Thanksgiving notes and community hospital news in Mexia
Thornton by Mrs M M Vaughan reports Thanksgiving events, family visits from Dallas Houston and Austin, illness and recoveries, church Week of Prayer, and local social notes. Apollo 12 moon rock tests begin at Space Center Houston with scientists studying samples to unlock lunar mysteries.
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M.M. Vaughan
James Jackson
Walter Alston
V.A. Hospital
Marlin
Homer Rasco
Gertrude Beater
Mexia Hospital
BJ. Kilpatrick
Silsby
Dock Kilpatrick
Lois Jackson
J.A
Dock Morgan
Greg
Pasadena
Billy Wilson
Harold Foote
Jill
Kirk
Don Ludwick
Dallas
Jack Johnston
Wanda
Burl C. Vinzant
Waco
Dorothy Stroud
M.W. Cannon
Mexia
E.L. Stutts
Billy Crider
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Carroll Jean Jackson
Bill
Arnold Desmond
Art
Robert
Gail
Houston
Raymond Dokupil
Stanley
Judy
John B. Alston
Johnie
Billy Morgan
Mary
Bubba
Grady Clancy
Corpus Christi
Harold Dokupil
Elizabeth
C.L. Vaughan
Mary Lou
G.A. Clancy
B.J. Martin
Buck Campbell
Oklahoma City
Okla
A.T. Campbell
Space Center
Proposed Golf Course Fought Over Bird Haven in Meridian Park
In Meridian State Park a 9 hole course faces savanna loss as conservation groups sue Federal Judge Jack Roberts to block 78.8 acre site bulldozing for construction. Baylor biologist Dr Frederick Dehirach warns warblers would vanish the moment work begins. University of Dallas expert Dr Warren Pulich supports preservation noting the warbler draws visitors nationwide. The trial pauses for December 9 as the judge weighs the arguments.
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Austin
Meridian State Park
Baylor
Frederick Dehirach
Jack Roberts
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Roberts
Dehlach
Warblers
Warren M. Pulich
University of Dalas
Dehlvach
Texas
Meridian
Bosque County
Meridiean State Park
State Parks and Wildlife Department
U.S. Farmers Home Administration
Lakeview Recreation Association
FHA
Fish and Wildlife Service
Whitney
Clifton
Brothers Named One And Two In New Draft List
Richard Stolman born Sept 14 is in the No 1 draft group with older brother Douglas, 21, a KU senior born April 24, as No 2. Stolman, 19, a UW sophomore, spoke after a call to Nashville parents about the draft list and its reception.
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Madison
Wis
Richard Stolman
Lote Tery
Stolman
Nashville
Tenn
University of Wisconsin
Douglas
University of Kansas
Thanksgiving Holiday Visits Round local families
Thanksgiving day brought many visitors to the area as families hosted kin from Fort Worth Houston Donie Mexia Grand Prairie and Teague. News notes show gatherings at the Gibsons Bakers Walkers Thompsons and others with gospel songs prayers and plans to watch Billy Graham being broadcast this week.
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W.S. Gibson
Bill Thompsons
Mexia
Curtis Hopkins
Donie
Maa
Annawonth
Pete Jet
Teague
Wyatt Gibson
Harvey Inman
Marvin Lee Harrington
Martin
Hardison
Mrs. Gibson
Rudy Schoesson
Grand Prairie
Texas
Bennie Alewine
Donie, Tex
Gibson
Edna Biggs
Drue Turner
James Cates
Buffalo
Walter Gantt
Groesbeck
Harve Reed
Dru Turner
Linnie Slaughter
M.A. Ainsworth
Billy Graham
Billy
Soldier Accused of Running Up Huge Phone Bill
A Denver soldier from Ft. Campbell is charged with using a canceled telephone credit card to run up long distance calls totaling as much as 250000 dollars. Robert Belson, 22, was arrested after a call to his wife in Denver. The card had been in use since a 1965 cancellation.
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Hopkinsville, Ky
Denver
Ft. Campbell
Robert Belson
Airman Testifies on Alleged Barracks Strikes at Lackland
Airman Ronald J. Zucca testifies that Sergeant Ronald E. Wood urged recruits to strike a trainee in a barracks with lights out at Lackland Air Force Base. Chambers and Zucca describe violent hazing as Wood denies giving an explicit order, while the trial proceeds.
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San Antonio
Ronald E. Wood
Ronald J. Zucca
Seca
Ond
Wood
Lackland Air Force Base
Norman MM. Chambers II
Chambers
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