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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1973
Page
1
A jumble of child wish lists and family messages mixes with a Christmas plea to Santa for dolls, toys, bikes, trains, and play sets from Debora Benton to Marvin Brown and Amy Shields. The page also includes a local environmental study update, city plans for runway expansion, and a Baptist era obituary with survivor details.
The report describes a bomber radar test at Wellington with one live radar unit and a test unit on site. It notes personnel from various states, the next assignment to Gettysburg SD, and mentions landscaping duties by Don Reeves. Additional text covers juvenile court judges, probate, and district population figures among surrounding counties.
Local items include a report on the Multi County Juvenile Probation Program since 1972 and its reception in Gollingsworth Donley and Wheeler counties. Personal notices mention Mrs A A McQueaty planning a Christmas trip to Miseral Wella and various relatives visiting or attending a funeral in Shamrock and Snyder.
Wellington Leader issued Thursdays from 913 West Ave Wellington Texas. Editor H Deskins Wells lists subscription rates five dollars and twenty five cents yearly inside trade territory and four dollars fifty cents outside land territory.
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