New Flaw In Gemini 6 Revealed in Rocky Mountains
A second winter storm moves into New Mexico and blocks search efforts for two missing airplanes. Weather worsens with freezing temperatures. eight Peace Corps trainees are found after a four day hike in the Manzano Mountains. The Lovelace Foundation president Dr W R Lovelace I and others remain unlocated as CAP planes reposition toward Santa Fe Albuquerque.
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Albcquern
New Mexicco
Peace Corps
Meged Manzano Mountains
New Mexico
Forte
Ralph Neeley
Dallas Cowboys
New Mexico Civil Air Patrol
Forte-McIntyre
Jemez Mountains
CAP
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
Bank Hoax Warned of Robbery at 5 30
The Avalance Journal reports a hoax warning claimed a bank robbery would occur at about 5 30 at First National Bank in Seagraves. An employee alerted staff and police, with officers on standby Monday afternoon. FBI agent Ben Harris and sheriff deputies joined local police to guard against an attempted crime. Warning details appear on Page 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalance Journal
Geagraves
Carolyn McAdoo
First National Bank
Seagraves
Weldon Riordan
Lubbock FBI
Ben Harris
Sheriff's
Time Short For Sending Santa Names In Lubbock
Christmas aid window closes as the Avalanche Journal ends its daily coupon listing for needy Lubbock children. Chief Goodfellow appeals for any family with children under nine within the city needing help to complete the coupon and return it promptly to ensure gifts on Christmas morning.
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Avalanche Journal
Lubbock
Goodfellows
Goodfellow
Himats
Goodfellow Organization
Dust cover faulted Titan 2 rocket delaying Gemini 6 rendezvous
NASA disclosed a malfunctioning Titan 2 engine and a fallen electrical plug caused a false shutdown signal. A dust cover inside the booster, built by Martin Co in Baltimore, was blamed and the firm faces a $15,000 penalty. Gemini 6 rendezvous with Gemini 7 and crew changes were under review for a Wednesday launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Borman
James A Lovell Jr
Borman
Lovell
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Titan
Martin Co
Baltimore
The
Space Agency
Walter M. Schirra
Thomas P. Stafford
Delivery of Colorful Directories Starts in Lubbock Today
Colorful new phone directories begin distribution in Lubbock today with Symphony featured. Inside reports note a Lubbock soldier in Viet Nam sending home a Viet Cong propaganda leaflet. Other items mention Pakistan’s president in the UN, and a neutralization policy for Indochina. Market reports and radio TV program listings appear on later pages.
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Lubbock
Symphony
Viet Nam
Sec. A
County Acts On Welfare By Kenneth Tires
County commissioners tentatively approve a plan to pay deficiency payments to Lubbock hospitals for emergency services not covered by welfare rules. A 10 percent surcharge on 1965 welfare hospitalization payments would fund the current year and the draft resolution will go to the City Council for concurrence. Rosa Settle reports 288 welfare referrals this year with 109,422.24 spent of 140,000 budget, as more details await.
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Kenneth Tires
Avalanche-Journal
CUNTY
Lubbock
Welfare Department
Commissioners Court
Arch
Lamb and
Royal Furgeson
Lamb
Rosa. Settle
Department For Welfare Assistance
Marines Press Viet Cong Base Areas Near Da Nang
U S Marines intensified operations in Viet Nam pressing toward Viet Cong hideouts near Da Nang with B 52 strikes from Guam. Reports cite over 900 enemy killed in three battles while eight captured soldiers were found with tunnels containing 26 tons of rice and 1 ton of tea along with rifles and two recoilless rifles.
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Ray F. Herndon Aigon
UPS
Guam
Phuoc Valley
U.S
da Nang
Saigon
Vinh Binh
Go Cong
da ‘Nang
Reds
Holiday prayer and wartime update amid Vietnam conflict
A holiday message thanks readers and asks for generosity to the less fortunate. The Viet Cong fight is described as ongoing with U S forces advancing after B52 bombing raids in Phuoc Valley, facing sporadic resistance as officers warn the major engagement remains ahead. At least 12 Viet Cong are reported.
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Phuoe
Hale Cities Win Hill Burton Funds For Hospitals
U S T I N funds totaling 1 1 7 5 0 0 0 were tentatively approved for hospital construction and improvement in Hale County towns by the State Health Board. Hale Hospital Authority in Plainview would receive 1 000 000 for a new five story 150 bed hospital in northwest Plainview while 175 000 would finance a 19 bed addition to Hi Plains Hospital in Hale Center. Funds must be matched dollar for dollar locally and await a master plan approval by HEW. The Hale grants are part of 16.6 million allocated to Texas hospitals.
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Avalance Journal
Ustin—Federal
Hill-Burton
Hale County
State Health Board
Hale Hospital Authority
Plainview
Hi-Plains Hospital
Hale Center
Texas
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Hill- Burton
Allen Rigler
Hale Funds
New York High Court Rejects Appeal on School Prayer Ban
The Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to a Queens New York decision barring voluntary student prayers during school hours. The ruling upholds that prayers may occur only before or after class, not during school.
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High Court
United Press International
Supreme Court
New York
Queens
U S planes accused of bombing Chinese boats in Tonkin Gulf
Peking Radio, monitored in Tokyo, charged that U S wave planes bombed and strafed Communist Chinese fishing boats on November 30 and December 1 in the Gulf of Tonkin, killing one fisherman and wounding seven.
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Tokyo
Peking Radio
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
City Man Receives Safety Award for Aqueduct Work
R H Fulton of a Lubbock area contractor received the U S Bureau of Reclamation Safety Award at a Canadian River Municipal Water Authority luncheon at the Lubbock Country Club. From Jan 3, 1963 to Sept 27, 1965 his firm logged six thousand six hundred fifty nine man hours building eleven point eight million dollar aqueduct segments with a notably low injury rate.
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Jerry Hall
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation& Safety
R. HW
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority
Lubbock Country Club
Gordon Johnson
Denver
Burecha
Fulton
Fulton Company
Bureau of Reclamation
City of
O'Donnell
City of Abernathy
Weather Map: Cloudy Turn Toward Colder With Showers
The forecast notes considerable cloudiness and a drop in temperatures with widely scattered showers. High near 60, low in the upper 30s, with additional details on hourly readings and humidity. El Paso to Houston and Oklahoma City reports referenced.
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Lubbock
Uy US
el Paso
Houston
Roswell
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Robert A. Forte
Charles McIntyre
Garland
Tex
Farmington
Dallas
W. Randolph Lovelace I
Milton Brown
Aspen
Colo
Lovelace
National Aeronautcs and Space Administration
Lovelace Foundation
Vicei Norman
Irvin
Macarthur High School
Vickie Norman
Vicki
Arthur Casey
Nell Norman
Casey
Hassell-Turpen Landscape Co
Tahbock ‘Typographical Union No. Bam
Neva Baker
Jim Miller Jackson
Mis
Holt Mollaway
Kalston Purina Co
Security Nations Bank
J. J. Powers
Goodwin
Mor. J
Williamson
ONLAS
Lubbock, Area
Darrell Royal
Georgia
Dooley Eyed
Sec. C
Gardner
Goldwater
Federal Reserve Board
Sec
Pakistan
U.N. General Assembly
India
DE Gaulle
Indochina
Thailand
Tech
Lawrence Williams
San Angelo
Linsay Handley
Judi Shurbet
Petersburg
Jim Rich
Pauline Warner
Hale
Fyo Aulione
Avalanche-Journal Station
Sanford
Aqueduct
Authority
Ama- Lee
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