Lubbock records low of 3 degrees as Texas cold snap hits
Lubbock shivered to a 3 degree reading the coldest in the state that day, far below the 7 degree mark in Amarillo. Officials warned of lingering winter conditions and forecast warmer weather with a high near 50 later today.
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Lubbock
Texas
South Plains
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
New England
Canada
Rockies
Colorado
Atlantic States
Florida
Massachusetts
Dixie
Albuquerque
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Ilinois
Michigan
Montana
Oregon
Utah
Midwest
Liquor Vote Ballot Box Back Open in Slaton
Slaton liquor election absentee box, closed after rumors of intimidation, may reopen today at Kerstan Studio from noon to 5 pm and Tuesday 9 am to 5 pm if the Lubbock County Commission approves. Mayor Jonas Cain backs the move. Irma Vaughn will staff final hours.
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Lubbock
Slaton
Jean Lasater
Kennedy Returns Home From Antigua Vacation
Mrs Kennedy arrives at LaGuardia on a private plane with children Caroline and John. Secret Service escorts them to Park Avenue home after a one day trip to Antigua. She had traveled December 26 to Mill Reef Club estate for a quiet Caribbean stay.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Antigua
LaGuardia
Five Thousand Chickens Homeless After Miami Coop Fire
Five thousand chickens roamed homeless after the longest chicken coop in Dade County burned Saturday night. Firefighters estimated damage at twenty five thousand dollars. The birds fled the blaze and avoided injury.
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Miami
Fia
Dade County
Chicago teachers call off strike over $17 million package
Chicago Teachers Union announces a settlement worth $17 million that includes a $500 annual raise for each teacher, ending plans for a district wide strike as negotiations continue with Chicago Board of Education. The union's House will vote on ratification and teachers are to report to classrooms.
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Chicago
Chicago Teachers Union
John EF. Desmond
Board of Education
Richard J. Daley
Desmond
Norman Swenson
College Teachers Union
House of Representatives
Teachers Union
Blue Law sparks mixed Sunday opening plans among retailers
Merchants debate Sunday openings as Clark's stores consider remaining open while others stay closed. County officials pledge enforcement of the Sunday sale statute with emergency certificates in use. Business respondents report varied plans and nerves over a potential shift back to Sunday shopping.
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Roy Farr
Travis Lincecum
United Chain
James L. Barber
Clark's
New York
Merchants’ Committee
Fred West
Barker
Bill Foley
Globe
Chicago
Clark
H. W. Schultz
Gibson
Clark’s
Chicago Teachers Narrowly Avoid Citywide Walkout
The 15 500 union teachers in Chicago's grade and high school system, serving 22 000 staff, dodged a historic walkout that could have shut 530 schools. About 570 000 pupils attend Chicago public schools. Starting pay is 5 550 a year, rising to 11 250 after 36 years with advanced work. salaries are paid on a 10 month basis.
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Chicago
Brooklyn man killed by would be purse snatchers
Leon Negri, 61, died after a group of about six youths shot him when they tried to grab his wife Flora Negri’s purse as they waited for a bus at Van Sicklen and New Lots Avenues in East New York. Sam Negri, his son, is a Hartford UPI reporter. The attack happened about 2 a.m. with the bus present but no passengers aboard.
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New York
APP
Brooklyn
Leon Negri
Flora Negri
Sam Negri
Hartford
United Press International
Princess Margaret's Spaniel Rescued at Sandringham
Princess Margaret's spaniel slipped under a stationary train as she joined a family gathering at Sandringham. A conductor reached the track and rescued the dog, unharmed.
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King's Lynn
England
Margaret
Sandringham
Queen Elizabeth
Births Reported for Payton and Abercombie Families
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. John Payton on the birth of a son weighing 9 pounds 4 1/2 ounces at 7 42 am Sunday at Methodist Hospital. The father is a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. T L Abercombie report a son born at 8 55 pm Sunday at Methodist Hospital. the father owns Abercombie Lumber.
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John Payton
Post
Methodist Hospital
T. L
Cleveland Education Assn Calls Off Strike in Cleveland
The Cleveland Education Association canceled its planned morning strike, citing ongoing negotiations on teachers salaries and a bargaining election. The Union and custodians threaten action, with rival Cleveland Teachers Union pressuring for a Jan 19 strike if demands aren’t met.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Education Assn
Board of Education
Gene T. May
Association
May
Mag
Area Gets Early Look At Manchester Series
Look magazine debuts the first installment of William Manchester's Death of a President on sale Sunday across Lubbock and other cities. A spokesman for Lubbock News Co. said a telegram urged placing the issue on sale Sunday or Monday instead of Tuesday.
