Record Cold Grips Nation with 16 Below Zero in Texas
Arctic blast sweeps from Pacific to Appalachians causing record lows and crop peril in Texas and California. At least 55 deaths blamed on the cold wave with lows like 16 below zero in Lubbock and multiple state readings. Front moves east bringing snow and sleet. Portland Maine reports six inches and heavy accumulations predicted in the Appalachians. caretakers and weather offices warn of further extreme conditions.
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Appalachians
Texas
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South Plains
West Texas
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Amarillo
Levelland
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Mont
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Utah
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Oregon
Idaho
Missouri
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Arctic
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New York
South Carolina
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Maine
Iowa
Rockies
Great Lakes Area
New Frigid Front Aims At Area
Cold Arctic air shattered records in Lubbock and nearby towns with subzero readings. a new front was forecast to reach the South Plains by 6 p m as mild temperatures return briefly. Rio Grande Valley growers watched clouds for protection against frosty damage to crops. survey of damage to citrus and vegetables starts.
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Plains
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Rio Grande Valley
Corpus
Texas Inaugural Ceremonies Headed for Biggest and Best
Texas prepares for the 1963 inaugural of Governor elect John Connally and Lt. Gov. elect Preston Smith with a rare tiny receiving line at the Capitol reception. Adjutant General Thomas Bishop will join the couple and their spouses as officials remain in offices to greet visitors, a shift from earlier crowded lines. The event includes tours of two new state office buildings spanning two blocks.
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United Press International
USTIN
Texas
John Connally
Capitol
Connally
Preston Smith
State House
Night-time robbery at Lubbock service station
A clearly described robbery occurred at King's Service Station No. 5 on Ave. Q in Lubbock early Sunday. The lone suspect, a masked Negro man in sub-zero weather, entered the shop, changed clothes in the restroom and held attendant Daniel Laseman at gunpoint, taking $181. Laseman recounted the abrupt demand for money and the suspect's question about where to get a flat fixed, then fled.
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Lubbock
Daniel Laseman
King’s
Ave. Q
King's Service Station
Small Boy Found Joy in French Train Workers
In Chenimenil France nine year old Alain Harmand, paralyzed and nonverbal, gains daily smiles from Saint Die Epinal rail engineers who blast whistles as trains pass his soot-streaked window. He now receives letters, cards, books and records. his mother says he is not alone.
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Associated Press
Chenimenil
France
Alain Harmand
Saint-Die
Epinal
Alain
Suzanne Harmand
Spain
Italy
Switzerland
Kennedy to Outline Rising Defense Moon Program Costs
President Kennedy will tell Congress in the State of the Union that defense and the moon project spending will rise this year. He aims to emphasize reaching the moon by 1970 as the U S advances in space. A budget totaling about 99.5 billion is planned with defense around 51 billion and supplemental funds for defense.
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State of the Union
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Hijacker identity questioned as lineup fails to confirm suspect
Detectives Bob Tedder and Earl Eubanks said a man linked to a hijacking case could not be identified in a lineup. The key witness Laseman testified one coat was missing about a year ago and witnesses placed the man with them. The suspect reportedly had no mustache.
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Bob Tedder
Earl Eubanks
Laseman
Tedder
Prayer request from Church of Ireland Christian text
The text presents a devotional plea to Jesus Christ asking for wisdom and daily growth in His ways. It cites The Church of Ireland and signatures Reverend Allan P. Price from Lubbock.
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Lord Jesus Christ
Church of Ireland
Allan P. Price
Lubbock
Monsoon Floods in Java Kill at Least Two
Heavy rains swamp Java's densely populated areas as floods worsen on Sunday. Officials report at least two deaths and rising flood levels across major cities.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Java
New Lives Begin as Americans, Cubans Arrive from Havana
Ninety-two passengers including 68 U S citizens and 21 Cubans arrived in Miami aboard a Pan American flight from Havana. The plane, on a return trip from delivering medicines to Fidel Castro, carried hopes of new starts and welfare support for those leaving Cuba. The oldest arrival was 84 year old Amparo Medina ready to begin anew. no American prisoners were aboard.
