Texas Storm Toll Rises Across Southwest States
Weather authorities reported heavy moisture in Texas with snow and sleet in Amarillo and surrounding towns. Fatalities from traffic accidents and freezing conditions mounted as highways remained hazardous from Texas to New Mexico and Arizona.
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Matador
Hale Center
Tulsa
Amarillo
Childress
Olton
Floydada
Silverton
Mule‘shoe
Dumas
U.S
Weather Bureau
Lubbock
Texas
West Texas
West
el Paso
Davis Mountains
Galveston
Lake Charles
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Brownsville
San Antonio
Fred Fryar
Martin County
Two Dead in Howard Martin Counties Home Tragedy
Saunders reports two deaths found in a residence with Mrs. Fryar located in a lounge chair near a bedroom door. The couple’s grandson says an autopsy will be performed and Justice M. L. Gibson has postponed an inquest until a pathologist’s report is complete. Funeral arrangements are pending at Nalley-Pickle Funeral Home in Big Spring. Fryar, born August 31, 1910, lived in Howard and Martin counties. Mrs. Fryar, born August 24, 1914, in Mills County, is also noted among survivors including a Tampa, Florida-based son and grandchildren.
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Howard County
Martin
Fryar
Mills Coun
Goodfellows Seek Record Drive for Christmas Aid
The Goodfellows plan a large annual donation drive through the Avalanche-Journal to fund the Christmas distribution. Chief Goodfellow leads the effort, which marks the biggest fundraising push in Lub bock history.
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Goodfellow
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock” Goodfellow
The
Goodfellows
Uranium Deposit Reported Found in Quebec North of Montreal
A fragment indicates a discovery of a uranium deposit in Quebec near Chibougamau area about 235 miles north of Montreal. The note mentions inspections and a boost to Quebec from De Gaulle, with references to Canada and a late July timing.
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Canada
Quebec
Chibougaye
Montreal
de Gaulle
Bridge disaster toll climbs as divers recover more victims
Deep sea divers and cranemen dredged the Ohio River after the Silver Bridge collapse. Eight bodies were recovered, totaling 13 dead. The remains were in four cars and a tractor trailer, the first vehicles found since the bridge failed Friday evening under heavy traffic. Police reported about 40 others missing or unaccounted for.
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Robert Gornall
Pleasant
W.va
UPI
Ohio
H. E. Parks
West Virginia
T. A. Welty
Allegheny
Monongahela
National Guard Armory
Here
Point Pleasant
Kanauga
Paul ‘Wedge
Point. Pleasant
Pipefitters and Boilermakers Union
Wedge
Holt dies in Australian surf riptide disaster
National leader Holt disappeared after diving from a rock near his Portsea retreat as rough seas lashed the coast. Deputies planned a new government lineup while McEwen led recovery efforts and offered prayers for Holt’s safe return.
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Holt
Jon
St Opocared Holt
John McEwen
Canberra
Australia
Liberal
McEwen
Country Party
Labor Party
Port
Portsea
Stewart
Melbourne
Chevai Beach
Mr. Holt
Lord Richard Casey
Vietnam
Record high traffic deaths feared on South Plains in 1966
Officials note 1966 saw 3 406 motorcides statewide with Texas drivers losing a life every 2 hours 34 minutes and a person injured every 2 minutes 31 seconds. DPS cites speeding while driving drunk wrong side improper passing and other violations as major causes. South Plains area headlines include Lt Gov Preston Smith speaking at the Lubbock Lions Club luncheon at KoKo Palace.
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Texas
DPS
South Plains
C. A. Dempsey
Lub‘bock
Bus Topp led 16 Soldiers Fly Home After Crash
Sixteen soldiers aboard a chartered bus overturned on an ice coated highway near El Paso, killing three and injuring others. By Sunday, 16 had been discharged to return home with 250 each from an insurance advance. The remaining 21 personnel stayed hospitalized in good or satisfactory condition at William Beaumont Army General Hospital.
