Winter Storm Ties Up Texas and East Coast
Snow and cold grip several states as a winter storm stalls traffic in New York Boston Philadelphia and Washington. Heavy snow inches fall crippling travel with power lines down and highways slick while California Texas Oklahoma report high winds and wrecks. Deaths noted from icy crashes and weather related incidents including a fire tragedy in Quebec.
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Peese International
con-Weather Bureau
East
New York
Idlewild
Guardia Fields
LaGuardia
Mwoltions
Texas
Lubbock
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
New Jersey
Connecticut
Washington, D.C
California
Waco
State Highway Patrol
Oklahoma
Taunton Mass
Mill River
Tacolle
Que
Vermont
Kennedy explores roving ambassador idea after Fulbright talks
President elect John F Kennedy said he is seriously considering naming an ambassador at large to strengthen ties with emerging nations replacing some chiefs of state visits. He and Fulbright discussed long term economic aid, Landis reforms, and Roosa’s Treasury post as undersecretary for monetary affairs.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Alm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Harriman Post
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
England
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Harriman
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
James M. Landis
Landis
Robert V. Roosa
Treasury Department
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Roosa
Treasury
JFK
Temperature Sticks At Low Readings In City
At the Lubbock Weather station the temperature varied by only one degree over 21 hours ending at 6 am Thursday. Observers reported 30 degrees for 21 of the hours, rising to 31 at noon Wednesday and dropping to 20 before edging to 31 again by Thursday morning.
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Lubbock
Wreck near Puyallup stalls Rose Bowl travelers
A nine car Northern Pacific passenger train derailed near Puyallup Washington injuring twelve and killing one as 500 aboard headed from Seattle to Portland to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl. A Los Angeles couple Jennie and Stewart Freedman were among the injured.
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Latcille Stewart
Northern Pacific
Rose Bowl
Littlefield
Tex
Puyallup
Wash
Associated Presyy Syallup
Pasadena
Calif
Seattle
Portland
Ore
Good Samaritan Hospital
Jennie Freedman
Stewart Freedman
Los Angeles
Lucille Stewart
Minnesota
Washington
Cucamonga
Second in 12 hours probe pushed in 300 robbery
Detectives probed a Carpet City store robbery at 2828 34th St in which two Black men forced the assistant manager into an alley and escaped with about 300 dollars. Eldon Howland, 48, was charged with robbery by firearms in a separate downtown hijacking of a cashier at Piccadilly Cafeteria around 8 p.m. Wednesday. The Carpet City victim Alton Stanford, 33, recalled being locked in the alley and unable to see the suspects’ arrival or departure as they searched for a radio. The incident followed another robbery in the city within 12 hours.
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Carpet City
34Th St
Eldon
Mick) Howland
Piccadilly Cafteria
Lubbock
Alton Stanford
F. Ist Ph
Anfond
Stanford
Matskevich shifted to virgin lands district in Kazakhstan
Moscow AP reports Vladimir Matskevich, former Soviet agriculture minister, moved to head a newly created virgin lands district in northern Kazakhstan. Criticized by leading papers, the shake up follows poorer crops blamed partly on mismanagement and bad weather as Khrushchev pushes for centralized administration in the region.
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Moscow
Vladimir V. Matskevich
Kazakhstan
Matskevich
Khruschev
Cuban Labor Group Initiates Nationwide Purge
The Communist dominated Confederation of Labor begins a purge of its ranks to crush mounting saboteurs. A nine man committee is named to replace ousted chiefs of the Electrical Workers Union as authorities announce a black list and a national election to be held soon for workers deemed traitorous.
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Havana
UPD
Confederation of Labor
Cro
Warsaw
Polan
Electrical Workers Union
Iber
Bremond School Row: Nuns as Teachers Stirs Religion Case
The Texas Education Commissioner ruled Bremond Public School May violate church state separation by using nuns as teachers in a building leased from St Marys Catholic Church. Commissioner J W Edgar said he cannot order changes and called the matter for legislature or courts. Six of 17 protesters may appeal the ruling. suit originally filed in March 1969 by religious figures and taxpayers. The Bremond district agreed to lease the church building for a dollar a year, drawing local controversy in Bremond Texas.
