FHA Interest Rates To Rise Blazes At Residences Four States Fatal To 20 Families Left Homeless
Freezing weather across four states left 18 children and two adults dead and 14 families homeless. In Pierre, South Dakota, a blaze at the Quenzer home killed Mrs. Quenzer and six of her children plus a neighbor’s visiting child. The father saved one daughter but could not re-enter. Fire officials say most deaths came from smoke inhalation. Kathy Burtts, age six, also died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
Wallace M. Quenzer
Quenzer
Barbara
Paulette
Tom Brady
Brady
Storm Whips Midwest Brings Cold Front to Texas
A cold air mass advances across West Texas with brisk winds while Kansas drives a low pressure system southward, mixing sleet snow and thunderstorms in the upper Midwest. Forecasters predict much colder temperatures tonight and highs near upper 50s to 60s today, with lows in the mid 20s. No rain expected on the South Plains through Friday per the U.S. Weather Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ausiancne Journal News Service
West Texas
Kansas
Upper Midwest
South Plains
Lubbock
U.S. Weather Bureau
Fivey
Texas
Honored at Ceremony Glenn Smith to Retire as Lubbock Chief
Lubbock Fire Chief Glenn W. Smith 59 announced retirement from the department effective Feb 1. In a letter to City Manager William J. Pitstick, Smith reflected on a career started as a volunteer in 1926 and becoming a regular in 1928. A city ceremony at City Hall expressed gratitude from Mayor Tidmore and Pitstick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanner Laine
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Glenn W. Smith
William J. Pitstick
Smith
48Th St
City Hall
Pitstick
Max Tidmore
Red
Chief Smith to Leave Lubbock for Kingsland Texas
Weather map note references 31 pieces of modern firefighting gear. Chief Glenn Smith said he would depart Lubbock to move with his wife to Kingsland near Lyndon B. Johnson Lake where they run a gift and art shop. Three assistant chiefs Buck Price Jack Hays and Richard Davis will serve as acting chief in their 24 hour shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Lubbock
Kingsland
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson Lake
Buck Price
Jack Hays
Richard Davis
Glenn Smith
Irrigation economics highlighted at Tech credit meet
About 20 attendees heard Dr. Jim Osborn of Texas Tech quantify irrigation’s value to the High Plains economy. Using 1959 census data he cited 266.4 million dollars in irrigation benefits and a 1.6 billion income, with irrigated acres rising from 3.7 million to 4.8 million by 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane Howell
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech
High Plains
Lubbock Association of Credit Management, Inc
Tech
Jim Osborn
Tech Agricultural Economics Department
U. S
Osborn
British Pair Hamburgers Win Friends For Nation
Anthony and Elizabeth Howard, a Kent couple visiting from England, became celebrities in New York after being named the millionth tourist to enter the United States in 1965 by USTS. The trip included expense paid days in New York and Washington and a wedding in Tucson en route home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Heller
New York
United States
Anthony
Elizabeth Howard
St. Margaret's Bay
Kent
England
Howards
U. S
USTS
United States Department of Commerce
Howard
Washington, D. C
Washington
Los Angels
Tucson
Ariz
Sneeze Triggers $600 Damages At Vancouver Bridge
Mike Shamro 65 lost control of his car near the Second Narrows Bridge in Vancouver when he sneezed. The crash damaged 30 feet of wire fence 80 feet of brush and brambles and left the car with about $600 in damages. He was unhurt and returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B.C
Mike Shamro
Shamro
Reward Offered for Evidence in Poll Tax Purchases
Edinburg Texas district attorney Bob Lattimore offers a $250 reward for evidence leading to conviction of people paying poll taxes for others. He notes it is illegal for anyone to act as an agent for another in paying the tax and outlines penalties up to $500 fine and two to five years in prison. He says such payments allow the payer to influence the recipient's vote and calls the practice degrading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburg
UPI
Bob Lattimore
Lattimore
FHA Chief forecasts higher rates for insured mortgages
