Christmas Letters and Holiday Notice in Local Papers
The Enterprise runs a Christmas section with letters to Santa and greetings from merchants. no Friday issue as offices close for holidays. The Free Press ships Sunday and offices reopen Monday. A Santa letter from a child in Pecos Texas asks for bikes, clothes, a pool table, watches, a football for brothers Danny and George, sisters Velia Silvia Estella, and Arturo Barron mentions a kitchen surprise.
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Enterprise
Santa
Santaa
Danny
George Arturo Barron
Silvia
Estella
Velia Barron
Limpia Road
Lindsay
Pecos Texas
George Arturo
White Christmas looks dry for Texas this year
The National Weather Service forecasts a dry Christmas for most of Texas with partly cloudy skies and cool temperatures. Some Southeast Texas clouds rain and fog. forecasters warn of light coastal rain and wind along the Gulf coast with widespread warm temperatures Friday into the weekend.
Weather report spans cold north and mild southern coasts
Readings show subzero temperatures across Minnesota and northern plains with teens in the Rockies and parts of Michigan. Elsewhere it is in the 20s to 40s, warming to 50s along coasts. skies vary from clear to partly cloudy. Overnight lows range from 9 below at International Falls to 68 at Key West.
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Associated Press
National Weather Service
Texas
Weather Service
South Plains
West
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Northern Plains
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Watertown
S.C
Central Plains
Great Lakes Region
Lakes
Gulf Coast
Florida
Pacific Coast
Minnesota
Northern
Plains
Rockies
Michigan
New England
Pacific
Gulf Coasts
Ohio Valley
International Falls
Minn
Key West
Fla
Council talks drug abuse and funding concerns
The City Council rejected a letter from the Reeves County Community Council seeking support for a drug abuse program. Mayor Pigman questioned the council's finances and proposed Betty Herring at the Mental Health Clinic coordinate efforts and seek funds. Councilman Trujillo said no concrete solution was offered. City Manager Maxey recalled a prior attempt to establish a program.
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Gene Douglas
Rachel Kirkwood
Community Council
Reeves County
Bill Pigman
Betty Herring
Pigman
Manuel Trujillo
J.J. Maxey
Bob Bickley
Doug Fernandes
Trujillo
Kirkwood
Charles Smith
Smith
Bickley
Moss
Saoos
Jess Bush
John R. Dorr
Top carrier Israel Carrasco of Pecos Enterprise
Israel Carrasco, 1610S Johnson, named Enterprise carrier of the month for his year of service. The 12 year old seventh grader at Crockett Junior High was photographed for the staff feature. Local discussion touched on office space and drug abuse programs with council members questioning need and scope.
Year-old route boy nabs honor and local council notes
Israel Carrasco of 1610 S Johnson is named Enterprise carrier of the month after a route inherited from his brother Ruben. The 12-year-old seventh grader at Crockett Junior High serves 47 customers, enjoys baseball and skating, and has a dog named Pepper. The meeting covered bids for oil and gas leases, refuse containers, school zone speed limits, city hall reroofing, street lights, ambulance service issues, and an executive session on a personnel matter.
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Israel Carrasco
S. Johnson
Ruben
Lupe Villela
Crockett Junior High
Pepper
Maxey
Eddy
Monroe
Stafford
Second
Gibson Streets
Alberta
Bois D'Arc
Former CIA employee held for espionage
Edwin G. Moore, a 56 year old retiree, was arrested near his Bethesda Maryland home after meeting an undercover agent to collect a supposed payoff for classified documents. Officials allege he sought to sell national defense material to the Soviet Union and charged him with unauthorized possession and theft of government property.
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Edwin G. Moore
Bethesda
Soviet Union
CIA
Moore
FBI
Carter completes Carter cabinet picks in Plains Ga
President elect Carter names Joseph Califano Jr to head HEW James R Schlesinger to lead energy policy and coordinate the White House effort Theodore Sorensen to direct the CIA The APPOINTMENT completes an 11 member Cabinet and hints at a new Department of Energy while Schlesinger handles current programs Carter emphasizes energy conservation and reduced oil and gas use Califano vows to run HEW with compassion and efficiency Sorensen recalls Kennedy era crises and ends with continued government service
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Plains
Schlesinger
Sorensen
Carter
Department of Energy
Department
White House
Califano
HEW
People’s Department
Atomic Energy Commission
U.S
John F. Kennedy
Executive Committee
Kennedy
Dallas
The
Presti
Paralysis victim sues drug makers over swine flu shot
Wayne Young a 58 year old probation officer says he became paralyzed from the neck down after a swine flu vaccination and sues four drug manufacturers for 5.45 million dollars. His lawyer Gene Stipe cites doctors linking the shot to paralysis. Health officials in Pennsylvania report a death from Guillain Barre syndrome tied to swine flu shots. The national immunization program was suspended on December 16 amid safety concerns.
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Oklahoma City
Wayne Young
Gene Stipe
Pennsylvania
Nik Nak Grocery to Open Saturday on Christmas Day
Kathryn Hagar telephoned to say her Nik Nak Grocery on S Eddy Street will be open Christmas Day. Two competitive quick-stop groceries had been named as planning to remain open as well.
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Kathryn Hagar
Nik Nak
S. Eddy Street
Christmas edition stolen from Simi Valley Mirror
A Simi Valley weekly paper the Mirror printed a six page blank Christmas edition after all news and photos were stolen between typesetting and press. The missing Christmas content delivered earlier to Omnigraphics was stripped from photocomposition relocs, then printed as empty pages. Police had no report and no leads.
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Simi Valley
Calif
the Mirror
Omnigraphics of
Northridge
Omnigraphics
Costinni
Sunland-Tujunga Record Ledger
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Jesus Muniz
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Willie
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Willie Mayes
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Lico Costinni
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