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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1956
Page
2
The article notes Santa’s lengthy year end duties as he reads thousands of letters from across the country and talks with people on streets and in stores. While toy desires vary from bicycles to dolls, some kids ask for practical items like typewriters or even career roles, and Santa explains why some wishes cannot be granted.
From Houston, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Slick Sr. and Mrs. E. M. Gregg are holiday visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Slick and their family.
Carolyn and Archie Nelson, Texas Tech students in Lubbock, are spending the holidays visiting their mother, Mrs. A. M. Nelson, at her home.
VA Center head Dr. George T. McMahan in Waco states the maximum GI loan rate is fixed by law at 4 4 percent and cannot be changed by lenders or FHA actions. Lenders may issue firm commitments or tentative letters to veterans, with consequences for noncompliance and possible suspension from the GI loan program.
On December 25 1868 President Johnson issued a Civil War amnesty proclamation promising pardon to all individuals who participated against the United States. The act restored rights privileges and immunities and aimed to heal the nation even extending to high Confederate officials.
Read about Christmas as the date of Christ’s birth and its broader historical significance. The piece notes Washington’s Delaware crossing, Newton and Barton birthdays, Okeechobee 1837, Hong Kong 1942, Santa Maria wreck 1492, Hirohito’s 1926 enthronement, China’s 1947 constitution, and Kelso Washington founded 1847 on Christmas Day.
Phil Speer fourteen year old son of Major and Mrs Edwin Speer of Boise Idaho recently underwent major surgery. Information from grandparents Mr and Mrs W D Lang says he is reportedly doing nicely.
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