Bitter Cold Hits West Texas A Week Early
Snow and freezing rain blanketed the Panhandle and South Plains as a week early cold snap swept across West Texas. Temperatures ranged from 24 at Dalhart to 64 at Corpus Christi with more light snow and rain forecast. The storm disrupted travel, caused hundreds of accidents, and forced Gov. Connally to cancel a public speech as residents faced slick roads and reduced visibility.
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United Press International
Panhandle
South Plains
West Texas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Texas
Big Bend
New Mexico
Chillicothe
Paducah
Lubbock
Oklahoma
John Connally
Texas Highway Department
West
Amarillo
Borger
Dalhart
P. W. Walker
Littlefield
Mercury
Texas Tech Red Raiders
Georgia
Wilson appeals to United Nations on Viet Nam and Rhodesia
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson urged UN members to pursue negotiations to end the Viet Nam conflict and warned that military means alone cannot solve it. He also asked African states to let London handle Rhodesia and contrasted Ian Smith’s declaration of independence with the 1776 American spirit. He did not specify potential oil or sanctions actions to back Rhodesia, pending talks with President Johnson.
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UPT
Harold Wilson
United Nations
Viet Nam
Wilson
U.N
London
Ian D Smith
Britain
United States
Johnson
Elks Lodge Meets Tonight At 7 P M
The decorating committee of Elks Lodge 1113 will meet at 7 p m today at the Elks Building. A 2 for 1 cent sale on remaining Christmas Card Stock is offered by Childress Office Supply.
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Elks Lodge 1113
Elks
Childress Office Supply
Gemini 6 Twins Return From Historic Space Rendezvous
Astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford splash down in the Atlantic aboard the carrier Wasp after a flawless Gemini 6 mission that linked with Gemini 7. Borman and Lovell continued their orbiting flight toward a Saturday splashdown on schedule. Both crews reported good health and elation, with Schirra noting excellent film of the rendezvous and the pair joking about Santa Claus in space.
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Santa Claus
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United Press International
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Thomas Stafford
Manned Space Center
Houston
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Gemini Control
Alan Shepard
San Diego
Walter Schirra Sr
Johnson
United States
Soviet Union
Tass
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Webb
Edward C. Welsh
National Aeronautics Council
Cape Kennedy
George FE. Mueller
Mueller
Robert Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
Randolph Lovelace II
NASA
Flags bloom in Houston after Gemini 6 7 rendezvous
The Manned Space Center in Houston erupts in jubilation as Gemini 6 and 7 crews rendezvous in orbit. Officials praise the achievement and President Johnson lauds the milestone while a NASA medical director mourns a recent crash loss.
De Gaulle and Mitterrand Clash Over France’s Future
Paris Reuters Charles De Gaulle argues for a single strong leader to guide France in the nuclear age while François Mitterrand counters that one man cannot run a modern nation and warns against power unanswerable to voters. Both aired 30 minute TV interviews to 28 million voters.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
France
Francois Mitterrand
Mitterrand
de Gaulle
Social Democrats
Liberal Democrats
Flight Plan Oversight Cited In Capitol Colorado Tragedy
Civil Air Patrol officials said three lives might have been saved if a filed flight plan had designated the route of the ill fated flight. NASA space medicine chief Dr. W Randolph Lovelace his wife Mary and pilot Milton Brown were killed when their twin engine plane crashed into a mountain pass. Their bodies were found Wednesday. Col Arthur Putz Colorado CAP commander said at least one and possibly all three were affected by the lapse.
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Aspen
Colo
UPS
National Space Agency
Civil Air Patrol
W. Randolph Lovelace
Space Medicine
NASA
Mary
Milton Brown
Arthur Putz
Colorado Cap
Marines Capture Vast Store of Red Supplies
U S Marines in the Phuoc Valley south of Da Nang killed 16 Viet Cong, captured seven, and found 25 bodies. Operation Harvest Moon yielded 152 enemy killed, 27 captured, and 202 suspects detained. Marines seized 52 weapons, uniforms, ammunition, and medical supplies in caves across the area. A separate air raid on the Vong Bi thermal power plant near Haiphong damaged about 23 percent of Hanoi’s power and 3 percent of Haiphong’s electricity. McNamara called it representative of ongoing attacks. A US F5 jet crashed west of Bien Hoa Airbase, the pilot injured.
