Young Airman Dies In Flaming South Plains Crash
2nd Lt. Earl Raymond Benedick 23 of Great Falls Mont was killed when his 1956 Chevrolet station wagon struck a culvert and rolled near Lubbock. He left Randolph AFB San Antonio around the start of the Death Watch. The crash raised the South Plains toll to 126, just five from the all time record. The Death Watch runs through Jan 1 as DPS patrols vow strict enforcement to curb holiday fatalities.
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Bill Wilkerson
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Air Force
Earl Raymond Benedick
Great Falls
Mont
South Plains
Reese Afb
Benedick
Randolph Afb
San Antonio
Texas Highway Patrol
Tohoka Highway
Department of Public Safety
R. A. Crowder
DPS
Woodrow
Reds Scorn NATO Bid For Talks
Soviet leaders challenged the West with a no war pact call and urged an international disarmament conference while deriding NATO plans for a foreign ministers meeting. Western leaders expressed disappointment as Moscow rejected the Paris NATO conference approach.
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NATO
Moscow
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
United Nations
Gromyko i Khrushchev
Gromyko
Nation's Heart Opens To Boy
Two men knocked on the rickety door of a two room house occupied by Mrs Lonnie Ledbetter and showed her the paper with a picture of her son Charles age 3. They gave her $35 and explained the image appeared in The Nashville Tennessean, used to illustrate a local Christmas charity. The boy’s father is in prison.
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Associated Nashville, Tenn
Lonnie Ledbetter
Nashville Tennessean
Winter Day Mild Across South Plains and Texas
Winter day arrives mild with fair skies across the South Plains and Texas as winter’s official debut nears. Rain and snow affect parts of the nation but most weather remains fair. Forecasters expect a cooling trend by Christmas Day with no white Christmas anticipated. Meanwhile Ramapo River floods Oakland New Jersey prompting evacuations as heavy rains and winds move eastward.
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South Plains
Texas
United Press
Ramapo
Oakland
N.J
Mid
South Atlantic
New England
Hartford
Conn
Mt. Washington
New Hampshire
First Christmas Scene Tops Lighting Contest Wins
A three-part exterior scene depicting the first Christmas won the top prize in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Home Christmas Lighting Contest. Mrs. H. E. Gravestock’s entry at 2020 44th St. led 12 winners across exterior window and doorway divisions judged from 103 entries.
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Opal Dixon
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
H. E. Gravestock
44Th St
A. C. Isham
Mary
Jesus
James S. Irwin
Sandra
Lynn
Jamie
Lubbock
Parare
Avalanche- Journal
Mth
Waddle family prepares for first child as McClain studies gift
The scene shows infant clothing and a stork figurine in a selection display as Waddle and his wife Carolyn anticipate a baby. Mary Jo McClain, 17, at 3407 27th St., pores over men’s wear gift options in a staff photo moment.
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Stork
Waddle
Carolyn
Mary Jo McClain
27Th St
One Killed Twenty Injured in Hayride Auto Crash
A car struck a wagonload of youths on a hayride near Converse on the Seguin road east of San Antonio. One man, Joe A. Martinez, 23, died and at least twenty others were injured as every available ambulance was dispatched to the scene.
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San Antonio
Seguin Road
Converse
Joe A. Martinez
Goodfellows Drive Nears End in 1957 Campaign
The Lubbock Goodfellows aim to raise 3000 dollars for the 1957 drive with contributions reaching 2985.24 by Saturday. This marks their first fundraising effort since 1950 and volunteers are still sought to reach the goal.
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Goodfellow
Lubbock Goodfellows
The
Goodfellows
Claims Denied In City Second Mortgage Situation
Rep Albert Raines says tight money policies have dried up low down payment loans and pushed buyers into second trust financing. He cites FHA and VA loan fund constrictions and warns Congress may act. Local lenders in Lubbock dispute the claims, saying second mortgages are not more common here.
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United Press
Ashington
Albert Raines
Ala
Los Angeles
Jacksonville
Fla
Milwaukee
Spokane
Lubbock
Tex
Mississippi
Raines
House
Congress
Rts
Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration
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