UN Tightens Forces in Katanga Amid Civil War Fears
UN troops push operations on the fringes of Kolwezi as reinforcements move to restore order in Katanga. Irish troops hit a roadblock northeast, Swedes clear a red block to the south, while Washington warns of a Congo civil war risk if Premier Adoula cannot halt the secession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katanga
United Nations
Iity
Washington
Congo
Cyrille Adoula
State Department
Undersec
George W. Ball
United Nation
United States
Ball
Tshombe
Adoula
Antoine Gizenga
Stanleyville
Leopoldville
Washingin
Birth Announcements from St Marys and Local Hospitals
Congratulations to multiple families on the births listed at St Marys and Methodist hospitals. Details include newborns, weights, and times with fathers employed by local firms such as TIME Freight Western Molar Parts Caprock Business Forms and Vance Hatchery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mex
Wayne Lankford
Shallo
St Mary's Hospital
Time Freight. Inc
Woodrow AL Tavis
Weis
Werthes Avin
St Mares Hospital
Mix
Delbert Lassiter
St Mana Hospital
Pares
Tne
Tomie Pritchard
Methodist
Caprock
Wilburn B. Keener
Shallemiter
Methodist Hospital
Vance Hatchery
Joe Pist
Ralls
Laut
Births in West Texas Hospital Reports
A chaotic OCR shows multiple birth notices from West Texas Hospital and nearby facilities. It lists several newborns with weights, times, and parental and employment details including church, insurance, and local employers. Names include Martinez, Pelion, McCoy, Kemp, Loper, Robertson, and Lazenby.
Cold snap sweeps Dixie with snow and jokes on weeds
Frigid weather halts porch sleeping man and a Santa on a pole in Memphis as a Pacific Northwest snowstorm chills the region. Portlands sees a inch of snow and forecasts call for six more in interior Northwest. A St Louis football team trains in a horse show ring amid record cold while weed science delegates toast the season’s benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Gulf States
Dixie
Rocky Mountain
Great Plains
Midwest
Pacific Northwest
Weather Bureau
Portland
Ore
Northwest
Rockies
North Dakota
Gay
Norman A. Erbe
Santa Claus
Memphis
Tenn
St Louis Cardinal
St. Lewis
Weed Society of America
Armistice memories and long distance growth in city history
Former operator Mrs. Hall recalls early telephone days in 1918 at Main and Texas with no dial service and a $6 weekly wage. She notes cotton season with 500 daily long distance calls, the shift system, and coal stove memory. The piece links with Malaya and Brazil mission staff stories and Titan missile news in the same column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Bell
First National Bank
Main and
Texas
Hall
Carrie Lou Hall
Ave. E
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Telephone Company
Suburban Youths Trim Desserts For Hunger Relief
In Scarsdale New York seventh and eighth graders donate 12.46 to a U S government hunger effort after trading dessert money for a cause. The group sent the funds to the Freedom from Hunger Foundation prompted by President Kennedy and a letter from George McGovern urging affluent communities to aid worldwide hunger eradication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
N.Y
Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Freedom From Hunger Foundation
George McGovern
Food For Peace
Irving J. Sloan
Christmas lighted displays compete in Yule Trail contest
Residents and families on 34th Street or south side entered the Yule Trail contest with equal prizes in two sections and a grand prize for best entry. List of participants includes Capt. and Mrs. Willie B. Craig, Bill Sparks, Betsy Garrett, Mrs. Cloyce Knowles, Bill Merritt, Jim C. Whiteley, Troy Myers, Mrs. W. St., Kathy Teal, Bill Schroeder family, Jett Burks children, Brax and Steve Wright, Sammy Carter, Kenneth Lorenzen and Sandra Lorenzen, and numerous elaborate doorway and window themes featuring religious scenes, Santa, wise men, and glittering decorations. Entries describe exterior, window, and doorway displays with motifs ranging from Madonna and child to three wise men and carols.
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34Th St
Wedensday
Willie B
Craig
30Th St
Bill Sparks
29Th St
Santa Claus
Betsy Garrett
Cloyce Knowles
Knowles
Bill
Merritt
47Th St
Jim C. Whiteley
2Nd St
Troy Myers
53Rd St
White House
Dupre School
Benton Teal
Paris
Bill Schroeder
49Th St
Driv
Jett
Chem
Kent
Preston Burks
Brax Wright
Steve Wright
J. W. Wright
Uist St
Santa’ Claus
Sammy Carter
Maedgen School
Sam Carter
41St St
Kenneth Lorenzen
28Th St
Sandra Lorenze
Lorenzen
Kenneth
Sandra
KE. Lorenzen
Jesus
Goa
Kenneth Isi
Bombay
Vassalo Silva
Sandra Lorenna
FBI Clears Man On Flight Showing Toy Cap Pistol
Ira S. Coles, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 627 from Dallas to El Paso, displayed a toy cap pistol aboard the airliner. No arrest or charges followed. he continued to Tucson, Arizona. The incident was reported to the captain by the stewardess and confirmed by an FBI spokesman in El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
FBI
American Airlines
Ira S. Coles
American
FI Paso
Dallas
Tucson
Ariz
Goodfellows Aid Expands as Donations Pour In
The Goodfellows drive at Christmastime receives about 400 family requests daily. Names go through screening to identify those in need without regard to race creed or religion. Donations should be sent to Chief Goodfellow at The Avalanche Journal. A Sunday coupon will solicit names before screening begins. Packaging starts next week with delivery planned for December 25 at 5 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodfellows
Goodfellow
Avalanche-Journal
Monuh
Indian Border Tension Mounts Amid Goa Evacuation
