Dear Santa Claus Christmas Wish List Headlines
A flood of handwritten requests pours in from children and families naming toys, dolls, bikes, weapons, and gear they hope Santa will bring. Names include Jacquelyn Gray, Sheila Jean Harris, Tim Allen Jones, Kathy Ingram, Ricky Neal Scale, Maudine Reed, Darren Dynes, Andrew Larne, Scott Porter Bear, Harold Maxwell, Paul Kay Hede, Debra Anne Long, Kris Aaron, and Kris. Requests span Tammy dolls, Penny Poodles, toy watches, necklaces, dish sets, bicycles, caps, a red fire truck, and even firearms.
Bells tolling through history mark Christmas rites
Fragmentary letter mentions church bells in Britain dating to 7 A.D. for Christmas Eve and Christ's birth. Includes garbled lines from a Santa wish list with requests for toys, dolls, a gun, and animals, reflecting a holiday note.
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Britain
Satan
Christ
Chris
4 H Tractor Program Emphasizes Better Care
College Station Texas 4 H program highlights care over repair in a four year course titled Better Care Not Repair. O Neal of Texas A&M Extension notes the program teaches youngsters tractor maintenance and safety rather than repair skills. The 1963 44 plan includes four units with a junior project for ages 0 12 featuring safe operation and safety activities.
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College Station
Hen Neal
Texas A&m
O'Neal
Wild West Horse Rampage Shocks Houston Home
A large black horse charged toward a Houston residence breaking a window, toppling the air conditioner onto a television set, then attempted to enter the home. No injuries reported and authorities investigated the incident.
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Ta Houston House
Texas Industrial Commission expands program with new members
The Texas Industrial Commission set a broader plan after adding three new members Clauda Brown Meames Jessie Bornett Austin and J R Mebofé Crockett attended their first session Ray Horton Houston accepted a new term appointment by Governor Connally Brown named chairman of a finance subcommittee Mepurt and John Ben Shepard Odessa joined the commission’s public relations safety committee The panel advances a statewide advertising program to attract new industry and bolster the Texas economy
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Texas Industrial Commission
Clauda Brown
Meames
Jessie Bornett
Austin
J. R. Mebofé
Crockett
Ray Horton
Houston
Connally
Chairman Ho
Germany
Datas
Brown
Mepurt
Texas
Flint Man Held In Coveted Church Theft Case
A Flint Moch man was in custody regarding the theft of two tape recorders a radio and cash from three churches. One recorder held a taped sermon titled Thou Shalt Not Steal.
Tixe Persons Found Guilty of Park Camping Misdemeanor
Tixe persons were found guilty of the misdemeanor of camping in a Los Angeles public park. Classified ads get results.
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Tixe
Los Angeles
Texas Textbook Protests Studied by Committee
Texas leaders and a state committee reviewed nationwide classroom protests over textbooks. The panel urged limiting new titles to two works that drew objections, arguing most proposed books offered inappropriate implications about government and society. A separate Kansas City incident involved a woman restraining a TV repairman with a hammer.
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Texas
Nues
Tr KK. Harlan
Thlins
John We McFarland
Heuston Sid
Santa letters from children asking for gifts
A collection of handwritten holiday requests from children listing desired toys and gifts. Names include Gabriel Aguirre, Sherry Bre Near Santa, Morry Christmas, Glenda Stephens, Genarah Sue Welch, Tam Hooper, Jackie Neat Brock, Teatha May, Leatha Baker and others. Requests mention dolls, bicycles, watches, toy cars, comic items, and candy.
Fun Time Varold Hill Dentists Without Pain Claim
A person from Varold Hill in England says she enjoys visits to the dentist because she feels no pain when teeth are drilled. The note appears among local classified ads highlighting results from advertisements.
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Varold Hill
England
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Santa Claus
Tammy
Jacquelyn Gray
Santa Clause
Moebi
Tim Allen Jones
Hays and Girls
Santa
Kathy Ingram
Santa Aus
Ricky Neal Scale
Moe
Disher
Maudine Reed
Eva
Paul Wilbur
Ike
Andrew Larne
Dear Sante
Scott ‘Porter
Monte Aid
Darren Dynes
Plesast
Rue Camera
Mrs. Barton
Lawn
Leach White
Poonant
Dirk Tracy
Joe
Rat Dy
Uta
Brother
Jom Satis
Nerry Gray
Santa Cass
Tracy Capbile
Maxwell
Rabe
Tammy Dell
Iwratch
Tarhie Dull
Tove
Pauls Kay Hedee
Santa Chas
Tammy Doll Sinterely
Debra Anne Long
Sentacane
Paul Gonzales
Love
Tommy Felton
Jiminy Canty
Banta
Joam
Mary Gene Marrow
Kris Aaron
Tam
Yerear Patterson
Dolla
Mariz
Cecil Parker
Lavona Sherwood
Mike Williams
Sove
Sylvia Vela
Mark Fires
Walt Campbell
Mary Boyd
Cynthia Hotland
James Curtis Davis
Herman Childress Mattress Co
Kansas City
Gabriel Aguirre
Morry Christmas
Sherry
Genarah
Sue Welch
June Hooper
Jackie Neat Brock
Leatha Baker
Rowenta
Joe Powant
Emva Castille
Collingsworth County Farm Bureau
Merry Christmas
W. HS
Graham Bowen
Rese
Firridays
Sue and
Paul Guthrie
City State Bank
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