Hearing on Reynolds testimony continues as Baker probe widens
The Senate inquiry into Bobby Baker and Reynolds proceeds with Reynolds testifying in a closed session. Witnesses including Sen. Williams attend as Baker, under Fifth Amendment protection, is expected to testify later about his outside financial dealings.
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Reynolds
Bobby
Mr. McCloskey
McCloskey
Baker
Johnson
Austin
Water Jenkins
Jenkins
Jordan
Senate
Hugh Alexander
Sen. Williams
Williams
Lubbock hog named grand champion at livestock show
A 215 pound cross bred hog shown by Lubbock Swinebreeders Co. won grand champion barrow at the International Live Stock exposition in Chicago. The Hampshire owned by Gail Carr of McNabb Inc. took reserve, also winning the junior grand championship last Friday. The grand champion, a cross of duroc, Yorkshire and Hampshire, was shown by Fuel Liner, 45, one of the syndicate’s 17 owners. Liner traveled 1,200 miles believing in his pig’s chances. Both top animals earned entry to the sweep stakes by winning breed competitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Lubbock Swinebreeders Co
Barrow
Hampshire
Gail Carr
McNabb, Inc
Lubbock
Duroc
Yorkshire
Fuel Liner
Lubbock Swinebreeders
Liner
Johnson Boosts Vietnam Aid and Army Strength Reports
President Johnson signals higher economic and military aid to South Vietnam as security worsens in northern provinces. U S. air force strength doubles, fertilizer and pesticide aid helps farming, and communications are disrupted by Viet Cong. New Saigon visit planned within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viet Nam
Tram van Huong
Tavior
South
South Viet Nam
United States
Taylor
U.S
White House
George Reedy
Johnson
Saigon
Tonkin Gulf
Southeast Asia
Gemini test delays push launch to 1965
Space officials confirm a longer Gemini test cycle than planned with a one day slip blamed on capsule problems. Mathews declines to provide daily progress updates while officials promise release of test results later, as the program budget climbs from 800 million to 1.1 billion dollars and a first manned orbit shifts to March 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathews
Houston
Space Agency
Education On Sex Suggested At Nine
Dr. Robert N. Rutherford of the University of Washington urged starting sex education at age nine at a symposium on Population Growth. He argued that early life facts would help curb junior high pregnancies teen marriages and divorces that terminate many unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Springs
Calif
UPI
Robert N. Rutherford
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle
Burglar Uses Door Left Open For Cats
In San Francisco a homeowner William Blackford keeps back door ajar for his cats. A burglar exploited the opening, stealing an $1,800 painting, a camera and a pair of binoculars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
William Blackford
Yule Contest Entries Announced for Holiday Decorations
Judging runs Thursday to Wednesday next week with openings at 6 p.m. Dec 10. Entries from Adell Earwood and others feature window door and exterior scenes including Santa Claus, a blue fantasy display, revolving lights, and a barnyard scene. Prizes total 440 with 100 cash bonuses for early entrants. participants include Dean Bigham Eddie Van Meter Jim Martin Greg Horst and others from Monterey and Slaton areas.
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Adell Earwood
EF. Bates
Dean Bigham
7Th St
Santa Claus
Eddie van Meter
25Th St
Greg Horst
Monterey High School
32Nd St
Greg
Milton C. Horst
Jim Martin
Slaton Junior High School
26Th St
Mary
Jim
C. R. Martin
New Storm Leaves Rockies Cold and Blasts Maine
A strong storm walloped the Rockies and New England with heavy snow and high winds. Eastport Maine endured 20 inches of snow and drifts blocking roads while motorists sought shelter in motels and hotels. Temperatures plunged across the region with single digits in places and gusts up to 70 mph. The system disrupted travel and delayed events from Alabama to New York, with scattered flurries and record lows reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastport
Caribou
Houston
Pellston
Mich
Key West
Fla
Alabama
Florida
Mobile
Ala
Tampa
Everglades
New Orleans
Nashville
Tenn
South Carolina
Caesars Beach
Valhalla
Anderson
Georgia
Athens
Atlanta
Huntsville
Montgomery
Anniston
New York State
Rochester
Mercury
Estes in Trip to New Mexico
Promoter Billie Sol Estes visited Madrid area between Albuquerque and Santa Fe as part of a plan to revive the mining town. Estes, free on bond after a Texas conviction, and partners reportedly met near Madrid and Cerrillos and planned to return. He said he was a consultant seeking court permission to leave Texas.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Billie Sol Fistes
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Estes
Texas
Madrid
Paul Slone
el Paso
Tex
Cerrilos
Slone
Sarah T. Hughes
Dallas
Hughes
Charges Dropped in Museum Jewel Robbery Case
UPI reports U.S. Commissioner Edward P. Swan dismissed federal charges Tuesday against two suspects in the American Museum of Natural History jewel robbery after the government requested a fourth delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
UPI
U.S
Edward P. Swan
American Museum of Natural History
Wind Storm Grounds Freighter and Harbors Nova Scotia
