Temperatures Moderate Across North Amid Heavy Snow in New England
Temperatures were generally in the 20s and 30s across most of the eastern two thirds, with near zero readings in a few spots. A heavy snow blanket covered northern New England, including Rumford, Maine, where nearly a foot lay on the ground. Idaho Falls reported 1 above, and Wausau 0, while Chicago suburbs reached 10.
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Associated Press
New England
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Wausau
Wis
Chicago
Rumford
Maine
Wake Up Barin Doan’s Pills Offer Fast Relief
Doan’s Pills provide quick relief from nagging backache headache and muscular pains with three actions: pain relief bladder irritation soothing and mild diuretic effect. They promise better sleep and long standing use for over 60 years and are available in a large size.
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Atlantic News-Telegraph Snow Report Notes Widespread Light Showers
Falls noted in many areas with lighter snow south to Virginia mountains and west to the lower Great Lakes. North Central regions also saw a light snowfall. Extra copies of The Atlantic News-Telegraph should be ordered in advance.
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Virginia Mountains
Great Lakes
Atlantic News-Telegraph
Civil rights bill eyed for House floor via discharge petition
Speaker John W. McCormack said Democrats plan to push the civil rights bill out of the House Rules Committee using a discharge petition filed by Emanuel Celler. Howard W. Smith voiced no plans for action this year. Johnson desires early hearings and passage, with Bolling promoting the discharge effort.
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John W. McCormack
House Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
Dva
McCormack
Johnson
White House
Emanuel Celler
House Judiciary Committee
Rules Committee
Richard Bolling
D-Mo
Cumberland Glen Taylor Visits Sidney Family
Cumberland Glen Taylor of Sidney Nebraska spent the weekend with his mother Mrs. Daisy Taylor. Mary Hayes has returned from a six week vacation on the west coast and other southwestern states. Don't drive you drink.
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Glen Taylor
Sidney
Nebr
Daisy Taylor
Mary Hayes
West Coast
Johnson's lifelong run toward the presidency traced
Washington AP Lyndon Baines Johnson, born near Stonewall Texas on August 27 1908, rises from ranch boy to U S president. The piece chronicles his early schooling hitchhiking to California public speaking at Southwest Texas State Teachers College, and his rapid ascent through Texas politics, wartime service, and key Roosevelt connections shaping a presidency trajectory.
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U.S
Texas House of Representatives
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San Marcos
Washington
Richard Kleberg
Congress
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National Youth Administration
Claudia Alta Taylor
Lady Bird
Lynda Bird
Lucy Baines
James Buchanan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Corpus Christi
Johnson’s 1948 Senate win and early leadership rise
The 1948 campaign saw Lyndon B. Johnson win the Senate by a tight margin of 87 votes in a near million vote tally. He toured by helicopter and soon asserted strong Senate influence, becoming Democratic whip in 1951 and Democratic leader in 1953, at age 44 the youngest floor leader. Johnson also downplayed presidential ambitions saying few believed he would advance far, save perhaps his mother.
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Coke Stevenson
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Thanksgiving Visits Reach Wide Across States
Social notes list multiple extended family visits including Elliott Redmon and grandson Douglas Lantz at the Lantz home near Red Oak with relatives from Tekamah and Council Bluffs. Other gatherings include Tom Morgan's Cham paign Illinois visit and Dennis Bergren’s Madison Wisconsin stay.
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C. M. Redmon
Milton Lantz
Red Oak
Douglas Lantz
Ft. Jackson
S. C
George Redmon
David
Tekamah
Nebr
Redmons
Grendon Morgan
Bob
Ann
Marylna
Council Bluffs
Tom Morgan
Champaign
Ill
Vernon Bergren
Dennis Bergren
Madison
Wis
J. C. Wood
Kansas City
Arthur Casselman
St. Joseph
Harold Buckner
Charles Hopper
Kansas
Local Family News From Wray and Surroundings
City resident visited parents at the Ber tram Wilsons. Mr and Mrs Charles Carson and sons stayed in Wray Cole with Mrs Evelyn Carson. Emery Penry returned from a month in Council Bluffs with a daughter. Penry had been hospitalized two weeks. Orville Laird and Nancy went to Lincoln for the weekend. Lyra Acree and Mildred Kirby visited their brother Harry Kirby in Wood River Illinois.
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Bertram Wilsons
Charles Carson
Wray
Cole
Evelyn Carson
Emery Penry
Council Bluffs
Penry
Orville Laird
Nancy
Lincoln
Lyra Acree
Mildred Kirby
Harry Kirby
Wood River
Ill
Audubon Society cites Rachel Carson for Silent Spring
The New York AP report notes Rachel Carson receiving the highest award of the National Audubon Society for Silent Spring. A citation praises the book for alerting and arousing the public about needless and dangerous chemical pollution of the natural environment.
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Audubon Society New York
Rachel Carson
National Auduybon Society
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