Westwide storm floods towns and cold grips the nation
A vast Pacific storm system lashed the West with high winds snow and rain closing schools and flooding hundreds of homes from Northern California to the Pacific Northwest. Arctic air surged into Montana and the central U S bringing blizzards and subzero temperatures.
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Cold-Weary Europe Struggles With Renewed Winter Blitz
A new cold wave grips Europe, with Britain recording its coldest January in 135 years and France, Rome, and Vienna facing ice and snow. The death toll rises across the continent, rail networks suffer, and Poland clears blocked routes as ski casualties rise.
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Brothers Drown In Icy Stream Near Virginia Bridge
The frozen bodies of Elijah Minor and his brother Tom Wilmer Minor were found in a submerged car after it plunged from a bridge into Little River in Louisa County. State troopers said the accident occurred about 1 a.m. Friday, the toll matching last year at 63 highway deaths in Virginia.
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Fiery Turkish air collision kills dozens in Ankara square
A passenger plane and a military C47 collided over Ankara and crashed into Ulus Square, killing at least 71 and injuring about 200. Most victims were nearby pedestrians and residents. several homes and a bank complex were engulfed in flames. Five Americans aboard the Middle East Airlines flight were listed among casualties.
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Paul Dragnic
Robert Prichard
Donald Wahl
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Minnesota
American University
Ralph Hopp
University of Minnesota
Turkey
U S To Resume Testing After Ban Talks Break Off
Secretary of State Dean Rusk announced the United States will resume underground nuclear tests in Nevada after the breakdown of U S Soviet British talks in New York. President Kennedy ordered preparations to restart testing though no date was specified.
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Rhodes Denies Sheppard Release Bid
Gov James A Rhodes refused to commute Dr Samuel H Sheppard s second degree murder sentence in a Friday afternoon decision sent to the Pardon and Parole Commission Closing another route to freedom for the man in one of Ohio s most famous cases.
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Samuel H. Sheppard
Pardon and Parole Commission
Selma Bank Cashier Charged With 427000 Theft Over 35 Years
Hugh Edward Campbell 65 of Selma was charged under the Federal Reserve Act with stealing about $427,000 from Selma National Bank over 35 years. He worked there since 1920, had special permission to work past retirement, and was arraigned with no plea. He is jailed after failing to post bond.
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Groundhog Day Forecast Hopes, Tempers and Tales
Groundhog Day lore stirs Bluefield residents as the weatherman predicts cloudy weather with occasional drizzle and freezing rain in the east. Forecast lows run from the high 20s to mid 30s, with Virginia facing similar conditions and mountain freezing rain.
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Virginia
Oakvale High Chief Praises Staff After Unfounded Charges
Mercer County School Superintendent W R Cooke says the public indignation meeting at Oakvale Hall leveled unfounded accusations against Oakvale High School. He confirms a full investigation, backs Principal William Houchins and staff, notes students now pass college entrance exams, and declares the incident closed.
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Helmeted Cop Tricks Drunk to Ground in Bluefield Arrest
Bluefield officers wearing new crash helmets chased a drunken suspect on Mercer Street. Constable Ray Sisk fell with a broken wrist while pursuit began, and rookie Bernard Bailey used his helmet as a distraction to knock the fugitive to the sidewalk, leading to the arrest.
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Bernard Bailey
Bailey
Ray Sisk
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Sisk
Port Of Honolulu Reopens After Gale Threat
The port of Honolulu reopened Friday as winds fell from gale force levels Thursday night allowing safer navigation for ships and harbor traffic.
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Kee reverses retirement plans to seek 1964 House seat
Rep. Elizabeth Kee of West Virginia said she will run for re election to the House in 1964 after earlier announcing retirement. In a Washington telegram she called the decision final and said urgent requests from the 5th District influenced her change. Kee has represented the 5th District since 1951 and faced speculation over a successor including candidate Richard P Baylor.
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D-W. Va
House of Representatives
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Washington
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Sho
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5Th
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Hinton
Richard P. Baylor
Diefenbaker Won’t Talk On Elections
Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker refused to say if he asked Governor General Vanier to dissolve Parliament as speculation grew about elections tied to Canada U S nuclear weapons dispute. He defended past statements and offered no details on any cabinet shakeup or political maneuvers.
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British Airlift Sends Food to Stricken Borneo
British transport planes have lifted close to a quarter of a million pounds of food and flood relief supplies to Borneo territories in ten days. The Royal Air Force announced in Singapore. Planes aided the evacuation of villagers hardest hit in Brunei Sarawak and North Borneo.
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North Borneo
Air disaster over Ankara kills 71 in fiery crash
Notification of a catastrophic collision between a passenger airliner and a military plane over Ankara. At least 71 dead, about 200 injured, 17 aboard the aircraft involved. Described as the worst Turkish air disaster in history.
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