Mercury Sets Record With Freezing Lows and Snow Busts In Area
A cold snap drives a record low of 31 degrees and snow from west to east across the South Plains. Snow totals include four inches in parts of the region and two inches in Clayton New Mexico and surrounding towns. The National Weather Service warns snow will spread into the city early today as the area braces for wintry conditions.
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Vega
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Pampa
Borger
Kress
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Turkey
Amarillo
Silverton
Hale Center
Muleshoe
Wheeler
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Yule Trail entries rise as decorations captivate Lubbock
The Yule Trail entry list grows to 64 with added entries next week ending at 4:00 a.m. Wednesday. The Messersmith family in STIS Stthst showcases an Operation Pienecoeming theme with a soldier home scene and a grandmother with child, part of a long running decorative display winning top prizes.
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Texas Tech
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Midland Wreck Claims Fourth Girl in Year Collision
A four year old girl, Patricia Maedlal of Midland, died after a freezing mist caused a two-vehicle crash on Texas Ave and C Street. Her mother’s car and a northbound vehicle driven by Jean Blanchard of Midland collided near Midland Memorial Hospital. Two other Hall children were lightly injured. Services pending.
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Fred Hall
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Midland Memorial Hospital
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Madland
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Texas Ave
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C Street
Newme Works Funeral Home
Zhukov Receives Sixth Order of Lenin on 75th Birthday
Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov, the Union's most decorated soldier, was awarded his sixth Order of Lenin in Moscow on his 75th birthday in recognition of his services to the state and the armed forces, Tass reported.
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Georg Zhukov
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Marriage Delayed For Miss X By Missing Birth Certificate
Miss X, an 18 year old in Winters Haven California, found a fiancé but cannot marry due to absence of a birth certificate. Her father is dead and her mother is critically ill. she and four younger sisters faced foster care unless she wed a man she trusted, arriving in Yuma Arizona to formalize a union with “the most honest” suitor.
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Marie Savinon
Yuma
Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
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Imad Katton
Lebanon
Ruby
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Goodfellows Drive to Help Needy at Christmas in Lubbock
Lubbock Goodfellows rely on volunteers and donations to prepare packages for families. Residents are urged to send names, addresses, and phone numbers to Box 561, with funds and names of needy children also requested via The Avalanche-Journal’s Dec 12 coupon.
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Chief Goodfellow
Avalanche-Journal
Gold price shift seems minor for average American
The U S government faces a decision on gold price but analysts say changes will barely affect consumer budgets. A Rome conference outcome could raise costs for foreign goods and travel while the dollar’s float and import surcharge already alter prices. Overall, ordinary Americans see little direct impact on rent food or clothes. The piece notes Edison lamp history aboard the Columbia in 1880 for context.
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Rome
U.S
Nixon Voters Gauge Regulating Economy Amid Controls Clash
The article reports on ongoing congressional battles over wage price and rent controls and retroactive pay, with Goldwater’s warning and Ervin’s defense of press protections. It covers Senate and House actions, proposed exemptions for film and stage workers, and the push for a temporary emergency court of appeals and safeguards for taxpayers.
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Sam J. Ervin
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Senate
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Capitol
House Committee
Women protest Chile regime at presidential palace riot
In Santiago more than 3000 women marched on the presidential palace protesting food shortages amid visiting Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro. Police fired dozens of tear gas grenades as leftist youths hurled objects. The march blocked Bernardo O Higgins Avenue and Santa Lucia Street, with injuries and ambulances racing to the scene.
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District Attorney Dies At Hands Of Assassin
Vic Breen, long time district attorney of Tucumcari, was murdered as state police and his office launched a major hunt for the killer. Pasqual Wickard and other agents were dispatched from Clovis and Santa Fe despite bad weather. Breen had been prosecuting Danny Joe Jimenez, 19, for the July beating death of Myrtle Smith, 86.
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Pascual Wickard
Tuccumecari
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Santa Fe
Vic Breen
Norvell
King
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Vigil
Pene
Danny Joe Jimenez
Myrtle Smith
Tucumcari
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