West Coast Flood Crisis Deepens Across States
As the Willamette River rose in Oregon and floods spread from California to Idaho, thousands evacuated. widespread bridge collapses and rail disruption stranded travelers while federal aid and airlifts began to move food and supplies to hard hit communities. Governor Hatfield and peers mobilized National Guardsmen to evacuate and build defenses.
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Idaho
Oregon
Willamette
Salem
Keizer
California
Hatfield
Edmund G. Brown
Robert E. Smylie
Air Force
Pacific Airlines
Eureka
Calif
San Francisco
Redwood Empire
Willamette River
Yuba City
Yuba
Feather
Eel
U.S. Highway 101
Brown
National Guard
Weiser
Nevada
Reno
Truckee
Montana
Washington
Arlington
Ore
Sierra
Oegon
Boise
Cascade
Idaho City
Redding
Portland
Roosevelt
Wash
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
Guerneville Faces Christmas Flood After River Rises
Guerneville California endures a Christmas flood as the Russian River floods the town. About 400 residents evacuate by boat and shelters open at Red Cross centers. Families cling to salvaged gifts and plan simple meals with aid, while the town of 1000 homes is accessible only by boat.
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Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Portland
Oregon
Cascade Mountains
Guerneville
Calif
Russian River
Clarence E. Swartz
Catherine
Richard
Tony Banderas
Ben Banderas
Gary
Jay
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Local births announced from area families at Methodist Hospital
A series of birth notices record newborns across multiple families. Fathers include a Texas Tech student, a cook, an engineer, a farm laborer, and several workers at Lauf Clinic and other local employers. Births occurred Wednesday and Tuesday with weights ranging from 4 to 10 pounds 4 ounces.
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Charles EK. Shaw
12Th St
Methodist Hospital
Texas Tech
Joe Ortiz
Bates
Town House
Ronnie Bouchler
Post
Cleo Hood
Petersburg
Laut Clinic
Billy Lawson
Lorenzo
Lauf Clinic
Bucks Irrigation Co
Jose Ramirez
Lauf ‘Clinic
Panhandle Construction Co
Floyd Nicholson
Ave. 1
Gayley and Knox Construction Co
Charles Davis
Ave. D
Laut Clnic
Apbm Steel
Robert Elmer Briggs
E. Baytor
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Thomas Elmore Bragg Jr
3Und St
Peerless Products Inc
John J. Phillips
Galveston
West Texarx Hospital
James Edgar Parker
E. Baylor
West Texas Hospital
Bigham Gun Supply Co
Travis L. Howard
40Th St
Robert Cook
30Th St
Gibson Discount Center
Freddie Bell
Plainview
Halfway Farm Chemical Co
Saigon tension rises as Khanh confronts Taylor over aid and council
In Saigon observers read Khanh as seeking Buddhist support against Taylor. Khanh reportedly urged young generals to end American backed attempts to restore the suspended high national council. The United States pours about 1.5 million dollars daily into the Vietnam War effort.
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Viet Nam
Saigon
Khanh
Taylor
Washington
High National Council
United States
Plane crash injures two Lubbock men in grain field
Two Lubbock men Claude Gray and Gerald Gregory were injured when a Ryan PT-22 nose-dived into a grain field southeast of Lubbock late Thursday afternoon. They were returning from a business trip to Sweetwater.
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Lubbock
Claude Gray
Gerald Gregory
Sweetwater
Wise Men Adore Christ After Star Led to Bethlehem
A Magi recounts travel from far lands to a Bethlehem stable where Herod questions them, then the holy scene unfolds. They kneel before the baby, present gifts, and vow to follow Christ as light remains their guide. The narrative ends with a pledge to adore Him.
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Bethlehem
Herod
Light
God
Gaspard
Orient
Melchior
Balthasar
Christ
Goodfellows Benefit Grows as Local Donations Top Funds
A $10 letter gift and a $1,000 contribution from the Lubbock Independent Automobile Dealers Assn push the Goodfellows fund total to 7,507.94. The drive supports 8,000 underprivileged children ages 14 and younger, who will receive toys candy fruit and nuts. Volunteers will begin distribution at 5 a.m. Friday Christmas morning.
