High Winds Snow Strands Thousands Across Ohio
High winds and drifting snow stranded motorists across northern Ohio. About four miles of jammed traffic lined Ohio 10 near the Turnpike at North Olmsted. Findlay declared a limited emergency as motorists were routed back north. hotels filled and Red Cross operated 11 relief stations. Fostoria and Chagrin Falls faced isolation and power issues before emergency actions were canceled.
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Dina County
Fostoria
Findlay
Yeager Praises Reese Graduates and Wing Pin Ceremony
Col. Chuck Yeager spoke to Reese graduates in Lubbock, praising their ascent as he recalled X-1 feats and predicting future flights. He pinned wings on 2nd Lt. John B. Hainor of Hamlin, WV, and noted 36 pilots earned wings including students from Afghanistan Iran and Pakistan. He received an honorary citizen certificate from Mayor Jack Strong.
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Air Force
Col. Yeager
Reese
Yeager
RAFB
Chuck Yeager
John B. Hainor
Hamlin
W. Va
Hainor
Peter K. Hickman
Adrian
Mich
James A. Gunn, III
Afghanistan
Iran
Pakistan
Col
Lubbock
Jack Strong
California
Strong
Col. Gunn
Bar Group Seeks Major Overhaul of Texas Criminal Code
Huntsville Texas State Bar President Leon Jaworski outlined 160 proposed changes to the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure at a dinner of the 12th Judicial District Bar Association. The revisions, approved by referendum, would affect juror death or incapacity rulings, abolition of JP courts on local option, venue transfer rules, and regulation of the bail bond business.
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Huntsville
Und
Leon Jaworski
Houston
Jaworski
12Th Judicial District Bar Association
Texas State Bar
Justice of the Peace
Texas
Seizure of Watches and Purse Theft During Good Will Tour
A visiting Senorita from Mexico on a goodwill tour reported the loss of $110 and her purse while shopping. Seven watches valued at $456.90 were reportedly stolen from Young's Jewelers after a man using a false pretext signed a sales slip with a fictitious firm. Police seek a six foot one inch suspect weighing about 200 pounds identified as Del Wilkerson, with Robertson Cotton and Oil Co. listed on the slip. Additional thefts include sheet metal and insulation from Bill Bryant Farm Supply and oil from a gas station. Hazel Ashlock survived a near fatal accident after a .22 bullet pierced her chest. Burglars stole coins from Lilly's Restaurant vending machines and a donation can.
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Mexico
C. E. Young
49Th St
Young’s Jewelers
Indiana Gardens
Young
del Wilkerson
Robertson Cotton and Oil Co
Texas Ave
Lubbock
Josefina Lopez
Senorita
Cemetery Road
Slaton
Bill Bryant
James Godwin
1719
50Th St
Hazel Ashlock
14Th St
West Texas Hospital
Lilly's
34Th St
Kennedy tours New Mexico atomic sites amid praise and security
President Kennedy visited Santa Fe Las Alamos Albuquerque and Jackass Flat as thousands cheered. He toured defense labs and the Project Rover nuclear rocket program at Los Alamos and Sandia Corp briefing plants while praising scientists and airmen for advancing American strength. He noted the atomic age origins and the role of brains and resources in maintaining freedom. Security was tight as he moved between sites and communities.
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Los Alamos
Kennedy
America
Albuquerque
Sandia Corp
Indian Springs
AEC
Washington
SAC
Clinton P. Anderson
D-Nm
Anderson
White’ House
New Mexico
Johnny Cash show draws 9500 in Lubbock Friday
The Johnny Cash show and accompanying country artists drew more than 9 500 attendees at an 8 p m performance in the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium Friday night. Also noted were local events including a state bar admission ceremony in Austin for Willis Taylor and a farm fire near Woodrow. Firemen battled a cotton trailer blaze destroying two bales and trailer sideboards. Carroll A Yount 25 was admitted to Reese AFB hospital after a Saturday night wreck on West 4th Street near Lubbock city limits, suffering facial lacerations from a skid and rollover.
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Johnny Cash
Cash
Lubbock Municipal Auditorium
B. 4. Taylor
36Th St
Lubbock
Austin
Willis
State Bar, Association
Woodrow
J. P. Clark
Carroll A. Yount
Reese Afb Hospital
West 4Th St
Yount
Reese
Yale Contest At Wes Ervin And Doorway Decor Notes
Tyrone and Dunbar Wheatley students are linked to holiday entries. A doorway display features a plywood tree on a gold background and outside decorations include a large wreath lights and a porch column glow. Gary Sigsby home at 5231 8th St shows three big Christmas tree ball replicas carolers and exterior lighting.
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Ervin
Walnut St. Tyrone
Dunbar
Clarence
Wheatley
Gary Sigsbey
8Th St
Jameson Payne
17Th St
Lubbock High School
Albert Payne
Payne
Jameson
34Th St
Chief Justice’s Daughter Wins 17000 Damages Suit
Virginia Warren Daly, daughter of Chief Justice Earl Warren, won 17000 in a complex injury case from 1958. The fill station owners and operator were ordered to pay. Sinclair Refining Co. was excluded from the verdict after jury deliberations. Daly and her husband John Daly faced a lengthy trial, with appeals anticipated from the defense.
