Bonham area winners and a police dispatcher named
Jeanie Knickerbocker won first in the Daily Favorite Pick the Winner football contest edging Everett Page by a tie breaking score. Claude Graves, 22, named police dispatcher by Police Chief Jerry Leverett, reported to work. Two Honey Grove men, about 20, charged with theft from Lake Crockett campers, Elmer Lee Sharp and Rodney Lee Bechler, with bonds set at 500 and 1500 respectively.
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Jeanie Knickerbocker
Rt. 3
Bonham
Everett Page
Honey Grove
Mitchell Hicks
Rt. 1
Ladonia
Claude Graves
Jerry Leverett
Graves
Ft. Smith, Ark
Thayer, Mo
Lake Crockett
Court of Justice of the Peace
R.F. Mankin
Elmer Lee Sharp
Rodney Lee Bechler
Mankin
Sharp
Bechler
Fannin
Jim Brown
Cliffod Orne
Irving
Brown
Orne
Bonham's Harold Perry Named Defensive Player Of Week
Harold Perry a Bonham native and SMU cornerback was named Defensive Player of the Week in the Dallas Times Herald. He credited a tipped Tube pass for Patt Choate's 100 yard interception return and had seven unassisted tackles four pass breakups including a crucial fourth down stop with 2 04 left in a 28 23 Pony win. He also made the clear block at midfield on Choate's return.
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Harold Perry
Bonham
SMU
Dallas Times Herald
Perry
Patt Choate
Choate
Bank executive killed as capital murder warrant issued
Lanier Tullis of Groveton is at large after police issued a capital murder warrant for him in the shooting death of Robert Rush, assistant vice president of the First State Bank of Groveton. Rush was killed at his desk during a Monday morning bank office attack. six shots were fired and no money was taken.
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Groveton, Tex
UPI
Polk County Sheriff's Deputies
Lanier Tullis
Groveton
Robert Rush
First State Bank of
Tullis
Rush
Bonham Weather Forecast Patchy Clouds With Warm Temps
Partly cloudy Wednesday with mostly fair tonight. Expect highs around 80 degrees and lows in the mid 70s. Winds from the southwest at up to 16 mph.
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Bonham
Rotary Chili Supper Scheduled for October Fourteen
Rotary chili supper set for 5 p.m. on October 14 with tickets at 2 dollars available from any Rotary club member.
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Rotary
Rotary Club
Kenneth Renfro
Bonham Rotary Club
Dick Grunert
Price Controls On Gas Debated
Senate leaders vow to keep the natural gas price bill alive through all night sessions until a compromise is reached. Byrd and Cranston back persistent opposition to lifting federal controls, while Metzenbaum Abourezk and Jackson discuss middle ground. House Speaker ONeill anticipates a strong energy bill despite Senate setbacks.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Robert Byrd
D-W
Byrd
Sen
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Cranston
James Abourezk
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Henry
Jackson
Metzenbaum
Dash
Carter
House
Thomas O'Neill
Presi
Congress
O'Neill
Man Falls To His Death In Texas Capitol Building
Security officers found a 24 year old mental patient wandering the Texas Capitol upper floors and two minutes later Glen Dave Knox fell 40 feet from the third story mezzanine. Knox died three hours later at Breckenridge Hospital. Witnesses described seeing him jump or fall after approaching the railing with others noting a loud impact and a look of confusion.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Texas Capitol
Glen Dave Knox
Austin State Hospital
Breckenridge Hospital
Capitol
Capitol Security
Knox
Maddox Improves After Heart Attack
former Georgia governor Lester Maddox shows improvement in hospital as doctors report he is conscious and resting in guarded condition at Urban Medical Hospital after a heart attack on Sunday. Visitors and calls are restricted. Maddox turns 62 on Friday.
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Marietta, Ga
UPI
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Maddox
Urban Medical Hospital
Baseball Meeting Tonight Sets 1978 Season Plans
Bonham Baseball conducts an organizational meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday September 27 in the Texas Power and Light Assembly Room. Daymond Rusing, board president, says the session will outline the upcoming season.
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Bonham Baseball
Texas Power and Light Assembly Room
Daymond Rusing
Mideast Cease-Fire Called Crucial Test for Peace
In Beirut the UPI reports a U S mediated cease-fire entering its first full day with guerrillas and Israeli backed rightists trading shouts not shells. A Western diplomat calls the cease-fire a crucial test for Mideast peace and for the Carter administration.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Mideast
Khiam
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Israel
Washington
Bonham CSA Aids Elderly With Legal Need Work
Gary Manning, a Community Service Advisor in Bonham, helps elderly residents with Social Security and welfare issues. He connected a 70 year old displaced woman to Arkansas relatives, secured bus fare, and coordinated with SNAP, Social Security, and area agencies. CSAs bridge social and legal services, referring cases to lawyers when needed.
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CSA
Gary
Csas
SNAP
Snap Center
Wayfarer
Arkansas
Agag
Sherman
Social Security Ad
Bonham Police Department
Hazel Dismang
Bonham Snap
Gary Manning
Manning
Department of Public Welfare
Fort Worth
Bon
Cristen
D.N
Bonham
Bonham Snap Center
Lyon
Seven Oaks
Pet Show Set at Fannin County Free Fair Oct 20 23
Mrs. Skinner oversees the children's barnyard and pet show with a terrapin race at 5 p.m. Friday Oct 21 and a pet show at 3 p.m. Saturday Oct 22. Registration precedes the show at the barnyard tent. Cages allotted on a first come basis. entries include rabbits chickens birds and a bobcat. Kitten and puppy prizes will be awarded after the show at 6 p.m. Oct 22.
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Billy Skinner
Skinner
Arson Suspected In Taxi Company Fire
Bonham police say arson is suspected after a taxi office fire discovered at 4 30 am by officers Randy Steward and Mike Sudderth. Firefighters found motor oil and newspapers burning in a corner. the building sustained no damage thanks to quick response. One person was uninjured and a man is being questioned as investigators pursue leads connected to earlier threats against the company.
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Bonham
Jerry Leverett
Randy Steward
Mike Sudderth
Becauss
Leverett
Taut Company
Pelice
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Roscoe
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Clayton
Austin, Tez
Mondey
Joel Rebollar
Jose Luis Versalles Jr
Fernigor
Austin Independent School
Dudes
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Austin School Board
Daily
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R. Kan
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State Capitol
Adnana Allen
Armando G. Martinez-Vargas
Billye Jones
Secuity
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Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
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