Winter's Colder Blast Affects Texas And Beyond
A powerful Arctic front sweeps into Texas from the north, with gusty winds and blowing dust. Forecasters warn of a prolonged spell of severe weather, with subfreezing lows in many regions and a potential repeat of last year’s brutal cold wave in the Rio Grande Valley.
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el Paso
Lubbock
Texas Gulf Coast
Port Arthur
Morgan City
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Northeast
Southwest
New Mexico
Yukon
Gulf
Meteorological Department
Mexico City
Tamaulipas
Veracruz
Chicago Woman Seeks Tax Move Over V A Grievance
Miss Olga Hobeck of Chicago told the Internal Revenue Service she never filed an income tax return for twenty years claiming she was cheated by the Veterans Administration in her brother’s case. She estimated a tax liability of about $24,000. Page One Section A. AP Wirephoto.
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Olga Hobeck
Chicago
Internal Revenue Service
Veterans Administration
Congress Favors Keeping House Rules Committee Size
Congress approves keeping the House Rules Committee at 15 members by a 235 to 196 vote, pleasing President and Administration leaders. Speaker McCormack calls the outcome a favorable omen for the President's program, while Rep. Hale Boggs notes growing party unity among Southerners. Senate action follows with remarks on reform and stability of procedures, and plans for a Republican campaign chairmanship in 1964.
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House Rules Committee
John W. McCormack
McCormack
Massachusetts
Senate
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Congressional
Moss
Congress
Strom Thurmond
D-Sc
House
Thursmond
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Lister Hill
Dala
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Bitter cold shuts Midwest and Kansas schools halt buses
The bitter cold closed several Midwest areas including Kansas as schools at Goodland and St. Francis opened without rural bus services. About 15 eastern Colorado schools closed while warmer regions like the Southern Great Plains and Southeast posted 60s and 70s. A January thaw moves through New England with 50s, and South Texas hits 80s with 83 at Alice. Ahead, a cold front brings potential freezing rain to northern Illinois, northern Indiana and southern lower Michigan with hazardous driving warnings.
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Kansas
Goodland
St. Francis
Colorado
Great Plains
New England
Mercury
Texas
Alice
Ilinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Two Survive Crash Of B-47 In Kansas
A B-47 jet bomber crashed in flames five miles east of Wichita and two crew members survived. A search was under way for the third man as authorities investigated the accident.
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Kansas
Wichita
Kan
State Highway Patrol
Wichta
Morocco Floods Force Thousands From Homes
In Sidi Slimane Morocco heavy rains flood central regions forcing about 40,000 people from roughly 1,000 square miles. At least 20 deaths reported as rescue efforts pause at dusk. King Hassan II declares national emergency.
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Sidi Slimane
Morocco
U.S. Air Force Base
Hassan II
Blind Child to Return to U S for Eye Treatment
In Glasgow Scotland 20 month old Margaret McKeown travels with mother to Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota for treatment to relieve eye pain after losing one eye to cancer. New York surgeons removed the remaining eye three weeks ago as her only chance to survive spreading cancer. Sponsor Mrs. Maria Ramsey of Reno Nevada funds the third trip.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Margaret McKeown
United States
Mary McKeown
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Margaret
New York
Maria Ramsey
Reno
Nev
Explosion Blows Hole in Berlin Wall on French Sector
A mysterious blast Thursday night created a two and a half foot square hole in the Berlin wall along the French sector border. The blast caused no property damage and no refugees were known to escape through the opening, described as set off on the Western side. It was the first wall explosion this year and the 15th since the barrier went up on August 13, 196.
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Berlin
UPI
Vernice Ford
1804 Ave. C
1812 Ave. C
Bill Griggs
E. 50Th St
34Th St
Ave. A
Quirt Ave
State Highway Department
W. P. Crawford
N. Gary Ave
F. S. Gonzales
58Th St
W. G. McMillan Jr
Ave
Bobby G. Gressett
Erskine
Ransom Cargo Flight To Cuba Postponed
A Pan American World Airways DC6B Clipper bound for Cuba with medical supplies was postponed from today to Sunday at the Red Cross request. Pan American approved the delay and did not cite a reason, though speculation suggested more refugees may be brought to Miami from Cuba.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Pan American World Airways
Red Cross
Pan American
Births in Brownfield and area announced in local hospitals
Local birth notices list multiple families from Brownfield and surrounding areas welcoming new babies. Names include Mr and Mrs M J Craig, Keith Cole, A M Perry, Donald Leslie Britton, Thomas Charles Pearson, Wesley Johnston, Oscar Gomez, Charles Hunt, Richard Sifuentes, Victor Gonzales, Larry Hubbard, Pat Moberley, Wendell Randolph Moore, Ignacio Tagle, Odell Nelson, and Ivan Chron with births at Methodist, St Marys, West Texas, Lauf Clinic, and Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital. Weights range from 4 lb 15 oz to 9 lb plus, with times and hospital details recorded.
