Storm cripples East Coast as snowbound cities reel
A paralyzing blizzard across the Eastern Seaboard halts traffic and flights, isolates towns, and closes schools and government offices. In New York a 24 hour siege leaves workers stranded, while hospitals cope with emergency births and rescues. fleets of snowplows battle 20 inch drifts as highways fail and deliveries halt.
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Newhall
York Stock Exchange
Commodity Exchange
Jersey
Capitol
Trenton
Maine
Dis
Washington
Connecticut
Maryland
New York
Carolinas
Viginia
New England
Baltimore
Pimlico Racetrack
New Jersey
Whittan
Births and family notices from a fragmented page
A heavily garbled birth and family notices fragment lists several names and events. Mentions include Mi ant Mes and Aron Pera with a baby weighing around two rounds, various parent occupations, a hospital reference to Metnoitat Hospital, and multiple scattered times and places such as Monday and 10.20 a.m. The text also references Lubbock Auto Me yd Mss, Lane Me Morgan, and Wilkerson Cold Storage Co in association with births or family events, but many details are unreadable or distorted.
Weather Toll Shapes Texas Snowbound Counties
Northeasterly winds 10 mph, lingering snow and flooding stretch across the South Plains and Panhandle. Tatum in Lea County remains largely isolated with only mobile phones. gas engines power water. Gulf air and rain saturate East Texas as Sabine River nears a 3 foot crest, while Gladewater oil wells flood and boats service 26 wells with 25 more awaiting river rise. Roads flood across Bryan and Tyler districts as a light fog and freezing drizzle fall.
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South Plains
General Telephone Co
Hobbs
Lea County
Tatum
Tatumy
Gulf
Texas
Sabine
Neal Clark
Gladewater
Bolton
Texaco
Bolden
Panhandle
Texas Highway Department
Bryan
Tyled
Goodfellows Appeal Targets Children At Christmas
The Avalanche Journal notes Goodfellows continues on page one with plans to aid children. Volunteers will distribute coupons and an ad around Christmas morning. Each child receives about one dollar for treats, with donations sent to the Chief Goodfellow at the Avalanche Journal for acknowledgment unless directed otherwise.
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Goodfellows
Avalanche Journal
Goodfellow
City Government Change Sought in Lamesa Petition
Lamesa special council meeting accepted petitions to force a Mayoral plan election to change the city government. Petition signatures were certified by affidavit from R.W. Herndon, Dawson County assessor. Election must be called within 39 to 60 days after readings and publication. second reading likely Feb. 6. Portugal's first naval drydock and shipyard set for Lisbon.
Lubbock County Dry Hold Reorganizes Meeting
An organizational meeting of former Lubbock County Drys convened at Parkway Manor at noon Monday. Dr. J Ralph Grant acted as temporary chair with K Whiteside and T Kuyken elected as officers Mel Johnson became treasurer and Hester as secretary. A poll tax drive plan after Jam 1 and possible renaming were discussed with special Dallas guests Revs Albert F Tucker and RRL Halton of the Texas Alcohol and Narcotics Education Agency.
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Lubbock
Lubbock County Drys
Parkway Manor
J. Ralph Grant
First Baptist Church
Nee K. Whiteside
Tr Cowhhairmen
Tinorge P. Kuykenrmen
Mel Johnson
Hester
Teemning
Mondys
Grant
Albert F. Tucker
Rrl Halton
Dallas
Texas Alcohol and Narcotics Education Agency
Midland Infant Dies In Freak Accident
A spec month-old baby Sherry Denise England died in a freak accident in Midland when the car door opened as the mother pulled into the driveway. The car struck a lothestine pole, slamming the door on the infant’s head. She was pronounced dead at 4 10 p.m. Funeral arrangements are being made by the Newnie W Ellis Funeral Home.
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Midland
Sherry Denise
England
Newnie W. Ellis Funeral Home
Texas GOP Ballot Recount Bid Rebuffed by Courts
The Texas GOP faced a setback as federal courts cited limited jurisdiction in election contests. Governor Price Daniel and Attorney General Will Wilson moved to dismiss the Republican recount petition, with state officials arguing no civil rights violation occurred and urging the state canvassing board to finalize actions.
