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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1964
Page
7
Four children ages 9 months to 9 years died in a Logan West Virginia house fire Saturday night. The Mintners were away shopping. Fire officials cited a possibly faulty gas heater as the likely cause.
A fire that swept through a Seattle home claimed the lives of Barry 4 Patricia 3 and Maureen 1 as their aunt and family ate dinner nearby. Parents Ray and Mrs Kealy with two other children escaped with severe burns. In Trenton New Jersey a two story frame house fire killed Mary Rittman 69 and her daughter Helen 40 with flames likely starting in a rear shed.
Fire heavily damaged Neiman Marcus downtown Dallas store on Main and Commerce, forcing inventory loss and halting mail orders. The blaze spurred expansion plans, with a Houston suburban store to begin in 1965, opening in 1967, while damaged jewelry was moved to a suburban outlet.
President Johnson's anti poverty program includes an $11.5 million urban job center at Camp Kilmer and loans of $6,000 to Guy D. Proctor for a snack bar expansion and $5,500 to Wilbur Blitz to convert a store. The $82.6 million package funds varied self help projects across 50 states and several cities.
On the fourth anniversary of the National Liberation Front, Buddhist groups plan a mass rally while Buddhists and Saigon sources warn of possible self immolation and U S officials fear Communist strikes targeting Americans as Huong’s civilian government faces renewed agitation and protests.
Lubbock and South Plains officers hunted two masked bandits after they robbed Buddy's Supermarket on 34th Street for about $1,000 and attempted a second theft at a nearby Safeway. A milkman, John Dykes, 38, was shot in both arms and remained in fair condition at Methodist Hospital.
Mexico City AP reports a 1964 poll by recording firms and radio and TV stations shows romantic music like Westerns becoming the favorite among Mexican fans, replacing the twist and other novelty styles in popularity.
City Yale Trail entrants display a doorway scene titled The Night Before Christmas by Clement C Moore 1822. First prize goes to Mr and Mrs Gary Yagey 2902 3rd Pl Apt B 24 for an upstairs window display on North of 31th St. Win dow Division.
A fire causing about $3,000 damage left several persons with slight injuries. Investigators blame careless smoking for the incident, which occurred in a local structure and prompted quick emergency response.
BERLIN AP The annual reunion of Berliners began as tens of thousands crossed the East–West border at dawn and by late afternoon about 70 000 West Berliners had passes issued by the Reds. Crossers appeared relaxed, with Easter and Whitsuntide visits planned, after a wall opening amid East German border guard activity.
Air Force C-119 aircraft delivered about 5 percent of the planned 60 tons of hay to eight-county Montana disaster area. Eight missions were planned for Sunday to aid starving herds while roads opened with bulldozers and a Broadus physician treated frost bite victims and pneumonia cases. A new storm threatened western Montana as crews worked to clear drifted roads.
Fronts push through the West bringing snow and ice while Texas moderates with highs in the 50s and 40s and freezing conditions in Lubbock. A 19 year old El Paso man died changing a tire after a vehicle struck him. Snow and ice threaten travel from Oregon to Nebraska and South Dakota.
News notes several fatal crashes linked to freezing drizzle. In Dallas County near Garland three teenagers died in an icy State Highway 78 wreck, while two other county residents William Best and Harold Smotherman died in separate head-on and tree impacts. A Waco area teen and a Dallas man were killed in crashes on icy roads nearby, with additional incidents reported as authorities clear bridges with sand and salt.
Donations to the Goodfellows program should be mailed to the Chief Goodfellow at The Avalanche Journal in Lubbock. Volunteers are preregistered and must show official ID. Call PO3 4666 for details. Delivery on Christmas Day at 5 a.m. assists 14 or younger underprivileged Lubbock children since 1935.
President Johnson heads to Texas for the Christmas holidays aboard a presidential jet with Budget Director Kermit Gordon and three containers of budget data. Mrs. Johnson accompanies him. it is unclear if the Johnson girls will join the trip.
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