Constantine Flees as Coup Fails and Junta Controls Athens
After the failed coup, King Constantine and Queen left Athens for Larissa by car. He launched a revolt broadcast on Wednesday as right wing leaders were arrested in Athens. Air force jets buzzed the capital and troops moved to block royalist advances near Elefsis. two commando captains were killed attempting to fly to royalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Lraissa
Istanbul
Washington
Lamia
Elefsis Air Force Base
Junta
Greek King Leads Countercoup Amid Turmoil in Athens
Greek monarch Constantine II urged unity as tanks rolled into Athens and the junta installed Lt. Gen. George Zoitakis as regent. Col. George Papadopoulos was named head of government while Western powers monitor the crisis. Cyprus tensions rise as Turkish-Greek agreements unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
George Zoitakis
National Defense
George Papadopoulos
Constantine Kollias
Cyprus
Nicosia
Mediterranean
Athens
Salonika
Kavalla
Larissa
NATO
Paris
Constantine Caramantis
Caramantis
Constantine
Caramanlis
Athens Radio
Ieronimos
All Greece
Zoitakis
Crete
Winter storm brings snow to Southwest and Great Plains
A strong cold front drenched southern Colorado northern Arizona and northern New Mexico with heavy snow and extreme cold. Snow covered the Southern Rockies and touched San Diego Phoenix and other desert areas, with rare snow in San Diego. Multiple states issued travel warnings as 10 to 26 inch snows piled on mountain passes and highways. A 5 year old girl died in Colorado after a highway crash on ice. Large high pressure cooled Western states with subzero readings in Wyoming Oregon.
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Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico Mountains
Wolf Creek
Ipass
White Mountains
Easter
U. S. 66
Grants
N. M
Rockies
Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma
High Plains
New Mexico
Boulder
Cole
Wyoming
Canada
Casper
Wyo
Rawlins
Baker
Ore
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Social Security Bill Moves to Senate
The Social Security bill passed the House on Wednesday by a 388 to 10 vote. It would boost benefits and taxes and tighten eligibility for state related programs, with timetable changes to speed first payments to beneficiaries and slow administration of provisions.
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Senate
Washington
Lubbock-AFB ties praised in Air Force Scroll honors chamber
Air Force Lt. Gen. Maddux lauded the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce for its cooperation with Reese AFB from 1964 to 1967. Col. Morganti described the city-base link as integral, while Mayor Rogers bestowed honorary citizenship and a waterman hat, noting the chamber reflects the city.
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Sam Maddux Jr
Usaf Air Training Command
Air Force
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
O. Brandon Hull
Clyde J. Morganti
Reese Afb
Lubbock-Rafb
Air Force Scroll
Lubbock Chamber
RAFB
Maddux
Lubbock
Chamber
Morganti
Reese
ATC
W. D
Dub) Rogers Jr
U. S
Reese Officers Club
California Water Project Tour Highlights Vast Conveyance System
A four day tour led by Water Inc. director Russell Bean showcases the California Water Project. Tour members see the Angeles Tunnel, main aqueduct, and reservoirs. Bean calls for Texas water development and unity to meet irrigation needs.
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Hoover Dam
Angeles
Mojave Desert
Mojave River
Palmdale
Lancaster
Wil
San Bernadino Mountains
Riverside County
Russell Bean
Lubbock
iWater, Inc
United Action
Bean
California
Texas
High Plains
Goodfellows Drive to Supply Christmas Gifts
The Goodfellow program, active since 1935, seeks public contributions to fund candy fruit nuts and toys for Christmas packages. Donations must reach Chief Goodfellow at The Avalanche Journal in Lubbock by December 25 to ensure every needy child receives a gift.
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Goodfellow
Chief Goodfellow
Avalanche- Journal
Lubbock
Soviet Military Aid to Yemen Regime Questioned
The State Department warned that reported Soviet military support for Yemen's republican regime could raise regional tensions. Officials cited likely Soviet combat aircraft and technicians operating around Sanaa, with reports of 24 Soviet planes received on November 26 and pilots flying missions against Yemen's royalist rebels.
