandt and Dude Cullingsworth located 10 cases of bottled drinks taken from Warren Grocery Monday night. They watched a stack under a railroad bridge east of Bunham until nearly midnight before summoning a truck to return the items.
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Warren Grocery
Sheriff's Department
H. R. van Zandt
Dude Cullingsworth
Bunham
State Asked to Designate Road In Ladonia Area
The Texas Highway Commission heard a request to designate the Ladonia- Silver City road as a farm-to-market route with state maintenance. Judge Choice Moore and Commissioners Avery, Kent, and Fitzwater noted the road serves 18 to 20 families, a school bus route, and a mail route, with bridgework costs totaling about 416000 dollars including a 126000 dollar replacement for the North Sulphur crossing. The 1921 route, renovated in the 1930s, has been retoupped previously and runs toward Silver City crossing North Sulphur and Watson Creek.
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Texas Highway Commission
Ladonia
Choice Moore
John Avery
John Kent
Roy Fitzwater
Silver City
Watson Creek
Moore
Precinct 3
Avery
Fanninde
Cold Arctic Air To Lower North Texas Temperatures
The Bun ham area faces a cold front moving in from the Panhandle with Arctic air pushing south. Temperatures may fall below freezing, followed by a weekend warming trend and possible light showers. Expect a 5 day span averaging 10 to 20 degrees below normal across North Texas.
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Bunham
U. S. Weather Bureau
Texas
Panhandle
Bunham Area
U Thant Likely to Accept Second UN Term
United Nations sources report Thant prepared to serve a full five year second term as secretary general. A Security Council delegation discussed the matter with him after a three hour meeting, amid speculation he may extend beyond two to three years.
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United Nations
UPS
Thant
Security Council
Banquet Tickets Available at Door for Thursday Event
Bonham football fans may buy banquet tickets at the door for Thursday night. Dallas Cowboys speaker Obert Logan will address the gathering at 7 38 p m in the Sam Rayburn National Guard Armory.
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Bonham
Obert
Little
Logan
Dallas Cowboys
Sam Rayburn National Guard Armory
Arctic Cold Pushes Texas Lows Into 30s and Snow Threat
Arctic air drenches Texas with 30s in the Panhandle and 40s elsewhere while the Weather Bureau warns of a possible Thursday snow. New crop damage is reported in Starr County with peppers and tomatoes harmed as the cold front expands from the Panhandle southward.
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United Press International
Texas
Panhandle
U.S. Weather Bureau
Great Plains
High Plains
West
Weather Bureau
Junction
Galveston
West Texas
South Texas
Red River
Texias
Rio Grande Valley
Starr County
Don Coffman
Weslaco
Childress
Waco
Psychiatrists Say Speck Okay to Stand Trial
Four psychiatrists testified Rich ard Speck is mentally competent to stand trial for eight nurse murders in Chicago. The doctors, chosen by both sides, reviewed Speck’s account of the hours before the killings and heard he described a liquor narcotics and barbiturates binge the night before the deaths.
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Chicago
UPS
Richard Speck
Speck
Sub Campaigners Eye TV Prize
Workers in The Daily Favorite and Bunham Herald subscription drive seek Friday night prize draw. A 19 inch Catalina portable TV and stand will go to the candidate who brings in the most subscription money for the current period ending Friday. Standings as of last Tuesday shown. prorated votes to be announced Thursday.
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Daily Favorite
Bunham Herald
Catalina
Christmas Parade Opens Bunham Holiday Season
The 1966 Bunham Christmas parade will start at 5 p.m. Thursday on West 5th Street. Queen Lavonna Grogan of Leonard with her court Norma Butler of Trenton and Judy Chaffin of Bonham will ride, followed by bands, floats, scouts, and a Camp Fire Girls float. Santa Claus will attend as crowds expect cold but dry weather.