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IAMI
U.S
Havana
United States
Cuba
Pan American World Airways
Fidel Castro
Miami International
Amparo Lopez Medina
Fires Claim Dozens Across Nation In Weekend Blaze
Across the nation weekend fires caused heavy losses with several fatalities. Firemen died as walls collapsed at a Philadelphia school blaze. a cabin in Bonanza Utah burned killing a family. a Chicago socialite perished in an apartment fire. a Pine Bluff Arkansas paper mill warehouse fire injured seven and killed two firemen. A half million dollar fire in Opelika Texas at a Lone Star Gas recycling plant also raged. See FIRES Page 8.
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Peoria
Bradley University
Pine Bluff
Ark
Philadelphia
Marton R. Madsen
Bonanza
Utah
Hammond
Ind
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Warren
Mich
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Iona T. Magner
Opelika, Tex
Lone Star Gas Co
Cliff plunge claims life of 20 year old sailor in Hawaii
In Hawaii, 20-year-old Leon Abbott of the USS Ticonderoga died after falling from a cliff and becoming trapped in an underwater cave. Rescue efforts were hampered by heavy surf and the cave’s jagged coral, with Abbott reportedly able to talk before the incident and later found in the cave. Unconfirmed reports mention a wife and two children.
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UPS
Waianae
Leon Abbott
Ticonderoga
Abbott
John Kohlenberg
Kohlenberg
Navy
Abbotts
Minnera
Come Dictionary Home The only place a man can do as he pleases
A playful line appears in a humor column noting a traditional quip about gender roles. The piece highlights cultural jokes from the era and frames domestic life with light satire. It references common marital stereotypes and amusement at social norms of the time.
Percy Ralls Dies In City After Long Civic Life
Percy B. Ralls 84 longtime South Plains resident and brother of Ralls founder died at 10 30 a m Sunday in West Texas Hospital He was believed to be the only living man to serve in the Spanish American War World War I and World War II Services set for 3 p m today at Balls First Methodist Church with Revs Beaird and Ryan officiating Burial in Ralls Cemetery Car ter Funeral Home in charge A Georgia native he moved to Indian Territory Oklahoma as a boy and later to San Antonio where he enlisted in 1898 He chaired Crosby County draft board during the world wars and helped bring rail service to Ralls
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Ercy B. Ralls
South Plains
Ralls
West Texas
United States
Jin Balls First Methodist Church
W. R. Beaird
Conrad Ryan
Rallis Cemetery
Carter Funeral Home
Monroe County
Georgia
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
San Antonio
Crosby County Draft Board
John R
See
Togo Exile Called to Lead After Coup Death of Olympio
A lightning coup in Togo killed President Sylvanus Olympio outside the U.S. Embassy in Lomé and arrested most ministers. Exiled Idrissou Antoine Meatchi, 27, was urged to return to head the revolutionary movement while Nicolas Grunitsky, a former Togo premier, considered returning to lead the new government. U.S. officials condemned the assassination as Washington monitors the crisis.
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Associated Press
Ome
Togo
Sylvanus Olympio
U.S
Ghana
Revolutionary Movement
Idrissou Antoine Meatchi
Cotonou
Dahomey
Nicolas Grunitsky
Dawn J
Leon B. Poullada
Olympio
Kennedy
Washington
White House
Pierre Salinger
United States
Weather map shows varied 24 hour lows across southwest region
Precipitation map and 24 hour low temperatures list cities including Abilene El Paso Albuquerque Houston Amarillo Oklahoma City Dallas Roswell Denver and West Falls with readings ranging from highs in the teens to lows in the negatives.
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el Paso
Albuqur
Houston
Amarilla
Okla City
Dallas
Roswell
Denver
W. Falls
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