Northeast Snow Storms Leave Trails of Damage
The Associated Press reports repeated winter storms pummel the Northeast while the Midwest eases. Heavy snow warnings hit New England and the Northeast as freezing rain and sleet cripple travel, power, and communications from New York to Maine. At least nine deaths tied to accidents nationwide amid widespread disruption.
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Vermont
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York State
Midwest
Plains
New England
Kansas
Wisconsin
Iowa
Philadelphia
Delaware Valley
Atlantic Seaboard
East Coast
Possible Snow Predicted For Wednesday
Cold Ohio morning with 29 degrees at Toledo and 40 at Chesapeake. Light snow flurries dotted the north while the south saw a mix of rain and snow. Rain totals to .6 inch in the northeast. temps to drop tonight and Wednesday with more northern snow flurries expected.
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Columbus
Ohio
Toledo
Chesapeake
Aged Farmer Dies In Blaze Near Knox County Town
Carl C. Turgeon 73 a retired farmer died in his home 22 miles east of the Knox County town Monday night. He had just returned from the hospital and authorities said his clothing caught fire from an open flame at a gas stove. A neighbor found the body.
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Gambier
Carl C. Durgeon
Knox County
Turgeon
Virtuoso Otto K. Schill Dead at 96 in New Jersey
German born violin virtuoso Otto K. Schill dies at 96 from complications after a hip fracture from a fall at his Newark home on December 11. He performed with renowned musicians and taught the violin for 82 years.
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Orange
N. J
Otto K. Schill
Newark
Fruitless Girl Hitchhiker Fails In Search For Her Pet
In St Thomas Ontario AP report 17 year old Judy Ferren from Southhampton England search for her German Shepherd Jinty. After a perilous journey from New York to Detroit and back she failed to locate the dog despite help from railroad staff. Judy rode in baggage cars and hitchhiked 114 miles to Detroit before returning home by train.
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Ont
Detroit
Judy Ferren
Jinty
Judy
New York
Southhampton
England
Gladys Ferren
New York Central
NYC
Autopsy Finds Heart Disease Cause Of Kauff Death
Coroner Henry Ewing announced results of the autopsy on Herman Kauff, 35, who died December 21 in a Silver Run coal mine. Dr. Robert Carson ruled myocardial infarction and coronary arterial sclerosis as the cause, ruling out other causes. Officials closed the case after reviewing the findings.
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Meigs County
Henry Ewing
Robert P. Carson
Gallipolis
Herman Kauff
Silver Run
Kauff
Ewing
Robert Hartenbach
Bad Weather Forces Jets into Landing
A weather system on the East Coast and a 10,500-foot Port Columbus runway turned the airport into a busy jet hub. Five Boeing 707 liners landed, all on Los Angeles to New York routes. The long strip, built for jets, had been used only twice before for unscheduled stops, and is claimed to be the longest between Newark and Tucson.
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Port Columbus
Los Angeles
New York
Newark
N. J
Tucson
Ariz
Eisenhower Accepts Slusser Resignation as PHA Commissioner
President Eisenhower regrets the resignation of Charles E. Slusser of Akron Ohio who has led the Public Housing Administration for six years in Augusta Georgia.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Charles E. Slusser
Akron
Ohio
Public Housing Administration
Nixon Kennedy Race In New England
Washington reports a possible Nixon Kennedy presidential handicap race in New Hampshire. Nixon pauses deciding to enter the March 8 primary while Rockefeller’s withdrawal leaves him with a clear field. Advisers weigh adding Nixon to the ballot to win grass roots endorsement and offset claims of party bosses reversing Rockefeller.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
New Hampshire
Rockefeller
Nixon
Eisenhower Kennedy
Eisenhower Board Hears Union Demand in Deadlocked Steel Talks
President Eisenhower’s inquiry board questions steel firms as United Steelworkers and industry exchange bitter testimony. The panel reviews offers, notes a possible selective walkout after January 26, and plans a January poll of half a million workers on last offers and work rule disputes.
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Eisenhower
University of Pennsylvania
George W. Taylor
Steelworkers Union
David J. McDonald
MacDonald
Khrushchev
R. Conrad Cooper
Taylor
Sheriff Seeks Outside Help in Siner Murder Case
Lake County sheriff appeals to outside crime experts to aid the Christmas Eve murder of Charles R. Clark in Mentor. Floyd E. Hargrove, linked to the case, denies firing the shot though polygraph tests cast doubt on his confession. Sheriff Evans asks Ohio mobile crime lab and Cleveland police to examine the lead slug. divers failed to recover the rifle.