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Washington
State Department
Yemen
Department
Eae
San‘a
Robert J. McCloskey
Multiple births announced from Highland to Reese AFB hospitals
A series of birth notices from Highland Hospital and Reese AFB Hospital report newborns for families including Baum Germans Gray Reeves Holder Eubanks Stephens Peres and Drennan. Parents’ occupations range from tech students to military service with homes in S107 4th Street N Quirt and Fort Gordon areas.
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Jack Baum
St. Apt
Highland Hospital
Jerry Lee Germans
N. Quirt
Art Terrazzo and Tile Co
Thomas W. Gray
Reese Afb
Ft. Gordon
Ronnie Frank Eubanks
University Hospital
Tech
Implanting Possibilities in Artificial Heart Device Advances
A recent briefing compares a new fist sized artificial heart device with Debakey's left ventricular assist system. Both aim to support patients facing heart failure while reducing infection risk from external tubing. The newer unit uses two wheels inside a blood tube driven by a small motor, but reliability and long term function remain concerns.
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Debakey
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Turner
Goodman
Liquor Board Probes Convicted Staff and Birth Notices
The article details polygraph tests of Dallas liquor staff amid a rigging bid scandal, naming Grace Valenta and Burke as key suspects while noting others were fired. It also lists birth announcements from Methodist Hospital and related employers, including parents from Piaina Meat, Waples Platter, and others.
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Stevenson
Roger Thomas
Auburn
Euscaetk
Aly
Methodist
Oupil
Dallas
Grace
Valenta
Burke
Cleburne
Rakestraw
Nelms
Dale
Honeycutt
Excent Varlenta
Jacana
Liquor Board
Odessa
Jasper
Alfred Negley
San Antonio
Dam Breach Floods Five Polish Villages
An earth dam burst in Poland flooded five villages near Warsaw killing residents and injuring others, according to the Polish Press Agency PAP. The disaster prompted rescue efforts and warnings as authorities traced the breach to dam failure.
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Warsaw
Poland
PAP
Mystery of the Hope Diamond's long and storied past
The article traces the Hope Diamond from Indian idol legend through French royal possession to modern owners. Evalyn Walsh McLean bought it for forty thousand dollars in 1908 and wore it at Washington parties but reportedly turned down two million dollars. After her death in 1947 it was stored for twenty years and later sold to New York jeweler Harry Winston who donated it to Washington's Smithsonian. Survivors of Miss McLean include her mother Mrs. Henry C Coke Jr and her sister Mrs. Richard L. Jones.
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Morgan
Bill Cox
Police Criminal Investigation Department
Cox
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Tech
New York
Harry Winston
Smithsonian Institution
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Ned McLean
Tavernier
Paris
Louis XIV
Madame de Montespan
Louis XV
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Marine Antoinette
London
Thomas Hope
Dallas
Miss McLean
Henry C. Coke Jr
John McLean
Palm Beach
Fla
Richard L. Jones
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King
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Ariz
Weather Bureau
Carlsbad
Southeast Asia
A. B. Davis
A.B. Davis
West Branch
Angeles Tunnel
Goodfellows
James W. Holder
Ave
Vietnam
Lee Stephens
Buckiet Peres
Fordham
Apt
Anon
Ray Drennan
Wolfforth
Ald Drennan Motor Supply
Wolfsfort
Irison
Ma Weanesby
Manedint Hospital
Ane Mis . Allen Tabet
Waples Platter, Inc
Robert Lehman
Newhington Sheth Hospital
Paul Arias
Sauehier Welmning
Sr Iage
Farmers Co-op Compress
Af Clement
Bates
Sm. V Peengedas Fe
Theta
Alderson Junior High
Benoot
Joe Arana
Erskine
Weighing & Pounds
Ates Hopital
The
Char Ieenaeen Ranta Fe Railroad Co
Amman
Jordan
Karl Bruan
Weenecerber
William Pierce
University of Pennsylvania
Lester Goodman
U.S. Public Health Service
Health Service
Evalyn
McLean
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