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United Press International Saigon
UPI
U.S
Phuoc Valley
da Nang
Leathernecks
Saigon
Haiphong
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Yong Bi Therman
Piets
North Viet Nam
Vong Bi
Robert S McNamara
Washington
Bien Hoa
Size Of Building For Industry Is Increased
The building for Childress Manufacturing Company, a Spartans Industries subsidiary, grows to 53,000 square feet from 51,000. Lubbock’s H A Padgett Construction will start January 3 and finish in about four and a half months. Eddie Katz of Sparta Tenn. said 500 workers are planned at year end and 1,000 by year five.
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Childress Manufacturing Company
Spartans Industries, Inc
Board of
City Devocuiment Yes
H. A. Padgett Construction Company of
Lubbock
Padgett Company
Vernon
Padgett
Palmer Massey
Board of City Development
Ford
Eddie Katz
Sparta, Tenn
Great Storyteller Of English Literature Dies
Somerset Maugham, famed writer of novels, plays and short stories, dies at 91 at his Villa La Magnifique on the French Riviera after a stroke and prolonged illness. Private secretary Alan Searle cites circulatory failure as the cause as cremation plans proceed in Marseilles with ashes to Canterbury Cathedral in England.
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France
UPI
Somerset Maugham
Maugham
French Riviera
Villa la Mauresque
Mediterranean Sea
Cap Ferrat
Alan Searle
Fln
Searle
England
Canterbury
Gordon Blair
Marseilles
Bank Robbery in Shrewsbury Nets Hidden Loot
Four bandits wearing sunglasses robbed the Shrewsbury Bank and Trust Co using pistols. They fled with an estimated $75,000 to $100,000. Police launched an investigation and sought tips from the public.
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Shrewsbury
Mass
UPI
Shrewsbury Bank and Trust Co
Jaycees Plan Basketball Games and Committee Roles
Jaycees discussed basketball games with various groups at today’s meeting. A profit of $62.75 from Tuesday’s Jaycees and Elks game will fund the Elks Christmas Party for Needy children. Gerald Holeman and Tony Hunter head the committee to select high school juniors as contestants for Jaycee Queen. Bobby Hart named coach for Jaycee basketball and volleyball. Bill Novac joined as a new member.
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Elks
Gerald Holeman
Tony Hunter
Bobby Hart
Bill Novac
G Starks Dies Funeral To Be Friday
Rev. Charles Gus Starks 77 longtime Methodist minister died at 6 10 am in Childress General Hospital after about a week of illness. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 pm in Starks Temple Methodist Church Childress he organized with several pastors officiating. Burial in Cedar Grove Cemetery Lufkin. Survived by his widow Cora Spikes.
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Charles Gus Starks
Childress General Hospital
Childress
Starks Temple Methodist Church
Raymond Campbell
W. E. Patterson
Wichita Falls-Amarillo
E. J. Lott
Abilene
G. R. Patterson
Gilbert Memorial Methodist Church
Wichita Falls
W. A. Stultzt
Chapel Memorial Church
Amarillo
Lufkin
Newberrys
Cedar Grove Cemetery
Rev
Starks
Dallas-Fort Worth
Breckenridge
Mineral Wells
St. Marks Methodist Church
Pampa
Largest Panhandle highway contract awarded at $5,280,969
The Texas Highway Department awards a record $5,280,969 contract for a 14.92 mile four lane interstate in Wheeler County. Cooper and Woodruff of Amarillo and Warren Brothers Roads Company of Cambridge, Mass, will build the project from Gray and Wheeler county line to near Shamrock. Clyde Drake will supervise construction.
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Panhandle
Childress
Texas Highway Department
Wheeler County
Virgil McGee
Cooper and Woodruff
Amarillo
Warren Brothers Roads Company
Cambridge
Mass
Gray and Wheeler
Shamrock
Clyde Drake
Wellington
Bill Hamm
Douglas divorce suit names Justice William O Douglas
Mrs. John M. Douglas 25 files Wednesday for divorce from U S Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas 67 alleging cruel treatment and personal indignity in Yakima Washington. The action seeks relief from the high court member and notes grounds for the petition.
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Yakima, Wash
UPI
John M. Douglas
U.S. Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Woman Charged in Stabbing Death of Husband in Texas
Mrs. Curtis Leach of Mesquite Texas was charged Wednesday with stabbing to death her husband a nation ally known western and country music singer. The case involves ongoing investigation and potential trial proceedings.
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Mesquite, Tex
UPI
Curtis Leach
Childress Office Supply
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