Duck Bought to Warn Watch Dog of Prowlers
Off beat Texas news from 1968 recounts a Fort Worth watchdog woke by a duck to alert his owner to prowlers. Other anecdotes include a molasses leak, a Texas misfire sniper scare, a canceled Corpus Christi convention, mini skirt ban, elevator stall delaying a colonel’s promotion, and a town flag mix up on Armed Forces Day.
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Dallas
UPI
Texas
el Paso
Fort Worth
Houston Area
Corpus Christi
Telephone Pioneers of America
San Antonio
Houston
Bonham High School Christmas Choirs Share Weekend Performances
Bonham High School choirs kept a hectic pace with a Christmas Carol service on Wednesday led by all three choirs and soloists. The Campus Choir sang at the ETSU Care service in Commerce, the 52nd annual event. Debbie Fitzwater, a second alto, placed in All-State again and will sing in San Antonio in February. The Student Council led Christmas food and toy drives with local support from Bailey Inglish, J. W. Evans and L. H. Rather.
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BHS
ETSU
Commerce
Bonhi
Bailey Inglish
J. W. Evans
L. H. Rather
Bonham
Publius Syrys
H C King Receives 10 Year Service Award
H C King honored for ten years of service at Washington Manufacturing Co Nashville Tennessee. He flew from Love Field Dallas to receive the award. Local happenings note hospital stays, visits, and social events in Windom Bonham Winnsboro and Greenville with many names and small-town ties.
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H. C. King
Irmsard
Washinton Manufacturing Co
Nashville
Tenn
Love Field
Dallas
Ford White
Dennis Pate
Sck
M&s
Annie Allred
Dan Alexander
W. M. Scarborough
Allen Bowman
Edd White
M&s Hospital
Bonham
Windom 4-H Club
Billie Roberts
Frank Howell
Jim Short
Boone, N. C
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
Sergeant Ray G. Connelly Jr. Deployed to Korea on Six Month Tour
Sergeant Ray G. Connelly Jr., son of Mrs Betty King of Dallas and Ray G Connely Sr of Trenton, sails from Malmstrom AFB to Korea with his Aerospace Defense Command unit for a six month tour. He is a jet aircraft mechanic and a 1985 graduate of Bryan Adams High School in Dallas and will be stationed at Osan Air Force Base.
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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
Harry C Wilkerson Receives Air Force Commendation Medal
Maj. Harry C. Wilkerson, son of Mrs. Rudy Rath of Leonard, receives the U S Air Force Commendation Medal at Takhli Royal Thai AFB Thailand for meritorious service as a missile combat crew commander at Whiteman AFB Missouri He is now with a Pacific Air Forces unit in Thailand He is a 1949 Celeste high school graduate with a 1953 East Texas State University BS and 1968 Missouri MA He is married to Gloria daughter of Mrs Raymond Church Coffeyville Kansas His father C W Wilkerson resides in Leonard.
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Leonard Man
Harry C. Wilkerson
Rudy Rath
C. W. Wilkerson
Leonard
Takhli Royal Thai Afb
Thailand
U. S. Air Forces
U. S. Air Force
Wilkerson
Whiteman Afb
Takhli
Pacific Air Forces
Celeste High School
East Texas State Universiy
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
University of Missou
Gloria
Raymond Church
Coffeyville
Kan
C. W. Wikerson
Priest rejects Cardinal invitation to celebrate Christmas Mass
In Florence Italy Rev Enzo Mazzi says he will not celebrate Christmas Mass until he is restored to full priestly functions after being relieved of duties last month for challenging church authority. About 1500 parishioners cheered as Mazzi spoke.
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Florence
Italy
UPI
Enzo Mazzi
Cryptogram Quotation Puzzle Sample
A daily cryptogram shows letter substitutions where A stands for L and X for O with varied keys. The prior quote by Plautus reads How bitter it is to reap a harvest of evil for good that you have done.
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Plautus
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