White Christmas Drizzles Snow Across Large U S
A major snowstorm blanketed the eastern half of the United States on Christmas Eve, with record cold in Texas and Virginia. Schools and travel disrupted as snow spread from the south-central states to New England, stranding travelers and closing air and road routes.
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Visit With GI's At War In Southeast Asia
Bob Hope comments from Vietnam and explains American involvement as defending the free world. He argues no nation is an island and larger powers must aid smaller ones when aggressors threaten. He frames U.S. help as responsibility rather than conquest, addressing readers with his Wing view from the war zone.
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Christmas Day Observances Darken Lubbock Scene
Christmas services dinners and family gatherings mark the day in Lubbock and the South Plains. Police report light traffic and few accidents while Goodfellows aid thousands of children and inmates dine on turkey meals. Many stores and offices close until Tuesday.
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Indonesian ex Air Force chief Omar Dhani sentenced to death
An Indonesian military tribunal on Sunday sentenced Omar Dhani former Air Force chief to death for involvement in last year’s coup attempt.
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Jimmy Wins Battle Home for Christmas After Kidney Transplant
Levelland family welcomes 2 year old Jimmy Gordon home from Salt Lake City where he recovered from a kidney transplant donated by his father Gordon. At Lubbock airport he arrived to a crowd of more than 30 relatives and friends as Christmas day neared.
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Christmas reflections from Lubbock readers
The church note closes with a prayer asking that the spirit of the Christ child live in hearts today, signed by The Rev. Morris Sheats of Lubbock. The text hints at a family moment when a son Jimmy sees his father and his 10 month old daughter after months, with reference to CHRISTMAS on Page 8.
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Two West Texas servicemen die in Vietnam action
Marine Cpl. Ray B. DeBusk Jr. of Odessa and Army Pfc. Luis Nieto Olmos of Lubbock were killed in Da Nang area combat less than a month after arriving in Vietnam. DeBusk, 20, a Monterey High School graduate, was on his second patrol. Nieto Olmos, 22, resided at 1114 Dist Street in Lubbock.
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Stilled Guns Held Ready
A brief, reflective dispatch notes Christmastime brought calm as travelers near their destinations on Christmas Eve. The text emphasizes rest for pilgrims and the general mood of unity across Christendom.
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Pilgrims Gather in Nazareth and Bethlehem As Berlin Holds Candles
Early today about 4000 pilgrims gathered in Nazareth where Jesus spent his childhood and thousands more visited Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity. In divided Berlin residents lit candles in the west for relatives in the east.
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Goodfellows Finish Huge Yule Task
The Lubbock Goodfellows plan to serve over 12 000 needy children in an annual Christmas gifts program. Chief Goodfellow thanked anonymous workers and donors while noting a final contributor list will be published soon.
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Russian Space Station Luna 13 Soft Lands on Moon
Tass reported Luna 13 achieved a soft landing on the moon after an 80 hour flight from Earth. It marks the USSR as the first nation with two lunar soft landings, following Luna 9 and alongside earlier U.S. Surveyor missions and planned Surveyor 3 launch.
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Americans Return Fire as Truce in Vietnam Falls Apart
Communist troops attacked U S Marines 20 miles south of Da Nang as a 48 hour Christmas truce broke down. Two Marine companies faced heavy Viet Cong fire near Thu Bon Son River with light American casualties. Other clashes occurred near Pleiku as outposts returned fire and Viet Cong casualties were reported.
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The Weather The Weather Weather Map Page 5 A
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