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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1957
Page
2
The W. C. OCR Smith Agency staff extend thanks for the past year and wish happiness in the coming year. They pledge service and sincere interest in all insurance needs, expressing appreciation for shared experiences and joy.
United Press reports regional outlook with considerable cloudiness through Tuesday. Showers scattered tonight and Tuesday. cooler in northern sections tonight and interior Tuesday. West Texas observes clear to partly cloudy skies with cooler tonight. Northwest and interior areas see cooler conditions on Tuesday.
Kingsley Iowa prepares for the 67th Christmas Eve appearance of the Spooks a secret eight member group that gives about 300 in gifts to the needy each year. Gifts include clothing food and toys delivered anonymously with a sleigh bell signal from door to door.
A gunman held up Gary Arfield in Dallas last night forcing him to remove his pants. The thief took a money sack and $50 from Arfield and fled after binding the grocer’s legs and leaving him trousersless on an ice vault floor.
Washington farm officials report winter wheat growers overplanted acreage by more than two million acres, about five percent. Penalty taxes run about 1.10 dollars per bushel on the excess, based on average yield. If weather stays favorable the extra wheat may yield high. if unfavourable, farmers may plow or destroy to avoid penalties.
Compton California police report a four year old, Tom Perry, found eighty dollars set aside for gifts and handed it to passers by on a Christmas stroll, greeting them with Merry Christmas. The incident prompted a mother to curtail Christmas spending as a result.
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