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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1964
Page
1
West Lubbock features a Yule Lane light display attracting hundreds of locals and visitors. The listing notes across sections of the paper, including previews of Texas Tech band activities and various national and international briefs.
A satirical look at Texas county government near breakdown as Judge Abraham Fuddle tours a courthouse. The piece critiques dual offices, weak central authority, and one party rule while highlighting private practices and conflicts of interest.
Nine senior officers led a partial coup in South Vietnam seizing most combat units and toppling the national council. They refused U S warnings to free at least 22 arrested political figures and met with U S Ambassador Taylor to discuss the crisis. Twelve relatives reported arrests.
Two area residents died in separate traffic accidents on Sunday. Jose Antonio Banda, 50, was struck while rolling a spare tire near Plainview at 6:25 a.m., and Amelia R. Amador of Lockney perished in a one car rollover northeast of Petersburg about 5:45 p.m. The toll for 1964 reaches 139 on the South Plains.
Fifty seven miners were killed in an explosion at a coal mine near Cerro de Pasco, about 125 miles northeast of Lima, Peru, early Sunday.
Residents of Knapp Hall at Texas Tech donated 150 dolls to the Goodfellows for distribution to needy children at Christmas. Telephone company employees contributed 60 dolls for the same purpose, reflecting Lub bock's generous response to the appeal. The Chief Goodfellow expressed gratitude to both groups for their help.
President and Mrs. Johnson arrived at their ranch west of here for Christmas with daughter Luci and guests after a stop at Bergstrom Air Force Base. Budget Director Kermit Gordon accompanied them with material for the 1966 fiscal year. Cabinet members also joined the party as Johnson faces tough next year spending decisions.
A captioned sequence shows President Johnson approaching the helicopter on the White House grounds as two children Tony Woodward and his sister hold a brown wrapped note reading Merry Christmas Mr President and a Happy New Year. The excerpt recalls a prayer quote and tributes to a noble life.
A Roman centurion in Palestine recalls long service under Caesar and clashes with Jewish faith and zeal during Advent. The seventh of ten monologue pieces by G Ernest Lynch explores awe and mystery of the nativity through a seasoned military eye.
In Hialeah a 7-year-old boy driving the family car fatally injures his father Robert Brooks, 32, and his sister Debbie, 8, during a parking lot lesson. Mrs. Brooks escaped injury. Debbie died at Hialeah Hospital later. Police describe the crash as an accidental misapplication of the accelerator.
A powerful weather system brings sleet rain and heavy snow across the Northeast and mid Atlantic while the Midwest faces cold further hindering livestock rescues. More than 20 deaths blamed on weather with chaotic driving in major cities and scattered showers in Texas and the Gulf Coast.
Four of the 42 seamen aboard the 455-foot freighter SS Smith Voyager were drowned as it foundered in heavy seas 780 miles east-southeast of Bermuda. Two crewmen were missing and feared dead as rescuers faced high winds and 5 to 9 ft waves while craft from the Coast Guard Air Force and merchant ships assisted. The Voyager’s captain and third mate remained aboard as a German freighter, Mathilde Bolten, rescued 34 crew members. authorities said the ship’s No 4 hold cracked and main steam joint failed.
Russ Olson of Owm an North Dakota endowed with a 2400 acre ranch reports losses from last week’s blizzard totalling about 25 000 dollars after burying 160 cattle and calves. Olson describes the storm as the worst in 40 years and recalls driving to Scranton for barley pellets before whiteout conditions halted progress. His son and daughter traveled to meet him as officials note extensive livestock losses in the region.
A weather map note for Lubbock and vicinity reports clear to partly cloudy skies with mild conditions through Tuesday. Daytime highs near 60s and overnight lows around 25 degrees.
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