Smokey the cat yields kittens and impending honors
Mrs Kate Reed Estes reports Smokey has produced seven kittens in the second litter and one in the first, all thriving and eating well. John Van Kirk notes a late forecast of general rain while Amrose residents remark missing frogs near a pool. Ambrose carnival plans for Hebron cemetery set for Saturday September 27.
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Kate Reed Estes
Smokey
Kate
John van Kirk
John
Hebron
Beehive Noon Rush Near Evans Inglish Schools
City police monitor Center and Main streets near I W Evans Bailey Inglish and the high school as students exit at noon. A motorist described the crowd as a swarm of bees while kids travel by car bike and school bus. CYF bake sale set for Saturday on the square. M L Brent explains he carried a shovel into the courthouse to return borrowed tool after work at home.
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I W. Evans
Bailey
Center Street
J. W. Evans
L. Heather
Main Street
Center Or
Main
Itv Evans
Forces Below Goal in Vietnam, Aug. 31 Strength Report
The Pentagon says U.S. forces in Vietnam on Aug. 31 were 509,800, well below the 515,000 goal set after Nixon ordered 25,000 troops withdrawn in June, according to a Pentagon spokesman.
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Washington
UPI
Pentagon
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Hartford Disturbances Prompt Police Sweep on Main Street
Police cleared Hartford Connecticut's North End after violence struck the area for two nights. Officials reported more than 100 people involved in the disturbances and street actions.
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Hartford
Conn
North End
Nixon asks Senate to trim middle class tax cuts and cut corporate taxes
The Nixon administration urged the Senate Finance Committee to cut a portion of the House tax reform's middle class relief and to enact a surprise $1.6 billion annual cut in corporate rates. Kennedy and Cohen argued the House plan risks inflation and proposed a $2.33 billion rollback of the individual tax cuts to $7.34 billion and broader revisions. They outlined oil tax tightenings, continued bond income exemptions, and limits on state tax deductions, while noting total effects and timetable toward a final bill before Christmas or early 1970.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Senate
House
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Asst
Edwin §. Cohen
Senate Finance Committee
Kennedy
Students Injured In Collision At Savoy Intersection
Two Savoy school students were injured when their motorcycle collided with a car at an intersection Wednesday night. David Lankdord suffered a broken ankle and Andy Hartline was injured. both were taken by ambulance to Sherman hospital and reported in good condition Thursday morning.
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Savoy School
Savoy
David Lankdord
Andy Hartline
Lankdord
Hartline
Sherman Hospital
Heavy Rains Disrupt New York City Transportation
A record rainfall disrupted the New York metropolitan area, flooding roads and disabling rail service. The storm dumped 5.6 inches in parts of New York and New Jersey, forcing the Long Island Rail Road to suspend all service to and from Brooklyn and causing major artery closures into Manhattan.
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New York
UPI
New York Metropolitan Area
New Jersey
Weather Bureau
Long Island
Brooklyn
Manhattan
After Ho Chi Minh Death U S Expects Policy Continuity
UPI reports American officials anticipate little immediate shift in Hanoi policy following Ho Chi Minh's death. Leaders likely retain war aims and approach, with possible power struggles but no early change in Hanoi's core objectives or stance toward Saigon and diplomacy. Distinguished figures Le Duan Truong Chinh Pham Van Dong Vo Nguyen Giap remain central.
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Washington
UPI
Hio Chit Minh
Hanoi
Hanot
Jms
He & Nes
Peking
le Duan
Mao Tse-tung
China
Moscow
South Vietnam
Iite
Truong Chinh
Nixon
U.S
North Vietnam
South
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh Dies Prompting Mourning Across Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh, aged 79, died of a heart attack after a long illness. North Vietnam calls for a week of mourning and urges citizens to pursue revolutionary activity against the United States. China and the Soviet Union announce delegations to the funeral as Hanoi contemplates a power-sharing leadership amid ongoing Paris talks.
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Saigon
UPS
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
United States
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Uncle Ho
Vietnam
Paris
Xuan Thuy
Moscow
Peking
China
Chou En-lai
Alexei N. Kosygin
Southeast Asia
London
Russia
Mao
Nguyen van Thieu
Pham van Dong
Communist Party
le Duan
National Assembly
Truong Dinh
Vo Nguyen Giap
Hanoi Radio
U.S
South
Indochina
Clear Skies Forecast for Bonham Area Through Friday
Bonham area weather forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and warmer afternoon temperatures through Friday from the U S Weather Bureau. No precipitation mentioned though earlier long range forecast hinted at showers this weekend. Bonham reached 45 degrees Wednesday afternoon after a morning shower. the low this morning was 66 degrees. Heavy rains were reported in Texas with Conroe receiving 6.32 inches in three hours and streets flooding before runoff.
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Bonham
U. S. Weather Bureau
Texas
Conroe
Adams Resigns as Lewisville Police Chief
Lewisville police chief Charles Adams, facing criticism over festival drug handling, announced resignation effective Monday. In a Dallas radio interview he said he would act the same way again given available manpower.
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Lewisville
Tex
UFI
Charles Adams
Dallas
WFA
Adams
Flag request from Bonham Marine flown over bunker in Vietnam
Pfc. James A. Horton of Bonham requests a Texas and American flag to be flown over a Marine bunker 20 miles southwest of Da Nang. The Chamber of Commerce, Civitan Club, and The Daily Favorite arrange flags, with Horton noting Texas and America grow dearer during five months in Vietnam. He also asks for a Confederate flag if possible.
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Vietnam
Texas
Pfc
James A. Horton
Ray Horton
U.S. Marines
da Nang
John Armstrong
Chamber of Commerce. Co
Bryce McIntyre
Texas Marine
U.S
Civitan Club
Horton
Bonham
America
C. of C
Chamber of Commerce
H&s
FPO
San Francisco
Calif
Nixon Diaz to Dedicate Amistad Dam at Rio Grande
Presidents Nixon and Gustavo Diaz Ordaz will dedicate the 76 million Amistad Dam power project at the border site near Del Rio Texas Acuna Mexico. They will receive full military honors then lunch at El Mirado and hold a private meeting before Nixon returns to Washington.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Washington
Pacific Oceanfront
del Rito
Lauehlna Air Force Base
Andrews Air Force Base
Wreck on East 10th Causes Car Damage Estimated at $200
Investigating officers estimate $200 damage after a three car mishap on East 10th Wednesday afternoon. Officer Kenneth Rice said William Howard Payne driving west on 10th struck two parked cars owned by John Cecil Anderson.
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East 10Th
Kenneth Rice
William Howard Payne
10Th Street
John Cecil Anderson
U S Troops Fight in Cambodia First Time
U S Command reports allied troops clashed with Communist forces inside Cambodia after a helicopter was downed by ground fire. The crash and subsequent firefight near Kien Tuong Province left one mercenary dead and three wounded, with two Communist soldiers killed during the ensuing security operation.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Green Berets
Kien Tuong
Uns
James
U. S
Kien Tuong Province
Quan Loi
U.S. Command
Vietnam
Hue
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