NATO Ministers push stronger conventional defenses and coordinated nuclear policy
NATO ministers urged greater adequacy of conventional forces and close alignment with alliance goals, aiming for 30 combat ready divisions in central Europe. They discussed nuclear policy coordination, criticized British and French nuclear programs, and reaffirmed support for West Berlin defense and Greece aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
United States
Russia
America
NATO
Europe
Britain
France
U.S. Sec
Robert S. McNamara
NATO Council
McNamara
NATO Permanent Council
Kennedy
Alliance
West Berlin
Blaze Damages Buildings in City From Fire
A fire at Harris and Trash Manufacturing Co. damaged the rear of the main building after a shed was gutted. Seven fire units responded at 3:51 p.m. with cause under investigation in a sheet iron paint room. Earlier, a trash-bin fire damaged a truck at High Plains Gin Co. and a vehicle near Carlisle burned from an ice-related fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris and Trash Manufacturing Co
N. Ave
High Plains Gin Co
Gary Ave
Elvin Watkins
Carlisle
Notable physician tied to Emory, Red Cross service in Siberia
Mrs Davison recalls meeting in Siberia in 1921 while both worked with the American Red Cross. The couple had ties to the imperial Russian nobility and her husband, a prominent physician, died about four years ago after serving at Emory University Medical School and an Air Force base in Spain.
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Emory University
School of Medicine
Atlanta
Air Force
Spain
Moscow
Davison
Siberia
American Red Cross
Man Living In Car For Low Pay Faces Fine
Peter Danes of High Wycombe told a court his salary is 33.60 dollars weekly while car payments cost 22.40 dollars weekly. The laborer, arrested on a traffic charge, was fined 3.50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Wycombe
England
UPI
Peter Danes
Large Group Aligned With Neither Liberal Or Conservative Forces
A Gallup poll shows liberal and conservative forces nearly equal, with many Americans unwilling to align with either camp. Among Republicans and Democrats, many decline to identify with liberal or conservative causes. Rockefeller supporters split 33 percent liberal, 27 percent conservative, 40 percent cannot say. Goldwater supporters 45 percent conservative, 22 percent liberal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Gallup
Rockefeller
Goldwater
Birth announcements and weather drift through Lubbock city news
The bulletin lists numerous births at Latif Clinic and Methodist Hospital in Lubbock with weights and times, plus occupations of fathers. A 68 degree springlike high follows a recent 18 degree cold snap, with forecasts for more warm days and light southwest winds. Extradition news notes Spain will hand over Nazi doctor Reinhold Vorberg to West Germany for alleged killings of mental patients.
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Lubbock
Texas
Austin
Laredo
Southwest International
Fort Worth
Caliss
Baldomero Escobedo
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
I Dalhart
H. C. Lewis Construction
Galveston
Madrid
UPI
Spain
Reinhold Vorberg
Nazi Germany
Germany
France
Teens at Rensselaerville camp fix gifts for Albany orphans
At the Youth Rehabilitation Center, teens once tied to crime repair and paint toys for an Albany orphanage. The 57 residents, aged 15 to 17 from NYC and other areas, work in the shop, rehearse a glee club for TV, and plan a 12 day home visit starting December 23. They load donated toys on December 22 for delivery to St. Catharine Infant Home in Albany. Camp superintendent William Skiff praises their progress.
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Rensselaerville, N.Y
Santa Claus
Albany
Santa
New York City
Glee Club
St. Catharine Infant Home
William Skiff
Big blast spawns heavy snow from Northwest to East
Winds from a Pacific storm whip the Northwest as a 10 day snow and cold spell leaves more than 230 dead and enormous costs. Snow falls stretch Minnesota to New York while Florida faces heat in the wake of frost damaged crops. Milan Indiana endures water shortages with schools closed and residents warned to conserve. A separate report notes a one megaton atmospheric nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya and its TNT equivalence.
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United Press International
Northwest
East
California
Montana
Florida
Minnesota
New York
Michigan
Milan
Ind
Stockholm
UPS
Soviet Union
Novaya Zemlya
Swedish Defense Research Institute
Soviet Cuba buildup eyed as U S weighs response
Red forces report 70 rockets mostly medium range with many antiaircraft weapons still in Cuba. Estimates suggest up to 20 000 Russian infantry artillery and air force personnel remain. Some see Soviet battalions as suited for wider ventures, but current role centers on Cuba. The U S vows a strong response and not to probe beyond the Western Hemisphere.
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United States
Cuba
Central
South America
U.S
Western Hemisphere
Betty Mosher crowned Tech interfraternity basketball queen
Nineteen year old Betty Mosher a Tech sophomore psychology major was named queen at the Alpha Tau Omega sponsored inter fraternity basketball tournament. She represented Gappa Kappa Gamma and is daughter of Mr and Mrs William L Mosher. Sixteen teams competed for trophies with runners up Nancy Holloway and Dianne Carrell from Dallas.