Washington FHA Commissioner Philip N Brownstein warns of a possible rise in interest rates for FHA insured loans as the money market tightens He notes no reversal yet and says any increase will be set to keep FHA loans attractive to investors and home buyers FNMA President J Stanley Baughman says the agency pays above market for mortgages and cannot continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche-Joureal News Services
Washington
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Philip N. Brownstein
House Housing
Brownstein
Federal Reserve Board
Y Brownstein
Ther
J. Stanley Baughman
Federal National Mortgage Association
FNMA
Five On Trial In Mail Fraud Case In cow operations
The prosecution in Topeka Kansas pressed its case against five men including James V Sidary of Houston and Emery Anden Sr of Belle Vernon Pa on 14 counts of mail fraud and one count of conspiracy related to Hereford farms in Tonganoxie Kansas and Pennsylvania. Prosecutors said the defendants bought underweight low quality cross bred cattle from sale barns and reshipped them to buyers while advertising choice calves in farm magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka, Kan
UPI
Houston
Tonganoxie
Kan
Pennsylvania
James V. Sidary F
Emery Anden Sr
Belle Vernon
Emery Anden Jr
Monessen
Stephen M. Speers
Kansas City
Jerry D. Anden
U.S
James Ward
Driller Killed by Truck on Highway Near Big Spring
AP reports 70 year old oil driller Guy J. Brown was struck and killed by a passing truck while changing a tire on his car. The accident occurred on U.S. 87 about 85 miles north of Big Spring, Texas, police said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Spring
Guy J. Brown
Here
U.S. 87
Johnson To Reaffirm Quest For Peace And Great Society
President Johnson to address Congress in a State of the Union message outlining aims for peace in Asia and domestic Great Society programs. He intends to reaffirm resolve in Vietnam as he speaks to a joint session and via nationwide broadcast at 8 p.m. CST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merriman Smith
South Washington
UPI
East Asia
Johnson
Congress
House
Senate
North
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Peking
Moscow
Great Society
Afl-Cio
George Meany
U.S
Obscenity Charges Threaten Young Teacher's Credentials
Geri Turner Davis, 31, a San Diego teacher and poet, faces possible loss of teaching credentials after her one act play A Cat Called Jesus sparked controversy. The state education department will review allegations of professional misconduct amid protests, abuse calls, and vandalism reports surrounding the author and her husband Bruce Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Geri Turner Davis
Jesus
Halt Fund Seeks No More Donations After Surge
Beadle Bumble Fund founder James Kilpatrick urges cease and desist as donations flood in after Hanover County school board bans To Kill a Mockingbird. The fund, created to aid victims of official stupidity, explains it only sought to help and will reduce giving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Daffron
Richmond
Beadle Bumble Fund
Modest Trust
James Jackson Kilpatrick
Richmond News Leader
Kilpatrick
Hanover County
Harper Lee
Charles Dickens
Beadle Bumble
Oliver Twist
Looters Hit Two Safes In Morning Police Probe
Two safes were looted in separate incidents this morning. Hull and Riddle Drug at 2213 College Ave reported a cash loss of 200 dollars and narcotics missing. Knob and safe hardware damaged at Sherwin Williams, 2806 Ave Q, with 300 to 400 dollars missing. A window smash at Zale Jewelry in Caprock Center yielded three watches. French Food Store at 2101 N Ash St reported 75 cigarette cartons and meat stolen. City Crime page 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull & Riddle Drug
College Ave
Howard Smith
Smith
Cecil Brown
Sherwin-Williams Co
Ave. Q
Zale’ Jewelry
Caprock Center
Ted Atwood
Robert Tedder
Joss
N. Ash St
Ee City
Missing Houston Teenager Last Seen At Beach Party
Pretty Houston teenager Carol Kathy Carnes, 18, vanished after a beach party Sunday night with four friends in Galveston. Police feared kidnapping as statewide alerts spread. a tavern report placed her with a man making a long distance call. Eye witnesses described her as attractive and distressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
UPI
Carol Kathy Carnes
Houston
Carol
Also Mentioned on This Page
Midwest
la Junta
Colo
Tucumcari
Inside News
Bec
State OF Union
Mrs. Geri Turner Davis
Alou the Cat
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!