Season of snow and wind cripples three-state region
A massive blizzard shut down roads and isolation across Wyoming Colorado and Nevada leaving at least five dead, eighteen injured and twenty five missing. Dozens stranded motorists and multiple snowslides closed routes near Rawlins Craig Rock Springs and Grand Junction while a nuclear test schedule in Nevada faced a two day delay due to gusts.
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Denver
Rocky Mountains
Wyoming
Colorado
Greyhound
Rawlins
Wyo
Craig
Colo
Rock Springs
Las Vegas
Nev
Air Center For
Cheyenne
Tom Barnhart Scholarship Fund Started
The Minnesota Editorial Association honoring Thomas F. Barnhart with a scholarship fund aims to reach 10 000 dollars. The first 2 250 dollar check was given to Dr. Ralph D. Casey, director of the University of Minnesota School of Journalism, at the association banquet. Gordon Crosway presented the check. Mrs Barnhart received a maroon and gold folder with mastheads of 122 Minnesota newspapers.
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Minneapolis
Thomas F. Barnhart
Minnesota Editorial Assn
Ralph D. Casey
University of Minnesota School of Journalism
Association
Hotel Nicollet
Gordon Crosway
Winona Daily News
Barnhart
Detectives Find Man Placing Nickel After Meter Knockdown
In Lafayette Indiana two detectives spotted a man on his hands and knees beside a toppled parking meter. They observed him inserting a nickel as payment for parking.
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Lafayette
Ind
County Corn Allotment Up 7.8 Percent for 1955
Mower County reports the 1955 corn acreage allotment at 116 498 acres, a 7.8 percent rise from 1954 and 83.7 percent of the county’s historic 1951 53 average. Notices mailed to 2 705 farms, with a 15 day appeal period ending March 4. Farming is required to qualify for cost sharing under the Agriculture Conservation Practices program. About 1 100 farmers were under allotments last year.
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Mower County
Mildred Engen
County Agriculture Stablization and Conservation Committee
Engen
Pineau Loses Premier Bid in French Government Crisis
In Paris the National Assembly rejected Christian Pineau 312 to 268 in a postmidnight vote, ending his bid to become premier. President Rene Coty now seeks a new candidate, with Edgar Faure Andre Morice Maurice Bourges-Maunoury and Jean Berthoin viewed as likely options amid continued party jockeying.
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Paris
France
National Assembly
Christian Pineau
Pineau
Rene Coty
Pierre Mendes-France
Coty
Radical Socialist Party
Edgar Faure
Andre Morice
Maurice Bourges-Maunoury
Sen
Jean Berthoin
Morice
Mendes- France
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Antoine Pinay
Pierre Pflimlin
Charles de Gaulle
Closings Set for Washington Day
Austin plans a Tuesday holiday for Washington's birthday closing all city and county offices banks post office and public library. Geo A Hormel & Co stores stay open and readers receive the Austin Daily Herald as usual.
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Austin
Washington
Public Library
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Austin Daily Herald
Prisoners Barred from Pomade in Muskegon Jail
Muskegon County Sheriff Axel M. Pederson prohibits pomade and hair oil in the county jail to cut laundry costs on bed clothing. The policy aims to reduce high laundering bills and maintain prison cleanliness.
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Muskegon, Mich
Muskegon County
Axel M. Pederson
Ceremony marks 10th anniversary of Iwo Jima landing
Joe Rosenthal recalls a solemn service on Iwo Jima marking the tenth anniversary of the American landing. Lt. Gen. Thomas D. White and Protestant Chaplain Harold Jester led prayers as Marines, sailors, and airmen honored fallen and living veterans. A wreath was laid by Cpl. Glenn Beeser and Taps by Airman Christopher Wise.
