Army officers and airman receive specialty training and assignments
Local area servicemen advance with Army orientation and aviation training. 2nd Lt Bow man completes the Provost Marshal General course at Fort Gordon while Airman Billie Slaughter joins aircraft maintenance training at Chanute AFB. Seaman apprentice Donny Blanton returns home on Christmas leave from the Naval Training Center in San Diego.
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Billie EK. Slaughter
Rober Slaughter
Stir Rt. Oep
U.S. Air Fores
Chanute Afb
Donny Ge Blanton
Seaman Apprentier
Soa Cafe
Bob Blanton
Racho Schooboat
Naval
San Diego
Oa An
White Seeks Re election As Texas Agriculture Commissioner
Texas Agriculture Commissioner John White, in office since 1950, announces he will seek another term. The 37 year old vows a platform of self determination for farmers and ranchers and to lead with a new approach to agricultural policy. White, elected at 25, was Life Magazine’s one of ten outstanding young men that year.
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Austin
UPD
John White
White
Texas
Life Magazine
United States
Early scholars on clay tablets show ancient math learning
Fragmentary text references mathematical problems on clay tablets near Baghdad and mentions Euclid style lessons. It also cites a training center in Albuquerque and a recruitment station, with dates linked to 1962. The garbled lines blend historical math with modern places and events.
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Bagdad
Iraq
Nis
Nunin
Tokyo
Den
Albuquerque
Seaman Blaster
Lubbock
Euclid
Organized Effort Helps 954 Lubbock Families at Christmas
The Christmas Clearance Bureau of the Community Planning Council aided 5,733 people through cooperating agencies and organizations. Churches schools and individuals sponsored 137 families while the Salvation Army and Toys for Tots distributed food vouchers gifts and toys. The Marine Corps Reserve Jaycees and Volunteer Bureau supported toy drives and clerical help to ensure none are forgotten and to prevent duplication in Christmas giving.
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Lubbock
Community Planing Council
Salvation Army
Marine Corps Reserve
The
Jaycees
Marion Sanford
Community Planning Council
Man Dies From Burns After Gas Well Fire
Aubrey Teal, 43, died at Brooke Army Medical Center from burns suffered when he tried to stop a gas flow at a burning well near Yorktown on Christmas Day.
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San Antonio
Aubrey Teal
Brooke Army Medical Center
Yorktown
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