New Siberian Cold Wave Roils Europe Across The Continent
Historic freeze stretches across Europe with Italy reporting 82 deaths and two million dollars in aid distributed. Cold air lifts temps to record lows in France Denmark and beyond as blizzards disrupt travel and crops suffer.
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Europe
Baily
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Mediterranean
Genoa
Italy
Sicily
U. S. Army
France
Nancy
Rhine
Moscow
England
Belgium
Denmark
Johanne
Brake
Penne
Aid Gn Mien
Emma Sauber
Jutland
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Britain
Greece
Holland
Austria
Spain
Portugal
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Nora
Spanish
Morocco
Northern Alabama StormS injure fifteen and topple WROS tower
Destructive storms in northern Alabama injure at least 15 people and knock down the 208 footprint WROS radio tower at Scottsboro. Gusts reach 75 mph, with $500,000 in damage in the northwest section. Arctic cold grips the Northern Plains as record lows persist.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Plains
WROS
Scottsboro
Ala
Ford Foundation to Rebuild Wayside Inn at Sidbury Mass
Ford Foundation will fully restore the Wayside Inn after a December fire. Ford Foundation president Liam Clay Ford said restoration will begin once architectural plans gain trustees approval. The Inn, a historic New England landmark, inspired Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for Tales and is a noted stopping place on the old postal route.
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Sidbury
Mass
New England
Ford Foundation
Liam Clay Ford
Vereile Inn
Hens Wadena
Enry Wadsworth Longfellow
Knowland Eyes Broader Bid If Eisenhower Won't Run
Senator Knowland of California is reported ready to broaden his unofficial bid for the Republican presidential nomination. He believes the odds against a second term for Eisenhower remain even despite the president’s return to activities. Associates say Knowland plans to enter delegates unless Eisenhower commits by March 1.
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Sen
Knowland
Calif
Eisenhower
Senate
Associates
Imeelf
Stalin Under Fire in Soviet Press Crackdown on Stalin’s History
Moscow reports that Anastas Mikoyan criticized Stalin's rule at the Communist Congress, denouncing the personality cult and calling for a critical review of Stalinist works. He attacked The Short History of the Communist Party and urged profound study of Leninism and Western economics.
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Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Communist Party
Kremlin
Stalin
Mikoyan
Ussr
United States
France
Britain
Torgy
Trotsky
Bukharin
Kamenev
Zinoviev
Leap year babies face rare birthday fate in 13,000 estimate
Washington reports about 13,000 American babies will be born on February 29 this leap year. The National Geographic Society notes these leap year tots will celebrate birthdays only once every four years, reflecting a recent nationwide baby boom that pushes the typical tally higher than normal.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Coal Industry Fights Seven Percent Freight Rate Rise
The coal industry is mounting a final push against a seven percent increase in railroad freight rates set to take effect next Saturday. ICC hearings could block the hike. industry officials argue higher rates would raise delivery costs and threaten coal prices and production.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
George A. Lamb
SS Surveys
Pittsburgh Utton Coal Co
Lamb
National Coal Assn
ICC
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Toledo
Ohio
Great Lake Ports
Pennsylvan
New York
IOC
Lam
Buchanan Man Admits Slaying Of Niece
Charles Tiller, 22, of Council Buchanan County Virginia, confessed to killing his four year old niece Tiny Arlene Joyce Tiller with a knife. The crime occurred near Council and the victim died en route to a Lebanon hospital. Tiller, who has spent time in a mental institution, was taken into custody at his home and jailed. Further details were awaited from authorities.
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Buchanan County
Council
Burl Rife
Tiller
Tiny Arlene Joyce Tiller
Lebanon
Woodrow
Emma Presley Tiller
Tiller Farm
Grana
Sheriff's Department
Fraternity Bans Hazing After Student Death
The National Council of Delta Psi Upsilon orders all chapters to confine initiation activities to fraternity houses following the death of MIT student Thomas L. Clark 18. Clark drowned after leaving an automobile and wandering into a Cambridge reservoir, mistaking it for a field.
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New York
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National Council of Delta Pn Kgpsiion
Thomas L. Clark
Harvey, Ill
Cambridge
Mass
U S Lifts Arms Embargo on Middle East Tank Shipment
Washington reports the United States ended a two day arms embargo by allowing the export of 18 Walker Bulldog tanks to Saudi Arabia along with repair parts for Israel. Officials cited policy to avoid arming Israel-Arab tensions and to promote stability in Palestine. Israel condemned the move as unhelpful to reduce tensions.
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United States
Middle East
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Eisenhower
Israel
State Department
Palestine
Lincoln White
Egypt
Czechoslovakia
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Prosecutor Expects Blood Test In Time For Wheeling Jury
Ohio County prosecutors expect to have blood test and psychiatric reports ready when the grand jury reconvenes Tuesday to consider the Cub Scout murder case in Wheeling. The 14 year old Williams twins Thomas Jr and Joseph face charges in the bludgeoning death of 9 year old David Powell found Feb 10 in a coal cellar. The State Police blood test comparing stains on one twin’s dungarees with Powell’s blood was identified earlier as human blood.
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Joseph A. Gompers
Gompers
Ohio County Grand Jury
Williams
Thomas, Jr
Joseph
David Powell
Charleston
Soviet and Norwegian Navies Plan Exchange Visits
MOSCOW announces that the Russian and Norwegian navies will exchange visits this summer, signaling planned naval cooperation and ongoing bilateral military dialogue between the two nations.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Scottish airliner crash in Malta kills 51 aboard
A Scottish Airlines four engine York monoplane crashed near Luqa airport in Malta killing 45 British servicemen plus six crew. The high wing Lancaster-derived craft caught fire after leaving the field and plummeted into a hillside, despite rescue attempts by British, American and Maltese teams. Two civil aviation inspectors will investigate.
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Essex
England
Blue Grotto
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Abusuler
Egypt
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London
York
Atlantic
Jamaica
Rangoon
Bangkok
Far East Espionage Spotlight In Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Spotlite features five factual Far East espionage stories. It explores spies patrons politicians double and triple agents in Formosa and the broader region. The series promises untold counter spying tales from the hot area of the cold war.
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Far East
Daily Telegraph
Asia
Formosa
Weirton Student Held For Murder
Gregory M. Delli-Piezi a 25 year old medical student from Weirton West Virginia and a University of Maryland trainee is charged with murder in the death of Richard M. Wick a 53 year old Bethlehem Steel Co employee. Wick died after a skull fracture from a fall following an elevator blow in Baltimore.
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Gregory M. Delli-Piezi
Weirton
W.va
University of Maryland Medical School
Richard M. Wick
Bethlehem Steel Co
Wick
Rs. Delli Pizzi
Johnsod University
Bethlehem
Steel Company
Gregory M. Delli-Pizzi
University of Maryland
Bethlehem Steel
Delli-Pizzi
Ice Pack Douses Lighthouse Off Jutland Coast
A Danish lighthouse on Jutland's east coast was doused as sea traffic halted by an ice pack. The measure aims to conserve fuel amid the freezing conditions and paralyzed maritime movement.
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Aarhus
Denmark
Jutland
38 Marines killed in Oakland area transport plane crash
Rescue teams battle dense brush to recover 38 victims from a Marine Corps R5D crash on a hillside south of Oakland. The plane, carrying 173 Marines from Camp Pendleton and El Toro, went down 21 miles from Alameda NAS en route to Treasure Island.
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el Torcarine Base
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En Eee Bay
Alameda Naval Air Station
Maj
Alexander Watson
Santa Ana
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