31 Dec 1966
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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1966
Page
1
The National Safety Council estimates 460 to 540 people may be killed during the New Year weekend from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight. Last Christmas saw 584 deaths, below the 720 Yuletide record, and no New Year record was set. In the Chicago area a restaurant chain offers free coffee on Illinois tollways.
Gary Owens a 22 year old Texas Tech arts and sciences major remained unconscious after a $50 robbery and brutal assault at the Holiday Inn South on Slaton Highway. Police admit few clues with no signs of a struggle and a hammer blade fragment found near the register.
Sunday in Aj previews the year ahead as famed Washington seeress Jeane Dixon shares forecasts on major world events. The feature promises insights that could shape history and appears in Sundays Avalanche Journal with a special story about the nation's and world's future.
A major storm in ten days brings heavy snow from Arizona to Montana and potential moisture on the South Plains by New Year’s Day. Eastern states endure bitter cold as warnings for hazardous driving extend across New Mexico and parts of Texas. Light snow flurries expected in Farmington Tucumcari Clovis Portales while Lubbock reports light snow. Cotton Bowl forecast favors rain. Dallas NFL game sees less moisture. Lubbock high 51 and cold snap drops to 25 as temps vary across the state and nation.
In Lubbock area crews prepare anti ice plans to keep roads flowing as winter weather looms. The city notes new safety measures and equipment readiness for rapid response amid freezing conditions.
A Christmas tree blaze in a Brooklyn gypsy tea room killed six people including a 12 year old twin, a 15 year old, and a 16 year old daughter in law. The mother died after rescuing her children. two firefighters also lost their lives. A hotel resident died after plunging from a ledge as flames spread through a three story brick building. The year’s fire deaths reached 240, a new record.
In a yearend review Beijing forecast a grim year for the United States and its allies in 1967 tied to the Vietnam conflict. New China News Agency called the Vietnam war the biggest noose around U.S. imperialism and titled the 3,000 word assessment Imperialist Camp on the Threshold of Gloomy New Year.
The agency forecast President Johnson will have a harder tenure ahead as Vietnam troubles persist. It noted SovietUS tensions over a peace conference hoax and peaking inflation, diplomatic setbacks, and shaky alliances including NATO.
A gas explosion on one floor of the USO building in Da Nang Vietnam Friday injured eight people. Four were American servicemen. The blast was described as accidental with no cause determined yet. Injuries ranged from moderate to severe burns.
Communist guerrillas violated a 48 hour New Year truce with two major attacks on American patrols near Saigon as U S forces in Vietnam number about 380000. The 9th Infantry Division landed at Vung Tau and possible Mekong Delta posting was discussed as the truce endured.
Jack Ruby, 55, remains under hospital care at Parkland in Dallas as doctors report he has lost about ten pounds in ten days. Physicians say he is resting and under daily drug treatment in hopes of controlling his cancer two days after Kennedy assassination.
In Louisville Ky Rufus Embry 94 and his wife Julian 92 mark their 78th wedding anniversary. They say they were too busy raising eight children to argue and share traditional views on marriage duties. They recall living on a Butler County farm before moving in with a son.
NouTH Plains residents will find diverse New Year activities around Lubbock for 1967. Churches plan communion services while nightclubs list dances with about six dollars per couple. Private clubs charge more, and many venues still have room for attendees. Churches and social groups host special services and fellowship gatherings as year end festivities continue through midnight.
Clear to partly cloudy today across Lubbock and vicinity with no major temperature change. High near 40s, low around 15, winds light from the southwest 10 to 15 mph. Sunrise 7 52 am, sunset 5 49 pm, humidity fluctuates from 28 to 77 percent.
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