Twas The Night Before Christmas
4nd He’s 40 Miles From His Home
THE BATTALION
Thursday, December 16, 1965 College Station, Texas
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By LEONARD KENT
It is the night before Christ
mas and I am alone on the road.
Twelve hours on the highway,
stopped four times for gas, en
gine running wide open, and I
am an Aggie 40 miles from
home.
Half asleep, half awake, I got
to stay awake, ’cause I got 40
more miles to go. I look at my
watch, I figure my time left on
the road. Boy, I’ll be lucky if I
get there by dawn.
There is a light up ahead,
some car coming this way I sup
pose, boy it sure is cold. Snow
falls hard, and then a little hard
er. It should though, for tomor
row is Christmas, you know.
That car up ahead, I see the
lights better now, I don’t think
it is too far up the road. It’s
just a thought, but I wonder if
he is 40 miles from his home.
That car up ahead, his light sud
denly disappeared; I guess he
turned off this crooked old road.
Suddenly I am afraid, I fear
that something is wrong on up
the road. I guess I just dozed off
again, ’cause I know that noth
ing could go wrong so close to
my home. Just 40 more miles on
this crooked old road.
Half awake again, half way to
my senses, am I dreaming or is
that really something up there
in the middle of the road? What
ever it is, it had better move on,
for I have only 40 miles to go.
Something has happened, looks
like a wreck; slow that speed,
boy, the road is slippery, you
know. I press on my brake, my
foot goes all the way to the
floor and my car races on down
this crooked old road.
There is a crash, a flash, and
I feel my head breaking the
glass. Then all is still, all is
quiet, and suddenly now ... I
feel the cold.
Suddenly I yell; will someone
please help? I am so very close
to my home.
Someone grabs my feet, pulls
hard . . . and then I hit the floor.
“Wake up roommate, don’t you
remember today you got to head
for home?”
I flash a smile back to him and
say . . . “Fellow, it might inter
est you to know that a minute
ago . . . well ... I was just 40
miles from home.”
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Safety Association Issues
Holiday Mishap Death A lert
AUSTIN — The Texas Safety Association Tues
day issued its annual “Accidental Death Alert” for
the Christmas-New Year’s holiday period and called
on citizens for support of traffic law enforcement to
reduce the holiday death toll.
“Law enforcement officers and agencies officially
responsible for the welfare of the people of our state
need the cooperation and support of every citizen if
we are to prevent a tragic loss of life on our streets
and highways during the holiday season,” said S.
Ross Carr of Houston, TSA President.
It has been estimated that 110 persons will be
killed in traffic in Texas during a 10-day period,
beginning at 12:01 a.m. Dec. 24 and ending at 11:59
p.m. Jan. 2, 1966.
This is the period designated by the association
for the “Accidental Death Alert” which includes all
types of accidents. It coincides with the period set
for the annual “Operation Deathwatch” of the Texas
Department of Public Safety.
The association is joining the DPS, the Texas
Highway Department and other groups in a coordi
nated safety program aimed at reducing accidental
deaths during the holiday period.
Carr also urged citizens to be on the alert for
other hazards, such as fires in the home, falls and
hunting accidents. It is estimated that an additional
42 persons will be killed in accidents other than traffic
and that 43 persons will die as suicides and homicides.
In closing, the association president challenged
citizens to put safety first — “whether at home, at
play, at work or behind the wheel of an automobile.”
Lou Is Playing Santa
This Year —
and giving away money.
In six day LOU has given away
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