24 Dec 1965
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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1965
Page
1
A collage of Christmas wish notes from children in Mexia Texarkana and Waco Texas. Each child writes requests for dolls toy guns trains and other gifts sometimes mentioning family members and cookies milk or cake for Santa.
A New York AP tale recalls children waiting for Santa on Christmas Eve. A six year old girl joins a boy in waiting by the fireplace as parents insist Santa arrives after midnight. Morning reveals gifts and a lesson in good intentions and future resolve.
Dick Simpson of the Cincinnati Reds hit a two run homer in the seventh and tripled in the eighth to power Ponce to a 6-4 win over Mayaguez Wednesday night in the Winter League.
Dallas AP reports Ben Lee Boynton Texas first All America football star and longtime official will be inducted posthumously into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame on December 31. His widow will accept the plaque.
Daniel Cook 36 of Lakeview Oregon was not hurt when a slippery Fourth Street light caused two separate men and women driven cars to skid into his auto. Minor damage occurred both times and he drove away. Gibbs Library to close for Christmas holidays until Tuesday. Trinity's Jackie Hall and Latmar Tech's Vernon McManus named back and lineman of the year in the Southland Conference.
In Dayton Ohio a grandson born to Army CWO Richard F Bendgen's daughter in Miami Valley Hospital makes Bendgen the sixth-time grandfather. The news reaches his father in time for Christmas as Bendgen currently serves in Qui Nhon Vietnam.
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