Christmas hard on de Santa in the modern year
Editorial by Greg Jaklewicz notes weary shoppers and rising costs as Santa faces layoffs, new tech toys, and higher consumer prices. He contrasts old traditions with 1980s gifts, from batteries to VCRs, while reflecting on Christmas spirit and the loss of John Lennon.
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Santa
Coffeematic
Norelco
Calvin Klein
Ronco
Momma Claus
Ralph Lauren
John Lennon
Texas judge orders prison reforms amid budget fight
A federal judge ruled Texas prisons violate inmates rights in many areas including violence medical care and sanitation. The ruling requires sweeping reforms costing millions as the Legislature debates funding. officials note past budget refusals have impeded improvements. The decision also cites state and federal law violations and the potential appeal waits final judgement in February.
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Austin
Texas
Villations Cit
Judge Justice
Tyler
Mark White
TDC
Pioneers on Parade Twenty Years Ago
Stamford American files from December 22, 1960 summarize local students home for holidays. Miss Jerry Ann Baize of Stamford, Texas Christian University, nears graduation in elementary education. Several Stamford area youths attend Cisco Junior College and Colorado University. First Baptist Church Hamlin approves a 230000 building program including auditorium and parsonage. Army Private Nickey Jackson returns to Ft Ord for Christmas holidays after visiting Stamford.
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Stamford American
Jerry Ann Baize
Stamford
Texas Christian University
Baize
National Education Association
Kappa Delta
National Social Soronty
Sam Baize
Martha
Ann Hudson
I.F. Hudson
Ann
Colorado University
Boulder
Colo
First Baptist Church of
Army
Nickey Jackson
Ft. Ord
Calif
Dallas
A.T. Jackson
PIONEERS ON PARADE 1970 CHRISTMAS CARD FOR ILL CHILD
The Worlds largest Christmas Card, signed by hundreds of Stamford residents, will reach Robert Miller in Michigan, a terminally ill child. KDWT staffer Jay Silvers seeks more names to brighten his holiday. Also noted are a seventh birthday party for Ernie Manske with guests, the Maria Campfire group caroling at the Stamford Inn, McMurry College graduation candidates including Rusty Kelley and Gene Shackelford Jr., and Stamford High School cheerleaders for 1971 72 selected by the football team and pep squad.
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Stamford American
Stamford
Robert Miller
Michigan
Jay Silvers
KDWT
Robert
Ernie Manske
Route Three
Greg Rose
Tony Nauret
Jim
Matt
Charles Muehlstein
Wayne Seay
Tim Rainer
Glenda McCandless
Susan Miller
Laura Denson
Debbie
Betty
Hollis Muehlstein
Leland Nauret
Wayne Mayfield
Oscar Manske
McMurry College
Kelley
R.R. Kelley
Shackelford
Gene Shackelford
Stamford High School
Genie Olson
Janna Clark
Sharon Schoonmaker
Marcia Overton
Sally Jenkins
Diane Corzine
Hospital Notes List of Medical and Surgical Patients
The hospital note lists medical patients including Mrs Inez Bowdry Mrs Pauletta Weems Anson Glynn Lovvorn Charles Baker Grover Smith and others in Hamlin Jayton Lawn Leroy Schwert Opal Laird Irivin Smith Aspermont Haskell and Rule. Surgical patients include A D Hardy Hamlin Mrs Robert Halliburton Mrs Eula Ferrell Mrs Edith Larance Tommy Chase Raymond Vasquez and Mrs Ona Norris Rule.
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Inez Bowdry
Pauletta Weems
Anson Glynn Lovvorn
Charles Baker
Grover Smith
Hamlin
Angelia Moreno
Jack Russell
Bill Gold
Lawn
Emma Yanez
John Smith
Jayton
Tom Wyatt
Thomas Wright
Earl Whaley
Peter Nelson
Mark Bullock
Leroy Schwert
Benjamin Way
Opal Laird
Irivin Smith
Haskell
Joe Hill
Aspermont Douglas Stevenson
Margaret Carothers
A.D. Hardy
Robert Halliburton
Eula Ferrell
Edith Larance
Tommy Chase
Raymond Vasquez
Ona Norris
Rule
Farmers need raise more than Congress
Editor notes a Constitutional issue as a Johnson grass farmer discusses pay raises. Congress proposes a $10,000 yearly increase from $60,662 to $70,900, but the House passes by voice vote and the Senate blocks a recorded vote. Supreme Court later rules judges deserve a $10,000 raise, leaving farmers and lawmakers to live on current pay.
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Johnson Grass
Paint Creek
Congress
Senate
Supreme Court
Thomas Jefferson
Madison
Skyview Organizes Boy Scout Troop for Mentally Retarded Youth
Skyview Living Center forms the area’s first Boy Scout troop for mentally retarded youths. The group joins the Chisholm Trail Council with its inaugural meeting set for January 2. Scoutmaster Dan Kardakus and assistant Bud Moorefield lead, aided by Stanford Funeral Home and Big Country Savings.
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Skyview Living Center
Chisholm Trail
Dan Kardakus
Bud Moorefield
Stanford Funeral Home
Big Country Savings
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