Mid-Winter Cold Sweeps Wide US Regions
Bitter mid winter air and blustery March winds spread from the Dakotas to the Atlantic states. Temperatures plunged to 22 below in Minnesota and fell below freezing across the Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee regions with wind gusts 20 to 40 mph. Snow flurries touched the Great Lakes and reached Knoxville and New York City as readings hovered around the low 20s.
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Dakotas
South Atlantic
North Central
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Midwest
Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
The
Weather Bureau
Asheville
N.C
Roanoke
Nashville, Tenn
Greensboro
N. C
Richmond
Tallahassee
Fla
Great Lakes Region
Knoxville
Tenn
New York
Pennsylvania
New York City
Mercury
South's New Cattle Industry and Sheep Shift Debate
Doeg of Grand Junction Colorado, speaking at Georgia's winter pastures, says the south's year round forage could push western cattlemen toward sheep. With 1,200 delegates viewing Georgia cropland conversion from cotton to cattle, experts foresee southern beef and dairy growth and rising costs for northern herds.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Iain Walter Groom
Grand Junction
Colo
Groom
National Association of Soil Conservation District Supervisors
Mercy Operation to Replace Mercy Killings Headlines DHIA February Winners
DHIA winners for February led by Howard Smith on Guernsey with 79 lbs butterfat. Virgil Stout oversees Pontotoc county program. top scorers include Harral Allen on Holstein 73 lbs and Jersey Sam Dew 64 lbs. Other notable names: Lambert Kerr, Dr. R. E. Cowling, W. C. Story, and Dewey Higdon among those with high butterfat totals.
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Imrovement Association
C. H. Hailey
Virgil Stout
DHIA
Pontotoc County
Howard Smith
Guernsey
Harral Allen
Holstein
Sam Dew
Jersey
Flash Fire Smolders Family of Five in Kenosha
A flash fire in a small frame cabin at a trailer camp in Kenosha Wisconsin killed Carroll Maxwell 28 Betty Maxwell 26 and their three children Jim my 4 Steve 2 and Patricia 2 months all found in bed except Maxwell who appeared to have tried to escape Firefighters kept flames from surrounding trailers and saved others as sheriff deputies investigated the blaze occurred early today in subzero cold
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Kenosha
Wis
Carroll Maxwell
Betty
Jimmy
Steve
Patricia
Maxwel
Pleasant Prairie
Sheriff's Department
Maxwell
Oklahoma Weather Mostly Cloudy With Showers
Fair east and mostly cloudy west with late showers or snow flurries in extreme west tonight. Friday cloudy with showers in the west. Warmer tonight and Friday. Low tonight 30 to 40. High Friday 50 to 55.
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Oklahoma
Menninger Endorses Prefrontal Lobotomy As Pain Relief
Dr Karl Menninger described the prefrontal lobotomy as a delicate brain operation to relieve unbearable pain when all other treatments fail. He said it is a last resort and not a killing, noting it has been used for five years at Winter General Veterans Hospital and can allow patients to live years with diminished pain yet maintained awareness.
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Topeka
Kas
Mar
Karl Menninger
Meaninger
Winter General Veterans Hospital
Menninger
Blighted Areas Reach Wide Share Of City ills
Blighted areas cover about 20 percent of metropolitan residential zones yet house 33 percent of the towns population, 35 percent of fires, 45 percent of major crimes, 55 percent of juvenile delinquency, and 60 percent of tuberculosis victims. In Vinita Oklahoma on March 29 85 the Grand River Dam Authority announces a $12 000 national advertising push to draw industrial plants to northeastern Oklahoma.
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United States
West Bial
Vinita
Okla
Grand River Dam Authority
Oklahoma
Walkout Hits Nation's Air Service Today
Nationwide strike by the CIO Transport Workers union idled American Airlines planes across 34 cities starting yesterday. Only 40 of 189 scheduled passenger flights moved as ground crews refused to work, grounding both passenger and cargo operations and prompting appeals to return to work.