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Texas
GOP
Zollie Steakley
Tstate
Austin
Hutcheson
Connally
State Canvassiag Board
Jor Ingraham
State Board
Ingraham
Stearley
Price Daniel
Will Wilson
Steakle
Connaily
Steakley
Nixon
Fay
Yeales
Een
Hollers
Leon Jaworski
Houston
Fedal Court
Jaworski
Supreme Court
Denis N
Halters
He Election Board
Hallers
Chicago
State Electoral Board
Timois
Kennedy
Fulbright Stand On Integration Blamed In Split
Washington sources say Fulbright was President Kennedy’s first pick for secretary of state but was rejected after liberal Democrats and Negro groups opposed him. Opponents included Walter Reuther and other liberals who cited his Southern Manifesto stance on school desegregation.
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Split
Washington
UPD
J. William Fulbright
John F. Kennedy
Arkansas
Sid Kennedy
Fulbright
Kennedy
Organized
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Supreme Court
Little Rock
United States
Robber Joins Motel Hostage Plot In Midland Area
A western Midland robbery at Sands Motel involved three women, Mrs. Shirley Cates, Mrs. Smith, and Mrs. LaDell Yardley. The bandit, described as 5 feet 9 to 6 feet tall, about 175 pounds, wore a tan trench coat, tan baseball cap, navy trousers and light tan shoes. He forced the women behind a counter, demanded Mrs. Smith identify a guest, and escaped with $85 after tying and kissing the hostages. Police questioned links to a restaurant heist as a possible partner was hinted. Roadblocks were set but no suspect found.
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Midland Air Pack
Sands
Shirley Cates
Smith
LaDell Yardley
Miter
Toy
Power lines fail across region as ice hits South Plains
Lubbock area faces widespread outages as ice and snow snap poles and damage rural lines from Dickens County to Nolan County and eastern New Mexico. Farmers store perishables due to refrigeration loss while crews from Lubbock Power and Light and others work long hours to repair damaged lines near Whiteface Morton and Denver City. Morton reports power outages as the first woman to drive coast to coast, Mrs John R Ramsey, is noted for a San Francisco to New York trip in 190.
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G. Newton
South
Lubbork
Here
Usurel Nuit
Rain Electric
Dickens Countty
Nolan County
Bailey
Cochran
New Mexico
Morton
Lubbock
John R. Ramsey
San Francisco
New York
Californium First Pure Man Made Compound Produced
San Francisco report by Associated Press notes Glenn T Seaborg announces Californium's first pure compounds californium oxide californium trichloride and californium oxychloride produced in UC radiation laboratory Berkeley These sub stances are not practical but advance understanding of matter and nuclear fission with a ten millionth of a gram magnified for photography and new techniques enabling chemistry with micro amounts and many varieties of californium beyond the first discoveries
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Rennie Taylor
Associated Press
San Francisco
Glenn T. Seaborg
Seaborg
American Nuclear Society
University of California
Radiation Laboratory
Althousth
Berkeley
Burris Bo Cunningham
James C. Wallman
Adiation Laboratory
Judging Opens for Lubbock Yule Trail Contest
Unfavorable weather fails to dampen spirits as scores of Lubbock residents join the Yule Trail. Judges begin evaluating 123 entries across Exterior, Window, and Doorway divisions, with up to 25 points per criterion and judging running from 10 pm daily through Christmas.
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Lubbock
Yule Trail
Avs Jancie Journal
Finn
Kennedy’s Path to Victory in Electoral College Scramble
The Dixie Group reports Kennedy holds 20 electoral votes and needs 269 to win. If Kennedy fails in the electoral college, the House would decide among the top three, with Byrd favored by Southern delegations. McGovern Nixon Lodge Johnson are cited as unlikely contenders in this era’s split party dynamics.
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Byrd
Kennedy
Anatter
S. House of Representatives
Sen
Republic
Richard M. Nixon
Kenned
Kennedy Names Rusk in Foreign Policy Shakeup
Kennedy, named Rockefeller Foundation head, continued from page one as a Cherokee County native. He tapped Dean Rusk for a key post, citing Rusk's world affairs study and peace experience. Bowles and others with India ties joined the advisory team as Kennedy emphasized a long view of foreign policy amid global change.
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Rockefeller Foundation
Cherokee County
Gia Stevenson
Kennedy
Rusk
Chicago
Stevenson
Bowles
India
New York
Ai ‘Vertising
Connecticut
Ruskid
Bulamerica
America
Whent
Liquor License Hearing and Election Canvassing Details
County official Bill Davis conducts a hearing on beer retailer licenses with the Liquor Board to act on findings. Courthouse observers think Barnett may have jumped the gun on notice publication. Election results canvassing is delayed until next Monday due to a five day lapse between election and canvassing.
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Bill Davis
Liquor Board
Tate
Barnett
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