Deadly home fires claim dozens as cold snap hits south
A United Press International tally shows at least 57 killed by fire or gas fumes over Thursday and Friday, with 40 children among the dead. Victims span Louisiana, South Carolina, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, as overheated stoves and gas heaters ignite multiple households.
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United Press International
Dulles
Sec
John Foster Dulles
David Hinshaw Yoo
New York
South
Louisiana
South Carolina
Maryland
Huntingdon
Monroe
Queenie Goodgame
Franklin
Bernice McGandy
Dayton
Ohio
Xeena Lillard
Memphis
Tenn
Newport
Soviet Dog Launched Satellite Burns Up in Reentry
Moscow admitted the five ton dog carrying satellite disintegrated during reentry after failure to return to a pre set orbit. Tass issued the rare acknowledgment of a space mishap amid prior misfires involving dogs and experiments.
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Avalanche-Journal
OSCOW
Russia
Earth
Tass
Dullie
Ollie Duvlel
Moscow Radio
Pchelka
Bee
Mushka
Whrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
E. K. Fedorov
Soviet Academy of Science
99 Years In Attack Case
Le Roy Brown alias Sam Nichols Jr. was sentenced to 99 years in the state penitentiary after a juried verdict found him guilty of an enhanced assault with intent to rape involving a 15 year old white girl. The jury, deliberating 14 minutes, also noted a prior Travis County conviction from 1958, which raised the penalty. The defendant could face possible parole after about 75 years served.
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Jerry McCarty
Avalanche-Journal
State Penitentiary
Robert H.bean
Leroy Brown
Sam Nichols Jr
George E. Gilkerson
Brown
Travis County
Ave
Asault
Charitie
Oa Nera
J.T. Kuhns
Wolfforth
Termiumy
Windy Warmer Weather Affects Plains Region
Weather forecast for the South Plains shows warm, windy conditions. Lubbock expects 65 degrees with 15 to 30 mph southerly winds as part of a statewide warming. Dalhart tops at 65, Beaumont records 30, Lubbock cools to 34 at the coldest hour, with many sites in the 60s.
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Lubbock
South Plains
Weather Bureau
Dalhart
Panhandle
Gulf
Beaumont
Texas
Mercy Angel Neighbor To JFK Aids Newsmen
Helen Louise Montgomery of Georgetown became a local hero to reporters, police, and Secret Service by hosting a makeshift AP telephone line at her N Street home. She first met Kennedy when he needed help after being locked out.
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Georgetown
John F. Kennedy
Path Beach
Helen Louise Montgomery
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Secret Service
Angel of Mercy
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N. W
Miss Montgomery
Kennedy
Buffalo Springs Lake to elect two water district directors
The Lubbock County Water Improvement District No. 1 plans a January 10 election for two board seats with four candidates H D Waller T Milam W W Allen and LeRoy Burke filing. A recreation installation lease with Reece Air Force Base was discussed but deferred after revisions. Kiwanis Club proposed naming the dam for W G McMillan Jr. and noted initial supporters of the project.
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C. W. Ratliff
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock County
Reece Air Force Base
James D. C. Robinson
John
O’shea
Bethel Larey
Col. Robinson
Kim Harty
Lubbock Kiwanis Club
W. G. McMillan
Kennedy to name Hodges as commerce secretary
President elect John F. Kennedy is set to announce his second cabinet pick, Governor Luther Hodges of North Carolina, as commerce secretary. Hodges travels from Raleigh to Palm Beach for the weekend as Kennedy broadens his administration and aims to complete the cabinet by next week.
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Avalanche-Journal
Palm Beach
Fila
John F. Kennedy
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
Kennedy
Caroline
Washington
David E. Bell
Harvard
Hodges
Raleigh
N. C
Andrew Hatcher
Hatcher
Executive
Eisenhower
Tanks drive final holdouts from Caracas University
In Caracas Venezuela government tanks and troops forced surrender of the last holdout leftist students after a week of battle. The students abandoned their fortified position named Stalin Grad as reinforcements from interior bases arrived for the final cleanup.
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Aracas
Venezuela
Caracas University
Romulo Betancourt
University Council
Stalingrad
Fortune-Hunter: A man who often marries well but whose Wife seldom does
The item presents a quip on marriage titled Fortune-Hunter. It credits wit as a playful aside in the paper’s humor section. The brief note reflects a light, columnist tone and names no individuals or organizations. The piece functions as a cultural aside rather than reporting a specific event.
Rockefeller Center 65 Foot Tree Puts Decorators to the Test
A 65 foot Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is decorated by a crew of 25 to 30 using scaffold and limb by limb climbing. The tree from Pennsylvania requires days to cut transport erect and string 7 000 bulbs on 21 miles of wire with near thousand dollar costs before December 8 televised illumination.
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York
Rockefeller Center
Santa Claus
Pennsylvania
Harford
Boycott Loosens in Louisiana School Fight
In New Orleans the white boycott of integrated schools loosened further as Gov. Jimmie H. Davis vowed to press segregation. Legislature moved to aid parents sending children to private segregated schools. William Frantz and McDonogh No. 19 saw few white pupils with ongoing picketing and tense scenes as winter chill and heat affected protests.
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Associated Press
Orleans
New Orleans
Jimmie H. Davis
William Frantz
McDonogh No
Lloyd Foreman
Pamela Lynn
Foreman
Still Open 55th Home Christmas Lighting Contest Entry
Miss Edna Bedwell filed the 55th entry in the 14th annual Home Christmas Lighting Contest Window Division. The scheme features a church on the porch near the window and an organ with a white feather Christmas tree atop it. Judging begins Saturday night December 10.
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Edna Bedwell
Ave. E
Nuclear power goes live on U S aircraft carrier Enterprise
Nuclear power was activated Friday at Newport News Virginia as Enterprise became the first American surface ship to reach a sustained nuclear reaction. The event marked the 18th anniversary of the first controlled nuclear chain reaction achieved under Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago on December 2, 1942.
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CPI
Enterprise
Newport News
Navy
Enrico Fermi
University of Chicago
Mother dares to keep child in Orleans school amid mob scene
Daisey Josephine Gabrielle a Costa Rica born mother of six stands firm at William Frantz School amid protests to keep her year old daughter Yolanda attending the integrated school. She recalls fear yet says she will follow her conscience and not abandon her principles even as neighbors question her. Her husband Jerry supports her decision and Gabrielle notes praise from telegrams but regrets neighbors turning away.
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Foreman
Frantz
New Orleans
Associated Press
Orleans
Daisey
Josephine Gabrielle
WAC
William Frantz
Yolanda
Louisiana
Jerry
Gabrielle
Costa Ruca
Providence
New
Frantz School
Weather Map shows clear and warmer in Lubbock area
The page reports clear to partly cloudy skies for Lubbock and vicinity with warmer temperatures. Low around 10 degrees, high near 105, windy from the south to southwest. Sunrise 7:35 am sunset 9:38 pm, humidity around midnight about 68 percent, no significant precipitation.
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