Snowstorm Drives Deep South Cold Front Across Regions
A vast snowstorm swept the Ohio and Tennessee valleys into the Great Lakes as arctic air plunged southward. Temperatures fell to 30 below in North Dakota and 12 below in Garrett County Maryland with 14 inches of snow on the ground there. Driving hazards closed roads from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi Valley as sleet and freezing rain disrupted Tennessee, Ohio, and Kentucky. The Soil Conservation Service warned of topsoil loss across Texas and neighboring states as dust storms and floods persisted in the region.
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Pennsylvania
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Oregon
Snow Closes Schools As Fresh Blizard Hits Bluefield Area
Fresh snow blankets Bluefield and surrounding counties with four to six inches in spots. State and local police urge extreme caution as many Virginia districts cancel school and road crews race to clear ice and snow.
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Mercer County
Princeton
Virginia
Wytheville
Sheriff's Departments
Tazewell
Buchanan
Giles
Bland
Mercer
Buchanan County
Sheriff's Department
U. S. Rt 460
Groundhog Day Hopes for Bluefield a Weather Tale
The piece explains groundhog lore with seasonal predictions and notes the animal’s hibernation and diet while detailing a Virginia West Virginia political update on the Appalachia regional aid bill. It covers Byrd Randolph Kennedy and the bill's 66 22 vote, plus possible inclusion of 13 New York counties.
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Randolph
West Virginia
Appalachia
Byrd and Robertson
Virginia
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
New York State
Appalachian Regional Commission
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Kentucky
Ohio
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Forecast Tracks Cold Week With Light Snow Flurries
Extended forecast shows temperatures about 12 degrees below normal with lows around 21 in the north and 27 in the south and highs near 43. Expect less than half an inch of precipitation as snow flurries on Tuesday and Friday.
Community Leaders Move to Avert Bluefield March
Bluefield officials discuss efforts to cancel a planned February 13 march on the city by Negro and white youths protesting segregation. Dr. W M Fuller says NAACP youth leader John Nettles warned the event could be called off if racial barriers at the local YM YWCA are lowered. Nettles had projected 700 to 1,000 protesters from several cities. The outlook improves as leaders work quietly to prevent the demonstration.
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Ym-Ywca
NAACP
Bluefield State College
Nettles
Fuller
Appalachia Bill Advances After Senate Vote
The Senate approved a one billion dollar Appalachia bill by 62 to 22 to boost jobs and living standards in 11 states. President Johnson praised the vote as momentum toward poverty relief and rapid House consideration begins.
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Washington
Senate
Appalachia
Johnson
House
White House
Blacksburg Club censures Mrs. Barger over statements
The Blacksburg Republican Club in Blacksburg Virginia wrote a letter to Mrs Helen K Barger Roanoke Republican national committee woman censuring her for recent statements and not reflecting Virginia Republicans. Robert Heterick, club president, said the board opposes releasing the letter's contents to the press.
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Lynchburg, Va
Blacksburg
Republican Club
Helen K. Barge
Roanoke
Republican National
Two Buchanan Slayings Lead to 50 Year Terms
Jerry Fuller Jr and William Donovan Jackson each receive 50 year penitentiary terms to run concurrently after pleading guilty to first degree murder as accessories in the slayings of two Buchanan County sisters, Mrs Suzy Viers and Mrs Louisa Owens. The case involved robbery motive for Jackson and material gain for Fuller, with evidence of planning and brutal stabbing and bludgeoning.
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Jackson
Ft. Gordon
Smith
Persin
Fuller and Jackson
Suzy Viers
Louisa Owens
Vansant
Fuller
Buchanan County
California
Glen Taylor
Viers
Ralph Hess
Appar
Mercer County Voters Decide Five Year School Levy Today
Mercer County voters head to polls from 6 30 a m to 7 30 p m to decide a five year school levy. The measure requires a 60 percent majority to pass and would keep funding at current levels without raising taxes.
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Mercer County
Mercer
Cooke
NASA Grants WVU Fifty Thousand For Space Biology Study
NASA approves a $50,000 grant to West Virginia University to extend research on how space travel affects the human body. The project, started last year, aims to understand the impact of excessive pressure during re entry on physiological systems.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
West Virginia University
NASA
WVU
Earth
King Arrested With 256 Others In Selma March
Dr King led a voter registration march in Selma with 256 others arrested for parading without a permit. Bond set at 200 dollars each. King refused bond for now. Rev Ralph Abernathy also jailed. Aids and students joined in courthouse picketing. contempt fines issued in separate sessions. King awaits Feb 15 hearing as others posted bonds or were released.
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Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Edgar P. Russell
King
Iood
Peeieence
Dallas County
Abernathy
Selma
Wilson Baker
James G. Clark
James A. Hare
Marion
Perry County
Virginia State Senators Limited to Two Year Terms
Supreme Court upheld lower court power to reduce legislative term lengths during district reapportionment in New York and Virginia. The ruling strengthens the impact of the court’s June decision on state legislative terms.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Virginia
U.S. District Court
New York City
Alexandria
General Assembly
John M. Harlan
Tom C. Clark
Special Election Action Planned in Virginia
Gov. Harrison said he will set a date soon for Virginia’s statewide special Senate election after the Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling ending half of current terms next January. Several senators favored holding the election November 2 with the general election, arguing it is practical and saves about 250000 dollars. The broader political map for 1965 remains uncertain due to ongoing redistricting challenges and further appeals set for March 10 in Alexandria.
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Richmond
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Virginia
Harrison
U. S. Supreme Court
Senate
Charlottesville
House of Delegates
Lloyd C. Bird
Chesterfield
Fitzgerald BeMiss
E. E. Willey
William F. Parkerson Jr
Henrico
General Assembly
Alexandria
Health Director Bill Is Stalled
Charleston AP report on West Virginia legislation stalled in the House while the Senate presses an identical bill toward a vote. A Barnett amendment would require governor appointment from a Board of Health list, amid opposing views from the State Medical Association and politics concerns.
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Charleston
State Board of Health
House
Senate
R. E. Barnett
Mercer
Board of Health
West Virginia State Medical Association
Dels
Kenneth Anvil
D-Barbour
D. P. Given
D-Webster
Newman H. Dyer
del. Kelly L. Castleberry
Okanawha
State Health Department
Dyer
Maddox Pleads Politics In Restaurant Dispute
In Atlanta a contempt action against Lester G Maddox opened with his lawyers contending he refused service to Negroes due to political belief not race. They argued the policy targets integrationists and that the restaurant serves interstate travelers. Witnesses testified of denial and assault claims.
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Maddox
Atlanta, Ga
Lester G. Maddox
William G. McRae
U.S
Sidney Schell
Charles E. Wells Sr
Maddox Place
Schell
William Alexander
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