Selling Kisses Big Business For T A Smith Of Dallas
Dallas merchant T A Smith known as a mistletoe dealer ships Airborne Yuletide Mistletoe from Dallas Love Field to New York each season. Forty Comanche pickers supply mistletoe while Smith pays 7c a pound and aims for year round kissing sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Morning News
Kent Biffle
Thomas J. Smith
Dallas
Texas
Smith
Smitty
Love Field
Comanche
Dallas Love Field
New York
Medicare Enrollment Opens Second Chance For Seniors
Oldsters who missed initial enrollment can participate in a second period from October 1967 to March 1968 with coverage starting July 1. Those with prior coverage ending due to nonpayment may re enroll, and current enrollees may drop out by year end or early 1968. McNatt notes possible Medicare Law changes Congress may enact. Dragon flies reach speeds up to 60 mph in flight.
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Glen McNatt
Brownwood Social Security Office
Social Security Office
MecNatt
Congress
Christmas driving urged to curb 55 expected deaths
Col. Homer Garrison Jr of the Texas Department of Public Safety warned that 55 people may die in traffic accidents during the Christmas weekend. Operation Deathwatch runs 6 p.m. Friday to 11:59 p.m. Monday with full patrol staffing and 250 additional DPS personnel assisting traffic safety.
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Homer Garrison Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
DPS Statistical Services
Garrison
Uniformed Services
Department
DPS
Highway Patrol
Austin
Special Day At Fort Worth Stock Show Plans Set
The Comanche Chamber of Commerce will help select a Special Day for the 1968 Fort Worth Stock Show January 26 through February 4. Rex Allen and the Men of the West are billed as featured entertainers, with 450 top cowboys competing for nearly $75 000 in prizes and entry fees. Doors open for the 72nd edition at 4 p m January 26. Livestock entries for cattle horses sheep and swine close December 15 poultry rabbit and pigeon entries close January 15 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth
Rex Allen
Rodeo Action
Cotton Allotment Transfer Deadline Set for January 2
Comanche County farm operators are reminded that applications to transfer cotton allotments for the 1968 crop must be filed by January 2, 1968. James S. Couch explains notices of allotments and projected yields have been mailed, and transfers inside the state are allowed while transfers outside the state are not. Transfers within the county or between farms owned by the same person require ASCS filing before the deadline.
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Comanche County
James S. Couch
Comanche Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
ASCS
Farmers May Get 4o Refund
The 4 cent per gallon gas tax refund for farm use is now a tax credit on the annual income tax report and must be filed by April 15. Credits cover lubricating oil at 6 cents and diesel fuels used off highway. Farmers should obtain IRS Publication 308 for details. The VA loan terms cap interest at 6 percent annually and limit fees.
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Floy Key
Comanche
Key
IRS
Internal Revenue Service
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T. A. Smith
Medicare
Texas Safety Association
The
Texas Highway Department
Texas Motor Transportation Association
Texas Railroad Association
Texas Association of Broadcasters
Veteran Administration
Pam
MR. and
Mrs
FF. Ross Distributor
Gulf
Comanche, Texas
Proffitt
C. A. Proffitt
VVA Aaa
Grayson
Leroy Grayson
W. Neely
People of Texas Power & Light Company
Texas Power
Derry
Yule
Production Credit Association
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