Winter Blast Snarls Traffic On Plains
A severe winter storm hit the South Plains and Panhandle, isolating towns and forcing road closures as snow and high winds disrupted travel. Motorists were stranded from Claude to Happy, with trains and buses rerouted or delayed. Five people were left homeless after two fires sparked by the winds. The Amarillo weather office warned of continued cold through Monday as plows cleared highways.
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Plains
Bill Hams
Avalanche-Journal
South Plains
Panhandle
Amarillo
Amuarillo-Fort Worth
Claude
C. W. McCarty
Floyodada
Matadoc
Mies
Morris Leslie
Miatader Fire Department
Morris
Happy
Amarillo- Lubbock
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Washburn
Pamipa
Perryton
Borger
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Highway Department
Amarilo
Additional Aid Funds Will Be Needed Soon
Senator Connally returns to Washington to push new foreign aid legislation for the 81st Congress. Key figures including President Truman and Senator Vandenberg outline priorities for stop-gap funding, aid to embattled China, rearmament of Western Europe, and continued Greek aid as part of a broad international relief program.
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H. K. Reynolds
INS
Vashington
Sen
Connally
D-Tex
Washington
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Vandenberg
Rep. Bloom ‘D-N. YO
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Capitol
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Paul G. Hoffman
China
Greece
UN Raps Three Red Satellites
UN Assembly condemns Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia for aiding Greek guerrillas in a 47 to 6 vote with the Soviet bloc opposing. Dulles denounces Communist methods while Vishinsky calls UNSCOB investigators amateurs and junk. Palestine committee work continues as a resolution moves forward. Also noted, 95 fighter planes to be reconditioned in Grand Prairie for the Chinese Nationalist government with first departure by December 15.
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Paris
United Nations Assembly
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
John Foster Dulles
United States
Dulles
Assembly
Russia
Andrew Y. Vishinsky
UN Special Committee On the
Balkans
Unscob
Britain
France
China
Palestine
Grand Prairie
Robert McCullouch
Texas Engineering and Manufacturing Company
West Coast Balloting Underway On Dock Workers
East Coast longshoremen voted to end a 18 day strike with a 13 cent raise after 63 000 members accepted a compromise. The halt disrupted the New York harbor and broader trade while West Coast ballots among 27000 CIO dock workers continued.
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Arthur Pastore
New York
Joe Hall
Associated Press
Joseph P. Ryan
AFI
International Longshoremen’s Association Tonight
Ryan
New York Harbor
Maine
Virginia
West Coast
CIO
Harry Bridges
Camera At 70 000 Feet Films Nature's Own Atom Smasher
University of Chicago physicists Marcel Schein and J. J. Lord report observation from 70 000 feet of a natural stratospheric atom smasher. Photographs from balloon clusters show a 20 billion electron volt heavy particle disrupting a nucleus and forming a meson with mass energy 143 million electron volts.
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Nature
International News Services
Chicago
University of Chicago
Marcel Schein
Institute For Nuclear Studies
J. J. Lord
Schein
Soviet power cuts ordered in Russian zone of Germany
Soviet authorities in Berlin ordered steep reductions in electricity use across the Russian zone of Germany. Allied officials attributed the curtailment to a coal shortage caused by the Western Allies' counter blockades against East Germany.
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Berlin
Germany
East Germany
King’s Jewelry Ad Promotes Silverplate Serving Tray
An advertisement for a large silverplate serving tray priced at 14.95 from King’s Jewelry highlights a mid priced gift item. The listing emphasizes value and availability at the jewelry store.
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King’s Jewelry
Madame Chiang Heads to Washington to Seek More Aid
Madame Chiang Kai-shek left Nanking in a U S naval plane for Shanghai en route to Washington to personally appeal for greatly increased aid to the Chinese government in its war with the Communists. She is scheduled to arrive in Washington Wednesday.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
U. S
Shanghai
Washington
China
Chiang
Christmas Decorations Contest Begins In Lubbock
The Avalanche-Journal announces its second annual Christmas Outdoor Home Lighting and Decorating contest with total cash prizes of 85 dollars for the most beautified home, window, doorway and outdoor tree within city limits. Prizes range up to 25 dollars for the top home, with divisions for windows and doors and outdoor trees.
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HE Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
Mystery Sub Reported In Gulf Waters
Unidentified, modern submarine sighted about 20 miles southeast of Corpus Christi Naval Air Station The sighting occurred Friday afternoon with a possible periscope or snorkel and exhaust smoke Navy officials say no U S submarine operating in the area The object submerged and vanished after about 10 minutes
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Gulf Coast
Navy Department
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Naval
U. S
United States
Navy
Nou. S
Missing U S Plane Searched Over Guiana Jungles
U S Air Force planes renewed a search for a C 47 missing since November 19 on an instrument testing flight from Atkinson Air Base. Five crew members were aboard Major George H Walsh Mrs Betty Walsh First Lt William F Grace M Sgt Jack B Reichmuth and S Sgt James W Ingram. Over 300 airmen plus British Guiana fixers and ground crews scoured the area.
