16 Killed As Canadian Bus Is Hit By Train Near Lamont
A bus carrying students bound for Lamont School collided with a CN freight train in rural Alberta. Sixteen youths aged 16 to 18 died and twenty five were injured as the train struck the bus near a crossing just north of Edmonton. Fire, police and volunteers rushed to the scene in zero weather while survivors were taken to a small hospital.
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Canada
Avalanche-journal Sires
Mont
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Cossing
Frank Hudney
Hudney
Edmonton
Ibert
Tom
Teen Age GANG Busted in Texas Grocery Heists
Lubbock police late Tuesday night rounded up a youthful gang tied to the Sewell Grocery stick up and a series of burglaries including a $1,000 plus theft, a $700 home break in, and a $500 theater theft. Juvenile suspects yielded statements. several were held in county or state facilities. Det. Bill Bessent led the roundup with juvenile officers, following a weekend arrest and a car wreck during the chase.
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Tanner Lai
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
Sewell
Bennie Paul Brito
Ave. S
Alfred Leal
Ave
Snyder
Gatesville
Bill Bessent
James Prothro
B. G. Willis
See Gang
Fire devastates Fairfield businesses in costly courthouse square blaze
A $250000 fire at the Freestone County Courthouse square in Fairfield destroyed the Fairfield Moto Co and damaged the Parker Chevrolet Co garage. A gas truck cracked its tank and spilled fuel causing a flare up. No injuries were reported. Corsican Teague helped control the blaze as firefighters fought the flames.
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Freestone County
Fairfield Moto Co
Parker Chevrolet Co
Parker Concern
Cker
Corsican Teague
Infield
67 year old teacher kills intruder in home defense
Mrs. Anne Winford, 67, a Sunday school teacher in Vempuus Tenn, used a 1917 pistol to shoot two young gunmen who forced entry at 4 a.m. One, Billy Lee, 20, died. James Eastman, 18, was wounded. Holmes Winford, 68, was assaulted but uninjured.
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United Press International
Vempuus
Anne Winford
Billy Lee
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Lee
James Eastman
Holmes
Yule Lighting Contest Draws Record Entries
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports 42 entries in the Home Christmas Lighting Contest with additions like a Carolers Coffee House and nativity scenes. The Teal family and Lee Towns submitted multiple divisions, with plans for exterior nativity and door displays, including a glowing black “Carolers Coffee House” scene and electric lighting effects.
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Opal Dixon Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Avalanche - Journal
Benton Teal
Danny
Kathy
Teal
Lee Towns
Sth
Inj
Seere
Sha
Teals
Snyder weighs charter change to end city manager system
Petitioners press for a mayor council charter, seeking to replace the city manager form in Snyder. The council, after a special meeting, ordered an election tentatively set for January 31 with a court stay delaying a mandamus hearing. The proposal would set mayor salary at 7000 to 9000 dollars and per meeting council pay at 290 dollars. A city marshal would be elected and annexation would require neighbor property owner consent.
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Snyder City Councielding
Robert Patterson
Snyder
Used Cars Go On Block For Yuletide Fund
More than 45 cars donated by the Lubbock Independent Auto Dealers Association will be auctioned at 7 pm Thursday to fund the Goodfellows Santa program. All money raised supports ensuring no city child including Christmas morning is forgotten. Texas Ave between Broadway and Main will be roped off for inspection before bidding. This marks the second year of the fundraiser with last year netting 480 dollars for the Goodfellows who plan to deliver new toys candy fruit and nuts to Lubbock children.
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Psychiatrist Nabbed In Soble Spy Ring Arrest
FBI agents arrested Dr Robert Soble brother of imprisoned spy Jack Soble on charges of passing atomic data to the Soviet Union through an espionage ring tied to World War II secrecy. Soble pleaded innocent seeking bail, with prosecutors citing access to a secret military project and photographs from conspirators at a Sandia base.
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New York
UPI
FBI
Soviet Union
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Robert Soble
Jack Soble
Lavrenti P. Beria
Boris Morros
Sables
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Morton S. Robson
Washington State
Robson
Henry Spitz
Beatrice
Veterans Administration
Sandia
Albuquerque
Rus
New York City
Orangeburg
N.Y
State Hospital
Bomb explosion disrupts YMCA campus meeting at University
Police report a powerful bomb exploded outside a window of the University YMCA building in Austin where the University Religious Council discussed racial integration of campus restaurants. Capt. Otto Ludwig said the device, made from a pipe section filled with powder or dynamite, could have killed several of about 20 students if it had detonated. eight attendees were Black.
Texas GOP seeks all-out probe into election
United Press International reports Texas Republican leaders contest the general election alleging gross error coercion and conspiracy. They name State Democratic Chairman J J Connally and Starr and Duval counties as focal points. Steakley delays preliminary actions and sets eight days for responses, with hearings possible after Democratic electors reply.
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Hardy
Zollie Steakler
State Board of Canvassers
Starr
Duval
Steakley
U)s
Chicago
Connally
Hollers
Robert L. Johnso
Te Tion
Police hunt for missing coed near Portland
Grim police pressed Tuesday to find Beverly Ann Allan 29 a Washington State University senior missing after her boyfriend was slain in a wooded area near Portland Oregon. Authorities feared she may have been slain or kidnapped by an attacker who set upon the couple Saturday night or early Sunday.
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Ore
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Here
Beverly Ann Allan
Washington State
Traffic Safety Plan Highlighted At Police Banquet
Everett Grosose reports at Parkway Manor as over 400 guests attend the Police Appreciation Banquet. National Safety Council official Paul Jones urged a six point plan to curb highway tragedies, praising the Lubbock police and local agencies. A plaque for Chief J T Atley was presented by W E Madlock.
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J.T. Alley
W. EF
Medlock
Citizens’ ‘Traffic Council
Paul Jones
Chicago
National Safety Council
Alley
Jones
Everett Grosose
Avalanche-Journal
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
J.T. Atley
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