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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1967
Page
1
A caller reported seeing a flying object described as a sleigh with a small man in fur on a snowy lawn and roof at midnight. The UFO desk later attributed the sighting to swamp gas, per official manual guidance.
President Johnson reports his 27 000 mile journey to Australia Thailand Vietnam Pakistan Rome and back to Washington He calls for peace in Vietnam and appeals for humane prison camp conditions and communication rights For Christmas he attends mass with the First Lady and presents a gracious White House broadcast from the briefing room.
The AP reports a fragile Christmas as fights continue in Vietnam despite a truce. Israeli troops guard Bethlehem against Arab saboteurs while Pope Paul VI receives demonstrators in St. Peter’s Square. U.S. troops in Korea and Vietnam plan holiday meals and charity for locals as tension persists along the Cold War divides.
Chief Goodfellow and volunteers delivered gift packages to 9000 underprivileged children in Lubbock city limits. Late donations helped meet a $1 per package goal, with final contributor tallies to be published in The Avalanche-Journal.
Dewey Darden of 2415 47th St. died at 7:40 a.m. in Methodist Hospital raising Lubbock County’s traffic deaths to 49 and the city’s to 32 for 1967. National figures show peak holiday travel with 486 deaths by Sunday midnight and a projected 625 to 725 fatalities across the holiday period.
Today's Prayer expresses thanks to God and asks for help to remember others in thought and deed. The note credits a Lubbock Reader and carries an editor's marginal note about a pog request.
Charitable volunteers helped distribute gifts to about 9 000 Lubbock children as Goodfellows teams began their work at 5 a m. Stores stayed open for last minute shoppers Sunday as preparations for Christmas continued.
Fordham University seismograph logged two shocks Sunday afternoon indicating a moderately heavy earthquake in the Caribbean near the Virgin Islands. Earlier readings placed the quake off Mexico, with later data positioning it farther east at sea. A separate quake was reported later in the unpopulated Solomon Islands.
The Will Rogers statue on the Texas Tech campus faced controversy over its orientation toward the audience. Experts proposed angling it 20 degrees north of due west, ending a two year dispute. The idea arose from campus debates and historical ties to Rogers, who donated toward a band trip in 1926.
The Atomic Energy Commission said Red China detonated a small atmospheric device at Lop Nor in Sinkiang on Christmas Eve. President Johnson was miles south on a world tour, with officials calling the timing likely a coincidence. China has conducted seven nuclear tests since 1964, the latest a modest 20 kilotons, with delivery method undisclosed.
A city police desk note describes a quiet Sunday night in Lubbock with a humorous verse about Christmas calm for criminals. The spoof portrays thieves postponing holdups and shoplifting, and notes a festive atmosphere as Santa visits.
Chlorine gas leaking from a fire damaged chemical plant threatened Jacksonville's Riverside area late Sunday night. Fire Chief W A Jackson said police evacuated 50 to 60 homes as a precaution and families were taken to an emergency shelter at Robert E Lee High School.
Milwaukee police recovered a tethered lamb from a Christmas Nativity scene after it wandered off the First Church of God lawn. The animal was captured nine blocks away following a morning patrol through a residential area.
The forecast notes mostly cloudy skies in Lubbock and vicinity with cooler temperatures today and tonight. Highs in the mid 50s and lows around 20 degrees. North winds moderate to strong. Humidity about 78 percent with a low 18 percent. Precipitation and regional figures shown elsewhere on the page.
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