Winter storm strikes Texas with heavy snow and hazardous highways
A blizzard-like storm moved into Texas from the southern Rockies bringing freezing rain and up to eight inches of snow in the Panhandle. Dalhart and Stratford reported near five inches while winds and drifting snow created dangerous road conditions and flight cancellations.
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Panhandle
Dalhart
High Plains
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
Larson
Stratford
Dan
Red River Valley
Arizona
Rockies
Brownsville
Clarence Taylor
Brookshire
Fort Bend
Saigon Dock Strike Prompts U.S. Troop Unloading
In Saigon the strikebound port sees 600 U.S. soldiers unloading cargo from 10 ships as 5,000 dock workers protest. Labor leaders call troops strike breakers while warning of a nationwide walkout. military police secure the waterfront and officials say only military goods are being moved.
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William Porter
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9Th Infantry Division
Vietnam
Portuguese Army battles Angolan rebels on Benguela line
Portuguese forces say about 200 Angolan nationalists died in a Christmas raid on the Benguela copper railway in Angola with six Portuguese soldiers killed. In a separate note from Washington, Dwight D. Eisenhower planned discharge from Welter Reed Army Hospital after surgery on December 12.
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IEE Better
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ESSA publishes six new undersea maps near Aleutians
ESSA released six new maps detailing uncharted undersea mountains valleys and ridges around the Aleutian Islands covering about 400000 square miles of seabed in the north Pacific and Bering Sea where thousands of earthquakes occur yearly. The initiative expands ocean floor knowledge for seismic areas and navigation.
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UPI
Environmental Science Services Administration
ESSA
Aleutian Islands
North Pacific
Bering Sea
Collision at 16th Street and Avenue How injures none
No injuries reported after a two car crash at 16th Street and Avenue How at 3 40 p m Monday. Clifton E Clements of Childress drove east on H and James Alford Groves of Amarillo drove south on 16th. Groves received a ticket for failure to grant right of way.
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Auto hits loose horse near Childress. animal killed
An auto driven by Kenneth Smith of Childress struck a wandering horse about midnight Monday six miles south of Childress on U S 83. The horse was killed and no one injured, according to the Department of Public Safety.
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New York Times
Paducah Woman Wins Law Diploma From LaSalle Extension
Mrs Mea Marjorie C Elliott of 1505 Richards Paducah Texas receives a law diploma after completing a course at LaSalle Extension University Chicago She is a graduate of the University of North Dakota and attended the University of Mexico D F She leads the Professional Womens Club and the PTA as president.
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Directors of Childress Chamber Meet Thursday at City Hall
The Childress Chamber of Commerce directors are scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Thursday in the city hall offices. The meeting was postponed from last Monday.
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Childress Chamber of Commerce
Powell's Wife Salary Question Probed by Congress
Congressional investigators seek how Yvette Powell earns her $20 878 salary from the Harlem office while living in Puerto Rico. Testimony set for Powell aide Wayne Hays to examine spending and staff roles. Ford cites possible moves to strip Powell of his seat in the 90th Congress.
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Yvette Powell
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House Education and Labor Committee
Wayne Hays
Dohio
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Schedy
Hays
Bahamas
House
Gerald Ford
Alabama Man Charged In Three Sex Slayings
A 25 year old man was charged with the murders of Vaughn Murphy and his brothers Stephen and Wil Binzel in Homewood Alabama. Police connect the cases to other suspected sex killings but see no link yet between the Homewood slayings and four earlier Alabama cases.
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Homewood
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Wil Binzel
Shelby County
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Red
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Alabama
Four Vehicles Damaged After Ice Slips Bus
At 4 11 a m today a Continental Bus skidded on ice on Avenue B Northwest and struck three parked cars injuring none. Eddie J Leary drove the bus. autos owned by Thurmin Long Curtis Sarratt and William Snow of Childress suffered major damage. Bus damage minor. police called it unavoidable.
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Childress
Cancer Benefit Basketball Game Set for Thursday
The 1965 and 1966 basketball graduates will play a charity game to aid the Chil dress County Cancer Society at Bobcat Gym Thursday night. No admission charge. donations welcomed. Publicity chair Mrs. Lois Stiner announced. teams coached by Jimmy Wilcoxson and LeRoy Reeves with Teddy Poling and Randy Nance as captains.
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Jimmy Wilcoxson
LeRoy Reeves
Teddy Poling
Randy Nance
Bank door left open after party at Adams-Broadway branch
A passerby reported the Adams-Broadway United California Bank branch in Los Angeles had a swinging front door on Monday morning. Police found all secure and said the door was not locked following the office Christmas party Friday.
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United California Bank
Texas Drivers Send Death Toll Soaring Over Christmas Weekend
A Texas toll of 69 lives ended violently from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight as fog and icy roads sparked numerous crashes including 52 traffic deaths, five in fires, ten homicides, and two miscellaneous violence fatalities. Names and places across Fort Bend, Alvin, Mathis, Crandall, Lake Jackson, Liberty, Talco, and Santa Rosa appear among the victims.
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Winona
Gardner Peters Jr
Bloodier Battle as 1st Air Cavalry Fends Off Wave
Communist forces launched a sharp assault on American 1st Air Cavalry positions in Bong Son, Nebraska? No, Bong Son area in South Vietnam, breaking into an artillery post and blasting two 105mm guns. US defenders reported heavy casualties, with about 44 enemy bodies found and reinforcements and air support driving off the attack amid ongoing five day hostilities.
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South Vietnam
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Red Force
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Central Highlands
Bong Son
1St Air Cavalrymen
B52s Hammer Communist Positions Across South Vietnam DMZ
U S B52 bombers hit three Communist fortifications in South Vietnam and the DMZ along the Cambodian border, with each Stratofortress capable of dropping 30 tons. The strikes target troop concentrations and supplies built up during a Christmas truce while bad weather limited North Vietnam raids to 43 missions.
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Cambodian
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Tanh Highway Ridge
Dien Na Bien Phu
Mansfield urges probe of major federal programs
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield calls for in depth examination of Medicare health research pollution rights education urban rural aid programs draft foreign aid agriculture subsidies and taxes plus refinements to Social Security and welfare The move aims to curb federal expansion amid Vietnam costs and bipartisan concerns.
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UPT
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Johnson
Vietnam
Montana
Fire Causes Extensive Damage to Home in Northeast
A fire in the home of Mrs. Willie Maude Owens at 903 Avenue G Northeast caused extensive damage. The blaze started in the kitchen stove around 10 p.m. Monday. the local fire department extinguished it. No one was home at the time of the fire.
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Willie Maude Owens
Avenue G
Fire extinguished at Larned's Garage toolbox blaze
Two local fire units battled a fire in Larned's Garage on Commerce Street today. The fire started from a toolbox placed above a stove and caused minor damage. reported at 12 50 p m.
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Larned
Veterans meet at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Veteran's Building
A local veterans group holds a meeting at 7 30 p m this evening in the Veterans Building. The event invites members and supporters to attend and discuss group activities.
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Veteran’s Building
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