Copperhead exposure and local notices from Bonham area
In Bonham Boyd community updates Don Phillips warns residents to watch for copperheads while noting a three foot snake killed by his father in law Charlie Dekker. The item also covers school PTAs, local visits, a football double header, cemetery homecoming, and Fort Inglish replica dedication with a 5 pm ceremony and 6 pm barbecue.
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Don Phillips
Boyd
Don
Charlie Dekker
Jiny Owens
Judy Jordan
TV Channel 4
Bonham
Fort Inglish
Insurance board to tackle policy sex and marital discrimination
The State Insurance Board plans rules on eliminating policy provisions that discriminate by sex or marital status, announced by board Chairman Joe Christie. Texas game wardens cited 408 hunters during the five day white winged dove season in the Rio Grande Valley, according to Parks and Wildlife officials. A federal grand jury is probing price fixing and fraud by Texas meat suppliers to the armed forces, reports say.
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State Insurance Board
Joe Christie
Rio Grande Valley
Parks and Wildlife
Texas
Bonham Area Weather Forecast Through Friday
Fair through Friday with warm afternoons and cool nights. Temperatures range from the lower 60s to the upper 80s. Gusty southerly winds on 5 to 10 mph.
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Bonham and Vicinity
Historic Markers Brochure Lists 52 Sites in Fannin
The Fannin County Historical Survey Commission completed and delivered brochures listing 52 historic markers in Bonham and Fannin county. The guide includes maps, marker descriptions by Miss Margaret Lowry, and artwork by Lone Star Gas Co, with wide local funding and free distribution planned through Bonham and county firms.
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Fannin County
Fannin County Historical Survey Commission
Commission
Lone Star Gas Co
Joe Welch
H. D. Swann
Margaret Lowry
James Dennis Nelson
Lone Star
Community Development Service
Virgil Stroup
Bonham
Bryce McIntyre
A.L. DeRose
Bonham Chamber of Commerce
Bonham Concrete Inc
Bonham Rotary Club
Bonham Savings and Loan
Bonham State Bank
Charles Carter Chevrolet-Buick
Fannin County Historical Survey
Bridge repairs prompt two road closure requests in Fannin
The Highway Department asks permission to close FM 68 over the North Sulphur river and FM 1550 over Merrill and Baker creek crossings for repairs. Closures would be brief with detour avoidance, one road at a time, at a special county court meeting Friday.
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Fannin County
Ing
Merrill
Baker Creek
Gober
Ladonia
Bugtussle
Dial
Highway Department
General Telephone Co
Carter says Playboy interview misinterpreted by critics
Rosalynn Carter told reporters in Austin that her husband Jimmy Carter's quoted remarks about Lyndon B Johnson were taken out of context and won't hurt his Texas campaign. She said the statements referred to the Vietnam War and that the interview should be read in full.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Rosalynn Carter
Lyndon B Johnson
Texas
Playboy Magazine
Jimmy
Johnson
Carter
Ladybird Johnson
Fire department called for short in sheriff’s Sam Rayburn fan motor
Firemen were summoned to the sheriff's office in the Sam Rayburn building Wednesday afternoon when a short developed in a fan motor. No injuries reported and equipment damage estimated.
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Sheriff's Office
Sam Rayburn
Fort Inglish Replica Plans Pushed for Dedication
Fort Inglish Day details a wreath ceremony at 3 PM in Old Inglish Cemetery for Bailey Inglish. descendants expected from California. Bondi Band at 4:45 PM. program at 5 PM with Master of Ceremonies M L Brent. doors opened after ribbon cutting by Miss Inez Inglish and D Swann. barbecue dinner at 6 PM with Wingate donating barbecue. proceeds fund a stockade fence and future fireproof museum behind the Fort.
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Inglish
Democratic Women’s Club
Bailey Inglish
Sam Rayburn
California
Fort Inglish
Inez Inglish
D. Swann
The
Fannin County
Wingate
Ford Carter Open Debates Tonight In Historic Clash
United Press International reports Ford and Carter begin a three night debate series with the first event at Walnut Theater at 9 30 pm EDT. The format includes three minutes per main answer and two minute followups, with moderators asking questions on domestic issues.
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United Press International
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Richard Nixon
Walnut Theater
Federal Communications Commission
League of Women Voters
Kissinger Leaves Africa Hopeful on Rhodesia Talks
Secretary of State Kissinger wraps up a 10 day shuttle trip in Nairobi with optimism that progress toward black majority rule in Rhodesia has been made. He briefed Kenyan President Kenyatta at Nakuru after talks with Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and South African Premier Vorster and plans further discussions with British officials.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
Africa
Rhodesia
Kissinger
Jomo Kenyatta
Pretoria
Ian Smith
John Vorster
Afica
Kenyatta
Nakuru
United States
Britain
Anthony Crosland
James Callaghan
Southern
Julius Nyerere
Fair and Mild Weather Forecast for Bonham Area
The National Weather Service predicts fair skies and mild daytime temperatures with cool nights in the Bonham area through Friday. Friday's low will be in the low 60s and the high in the upper 80s. Bonham recorded a low of 58 this morning and a high of 84 yesterday.
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Bonham
National Weather Service
Texas
F14 Recovery Likely Of Ocean Floor Off Scotland
Navy salvage director Capt Robert B. Moss says recovering the F14 off Scotland will be routine and not hard. The sunken jet aboard the USS John F Kennedy, valued at $20 million with a $500,000 Phoenix missile, vanished after engine trouble on Sept 14.
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Washington
UPD
Scotland
Navy
Robert B. Moss
Moss
United Way to Meet Tuesday in Bonham
Curtis Curry president of the United Way will convene the directors at 5 pm Tuesday in the Chamber of Commerce room to begin the Bonham campaign. The drive funds agencies including Camp Fire Girls Boy Scouts Red Cross and Fannin County Child Welfare Committee with a budget to be set and a campaign chairman named.
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Bonham
United Way
Curtis Curry
The
Association
Chamber of Commerce
Curry
Camp Fire Girls
Boy Scouts, Red Cross
Fannin County Child Welfare Committee
Communities Service
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L.H. Rather
Roy Owens
Joe Britton
Bryan Peeler
Margaret
Kathi Bowden
Lions Club
Kathi
Bonhi
Warrior Stadium
Frosh
Tomijean Snead
Toad Nash
David Norris
Duplex Cemetery Association
Wesley Tanner
Beth Norwood
Kay Turner
Gerald Newby
Howard Crider
Gene Cooper
Los Angeles
West Coast
Houston
Judy Devenport
Fort
M_ L Brent
Fort Inglish Society
Armory
Currins
Leatherwoods
KFYN
Gene McCarthy
Court of Appeals
Tanzania
Smith
South West Africa
Namibia
South Africa
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