Record toll rises in regional traffic crashes
Sunday traffic mishaps killed three men in Stanton Snyder and Hereford areas. George Lewis, 60, of Stanton died when his car hit a freight train at Stanton with his vehicle carried along the tracks. Morris C. Minton, 46, of Denver died in a two car collision one mile north of Hereford. James Hyson Huey, 79, of Snyder was struck by a Halliburton Co truck while walking on 37th Street in Snyder. Mortuary services set for Tuesday in Stanton with Masonic rites at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Raymond Knott
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St. Mary’s Street
John Murdock
Blizzard closes roads as 20 foot drifts stranding New England
A historic blizzard dumps drifts up to 20 feet across northern Maine and New Hampshire leaving at least 2,000 stranded in roadside restaurants and cars in subzero temperatures. Winds reach 75 mph as Maine mobilizes civil defense and Bangor endures near-record paralysis.
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Plenty of Spice Area News From 62 A-Ban Bid By Tanner Laine
A mixed bag of local oddities and national tension fills this page. From January 1962 grain elevator bursts to a hog heaven named in Idalou, a gin protest and a moonshine haul, to a Prairie Dog Town visit by conductor Arthur Fiedler, the piece blends quirky local color with Khrushchev’s call for a nuclear test ban and a U S-UK friction on inspection. The GOP runs its first South Plains primary as Plains News heads to Page 8.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
West
London Daily Express
Tass
Khrushchev
NATO
West Berlin
United Nations
Berlin
Russia
Britain
United States
Plains News
Six Die In Farm House Fire In McLean Illinois
Flames tore through a McLean farm house killing six people including tenant farmer Paul Barr his wife Lois Jean their children James Monty and Kim and 16 year old Judy Graham of Atlanta Illinois who was an overnight guest.
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Mclean
Illinois
Paul Barr
Lois Jean
James Barr
Monty Barr
Kim Barr
Judy Graham
Atlanta
Prayer for Guidance and Strength by Connie Thomas
A short devotional prayer from Connie Thomas of Lubbock asking for divine guidance. She seeks humility, acceptance of life, growth from sorrows, joy in joys, strength for tomorrow, and forgiveness for yesterday. She thanks God for mercy, kindness, and love.
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Heavenly Father
Connie Thomas
Lubbock
State Due Mild Holiday Weather
A Canadian cool front swept through Texas then moved east while Gulf moisture produced clouds and mild temperatures for the New Year period. Before the front passed, western areas saw sub freezing readings as Dalhart reached 18 and Panhandle-South Plains stayed in the 20s, with Brownsville near 52. Light rain or drizzle was forecast for the southern half today.
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Panhandle-South Plains
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Katanga War Ends Tshombe Flees as UN Tightens Hold
UN Congo command says Katanga secured and Tshombe fled to Southern Rhodesia seeking safety. Tshombe vowed to continue secession and blamed UN and the United States for the outcome. UN General Secretary Thant congratulated commanders and pledged safety guarantees if he returns.
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Kebbede Guebre
UN Congo
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Elisabethville
Algeria
United States
Premature Quadruplets Die At Jefferson Hospital
Vivian Spector gave birth to four quads at the Foerderer Pavilion of Jefferson Medical College Hospital. Three infants died within 11 hours, the fourth, a boy, remained in critical condition. all were 11 weeks premature. The couple, married in 1960, faced a devastating loss as hospital officials covered the bill and provided continuous nursing care.
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Maurice P. Coffee Jr
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Longshoremen Strike Gap Narrowing Amid Negotiations
New York AP report says Labor Sec. Wirtz paused mediation after a week of talks with longshoremen. He noted greater understanding, but the chief union negotiator said progress stalled and hopes for ending picket lines by New Year dimmed. A two-year study on gang sizes remains the central sticking point.
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Labor Sec
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
CAWTHON NEAR DEATH Ex Ex-Coach At Tech Suffers Heart Attack
Pete Cawthon former Texas Tech football coach and Texas Sports Hall of Fame member lay in serious condition after a heart attack in a hospital. Doctors said his life hung by a thread and he would be tested for 48 hours to determine survival.
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Pete Cawthon
Texas Tech
Texas Sports Hall of Fame
W. L. Tuck
Cawthon
Austin College
Tuck
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Sherman
Rocket Blast Kills Youth In Rolling Hills Estates
A homemade rocket exploded in the Hopkins home injuring 14 year old Mark Hopkins and killing 14 year old Mike Regan. Hopkins, a city councilman and former mayor, found his son amid fire and debris as officers investigated the cause.
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Rolling Hills Estates
Calif
UPI
Mike Regan
Mark Hopkins
Bay Area Hospital
Hopkins
Los Angeles
Jack Hopkins
Comic Dictionary Entry on Kleptomania
The column defines kleptomania as a mental illness where the victim feels compelled to steal. It frames the condition with a light editorial tone and a playful punchline about the impulse to take something for it.
Card Party Boycotts Prompt Nationwide Trade Push
A group of men and women slip printed cards in stores urging customers to boycott goods from Communist bloc countries. The effort, called card parties, seeks to stop imports and press for peaceful trade limits. Originator Dr Jerome D Harold says chapters exist nationwide and Washington DC. The John Birch Society is reportedly aiding the movement though Harold denies formal ties.
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U.S
Encourag
National Council of Importers
Kennedy
Miami
Jerome D. Harold
Harold
Hawaii
Alaska
Washington, D.C
John Birch Society
Fidel Using Kin As Bait In Cuba Flight Uncertainty
Fidel Castro said relatives of freed Bay of Pigs prisoners could leave Cuba when Havana Miami flights resume but Pan Am says no immediate resumption. Castro denied talks of new embarkations and any UN visit while denying Donovan’s claims of 3500 relatives leaving aboard Red Cross ships.
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Havana
Miami
Pan American World Airways
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Pan Am
Cuba
James B. Donovan
Lake Placid
N. Y
Red Cross
United Nations
Ex-Lubbock man Henry Menifee dies from gunshot wound
Henry Menifee a 48 year old oil mill worker from Lubbock died Sunday from a gunshot wound described as self inflicted during a personal safety incident by a justice of the peace.
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Henderson
Henry Menifee
Justice of the Peace
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