Vicious Storm Wreaks Havoc Across Eastern States
A massive winter storm spread chaos from Florida to the Midwest with sub zero readings reported in Minnesota and North Carolina. New York Thruway closures and 5 foot snow drifts stranded motorists while 18 inches of drifting snow buried rural areas near Buffalo.
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Tennessee
Georgia
North Carolina
Gulf Coast
New York Thruway
Lake Erie
Buffalo
Lackawanna
Pennsylvania State Line
Erie
Florida
Miami
Keys
Paper Strike Baki expands circulation and adds pages
A weekly now prints a quarter of a million copies daily and plans to double its Wednesday edition to 24 pages while charging a dime. Out-of-town papers gain ground on Manhattan newsstands as commuters receive mimeographed sheets and stock quotes on the go. Snowbound travelers endure long waits, and Ohio and Florida report unusual cold and wintry conditions affecting crops.
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Town & Village
Manhattan
New York Central
New Jersey
Long Island
Connecticut
Labor Secretary Faces Deadlock in New York Newspaper Strike
Labor Secretary Wirtz and mediator Simkin met with ITU printers and Publishers Association members as a four day old New York newspaper strike stalls. Officials warn the blackout could last days or weeks while demands include an $18.45 weekly raise to reach $159.45 base pay and a shorter work week.
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New York
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
International Typographical Union
Publishers Association of New York
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Washington
Typographical Union
ITU
Afl-Cio
Skybolt program tests and Britain's nuclear options debated
U.S. defense officials discuss Skybolt future as Britain weighs its nuclear posture. Options include contributing to rising Skybolt costs or shifting to Polaris, though Britain lacks submarines capable of Polaris launches and shows initial reluctance. McNamara notes a hard look at Skybolt with no decision yet.
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Skybolt
Britain
McNamara
Defense Ministry
Macmillan
London
United States
Marketing Quotas Voted On Peanuts
Peanut growers in Washington report strong approval for continuing marketing quotas and price supports for the 1963 1964 and 1965 peanut crops. The affirmative vote easily surpasses the two thirds required to extend the program in place since 1949.
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Washington
Birth announcements from Staton and surrounding families
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Maserang Staton on a daughter born Tuesday at St. Marys Hospital weighing 14 ounces at 9 01 am The father is a grain elevator foreman Congratulations to Mr and Mrs E H Johnston Staton on a son weighing 3 ounces born Tuesday at St Marys Hospital The father is a farmer Congratulations to Mr and Mrs William Kenneth Nolan on a daughter born Tuesday at West Texas Hospital weighing 7 pounds at 3 44 pm The father is a Texas Tech student Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Jack Wood on a daughter born Monday at St Marys Hospital weighing 8 pounds 1 ounce The father is a mechanic
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Staton
Weishing
St. Mary's Hospital
E. H. Johnston
St. Marys Hospital
William Kenneth Nolan
St.o
West Texas Hospital
Texas Tech
Jack Wood
3Rd St
Wetghing
Lamesa Lawyer Carl Rountree Dies at 65
LAMESA Special Carl Rountree a longtime Dawson County attorney and civic leader died about 530 p.m. Tuesday at Medical Arts Hospital after an hour of admission He helped found the firm Rountree Renner and Snell was active in the Texas Good Roads Association Rotary Lodge Shriners First Methodist Church Services were pending at Higginbotham Funeral Home Surviving family members were not listed by the funeral home late Tuesday night
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Medical Arts Hospital
Rountree, Renner, & Snell
Rountree
Dawson County
Lamesa
West Texas
Texas Good Roads Association
Texas Bar Association
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Rotary Club
The
Shriners
First Methodist Church
Higginbotham Funeral Home
Goodfellows Appeal Seeks More Donations For 8000 Children
The Chief Goodfellow appeals for donations to aid about 8 000 children this Christmas. Names and addresses added bring the list to roughly 5 600 with 117 new families and 60 children. Contributions may be mailed to the Chief Goodfellow care of The Avalanche Journal Lubbock.
