Storm Damage Mounts In Two-State Area
Ice and snow cripple two state area with power and phone outages. Muleshoe reports one of its worst storms in years as roads close from Roswell to Vaughn and U S 66 near Albuquerque. Flood warnings raise concerns with the Sabine and Trinity rivers and several Texas roads closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muleshoe
Clovis
Lubbock
Carl Taylor
Earth Grocer
Lamb County
Bailey County
Dee Clements
Muleshoeere
U. S. Weather Bureau
Sabine River
Gladewater
Joaquin
Tex
Logansport
Tatum, Tex
Iron Bridge Dam
Mineola
Panhandle
Big Bend
Dimmitt
Hereford
Tee
Fort Davis
Alpine
Mexico
Trinity
Chambers and
Richland
Texas
Trinity River
Trinidad
Lake Fork Creek
Black Cypress
Little Cypress
N.M
New Mexico Transportation Co
Galveston
Dallas
College Station
Lufkin
Abilene
Austin
Beaumont
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Childress
Airman found unconscious at Reese AFB hospitalised
Police reported a Reese Air Force Base airman was found unconscious in a Coffman Courts room and taken to the base hospital for treatment. Separately Eduardo C. Alvarado was treated at West Texas Hospital after saying he was knifed near Ave K. Erma Curry remained hospitalized in fair condition after a shooting at the Cotton Club on Old Slaton Hwy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reese Air Force Base
Coffman Courts
19Th St
Eduardo C. Alvarado
Ave. N
West Texas Hospital
Alvarado
Ave. K
Erma Curry
Hickry
Methodist Hospital
Cotton Club
Old Slaton Hwy
Texas House Group To Study New Probe
The House General Investigating Committee will meet in Austin Friday to decide whether to probe Beaumont vice. Committee counsel David Witts said the meeting time will be announced Friday. Rep. Menton Murray of Dallas is vice chairman with Reps. John Allen Longview Charles Ballman Borger and Lloyd Martin Normangee serving on the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmidt
Daniel
John McKee
Dallas
George Parkhouse
Beni Atwell
Texas
Births Across West Texas Hospitals Noted for Week
A parade of newborns is recorded from West Texas and Porter clinics with names like Martinez Neal Harris Renfro Castillo Schroeder Bobbitt Dyke Holmes Bates Eagan Ashlock Johnson Scoggin Roses Velasco Roberts Villarreal. We note birth weights from 4 pounds 15 ounces to 9 pounds and times ranging from early morning to evening with fathers employed by utilities, lumber firms, dairies, insurance, and farms.
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Mike Neal
EL 1St St
West Texas Hospital
Lubbock Electric Co
Jim Harris
Texas Hospital
Texas Tech
David Renfro
3Rd St
Methodist Hospital
Big State Mercantile Co
Vincent Castillo
Sinclair Lumber Co
John Wilford Dyke
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Ben Dairy
Mer
Paul Velasco
Som Ave
Porter Clinic
Farr
Byron Roberts
Lon
Porter ‘Clinic
Bee's
Ice Storm Knocks Out Phone Service Across Southwest Texas Area
Ice coated towns from Hobbs to Lovington isolating communities in eastern New Mexico and western Texas. More than 150 telephone poles snapped between Hobbs and Lovington as lines failed and microwave links kept some towns connected. By Thursday night Gail Sylvester and McCauley reported back in service while crews rushed to restore outages across Roscoe Nolan Maryne Sweetwater Kermit and other towns.
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Muleshoe
Gil Lamb
Roswell
Vaughn
N.M
U.S. 66
Albuquerque
West Texas
New Mexico
Lubbock
Hobbs
Lovington
Bailey County
Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Thursand
Tatum
Eunice
Levelland
Denver City
Morton
Plains
South Plains
Bud McMahon
Texas Highway Department
Southwestern Public Service Co
Idalou
Roscoe
Nolan
Maryne
Sweetwater
Kermit
Fort Davis
Marfa
Presidio
Jorsan
Valentine
Gail
Spur
Girard
Javion
Blackwell
Peacock
Dry Lake
McCauley
Sylvester
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
General Telephone Co
Southwestern Bell
Texas recount fight over 1940s voting irregularities continues
The dispute centers on whether ballots were invalidated for failing to scratch all parties or for leaving minor parties unchecked. Republicans claim a recount would boost their Texas tally, while Democrats led by Leon Jaworski insist state law limits recounts to specific violations.