New Delhi India reports Portuguese rulers in Goa begin evacuating women and children to clear paths for battle against any Indian attempt to push them back The United States seeks diplomatic steps with Indian officials US Ambassador Galbraith meets with Foreign Secretary Des and later with Prime Minister Nehru after Parliament session on colonialism in Lisbon
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New Delht
India
Goa
United
U.S
John Kenneth Galbraith
Des
Galraith
Nehru
Lisbon
Federal subsidy eyed for 2 million fallout shelters
Olympia based civil defense officials said a federal subsidy to aid the construction of 2 million public fallout shelters nationwide will be proposed to Congress next month as part of a broader civil defense program for the upcoming fiscal year. A Defense Department spokesman indicated federal aid to stimulate shelter construction is under consideration and an official briefing was expected with Assistant Defense Secretary Roswell Gilpatric holding a news conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Wash
Congress
State Civil Defense Department
Harry St. Amand
White House
Washington
Defense Department
Roswell J. Gilpatric
Governor Grants Stay Of Execution In Texas Slaying Case
Governor Price Daniel granted a month and a half stay of execution to Adrian Johnson, a young Black man, delaying the December 19 date to January 10. The stay aims to preserve a definite execution date while a habeas corpus writ is resolved, which could yield a hearing on potential errors in prior court actions. Johnson killed Bodenheimer, a 12 year old white boy, whose body was found stuffed in an abandoned refrigerator in Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Price Dgriel
Adrian Johnson
William Bodenheimer
Johnson
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Bodenheimer
Houston
Gatesville
Joe Edward Smith
Neto
Famed Painter Grandma Moses Dies At 101
The article notes Grandma Moses, famed painter, dies at age 101 after pneumonia and a chronic heart ailment. It mentions her quiet strength and fading presence, with references to medical care and a struggle to return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandma Moses
NATO says European defense upgrad e nuclear strength rising
NATO and WEU report stronger defense posture in central Europe with rising nuclear capabilities. Soviet and Western leaders discuss UN presence in Berlin as Cold War tensions persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian
Europe
WEU
NATO
Central
Norstad
Hoosick Falls
Louis J. Calder
Howard Green
Berlin
East
Green
United Nations
UN European
Geneva
Transfer Of Patients At Big Spring Being Considered By Board
Officials of the State Hospitals Board near finish a contract to transfer several West Texas patients to El Paso General Hospital. Dr C J Ruilmann discussed wording with board members to complete the agreement before the next board meeting on January 8. The plan involves the board El Paso Hospital District and a recommendation to Governor Price Daniel from the Legislative Budget Board.
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Big Spring
el Paso
Price Daniel
Legislative Budget I Board
Community farmer injured after leg amputation
W F Raymond of Woodrow community is reported in satisfactory condition at St Mary Hospital following an amputation of a leg. The notice notes the recent surgery and recovery status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Raymond
Woodrow
St. Ma Hospital
New Law Pains Houston Cabbies
Houston taxi drivers protested a city ordinance effective January 1 that requires cab drivers to wear caps. They argued caps cause migraine headaches and impair safe driving, saying drivers could suffer accidents or discomfort. Council members referred the protest to the public service director for review.
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Houston
Larry Beard
Teamsters Local 349
Lee McLemore
Clinton Owsley
City Public Service
Grandma Moses Original Exhibition Boosted Fame and Sale Prices
The article notes how an early exhibition brought Grandma Moses into wide notice and led to oils auctioned as high as 4100 dollars. It quotes her painting method from sky to people and recalls her alert during final illness and a jovial 100th birthday birthday prediction of living to 200.
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Grandma Moses
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Lubbock
K. Knutsen
Malaya
Bill Rawlins
Brazil
C. Brandon Hull
Knutsen
Rawlins
Parny Martinez
S Mats
Gilbert Pelion
R.sgop
Dept of
Labo
McCoy
Wenaling
Pam
MetRndis
Father Iga Church of
Unis
Joe Smith
Methaist Hospital
Jimmy Ray Kemp
Hopital
Fuller
Robert
Lazenby
Ahston
Sterboctet Mospital
American Petroleum Fire Offive
Gregory Loper
Wirthoe
Tueday Ie
Green, Feed Co
Mt Mis
Jackie Robertson
Fia
West
Texas Hospital
Nfo
Katy Hunter
Ap Dexite
Globe
K. Knutson
Meineist
Maliya
Presbyterian Agriculture
Rotary Club
Brandon Hull
Lubbock Club
Amazon River
Tanner
Rotary Clubs
Norway
Kuantan
Pahang
Mr. Knutsen
Jacquline
Susan
Willette
Margaret
Martha
Mist St
Jam
Riligion
Kautsen
Margy
Ihter
C. B. Bynum
15Th St
Andrew
Bernt
Jce
A. Rawlins
Patrocinio
Minas Geris
Carlsbad
World Council of Churches
Switzerland
Oslo
Presbyterian Church In
Montreal
N.C
U.S. Department of Agriculture
D.C
Oklahoma
The
Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church
Galveston
Cape Canaveral
Air Force
Brazilia
Goias
Belgaum
UPI
Yule Trail
Man
Shaw
Korn On
Forrest
Lloyd
Anna Mary Robertson
Greenwich
Thomas S. Moses
Viginia
Upstate
New York
Abraham Lincoln
Eagle Bridge
New
Vermont State Line
Kappa Signa Fraternity
Chi Omega Sorority
Texas ‘Tech
Lubbock County
Wiley B. Pearce
Sith St
Floe Swenson
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