03 Dec 1968
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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1968
Page
1
The page discusses keeping Christmas trees fresh and safe for use. It notes Texas imports over a million trees annually, with many from Western Canada, and cautions against heat exposure and drying. Tips suggest buying early and choosing well-drained setups to avoid fires.
The article describes making colored flames using various chemical solutions for soaked wood or pine cones. It also includes long sections on store credit charges and time price differentials, with examples of interest rates and billing methods across merchants.
Limestone County faces frost and winter-like scenes with questions on nature's cycle. Dr Patterson and MHB note disease risks in pruning, anaplasmosis control, and carrier risks. Cotton program payments and allotments. Pensecola Bahia Grass trial results. J W Bush praised for Fire and Tractor safety outreach. schedules for school visits in early 1969.
In Fort Worth cattle market notes calves and slaughter steers move higher with improved demand. Cattle buyers report steady bid levels and farmers seek best prices for beef cattle plus heifer and steer lots of mixed quality.
Federal interest supplement loans under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 enable low income rural families to qualify for rural housing loans. The Farmers Home Administration in Limestone County will issue aid, with loans up to about eight thousand dollars for site and construction. Eligibility starts around three thousand dollars annual income, with details on payments and adjustments reviewed every two years.
Vatican City reports Pope Paul I will celebrate midnight Mass in Taranto to urge Roman Catholics to view Christmas as a day of shared goodness and hope rather than worldly waste. In Washington, Captain Joe Marin, Medal of Honor recipient, returns to Vietnam to command an airborne unit after earning the nation’s highest bravery award in 1965. Walter Reuther receives the Weltzman Institute award in Rekovot, calling for a shift from nuclear arms race to peaceful power use.
The Medal of Freedom is a civilian decoration awarded for service connected with the U.S. or national interest or cultural or public service. The Philippine pygmy shrews and small vertebrates are noted in the quiz. the broad context includes birds adapted to snow with snowshoe-like appendages on their toes.
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