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Lake County
Charles R. Clark
Mentor
William B. Evans
Floyd E. Hargrove
Hargrove
Frans
State of
Ohio
London
Cleveland
Clark
Lake Erie
Lois Clark
Sheriff Evans
Cochran Named To Ohio State Economic Post
Robert W. Cochran 27 of Akron Chamber of Commerce was named assistant to the chief of the industrial development section of Ohio new Department of Industrial and Economic Development. He led the Cuyahoga Falls division and formerly lived in Newark Ohio.
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Robert W. Cochran
Akron Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
Department of Industrial and Economic Develop
Cuyahoca Falls
The
Akron Chamber
State
Newark, Ohio
Seven men rescued from drifting ice floe on Saint Lawrence
Seven fishermen were rescued after four hours adrift on a St. Lawrence River ice floe when their fishing shacks broke away from the main pack. A helicopter lifted them from the floe and taxied them to safety.
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Quebec
St. Lawrence River
Hocking Co Truck Catches Fire at Ross County Pit
A Hocking County Highway Department truck burned while loading material at a Ross County gravel pit. Reports cited a burned left front tire wiring and carburetor. the truck was a total loss. Driver George Swackhammer of Laurelville escaped unharmed. Cause undetermined. truck to be returned to Logan.
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Logan
Hocking County
Ross County
Albert Seabright
George Swackhammer
Laurelville
Seabright
Pair Indicted In Embezzling Trust Account
Mrs. Mary A. Nagle and Nicholas J. Dziamba, former officials of the Ohio Building and Loan Division, were indicted on four counts of embezzling funds from a special trust account. Both posted $1,000 bonds as Franklin County Grand Jury acted. A state audit tallies $425,415 illegally spent from the fund over 13 years.
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Mary A. Nagle
Nicholas J. Dziamba
Ohio Building and Loan Division
Franklin County Grand Jury
San Francisco Reporter Sues Fawcett Publications
Ed Montgomery a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter filed a 200000 dollar libel suit in Superior Court on Monday against Fawcett Publications Inc of Greenwich Connecticut claiming Cavalier magazine April 1959 issue libeled him.
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San Francisco
Ed Montgomery
Superior Court
Fawcett Publications Inc
Greenwich
Conn
Fawcett
Cavalier
Shadow Of Global Upheaval At Ecumenical Forum
Ghana and Nigerian delegates at the 18th Ecumenical Student Conference in Ohio University warn that Africans seek respect and dignity in global affairs. They discuss communism, democracy, and Africa's rising independence, with notes on Africa’s role in world peace and religious perspectives.
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Ecumenical Forum
Christian W Erld Mission
Ohio University
Ghana
Africa
America
United States
Lesslie Newbigin
United Church of South India
Family of Nations
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Ralph Bunche
Athens
Interdenominational National Student Christian Federation
Predict 320 Deaths For The Holiday
CHICAGO The National Safety Council projects 320 deaths in traffic accidents over the three day New Year weekend. The estimate follows a heavier Christmas toll of 493 deaths in 78 hours, with a prior council forecast of 530. An AP survey counted 324 fatalities in a similar period.
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Chicago
National Safety Council Today
Associated Press
Top Bracket Conference Hints at Nuclear Test Ban Extension
President Eisenhower convenes a White House session at Augusta National with 14 officials to discuss the nuclear tests moratorium due to end at midnight Thursday. A Paris East West summit may be touched on with a proposed May 16 date to Khrushchev.
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U. S
Eisenhower
White House
Augusta National Golf Club
James C. Hagerty
Paris
Nikita Khrushchev
Christian A. Herter
Christian A. Herter, Secretary of
Defense
Thomas 8. Gates Jr
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
John A. McCone
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Earth Tremor Shakes Hollister Calif Residents
A rolling earthquake rattled Hollister in San Benito County Monday evening. The tremor sent boxes from shelves and toppled ornaments but caused no noticeable damage. About 6000 residents felt the quake.
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Hollister
Calif
California
Future U S Economy Growth Seen Rising If We Try
A Senate Economic Committee staff report forecasts higher long term growth for the U S economy than the past 50 years. It estimates 3.4 to 4.5 percent annual growth depending on factors and urges policy changes to spur investment, debt, taxes, education funding, and unemployment benefits.
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Congressional Committee
Senate House Economic Committee
Federal Reserve System
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