03 Feb 1963
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1963
Page
1
Ottawa reports a 3 hour cabinet meeting focusing on the U S Canadian nuclear arms dispute. Prime Minister Diefenbaker offered no decisions, fueling talk of dissolving Parliament and calling new elections amid a Senate probe and ongoing nonconfidence votes.
A Roman Catholic school in Biblian Ecuador collapsed during chapel services killing 103 and injuring at least 30. Troops doctors and nurses rushed to the scene as fears mounted for a final toll potentially rising to 130.
Western Europe faced record cold and heavy snow with temperatures plunging to near nine degrees below zero in some regions. Britain and France battled fuel shortages and transport paralysis as rail lines and airports halted many services. Officials warned the cold could worsen as relief efforts, icebound seas, and blocked roads strained resources.
Clemson College student Harvey Gantt, 20, remained in his dormitory while about 4,300 students attended weekend activities and the televised Clemson Wake Forest game. He had enrolled Monday under a federal court order to become the first Black student at an all white South Carolina public school.
A new Arctic air mass brings double digit temperature drops across the central U S and western states freezing winds and drifting snow. Flooding from the Far West to Idaho isolates towns while Lake Ontario winds clog highways. National Guard aids in Rexburg as ice jams form. Roadways near Pocatello are blocked and Reno Napa and Santa Clara counties mobilize cleanup efforts.
A survey of African regions noting British colonial fences in South Africa, Cameroon Egypt’s leadership aims tied to the Aswan dam, Ethiopia’s move toward constitutional reform, and Eritrea’s status. It covers Rhodesia Nyasaland federation, Kenya independence, Mau Mau aftermath, Morocco’s Western ties, Senghor’s Senegal pushing unity, Spanish Sahara disputes, Sudan’s middle path, and Tanganyika.
The assassination of Togolese President Sylvanus Olympio in Lome shocks Africa as Congo, Katanga and Rhodesia issues loom. Nigerian Foreign Minister Jaja W. seeks UN and African probes, while Nigeria cites murder directed from outside Togo amid regional unrest and independence push across 29 nations since World War II.
Reports indicate the United States will send several Polaris submarines with 16 missiles each into the Mediterranean within two to three months to replace outmoded missiles in Italy and Turkey. A NATO command for the new force is being considered to accelerate European nuclear modernization.
In Roxbury an apartment siege left Toby Wagner 21 and her infant Mark 2 dead as gunmen and police exchanged about 40 shots. Three gunmen including Rocco Balliro 28 and Albert Ciocco 33 fled, were captured or surrendered, while Balliro’s brother Salvator remained sought. Balliro had escaped from jail and warned Wagner’s husband Bernard 23, just released from reform school, of the rival’s claim on Mrs. Wagner.
Buford Hobbs 47 shoots estranged wife Patricia 27 at 700 Wagner Road Bristol and fatally wounds himself after a quarrel heard by Mrs. Jack King. Patricia dies at Bristol Memorial Hospital. Hobbs dies an hour later. Their 14 month old son is in temporary care. He had come from Jacksonville Florida. she from Wichita Kansas.
In New York a water tank atop the Hotel Fourteen collapsed on Saturday, sending water down elevator shafts and prompting evacuation of residents. No injuries were reported.
Unusually heavy snow along South Korea's southern coast killed 14 people and buried at least 104 houses on Cheju Island, according to Seoul Shinmin. The report was published Saturday.
Groundhog stirred around 8 a.m. Saturday, signaling six more weeks of bad weather. The sun appeared briefly before clouds returned, and the creature ducked back to its hole for slumber.
Police report a mother and her infant son were shot dead during a gun battle with three men and officers. One suspect warned the woman's husband to stay away. Two attackers were detained. a third remained at large. Authorities had staked out the apartment for protection.
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