Burglary at Precision Gunsmithing Seizes 60 Weapons
Thieves looted Precision Gunsmithing Inc., taking about 40 rifles and shotguns and 15 to 20 pistols plus $252.11 from a cash register. Store manager W. C. Howsley said the scene showed front-door glass broken and weapon racks emptied. Police noted possible crepe-soled footwear and traced entry via rear alley.
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Urglars
Precision Gunsmithing, Inc
34Th St
Howsley
Jack Beckham
Beckham
R. J. Payne
Payne
Precision
Broadway
Century House
16Th St
Growing Goodfellows Need Funds For Christmas Gifts
Anonymous group fuels a Lubbock charity drive to gift thousands of children. Chief Goodfellow lists about 4600 needy youngsters, expected to reach 8000, with donations welcomed from individuals and organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Chief Goodfellow
Goodfellows Fund
Refugees Flee Berlin Reaching West Under Gunfire
Two refugees were fired upon by East German guards yet reached West Berlin Sunday night. They struggled through barbed wire near the Dueppel elevated railroad station at the citys southern border.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Dueppel
Deadly fires and church blast injure five in Midwest
Five people died in Wisconsin and Illinois fires on Sunday, mainly in two family homes. In Wisconsin Muskego a mother father and two children perished, while in Round Lake Illinois a father and three children died. his wife and another child escaped. An Illinois church blast caused by a leaking gas overheated oil heater killed a second family of four with two adults dying and two children surviving, as fire destroyed the storefront church structure.
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Wisconsin
Illinois
Muskego
Wis
Wilwaukee
Round Lake
Ill
Fox Lake
Waukesha
Elmer Deeke
David
Nila
John
Lillian
Tanya
Carl Schmidt
Eight Hurt In Lubbock Accidents
Eighteen year old Johnny Dopp of Bovina was killed when the car he rode in struck a tree near Farwell after a possible rear tire blowout. Driver Gaylord Stowers, 23, of Bovina, was injured, two passengers were unhurt, and six other mishaps in Lubbock left eight more people hurt during a four hour span Sunday. Funeral rites for Dopp are set for Wednesday in Bovina with burial in Bovina Cemetery.
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Jerry McCarty
Avalanche-Journal
Eghteen
Johnny Dopp
Bovina
Farwell
Lubbock
Dopp
Leonard Dopp
Clovis Memorial Hospital
Clovis
Gaylord Stowers
U. S. Hwy
Stowers
Raymond Eubank
Lynn Hudson
First Baptist Church
John Ferguson
Clathorn Funeral Home
Friona
Larry Joe Depp
Bertha Waller
Skellytown
Earnest H. Layton
40Th St
Porter Hospital
19Th St
Ave. H
Stirman T. Tanner
Ave. K
Methodist Hospital
Bovina Page
Prayer of Gratitude for Trials and Strength in Faith
Anonymous expresses daily thanks to the Lord for trials and guidance through life. The prayer seeks continued peace from God and recalls that the joys of the Lord are strength.
Hope Fades For Miners After Explosions Toll Rises
In Carmichaels Pennsylvania rescuers reported seven dead as bodies were recovered and others remained trapped two thousand feet from the shaft. Families of the 30 miners watched in sorrow and clung to hope despite deteriorating air and fires suggesting low oxygen.
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Avalanche-Journal News Services
Carmichaels
U. S. Steel
Hurley C. Stalnaker
Palmer
Paul C. Zvolenski
J. E. Martoncik Jr
Uniontown
Arthur Labons
Fairbank
Albert Cavalcante
Masontown
John M. Santer
Norman A. Benninghoff
McClellandtown
Farmer’s plowing earns national fame near Lynn County
A South Plains farmer, Jerry McNeely, drew a 100 yard long name Jerry in soil while plowing a windbreak for wheat. An aerial survey by Malcolm Aerial Surveys over Lynn County noted the scene and sent prints to The Roanoke Times, prompting wider interest. The farm lies west of New Home near FM 211.
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Roanoke, Va
Department of Agriculture
South Plains
Jerry McNeely
New Home
Jerry
Avalanche-Journal
Stew Home
Here
Roanoke
Lakeview-Pettit
McNeely
Malcolm Aerial Surveys
Lynn County
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Ed Toler
Ed Toler Jr
Howard Hammersley Jr
Roanoke Times
Chas. A. Guy
Avalanche Journal
Hammersley
Lubbock
Liberal Democrats Plan Strategy to Reform Rules Committee
The Democratic Study Group plans a quiet strategy meeting on changing the Rules Committee as the 87th Congress ends. They seek to permanently set 15 members, add a 21 day bypass, and require conference access within seven days, aiming to curb conservative control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
House Rules Committee
Democratic Study Group
Rules Committee
Sam Rayburn
Howard Smith
D-Va
Henry Reuss
D-Wis
Senate House
House
Senate
Senate-House
Signature: A specimen of handwriting reveals character
A brief item notes that handwriting can disclose a man’s character and sometimes his name, serving as a light feature in the Radio TV Programs section.
Yule Lighting Contest Seeks Last Minute Entrants
Prospective entrants in the Lub bock Avalanche Journal home Christmas lighting contest have three days left to enter by calling 213 4345. Entries close 4 30 p.m. Wednesday with judging at 6 p.m. Thursday. Exterior window and doorway are judging divisions. One hundred two entries received. lighting must stay on from 6 to 10 p.m. daily through December 20 and may stay lit until after Christmas. Prizes total 540 dollars for the top three categories.
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Lubbock
Avalanche - Journal
Avalanche-Journal
KFYO
Rebels Bid In Borneo
Singapore dispatch reports Gurkha troops clashed with rebels in Brunei as Britain airlifted reinforcements to protect oil rich Brunei. One Gurkha soldier was killed and several wounded. rebels' casualties unknown. Reports say British troops moved into Limbang and Seria amid renewed fighting near Brunei Town.
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United Press International
Singapore
Brunei
Britain
Borneo
Seria
Sarawak
Brunei Town
Limbang
India accuses China of unveiled war threat over peace terms
The Indian Foreign Ministry denounces a Peking statement as an ultimatum to India and six nonaligned nations meeting in Colombo to resolve the border dispute. New Delhi has not formally replied to China’s three proposed terms a cease fire troop withdrawal and demilitarized zone while observing a cease fire since November 21.
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Delhi
India
China
Peking
Colombo
Ceylon
Nehru
New Delhi
Nobel Prize Winners Feted in Stockholm Reception
In Stockholm American author John Steinbeck and five Nobel laureates were honored at a formal reception the eve of the awards ceremony. Soviet physicist Lev Landau remained in a Moscow hospital after last year's traffic accident. The six winners, five scientists and Steinbeck, will receive diplomas gold medals and $50,043 from King Gustaf V. The laureates include James Watson Francis Crick John Kendrew Max Perutz and Maurice Wilkins.
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Stockholm
UPI
John Steinbeck
Lev Davidovich Landau
Moscow
Steinbeck
Gustaf V
Harvard
James Dewey Watson
Francis Crick
John Knedrew
Max Perutz
Maurice H. Wilkins
Weather update for Lubbock region cool day ahead
Clear to partly cloudy conditions in Lubbock and vicinity with a morning low of 28 degrees and a high near 50. Light easterly winds accompany the cooler, dry day.
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Lubbock
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Hardwick-Etter Co
Ave. G
Jimmy Swafford
33Rd St
Curtis Whitwell
45Th St
Douglas McPeak
Ave. T
Lena Gutierrez
2Nd St
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