Letters From Hanoi Women Bring News Of Missing Husbands
Mrs Larson, one of 19 San Antonio wives with husbands listed as missing in action in North Vietnam, recounts two letters carried from Hanoi to San Francisco by four women. The letters, written Nov 20 and Nov 24, express hopes for peace and offer advice to children while detailing families in Oak Manor Drive, Robert E. Lee High, and Pat Nell Junior School. Christmas is described as especially poignant as the Larsons await reunion anticipated in 1970.
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Hanoi
San Francisco
Barvonys
Larson
Mike Ds
Robert E. Lee High
Robert
Pat Nell
Pamela
Glen Oaks Elementary Shoal
Mike
Vietnam
Larsons
Sal
No Mail After Holiday Postal Service Drops Friday
Washington reports that there will be no regular post delivery or service Friday as President Nixon grants all government employees the day after Christmas off. Special delivery, service and mail collections will be provided. The piece notes gratitude for a living soldier, Capt Robert Daughtery, and mentions his parents and Armand Jess Myers of Universal City among others.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
del Rio
Robert Daughtery
Mrr
Robert’ Daughtery
North Vietnam
Armand Jess Myers
Univerzal City
Why do U S bills have different colored seals
Readers ask why currency bears different seals and serial numbers. The writer explains that green seals and numbers indicate Federal Reserve Bank notes, blue seals mark United States silver certificates, and red seals identify United States notes, with green being most common and red rare.
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K. PH
Federal Reserve Bank
United States
Index of sections and page references in today's paper
The continued listing outlines the newspaper’s content with page numbers for Amusements Classified Comics Death Notices Feature Financial Fun and Games Horoscope Society Sports Texas Trails and TV Logs, plus page notes and cross references.
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Financial
Society
Texas Trails
Front Creeps Toward Texas Front
A cool front edged toward Texas bringing a promise of slightly lower temperatures in the Panhandle by Christmas Day. Forecasters said the cool wave moving from Colorado would bring brisk winds and blowing dust in the northwestern regions of the state.
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Associated Press
Texas
Panhandle
Colorado
Crash tanker threat near Pleasanton prompts evacuations
A tanker carrying seven thousand gallons of volatile chemicals veered off U S 281 near Pleasanton and blocked a one block area. The truck wedged against a weathered power pole and a diesel tank bore its imprint. Driving in serious condition, the driver was hospitalized in San Antonio. Authorities evacuated the Boyd Motel and three nearby homes as responders pumped chemicals into a second tanker and removed drain plates for transfer operations.
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Pleasanton
U.S. 281
Michigan
Offiers
Pleasantor
Tama
Fower Lines
Rain Gaylon
Corpus Christi
Santa Rosa Medical Center
San Antonio
Boyd
Department of Public Safety
Kelly Air Force Base
Kelly
Afb
Damerall
U.S. 28
Notice of early closing for Christmas by carrier department
The circulation department employees and carriers will observe Christmas with the service desk closing at 6 30 p m on Wednesday December 24 and at 6 30 p m on Thursday December 25 1954
Manhunt Follows Fatal Shot In Dallas Dispute
Police pursued Tuesday night a youth linked to the killing of Keith J. Lauper outside his Lindoin Courts apartment. Lauper, 25, former Job Corps graduate and aspiring mechanic, was shot in the chest as he chased the assailant who attacked his fiancée. He died at a local hospital in the early hours of Wednesday.
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Ron Wilte
Gour
Keith J. Looper
Lindoin Courts
Bert Desity
Lauper
Green Hospital
Bexar County Hospital
Louper
Alex Lauper
Ddgar
Forecast for midweek skies and warming trend
A forecast calls for clear to partly steady conditions midweek with increasing cloudiness on Wednesday and becoming partly cloudy Thursday. Temperatures rise to the low 70s by day and mid 40s at night with southeast winds 5 to 15 mph and stronger gusts in the afternoon. The Tuesday high reached 63 with a 40s low.
North Freeway Funds Hinge On Middle Section
DeWitt Greer, chairman of the Texas Highway Commission, said federal funds might be required for the middle section of the North Freeway if the federal government rejects a state planned route. He warned action tying north and south funding to the middle section would not be possible without federal agreement. Secretary Volpe’s anticipated recommendations were not expected in state offices until after the fractious debate.
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Joe Rust
Texas Highway Commission
DeWitt Greer
John. Volpe
Volpe
Family of seven perishes in Brackenridge Park fire
Seven members of a family die in a Brackenridge Park blaze that destroyed a two story home near Alamo Stadium and Trinity University. Authorities say the fire started in a kitchen and spread through the residence as firefighters battled the blaze. Relatives identified the victims and officials noted the tragedy amid discussions of funding for a new highway project in the area.
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Pleasanton Road
Louis‘Persat
Saly
Oak
Manor Dr
Moscow
Warsaw
Treaty States
S.A
Sebastian Barriola
Quan Loi
South Vietnam
Gsisry
Bexar
Gutlin
Brackenridge Park
Senna Ya
Dwa
Greer
Bexari
Coumty
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