Bitter Arctic Cold Grips Midwest Amid Transit Crises
Thousands pass through the red wall as arctic cold grips the nation from the Rockies to New England. A blizzard and subzero temperatures cause 22 deaths in the Midwest while stations report 35 below zero in Minnesota and frigid readings across New York and Florida. Convoys form on the State Thruway to shepherd stranded motorists as counties face travel hazards and closed schools.
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Associated Press
Rockies
New England
New York
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Bemidji
Minn
International Falls
Adirondack Mountains
Wanakena
Boonville
Watertown
N. Y
Bismarck
N. C
Florida
Buffalo
New Yeek
New York-Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Mississippi Valey
Ross Riggs 64 Dies Sudddenly At Farm Home
Ross Riggs a well known Cass county farmer and livestock feeder aged 64 died at 4 30 p m Thursday while doing chores at his rural home a mile and a quarter east of Fletcher Chapel He was born April 15 1890 in Bear Grove township son of Eugene and Leia Riggs and widower of Hazel Vedane He leaves wife two sons Robert E Riggs Cumberland and Ralph V Riggs Atlantic two brothers George Riggs Cumberland Howard Riggs Atlantic a sister Margaret Riggs Atlantic and six grandchildren Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p m at Roland funeral home with Rev Earl Kelley officiating Interment at Southlawn Memory Gardens The family will meet relatives and friends at the funeral home Saturday evening 730 to 9
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Ross Wallace Rigger
Fletcher Chapel
Bear Grove Township
Eugene
Leia Wallace Riggs
Hazelle Vedane
Atlantic Methodist Parsonage
Riggs
Cass County
Robert E. Riggs
Cumberland
Ralph V. Riggs
Atlantic
George Riggs
Howard Riggs
Margaret Riggs
Roland Funeral Home
Earl Kelley
Southlawn Memory Gardens
Weather forecast shows cold weekend with snow possible
Sloudy weet to clear conditions through Saturday with very cold temperatures. Lows 15 to 20 below zero in the northeast and southwest regions. Slight warmup Saturday with light snow possible in extreme west and highs from five below to ten above. Snow may continue Sunday except northeast and not as cold.
Ten Stockings Now Hanging By Fischer Yule Tree
ABERDEEN S D quintuplet birth transforms Christmas for the Fischer family with ten children. The Fischers moved to a nine room home, receive substantial gifts and story rights income totaling about $40,000. The city plans a free site for a new home and quints progress reports note Mary Magdalene Mary Margaret Mary Catherine and Mary Ann being readied to go home.
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Fischer
Aberdeen
S.D
Andrew Fischer
Mary Ann Fischer
Quints
Fischers
Cty
U.S. 12
James Andrew
St. Luke's Hospital
Mary Magdalene
Mary Margaret
Mary Catherine
Mary Ann
Memorial Unveiled by Japanese Employees at Yokota Air Base
A 10 foot black granite memorial honoring President Kennedy was unveiled at Yokota Air Base by Lt Joseph C Kennedy Jr, a relative of the late president. Japanese base employees raised about 695 dollars in two days for the tribute placed by the main road circle.
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Yokota
Japan
Kennedy
U.S
Ast
Joseph C. Kennedy Jr
56Th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
Air Force
Spoliceman
Santa’s Visit at Fourth and Chestnut Workshop
Santa Claus will be in his workshop Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. with sacks of candy for the youngsters. The workshop is at the corner of Fourth and Chestnut streets.
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Santa
Santa Claus
Fourth and
Chestnut Streets
Fantasic Larceny Spurs Juvenile Ring in Mason City
Sheriff Jerry Allen cites about 30 persons mostly youths tied to a spate of larceny and vandalism described as fantastic. Around 12 000 dollars worth of property has been taken as authorities in Mason City and Clear Lake investigate six weeks of car thefts and break ins.
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Mason City
Jerry Allen
Clear Lake
Christmas observances fill Atlantic churches weekend
Atlantic churches announce a full slate of Christmas services and programs starting Sunday. Worship at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Zion Lutheran and St Pauls Lutheran. candlelight services at First Methodist and St Pauls Lutheran. midnight mass at SS Peter and Paul. children’s programs at Zion Lutheran and St Pauls. Benedictine monk to assist over weekend.
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Atlantic
SS. Peter and Paul Catholic
Zion Lutheran
St. Paul’s Lutheran
Grace Baptist
First Baptist
Methodist
First Methodist
Trinity United Church of Christ
First Christian Church
Conception
St. Paul's Lutheran
Bennett Named President of Union Seminary
The Rev. Dr. John Coleman Bennett, 61, former dean of faculty since 1955, becomes president of Union Theological Seminary in New York. He is a United Church of Christ minister and succeeds Rev. Dr. Henry Pitt Van Dusen.