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Look Magazine
William Manchester
Lubbock
Lubbock News Co
Look
Denmark’s Dangerous Hours Are Revealed
VEJLE Denmark AP motorists should beware driving Sundays in August from 2 to 4 p m as the most dangerous hours on Danish roads a study by Dr M Gerner-Smidt of the county hospital in Vejle shows He notes for every injured motorist admitted to hospital three pedestrians or bicyclists are injured.
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Vejle
Denmark
M. Gerner-Smidt
Gerner-Smidt
Maverick Denies Magazine Accusations Over Kennedy Texas Trip
Maury Maverick Jr. refutes Look Magazine claims tying him and San Antonio liberals to a Dallas Austin Plot during President Kennedy's 1963 Texas visit. He says He was neither invited to the airport nor involved with Yarborough, and accuses national Democratic leaders of targeting Yarborough to embarrass him.
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San Antonio
Texas
Maury Maverick Jr
Lock Magazine
William Manchester
Maverick
Democratic
National Democratic Party
Kennedy
U. S
Ralph Yarborough
Look Magazine
Sen
Yarborough
Lyndon Johnson
Henry Gonzales
Gonzalez
Air Force I
Mrs.ennedy
Austin
Manchester
Dallas
Johnson
Houston
Connally
Gonzales
Sen. Yarborough
Iack
National Democratic Committee
Nixon Eyes 1968 Run A Year Of Decision
Nixon, age 54, calls this his year of decision and hints at a possible 1968 GOP presidential bid. Supporters cite his foreign policy experience and conformance with Congress and donors, while he defers primaries as 18 months away. A Europe tour and Far East trip are noted as informing his stance.
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Nixon
Stanley Johnson
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Congress
Romney
Rocky
Johnson
Far East
Royalists blame bombs in Yemen gas attack deaths
Royalist sources at Quara headquarters say 12 Ilyushin bombers killed more than 125 people in a gas attack at Katarf near Sada in north Yemen Saturday. About 120 wounded, including 50 blinded royalist soldiers, were hospitalized. Egyptian forces backing the republican regime are known to have some Ilyushins.
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Qara
Yene
Katarf
Sada
Yemen
Quara
Abdullah al Sallal
Passenger ship service cut between Bordeaux and West Africa
In Bordeaux service the passenger ship line between the Bay of Biscay port and river port and West African ports is being discontinued due to falling traffic. Three ships will continue to operate between Marseille and African ports.
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Bordeaux
France
Bay of Biscay
River Port
Marseille
Four muggers set victim afire in Brooklyn robbery
Four men robbed Joseph Prochilo, 33, from a Brooklyn social club, tied a blindfold, doused him with a flammable liquid, and set him ablaze before hurling him from a car. He reached Coney Island Hospital in critical condition.
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NEW York
Joseph Prochilo
Brooklyn
Coney Island Hospital
Prochilo
U.S. Air Force Reopens English Storage Sites
The U S Air Force will reopen three storage sites in England for American supplies and equipment moving out of France. President de Gaulle has ordered foreign troops to leave French soil. The sites were used until 1964 and later stood by.
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London
U.S. Air Force
England
France
Charles de Gaulle
Air Force
Nine Navy Reservists Die In Plane Crash At Andrews AFB
Nine Navy Reserve airmen from the Washington area died when their twin engine plane on an outland back training flight from Andrews AFB crashed in a wooded area near Upper Marlboro Maryland. Seven bodies were recovered soon after with two missing presumed dead. The crew included Cmdr Charles W Lurcott pilot and Lt Cmdr Frank E Warner copilot among others.
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Upper Marlboro
Mad
Navy
Washington
Andrews Air Force Base
Charles W. Lurcott
Alexandria
Frank E. Warner
Hyattsville
Ia. Saylor L. Levitz
Bowie
William Casparis
Baltimore
James F. Vitak
Andrew J. Todd
Kearneysville
W. Va
Frederick F. Vreeland Jr
Silver Spring
S. A. Wertz
Pikesville
Guy W. Fetherston
Forest Knolls
Vreeland
Wertz
St Christopher Church approves budget and vestry slate
St Christopher's Episcopal Church held its annual parish meeting electing vestry for three year terms and selecting delegates to the Diocesan Council. A budget of 40,687 dollars for the coming year was approved along with appointments and objectives.
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St. Christopher's Episcopal Church
42Nd & Elgin
Thomas R. Miller
St. Christopher’s Church
John Cassel
H. G. Killgore
Kenneth Nelson
Aston Griffin
J. Q. Warnick
Diocesan Council
Amarillo
Albert Brann
James Broome
Thomas Cannon
Edward Downs
Thomas Elliott
Arthur Foster
Hugh Harbert
Leet
George Elle
Charles Bledsoe
Bill Parker
Alton Grifffin
Alter Guild
Clara Rae Maddox
Dennis Payne
Usher Guild
Wendell Hartsfield
Rodney Goebel
Margaret Downs
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