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Donald Leslie Britton
Brownfield
West Texas Hospital
Wendell Randolph Moore
Ave. E
Mero Corp
Pecos Doctor Fights Hospital Board In Damages Suit
Pecos physician Dunn seeks a restraining order and 50 000 damages after removal from Reeves County Memorial Hospital staff. Eight defendants include Drs Hay Schmidt Lindley and hospital officials. Judge Ward sits in for Starley with a 24 hour continuance as spectators pack the Pecos court.
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Ao Qvir Vkavyaiu
Dunn
Pecos
Bruce Hay
E. W. Schmidt
Harold Lindley
Roy Ayers
James Jenkins
Ing
Dist
William E. Ward
el Paso
J. H. Starley
Ward
FBI
West Texas
Getans
Emme Mrane
Billie Sol Estes
Reeves’ S County Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Ctaff
Saveriano B.villalobos
Lubbock
Villalobos
State District Court
John Splawn
Dunn's
Starley
Starsley
Fred Benners
Dallas
Estes
Fort Stockton
Harrijean Beauchamp
Price Francis
Carlton Williams
Martin
City Commission adopts policy after bid withdrawal on police cars
The panel reviewed a bid dispute over eight police cars bought for 8 344.98 dollars from Modern Chevrolet after Modern withdrew its bid post deadline leaving Lubbock Auto as the sole bidder. Officials discussed bid rules, potential re-bids, and whether more vehicles are needed, with Treasure Island zoning and other matters also on the docket.
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Chevrolet Co
Byron Shotts
Billy Davis
Modern
Police Department
Mod- Hei
Theme Song deliberations list 43 standing committee chairmen
The article lists the named chairmen of 43 standing committees as selected by Tunnel. It includes Aeronautics Col der Adams Lubbock Agriculture W T Dungan McKinney Claims and Accounts Gus Mutscher Brenham Commerce and Manufactures Donald Shipley Houston Common Carriers Paul Floyd Houston and many others across diverse areas from Constitutional Amendments to Public Printing.
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Mittees
Collier Adams
Lubbock
W. T. Dungan
McKinney
Gus Mutscher
Brenham
Donald Shipley
Houston
Paul Floyd
Menton Murray
Harlingen
Eligio de la Garza
McAllen
Jim Cotten
Weatherford
Wayne Gibbons
Breckenridge
Henry Grover
Robert Hughes
Dallas
Jack Woods
Waco
Nelson Cowles
Hallsville
Tommy Shannon
Fort Worth
W. E. Berry
San Antonio
Don Garrison
James Slider
Naples
James Townsend
Brady
David Crews
Conroe
Bill Walker
Cleveland
Robert Fairchild
Center
Joe Chapman
Sulphur Springs
Jerry Butler
Kenedy
John Blaine
el Paso
Leon Thurman
Anson
Bob Johnson
Forrest Harding
San Angelo
R. H. Cory
Victoria
Richard Slack
Pecos
George Cook
Odessa
Jack Crain
Nocona
Maurice Pipkins
Brownsville
Stanley Boysen
Yoakum
Wilson Foreman
Austin
Howard Green
Renal Rosson
Snyder
Ben Atwell
Ben Barnes
DeLeon
George Hinson
Mineola
John Allen
Longview
W. H. Miller
Lawmaker seeks foe in first clash amid Texas politics
Rep. Forrest Harding of San Angelo, named chairman of the Texas House Military Affairs Committee, asks Gen. Culpepper for the foe in a mock first draft call and even hints at poisoned peas. The piece notes his background as a retired Air Force Major and local bids approved by the Lubbock city commission, including police cars and warehouse supplies.
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G.E.M.S. Co
Quakers Ave
4Th St
Planning and Zoning Commission
Carr
Clifton
McLarty
McLartyn
Board of Adjustments
Tshombe Makes Peace Pilgrimage Under UN Watch
Freed from house arrest President Moise Tshombe left Elisabethville for a southward peace pilgrimage amid UN pressure for Congo unity. A cohort of Tshombe backers threatened to strike copper plants and a dam near Kolwezi if UN actions proceed. Leopoldville ordered British and Belgian consuls to leave within 24 hours.
