Lubbock Man Dies In Crash Near Snyder
A head on collision on US 84 six miles southeast of Snyder killed Harley W. Bell of Lubbock and seriously injured Henry Treat of Snyder. Bell died at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Treat was treated at Methodist Memorial Hospital. Gaither Bell aided in freeing Bell from the wreck. Investigating officers were Will Cleveland and the sheriff's department.
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Lubbock
Snyder
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Harley W. Bell
Bell
Henry Treat
Fifteenth Street
Treat
Cogdell
Bell Ambulances
Bell Ambulance
Methodist Memorial
Harley Bell
Will Cleveland
Bitter Cold Grips Texas Near Christmas
Texans shiver under bitter cold with only South Texas escaping freezing. Weather Bureau warns 12 degrees below normal until after Christmas and light weekend precipitation in the northeast. Readings include 19 in Dalhart and Amarillo, with many 20s and 30s elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Texas
Weather Bureau
Dalhart
Amarillo
Brownsville
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Brownwood
Midland
Abilene
Fort Worth
el Paso
Texarkana
San Angelo
Austin
San Antonio Waco
Dallas
Houston
Laredo
Galveston
South Texas
Death Toll From Air Collision Soars to 134
The Brooklyn dentist Dr Jacob K Brooks 64 died from burns after being sprayed by flaming jet fuel from the United Air Lines crash. He was president of the Brooklyn Council of Boy Scouts and was walking his dog when the disaster struck. Ground toll rose to six with a TWA Constellation crash on Staten Island killing 44 aboard.
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New York
Jacob K. Brooks
Brooklyn
Dr. Krooks
Brooklyn Council of Boy Scouts
United Air Lines
TWA
Staten Island
Man Thought Dead Is Alive In Dorchester Mystery
In Boston Dorchester resident Max Averbuck 53 was initially believed dead after collapsing near a doorway and was pronounced dead at City Hospital. His wife Eva and daughter Loretta 23 learned of the death, while son Paul 23 confirmed the misidentification at the morgue. The man later identified herself as Lows Tepper 70, alive and present with the boss at work.
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Boston
Max Averbuck
Dorchester
City Hospital
Averbuck
Eva
Loretta
Paul
Lows Tepper
FBI Director Warns of Chicago Youth Conference by Reds
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said Communists plan a Chicago conference starting December 31 to create a new national youth organization clandestinely led by party members. He cited Moscow trained leaders and a West Coast mobilization last May and noted new publication New Horizons for Youth. The report highlighted arrests and recoveries in 1960.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Chicago
Communist Party, USA
United States
Hoover
Atty
William P. Rogers
Communist Party
Gus Hall
U. S. Communist Party
Soviet Union
Cuba
U.S
New Horizons For Youth
Daniel Rubin
New York
Rogers
America
Chages
Melvin Davis Rees Jr
Carroll Jackson
Virginia
Joseph Corbett Jr
Adolph Coors III
Colorado
Exchange Student Embraces Texas Christmas Traditions
Snyder High School hosts Swedish exchange student Evert Carlsson for his first American Christmas. He told classmates about Advent customs, Santa Lucia, Swedish dishes like rice porridge with a nut, and a Santa visit before Christmas Eve. Evert highlighted Hofors Sweden and local church celebrations.
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Evert Carlsson
Snyder High School
Evert
Dick Martin
Louis Herndon
David Wiman
Lutheran Church
Snyder
Sweden
Texas
Santa Lucia
Jesus
Aready
Santa Claus
Hofors
Scurry County United Fund Nears Campaign Goal
The drive needs less than $6,000 to reach its goal as of the Wednesday report. Pledges total $35,286.84, about 86.1 percent of the target, with 215 contact cards outstanding. Campaign leaders urge workers to finish by January 1 and plan a coffee and doughnut meeting for Friday at 3 pm to boost contributions.
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Scurry County
Boren
United Fund
Mel Gilbert
Weather summary for Texas regions with cold temperatures
Readable fragment outlines a cold, cloudy pattern across Texas through Friday. Northwest Texas and Panhandle show highs near 30s and 40s with lows 14 to 28. Northeast and North Central Texas remain chilly with lows 22 to 32 and highs 32 to 46. South and Southwest report fair to cold conditions with 30s to 50s in varying zones.
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Bnyder
Redding
Texas
Panhandle
High Plains
28 Persons Killed In Philippines Air Crash
An Philippine airliner carrying college students home for Christmas crashed moments after takeoff from Cebu. Twenty eight of the 37 aboard were killed. Nine survivors were injured with burns and fractures. one woman was pulled from wreckage in critical condition. A DC3 of the same airline killed 33 on Mindoro 29 days earlier.
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Manila
Cebu
Mindoro
Two Die in Crash Near Chillicothe Texas
Two men died when a car and a trailer truck collided on U S 287 west of Chillicothe Texas. The victims were Harold Gene Bangs 18 and J G Reneau about 70 of Spearman Reneau believed to be Bangs grandfather. The Diamond T truck driver escaped injury. Highway patrolmen arrived after a minor accident was reported and found the wreck.
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Quanah
Tex AP
Chillicothe
U.S. 287
Harold Gene Bangs
J. G. Reneau
Spearman Reneau
Bangs
Radio Tapes Reveal Off Course Crash Over Staten Island
FAA tapes show United Airlines Flight 826 veered off course before colliding with Trans World Flight 266 near LaGuardia and Idlewild. Controllers warned of trouble as the TWA Connie disappeared from radar and Idlewild prepared to guide the jet in.
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New York
United Airlines
Staten Island
Federal Aviation Agency
la Guardia
TWA
United
Brooklyn
Washington
FAA
R. Quesada
Preston
Idlewild
Quesada
Rosigny
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San Francisco
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First Texas
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