Heavy Snow Strands Pacific Northwest Across Wide Front
Heavy snows blanket the Pacific Northwest from California to Washington with up to five feet in passes and 75 mph winds. Snow and rain disrupt highways, aid is sent to stranded cattle, and several deaths occur in Montana Washington and North Dakota amid a coast to coast storm.
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California
Washington
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Cascades
North Bend
Ore
San Diego
Cal
Newport
Eugene
Portland
North Dakota
William Guy
Civil Defense, National Guard
Highway Department
Montana
Arctic
Pacific
Helena Valley
Air Force
Northwest
Seattle
Audit Report Presented to Scurry County Court
The Scurry County commissioners court heard the 1963 audit by Deffebach and Yorgesen led by Russell Yorgesen and Charles Balkey. Court noted no major discrepancies and reviewed a water well use contract offering the well near the Nurses Home for an annual rental of $1.
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Scurry County
D. M. Cogdell
Viet Nam Young Generals Purge Upsets Saigon Government
In Saigon the Young Turks purge the High National Council and arrest most of its nine members and over 20 leading politicians. Brig Gen Nguyen Chanh Thi leads the junta with Ky Le Nguyen Khang and Nguyen Van Thieu involved. About 70 staff officers were moved to the mountains north of Saigon.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Young Turks
High National Council
U.S
Tran van Huong
Phan Khac Sun
Nguyen Chanh Thi
1St Army Corps
Cambodia
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Nguyen Cao Ky
Air Force
le Nguyen Khang
Marine Corps
Nguyen van Thieu
4Th Corps
Duong van Minh
Peru Mine Blast Kills 57 Miners
An explosion at a U.S. operated coal mine near Cerro de Pasco 125 miles northeast of Lima killed 57 miners and injured two others. Gas and coal dust ignition sparked the blast as rescuers searched for bodies amid inquiries into the accident. The mine supplies coke for Cerro de Pasco mining operations and is run by Cerro de Pasco Corp.
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Lima
Peru
Cerro de Pasco
U.S
Cerro de Pasco Corp
Docks Threatened by Walkout From Maine to Texas
Longshoremen across the Gulf Coast and East Coast faced a fresh chance of a wildcat walkout as about 40 New York piers shut down while Gulf talks continued. Ralph A. Massey warned of possible strikes that could paralyze Gulf Coast and Eastern seaboard shipping.
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Galveston
Maine
Texas
New York
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf and South Atlantic
ILA
Ralph A. Massey
Massey
Gulf Coast
Seaboard
West Gulf
Grace Lines
State Waterfront Commission
Brooklyn
Freighter Smith Voyager In Atlantic Storm Plea For Rescue
The 7600 ton American freighter Smith Voyager listed 35 degrees in gale seas 780 miles east southeast of Bermuda. Captain Frederick W. Mohle and two crewmen remained aboard as the Coast Guard cutter Rockaway reached the scene but could not board due to high seas. 34 men were rescued, four bodies recovered, one crewman missing. German freighter Mathilde Bolten headed to Puerto Rico with survivors needing medical aid.
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Coast Guard
Frederick W. Mohle
Mathilde Bolten
Puerto Rico
Bermuda
Bahamas
Ceuta
Morrocco
Houston
Lt Gov Preston Smith to Speak at Snyder Chamber Banquet
Texas Lieutenant Governor Preston Smith, the 38th holder of the post, will headline Snyder Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet on January 15. A Lubbock businessman, Smith has a long record in state government and public service with ties to education and tourism development.
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Texas
Preston Smith
Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Smith
Lubbock
Georgetown
Williamson
Gaines
Lamesa
Texas Tech
Tech
Fer
Texas Tourist Development Agency
Weather snapshot for Texas regions through Tuesday
Snyder reports show temperatures fluctuating from a cold start to warm afternoons across Texas. Readings range from 25 to 72 degrees with highs near 74 in some zones and nightly lows between 25 and 56 as skies vary from partly cloudy to rainy near the coast.
