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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1947
Page
2
The Avalanche Journal reports Santa Claus will visit Lubbock with a charity drive and tree distribution. Children will receive gifts at three locations while volunteers prepare a community program to assist underprivileged youths. The plans, outlined earlier in November, note free admission and a staged event for families.
The Air Force will launch a V-2 rocket from White Sands next week carrying an instrument package to study upper atmosphere conditions. It aims to record missile ascent, parachute deployment, electrical breakdown points, temperatures and pressures, and sky brightness to aid future supersonic aircraft and guided missile development.
A biography on Coke Stevenson titled Alister Texoe: the story of Coke Stevenson was released in Austin on December 6. The work treats his potential 1946 Senate bid as a near certainty though Stevenson has not formally announced. The volume, by Booth Mooney, portrays the campaign as a major political moment.
The Mexican army will build a new 4.0 million dollar airfield about 25 miles from Mexico City. The Balbuena field near the central airport will be sold, with proceeds for the new site. Training schools will move north to the highway toward Padua. Authorities say Balbuena is too small for growing traffic. airlines complain civilian planes are cut off on final approach.
John Szibel, 72, faced a divorce suit over paying 75 cents an hour for Ivy Szibel’s housework. Ivy, 62, countercharged that he forced housework despite her heart condition. The case cited cruelty, and Mrs. Szibel won the divorce.
A portrait of Stevenson's public career traces his start as Kimble county attorney in 1914 through his ascent to the governorship, highlighting key roles and milestones along the path.
San Francisco dispatch reports Col. Robert R. McCormick returning from the Orient stating Gen Douglas MacArthur could be drafted if the Republican convention deadlocks. He favors Taft though and advises Warren to go slow while criticizing Dewey and Stassen. He also advocates a China aid plan via some form of receiver ship and notes European influence fading in the Far East.
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