Thank you for taking the time to respond! I kept digging in and here's what I found...
1) There is no horn relay in my '65 because it does not have factory-installed Cruise Control.
2) I pulled the Steering Wheel (quite and ordeal, but it finally came off). to discover the two bushings that, when bridged, closed the circuit and caused the horns to blow.
3) the two bushings touch two individual rings. Each of the two rings connects to either a yellow wire or black wire. These wires follow through to the horn switches where pressing them makes contact and closes the circuit allowing the horns to blow.
4) Someone had run screws into the steering wheel to secure the wiring that were not original and were too long.
5) These over-length screws touched both of the rings internally, thereby closing the circuit and causing the horns to blow constantly.
In the end, i ensured that the circuit was open all the way to the horn buttons, then rebuilt them accordingly, and got new springs for the horn buttons. Now everything works just fine.
Thanks again for your tips. Hopefully my discoveries will help someone else who is looking for this kind of advice.
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