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Elisabethville
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Congo
Kolwezi
Tshombe
United Nations
Two Presented Awards At Cotton Conference
The Beltwide Cotton Production Mechanization Conference awarded the Cotton Genetics Research prize to Drs. Thomas Kerr of Beltsville Maryland and Thomas Richmond of College Station. Dr. H D Laden of Plainview gave the award for the Joint Cotton Breeding Policy Committee. Each man received a plaque and will share a cash prize. Dr Kerr leads cotton quality investigations for the USDA. Dr Richmond is a professor of agronomy at Texas A&M College and the principal USDA agronomist at College Station.
Rusk Kuznetsov Hold Four Hour Washington Meeting
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Kuznetsov met for about four hours in Washington. They expressed hope for solving some outstanding problems, with no concrete agreements or Cuba talks, and discussed disarmament prospects amid a broader East West dialog.
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Washington
Sec. of
Dean Rusk
Russia
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Thurs
U.S
State Department
Joseph W. Reap
Rusk
Kuznetsov
Kennedy
William C. Foster
Reap
Cuba
Eleven Injured When Truck Collides With School Bus
In a heavy snowstorm four miles east of Aurora Colorado a cattle truck and a school bus collided injuring eleven children including one in critical condition. Bus driver Basil McSpadde escaped injury while the truck driver Alvin J Smith blamed poor visibility. Two steers died and several other truck occupants fled. Several injured children were treated and released to parents. Charlotte Shrout 14 remained in critical condition with severe head injuries.
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Aurora
Colo
Denver
Alvin J. Smith
Greeley
Chambers Road
Aurora City
Basil B. McSpadde
Charlotte Shrout
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The
Vally
Midwest
Aea
Jack Strong
N. College Ave
Marshall St
J. A. Hodges
Helen McLean Hodges
Strong
Hodges
Marvin McLarty Jr
Dick Walker
M. J. Craig
Methodist Hospital
Crag Motor Co
Keith Cole
Zist St
St. Mary's Hospital
Plains Parts Warehouse, Inc
A. M. Perry
Alderson Cadillac Co
Thomas Charles Pearson
Southeast
Goodnight Hospital
Hemphill-Wells
Wesley Johnston
48Th St
Municipal Power & Light Co
Oscar Gomez
E. Broadway
Lauf Clinic
Charles Hunt
A Erskine
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Shop Rite Foods, Inc
Richard Sifuentes
E.stanford
Farr
Victor Gonzales
Red Raider Trailer Park
McClellan Const. Co
Larry Hubbard
37Th St
Pat Moberley
32Nd St
IBM
Farmers Co-op
Ignacio Tagle
Ir Tauf
Lubbers
Odell Nelson
Hickory Inn
Ivan Chron
Rt. 1
Ralls
Nest of Pecos
Dave Thompacan As
Taosh
Reeves County Atty
Earl Glover
John Tomlin
Hill Hudson
J. M. Preston
J. A. Crane
R. L. Toll
Richard Naylor
Robert S. Kent
Benners
John Lee Smith
Mark Smith
Cothrun
Joe E. Kinder
Texas Department of Safety
Kinder
Bowman G. Taylor
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Taylor
City Commission
O’mara
Treasure Island
4Th Street
Ave. Q
College Ave
Rolan Simpson
Bob Moody
Bill Cantrell
Cantrell
Moody
Olive Fluke
O'Mara
McLarty Jr
Warrick Carr
E. L. Niell
Truman Chumley
Brownfield Road
Frankfort Ave
Nick
Ruth Nunn
Salem Ave
H. S. Brown
Ave. B
Sth St
Lois Patterson
Don Tusha
Murrell Tripp
Coronado
N. A. Cox
Civil Service Commission
Earl Collins
Leonard Cole
Plumbing Board
Lee Fields
Roy Farr Jr
Raymond Barker
Gene Hancock
Municipal Utilities
Frank Todd
Don Farr
Rufus Grisham
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Lubbock Independent
Chevrolet
Fenner Tubbs Co
Louthand Dowell Motor Co
Brown Supply Co
Graybar Electric
Amarillo
General Electric Supply
Southwestern Electric Supply Co
Gifford-Hill- American
Bowles & Edens Supply Co
McLarty, Alderson, O'Mara
Simpson
Red Cagey
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