Northeast storms cripple region with heavy snow and deaths
A massive weekend snow storm crippled the Northeast with up to 30 inches of snow and winds to 73 mph. Officials estimated about 100 deaths unofficially as highways, airports, and power lines failed across multiple states from the Carolinas to New England. New York City banned most automobile travel while many towns declared emergencies and adverse conditions spread southward into Kansas and Texas as sun returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Muscle
Carolinas
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New Jersey
New York
New England
New
York City
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Jail McDowell Woman In Death Of Husband
A 20 year old McDowell County woman, Joyce Dozier, is jailed in Welch following the fatal stabbing of her husband Isaac Dozier of Wallscreek. He died at a Richlands hospital after a Saturday night stabbing. State police say an argument preceded the event and a scuffle occurred. No charges filed by midnight as investigators question the suspect. The victim's body was taken to Farmer Funeral Homes in Richlands for funeral planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
Welch
Isaac Dozier
Wallscreek
Richlands
Joyce Dozier
Virginia
Dozier
H. A. McGinnis
McGinnis
Police Sharpshooter Recaptures Escaped Convict Pollock
In Montreal a provincial police sharpshooter wounded Donald Pollock as he dragged hostage Mrs. Rolland Cyr from a penitentiary house after a 14 hour siege. Pollock and Cyr, both in satisfactory condition, were joined by Jean Maurice Leblanc who had been shot by Pollock. guards, police, and prison officials coordinated the capture with patrols and a decisive rifle shot in a tense confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Donald Pollock
Pollock
Rolland Cyr
St. Vincent de Paul Penitentiary
Cyr
Jean Maurice Leblanc
Robert Trudel
Trudel
Truder
Rene Marchand
Hollywood
Direo
Guild of America
Billy Wilder
Wilder
Wee Frees Fight Sunday Drinking on Hebridean Islands
North Uist residents urge ban on Sunday liquor trade to curb South Uist influence. Lochmaddy Hotel owner seeks six day license after causeway links the islands. Queen Cousin Lord Granville orders licensing court to cut Sunday service. Compton MacKenzie jokingly suggests separate island solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Scotland
Lord Grattville
Elizabeth
Hebridean
North Uist
South Uist
Hebrides
North Island
Lochmaddy
Stern Presbyterians
Queen Mother
Lord Granville
Lcensing Justices
Sir Compton MacKenzie
South Island
Former Bluefielder’s Plane Crash Victim Found Near Salt Lake City
The body of W. D. Kelly Jr., 38, a former Bluefield fielder now in Cumberland Maryland, was found in a private plane crash about 30 miles from Salt Lake City en route from a Salt Lake City convention. He leaves a wife and six children. funeral in Lewisburg, West Virginia, next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
Bluefield
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Maryland
W. D. Kelly
Florence Brooks Kelly
P. G. Kelly
P. L. Stacys
Mountain View
Lewisburg
W. Va
Deficit Seen By JFK Experts
Washington AP Kennedy advisers warn of a $2 billion deficit this fiscal year, not a surplus. He plans a Congress message to curb gold outflow, with proposals to cut overseas costs and boost domestic spending controls. Mansfield notes possible limits on foreign autos and travel allowances to reduce dollar outflows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Treasury
Congressional
Senate Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Robert 5. McNamara
Senate
Big Electric Firms Facing Court Today
Federal antitrust actions target 29 firms and 46 individuals over a multi year price fixing and bid rigging conspiracy in the electrical equipment industry. The Witnes ses included over 100 witnesses and 150 days of grand jury work. Maximum fines could reach 8.05 million dollars and several firms faced prison or large penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Federal Antitrust
New York
Antitrust
Barclay
William L. Maher
Justice Department
Barclay New York
Maher
United States
Lane Uaney
J. Cullen Ganey
U.S. District Court
Pelcy
General Electrics Co
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Umments
Westinghouse
Major Roads Open in Mountain State
State Police said all major highways were open to traffic on Sunday but chains were needed in most areas. Routes 7 and 26 in Preston County, closed Saturday due to heavy snow drifts, illustrate ongoing closures on secondary roads across several counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Preston
Rocket Tests On Liquid Hydrogen Flight From Virginia
Washington AP reports a rocket reached four miles altitude from Wallops Island Virginia to study liquid hydrogen under zero gravity. NASA said the primary objectives of the test were met successfully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walelups Island
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Silence Over Sputnik Progress As Soviet Press Hails Launch
Moscow reports praise the seven ton Sputnik as a step toward manned spaceflight but offers few technical details. Western officials say no comment from White House or NASA. Tass notes heavier payload with improved rocket thrust while scientists discuss orbital data and atmospheric research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tass
Moscow Radio
Washington
Pentagon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
V. Zyonkov
Komsomol Pravda
Zvonkov
Pask
Trud
Ite
US S.S.R
Satellite Expert Mulls Why Sputnik Goes Silent
London professor Bernard Lovell of Jodrell Bank urges that a radio breakdown may explain the 30 hour silence from the Soviet Sputnik. He lists possibilities including transmitter failure, horizon-limited signals, new frequencies, or a living being aboard delaying commentary until return to Earth. The silence is notable amid tracking efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond EK
Palmer
London
APJ
Britain
Bernard Lovell
Jodrell Bank
Sputnik
Soviet Union
Prof. Lovell
Prasent
Earth
Lovell
Freed Passengers Of Santa Maria Heading For Home
Most of the Santa Maria’s European passengers began leaving Sunday aboard the guarded sister ship Vera Cruz bound for Lisbon. The Americans from the hijacked liner were to board a flight home Monday, joining other evacuees in returning to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Maria
Recife
Brazil
Lisbon
Vera Cruz
U.S
Henrique Galvao
The
Colonial Navigation Co
Vera 4 Cruz
Galvao
Caribbean
Rio de Janeiro
Santos
Portugal
Cape Verde Islands
Tenerife
Funchal
Madeira
Vigo
Spain
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Mario Simoes Maia
Galvan
Three Rescued In Plane Crash In Colorado Mountains
Alamosa Colorado AP two men and a girl were rescued from a snowbound mountainside after their plane crashed late Friday. A 16 inch snow sign spelling help helped pilots locate them and a snow Weasel carried them from the wreckage three miles from a village. Pat Floyd 23 city manager of Alamosa suffered frostbite in both feet Betty Floyd 19 sister sprained ankle and pilot Bill Bradley suffered frostbite. The crash occurred on La La Vela Pass 45 miles north of New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamosa
Colo
Pat Floyd
Denver
Betty
Bill Bradley
Wyoming
Tercy J. Turner
Time-Life
Ployd
Air Force tests portable nuclear generator
The Air Force announced a test of a compact portable nuclear generator at Albuquerque New Mexico's Special Weapons Center. Weighing under four pounds, the unit converts heat into electricity for use in remote stations and electronics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Air Research and Developmient Corman Sil
Albuquerque
Spevhal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Weather Bureau
Broadway
48Th St
Times Square
UPI
JFK
Mountain State
V. Fedynsky
Tam Proratir
Air Travel
P & O Orient Luis Uriana
San Francisco
Pacific
Huime Gure
Southsupton
Austrafia
Oliver
BCL
Los Angeles
Husulutu
Australia
Aed
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!