SFA Lumberjacks End Season With Historic Milestones
Stephen F. Austin State University Lumberjacks fall 36-35 to East Texas State in Commerce, finishing 7-3 after a standout season. They set Lone Star Conference records totals with 9010 yards offense, 1000-yard receiver Danny McKeown, and 523 rushing attempts. MASERU Lesotho airlift: 30,000 drought-stricken Mt. Maluti tribes receive emergency food from South African Air Force using DC3s.
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Stephen F. Austin State University Lumberjacks
East Texas State University Lions
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Jacks
Lions
Texas Ad&l Javelin
Travis “Shorty
Hughes
Lumberjacks
SFA
LSC
Lone Star
Danny McKeown
East Texas
Maseru
Lesotho
Mashai
Maluti
Famous Firsts for Women Declares Early Milestones
The piece notes Susanna Medora Salter as the first woman mayor elected in Argonta Kansas in 1887 and details Texas women's clubs histories from Jefferson to Green ville, plus SMU president Willis Tate and a Thanksgiving reflection on peace, freedom, and national progress.
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Lonse Graves
Susanna Medora Salter
Argonta
Kansas
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Roy Braswell
Gilmer
Texas Federation of Women's Clubs
Jefferson
Ingleside Club
Marshall
Woman's Review Club
Greenville
Cum Concilio
Nacogdoches
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Waco
Willis M. Tate
SMU
Charles C. Selecman
Thanksgiving plans unfold across local families
Local residents prepare for the holiday with family visits across Texas. Mrs. Eddie Warden will spend Thanksgiving in Dallas with relatives including A. R. Smith and Mike Dunn. she hopes to meet a newborn great granddaughter. The Thornton family will host or join relatives, while several students from Stephen F. Austin, UT, Texas A&M, and Abilene Christian College return home for break. Sgt. Al Torbert plans Christmas leave from Vietnam before Germany duty. Families also host gatherings at the Vesta Drive home of Neal Clark and Harry Kates.
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Eddie Warden
Dallas
A. R. Smith
Mike Dunn
Jesse Lynn Thornton
Abilene Christian College
J. C. Thornton
Thorntons
Joe Thornton
Korea
Brenda
Gladewater
Bill Cavis
Wayne Thornton
Kilgore College
Quitn Jones
Stephen F. Austin
Gladys Jones
Jill Brooks
M. L. Brooks
Ronnie White
University of Texas
J. W. Thompson
Carl Futrell
Houston
O. S. Robinson
Pine Bluff
Ark
Germany
Neal Clark
Harry Kates
Vesta Drive
Luncheon Service Expands for Chicago Seniors
Chicago expands nutrition program for older adults with six new centers. Robert J. Ahrens notes plan to serve 1,500 meals daily at 35 locations by year end 1969 aided by a $194,762 federal grant under the Older Americans Act. Seniors 60 and over may join at nearest center.
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Robert J. Ahrens
Division For
City of
Department of Human Resources
Division
Ahrens
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