Winter Storm Hits Texas South Plains
A widespread sleet and freezing rain event stretches from Lubbock to the Rio Grande Valley. Bridges iced over in Snyder and Tohoka report slick roads while towns like Crosbyton and Spur face glazed surfaces. One death near Edinburg linked to ice. temperatures drop to 5 above in Dalhart and 15 in Dallas as forecasts shift toward rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floydada
Lamesa
Littlefield
Muleshoe
Denver
Seminole
Snyder
Matador
Crosbyton
Spur
Levelland
Tohoka
South Plains
Waco
Midland
Houston
Palo Pinto County
Mineral Wells
Alpine
Beaumont
el Paso
White City
N.M
Carlsbad
Central Texas
Brownwood
Tyler
Rio Grande Valley
Dalhart
Upper
Panhandle
Dallas
Texas
Two Bandits Execute Safeway Robbery and Car Heist
Police traced a coordinated double robbery at Safeway and Buddy’s Supermarket. Bandits escaped in a stolen 1965 Pontiac, abandoning the car in an alley after a shootout. officers later recovered a shotgun stocking and a hat near the Safeway rear. Detectives described the getaway, with witnesses naming a 1965 Pontiac and stolen license plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Guerry
35Th St
Guerry
Safeway Store
Safeway
Carnation
Buddy Holladay
Holladay
Gordon Smith
Carnation Cafe
George Hamilton
Kenneth Davis
Buddy’s
Quinn-Connelley Pontiac Co
Texas Ranger
43Rd St
Mass Accidents and Births Reported Across West Texas
Birth announcements list several newborns with weights and delivery times at Methodist and West Texas Hospitals. Separately a 1961 sedan collision near a bridge on the Brazos River injured one officer. three vehicles were destroyed and two minor mishaps followed in the same area. En route from Lubbock, Jack W. Crook, 18, a Texas Tech student, was identified as the driver involved. A fatality count on the South Plains this year stands at 137.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt Bell
2Nd St
Pirot A Yon
Methodist
Brazos River
Hardin
Tubbs Medical Clinic
Knox
Joe Ray Rentle
West Texas
Lubbock
Jack William Crook
Texas Tech
Corpus Christi
U.S. 62
Loop 193
Wolfforth
Raquel DeLeon Leal
Route 1
San Benito
Department of Public Safety
Louis
Leal
Carolina R
Montelongo
Houston
Naranjo
Carter Funeral Home
Lockney
Comber
Floyd
County
Ricardo Hernandez
South Plains
Silvia Naranjo
Juanita Naranjo
Celia Hernandez
Maria Hernandez
Matilda Hernandez
Mayor proposes sewer charge to cut auto tax impact in Lubbock
Tidmore outlined a plan to replace part of the ad valorem tax with a sewer charge paid through water bills. The change could affect churches, Texas Tech, apartments, county, and schools. Details pending from study, with possible rates from $1 to $1.50.
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Tidmore
Texas Tech
Jong
Lubbock
Oklahoma
Gene Paul Pinson
S. W. Pinson
Lubbock Power & Light
Lubbock Milkman Shot While On Route
Dykes, a Bell Milk route worker, was wounded when a gunman shot him as he delivered. Neighbors aided, applied a tourniquet, and helped summon help. two suspects fled in a car seen near 4203 A 35th St. Dykes suffered a fractured left arm and a gunshot wound to the right arm and hoped to be home for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John’ W. Dykes
Lubbock
Buddy’s
34Th St
Shawn
Methodist Hospital
Guerry
Orlando
Booker
Bell
U. S
Japan
Goodfellows Seek Helpers for Christmas Packages
The Goodfellows aim for a successful drive and call for donations to The Avalanche-Journal in Lubbock. Pre registering volunteers to start distribution at 5 a.m. Christmas morning, with a downtown building secured as headquarters. Call PO3-4666 to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodfellow
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
The
Goodfellows
Goodfellow Distribution
Beautiful Red Eclipse Seen In U S
A rare lunar eclipse turned the moon copper and dull for one hour on Friday night. Winter clouds blocked South Plains viewers though the total eclipse was visible to half the world. It was the last of its kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Naval Observatory
Washington
Mihran Miranian
Observatory
South Plains
United Press International
Moon Earns Red Copper Hue During Long Eclipse
Americans witnessed a rare lunar eclipse lasting three hours and sixteen minutes with the moon fully shadowed for about an hour. Dr. Fred C. Hess of the Hayden Planetarium praised the event as exceptionally beautiful, noted for its reddish color and wide visibility across the Americas Europe Africa and the Atlantic.
