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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1962
Page
7
A whimsical note describes a small elf visiting Hemphill-Whe on a winter day. The elf is named the Little Red Christmas Elf and is portrayed as friendly and helpful.
A House Foreign Affairs subcommittee report cites rising anti religious activity and anti-Semitism in Hungary Poland and other Soviet bloc states. It notes continued Soviet control in Poland Baltic states and Albania with low living standards and urges self determination expanded Voice of America broadcasts and UN study.
Doris Chamberlin, 28, elected justice of the peace by write-in vote, will preside over Langtry and 25 square miles along the Rio Grande starting January 1. The job echoes Roy Bean’s famed frontier justice, though Bean died in 1903.
Havana radio announced a great Socialist dinner for workers on Christmas Eve priced at 7 pesos per person featuring roast suckling pig or roast chicken, black beans, yuca, mojo, wine and beer. The National Committee of Social Circles organizes the event at workers centers with dancing.
Henry Dymock, a 60 year old builder from Cheltenham, passed the British driving test on his first attempt after 21 years of holding a learner’s permit. He had to undergo the standard test and finished in under an hour, noting his wife would be delighted.
A 7 year old Jal N M Paul David Mosley died after being left asleep in the backseat of the family car in Brownwood Texas. The child a cerebral palsy victim, was found with a blanket over his head and not breathing. Firemen were unable to revive him. The family had just arrived after learning that Mrs Mosley father Roy Timmons had been badly burned in a gas explosion nearby.
Reports from Tezpur indicate India may request American advisers for its army after a China ceasefire. Officers cite political limits on foreign troops but note expanding need for training and devices, with early airlifted U S weapons proving effective in Himalayan battles.
Ricky the German shepherd once condemned to die for a 1960 sheep killing lives in safety at a secret Roanoke area home. The case has reached the U S Supreme Court seeking a writ of certiorari to halt the death sentence as legal proceedings continue.
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