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Washington
Virginia Warren Daly
Earl] Warren
Daly
Virginia
Cuban gunboats sink refugee boat near Pinar del Rio
The Revolutionary Directorate, a Cuban exile group, says Cuban gunboats sank a small boat carrying 20 refugees near Boca de Galafre in Pinar del Rio on Sunday. It says most passengers including six children were killed and the rest jailed upon returning to Cuba. no independent confirmation is available.
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Mexico City
Cuba
Student Revolutionary Directorate
Boca de Galafre
Pinar del Rio
Baptists Hold World Mission Banquet During Week of Prayer
Members of Second Baptist Church attended a World Mission Banquet at Farr's Cafeteria on 34th Street and Avenue H. Dr. Cal Guy of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary spoke on world missions, with the Madrigal Singers led by Miss Marjorie Magness. The event supported the Week of Prayer for foreign missions and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering running through December and January.
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Second Baptist Church
World Mission
Farr
34Th St
Ave. H
Cal Guy
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Madrigal Singers
Marjorie Magness
Guy
Jackson
Tenn
Tennessee
Texas
Southern Baptist Convention
Lottie Moon ‘Cristmas
Soviet Says All Offensive Weapons Left Cuba
U S authorities report they are inclined to believe the Soviet assurance that offensive weapons have been removed from Cuba. They say the claim fits Soviet policy and no contrary evidence has been found through negotiations in New York and U S intelligence.
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Western Hemisphere
Soviet Union
United States
Cuba
U.S
New York
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Adenauer agrees to step down as West Germany crisis eases
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer agrees to retire next fall, paving way for a CDU FDP coalition. Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard is seen as likely successor, as Adenauer’s long rule faces pressure after the Spiegel affair and calls for reform. The plan shifts focus to 1963 leadership and Germany's US aligned policies.
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Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Adenauer
Christian Democratic Party
Heinrich von Brentano
Bundestag
United States
Europe
Erhard
der Spiegel
Nurse Charged With Stealing From Two Retired Teachers
In Terre Haute Indiana nurse Bertha Ford 44 was charged with grand larceny after allegedly stealing up to 15000 from two elderly retired teachers Miss Nettie Moorhead 88 and Miss Laura Moorhead 86. Investigators found over 28000 in cans hidden at the sisters home alongside a stash of car purchases. Ford admitted stealing while her husband Willie 58 was jailed on related charges.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Bertha Tona Ford
Nettie Moorhead
Laura
Nettie
Holiday Card Shortage Hits Moscow Shop
AP reports a Moscow store exhausted of Christmas and New Year greetings cards. The manager says a new shipment is expected in the first or second week of January.
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Moscow
Birth announcements from West Texas hospitals and others
Congratulations to numerous families on the births listed at West Texas hospitals and elsewhere. Each entry names the parents, address, newborn weight, time, hospital, day, and the father’s occupation or station, noting professions from pharmacists to ranch workers and military postings.
Hoffa seeks mistrial after courtroom attack in conspiracy case
Teamsters Union President James R. Hoffa claims an attack in court by Lee Swanson has left him fearful for his safety and unable to fairly testify. His affidavit asks U S District Court to grant a mistrial in the $1 million conspiracy case against him. Swanson was subdued and Hoffa was not wounded.
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Nashville, Tenn
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
U.S District Court
Lee Swanson
Washington
Hoffa
Meat theft trial set for Anderson Sheriff
PALESTINE APS The trial of Anderson County sheriff Jack Dismuke charged with stealing 15 dollars of meat from a supermarket was set for January 28. The grand jury had initially returned a misdemeanor indictment but the attorney general ruled the offense a felony. TRIPOLI Contractors in Libya bid on a new harbor development program.
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Norwalk
Attica
Cleveland
Sheffield Lake
Lorain
Newark
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Michigan
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Mercury
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Appalachians
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Maine
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Newfound Gap
Smokies
Midwest
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International
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Good Will
Victim of Theft
Thomas S. Power
Strategic Air Command
Lyndon Johnson
Offutt
JFK
Santa Fe
Yale
Wes
Bob Dever
CBS Television Network
Dobie Gillis
Battle Creek
Robert D. Cartwright
Baptists
Red
Guantanamo
Second National Front
Escambray
Alpha 66
Christian Democrats
Free Democrats
Christian Democratic
Diane Newlin
Brooklyn
New York City
Diane
Young Men's Board of Trade
H. Bigham
65Rd St
Harold Raff
Pam
Methodist Hospital
Raff and Hall Drug
Samuel ‘Thomas Slabaugh Jr
Taylor Hospital
Harold Clark
Shallewater
Quaim
Allen Summers
St. Oon
Ds Pan
American Life Inurance Co
Pidel
Wiliam Charles Philtins
Wilson
Oui Aomeriday
Wilson Lumber and Supply Co
Harold Co Dleinneke
S4th St
Reese Air Foree Base
Rah
Mes Deanis
Topan
Reese Air Fores Base Hospital
Ian
Tripoli
Libya
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