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New York
John Coleman Bennett
Union Theological Seminary
Bennett
United Church of Christ
Henry Pitt van Dusor
Apportionment Challenge Seeks 1857 Plan Return
Des Moines AP report on Charles Davis and Arthur Lewis of the Iowa Federation of Labor arguing before a federal panel to void the 1904 and 1928 amendments and return to the 1857 constitution reapportionment. Harry Smith urged the court to require districts per 1857 rules by 1964 or offer alternatives.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Harry Smith
Sioux City
Charles L. Davis
Arthur Lewis
Iowa Federation of Labor
Afl-Cio
Smith
Argue Case Smith
Jet Liner Followed Down Runway by Tiny Car
Police pursued a VW sedan driven by Leo Ambrose O Hearn 38 after it darted onto the runway of Los Angeles International Airport while a giant jet roared past. O Hearn said he was lost after leaving a Christmas party and was charged with being drunk on airport property.
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Los Angeles
International Airport
Leo Ambrose O'Hearn
O'Hearn
Widow of Ole Olsen to wed Lear Jet executive
Mrs. Elen Olsen widow of comedian Ole Olsen and William Sipprell vice president of Lear Jet Corp Wichita are to marry this month The wedding is planned around December 27 likely in Florida or Jamaica Olsen born as Eileen O'Dare formerly danced with Olsen and Johnson troupe
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Wichita, Kan
Elen Olsen
Ole Olsen
William Sipprell
Lear Jet Corp
Wichita
Sipprell
Florida
Jamaica
Olsen
Eileen O'Dare
Olsen and Johnson
American Soldiers Share Christmas at Korean Truce Line
American troops of the First Cavalry Division held an outdoor Mass within 36 inches of the truce line on Christmas Eve. In Panmunjom the unit decorated a small Christmas tree as North Korean guards watched the ceremony and tree lighting.
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Korea
First Cavalry Division
Panmunjom
Law action over legislature reaches final Iowa court argument
Atty Gen Evan Hultman represented the state of Iowa in a reapportionment dispute. He was to present his final argument before a three judge panel as two labor leaders filed suit challenging the legislature’s action.
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Evan Hultman
State of
Iowa
McNamara Optimistic on Viet Nam Progress for 1964
Defense Secretary McNamara, concluding talks in Saigon, voiced optimism about U.S. backed South Viet Nam progress in 1964 after meetings with the ruling junta led by Duong Van Minh and Nguyen Ngoc Tho. He planned further talks in Honolulu with Admiral Felt before returning to Washington.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
McNamara
Duong van Minh
Nguyen Ngoc Tho
U.S
Go Dinh Diem
Minh
Paris
Node
Honolulu
Adm
Harry D. Felt
Pacific
Washington
Chhef
Neuyen Ngoc Tho
Hawaii
Long An
Kien Hoa
Mekong
Bah Duong
Grinnell to Honor Policeman Ralph Ogan Jr posthumously
The National Police Officers Association Medal of Valor will be presented Friday in Grinnell to Policeman Ralph Ogan Jr who was killed while questioning burglary suspects on November 13. Three men, later caught near Dubuque and charged in the shooting, will face citations for Rose and Jerry Barnes alongside Ogan’s family receiving a $1,000 check from the association. Gene Digman of Dubuque, the association’s vice president, will make the presentation to Ogan’s widow and children.
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Grinnell
National Police Officers Association
Ralph Ogan Jr
Dubuque
Association
Ogan
Gene Digman
Harold Rose
Jerry Barnes
Seven year old girl killed by car in Paullina
Vicky Hurtig, seven, died after alighting from a school bus when struck by a Paullina car driven by Orville Bjork. Police said the road was icy and Bjork could not stop. injuries sent her to a Cherokee hospital.
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Paullina
Iowa
Vicky Hurtig
Waldo Hurtig
Cherokee
Orville Bjork
Hughes Plans Broad Welfare Commission in Iowa
Gov. Harold Hughes announced creation of a wide welfare commission to study mental illness juvenile delinquency convict rehabilitation indigent and disabled issues. He will appoint legislators educators social workers and laymen to the panel, modeled after a health study commission, to address broad people problems in Iowa. Berliners Reunited With Relatives.
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Creston
Harold Hughes
Special Welfare Commission
Hughes
Iowa Welfare Association
Tour of Lights brings seniors to Atlantic decorations
Sixty Atlantic senior citizens joined the Jaycees and Lady Jays for an hour long Tour of Lights. Twenty cars transported them along a planned route with police escort while Christmas carols played at Heritage House coffee hour after the tour hosted by Dave Potter and Dwight Daniels.
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Heritage House
Atlantic
Jaycees
Lady Jays
Dave Potter
Dwight Daniels
Local 20 Cement and Concrete Workers Honor Tenor Flaviano Labo
New York AP Local 20 of the Cement and Concrete Workers Union added tenor Flaviano Labo of the Metropolitan Opera Company as an honorary member. Labo, 35, once worked as a construction worker in Piacenza Italy before being discovered by La Scala and debuting with the Met in 1957.
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New York
Cement and Concrete Workers Union
Flaviano Labo
Metropolitan Opera Company
Labo
Piacenza
Italy
la Scala
Milan
The
Met
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Fennell
United States
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S.C. Journal
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