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New York
Mar
American Airlines
CIO Transport Workers Union
Quent Chiles
la Guardia Field
James Horst
Air Transport Division
Oklahoma City Trains Death Verdict Reports Self-Inflicted
Justice of the Peace Willis Stark ruled death by own action in the train death of Mrs. William K. Robertson 40 wife of an Oklahoma City insurance man. The woman stepped in front of a stream liner at a residential intersection and waited for the crash. She had recently undergone an operation at a hospital near the rail crossing. Engineer E J Fitch of Arkansas City provided the statement.
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Oklahoma
City
Justice of the Peace
Willis Stark
William K. Robertson
Oklahoma City
Robertson
E. J. Fitch
Arkansas City
Choir Explosion Destroys Beatrice Church. No Injuries
Beatrice Nebraska March 2 an explosion destroyed the West Side Baptist church as the choir was late for practice at 7 30 p m. Everyone was unhurt and windows and plaster were blown from nearby structures. The toppling steeple cut power and telephone lines interrupting KWBE radio. Fire Chief Hess said cause unknown. Pastor Klempel had fired the furnace earlier and detected no gas or smoke.
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Beatrice
Neb
West Side Baptist Church
KWBE
Cecil Hess
Walter H. Klempel
Bud Hays Joins Douglass Campaign Staff
OKLAHOMA CITY March 2 Frank P Douglass Democrat gubernatorial candidate names Bud Hays as publicity director for his state wide campaign. Hays, a veteran Oklahoma newspaperman, recently resigned as manager of the Enid Events, tied to Senator Kerr. He previously ran the Texas County News and Panhandle Herald at Guymon and later served as publisher of Pryor Daily Democrat.
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Oklahoma
Pryor Daily Democrat
Hays
Holdenville
Ada. News
Move to Abolish Electoral College Dies in House
Washington reports the Lodge Gossett bill to abolish the electoral college is dead for this session. It would propose a constitutional amendment to split electoral votes by state popular totals. Skepticism comes from Republicans fearing losses in northern states and some northern Democrats wary of bolstering southern influence.
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Washington
House Miles Committee
House
Lodge-Gossett
Congress
Senate
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Sen
Lodge
Senator Lodge
Blass
Rep. Gossett
D-Tex
Fire Kills Eight From One Family in Monson Me
Eight members of the Smith family died when a early morning fire swept through their one and a half story home in Monson Piscataquis county Maine. Elwood Smith 36 his mother Harriet 68 and six children perished while his wife Norma 32 suffered second and third degree burns and remains in poor condition in a Dover-Foxcroft hospital. Norma struggled through deep snow to reach a road as fire destroyed the home and firefighters battled the blaze in near zero cold.
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Monson
Mar
Elwood Smith
Harriet Smith
Smith
Norma
Dover-Foxcroft
Main Street
Piscataquis County
Bangor
Tve
Eugene Bickford
Snow Report From Oklahoma City and Reno Areas
Snow began falling near noon in Oklahoma City and Reno area as temperatures dropped below freezing. Clouds across the state brought cold air with daytime highs in the mid thirties at Fort Sill and low twenties in Oklahoma City.
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Oklaho
Reno
Oklahoma
Sainy- Wes
Oklahoma City
Fitzhugh Girls Win Here State Meat Judging Show
Four Fitzhugh 4 H club girls will represent Pontotoc county in the state meat judging show in Oklahoma City on March 20. Names include Carol Young 98 Loretta Hart 95 Shirley Seaman 4 and Phyllis Hart 93. The contest is the third annual Pontotoc county event directed by Martha Mote and Katherine Summers with prize money of 30 dollars from the Chamber of Commerce.
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Fitzhugh
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma City
Carol Young
Loretta Hart
Shirley Seaman
Phyllis Hart
Pauline Vincent
Allen
Robbie Sullivan
June Wyche
Glendine Prentice
Lois Jean Bain
Martha Mote
Katherine Summers
Chamber of Commerce
Mote
4-H Club
Cby Hall
Reeves Packing Plant
Francis
Arlen
Lula
Stonewall
Vaness
Raff
MelLish
Latta
Marie Morgan of
Eothegh
Three Plead Guilty To Drunkenness In Tulsa
Stony Davis John McCormick and L W Williams pleaded guilty to public drunkenness before Justice Percy Armstrong and were fined $10 and costs. The event occurred in TELEA Okla on March 2. The Tulsa League of Political Education announced it will question city candidates on rent control, marking a departure from the national federation stance.
