Crippling Ice Storm Strikes West Texas Towns
A severe ice storm isolated communities southeast of Lubbock causing widespread power and line damage. Dozens injured in multiple crashes as bridges and overpasses iced over. Power lines and telephone cables snapped near Sweetwater and Roscoe, with a radar station losing power for hours. The freezing front stretched from Wichita Falls to Abilene and into New Mexico.
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Blackwell
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Sylvester
South Plains
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Air Force
Guthrie
Dickens
Sub- Snyder
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Midland
New Mexico
Kansas
Joklahome
Kennedy Adlai Meet Today In Washington Amid Talks
President elect John F Kennedy plans a Washington meeting with Adlai Stevenson as Weather Bureau reports light moisture in Lubbock. White, a Denver lawyer and former football player, is eyed for a Kennedy admin post while Dean Rush and Gov Pat Brown are among scheduled visitors. Kennedy also plans to attend the christening of his 13 day old son at Georgetown Hospital.
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UPI
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Washington
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Lubbock
Texas
United Na
Kennedy
Byron R
Iezer
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University of Colorado
Dean Rush
Far East
Rockefeller Foundation
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
California
Claire Engel
Calif
Georgtown Hospital
GOP Election Suit Seeks Recount and Ballot Impoundment
Republican complainants allege State Board of Canvassers acted under color of state law threatening rights of two Republican electoral college nominees. They claim about 100000 paper ballots were not counted and seek an injunction for immediate impoundment of records and a uniform recount before final certificates and elector voting. Thad Hutcheson attended the filing.
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Texas
Daniel
Storms BELLOW Portugal and Texas Freeze Impacts
Severe storms sweep Portugal damaging crops and homes while Texas Panhandle icy roads slow traffic. Flood warnings rise in East Texas as rainfall peaks. cool conditions persist with highs near 74 in Beaumont and lows around 17 in Dallas area. Authorities warn seamen to shelter and report widespread travel hazards.
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Births Recorded at Local Hospitals
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Sianey W Marshall Je Mary on the birth of a son at 3 45 p m weighing 33 ounces at Avednes Gay Methodist Hospital The father works for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co Also noted is the birth of a daughter weighing 6 pounds ? ounces at 10 41 a m Wednesday in Westexac Hospital The father is with the Cotton Division office Brownfield
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Je Mary
Avednes Gay
Methodist Hospital
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Rudolph T. Ritz
Meadow
Westexac
Cotton Division
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Weldon Wells
West ‘Texas Hospital
Roy Corbin
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LLL
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St Mary's Hospital
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Welkning
St Rumny's Hospital
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Weishing Bounds
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Toathan‘Dowell Staters
Manuel Perez
Lowell Guy
Hospial
Oakwood Lares Bowling Alley
Darrell Lindsey
Farmi
Octaviana Salas
Lepum
Aye Anderson
Bishan Sheettei
Warks
D. Thomas
West Texas Hospital
Maxey Lumber Co
Juan Casares
Iain, Sr
Texie Hospital
Supreme
Brownfield-Leveland
St. Mary's Hospital
Helen Mayfield
Jarvis
Chesley Glenn Hol
Rt. 1
Ropesville
Hubert M. Fields
Bertha Lamg
Merle Monroe
4Th St
Melba Shipp
10Th St
Randy Wilson
Clyde Wilson
Corrine
Ten Hurt In Icy Weather Wrecks Across West Texas
The Avalanche Journal reports multiple injuries from car wrecks and falls on icy streets across Lubbock and West Texas. Police urge cautious driving as hospitals treat at least 15 from falls and collisions amid a two day ice storm.
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Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Lubbock
Lain
Tohoka
J. T. Alley Jr
Cuanceny Aeesenin
Cedar Ave
Littlefield Hospital
Littlefieldt
U. S. Highway 81
Burglar With Taste Nabbed By Police
A chaotic police report notes a suspect, a 20 year old Negro woman, arrested after an overpass incident and a bloodied scene at Jim's Bar. Details mention a burglar with a taste for food items leading to a 48 hour emergency room stay.