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Fred C. Hess
American Museum
Hayden Planetarium
New York
South America
Europe
Africa
Atlantic Ocean
Meat Shipment Seized With Fake USDA Stamps in New York
About 20 tons of meat seized from Merkel Inc in New York carried fake USDA stamps and false Kansas slaughterhouse labels. Merkel president Nathan Lokietz said the firm was fooled and had no way to detect a problem. A broker, unnamed due to loan shark investigations, supplied the meat and faces further questioning.
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New York
Europe
United States
Merkel, Inc
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Nathan Lokietz
Merkel
USDA
Lokietz
Simon the Stableboy Witnesses Nativity Scene
A first person reminiscence from Simon the stableboy about the nativity in Bethlehem. He recalls the innkeeper relenting and a peasant couple staying in the stable. Simon speaks of divine love seen in Mary, Jesus, and the newborn child, and ends with the angels' song.
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Joseph
Mary
Micah
Bethlehem
Judea
Israel
Isaiah
God
Simon
Mary and
Jesus
Johnson outlines Panama Canal replacement plan
President Johnson proposes a two part plan to replace the canal with a sea level waterway and to seek a new treaty with Panama. He notes 300 ships already too large for full loads and says assets of the old canal would be reconsidered after a replacement opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Johnson
Humberto Calamari
Panama
United States
Calamari
Sec. of
Dean Rusk
Pool urges VA to deny Texas office closings report
Rep. Joe Pool protested to VA administrator John Gleason Jr. after being told by Texas VFW leader E. J. Kreneh that two of Texas four regional offices may close, affecting Waco Houston San Antonio and Lubbock. VA said no information on closings. Pool warned of hardship for ex service members.
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Washington
Joe Pool
D-Tex
Veterans Administration
Texas
Pool
John Gleason Jr
E. J. Kreneh
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Waco
Houston
San Antonio
Lubbock
Gleason
R. H. Todd Jr
U.S. Veterans’ Administration
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Tommy M. Martin
Sith St
Farr
Arthur Prestidze
37Th St
Coca Cola Co
Manuel Mendez
Rt 4
West Texas Hospital
Thomas Eugene Sanders
U7th St
Armstrong Co
Andrew Earl O'Neal
Ihalow
Highland Hospital
Congo
United Nations
N.Y
UN Security Council
Loy Lee Spears
Wepsides
West ‘Texts Hospital
Spears
Sey View
William Fidwin van. Meter Jr
Grd St
Nn West Yexay Hospital
Harold Biffle
Bobby Lynn Bessent
E. 7Th St
West ,Texas Hospital
Lubbock City
James (. Fanning
46Th St
Lacity
Atrman
Victor Torres
Carliste
Welrhyer
Reese
Jack ‘T. O'Neal
Jiwayne Hollis
Detroit
Sunset School of Preaching
Gary Batley
al Sears Roebuck & Co
C. H. Huey
Meneow
Laut Clinic
Fred Lopez
Luton
Laut Clint
Charles
Masering
20Th St
Southwestern Bell Telephone CQ
G. F. Shirtey
Carrell
Thurssday
Hancock Manufacturing
Ronnie G. Carroll
Kent Road
Lynn Adrian Bandefer
High
Vie
Caprick Investment Co
Jeff Wheeler
Board of Realtors
Tae
U.S
Ey Sa
Shrine
Gaius
Ata
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