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Stony Davis
John McCormick
L. W. Williams
Percy Armstrong
Justice of the Peace
TELEA
Okla
American Federation of Lailor
Tulsa League of Political Education
National Federation
Red Cross Drive Opens in Ada With Residential Calls Today
A Red Cross tea was held in Knight hall for Ada volunteers as soliciting began in residential areas. G C Mayhue Jr, 1950 drive chairman, outlined work of Red Cross in Oklahoma and nationally. Pontotoc county aims for 10000 with 4337 to national headquarters.
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Red Cross Drive
Ada
Red Cross
Knight Hall
The
Joyce Miller
G. C. Mayhue, Jr
Oklahoma
Mayhue
Turner
Pontotoc County
National Red Cross
Kiowa County
Winita
Wapanucka
Norman
Kelly- Ville
Red
State College YWA Convention Heads To Ada This Weekend
About 100 young women from Oklahoma colleges are to attend the three day Young Women's Auxiliary convention in Ada. Sessions occur at the Baptist Student Union center with a Knight Hall supper Friday. Speakers include Mrs. Dan Reed Rev H V Lassiter Miss Nicey Murphy and others in a district Baptist gathering.
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Oklahoma
Ada
Knight Hall
East Central College
Dan Reed
H. V. Lassiter
Bahama Islands
Nicey Murphy
Hawai
Frank Belvin
Dorene Hawkins
Training Film For Air Reserve Training Event
The Air Force Reserve training fight will meet tonight at 71-30 at the Elks club. A Convair Aircraft company dramatized film on the B 36 border titled Target Peace will be shown.
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Air Force Reserve
Timaesday
Elks Club
Convair Aircraft Company
Judge absolves UMW of contempt amid coal mine standoff
Federal Judge Richmond Keech found the United Mine Workers innocent of contempt as 972,000 coal miners defied a back to work order. The ruling leaves authorities with limited options to enforce the decree and avert a nationwide industrial halt. Possible moves include step strike injunctions against UMW Incala across coal fields. The decision came after a quick two minute verdict.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Congress
Justice Department
UMW Incala
The
International Union
Richmond
Keech
No Rowdyism From East German Youths Rally
BERLIN March 22 promises from Ernst Reuter and the west Berlin police to prevent any rowdyism as 560 000 east German youths prepare to rally in late May. Reuter warned against marches or entry into west Berlin by any transport and called for firm action against planned plots to disrupt the city. Communists reportedly plan 250 special trains for Whit Weekend to stage a peace show opposing Anglo American war mongers.
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Berlin
Ernst Reuter
West Berlin
Nis
Reuter
Youth Congress
Russia
Nothin’ irritates a homely person like shy greetings
A clipped anecdote notes the social awkwardness of introductions in small towns. The speaker mocks the habit of saying nice things while forgetting names, and jokes about neighbors, Bra shot, and the weariness of such etiquette.
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Charles Figg
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Dr. Menninger
Baptist
Nebraska
Bud Hays
Douglass
Electoral College Safe
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O. C
Joy Ann West
Beth Kent
McLish
Robert H. Jaques
Floyd Haynes
A. L. Young
Wave
Harry Lundgaard
LW. Cheek
Harrison Meaders
Willard
BE. R. Holmberg
Emmett Marshall
George Parrish
Wildred Burris
T. &. Granger
Oscar Parker
Arlington
Ray Tipton
B. D. Denni
Glenwood
Birs
R. L. Johnson
Percy Dittmore
HC. French
H.C. Hodges
J. W. Hutt
State College Ywa
Baptist Student Union Center
Air Reserve
Norman Walker
Nee Ish
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