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Lubbock area council seeks legal name for zoning board of adjustment action. School board approves construction bids totaling 259 095 dollars. Over a dozen professors fired by Catholic college in policy dispute. War costs push peacetime defense budget higher. U S scores space triumph with Pioneer satellite in orbit. Delegations from 27 African nations stage walkout as Wilson speaks at U N rostrum. Russia joins free world in space rendezvous Gemini 6 7. Eton headmaster decries rising atheism in English private schools. Comics page. Market reports. Radio TV programs. Domestic quarrel joke ends with husband listening to wife.
Rusk Returns From Paris With Viet Nam Hopes
Secretary of State Dean Rusk returned to Washington from Madrid after meetings with General Franco and NATO talks in Paris. He urged European allies to aid the U S war effort in Viet Nam but offered no commitment to send troops. McNamara warned of China's nuclear growth and the communique backed the warning while avoiding immediate action. See RUSK Page 12.
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Ashington
Sec
Dean Rusk
Washington
Madrid
NATO
U. S
Viet Nam
Rusk
Andrews Air Force Base
Francisco Franco
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
Alliance
Europe
America
Sec. of Defense
Robert S. ‘McNamara
China
McNamara
City Council approves auditor report and curfew change
City officials accepted the annual auditor's report calling the books in excellent shape. They approved an industrial park zone and revised the juvenile curfew to keep 11 p.m. weekdays and midnight on weekends, resisting a 10 p.m. shift to avoid shifting parental responsibility.
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Jerry Hall
Avalanche-Journal
Ubbock
Jimmy Haynie
CPA
Teague, Haynie and Co
Max Tidmore
Rolan Simpson
Bill Cox
Police Department
Ted Jolly
Youth Services
Council
Vandal Strikes Santa Head At Local Store Front
A 2 foot square Santa Claus head on the front of a store at 1911 39th St. was punched and damaged. Browning, owner of the establishment, told officers the image was struck with a fist, creating a hole in the face.
Christmas Gift With 365 Days of Reading Pleasure
A reader is offered a yearlong gift featuring daily reading delight. The program promises a greeting card to announce the gift and invite recipient enjoyment across all twelve months.
Remember The Other Family Goodfellows Appeal For Christmas
Chief Goodfellow reports 9 778 appeals as his anonymous group nears climax of its annual Christmas program in Lubbock. The effort provides Christmas packages for underprivileged children with gifts like candy fruit nuts and toys. Each package costs about 1 and organizers seek immediate donations to help cover more than 10 000 expected recipients.
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Mr. Goodfellow
Chief Goodfellow
Goodwill Goodfellow Group
Lubbock
Goodfellows
Storm Moves East With Rain Snow Across Southwest
A Pacific storm delivered rain and snow to southern California then moved into the lower Rockies and Midwest. Los Angeles saw showers, California mountains had heavy snow, desert communities reported up to an inch. Cold fronts lingered over Texas Panhandle and South Plains with a brief melt of earlier snow in the Texas Panhandle. No moisture expected through Saturday as temperatures edge into the 50s in parts of West Texas.
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Avalanche-Journal News
California
Rockies
Midwest
Los Angeles
California Mountains
Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
Weather Bureau
West Texas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Lubbock Municipal
Dalhart
Amarill
Lubbock
Weather report notes heavy rain in Southeast Texas
Rainfall totals varied across the region with Kountze at 1.95 inches and Richmond at 1.83 inches in 24 hours while Longview and Liberty reported 1.08 and 1.31 inches respectively. West Texas cleared as ice and snow warnings ended and traffic injuries rose during winter conditions. Snow possible in northern Arizona with up to a foot expected as a Pacific cold front moves inland.
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Kountze
Richmond
Longview
Liberty
Texas
Lubbock
Amarillo
Borger
Arizona
Pacific
Mercury
Viet Cong grenade wounds seven Americans in Saigon
A Viet Cong terrorist hurled a grenade into a truck carrying American soldiers in Saigon. Seven Americans were wounded in the blast, with details on injuries not provided.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Rail Chief Optimistic On Railroading Future Visit to Texas
Burlington Lines chief executive Louis W. Menk declared that the railroad economy will grow with the national economy and increased gross product. He visited Lubbock and other Texas cities to inspect properties and push a sales drive, aiming to build a better railroad with Burlington’s core crew. He plans to return to Chicago with his family after a few days in St. Louis.
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Dave Knapp
Avalanche-Journal
Louis W. Menk
Burlington Lines
Lubbock
Menk
Texas
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
St. Louis
Chicago
Burlington
Methodist Hospital
Monk
Bee Rail
Lorenzo Man Loses Leg In Gin Accident
A 22 year old Lorenzo man lost a leg in a cotton gin accident at Lorenzo Thursday afternoon. Lazario Rodriguez underwent medical treatment as authorities investigated the incident.
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Lorenzo Man
Lorenzo
Lazario Rodriguez
Heavy Yule Loads Push Lubbock Airport to Record Year
Lubbock airport reports an all time high in passenger boardings with 8,478 travelers in November and a 1965 total of 85,000, 4,243 above last year. Braniff adds a Washington nonstop starting Jan 2, Electra Flight 110 departs Lubbock daily at 7 06 a.m. for Dallas and Washington National Airport, with December bookings strong as Tech students head home for Christmas.
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Abbock
Edward L. Colby
Lubbock
Washington
Colby
Braniff Airlines
Washington, D.C
Electra
Dallas
Washington National Airport
Braniff
Continental
Trans-Texas Lines
Tech
Gemini 7 mission faces fuel cell trouble but may continue
Frank Borman and James Lovell, on their 13th space day, received a tentative go for a full 14 day Gemini 7 flight despite fuel cell and thruster issues. Gemini 6’s splashdown near the USS Wasp set up a Saturday recovery near the earlier site, as mission control weighed whether to shorten the historic rendezvous mission.
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United Press International
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Borman
Lovell
Atlantic Ocean
Walter M. Schirra
Thomas P. Stafford
Schirra
Stafford
Wasp
Santa Claus
Tops
iControl
Christopher C. Kraft
Gemini Control
Kraft
Gemini
Bank Robbers Hit Shrewsbury Bank for 100000 Dollars
Four bandits armed with pistols and wearing sunglasses robbed the Shrewsbury Bank and Trust Co taking about 100000 dollars including special Christmas funds. Bank President Barry Krock suffered minor injuries as he and 23 others were moved to a secure room while the cash was seized. No shots were fired and police pursued the suspects.
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United Press International
Hrewsbury
Mass
Shrewsbury Bank and Trust Co
Barry Krock
United States
Krock
Killer Cyclone Ravages East Pakistan Citing 2000 Dead
The Associated Press reports a devastating cyclone in East Pakistan killed about 2000 people and left Cox's Bazar and Sonadia islands with widespread destruction. A 12 foot wave struck after 100 mile per hour winds, with crops and homes heavily damaged and fishermen missing.
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Associated Press
CCA
East Pakistan
Sonadia
Bay of Bengal
Chittagong
Cox’s Bazar
Pakistan
Star Pink
Sanadia
Cox's Bazar
Weather Map Page 7 A Lubbock Area Outlook
Partly cloudy and warmer today and tonight with a high in the upper 50s and a low in the mid to upper 30s. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Summary of 24 hour temperatures shows highs around 50s and lows in 30s across the region with humidity near 82 percent at midnight.
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Albuque
Houston
Amarillo
Okla
Dallas
Roswell
W. Fallsse
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