Snowbound Northeast Ohio Braces as Trains Halt
A severe midwest snowstorm cripples northeastern Ohio with up to 18 inches in places and drifts up to five feet. Roads, airports and businesses shut down. power outages affect about 30,000 customers as crews rush from multiple cities to restore service.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio
U.S. Weather Bureau
Cleveland
Cleveland Electric Mluminating Co
San
Columbus
Toledo
Dayton
Canton
Novelty
Geauga County
Canton-Akron
Ashland
Cleveland Hopkins
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Explosion Collapses Big Shaft at Robena Mine Trapping 37
Rescue teams reached 4,000 feet of the Robena No. 3 mine as 37 men remained missing after a massive explosion. Officials blamed a gas and coal dust blast in a two mile tunnel drop with only one exit and deadly fumes complicating efforts. Relatives waited near the shaft as crews fought to ventilate and locate survivors.
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Ben Deforest
Carmichaels
U.S. Steel Corp
Robena No. 3
Two Mile
Lewis Evans
Pennsylvania
Robena
Evans
Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel
Clairton (Pa
James Girod
London Fog Eases After Deadly Four Day Grip
London ends a four day fog siege that left 106 dead and over 1,000 hospitalized. Visibility improves to 150 yards at London Airport with more to come. 170 ships wait in the Thames Estuary and trains remain delayed. Frost and fog are forecast to return overnight with mild weather and possible rain Saturday.
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Hal R. Cooper
London
Thames Estuary
British Isles
State to Need 18 Million for Highways
Minnesota highway officials told a budget hearing that about 18 million dollars in added revenues over the next two years are needed to unlock federal funds. A one cent gasoline tax boost would raise around 12 million, with eight million going to the state highway treasury while construction totals are outlined for fiscal 1964 and 1965.
Soviet troops to withdraw from Cuba amid missile pullout
U S authorities expect thousands of Soviet troops to leave Cuba as 42 bombers and missiles depart. Washington says no troops remain and negotiations in New York aim for full Soviet removal. Khrushchev had informed Kennedy that ground troops would withdraw, while NORAD notes tracer flights caused overflights confusion.
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Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
Cuba
Pentagon
Navy
U. S
U.S. Navy
New York
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Kremlin
United States
High Court Orders New Trial in Edgerton Church Dispute
The Minnesota Supreme Court ordered a new trial in a dispute within the Protestant Reformed Church of Edgerton between minority and majority factions over church leadership and property. It also ordered a new trial in a 1958 automobile accident case involving Jane Lieberman and Norton Lieberman, while upholding a verdict and ruling on a prisoner’s claim of ineffective counsel.
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Edgerton
ST. Paul
Minnesota Supreme Court
Edgerton, Minn
Protestant Reformed Church of
Pipestone County District Court
Supreme Court
Jane Lieberman
Norton C. Lieberman
Harry Korsh
Hennepin County
Liebermans
Lieberman
William Raymont Pruitt
Stillwater
Democrats Pressure for Tickets at Kennedy Dinner
The Washington Evening Star reports government employees facing pressure to buy tickets for the Democratic National Committee dinner on January 18. Tickets cost 100 dollars each, with proceeds to the campaign fund. Employees in upper Civil Service grades reportedly received invitations seen as pressure to secure favor for job security and promotion.
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Washington
Washington Evening Star
Democratic National Committee
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
the Star
The
Star
Louis Newsom Dies at 55 in Orlando Hospital
Louis Norman Bobo Newsom, a right handed pitcher who spent 24 years in Major League Baseball, died today in an Orlando hospital at age 55. The AP report notes his lengthy career and death in Florida.
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Louis
Bobo) Newsom
Orlando
Fla
Louis Norman
Damaging Northeast Snowstorm Kills 15 and Paralyzes Region
A powerful snowstorm with winds to 70 mph dumps heavy snow across the Northeast. Drifts up to 20 feet halt traffic and close hundreds of schools while thousands lose power. The storm leaves at least 15 dead across New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Michigan and Ohio, with extensive impacts into Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia.
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Associated Press
New York State
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Michigan
Ohio
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Bradford
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Appalachians
Upper Peninsula
Olean
N.Y
Indiana
Kennedy and Stevenson meet publicly after Cuban crisis uproar
At a Kennedy Foundation dinner in Washington Adlai Stevenson and President Kennedy shook hands in public for the first time since talks over the Cuban crisis. Stevenson quipped about Kennedy and the article controversy, while Kennedy presented prizes to foreign scientists and avoided Cuban questions in his remarks.
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John K. Gerhart
North American Air Defense Command
NORAD
United States
Walker Stone
Scripps-Howard
Ang
Frank L. Lausche
Ohio
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Laysche
Harry Kelly Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Kennedy
U.N
Stevenson
Kennedy Foundation
Adlai
Kennedy Visits Omaha SAC for Pearl Harbor Anniversary Tour
President Kennedy arrived at Offutt Air Force Base to tour the Strategic Air Command war rooms on the Pearl Harbor anniversary. He traveled in a blue white and silver jet, greeted Air Force families, and toured the subterranean command post with Vice President Johnson, Gov. Morrison, and defense officials.
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Omaha
Neb
Kennedy
Strategic Air Command
Pearl Harbor
SAC
Offutt Air Force Base
Washington
Air Force Brass
Air Force
Lyndon B. Johnson
Offutt
Nebraska
Frank Morrison
Jews Air Force Base
Far West
Clair Wood
Bemidji Records Coldest National Reading at 4 Degrees
Minnesota woke to the nation’s coldest weather with Bemidji recording 4 degrees as a pocket of cold air lingers over the region. Overnight lows spanned the Dakotas and Wisconsin in the teens to 30s while a low pressure system moves east bringing partly cloudy skies and scattered snow flurries through Saturday. Early lows included Minneapolis-St Paul 7 Rochester 9 St Cloud 7 International Falls 6 Fargo 21 Minot 31 Aberdeen 25 Mason City 10 La Crosse 16.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Bemidji
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Rochester
St. Cloud
International Falls
Fargo
Minot
Aberdeen
Mason City
la Crosse
Winona Man Dies Before Larceny Hearing
Winona, Minn. AP reports Stanley J Losinski, 48, bound over to district court on larceny charges for theft from Watkins Products Inc where he worked as a packer. He died from a bullet wound and was found tangled in a fence near the city edge.
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Winona, Minn
Winona
Stanley J Losinski
Watkins Products, Inc
Edina Santa Claus Banned Over Child Confidence Claims
A suburban Santa Claus played by Harold Walker 50 was banned after Edina business leaders complained he shattered children's confidence. Police said he ignored children while soliciting funds for a social organization, removed his beard to eat a candy bar, and sat on a curb puffing a cigar.
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Minneapolis
Santa Claus
Edina
Santa
Harold Walker
Mayo plan to build 1150 homes at Rochester airport site
The Mayo Association plans a large housing project on a 475 acre tract in southeastern Rochester on the old airport site. It aims for 75 homes in 1963 with the remainder to follow as market demand dictates, including park land and a site for a new senior high school.
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Rochester, Minn
Rochester
Mayo Association
Mayo Clinic
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