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Goodfellow
Avalanche - Journal
Lubbock
Stockholm Imports Fall Short of Normal By Six Percent
Stockholm reports imports to Sweden are down six percent from normal levels amid shifting trade patterns. Analysts cite weaker demand in key sectors and lingering supply chain disruptions affecting volume and timing.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Wheat program target stage set for showdown
A spring referendum on a new wheat control plan could shape federal policy beyond wheat. A victory could push Freeman to extend controls to feed grains milk and livestock while a defeat might end the supply management approach and affect Freeman’s cabinet status. The plan imposes a two thirds vote requirement a two tier price system and food versus nonfood allocation with strict.
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Freeman
Burro With Last Hee Haw Stuns Art Expert at Zoo
Baltimore multiple scenes describe Jack the Mexican burro fooling art expert Wilson Binebrink and zoo director Arthur Watson. Watson used an easel and paint in a donkey cage to stage a fake abstract painting titled Black Whisk. The curator praised the "delicate" work, joking about jury acceptance. Watson plans more tail paintings and a possible burro art exhibit.
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Baltimore, Md
Jack
Baltimore Zoo
Arthur Watson
Khrushchev
Watson
Wilson Binebrink
Biuebrink
Binebrink
Bitter Cold Spurs Mixed Weather Outlook Across Texas
The Weather Bureau noted a lingering cold front as Lubbock opened at 23 degrees and rose to 35. Dallas area highs reached 34 to 36 with the front moving south toward the Rio Grande Valley where peppers beans and tomatoes face freezes. Citrus growers were urged to bank young trees.
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Lubbock
Dallas
Rio Grande Valley
News Conference Set By President Kennedy Today
President Kennedy will hold a news conference at 3 p.m. CST today. It is his first since November 20. The White House said ABC and NBC will carry it live, with four radio networks also broadcasting. CBS Television will broadcast a filmed recording at 4 p.m. CST.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
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NBC
CBS
Mutual
Cbs-Tv
Australian Firm Plans Entry Into Plywood Adhesive Field
Canberra reports an Australian company outlines plans to enter the plywood adhesive market. The move signals expansion into a niche industrial sector with potential regional manufacturing impact.
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Canberra
Street Bonds At Pampa Defeated
PAMPA AP A street construction issue for 1.75 million dollars failed in Pampa Tuesday by 1,767 against and 1,064 for. Voter turnout rose by 564 since the Oct. 30 election when the issue lost by 43 votes. The Pampa Chamber of Commerce opposed the bond.
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PAMPA
Pampa Chamber of Commerce
Pitman survives hotel assault. others injured in city incidents
J. K. Pitman, 49, of Myrtle Beach, was treated in good condition after a Monday hotel room confrontation in which he grabbed an intruder while his roommate C. A. Bell was searched. Pitman sustained facial and chest injuries. Separately, five individuals including 4-year-old Larry Don Fine and 8-year-old Dean Louis Hambrick were listed in fair condition after pedestrian and vehicle collisions. L. A. Botts, 56, and J. O. Speers, 47, remained in fair and good condition respectively after an auto crash at Loop 289. A Christmas party at Monterey High hosted by Los Buenos Vecinos and the Pan American Club plans gift distribution for Latin American children.
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Myrtle Beach
S.C
West Texas Hospital
Pitman
C. A. Bell
Larry Don Fine
Methodist Hospital
Boston Avenue
38Th Street
Dean Louis Hambrick
Baylor
U.S. Hwy. 62
L. A. Botts
59Th St
J. O. Speers
19Th St
St. Mary's Hospital
Loop 289
Acuff Road
Los Buenos Vecinos
Pan American Club
Monterey
Lubbock High
Monterey High School
Guadalupe Center
Christmas house decorations highlight local contest entries
Deadline the home of the Don Tipps family at 4415 44th St showcases roof lights and a Merry Christmas sign. Entries from Kay Bryant, Dale Hayden, Marlene Parr, and others feature doorway cutouts, neon elements, and window scenes themed Peace on Earth, with families including the Andersons, Doziers, Sousleys, and Teagues contributing decorative tableaux across multiple streets.
