Boy With Leg Cancer Chooses Amputation After Letters Aid
Ronald Baker, 16, who fled an amputation for cancer, returns to hospital and will undergo the operation at 1 p.m. today. He says letters from across the country boosted his resolve as he reads hundreds of messages of support. He credits his mother and friends for helping him face surgery and life after amputation.
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Los Angeles
Ronald Baker
United States
Ronnie
Virginia
Flagstaff
Ariz
Orthopaedic Hospital
Crestwood
Santa Monica
van Nuys
Calif
Marysville
Lois Hisenbeiss
Goodfellows Thank Contributors and Partners Across Lubbock
The Chief Goodfellow thanked individuals and firms including Carlton, Chris Davis and Matthew McLarty for $6 and C. E. Fulgham for $235. Generous sponsors included South Plains Wholesale Variety $250 in toys, Ben E. Keith Co. fruit and nuts, Montgomery Ward & Co. building space, B H Transfer & Storage, and Southwestern Public Service Co. for free electricity. Doak Knapp Halls Texas Tech and Monterey High School students aided, along with Boy Scouts and Avalanche-Journal carriers. Funds raised by Lubbock Wrestling Club and Lubbock Independent Automobile Dealers Assn supported the program since 1935. Cologne fair to hold children’s clothes display twice yearly in Germany.
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Carlton
Chris
Davis
Matthew McLarty
C. E. Fulgham
Goodfellow
South Plains Wholesale Variety
R. C. Taylor. Tobacco Co
Ben E. Keith Co
Montgomery, Ward ,& Co
B&h Transfer
Southwestern Public Service Co
Doak
Lubbock Wrestling Club
Lubbock Independent
Utomobile Dealers
Goodfellows
Viet Nam clash at Ben Cat leaves dead and wounded
U S advisers report heavy fighting near Ben Cat, 30 miles north of Saigon, after the Viet Cong overran a government outpost. Two American advisers and two Marines killed, 36 Vietnamese wounded, and several civilians injured as helicopters evacuated survivors. Viet Cong casualties unclear as fighting continued in the village.
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U.S
Ben Cat
Saigon
Viet Nam
Delk.m. Oden
U.S. Army Support Command
Binh Nghia
Rangers
UN Session Hinted To Resume Amid Thant's Illness
The UN recess continues as Thant plans a week of rest in the Virgin Islands due to a peptic ulcer. Quaison-Lackey schedules a new informal security council tally and possible Jan 18 resumption, with Article 19 dispute over debts looming and several nations behind on peacekeeping payments. A separate note: Moscow aims to begin talks with Japan, delivering a Kremlin invitation through Ambassador Vladi mir to Tokyo.
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Thant
Virgin Islands
Quaison-Lackey
Soviet Union
France
United States
U.S
Security Council
Assembly
Jordan
Mali
Malaysia
Netherlands
Uruguay
11 Nation Council
Tokyo
UPI
M. V. Vladimir
Japan
Sato
Kremlin
Four Die In Plane Crash Near Detroit Airport
A cargo plane crashed in fog near Metropolitan Airport early Wednesday killing four crew members. The victims aboard the C-46 were Alfred Fallon 48 Colistoga California pilot Hugo Blair 30 Elmhurst New York Dale Grisham 32 San Antonio Texas and Ronald Reid 21 Mantario Saskatchewan. All were employees of Zantop Air Transport Inc. The craft was on a Cleveland to Detroit route. Federal investigators arrived to determine the cause.
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Detroit
UPI
Alfred. Fallon
Colistoga
Calif
Hugo Blair
Elmhurst
N.Y
Dale Grisham
San Antonio
Tex
Ronald Reid
Mantario
Saskatchewan
Zantop Air Transport, Inc
Cleveland
Cambodia appoints former minister as permanent UN representative
Phnom Penh source says Huot Sambath is named Cambodia’s permanent UN representative after losing the foreign minister post in a cabinet reshuffle last week. Koun Wick, ex-ambassador to Indonesia, takes Sambath’s former ministry post.
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UPI
Huot Sambath
Cambodia
Sambath
Foreign Ministry
Koun Wick
Indonesia
Lubbock and area high schools report vocational enrollment
Williams presents a summary on adult vocational classes and enrollments at Lubbock High Monterey High and Dunbar High. total 1890 students in vocational courses 826 Lubbock 918 Monterey 146 Dunbar. programs include distributive education industrial cooperative training vocational agriculture metals auto mechanics building trades electronics and cosmetology. The survey aims to map manpower needs and guide future offerings with potential Economic Opportunity Act participation.
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Williams
Lubbock
Monterey
Dunbar
Lubbock High School
Texas Education Agency
Texas Employment Commission
Local Briefs Clear Bonds and Conditions From Lubbock Area
News briefs list several local court actions with bonds set by Justice of the Peace F R Land.June La Veil O Neal posted 1500 bond after attempting to pass a forged instrument and was released. R L Martin remained jailed on a 3500 bond for allegedly fondling a minor. Funeral services announced for Mrs Ignacio Ayala in Lovington NM. Ski Club plans a meeting and film at Southwestern Public Service. Dr C Turner, an orthodontist, recovering after emergency surgery and listed as satisfactory. Two women in a Salem Avenue crash listed in fair condition at area hospitals.
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June la Veil O'Neal
46Th St
Lubbock
R. L. Martin
15Th St
Lubbock County
Justice of the Peace
F. R. Land
C. Turner
Clinic Hospital
San Angelo
Inflation Review: 1.2 Percent Rise in 1963 Drives Costs
The report notes the 1.2 percent index increase since November 1963 with economists expressing cautious views on inflation. Housing clothing and metal costs rose in November while food slowed the overall rise. auto prices climbed due to factory shutdowns at General Motors and Ford, boosting used car prices to new highs.
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Reau
Myers
Perce
General
Motors
Belgian King Baudouin to Visit Brazil Next Summer
The Associated Press reports King Baudouin of Belgium and Queen Fabiola plan a visit to Brazil likely late next summer. The Belgian royal party, including the then heir and potential future generations, aims to study South American fisheries during their stay, following King Albert I’s 1922 initiation of such visits.
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Belgium
Bdouin
Fabiola
Bra
Albert
Baudoin
Leopold Tit
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38Th St
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44Th St
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