Abductors Named After Kidnapping of Girl
Police traced a ransom plot as a suitcase with 25 000 in marked twenties was left near Coral Park Shopping Center. The Mackle family faced a failed handover attempt when officers intercepted suspects dragging the cash toward a car by Biscayne Bay. Authorities reported the kidnappers renewed contact by issuing a plea to the missing girl’s family.
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Coral Park
97Th Avenue
Tamiami Trail
Mackles
Coral Gables
Robert Mackle
Biscayne Bay
Kidneners
Gary Steve Krist
Ruth Eisemann Schier
Hoover
Massachusetts
George D. Deacon
Krist
University of Miami Institute of Marine Science
Institute of Marine Science
Aberdeen
Wash
Miami
FBI
Miss Schlery
Mackle
New Trial Ruling Expected On Brown Plea
Court was to rule on a motion for a new trial for Brown after a controversial verdict. Jurors weighed punishment and innocence with notes from deliberations indicating initial counts of guilty and not guilty. If denied, Brown faces sentencing and possible appeal while memories of the October trial linger.
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Callaghan
Brown
Alton R. Griffin
George E. Gilkerson
Travis Shelton
Ward
Hope Tour Girls Visit Tokyo War Hospitals
A Hope Tour contingent travels from Burbank to Tokyo via Midway Island, visiting U.S. military hospitals. The reporters and nurses describe emotional reactions from the young women as they meet wounded GIs, with quotes reflecting gratitude, awe, and the sense of growing up through service.
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Burbank
Tokyo
Midway Island
U.S
Tokyo Hilton
Kathy Brime
Miami
Fla
Lynn Steiner
Portland
Ore
Debbi McFarland
del Monte
Calif
Audie Murphy
Latrine
Brenda Powell
Claremont
N. H
Apollo 8 Flight Set for Christmas Moon Orbit Mission
Astronauts Lovell Anders receive NASA approval for Saturn 5 launch to lunar orbit after Earth ascent and three hour burn. The crew plans multiple lunar orbits, navigation tests, and photography before a six day mission ends with Pacific Ocean recovery near Christmas Island.
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Moon
William A. Anders
James A. Lovell Jr
Frank Borman
Earth
Lunar
Pities
Anders
Lovell
Pacific Ocean
Christmas Island
Rocceon A. Petrone
Winter storm brings snow and rain across South Plains
Frigid conditions sent up to five inches of snow in six hours with 60 percent odds of measurable snow across eight South Plains counties. Lubbock and panhandle areas faced rain snow mix and freezing temperatures as storm systems shift winds northward.
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South Plains
Weather Bureau
Palmer
Castro
Swisher
Briscoe
Bailey
Lamb
Hale
Floyd
Lubbock
Panhandle
Dallas-Fort Worth
Texas
Dalhart
Brownsville
Chama
New, Mexico
Albuquerque
Blanding
Utah
Casper
Wyo
Portland
Ore
Cape Blanco
Paradise Ranger Station
Washington
Oregon
California
Lake Tanglewood Purchase Spurs Panhandle Resort Plan
David C G Casey former Lubbock mayor buys Lake Yanglewood Inc assets covering 1400 acres near Amarillo with a lake golf course 150 homes and a house. Casey and Lake Shores Inc say immediate renovations will include a new main cafe road improvements and general projects to make Lake Tanglewood a premier Panhandle resort. Casey also led the Downtown Lubbock Rotary Club and heads the Texas Tech Eis students association.
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Amarillo
David CG. Casey
Lubbock
Lake Yanglewood, Inc
Palo Duro Canyon
Casey
Lake Shores, Inc
Causey
Lake Tanglewood
Panhandle
Texas Tech Eis-students Association
Births Reported at Methodist Hospital Amid Names and Occupations
A series of birth notices lists couples from 2641 Ed. Bayior to 2714 on bath with children born Thursday at Methodist Hospital. Fathers’ occupations include Underwood’s Frozen Foods Travelers Insurance City of Ladbroek Baldridge Bakery and Carver’s Boiler Works. Mothers and homes span West Texas and Lubbock areas with weights given in pounds and ounces.
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Percy Phen
Bayior
Werthing
Methodist Hospital
Underwood
Gerald Winter
Atth St
Pont
Travelers Insurance
K Ler Pickens
West Pestis Hospital
Marvin Lee Kaate
West Texas Hospital
Ladbroek
Daft
Carver's Boiler Works
Flight repairs force hourly gas bleed adjustment
The crew must bleed gas bubbles from the system about once every hour in flight rather than every seven hours as initially planned, due to an unresolved issue.
Goodfellow Christmas Aid Drives Gift Packages in Lubbock
The Goodfellows program in Lubbock, run since 1935, seeks donations to help needy children four dollars and under receive candy nuts fruit and toys on Christmas morning. Call POR-4806 for details or mail to Chief Goodfellow in care of The Avalanche Journal.
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POR-4806
Shodl
Chief Goodfellow
Avalanche- Journal
Lubbock
Goodfellow
Goodfellows
Generous
Plane Crash Kills Two At Conroe Airport
A single engine Cessna 150 crashed between two unlighted runways at Montgomery County Airport in rain, killing pilot Thomas F.E. Embry of Texas City and passenger C. M. Johnson of Canroe. Airport official James L. Oliver cited nonfunctional runway lights and FAA guidance to avoid night landings. Embry was attempting to land when the accident occurred.
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Conroe
Tex
Montgomery County
Thomas FE. Embry
Texas City
C. M. Johnson
Canroe
James L. Oliver
Federal Aviation Agency
Embry
Nixon names Yost U.N. envoy in surprise career move
President elect announces career diplomat Norman H. Yost as United Nations ambassador. Yost, native of Water town New York, has held posts in Laos Syria Morocco and Paris and will join NSC and cabinet briefings on U.N. matters. He plans to focus on developing nations and third world peace efforts amid Middle East concerns.
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Nixon
Yost
U.N
National Security Council
Cabinet
J. R Virgins
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
United Nation
Middle East
Security Council
Vietnam
Charles de Gaulle
Watertown
N.Y
Foreign Service
Princeton
San Francisco
U.S
U.N. General Assembly
State Department
Astern European Affairs
Laos
Syria
Morocco
Paris
Council On Foreign Relations
Final Day Promise For Lubbock Toys Distribution
The Lubbock Jaycees and 2418 Santas hosted the second night of Toys for Tots. By 9 p.m. all Santas had received toys and over 2,200 children benefited in two nights. Don Parks said Saturday’s final day should be equally rewarding as supplies hold up.
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Lubbock Jaycees
Jaycees
Don Parks
Lubbock
Parks
U S Jets Hit North Vietnam Gun Battery Amid Tension
U S spokesmen said planes bombed a North Vietnam antiaircraft battery after it fired on escorting Phantoms during a photo reconnaissance mission west of Dong Hoi. The strike followed by hours the ongoing bombing halt with smoke obscuring damage. In Laos, bombers reportedly created a lake blocking part of the Ho Chi Minh trail. In Saigon, Thieu met Ellsworth Bunker amid talk of a possible Viet Cong prisoner release on Christmas Day.
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Saigon
U.S
Dong Hoi
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
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Interstate Secure Des Co
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