Winter Storm Packs Snow Across Northwest to Great Lakes
A Christmas Eve storm walloped the Northwest with heavy snow from Seattle to the Cascades and spread another system from Texas toward the Great Lakes. Snowfalls of several inches occurred in Spokane and the central Plains while Seattle saw eight inches. Subzero temps and a Yukon air dome forecast to influence Western and Midwestern patterns next week.
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Associated Press
Northwest
Pacific Ocean
Seattle
Cascades
Texas
Great Lakes
Central Plains
Upper Lakes
North Head
Ore
Eugene
Spokane
Wash
Canadian Rockies
Yukon
Fairbanks
Alaska
Weather Bureau
Intermountain
Hanksville
Utah
Mississippi Valley
Snow Depths Hit 17 Inches in Flagstaff Arizona
Snow lingered across parts of New Mexico Wyoming Colorado the Dakotas Minnesota Nebraska Oklahoma Wisconsin and Iowa while rain swollen rivers and melting snows caused floods in eastern Arizona isolating Kilvin and triggering driving hazards from New Mexico to Nebraska and Kansas.
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Arizona
Flagstaff
New Mexico
Wyoming
Colorado
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kilvin
Kansas
Christmas-time burglaries hit two homes
A new form of Christmas time vandalism saw two houses broken into and ransacked. At Ron Reinsch’s home burglars stole an electric blanket an electric shaver and $4 cash after unwrapping gifts. value about $33. Gene L Love’s home was rifled with no items missing. Entry by broken window.
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Ron Reinsch
S. Richardson
Gene Ll. Love
S. Cedar
Most Wanted Man Captured After Firefight Under Bridge
In Worcester Massachusetts FBI agents captured James E. Kennedy 28 after a high speed chase and shootout under a railroad bridge. Kennedy a convicted bank robber fled a Cleveland jail in 1964. he surrendered after an exchange of fire. Paul V. Davis remained in the car but exited with a fleeing woman.
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Worcester
Mass
FBI
James E. Kennedy
Kennedy
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Ohio
Paul V. Davis
Fire damages stove in Union Street apartment
A Thursday night fire at 1710 N Union burned the oven area while Betty Erbring cooked and caused slight damage. Firemen responded quickly and found the fire out on arrival at 11:19 p.m.
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N. Union
Betty Erbring
Candy Stolen From Mountain View School Stand
Sheriff's officials report several boxes of candy missing from a concession stand at Mountain View School after a break-in discovered Thursday. The theft occurred during the school vacation period.
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Mountain View
Bill A Shelton funeral set for Roswell Monday
Bill A. Shelton 41 an independent oil producer and Roswell resident died Thursday in Albuquerque after a long illness. He was born December 15, 1924 in Marlow Oklahoma and lived in New Mexico 30 years. He moved to Roswell in 1957 and ran oil and gas ventures with past ties to Lovington. Funeral Monday at St Andrews Episcopal Church Roswell with burial in South Park Cemetery.
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Albuquerque
Mr. Shelton
Marlow
Oklo
New Mexico
Chaves
Lea Counties
Elliot & Waldren Abstract Co
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Shelton Realty Co
Marian Griffith
Shelton
South Spring Acres
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Marian
St. Andrew’s Church
South Park Cemetery
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Robert L. Haynie
J. B. Duval
Lubbock
Tex
Jess L. Warren
Abilene
J. H. Burnside
Glen Wearham
Jimmy Henry
Dean Solsberg
I. A. Cottingham
Corsicana
John Richard Anderson
Gale
James O’bannon
W.W. Merritt
Robert Lusk
Alamogordo
W. A. Hutcheson
Midland
Jack L. McClellan
Bill Patterson
Dallas
Larry Williams
Max Wilson
B. O. Greenwade
S. H. Cavin
March of Dimes
Chaves County
Airmen Treated After Fight at Walker AFB
Four Airmen from Walker AFB were treated for injuries after a fight in southeast Roswell. Airman Walter L. Johnson, in satisfactory condition, suffered a stab wound and leg cut. Airman 3.C. Gregory J. Cross was arrested on assault suspicion. Two others from the 6th Supply Squadron sustained minor injuries. Police found Johnson in a Sum mit telephone booth after reports of the fight at 410 E Summit. Meadors and Foster were injured while trying to break up Johnson and Cross.
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Walker Afb
Roswell
Walter L. Johnson
812Th Medical Group
C. Gregory J. Cross, Cross
6Th
CES
C. Gerald Meadors
C. Quenton S. Foster Jr
Johnson
Summit
Main
E. Summit
Meadors
Foster
Cross
Paralyzed Bride Finds Joy in Christmas Wedding
Dorothy Fields, 23, paralyzed from the neck down and on a respirator, married Robert Fields, 28, in North Carolina Memorial Hospital Chapel Hill. He loves her despite her condition and they plan to live in a mobile home after securing permission to operate her state respirator at home.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Dorothy Fields
Robert Fields
North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Fields
Robert
Mrs. Fields
Two Traffic Incidents Prompt Citations in City
At 3:18 p.m. in Union and Alameda, drivers Thomas B. Holcomb and Ruth J. Moore were involved in an accident with Moore cited for failure to yield. At 6:40 p.m. on North Main, Margie D. Slade struck a parked car owned by Joe Click and was cited for careless driving.
