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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1962
Page
4
AP Wirephoto depicts a shipless harbor as longshoremen strike halts Atlantic and Gulf coast shipping. New York skyline rises behind an empty harbor with the Hudson River visible, illustrating the scale of the waterfront disruption.
Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover urged Congress to enshrine his nuclear fleet training and selection program in law to protect the Navy project. He warned that without legal protection the program could be dismantled as he faced mandatory retirement in 1964 and friction with other defense officials continued. Rickover testified publicly before the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee during a shake down cruise near Guantanamo Bay. He noted instances of discrimination against younger officers entering the nuclear field and urged continuity of his joint AEC Navy organization overseeing nuclear reactors and training.
In Palo Alto California a doctor used a steak knife on a three month old boy on a kitchen table to massage his heart after the baby stopped breathing for about six minutes. The infant Orian Merler was revived en route to Palo Alto Stanford Hospital with a tube in the trachea for breathing.
Comedian Bob Hope and his tour sang Jingle Bells for North Korean guards at Panmunjom. He offered to stand nose to nose with two guards but they turned their backs. The group then performed a Christmas Day show near the First Cavalry Division HQ, 11 miles south, with Lana Turner Jerry Colonna Anita Bryant and the Les Brown band aboard.
Negotiations resume as nine papers remain shut, marking the longest New York strike. Printers from Local 6 of the International Typographical Union protest outside four plants amid cold snow. Publishers seek wage offers while workers push for a $38 weekly package.
Miguel Martinez, 34, of 221 North Avenue Q, was shot in the right arm and shoulder at about 8 30 p m Tuesday at 703 Avenue F A .22 caliber pistol was used Martinez received treatment at Methodist Hospital earlier this year and the incident prompted police inquiry into the shooter and motive.
New members of the House will attend bi partisan orientation seminars in mid January to learn how the chamber operates. The program, revived with academic backing, covers House rules, floor procedure, and how to be an effective member with insights from senior members and staff.
In Cedar Grove New Jersey Joseph Butler hires a Santa for his skeptical six year old son Danny. A second neighbor masquerades as Santa causing double gifts and confusion. Danny wakes Christmas morning declaring Santa is real. Police search for a suspect who hid nearby.
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