Letters to Santa from Texas children request gifts
A collection of Christmas letters from young readers listing desired gifts for themselves and siblings. Cavin Wyatt from Brenham asks for a bicycle and tractor. Tony Barley and Terry Barley request a Superman suit, guitar, train set, and other toys. Names include Connie, Robyn, Tammie Scott, David, Bobby, Dawna Carmack, Ronda and Charles Cameron, DeWayne, and DeWayne’s classmates.
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Santa
Tammie Rene Scott
Bobby
David
Tammie
David Scott
Freezing weather deaths and storms hit Texas Panhandle
The freeze caused two deaths in Quanah and near Wichita Falls as icy roads and frost spread across Panhandle and South Plains. Temperatures fell to 12 degrees in Dalhart and 19 in Lubbock, with sleet and freezing rain forecast south to Temple and possibly Austin. Schools closed in Scurry County and salt spread on slick streets in Crosbyton and Lubbock as the storm moved east.
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A. D. Crawford
Quanah
Tex
B. G. Kirkpatrick
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Dalhart
Panhandle
Temple
Scurry County
U. S. Weather Bureau
Texas
Amarillo
South Plains
el Paso
Kermit
Oklahoma
Austin
Wichita Alls
North
Seminole
Lamesa
Brownfield
Plains
Morton
Muleshoe
Crosbyton
Childress
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Sid Gillman Sees Historic 135-69 Coaching Mark
Sid Gillman, head coach of the San Diego Chargers, boasted a career coaching record of 135 wins and 69 losses across college and professional ranks at the start of the current football season.
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San Diego
Calif
Dallas Theater Center shapes Southwest touring stage program
Dallas Theater Center in its fifth season plans missionary tours to five states in Texas Louisiana Arkansas Oklahoma and New Mexico. Dr Paul Baker director reshaped Baylor University drama department leaving after 29 years to join Trinity University. The center funds a repertory company of 14 professionals a children theater for 210 and academy courses while staging five road companies and 16 Julius Caesar home performances. Baker envisions wider outlets for local talent and emphasizes nontraditional Shakespeare productions and original Dallas works.
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Dallas
UPS
Dallas Theater Center
Southwest
Theater Center
Paul Baker
Baylor University
The
Baptist School
Baker
Eugene O'Neil
Waco
Tex
Trinity University
San Antonio
Frank Lloyd Wright
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Earnest
Little Mary Sunshine
Almanac highlights for December 11, 1963
The entry lists notable events on this day in history including Indiana's statehood in 1816 Roosevelt not seeking another term in 1907 Edward VIII's abdication in 1936 and the 1941 wartime declaration by Germany and Italy. A thought cites Henry Brooks Adams on knowledge of human nature.
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United Press International
Indiana
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Edward VIII
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Germany
Italy
United States
Congress
Henry Brooks Adams
Weather summary of cold and hot extremes
The lowest reading reported was 21 degrees below zero at Butte Montana. Tuesday's high reached 82 degrees at McAllen Alice and Kingsville in Texas.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Butte
Mont
McAllen
Alice
Kingsville
Tex
Ex Brownsville Residents Seek New Life in Paraguay
Seventy two former Brownsville residents who left the United States to escape high taxes are establishing homes as settlers in Paraguay, Asuncion. The move reflects tax pressure driving emigration to South America.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
UPI
Brownsville
Tex
United States
Fathers of the Jeep Debate Rages Over 20 Years
The Jeep’s origin as America’s wartime secret weapon sparks a dispute over its true father. Charles H. Payne is cited with a 1947 Presidential Certificate of Merit, while Karl Probst and Bantam claim involvement. FTC in 1948 left the question unresolved, noting no single manufacturer or army sole creator.
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Charles H. Payne
Payne
George C. Marshall
John E. Herr
Walter Bedell Smith
A. C. McAuliffe
Jeep
Payne’s
Karl Probst
Probst
Detroit
American Bantam Car Co
Butler, Pa
Bantam
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Willys - Overland
Army
Mars oxygen rusted away giving red deserts claims
United Press International reports that astronomers propose Mars once held abundant oxygen which reacted with iron in rocks to form rust, creating the planet’s distinctive red deserts per the National Geographic Society.
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United Press International
Mars
National Geographic Society
Sinatra's Son Kidnapping Sparks Nevada to Los Angeles Flight
Frank Sinatra Jr was abducted from a Stateline California motel amid a snowstorm. Abductors fled to Los Angeles as Sinatra and associates coordinated ransom efforts across banks. Police set roadblocks but could not track the culprits. two companions were given lie detector tests and cleared.
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Sinatra
Reno
Nev
Palm Springs
Calif
Los Angeles
U.S. Veterans Hospital
Wilshire Boulevard
Jones
Frank Jr
Stateline
State Line
Tommy Dorsey
Jack Entratter
Las Vegas
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
White House
Pierre Salinger
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
California
FBI
John Foss
Room Service
Tino Barzie
GROWERS Support Faces Texas Vote on Cotton Quota
Puerto Rico as a major producer was expected to back the quota once returns were reported. States reporting include Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Georgia Illinois Kansas Louisiana Mississippi Nevada New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma Tennessee Texas and Virginia. Texas led opposition with 4,891 or 29,054 voting against limiting upland cotton production for the 20th straight year.
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Puerto Rico
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Georgia
Illinois
Kansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Nevada
New Mexico
Carolina
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Unclear Vote Totals by Box In Carey and Nearby Areas
The record lists results with Cotton at 30 to 0 and Carey at 18 to 0. Other boxes show Childress 83 for 6 against Kirkland 30 for 5 against Tell 42 for 1 against and Loco 20 for 5 against.
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Carey
Childress
Kirkland
Tell
Loco
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Connie
Cavin Wyatt
Stanta
Tony Barley
Terry Barley
Robert N. Henderson
Robin Rogers
Sherley Temple Vanity
Dawna Carmack
Tressy
Love
Ronda Cameron
Charles Cameron
DeWayne
Dallas Theater Center Southwest Showplace
Max Frisch
Glen Allen Smith
Joshua Beene
God
Burl Ives
Clifford Sage
Hal Lewis
the Almanac
Hi—Low
UP International
Barbara Burkhead
Lumberton
N.C
Weil
Oadie
Dial
Earl Harwell
State Farm Re Insurance Company
Bloomington
Siinals
Poe State Farm
Oo Insurance
Los Angeles Area
Chrysler
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Chrysler Division
Norris Implement CO
Nbc-Tv
Main Street
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