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Snyder
Texas
Northwest
Southwest
Israeli Jets Clash With Jordan Planes Over Dead Sea
Four Israeli jets clashed with four Jordan fighter planes claiming intrusions into Israeli airspace over the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea. The government reported minimal firing and no Israeli aircraft were hit.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Judean
Dead Sea
Rail Collision Kills 41, Injures 75 Near Palenque
A freight train rammed a passenger train in dense fog near Tacotalpa Tabasco killing 41 and injuring 75. American tourists were among the injured. engineer fled the scene as both trains halted for a routine stop. An Alhambra California crewman lost a leg and others suffered leg fractures. The accident occurred 145 miles south of Veracruz City.
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Villahermosa
Mexico
Mexico City
Here
Palenque
Chiapas
Nils Werner
Alhambra
Calif
Carl Benson
Fresno
Tenosique
Tabasco
Tacotalpa
Coatzacoalcos
Veracruz State
Eee
Rites Here Today For T. C. Davis
Funeral services for 97 year old T Cornelius Davis of 3007 Avenue W are set for 2 30 p m at the First Baptist Church of Snyder with burial in Snyder Cemetery. Survived by four daughters two sons a brother 26 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren the pallbearers include Duane Davis Jimmie Hart Louis Wells Bill Stirman Donald McGlain Travis Brackeen and Travis Rinehart.
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T. Cornelius Davis
Avenue W
Webster County
Davis
Texas
Johnson County
Beulah Davis
Hillsboro
Ennis Creek
Snyder
California
H. L. Davis
Rotan
Italy Again Fails To Elect President
ROME AP Italy's parliament again failed to elect a president on the ninth ballot and sixth day of voting. Four parties the Socialists Democratic Socialists Democrats and Republicans of the center left coalition and the Fascist Italian Social Movement abstained in protest over the stalemate.
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Rome
Italy
Socialists
Democratic Socialists
Republicans
Italian Social Movement
Mrs. Annie Mae Scrivner Dies Following Auto Crash
Funeral services pending at Bell Seale Funeral Home for Annie Mae Scrivner 59 of Dermott after she died at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. She suffered a broken back in a December 12 one car crash near Snyder on the Lubbock Highway and investigators said she may have blacked out before the collision. She is survived by husband A W Scrivner two daughters Velma Perry Snyder and Gilbert Merritt Dumas and one grandson.
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Bell Seale Funeral Home
Annie Mae Scrivner
Dermott
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Scrivner
Snyder
Lubbock
Five Robbers Loot Bank Truck and Church Safe in Paterson
In Paterson New Jersey six men abducted three priests and two truck guards then looted a First National Bank of Passaic County panel truck and the church safe of about a half million dollars. The gunmen cuffed the kidnapped workers and left them in the rectory while they emptied the church cash and secured the truck.
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Paterson
First National Bank of
Passaic County
Odessa Man Dies in Plane Crash
A private plane rented for a Sunday flight crashed killing one of two men aboard. The deceased is identified as David Haeber of Odessa, with the other passenger tentatively named Leon Cotrell. The wreckage was found five miles north of Ector County Airport after dawn.
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Odessa
David Haeber
Leon Cotrell
Ector County
Refugees report massacre of Congo missionaries and families
Refugees arriving in Leopoldville say thirty white hostages, all missionaries and families, were killed by rebels in Banalia and Batwasende in the northeast Congo. They name an American Mary Baker of Richmond Virginia among the missing and describe massacres witnessed by mercenaries and survivors.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Congo
Mary Baker
Richmond
Banalia
Stanleyville
Batwasende
Dolena Burk
Calgary
Alta
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Rockies
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Key West
Fla
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Glendive
Mont
S. Viet
Rockaway
Lt. Gov. Smith
San Cees
Miguel Sanchez Cruz
T. C. Davis
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