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Atkinson Air Base
British Guiana
INS
U. S. Air Force
Guiana Jungles
George H. Walsh
Huntington
Calif
Betty Walsh
William F. Grace
St. Albans
N. Y
Jack B. Reichmuth
Victoria
Texas
James W. Ingram
Apple Springs
Atkinson
Rose Tradition Continues at Big Spring Church
For seven years an unknown friend sends a red rose to the First Baptist Church of Big Spring. A rose is placed across the Bible at Sunday services before the pastor, Dr. P. D. O'Brien, preaches, symbolizing the seventh year of the tradition.
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Bo Tre
Order Lifted In One Oil Field
The Railroad Commission modified a gas waste close down order for the Foster field in Ector county lifting part of the restriction after Foster operators showed they could produce 20 278 barrels of oil daily without wasting associated natural gas. Ten wells of 650 were isolated and not affected. The move aligns with a state supreme court ruling that conserved gas must not impose unjust economic demands. Attorney General Price Daniel said his office is overwhelmed by injunctions but will defend vigorously.
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Lhe Associated
Ustin
Railroad 4 Commission
98Th District Court
Foster
Ector County
Commission
Daniel
Railroad Commission
Ernest O. Thompson
State Supreme Court
Seeligson
Houston
Price Daniel
Bandit Holds Up Liquor Store in Big Spring
BIG SPRING Nov 27 A bandit robbed a local liquor store, fleeing with 15 dollars in cash. Police identify him from pictures as an escaped convict and note he overlooked 200 dollars. No new developments in the prior 20,000 dollar carnival robbery at the municipal airport.
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Big Spring
Pete Green
T. J. Tidwell
Green
Battle Rages 45 Miles From China Capital
SEYMOUR TOPPING reports that fighting near Nanking intensified as 10,000 Red troops were encircled 45 miles north of the capital. Sun Fo’s cabinet gained emergency powers, while Parliament urged U S aid against Communists advancing from the north toward the Yangtze valley. The Reds claimed a major army group was bagged near Nanpingchen and Suchow lay almost surrounded with 300,000 Communist troops pressing from the north.
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Seymour Topping
INS
China
Chiang Kai-Shex Todev
Nanking
Cantal
United States
Concaress
Yangtze Valley
Sun Fo
Sun Yat Sen
Chinese Republic
Chiang
Suchow
Nanpingchen
Suhsien
Legislative Yuan
Parlement
America
Final Estimate On Cotton For South Plains In 1948
K N Clapp of Anderson Clayton & Co issues a final 1948 South Plains cotton crop forecast of 599000 to 660000 bales. He predicts ginning will near the higher figure and notes Lubbock tops with at least 100000 bales, followed by Lamb and Hockley.
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South Plains
K. N. Clapp
Anderson, Clayton & Co
Houston
Clapp
Lubbock
Lamb
Hockley County
Fans braved snowstorm as West Texas State Teachers blanked New Mexico
In Canyon on November 27, West Texas State Teachers faced New Mexico in a Border Conference game won 19 to 0 by WYTSTC. About ten fans watched, four remained at the end, with 75 onlookers around the field and 200 cars circling the arena while wind and snow reduced visibility to 200 yards.
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Canyon
West Texas State Teachers College
New Mexico University
Wytstc
Deep Water Test Near Lubbock Plans Open for Bids
City plans a deep water test near Lubbock with bids due December 19 at 1 30 pm. City Engineer R L Oldham says the test aims to assess regional water solutions and will require exact specifications and careful strata sampling to prevent cross formation contamination.
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Lubbock
H. I. Kiefer
Avalanche-Journal
Pacifications
City Commission
R. L. Oldham
South Plains
Dickens Escapee Is Recaptured
A 23 year old prisoner awaiting trial on a forgery case escaped from Dickens County Sheriff C C Kimmel around 4 p m. He fled while at a barber shop retreat but was recaptured within two hours after the sheriff spotted him talking to people on the street and noted the prisoner’s disappearance from sight. The escape led to further questioning and a report continued on page 10.
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Dickens
Bree
Crosbyton
Dickens County
Sherff
C. C. Kimmel
Om Tadas
Rew
F. D. Lasker
A. B. Hogan
Kimmel
Lusk
Texas
New Mexico
Okla- Wee
Weather Summary for Lubbock and Vicinity
Continued cold and partly cloudy today with moderating winds this afternoon. Monday brings rising temperatures in the afternoon with a low around 25 degrees Monday morning. Official readings from US Weather Bureau show highs near 45 and lows near 42 across the 24 hours ending yesterday evening. Sunrise is 7.30 a m and sunset at 6.39 p m.
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Lubbock
US Weather Bureau
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Matador
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See Dock
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U.S
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