Offbeat Texas News 1968 Voices Quick Wits and Oddities
A tour through Texas oddities reports a man hospitalised by a swallowed toothbrush in Dallas, a watchdog kept awake by a duck in Fort Worth, and a molasses leak delay. It recounts a Dallas pedestrian collision, a fake sniper from a wind-sparked electrical sound in Houston, a Corpus Christi telephone strike canceling a convention, and minor local incidents across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
UPI
Texas
Fort Worth
Houston Area
Corpus Christi
Telephone Pioneers of America
Bonham High School Choirs Stage Christmas Program
The Bonham High School choirs staged a busy Christmas week with a candlelit carol service, a Campus Choir appearance at the ETSU Carol service in Commerce, and soloists like Debbie Fitzwater. A Christmas food and toy drive concluded, aided by Bonhi students and local sponsors. Susan Jones and Jeanette Lightfoot are highlighted seniors with arts, choir, and future plans. Mike Lindsey, born 1950, is noted for industrial training interests and community work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BHS
ETSU
Commerce
Bonhi
Bailey Inglish
I. W. Evans
L. H. Rather
Bonham
Publius Syrus
Jeanette Lightfoot
Dresden
Edgar Englatt
Yarnaby
Okla
Achille
Jeanette
Almanac Notes for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 1968
Almanac entries mark December 24 and 25, 1968 with brief celestial notes and historic events. Highlights include 1814 treaty ending the War of 1812, 1942 Darlan assassination, 1943 Eisenhower wartime appointment, 1951 Libya independence, plus Christmas Day observations and thoughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony
Mars
Jupiter
Venus
United States
Great Britain
Darlan
North Africa
H C King Receives Ten-Year Service Award
H C King was honored with a ten year service pin by Wash neton Manufacturing Co. in Nashville Tennessee after traveling from Love Field Dallas by plane for the ceremony. He and his wife spent Sunday in Winnsboro with his mother Mrs M C Kine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Allred
Dan Alexander
W. M. Scarborough
Allen Bowman
Edd White
Dennis Pate
M&s Hospital
Bonham
Windom 4-H Club
Billie Roberts
Frank Howell
Jim Short
Boone, N. C
Clifford Cummins
Mary Ann Baden
Dallas
Schnabel
Ruth Durham
Christine Bell
Windom School
Bertha Archer
Honey Grove
Ida Brown
Brenda
Charles Bowman
Tom Fairchild
Gus Cooper
Rosa Yates
Scott Sibble
Scott and
Rodger
Tommie Johnson
Mesquite
Homer Cooper
Greenville
Choice Payne
Ladonia
George McDonald
Lu Cunningham
Haise Cunningham
Clara Rasberry
Air Force Medal for Major Harry C. Wilkerson
Major Harry C. Wilkerson received the U S Air Force Commendation Medal at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base for meritorious service as a missile combat crew commander at Whiteman Air Force Base Missouri. He is stationed with a Pacific Air Forces unit in Thailand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Ray G. Connelly, Jr
Betty King
Dallas
Ray G. Connely
Trenton
Aerospace Defense Command
Malmstrom Afb
Mont
Sgt
Connelly
Bryan Adams High School
Osan Air Force Base
U. S. Air Forces
Thailand
Harry C. Wilkerson
Rudy Rath
Leonard
U. S. Air Force
Takhli Royal Thai Afb
Wilkerson
Whiteman Afb
Takhli
Pacific Air Forces
Celeste High School
East Texas State University
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
University of Missouri
Gloria
Raymond Church
Coffeyville
Kan
C. W. Wilkerson
Leonard Man
Priest rejects Cardinal invitation to celebrate Christmas Mass
In Florence Italy the Rev Enzo Mazzi a priest removed from duties after challenging church authority said he would not attend Christmas Mass until he is restored to normal priestly functions He spoke to about 1500 parishioners revealing his conditional acceptance of the invitation and his desire to resume duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Italy
UPI
Enzo Mazzi
Daily Across and Down Puzzle Clues List
A mixed clue set for a crossword puzzle including directions across and down with hints like Chela or talon, balmy, Arabian chieftain, and more. Answers cover anatomy, geography, language, and common terms for a compact weekday puzzle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talon
Red Horse
Lake
Heidelberg
Luau Treat
Charter
Little Ebenezer
Daily Cryptoquote Quotation Hint and Sample
The cryptogram shows a substitution puzzle with a reference plaintext: HOW BITTER IT IS TO REAP A HARVEST OF EVIL FOR GOOD THAT YOU HAVE DONE PLAUTUS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longfellow
Plautus
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