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Don Tipps
44Th St
Kay Bryant
45Th St
Monterey High School
Bob Bryant
Kay
Dale Hayden
South Plains
Larry Copenhaver
32nd _ St. Santa
Leonard Husted
Noel
William Anderson
St. St
C. E. Babbitt
Sidney
Serena
Charles
Babbitt
Payette National Forest
Idaho
William B. Dozier
60Th St
Santa Claus
John Sousley
Den
Sousley
James Teague
Itasca
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Reindeer
Jordan to try defected airmen in absentia
Three Jordan air force officers who defected to the United Arab Republic with their planes will be tried in absentia in Amman if they do not surrender within 10 days, the Security Department announced.
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Amman
Jordan
Jordan Air Force
United Arab Republic
Security Department
Texas warns of action to reclaim oil market share
Texas Railroad Commission chief William J. Murray told the Interstate Oil Compact Commission that Texas may seek legislation to increase its share of domestic petroleum output. He cited a drop in Texas production and urged adjustments to recapture markets while noting rival state gains and rising imports.
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Texas
Miami Beach
Fla
William J. Murray
Texas Railroad Commission
Murray
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Islanders Ready Deserted Tristan Da Cunha Return
An advance party on Tristan Da Cunha has secured beaches, deployed three longboats, and eradicated dogs that killed 700 sheep. Refugees who fled after the 1961 volcanic eruption voted 148 to 2 to return, citing preference for island life over Britain’s weather and civilization.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Tristan da Cunha
Alan Crawford
Tristan
Royal Air Force
England
Britain
Electric Eye To Halt Stamp Misprints
The Post Office Department announced a plan to use an electric eye on the printing press feeding mechanism to prevent stamp misprints. The move follows the 4-cent Dag Hammarskjold commemorative stamp controversy when about 400 stamps were misprinted with an off center yellow background.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Big Punch Awaited Cuba During Crisis
The United States mustered 181 supersonic F-100 Sabrejets at Homestead Air Force Base during the Cuban crisis but none flew over Cuba. The 31st Tactical Fighter Wing led this force, aided by the 47th and 401st Wings from different bases.
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Fla
United States
Cuba
Air Force
Tactical Air Command
Frank J. Collins
31St Tactical Fighter Wing
Homestead
March Air Force Base
Calif
47Th
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N.M
401St
England Afb
Acid Attack on Bus Driver Saved by Holy Water
A bus driver, Bernard Frize, 29, was sprayed with acid by a woman passenger on a New York city bus. Deputy fire battalion chief Perry Peterson washed Frize's face with holy water at a nearby church, then transported him to Bellevue Hospital with burns on the left face and both hands. The assailant fled and remains unidentified.
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New York
Bernard Frize
Bellevue Hospital
Frize
Penn Station
Perry Peterson
Peterson
St. Francis ‘of Assisi
Safety Plans Discussed by City Association
The Travelers Protective Assn met at Southwestern Public Service Co to plan holiday safety efforts. President A C Bullard said a wrecked car will be shown citywide with the message You Wouldnt Want This For Christmas. The site is to be determined and the group will promote its safety motto To Make Safety First And Make It Last.
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Travelers Protective Assn
Southwestern Public Service Co
10Th St
Ave. K. A
Bullard
Association
City and County Officials Convene Welfare Policy Meeting
Lubbock County commissioners and city officials along with the City-County Welfare Board and hospital representatives meet at 3 p.m. in the County Commissioners Courtroom to study welfare department policies and discuss potential changes and revisions.
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Lubbock County
Welfare Board
County Commissioners
Welfare Department
Mr Pomeranz gets 1 to 3 years in stock theft case
Alan J. Pomeranz, 34, sentenced by State Supreme Court Justice Mitchell D. Schweitzer to 1 to 3 years for roles as Mr X in the June 1.3 million blue chip stock theft from Bache & Co. He pled guilty to receiving stolen securities. cooperation cited.
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NEW York
Alan J. Pomeranz
Mr. X
Bache & Co
Pomeranz
Texatl and El Paso Plan Polypropylene Plant in Odessa
Texatl Drug and Chemical Co and El Paso Natural Gas announce plans to construct a new polypropylene plant at Odessa. The project marks a joint investment aimed at expanding chemical and energy production capabilities in the region.
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Ser Los Angeles
UPI
Texatl Drug & Chemical Co
el Paso Natural Gas
Odessa
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