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Goodfellows
Lubbock
Goodfellow Funi
Goodfellow
Lubbock Independent Automobile Dealers Assn
Two Injured in One Car Turnover at Loop 289
A two vehicle one car rollover near Loop 289 at North College Ave left driver Frankie Lynn Grayson, 22, and passenger Freda Irby, age not stated, injured. Both were transported to West Texas Hospital with undetermined conditions late Wednesday.
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Loop
North College Ave
Frankie Lynn Grayson
Broadway
Apt. 4
Freda Irby
E. Jarvis
West Texas Hospital
Queen Elizabeth Plans Christmas Message From Windsor
The queen leaves Buckingham Palace with 30 family members for Windsor Castle to deliver a Christmas Day address on peace and goodwill. Meanwhile in Dallas Texas the first family will celebrate Christmas together as in past years.
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London
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Windsor Castle
Thames
Need City
Tex
Fog Sets Record Streak in El Paso as Texas Blooms
Dense fog shrouded El Paso for the fifth straight day to begin the morning, the longest stretch since record keeping began in 1879. The Weather Bureau noted the record, with earlier benchmarks 1944 and 1961. Elsewhere Texas saw clear to partly cloudy skies and highs from 66 to 85 degrees.
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Permian Basin
el Paso
Weather Bureau
E Paso
Laredo
Rio Grande
GE Wins $5 Million Air Force Jet Engine Contract
GetsaF contract in Schenectady New York reports General Electric Co obtained a five million dollar Air Force contract to improve 379 turbo jet aircraft engines with project scope and allocation details.
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Getsaf
Schenectady, N.Y
UPI
General Electric Co
Air Force
Funeral Home Fire Damages Pampa Ambulatory Service
A gasoline tank exploded in a parked ambulance at the Duenke Sarmichael Funeral Home in Pampa Texas. Flames gutted two ambulances damaged offices embalming room and a residence block. No injuries reported. Herman Wheatley aided by removing two coffins. Damages estimated at 70 000 to 100 000.
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Duenke Sarmichael Funeral Home
Herman Wheatley
Funeral Home
Pampa
Panhandle i
Texas
Christmas Eve Services Planned Across Local Churches
Yale Services report a range of Christmas Eve events from First Presbyterian to St. Stephen’s Episcopal. Services include candlelight rites, Holy Communion, choral and instrumental offerings, and a live Nativity at St. Stephen’s. Churches across the city mark Christmas Day with services and Special programs.
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Paul M. Bumpers
First Presbyterian Church
14Th St
Andrew Jumper
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
16Th St
Ave. X
Lubbock View Christian Church
34Th St
Roy Ford
Doug Ford
Joseph A. Kelly
E. D. Clements
Sweet Little Jesus Boy
Max Wiser
Shepherd King Lutheran Church
18Th St
W. E. Warren
Art
T. C. Lee
Franz Gruber
Gustav Holst
Christ the King Catholic Church
54Th St
Christ the King School
James E. Fitzgerald
Thomas McGovern
Tito Sammut
St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church
Main St
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Ascension Lutheran Church
50Th St
Lutheran League
Bill Alert Jr
Tist St
Oakwood Methodist Church
58Th St
St. John's Methodist Church
15Th St
College Ave
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
11Th St
Slide Rd
Central Texas counties urge reforms and central authority
An analysis advocates a workable county home rule charter with a county manager and stronger oversight of elected officials. Proposals include reforming private legal practice, tightening hot check laws, consolidating accounting functions, redistricting for population balance, and stricter JP and treasurer duties to ensure accountability and proper budgeting.
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Central Authority
Texas
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C. R. Byers
Oxford
Southwestern Bell Teleiphone Co
Mee
Star
BethIlehem
Yale
Au Maan Hs
General Accounting Office
Midland County
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Supreme Court
Full of
Thorns
Jps
Justices of the Peace
Daniel Webster
U.S. Senate
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