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Santa Claus
Bunham
Lavonna Sue Grogan
Leonard
Grugan
Norma Butler
Trenton
Judy Chaffin
Bonham
Sth
Bonham and
Honey Grove High School
East Texas State — University, Commerce
Camp’ Fire
Larry Guess
West Sth Street
Honey Grove approves $100000 water sewer bond issue
Honey Grove voters approved a $100,000 bond to extend and improve water and sewer systems by 6-1. Separate measures of $62,500 for water and $32,500 for sewer were approved by wide margins. Federal matching funds are hoped for to support the program.
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Honey Grove
Spl
Burning Leaves Trigger Fire Crews in Bonham
Bonham fire department responded to two fires caused by burning leaves late Tuesday. Firefighters were dispatched to the 1400 block of Island Bayou and to East 11th Street between Elm and Park to extinguish the blazes and prevent spread.
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Bonham Fire Department
Island Bayou
East 11Th Street
Elm
Park Streets
Mrs Lois Rayburn Injured in Fall at Bonham Post Office
Mrs Lois Rayburn suffered a fractured wrist and facial abrasions after a fall on the Bonham post office steps on Wednesday.
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Lois Rayburn
Bonham Post Office
Student Nabbed On Check Charge
A 22-year-old student at North Texas State University was turned over to Paris officers after his arrest in Bonham by sheriff's deputies and city police on worthless check charges. Officers arrested the suspect in his car at Chestnut and East Sam Rayburn Drive after a call from Paris officers. a number of check books and cash were found.
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North Texas State University
Paris
Bonham
Jay Duckworth
Kenneth Templeton
Dude Collingsworth
Chestnut
Sam Rayburn
Ater
Bunham
Arab League to Meet in Cairo on Dec 7 over Middle East crisis
The Arab League called a December 7 meeting in Cairo to discuss possible actions against Israel amid rising tension. Secretary general Abdel Khaleq Hassauna telegraphed defense and foreign ministers and chiefs of staff to attend, citing a report from the Arab unified command on border military conditions. King Hussein of Jordan blamed Soviet agitation for the crisis and urged a Thursday session to discuss the situation, offering to base UN peacekeepers on the border.
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Amman
Jordan
UPI
Arab League Today
Cairo
Israel
Middle East
Cairo Radio
Abdel Khaleq Hassauna
League
Hussein
United Nations
Beirut
Gaza Strip
Fordaw
Palestine
Hussey
Paletine Liberation Organization
Hay Speare
Apaint Hussein
Kiwanis Auction Sets 13th Annual Radio Sale Downtown
The Bonham Kiwanians switch to a noon to 5 pm radio auction December 6 at the former Bonham Jewelry building on the square. In person bidding and phone bids via KFYN will speed sales with items listed in Sunday's Daily Favorite. Proceeds aid local needy children, baskets of food and toys for Christmas.
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Bonham Kiwanians
Bonham
KFYN
Kiwanis Club
Pastors’ Association
Child Drowns in Abandoned Well Near Weslaco
Ebiens Martinez, son of Mr and Mrs Pedro Martinez of Wee Juco, fell into an abandoned well and drowned on Tuesday in Weslaco according to UPI.
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Weslaco
UPI
Ebiens Martinez
Pedro Martinez
Wee Juco
DPS Appeal for Help Identifying Fatal Junction Hitchhiker
The Texas DPS seeks public assistance to identify a hitchhiker burned to death in a car fire last week near Junction. Authorities say he was a man about 5 feet 9 inches tall, with dark hair and a mustache. He wore a blue denim jacket and faded jeans.
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HFIP
San Antonio
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Bonham Peeves
Hazel Benson
Mrs. E. G. McClure, Jr
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A. R. Whited
Ivanhoe
Irene Paulk
Dodd City
H. D. Ray
Ectorgee
Kenneth Cline
Bonham Tse
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Wolfe City
L. L. Ramsey
F. Butts
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1St Cavalry
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Kiwanis Auction
Kenneth Dale
General Cable
Shild
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