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Amarillo
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Childress
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Houston
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Midland
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Checue
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San Antonio
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Methodist Hospital
Plainview Court Admits Disbarment Remarks And Injury Report
Details describe individuals from Plainview including David Mensch IRS Calvin Graham and Rickey Dale Graham. The article covers dismissed hospital releases Billy Wilson Plainview and Charles Hefner from Plainview Clinic Hospital after injuries from an overturned auto. It notes a judge Stevens in a local case and mentions DWI dispositions, additional school funds, and a whistle of misconduct in disbarment. Several local residents are listed as treated or injured in falls with multiple hospitals named and patient conditions reported.
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Irs
Calvin Graham
Plainview
Rickey Dale Graham
Billy Wilson
Charles Hefner
Plainview Clinic
Iy Povomant
Stevens
Glindon
Rites Set For Levelland Woman Minnie Odell
Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at Trinity Baptist Church Levelland for Minnie Belle Odell 68 who died after a two day illness She moved here from Balmorhea and her husband died in July 1959 Survivors include three brothers four sisters two sons a daughter five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Burial will be at Levelland City Cemetery under George Price Funeral Home direction
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Trinity Baptist Church
Minnie Belle Odell
Weldon” Franks
City of Levelland Cemetery
George Price
Odell
Balmorhea
Rob Jones
San Angelo
Henry Jones
Wynn
Earl Castle
Knott
Mortan
Arther Grimes
Cecil Sharbert
Jim Burtner
Harley Brock
Bob Lewis
Lowell’ Reynolds
New Deal Resident Pleads Guilty to Assault in County Court
A 26 year old New Deal resident Jesus Jusso was fined 50 dollars plus court costs after pleading guilty to assault in County Court at Law. A Texas Tech modeling program featuring Miss Woolf and Miss Mohair was postponed indefinitely due to weather conditions.
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Ballinger
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Menard
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer display leads Yule entries
The Avalanche Journal lists Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer as the featured exterior display entered by Mrs. A N Hanners with a doll and choir boys motif. Entries in three divisions by 52 individuals and teams are filed, with lights from Saturday to Dec 16 for judging daily 6 pm to 10 pm.
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Avalanche-Journal
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32Nd St
Rudolph the Rel. Nosed Reindeer
Rudolph
Santa
Parker Maddox
Quanah Maddox
20Th St
Parker
Overton School
G. D. Lowe
Glen Allen
Belinda
42Nd St
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James Womack
23Rd St
Mert
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Rufus Womfaut
Dan Gryder
43Rd St
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Goodfellows Plan Christmas Gifts for Lubbock Needy Children
The Goodfellows seek about $1 per child to deliver gifts on Christmas morning. Volunteers buy items at rock bottom wholesale prices and distribute to those on a vetted list of needy children who submit coupons or letters.
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Goodfellows
Goodfellow
Payroll Assessment Growth Levy Proposed By State Tax Commission
The Texas Tax Commission urged a growth based payroll tax and other measures to raise two year revenues, with a plan to fund schools, hospitals, parks and state services. It proposed a $20 annual per earner levy plus a 0.5 percent on $1000 earnings deduction, and a special fund to aid tuition loans.
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Lufkin
Commission
Caribbean Patrol Halted Ordered by Eisenhower
President Eisenhower ordered U S warships and planes withdrawn from the Caribbean patrol aimed at protecting Guatemala and Nicaragua. The move followed assurances from Central American governments that the emergency had passed. The action serves as a warning to Cuban Premier Fidel Castro to stay out of the region.
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Teen-Age Boy Held In Attempted Assault
A juvenile male, furloughed from a Big Spring hospital and employed at a grocery, is held after an attempted assault on a married woman in southwest Lubbock. Police say the mother reported the incident after the youth stayed to carry groceries into the home. Juvenile officers report prior delinquency and a series of similar mugging attempts on women.
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Big Spring
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Nad
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Khrushchev Illness Described as Influenza in Moscow
In Moscow Premier Khrushchev's illness was officially termed influenza on Wednesday night. The report labels the condition as a grippe and notes the government update issued from the capital.
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Khrushchev
Discoverer First Deputy Premier Anastas Remarks
I Mikoyan announced a biomedical research plan tied to space flights during a Kremlin briefing about the Discoverer mission. He referenced sending tissue samples and cells from a human eyelid to study radiation effects as part of the joint Soviet Chinese space effort.
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