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Joe Rosenthal
U.S
Iwo Jim
Mt. Suribachi
Rosenthal
San Francisco Chronicle
Iwo Jima
Air Force
Suribachi
Harold D. Jester
Philadelphia
Thomas D. White
Pittsburg
Kan
Iwo
Armed Services
Guam Guard
Cpl
Glenn Beeser
Medford
Okla
Soviet call for world freeze and destruction of atomic weapons
The Soviet Union urged a global armaments freeze and destruction of atomic and hydrogen bombs. Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and Ambassador Jacob Malik will lead talks in London, pushing for an international conference to curb arms and require states to abolish bomb stocks and avoid expanding forces since Jan 1, 1955.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
London
United Nations
Andrei Gromyko
Jacob Malik
Western Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Nationalists Sink 15 More Vessels In Formosa Strikes
Formosa Chinese Nationalist pilots reported sinking 15 armed Communist junks and damaging five more near the Taishan Islands as heavy air and surface attacks continued. The comm unique noted 23 ships sighted and claimed 21 ships and a submarine sunk Friday in the same area. Nationalists said losses by Reds exceeded 1,000 dead.
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Taipei
Formosa
Taishan Islands
Taishans
Nanchishan Island
China
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Formosa Strait
Tachen Islands
Wenchow Bay
Adm
Lee Yu-hai
Keelung
Manila Pact Put in Force Across Eight Nations
The Manila Pact or Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty was formally ratified and enacted. Representatives of the United States United Kingdom Thailand Philippines Pakistan New Zealand France and Australia deposited instruments of ratification signaling the pact's entry into force to halt Communist aggression south of China.
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Manila
Red China
United States
United Kingdom
Thailand
Phillippines
Pakistan
New Zealand
France
Australia
One Dead in Slush-Covered Highway 16 Collision near Austin
A 37-year-old Pittsville man died in a two car crash on slush covered Highway 16 four miles east of Austin at 4 36 p m Friday. Five others including two Grand Meadow men Edward Bierke 34 and Ralph Kuhn 42 were taken to St Olaf Hospital all in critical condition. The Senn car carried Henry Senn Jr 37 passenger. Carl Senn 39 driver. Henry Senn Sr 68 and Mrs Senn 68 were injured and later pinned in the wreckage. Bjerke driver of the other car and Kuhn were listed in critical condition with Kuhn having a dislocated hip and multiple injuries. Coroner and deputies assisted until victims were extricated.
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News Noir
Yucca Flat
4925Th
Special Weapons Center
Kirtland Air Force Base
N.M
Fain H
Pool of
Eugene W. Cox
Louis
Las Vegas
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Craig Kiwanis Club
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Newcastle
Wyo
Greyhound
Continental Divide
Montana
Colorado
Denver
Sire
Wolf Point
Mont
Riverton
Durango
Grand Junction
Continental Trailways
Silverton
Colo
Pittsville
Wisman
Austin
Grand Meadow
Edward Bierke
Ralph Kuhn
St. Olaf Hospital
Henry Senn, Jr
Carl Senn
Henry Senn
Hartley
Iowa
C. H. Halstenson
Senn
Wisconsin
Bjerke
Halstenson
Carl
Senns
Henry Sr
Kuhn
Seans
Legislative Happenings in Minnesota Slowdowns and Stakes Rise
In St. Paul during the seventh week, Gov Freeman warned he may keep the Legislature in session all year to push a balanced tax program, while lawmakers debated tax cuts, party labels, and constitutional revision. Key bills passed one chamber, including union dues deductions and unemployment changes, with debates over liquor enforcement, voting age, and state funding priorities.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Gov. Freeman
House Elections Committee
Rcgion
Gov
Freeman
Senate For
Mitchel Perrize
Harty State Liquor Control
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Tom Barnhart
U. S. 7Th Fleet
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Freeze
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Bonn
By Fred Hampson
Chiang Kai-shek
East China Sea
Red Flotilla
Freemans
Adolph Johnson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
House
Henry Wahlstrand
Willmar
House Law Enforcement Committee
Wahlstrand
Congress
Alaska
Hawa
University of Minnesota Board of Regents
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