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Corona
N.M
Pueblo
Colo
Vermillion
D.D
Oakland
Calif
Grants
U.S. 66
Deming
Lordsburg
el Paso
Flagstaff
Ariz
Northern
Arizona University
William Beaumont Army General Hospital
Oklahoma City
St. Louis
Ft. Bliss
Robert Anthony Washington
Kansas City
Billy B. Teeter
Weatherby
Raymond Edward West
George Howell
Ave. L. Lubbock
Gerald Smith
Jacksonville, Ill
Robert ‘Thomas
St. Joseph
William Yates
Ash Grove
Larry Shackleford
Stover, CO
William Walker
Vernon
Danny Skinner
Newport News
Stephen Miller
Wichita
Kan
Thomas Stanbury
Praire Village
James Wall
Versailles
Eugene Reagan
Larry Snyder
Preston
James
George
Rothville
Gregory Smith
Pittsfield
Charles Mauzey
Brunswick
David Maget
Jerry Conner
Robert H. Safford
U. S
Raids Over North Vietnam Continue Amid Heavy Air War
Amid monsoon break Air Force Navy and Marine jets execute 132 missions over North Vietnam. An F4 Phantom is reported shot down east of Hanoi with a two man crew missing. US jets target Yen Vien rail yard Kien An air field and missile sites. North Vietnamese defenses include MIG interceptors SAM missiles and ground fire from boats.
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Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Yen Vien
Kien An
Haiphong
Red River
Indians Stranded In Navajo Snowbound Area Spark Rescue Efforts
Darkness halted reconnaissance as 150 to 200 Navajo Indians were stranded by a 36 inch snow across the vast Navajo Reservation. Navajo Police Lt. Tsosie and Air Force crews prepared large scale search and rescue operations beginning Monday amid worsening storms and weather hazards across New Mexico Arizona and Utah. The death of a sheepherder Crippled Boy was reported as hundreds of travelers faced snowbound roads and fuel shortages.
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The
Santa Fe
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Las Vegas
N.M
Farmington
Montana
Rock
Ariz
Navajo
Paul H. Tsosie
Utah
Colorado
Arizona
Tsosie
Air Force
Gallup
Window Rock
George Rock
Indian — Health
Jarea
Window
Grands
Flagstaff
Gallup- Grants
U.S
Shiprock
Roswell
Civil Air Patrol Unit
Load of hay flown to Hopi livestock in snowbound Arizona
Eight C119 Flying Boxcars began air lifting hay to about 10 000 starving sheep and cattle on the Hopi Indian Reservation in northern Arizona. Planes from Edwards Air Force Base will drop bales from 900 feet to reach feed-starved animals amid deep snow and freezing winds.
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Luke Afb
Ariz
Arizona
Winslow
Edwards ‘Air’ Force Base
Calif
Bai
Youth Hurt By Knifer In Plainview Admitted To Hospital
Daniel Rivera Natera of Plainview was admitted to Methodist Hospital with multiple stab wounds at about 6 p m near 34th Street. The youth, in satisfactory condition, said he did not know the assailant and likely would not press charges if caught. Police also investigated burglaries at Baldridge Bakery and other incidents, with cash and valuables taken from a freezer and a car stereo and tapes stolen.
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Daniel Rivera Natera
Plainview
Methodist Hospital
34Th Street
Baldridge Bakery
1821 Ave. N
Baldridge
J. M. Reed
53Rd St
Jerry T. Rogers
Best. St
First Methodist Church
Fort Worth Birth and Local Notices Highlight Community Ties
A son, Duane Allen Shipley, born at 3:30 a.m. December 6 in Fort Worth to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Shipley, formerly of Lubbock, accompanies notes on Shipley family Christmas plans. The article also notes a newly formed Amarian Association of Retired Persons Lubbbock chapter, AARP, temporary officers, and obituaries including former Texas Tech instructor Vail and other local ties.
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Duane Allen
Jerry Shipley
Fort Worth
Lubbock
Shipley
Ardith Hessler
Lora Hessler
37Th St
A. L. Shipley
56Th St
Mies
Hessler
General Dynamics
Texas Tech
Red Raider
Amnestian Association of
J. H. Hatfield
AARP
I H. J, Kendrick
Robert Patrick
Wall
Texas
Tech
Tucson
Vail
University of Tucson
Harvey Christianson
Claudine Cook
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Mse
Eive
Farmer
Lenorah
Tucumcari
Department of Public Safety
Theodore L. Bernal
Baton
Eelee
Jack D. Bes
All Harty of
Tampa
Tampa,Fla
Dchildren
Iarius E.’ Northrup
Gallipolis Ferry
W. Va
Nora E. Nibert
Hogsett
Victor W. Turner
Darlene Mayes
Gallipolis
OK Area
Rcc County
Andrews Fae
Bailey Toeveere
Croshy Wenernee
Dawior Osseeees
Dickens
Mt Is Wastes Kent
Motley Aerreree
Ery Teearewee
Terry
Yoopeeareoe
Saigon
Navajo Reservation
Buquerque
Denver
A. Wood
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