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GOP
Texas
Hollers
Duval County
Starr County
Leon Jaworski
Houston
Democrats
Jaworski
Ed Clark
Austin
Zollie Stoakley
State Board
Atty
Wilson
Payroll tax plan draws fire from two groups
A Texas payroll tax proposal prompts strong opposition from lawmakers and the governor’s appointees. Critics call the plan “vicious” and unfair, arguing it targets the poor while sparing the wealthy. Supporters say it would raise over 214 million for state services.
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Commission
Texas
Bowles
Associated Press
Kennedy cabinets and the urban affairs department plan
President elect Kennedy weighs top posts for Adlai Stevenson and Basil and Whizzer White. Names discussed include Byron White for attorney general or solicitor general and Gates Jr. questioned by foreign students about a possible role. Treasury candidates noted are Dillon and Mc Namara. Kennedy aims to create a cabinet Department of Urban Affairs and hopes to decide by mid next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron (Whizzer) White
Denver
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Thomas &. Gates Jr
Gates
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Eisenhower
Robert S. McNamara
Ford Motor Co
Stevenson
Congress
U.S
Stevnson
Goodfellows Seek Funds to Help Lubbock Children
The Goodfellows, a private Lubbock group, provide toys fruit and nuts to children 14 and under within city limits each Christmas. They face a funding shortfall for about 8000 children on the distribution list and need roughly $1 per child to cover expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Goodfellows
Lubbock
Goodfellow List
Goodfellows
Goodfellow Fund
Stevens Denial Key in Texas Disbarment Hearing
In Amarillo Stevens testifies to deny secretary Shirley Glandon’s claims as the State Bar of Texas seeks disbarment for fifteen acts of misconduct. He and Mrs Stevens discussed Albuquerque as a potential home, while lawyers debate perjury and guilty pleas taken in his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens
Shirley Glandon
Stevenses
Albuqerque
Amarillo
E. H. Foster
Foster
Buquerque
Glandon
George L. McCarthy
State Bar of Texas
Amarillos
Yule Trail Displays Christmas Windows Across City
Martin and 3 year old Roneva Gay display exterior window entries with a manger scene and singing carols. Charles Ratliff shows a window extension with a small church and the refrain Come Let Us Adore Him. W H Robertson and spouse decorate with wrapped package panes and a large Merry Christmas wreath. John Robinson and partner create a stained glass window scene of the three wise men using tempera paint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Roneva Gay
Charles Ratliff
W. H. Robertson
32Nd St
John Robinson
UAR Withdraws 1540 Paratroopers From UN Congo Force
CATRO Egypt AP The United Arab Republic announced the Thursday night withdrawal of its 1540 man paratroop battalion from the UN Congo force. The UAR cited UN bias against deposed Premier Patrice Lumumba in a formal statement.
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Catro
Egypt
United Arab Republic
UN Congo
UAR
United Nations
Patrice Lumumba
The Heiress Opening Night Derailed by Weather
Bad weather cut attendance Thursday for Lubbock Little Theatre as The Heiress opened with Paula Carothers delivering a virtuosic performance as the shy heiress. The two act Broadway drama continues tonight and Saturday at 8 15 with a Sunday matinee at 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Sheridan
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Little ‘Theatre
LLT
Carothers
Paula Carothers
Miss Carothers
Morris Townsend
New Deal Boy Dreams of Texas Tech After Injury
The wounded boy speaks of graduation and plans to study electrical engineering at Texas Tech. He remains hopeful and articulate, praising doctors and his family's support as he recovers from the stitched injury and peroxide sterilization. He is the youngest in the family with two sisters and a brother, residents of Lubbock, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Tech
New Deal
I. J. Belt
54Th St
Henry Atkinson
53Rd St
Lubbock
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Antonio de Oyarzabal Y Marchesi
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Frank Martinez
N. Ave
Thomas Lee Schroeder
Ropesville
Taylor Hospital
Roy Lee Bobbitt
Idth St
Bobby Holmes
Rt. J
Shalewater
Tes
Armstrong
Bates
Weevil-cide Co
Jay Eagan
KF. Ashlock
48Th St
Goodnight Hospital
Stephen's
Julian Johnson
Sith St
St Mary's Hospital
American National Insurance Co
Harry Scoggin
Cornell
Mary's Hospital
Martin Roses
Nick Villarreal
Saut Clinie
Teachers Association
TSTA
State Congress of Parents and Teachers
Adlai
Yule Trail
Walker James
Weldon George
Bob Nelms
Halcyon Hildreth
Jo Carol Pierce
Carolee Heriot Guilds
Una Nash
Joyce Albanus
Jerry W. Phillips
Dr. Sloper
Washington Square
Fred Beasley
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Joseph
Mary Boswell Midway Hills School
Mark Fournier
Mary McKinley
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