Dear Santa letters from children reveal wishes and gratitude
A collection of handwritten Santa letters from youngsters describes desired gifts such as walkie talkies, dolls, toy trains, construction equipment, a washing machine and dryer, a bicycle, and clothing. Children ask Santa to remember siblings and other kids, and pledge good behavior.
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Santa
Raelynn
Ronnie Wyatt
Sister
Dana Jay Jenkins
Brother
Angela Yvette Jenkins
Mama
Daddy
Billy Jones
Jimm Andrews
Terry
Gary Chapman
Wrestling Returns to Chil dress by Jaycees at Fair Park
Local readers note the Childress Jaycees bring wrestling back to Chil dress with first matches Friday night at Fair Park Auditorium. The piece also includes a nostalgic Christmas letter page from area children and a personal note from Morris Higley on Vietnam.
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Childress Jaycees
Childress
Fair Park Auditorium
Vietnamese National Liberation Front anniversary cheer in Paris
About 1,500 Vietnamese in Paris gathered to celebrate the NLFs eighth anniversary. Xuan Thuy, Hanoi's chief negotiator, urged that a Saigon government genuinely willing to negotiate with the National Liberation Front be established to open the conference and achieve results.
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South Vietnam
NLF
Paris
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
Saigon
National Liberation Front
Texas Oddities and Delays Spark City Headlines
A string of quirky Texas stories from 1968 includes an El Paso man hospitalized after swallowing a toothbrush, a Fort Worth watchdog roused by a duck, and a molasses truck leak traced 56 miles. Other items note a Dallas pedestrian collision, a Houston sniper scare turned electrical fault, a canceled Corpus Christi Telephone Pioneers convention, and mini skirt bans in Houston County clerk offices.
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Dallas
UPI
Texas
el Paso
Fort Worth
Houston Area
Corpus Christi
Telephone Pioneers of America
San Antonio
Houston
Midland
Rites Today For John D Graves
Final rites for John Dickson Graves were to be held at 2 a.m. today at the Kirkland Church of Christ with minister E. A Sanders officiating. Burial was in Childress Cemetery under Newberry's directions. Graves, a longtime Kirkland resident and retired farmer, died Saturday in Childress hospital. He and his wife Cora Ada Woolery had resided in Childress about nine years.
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John Dickson
Kirkland Church of Christ
E. A Sanders
Purial
Childress Cemetery
Newberry
Clyde Nipnett
Dale Driver
Jess Key
Roy Perkins
Ernest Thomas
Gene Stewart
Groves
Kirkland
Childress Hospital
Cora Ada Woolery
Childress
Canadiens Recall Berry and Drouin Amid Flu Epidemic
Left wing Bob Berry of the Cleveland Barons and center Jude Drouin of the Houston Apollos were recalled by the Montreal Canadiens to bolster the squad during the flu outbreak.
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Montreal
UPI
Bob Berry
American Hockey League
Cleveland Barons
Jude Drouin
Central Hockey League
Houston Apollos
Montreal Canadiens
First American Flag Displayed in Boston Siege
The first official American flag flew over the American lines during the Boston siege on January 1 1776. Massachusetts provided more than 130000 troops in the Civil War after Lincoln called for volunteers.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Lincoln
Browns Clinch Eastern Title With Win Over Cowboys
Browns beat Cowboys 31 to 2 to claim the NFL Eastern Division title. Bay Meadows Juvenile Championship went to Governor's Party over Big Mouth Sam. Raiders walloped Chiefs 41 to 6 to capture AFL Western title. Colts down Vikings 24 to 14 to win NFL Western crown. Davis Cup team changes announced with Clark Graebner replacing Charles Pasarell.
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San Mateo, Calif
UPI
Big Mouth
Sam
Bay Meadows
Adelaide
Australia
Clark Graebner
Charles Pasarell
U.S
Baltimore
Baltimore Colts
Minnesota Vikings
Oakland, Calif
Army Specialist Whitehead Earns Good Conduct Medal at Ft Hood
Army Specialist Four William G. Whitehead Jr. of Childress receives the Good Conduct Medal on December 3 while with the 418th Transportation Company at Ft. Hood Texas. His wife Nellie resides in Temple. Also, Radioman Third Class James D. Greer, son of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Greer of Childress, serves on USS Sandoval underway in the Atlantic as part of Apollo 8 recovery operations near the Canary Islands.
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FT. Hood, Tex
AHTNC
William G. Whitehead Jr
St. SE
Childress
418Th Transportation Company
Whitehead
Nellie
Temple
Sandoval
James D. Greer
USN
James R. Greer
Atlantic
Canary Island
Norfolk
Army Staff Sergeant Graham Qualifies Expert at Ft Hood
Army Staff Sergeant Roy L. Graham, son of Mrs Betty Be vers of Memphis, qualified as expert in firing the M 60 machine gun and M 14 rifle at Fort Hood Texas on November 27 Expert I, the highest rating in his firing qualification test. Set Graham is a squad lead.
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FT. Hood, Tex
AHTNC
Roy L. Graham
Betty Bevers
Brice St
Memphis
Ft. Hood
Tex
Graham
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Lyndon Johnson
I Love
You
Brandy Jones
Cee Wee
Santa Clause
Mickey Shane
Ronnie
Offi
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Tyler
Lampasas
John D. Graves
Greelings
Cayla Cordell
Childress Country Club
United Press International
Cleveland
Cleveland Browns
Dallas Cowboys
Chicago
and Armored Division
Joy Childress County Sheriff's Department
J. E. Benham
Evelyn Hester
Odis Burrows
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