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Lee Jones Astin
Bremond
J. W. Edgar
Edgar
St. Mary's
St Mary's Cathfolic Church
Texas
Austin
E. James
Baptist Standard
Wesley V. Hite
Dall Ill
Earl McIntyre Jr
Year in review previews busy year ahead for readers
A year end review in the Avalanche Journal highlights a busy year with tornado damage in Sunnyside and a strong election turnout. The piece also promises a complete stock market report and a Look Ahead section, urging readers to obtain extra copies via Circulation.
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Sunnyside
Avalanche-Journal
FBI Charges Former Pentagon Worker with Stealing Top Secret Documents
Arthur Roddey, 38, formerly with the Defense Department, faced charges of making false statements and stealing about 200 top secret papers from the Weapons Evaluations Group. He was arrested in Columbia, released on 15,000 bail, and plans to take the documents to the National Security Council. prosecutors say not an espionage case. The grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, is expected to consider indictments within 10 days. The documents are described as highly classified.
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Robert McHugh
Olumbia
D.C
FBI
Pentagon
Defense Department
Arthur Rogers Roddey
University of South Carolina
Src
Jence
Hel Jwaived
Virginia
Roddey
of Defense
Ais
U.S
Henry Kirkland
National Security Council
Joseph S. Bambacus
Bambvens
Alexandria
Belgium Ring Returns a B Editorials
Radio TV programs and market reports are listed in the newspaper index with sections for editorials, sports scores, and a note about a living creature tied to a mineral theme.
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Belgium
Coluy Fage
Mineral Kingdom
Vice Probe in Jefferson County Faces Dilated Charges
Beaumont area probe into gambling prostitution and narcotics alleges Rep. Tom James of Dallas distorted a photo. grand jury criticized him in a final report to Judge Owen M. Lard. James plans to study Port Arthur business records, including Maritime Guard, Inc. ownership by Port Arthur officials.
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United Hees /BAUMONT- Ts
Jefferson
Tom James
James
Dallas
House
Jefferson County
Owen M. Lard
Texas
Port Arthur
G. B. Douglas
Douglas
Chuide Goldsmith Jr
Maritime Guard, Inc
Maritime Guard
Sagents
Department of Public Safety
Angers
VICE
Weather Map Forecast for Lubbock and Nearby
Weather map notes cloudy to partly clear tonight with morning low around 20 degrees. Afternoon warming to near 30 degrees with light southerly winds around 10 to 15 miles per hour.
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Lubbock
Charly
Mississippi Coed Linda Lackey Captures Maid of Cotton
Linda Joy Lackey of Forest, Mississippi, a University of Mississippi sophomore, was named the WL Maid of Cotton in Memphis. She edged Cotton Belt entrants and will travel to New York for modeling and wardrobe polishing. First alternate was Gray of Deming, NM. second alternate Wienkevik of Texas Tech.
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Cotton Maid
Linda Joy Lackey
Forest
Miss
Center
Memphis
Yeun
Joan Wienke
Lubbock
Nancy Sue Gray
Deming
N.M
Jveemphis
University of Mississippi
Linda
Favitas Trom
Autiterney
Gray
Elides
Joan Wienkevick
Texas Tech
Carol Williams
Raleigh
Lenin Jane” Robind
Leo Denne
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Si Jentist
Jodrell Bank Radio Observatory
Cheshire
Valerie Boughey
Young
Ted
Landis Charting Agency Reforms
Luck
Kfyo Avalanche-Journal Staties
Texas School
Yale
Bortley
Ball
Chuck
Vac
Hoddey
Odie
News Index
Jury Flalls Prober
Beaumont
Ississippi
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