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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1964

Page

6

Post Sub Stations Stay Open While Main Post Office Closed

Hemphill reports that all U S Postal Service sub stations will operate through Saturday while the main Post Office remains closed. Readers are told to plan mail visits accordingly.

Change in the South as Race Integration Advancing

Mississippi and other Southern states show mixed progress toward integration in 1964 65 with signs and restrooms desegregated in Jackson and McComb. Civil rights violence arson bombs and 1965 testing plans frame a cautious shift amid political silence and evolving leadership.

Morriston Jackson Continental McComb Mississippi Tuskegee Ala Georgia State Senate South Allen Thompson Paul Johnson Ross Barnett Tilman C. Cothran Atlanta University

Appalachian Needy Receive Christmas Gifts From Americans

In Whitesburg Kentucky a father praises gifts sent by Americans from southern Ohio and other states to poverty stricken Appalachian families. Salvation Army coordinator Col Roy Barber says convoys of toys clothing and food are being distributed through local groups with teachers and pastors selecting eligible recipients. A loaded Detroit truck remained to be unloaded and would head to Hazard Kentucky, with more shipments expected Friday and Saturday from California. Barber notes the joyful reactions of children as they receive gifts for a memorable Christmas.

Whitesburg UPI Ohio Roy Barber New York Welfare Services The Salvation Army Col. Barber Hazard Cal Barber Santa California

Suspect Admits Slaying Wife in Christmas Morning Stabbing

A 45 year old Negro man told Lubbock police in a signed statement that he stabbed his wife during an argument at 1826 Ave A at about 3 50 am Christmas Day. Mrs Willie Mae Hervey 32 died at Methodist Hospital of a single chest stab wound. Her husband Edward Eugene Hervey of 1813 Ave B said they had not lived together for years and the stabbing occurred after an argument. He was found with her in his arms on the restaurant steps. Funeral services were pending late Friday at Sedberry Funeral Home.

Lubbock Ave. A Methodist Hospital Willie Mae Hervey Ave. B Edward Eugene Hervey Hervey Sedberry Funeral Home

Cairo Press Attacks U S as Shelepin Sees No Fear of War

Cairo papers joined anti American agitation as Soviet Deputy Premier Shelepin told Al Akhbar the United States pursues adventurism and fears no war. Sudanese official El Mahi backed Nasser and Congo rebels, saying the era of behind the scenes diplomacy has ended. The UAR pressed China aid and warned Washington with an imperialist charge amid Yemen Congo and Sudan links.

Cairo UPI Gamal Abdel Nasser United States U.S Alexander Shelepin Soviet Union Eltigani el Mahi Sudan Supreme Council Nasser el Mahi Port Middle East Shelepin al Akhbar United Arab Republic Kremlin Nikita S Khrushchev Sovie Union UAR China America Congo Sudan Yemen

Boy Receives Four Foot Indigo Snake For Christmas

William Fritz Jr., 12, awoke to a Christmas surprise when his father William Fritz Sr. the Wicomico County health officer, gave him a four foot long harmless blue indigo snake found in Milford Delaware.

Salisbury, Md William Fritz Jr Fritz Wicomico County Milford Del

Johnsons Celebrate Sentimental Christmas at LBJ Ranch

President and Mrs. Johnson spent Christmas Eve at the LBJ Ranch with gifts of old letters, Luci poems, and a century old sampler. The First Family attended St Barnabas Church in Fredericksburg with about 50 worshipers, sang carols, and asked prayers for California Oregon and Vietnam. Reporter frenzy followed, while Johnson joked about budget talks and his beagle Him stole the show. Dinner for about 20 featured turkey and traditional side dishes.

Johnsons Luci Johnson City Tex UPI Johnson Lynda St. Barnabas Episcopal Church Fredericksburg LBJ Jack Lang Ford Comfort Langford California Oregon Viet Nam Presi Roosevelt Paul Betz Washington

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Hemphill Robert Gordon Jackson Miss Deep South NAACP Charles Evers Greenwood Laurel Phila_delphia Athens United Nations Paris Ohio Valley Middle Atlantic Lower Lakes New England South Atlantic Gulf Coast Upper Lakes Central Plains Central Plateau Northern Rockies Pacific Northwest Hemphill’s Monterey Appalachian Needy Porarily Whitesburg Mountain Eagle Detroit, Mich Durban South Africa Shelepin Interviewed
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