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Betty Mosher
Tech
Alpha Tau Omega
Lubbock
Miss Mosher
William L. Mosher
68Th St
Gappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Nancy Holloway
Dallas
Dianne Carrell
Miss Holloway
Alphi Phi Sorority
Miss Carrell
Kappa Alpha Theta
Mosher
Tech Queen
Betty Benner
Alpha Chi Omega
Susan Marsh
San Antonio
Phi Mu
Lady Jane Henry
Chicago
Delta Delta Delta
Diane Baker
Big Spring
Chi’ Omega
Barbara Teal
Houston
Gamma Phi Beta
Martha Walls
Cleburne
Pi Beta Phi
Judy Fite
Zeta Tau Alpha
Janita Kinard
Sigmal Kappa
Sondra Stargel
Memphis
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Gun-Shunning Texas Sheriff Albert C. Egg Dies at 73
Albert C. Egg, longtime Jackson County sheriff from 1905 to 1914, died at 73. Renowned for not firing first, he confronted killers and helped spur private executions at the state penitentiary after public hangings drew rail traffic. He once faced a lynch mob and wore his gun low but would set it aside to stare down suspects.
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Victoria
UPI
Albert C. Egg
Texas
Egg
Jackson County
State Penitentiary
Cuero
Six Homes Hit By Burglaries In Lubbock
Six homes in the 3300 and 3400 blocks of East 13th through 17th Streets were burglarized Friday night by a possibly single thief. A resident struggled with the intruder at 3308 East 16th Street and lost a purse with 11 dollars. a purs e with a $174 check was later found. Other homes reported attempted break ins and empty purses were found in yards after the incident. In separate burglaries, a service station lost four tires, other stations were entered for change and goods, and at 1005 North Avenue H a shed containing about 20 vacuum cleaners was robbed.
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E. 13Th
16Th
17Th Sts
Sarah Mitchell
Mattie Kinney
17Th St
Mitchell
13Th St
Wylie F. Hamm
36Th St
19Th St
34Th St
Ave. H
Ave. A
S. W. Cook
College Ave
N. Ave. H
Trucker Traffic Case Tops Odd Fragmented Report
An unclear fragment describes a traffic case involving a trucker, youths, and a driver named Chief Good. The text references purchases, value, and a phrase Anything come, with mentions of Lubb and years, but details are garbled.
Crash on Laurel Canyon Boulevard Kills Ground Victims
A Flying Tiger Constellation crashed on Laurel Canyon Boulevard near Hart and Vose streets. Captain Karl C. Rader and Copilot David L. Crapo were aboard with passenger John A. Olsen. Ground deaths included a 16 year old girl and two factory workers as fires and debris spread through nearby homes and businesses.
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Karl C. Rader
Burlingame
Calif
David L. Crapo
Compton
John A. Olsen
Sunland
Olsen
Janet
Flying Tiger
Burbank
Violet Blazek
Chicago
Jack Elliott
Northridge
Pacific
Atlantic
Cold Bay
Alaska
Mike Powers
Laurel Canyon Boulevard
Hart and
Vose
Constellation
Lockheed Air Terminal
Walt Phillips
Antonio Mosqueda
No Sign Of Life In Brazil Crash
A Brazilian airliner missing with 50 aboard was reported crashed in an Amazon jungle clearing about 30 miles from its Rio de Janeiro origin on a 2,500 mile flight. Panair do Brasil said there were no survivors and that ground teams moved toward the wreckage as rescue planes found no life signs.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Amazon
Panair Do Brasil
Fernando Hupsel de Oliveira
Rihe
Air Force
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Penkovsky
Pravda
Pushkinsky Street
Kutusovsky Prospect
Montgomery
Alex
Jacob
German
Ther
Richard Jacob
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Robert K. German
U. S
George J. German
Japan
Jean Wesley
Bonham
Bonham High School
University of Texas
State Department
Yokohama
Tokyo
Mother
Alexis H. Davison
Hal M. Davison
Mrs. Davison
Ramon Yabez
Littlefield
Latif Clinic
Union Compress
Victor Avalies
Temple Ave
Francisco Aguilar
Rt. 2
Mack Jackson
Felipe Garcia
Ave. B
Porter Clinic Hospital
Fat Lubbock Auto Company
Gerald Gardner
48Th St
Methodist Hospital
Texas Tech
Gordon EK. Stewart
40Th St
Pittsburgh Paint and Glass Co
Ronnie Green
Cornell
Paymaster Oil Mill
Floyd Williams
Red Force
Tass
Alexis Davison
Richard Carl Jacob
Brazil
Lucia
Sweden
Goodfellow
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