Snow Closes Schools As Snowstorm Hits Area
Athens reports four inches with more expected as winter storm blankets region. Highways turn hazardous and traffic slows while Mason County and Athens County schools cancel classes. Turnpike conditions worsen with 12 inches near Princeton and Bluefield. At least 20 deaths attributed to storms.
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Ike Starts For Home After Goodwill Tour
President Eisenhower wrapped up a 10 day Latin American trip with Brazil Argentina Chile and Uruguay, yielding goodwill despite localized anti U S incidents. Officials say follow through is planned to strengthen Western Hemisphere ties and support arms race curbs for economic development.
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Agadir Quake Toll Rises to Thousands in Morocco
Rescue teams report 2350 Agadir quake victims buried in mass graves as city remains to be searched. Moroccan troops seal the city while U S and French forces deploy with rubble disinfectants and aid. Some fear 5,000 dead or injured. no precise tally is possible.
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Fenwick Acquitted After Car Won’t Reach 45 MPH
In Los Angeles, Ben E. Fenwick pleaded his car wouldn’t exceed 45 in a 35 zone. Judge Joseph Wapner tested the claim by riding in the 1954 auto and ruled in Fenwick’s favor. Acquittal.
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Passer Queried On Bank Holdup
Former Millfield man Burl F. Kirkpatrick was questioned by FBI agents and the sheriff to establish identification in connection with the Bartlett Farmers Bank robbery on February 19. He confessed to passing 20 bad checks totaling multiple amounts and to transporting a stolen car from West Virginia to Maryland. the Bartlett bank robbery yielded $764 at gunpoint.
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Princess Anne Starts Driving Lessons
Princess Anne, the Queen's nine year old daughter, is learning to drive her father's midget car in London. Friends report she drives slowly and cautiously but is improving behind the wheel.
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Khrushchev Warns on Designs Against Friendly Neighbors
Soviet Premier Khrushchev, in Kabul during a three day visit, warned that Moscow cannot ignore Western aligned Pakistan and its dispute with Afghanistan over four million Pathan tribesmen. Afghan Premier Daud cited intrigue from a certain quarter while stressing Afghanistan’s stability and development.
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Arabs Penetrate Israeli Territory In Border Clash
Israeli patrol clashed with three armed Arab infiltrators east of the Gaza Strip. The army said one intruder was killed and another wounded after the group, armed with submachine guns, penetrated about 6.2 miles into Israeli territory. Israel filed a complaint with the UN Emergency Force.
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Cardinal pick elevates first Negro Japanese and Filipino
Vatican announces Pope John XXIII designated seven prelates to the College of Cardinals. He named the first Negro, the first Japanese, and the first Filipino among those elevated, marking historic milestones.
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Tornado Hits Two Florida Communities
A central Florida tornado struck Groveland and Apopka before daylight. Six people were hospitalized, including four Apopka residents Willie Easterling Frank Maker James Sistrunk and Ivis Shy. Homes damaged roofs blown off and debris scattered across both towns.
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Family Of Five Found Dead In Georgetown Home
A family of five was found dead in a Georgetown Illinois home from gas fume asphyxiation. Ronald Pearson 29, his wife Shirley 26, and children Bonnie Sue 7 Ronald Jr 4 and Sherry 2 were last seen alive Monday night and were discovered Wednesday night. Police said the deaths appear accidental.
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Death Date Reset for Daryl Chessman
LOS ANGELES May 2 set for Chessman gas chamber after Superior Judge Clement D Nye fixed the date Wednesday for the condemned sex offender.
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Filibuster Momentum Builds as Civil Rights Debate Extends
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson pressed for a compromise while the Southern filibuster over civil rights legislation continued. Senator Russell B. Long spoke for nine hours and thirty minutes, setting a record as Johnson eyed a conference bill with civil rights proponents to win a two thirds vote to curb debate if needed.
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Weather agencies closed as snow blocks Asheville
In Asheville North Carolina the National Weather Records Center and the Air Weather Service shut down due to eight inches of snow. Four hundred to five hundred employees were unable to reach their workplaces.
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Eisenhower to Rest in Puerto Rico after South American Tour
President Eisenhower completed a 21 hour stay in Montevideo and a day in Buenos Aires during a four nation swing through Brazil Argentina Chile and Uruguay. He met with Argentine President Frondizi and issued a Montevideo Declaration with President Nadine repudiating anti democratic actions and pledging nonintervention. He expects three days of rest in Puerto Rico before returning to Washington. The tour drew huge crowds with only minor anti U.S. demonstrations in Montevideo.
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Death Toll Rises at Pusan Chemical Plant Fire
In Pusan Korea authorities recovered more bodies from the rubble of a fire at a chemical plant raising the death toll to 63. About 300 workers were on the second floor when the blaze began Wednesday. all but four of the dead were women.
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Cleveland Institute expands faculty with six new professors
The Cleveland Institute of Technology announced six new professors join the faculty. Dean Karl B. McEachron Jr. stated the institution now maintains a full-time teaching staff of 212.
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Investigators Probe Cause Of Bakersfield Train Truck Crash
In Kern County California investigators sought the cause of a collision between Santa Fe Chief No. 2 passenger train and a two trailer oil truck at a San Joaquin Valley crossing near Bakersfield. Fourteen people died and 12 were injured with 24 of 109 aboard uninjured. the trucker perished in the blaze and both train crew members died at the scene.
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