A severe North Atlantic storm, described as the worst of the winter, disabled several ships and sent the 3,800 ton Fury of Liberia aground on Wedge Island near Halifax. Winds reached 90 mph with waves up to five stories high as Coast Guard crews aided 18 aboard. Other vessels including the Jean and Judy lobster boat and the Friars and New Bedford fishing boats faced rescue efforts, while the Panagiotis Coumantagios was pushed off a pier but remained largely undamaged. Six mariners were saved from the Liki Tiki off Cape May as rescuers battled choppy seas and rigging losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Wedge Island
Halifax
Fury
Coast Guard
Jean
Judy
Nantucket
The
Friars
New Bedford
Mass
Martha's Vineyard
Panagiotis Coumantagios
Boston
Cape May
N.J
Births in Lubbock area noted for several families
The notices record multiple births at local hospitals with details on weights times and parents. Families include Monty Leon Davis at Highland Hospital. Parramore family at Goodnight Hospital. Bill Wolf at West Texas Hospital. McCallister at West Texas Hospital. Lackey at Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital. Solis at faul Clinic. and McCullough at Law Clinic, with fathers’ occupations listed for some.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monty Leon Davis
Ave. U
Highland Hospital
Texas Tech
Bill D. Wolf
Ave. W
West Texas Hospital
Nico, Inc
Roy Dale McCallister
Slaton
Paroled Ex-Teamster Boss Dave Beck to Leave Prison
Dave Beck the former Teamsters leader is granted parole after serving part of a five year sentence for income tax fraud. He will be released from McNeil Island Washington on December 11 and remains under supervision until June 20 1967. Beck’s rise from laundry driver to union head and his legal battles are noted along with the Rennings Senate investigations and his repeated Fifth Amendment claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Beck
U.S
McNeil Island
Tacoma
Wash
Seattle
Teamsters’ Union
James R. Hoffa
Joint Council Building Association
Senate
UN grants three new members and voices concern over voting rights
The United Nations admitted Malta, Malawi, and Zambia raising membership to 115 while debates over Article 19 and arrears threatened to strip votes. High level talks between the United States and Soviet Union continued with Rusk and Gromyko scheduled for a luncheon as Nigeria’s O. Adh o announced a pause in meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malta
Malawi
Zambia
Thant
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Lord Caradon
Roger Seydoux
Quaison- Lackey
Soviet Union
France
Assembly
Security Council
United States
Rusk
Gromyko
United Nations
Waldorf Towers
8. O. Addho
Nigeria
Sovviet Union
By Any Name Corn Has Important Role
The article notes maize called by Indians and corn by settlers, identifying corn as America’s largest crop. It yields 4 082 000 bushels last year and requires 90 days to grow. Processing can take as little as 90 minutes, and corn fields occupy about 60 percent of all U.S. crop acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
England
America
U.S
Realtors Install Eastman and Berryman at Lubbock Dinner
Eastman City Council member named Realtor of the Year and Walter Price Memorial Award winner. Berryman earns Salesman of the Year plaque for his real estate work and community service. About 350 attended the installation at Lubbock Country Club with Jeff Wheeler as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Kenneth Rhodes
Avalanche-Journal
Jack Eastman
Carroll Berryman
A.L. Purvis
Fort Worth
The
Texas Real Estate Assn
Jeff Wheeler
Pesident
Mulkey
Leroy Land
Brownie Brownlee
Moe Terrell
Oliver Cates
Dale Dillingham
Doug Howell
Ed Niell
Harold Chapman
Normand Gibson
Earl Lockhart Jr
Jess Stinson
Wheeler
Terrell
Gene M. Lewis
Kansas City
Montgomery Ward & Company
Berryman
Church
Lions Club
United Fund
Seivic
Yule Lights Dazzle Tech Campus With Tower Illumination
The annual campus holiday display lights nine buildings with 1,400 bulbs on 4 300 feet of wire outlining the tower of Tech's educational television station. Automatic photo electric controls turn lights on at dusk and off at dawn. Thousands visit as Alpha Phi Omega members help prepare the display begun in 1959 by Harold Hinn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tech
O. Ray Downing
Alpha Phi Omega
Harold Hinn
Plainview
Dallas
Hinn
Noel
Goodfellows Seek Names to Help Needy Lubbock Children
The Goodfellows campaign in Lubbock seeks donor names of families with children 14 or younger. Since 1935 the drive uses gifts to brighten Christmas with candy fruit nuts and toys, purchased at cut rate prices to maximize funds. The final list may top 8 500 children this year and donations or forms are mailed to the Chief Goodfellow care of The Avalanche Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodfellow
Goodfellows
Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal Lubbock
Avapeeaune
Dec
Thurmond to Undergo Gall Bladder and Appendix Surgery
Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina is set for surgery at Walter Reed Army Hospital next week. An aide said he will enter the facility on his 62nd birthday for gall bladder and appendix removal, with the operation expected Monday.
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Thurmond
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Stormy Baker
Carl Curtis
R-Neb
L. P. McLendon
McLendon
Tn Goc
Sto Bobby
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lubbock Man
Barrows
LBJ
Ee ‘Taylor
Dixie
Maine
Boonville
Adirondack
New York City
Chester
W. Va
David LL
Parramore
Goodnight Hospital
Internal Revenue Service
Gerald Wayne Lackey
Ipa
Eliberta Solis
Ave
Faul Clinic
Oonty
Walter McCullough
Platina Ge-Op
Teamster
Eastman, Berryman
Ray Chapman
Bob Hearn
Second Baptist Church
Federal
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