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Union and
Alameda
Thomas B. Holcomb
W. Tilden
Ruth J. Moore
W. McGaffey
Moore
Block North Main
Margie D. Slade
Capitan
Joe Click
Slade
Mrs. Huff Calls Santa Fe After Mother-in-Law's Death
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Huff of 1200 W Mathews St were called to Santa Fe Thursday due to the illness and death of Mrs. Huff's mother, Mrs. Eric Johnson, who passed away Thursday night.
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Robert Huff
W. Mathews St
Santa Fe
Ancient Coptic prayer book found near Sudan border
University of Chicago scholars report discovering a two part Coptic prayer book in a monk's cell at a near Sudan border monastery in Egypt. The manuscript narrates a dialogue between Christ and Peter about the cross and judgment with hymns praising the cross.
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Chicago
Jesus Christ
Egypt
University of Chicago
Oriental Institute
Sudan
Christ
Peter
Mount of Olives
Heaven
Nile
Aswan
George Scanlon
Jerusalem Gate Opens for Arab Christians to Reunite
Jerusalem's mandel baum gate opened at dawn to allow nearly 5,000 Arab Christians from Israel to cross into Jordan and celebrate Christ's birth with their families.
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Roy Essoyan
Jerusalem
Jordan
Mandelbaum Gate
Israel
Christ
Three Crewmen Killed In Texas Train Crash
Three crewmen die and two are injured when a Missouri-Kansas-Texas freight rear-ended a Texas and Pacific train two miles south of Denton Texas. Dead include M K T engineer Clayton Overbeck and T P conductor J G Barling. two in caboose and engine fatalities noted.
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Texas
Denton, Tex
Denton
Texas and Pacific
Hickory Creek
T&p
Clayton Overbeck
Denison
J.G. Barling
Fort Worth
K.N. Cunningham
Gifts From 50 States Flow To Viet Nam Servicemen
Secretary McNamara praises the outflow of 470 tons of gifts shipped to Vietnam as the Christmas Star support. Air Reserve and Air National Guard crews volunteered to fly the gifts overseas in a show of national unity and generosity.
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Associated Press
Washington
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
Air Reserve
Air National Guard
New NM topless uniforms club draws full houses near Anthony
ANTHONY AP A New Mexico nightclub offering topless uniforms reports booming business with full houses since opening a month ago near War Road 11 by Anthony Gap. The White Sands Missile Range Biggs Air Force Base and Ft. Bliss area is cited as nearby. An Armed Forces Disciplinary Board member in El Paso says the military may bar such venues within six months. Stan Baluik, golf pro at Kirkbrae Country Club, Lincoln, Rhode Island, formerly played center for Providence in the American Hockey League.
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New Mexico
War Road 11
Anthony Gap
White Sands Missile Range
Biggs Air Force Base
Ft. Bliss
el Paso
Tex
Armed Forces Disciplinary Board
Stan Baluik
Kirkbrae Country Club
Lincoln
R.I
Providence
White Yule Likely Not A White Christmas In New Mexico
The Weather Bureau said a Thursday storm moved through New Mexico and has exited into the Texas Panhandle. Christmas Day should bring fair weather with rising temperatures though winds will uplift drifted snow and reduce visibility in several areas.
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New Mexico
Weather Bureau
Texas Panhandle
Clayton
Santa Fe
Grants
Las Vegas
Tucumcari
Zuni
Silver City
Gila River
Arizona
Hospital Admits and Births Reported on Dec 23
St Marys hospital lists admissions including Nancy Pirtle Route 2 and James Stevens 111 E Lewis with discharges for Gloria Peralta and others. Births record a daughter to Mr and Mrs C Aquinaga Route 1 Roswell and a son to Mr and Mrs Calvin Lasiter 405 W 10th St. Memorial Osteopathic notes Mike Pharis Dorothy Unger Dale Essary Elva Sale.
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Nancy Pirtle
Buddy Lane
James Stevens
E. Lewis
Bobby Elam
Jaffa
Raymond Richmond
W. Mathews
Gloria Peralta
James Bunte
H. R. Spencer
William Keeth
Dan Henderson
H. Webb
James W. Brown
C. Aquinaga
Roswell
Mike Pharis
Dorothy Unger
Dale Essary
Elva Sale
Calvin Lasiter
W. 10Th St
Mass Stated In Troubled NM Church
Christmas Eve mass will be held at St Augustine Church Isleta Pueblo. Archbishop James Peter Davis allowed Msgr Fred Stadtmueller to attend on request from Gov Andy Abeita who had him evicted last summer for insulting Indian traditions. The church remains closed to services except for tonight.
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Associated Press
St. Augustine Church
Isleta Pueblo
James Peter Davis
Pueblo
Fred Stadtmueller
Andy Abeita
Abeita
Msgr
Stadtmueller
Francis Reinberg
Albuquerque
St. Augustine
Gov. Abeita
Archdiocese
Isleta
Indian Woman Killed by Train Near Gallup
An unidentified Navajo woman believed middle aged was struck and killed by a train late at night seven miles west of Gallup near Mentmore on the eastbound Santa Fe Railway tracks. Investigators sought to identify her and did not know which train caused the fatality.
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Gallup
Mentmore
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