Groesbeck Families Gather for Christmas Visits
Local residents announce Christmas and holiday visits with relatives across Texas and nearby states. Families from Groesbeck, Waco, Dallas, Houston, Irving, Biloxi, and Gulfport plan gatherings with kin including the Browns, Stewarts, Grooms, Mills, Graves, and others, sharing travel and stay arrangements through the holiday season.
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Roland Gardner
Roy Groduts
Ray Grooms
Biloxi
Miss
Gulfport
J. W. Grooms
Dallas
William D.graves
Oakley
Mills
Palmer
A. 8. Mills
C. Thompson
Irving
Georgia Hayes
Lewis Jackson
Bugie Kennedy
Bill Barron
Mercedes
David Barron
Thomas ¥. Picket
Harry K. Webb, Jr
Cannon Bar
Christmas Plans Spread Across Families in State
A roundup shows numerous households from Corpus Christi to Livingston and Dallas planning Christmas gatherings with relatives including Butler and Parkhill families. In Washington, Ike distributed identical 11 by 14 lithographs of George Washington to 700 White House staff in the East Room as a Christmas gift.
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Ron
A. M. Blackmon
Lula Butler
Corpus Christi
John Earl Butler
Wayne Smith
Houston
K. R. Parkhill
Livingston
Charles Caskey
Surat
W. Hadaway
Elgin Cook
Jimmy
Mary
Ann
Dallas
J. G. Cook
Ike
White House
Washington, D. C
Eisenhower
George Washington
Houston cabbies offer free rides for holiday revelers
Seven major taxicab firms announce free cab service on Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Operators say a celebrant who phones police or the cab company can have a ride home at no charge to avoid driving after drinking.
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Houston
Dominican Republic Enjoys Consistently Mild Climate
The Dominican Republic reports a year round climate with a 77 degree mean temperature. Cooling trade winds maintain comfortable conditions throughout the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominican Republic
Christmas Hardships Under Communism In Vienna Report
A Vienna dispatch notes housewives behind the Iron Curtain face shortages and high prices for a traditional Christmas meal. Logs, foods, and trees are scarce. officials replace Christmas with phrases like Winter Festival and Father Winter tours schools and factories to spread propaganda.
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Vienna
Hungary
Budapest
Santa Claus
Father Winter
Russia
First Canal Lock Sparks Historic Canal Claim
The canal lock, invented in 1481, enabled ascent and descent along waterways. Both Italy and Holland claim the first site of the canal lock, shaping early modern canal construction.
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Italy
Holland
Color Symbols in Medieval Stained Glass Windows
Red in medieval glass symbolized love and valor while blue signified wisdom and heaven. Yellow stood for godliness as artists used a full range of pure colors to convey meaning across windows.
First Water Powered Electric Plant in Appleton 1882
The first plant in the United States to generate electricity with water power was built near the Fox River in Appleton Wisconsin in 1882. It marked a landmark in hydroelectric progress and local industrial history.
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United States
Fox River
Appleton
Wis
Adams names Washington commander of land forces
In 1798 amid rising tensions with France, President John Adams appointed George Washington to lead the land military forces of the United States, marking a formal return to command for the nation’s famed general.
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United States
France
John Adams
George Washington
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