Bowie Thaws After Cold Snap Disrupts Bus Schedules
Bowie and North Texas eased from a cold spell that dipped to six degrees as schools partially closed and intercity buses faced delays. Officials reported minimal city service disruption while highways were salted to prevent crashes and gas suppliers kept up with higher demand.
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Bowie
North Texas
Dixon Latham
Howard Black
T. A. Harebin
Bellevue
Charles Perry
Sam Stuckey
Trailways Cafe
Dallas
Bowie Butane Company
B&b Butane Company
Lone Star Gas Company
C. J. Howard
Nonsense Notes From Dallas Cowboys Stadium Discussed
An offhand remark jokes about a smaller Dallas Cowboys stadium nicknamed the Half Astrodome. The text also mentions Rainbow Girls in Bowie and Kent Henry as the 1968 Chamber president.
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Dallas Cowboys
Ralph Gann Jr. Ready for Vietnam by February
Ralph Gann Jr. has completed Advanced Infantry Training at Ft. Polk Louisiana and is home on leave. He will be sent to Vietnam from Seattle in February unless orders change. A 1961 Bowie High School graduate, he is the son of Mrs. Ralph Gann Sr. of 406 Orchard Street Bowie.
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Ralph Gann, Jr
Ft. Polk
Louisiana
Ralph
Vietnam
Seattle
Bowie High School
Rapid
Ralph Gann
Orchard Street
Bowie
Goodyear Store Bowie Plans Grand Opening Friday
A Goodyear Tire and Rubber store in Bowie holds a formal opening Friday at 10 a.m. with ribbon cutting. Visitors may win six prizes including a Tappan range and GE TV, no purchase required, plus a live remote radio broadcast.
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Goodyear
Bowie
Joe Evans
Bowie Chamber of Commerce
Tappan Stove Company
Goodyear Tire and
Rub
Don Stephens
Bob Watkins
Automobile Service Busines
Charg
Durin
General Electric
Westinghouse
Bowie Radio Station
Olie Carriker
Watkins
F.j.maye
Sun Electric Company
Restraint Placed on Visits at Bowie Memorial Hospital
Elton A. Hill Bowie Memorial Hospital administrator asks only immediate family visit patients due to a flu outbreak. About 30 patients admitted. hospital with 53 beds near capacity. urges avoiding crowds to limit spread of the flu.
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Bowie Memorial Hospital
Elton A. Hill
Hill
Bowie
National Guard Reorganizes Sunday in Bowie TX
The Bowie National Guard unit will be reorganized Sunday to Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 131 st Artillery Texas National Guard. The unit, formerly Troop A, 2nd Squadron, 124th Cavalry, 49th Division, will hold 0900 ceremonies with open house. Units will be stationed in Bowie and Jacksboro and drills shift to Bowie. 155mm howitzers are to equip the new battery once received.
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Bowie National Guard
131St Artillery
Texas National Guard
124Th Cavalary
49Th Division
National Guard
James Cantwell
Bowie
Jacksboro
Bowie News Seeks Best News Tip for Prize
The Bowie News offers a $1.50 reward for the best news tip in each edition. Readers are invited to submit timely items they believe deserve coverage. Tips can cover local happenings, events, or noteworthy occurrences.
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The
Bowie News
Bowie Council Weighs Hangar Project At Municipal Airport
City accountants report a 4000 overrun relative to budget and a 58000 year-to-date income gain as of November 30. Aviation committee seeks commitment to build new hangars citing crowded conditions and planned Jim Bowie Days fly-in.
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Bowie
Scott Whaley
Henry
Bowie Insurance
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Senter
Jim Bowie
Bailey Serves on USS Ranger in Gulf of Tonkin
Airman Apprentice Leslie R. Bailey of Montague serves aboard the USS Ranger, an attack carrier operating in the Gulf of Tonkin off North Vietnam. Ranger aircraft hit trucks south of Thanh Hoa during an air strike on enemy targets, with three secondary explosions reported.
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Leslie R. Bailey
USN
Hazel Bailey
Montague
Ranger
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
Thanh Hoa
Lavin to Speak at Chamber Event Laughing All The Way
Tom Lavin humorist philosopher and musician will headline a 7 00 PM February 5 1967 chamber of commerce program in the Armory. Lavin known for Laughing All The Way the Fastest 45 Minutes in the West brings 20 minutes of new jokes and 25 minutes of music and fun. Lavin is Executive Secretary of Natural Food Associates Inc a national non profit educational group with HQ in Atlanta Texas. He travels across 30 states yearly and has logged over 100000 miles. He is active in the American Society of Association Executives United Airlines Half Million Mile Club Trans World Airlines Ambassadors Club and American Platform Association. He has served as Lions Club officer and past president. A trained musician with music degrees he has performed on radio TV and at Madison Square Garden in 1948. He plays piano organ and sings tenor. He authored A Concept Of Laughter and is compiling Laughing All The Way. He has spent years collecting jokes for civic and service groups nationwide.
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Tom Lavin
Chamber of Commerce
Armory
Lavin
Natural Food Associates, Inc
Ducational Organization
Atlanta
Texas
Arkansas
American Society of Association
United Airlines
Trans-World Airlines
American Platform Association
Atlanta Lions Club
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Movey Opens Race for Montague County Tax Assessor-Collector
David Movey announces his candidacy for Montague County tax assessor-collector, the first official declaration in The Bowie News. Other Democrats filing for the May primary include Howard Middleton seeking re election as sheriff and Charles Finnell aiming for re election as state representative of the 86th district. Filing deadline is February 5.
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David Movey
Montague County
Bowie
Moyer
Howard Middleton
Charles Finnell
Texas
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Goodyear Formal
Ber Company
Carol Bott
Boewie
Morris Heskett
Jeaneanne Kistler
Graham Purcell
Franklin Wilson
Purcell
Top O' the Lake Country Club
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