We Heard About Two Local Family Events
Funeral attendees include Gus and Burchfield families at Amity Arkansas for Maudie Burchfield. A new grandson, James Harold King, born May 23 to Reuben and unnamed mother, with maternal grandparents Richard Arrington of Tom Bean. A son born May 27 at Mc Kinney Memorial Hospital to Vernon Amundson. grandmother Tony Ingram of Whitewright.
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Gus Burchfield
B. G. Burchfield
Dorothy Christopher
Carson Burchfield
Jimmy Burchfield
Maudie Burchfield
Amity, Ark
R. R. King
Gunter
James Harold King
Reuben King
Richard Arrington
Tom Bean
Vernon Amundson
McKinney Memorial Hospital
Tony Ingram
Whitewright
Community Visitors Share News Across Local Homes
Mrs Monnie Biggerstaff hosted guests including Lytle Morgan of Dallas and the Morgan couple from Irving along with Skinner and Biggerstaff families from Dallas and Westminster. NTSC students Gail and Kathy Wilson return home for summer as Sue Gentry comes back from Brownwood. Local visits span Sherman Denton Van Alstyne and Capeville, with hospital stays for Mayor Summers and Caro Maxey after strokes and a lightning accident killing two cows on the Darwin farm.
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Monnie Biggerstaff
Lytle Morgan
Dallas
Harry Don Morgan
Irving
James Skinner
Westminster
J. Don Biggerstaff
Alan
David and
Michael
Open Meetings Law Signed By Governor Connally in Texas
Governor Connally signed Senate Bill 94 creating open meetings for boards agencies and commissions with press access. The measure backed by TPA Texas Daily Newspaper Association and Sigma Delta Chi passed after a 20 year push. It exempts grand juries certain executive sessions and personnel matters unless public hearing is requested.
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John Connally
Texas
Senate
Chet Brooks
Pasadena
House
Bill Rapp
Raymondville
Connally
Texas Press Association
TPA
Texas Daily Newspaper Association
Sigma Delta Chi Journalistic Fraternity
Senator Brooks
Joe Christie
el Paso
Barbara Jordan
Houston
Criss Cole
Henry Co. Grover
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
Dorsey B. Hardeman
San Angelo
Local Social News Highlights From Forgan and Nearby Areas
Weekend visits fill the community roster with travels to Forgan Okla and Corpus Christi. Graduations, family gatherings, and military training milestones mark a busy period as residents attend Texas Christian University and Texas A&I College events while relatives tour cities like Dallas Sherman and Vernon.
Man Captured After Bonham Barn Sightings Ends 4 Day Hunt
A four day manhunt ended at 6 30 p m Tuesday May 30 1967 with the arrest of Charles Frank King a 21 year old Bonham Negro on the W R Ramey farm near Ector He was sought in the slaying of 74 year old Mrs Ella B Hamner whose badly beaten body was found in her Bonham yard early Saturday Sheriff Dudley Jackson deputies H R Van Zandt Leonard Collinsworth and volunteers Lonie Henniger Kenneth Hudson helped arrest King after a barn sighting during a rain storm Massive search by hundreds by foot air and tracking dogs from Oklahoma and Sherman followed the death investigation He is now jailed with his confinement location undisclosed.
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Charles Frank King
H. R. van Zandt
Sheriff’s Department
King
Immediatel
Dudley Jackson
Leonard Collinsworth
Lonnie Henniger
Kenneth Hudson
Kings
Fannin County
Jackson
Bonham
Oklahoma State Prison
McAlister
Sherman
van Zandt
Touched tribute to Mrs Irene Brown at Bell High
A poem by Sharon Ann McKee read May 5 at Bells High School junior senior banquet honors Mrs Irene Brown. It reflects on the teacher’s wisdom, kindness, and impact shaping students toward virtue and a life of learning.
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Irene Brown
Sharon Ann McKee
Bells High School
Car air conditioning to dominate by 1984 says maker
A leading automobile air conditioning firm predicts that by 1984 at least 70 percent of all cars produced will be air conditioned. It notes specially designed heat transfer surfaces and air distribution systems will take less space yet improve comfort in vehicles.
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