Bonham Area Prices From 1919 and Local Community Events
Prices from the April 11, 1919 Bonham News show cotton at 25 cents a pound, beef cattle 8 to 10 cents, hay 23 to 25 dollars per ton, corn 1.60 to 1.70, eggs 30 cents a dozen, fryers 30 cents a pound, and lard 25 cents a pound. Nearby happenings include Tigertown and Duplex homecomings on Sept 26, bake sales, church suppers, bids for a new library, and community notes from Bonham and surrounding towns.
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Virginia Eaton
Ravenna
Bonham
Bonham News
George Eaton
Autopsy Results Align With Hughes Kidney Failure Claim
The Houston Post reports Howard Hughes died of kidney failure, with autopsy findings matching earlier accounts. In a separate matter, witnesses in Rep. Oscar Carrillo's theft trial testified he ran his 1972 Texas Senate campaign from Benavides Independent School District offices.
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Howard Hughes
Houston Post
Oscar Carrillo
Texas Senate
Benavides Independent
Weather Outlook for Bonham and Vicinity
Partly cloudy skies tonight then clearing with generally fair conditions Saturday.Low around 70 and high near 90 degrees. Southeasterly winds tonight.
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Bonham
Cyclone Sweeps North Texas Fannin County Hit Hard
Devastating cyclone struck western Fannin County early April 19 1919 damaging Whitewright Mulberry and Ector. At least 11 dead and dozens injured with heavy property loss across Leonard Trenton Mulberry and surrounding areas per Bonham News account.
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Fannin County
Whitewright
Cannon
Mulberry
Red River
Oklahoma
Virginia Eaton
Ravenna
Bonham News
George Eaton
Texas
Eaton
Leonard
Trenton
Bonham
Phillip Wise
Ford and Carter court ethnic votes at Italian American dinner
President Ford and Jimmy Carter attended the Italian American Bicentennial dinner in a Washington hotel. Ford urged protecting American individuality and neighborhood vitality and endorsed local initiatives. Carter pressed broader federal aid to revive urban neighborhoods during simultaneous ethnic outreach.
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United Press International
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Washington
Fair and Mild Weather Ahead for Bonham Area
National Weather Service forecasts generally fair skies and mild temperatures for Bonham Saturday with a clear tonight. Low near 70 Saturday morning and high near 90 in the afternoon, with gusty southerly winds tonight and lighter winds Saturday.
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Bonham
National Weather Service
Texas
Kissinger Heads to South Africa for Talks With Vorster
Secretary of State Kissinger left for Pretoria to press Rhodesia's rebel leader for black majority rule as Zambian President Kaunda warned of all-out war if the mission fails. Kaunda urged Kissinger to avoid meeting Rhodesian PM Ian Smith and said black Africa would fight to last man if the effort collapses.
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Lusaka
Zambia
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
South Africa
John Vorster
Kenneth Kaunda
Africa
Kissinger
Pretoria
Kaunda
Henry Kissinger
Rhodesia
Ian
Smith
New Era Starts Shuttle Rolled Out At Palmdale
Rockwell International unveiled the Space Shuttle orbiter Enterprise at Palmdale California in a ceremony with NASA officials. The craft, resembling a plane with rocket capability, will undergo unmanned tests on a 747 in 1980 with early 1980s orbital flights planned. Attendees included James C. Fletcher Senator John Tunney Senator Barry Goldwater and Rep. Olin Teague.
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Palmdale
Calif
UPI
Mars
Mojave Desert
Rockwell International
NASA
I. L. Smith
Rockwell
Charles Lindbergh
Great Airlines
Smith
Space
Earth
James C. Fletcher
John Tunney
Dcalif
Barry Goldwater
Rariz
Democrats Convene at Texas Party Convention for Chair Vote
In Fort Worth and Austin reports say Calvin Guest and John Henry Tatum of Lufkin seek the Texas Democratic chairmanship at the state convention with seats and backing from Gov. Dolph Briscoe and labor groups. Carter campaign plans include Houston September 24 and San Antonio Corpus Christi Austin appearances by Rosalynn.
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Fort Worth, Tex
UPI
Democratic Party
Calvin Guest
John Henry Tatum
Lufkin
Austin
Tex
Jimmy Carter
Texas
Carter
Houston
Ford Rosalynn Carter
Campagn
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Guest
Dolph Briscoe
Tatum
East Texas
Briscoe
Len Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr
D-Tex
Carter Texas
Kay Mueller
McLennan County
Wilhelmina Delco
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Dallas
Senfronia Thompson
Wallace Barbour
Fort Worth
Episcopalians End Ban on Women Priests and Bishops
In Minneapolis the Episcopal Church voted to change canon law allowing women to be ordained as priests and bishops, following the House of Bishops approval. The Deputies narrowly concurred, while irregular ordinations remain contentious and subject to bishop action.
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Minneapolis
UPL
Episcopal Church
House of Deputies
Jeannette Piccard
House of
House of Bishops
Four Prisoners Escape from Bryan County Jail in Durant
Four inmates fled from the Bryan County Jail in Durant after moving from the fourth to the second floor and slipping out a window. Deputies, Bunham and Sheriff offices warned on alert as the four suspects were identified as Jerry Canule 22 Fred Walsh 29 Timothy Lee Johnson 24 and Jerry C Lewis all considered dangerous with charges including auto theft armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.
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Fannin County
Bonham
Bryan County
Durant
Raymond Taylor
Bunham
O W Highfill
Jerry Canule
Fred Walsh
Tmothy Lee Johnson
Jerry C Lewis
Walsh
Johnson
Lewis
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Tigertown
Duplex Cemetery Association
Wesley Tanner
Ivanhoe
J.C. Penney
Trenton Tribune
Dyer Brothers
Safeway
Center Street
East Sixth Street
Sixth Street
First United Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Iona Brown
Public Library
James Griffitt
Bonham Lions
Gene Wilshire
Ladonia
Margaret Kincaid
Lions Club
Craig Eaton
Mike Bankston
Kathy Bowden
The
Honey Grove
J.H. Lowry
George Carpenter
Hugh Ward
L.C. Hill
Post Office
Babcock
Tray Currin
Florida
Center
Sam Rayburn
T. Willis
Greenville
Ector
G. M. Huffaker
Sam
Cecil
Ashford
Bonham Hospital
Mrs. Eaton
Huber
C. C. Tidwell
Grandma Vaughn
Fred Wisely
Ira Wisely
Latha Price
Price
Rive
Pike
Delta
Deep South
John J. Sirica
Supreme Court
Mississippi River
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Robert Dole
New York State
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Vorster
Episcopalians
Philadelphia
Fannin
Canule
Grayson County
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