Blizzard Death Toll Rises Across Colorado Wyoming Montana
Snow plagued the West with 10 dead and 16 injured as blizzard conditions continued from Wyoming to Colorado and Montana. Rescue crews freed 26 people from stalled vehicles near the continental divide while reports of perished motorists and a fire claimed additional lives. A straw-hot wind and deep drifts isolated towns and hampered highway travel across multiple states.
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Denver
Wyoming
Colorado
Montana
Continental Divide
U.S. Highway 30
Greyhound
Craig, Colo
Dakotas
Kansas
Texas
Durango
Grand Junction
Continental Trailways
Silverton
Iowa Prepares for Snow and Cold Across State
A storm front moved across Iowa with snow sleet and rain likely. Hazardous driving conditions were forecast north of a line through Missouri Valley Boone and Waterloo with near zero temperatures overnight into Sunday. Temperatures varied from 38 in Cedar Rapids to colder in the northwest, with the entire state expecting continued cold and flurries into Monday.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Missouri Valley
Boone
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Power Plant Sale Leaves Calpulalpan Without Light
Calpulalpan Mexico has been without electricity for over a week after local officials sold the town power plant to raise funds for a new generator.
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Calpulalpan
Mexico
Cold Wave Brings Freezing Rain Snow and Low Near 3
A cold wave brings freezing rain changing to snow tonight with up to four inches accumulation. Temperatures fall to 3 to 8 above by morning. Snow ends Sunday forenoon with continued cold and a high near 15.
Nationalists Report Fresh Red Vessel Losses Near Taishan
Nationalist air force claimed 15 or 23 motorized Communist junks destroyed near the Taishan islands in the Formosa Strait. Five more junks were heavily damaged as clashes followed White House style reports say all planes returned safe with no Communist aerial opposition.
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Taipei
Formosa
Taishan Islands
Formosa Strait
Meadow Bay
Chiang Kai-shek
East China Sea
House Passes Eisenhower Trade Program
The House approved HR 1 by 295 to 110 granting the President three more years to lower tariffs in exchange for similar cuts by other nations. A GOP attempt to curb power failed 206 to 199 as President Eisenhower urged swift passage in a national economic security bid.
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House
Washington
INS
Eisenhower
G.O.P
U. S
Formosa
Lee Yu-hai
Congress
Daniel A. Reed
R-N
United States
Free World
Senate
U.S
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Mass
Martin
Reed
Tariff Commission
Democrats Move to Cut Income Taxes Nationwide
Speaker Rayburn announced to the House Ways and Means Committee that Democrats plan an immediate drive to cut income taxes. The measure would take effect January 1 and guarantee at least a $20 reduction for every taxpayer, plus an additional $20 per dependent.
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Washington
Rayburn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Fire damages Augustana science building in Rock Island
A fire fed by chemical explosions caused estimated 35000 in damage to the Wallberg Hall of Science at Augustana college in Rock Island. Professor E R Erickson and students acted quickly to confine the blaze to the roof and fourth floor. 50 students escaped and two firemen were slightly injured. The cause was not immediately known, with hydrogen and motors on the fourth floor cited among potential factors.
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Rock Island
Augustana College
E. R. Erickson
Erickson
Wallberg Hall of Science
Rock Island Arsenal
Plane and Men Missing Over Alaska Flight
Anchorage search planes scoured Cook Inlet and surrounding mountains for a navy P2V5 Neptune patrol bomber and its 11 crew after disappearing near Anchorage Thursday night. Aboard were eight navy flyers and three navy enlisted men who joined in midflight from Kodiak. none were from Iowa.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Cook Inlet
Kodiak
Iowa
Van Dyck Portrait Unearthed In Long Island Shop
A grimy oil painting bought for 65 dollars by Janet Schiffelbain from a Long Island antique shop is deemed an original Van Dyck conservatively valued at 15000. Dr Erik Larson, Flemish and Dutch art specialist, believes it may be The Magdalene also called The Penitent Mary Magdalene, missing since its Manchester 1857 exhibit.
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Moriches
N.Y
Long Island
van Dyck
Janet Schiffelbain
Erik Larson
Anthony van Dyck
Larsen
Manchester
England
Ferguson Slated as Manila Post Ambassador
Former Senator Ferguson of Michigan is slated to be the next U S ambassador to the Philippines Brig Gen Carlos Romulo confirmed. He discussed the appointment with Secretary Dulles and would replace Raymond Spruance who plans to retire next month.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
U.S
Philippines
Carlos P. Romulo
Dulles
Raymond Spruance
Thieves Take TV Then Antenna From Porterville Ranch
Porterville California rancher J E McCowen reported thieves stole his television a month ago and on Thursday returned to steal the antenna.
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Porterville
Calif
J. E. McCowen
Two Iowa Legislators Witness Tavern Break In Arrest
DES MOINES AP Three Iowa legislators Reps Emil Novak Harold Tabor and Elmer Hoth rode with Police Sgt Russell Lewis during a dawn raid at 4 25 a m on an E and W tavern burglary. Dale Buteaux 23 was caught inside the tavern attempting to break a jukebox while Donald Hanlin 23 was found in a nearby car both were held for questioning Hanlin released later while Buteaux claimed it was a one man job.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Russell Lewis
Sgt. Lewis
Emil L. Novak
Fairfax
Harold A. Tabor
Lamont
Elmer A. Hoth
Postville
Dale Milton Buteaux
Donald P. Hanlin
Hanlin
Buteaux
Lewis
Team Up in Volunteer Posse Nab Bank Bandits
A minister, a funeral director, and a newspaper editor formed a motorized posse and tracked three Webb City men charged in a 1683 dollar bank robbery. Courtwright, Vaughn, and Stoneking were arrested. the loot minus 167 dollars was found under Vaughn’s back porch.
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Carl Junction
Paul Courtwright
Earl Vaughn
George Stoneking
Webb City
FBI
Vaughn
John Martin
Courtwright
Citizens Bank
Ray Miller
Carl Junction Standard
Rube Stone
Keith Bottles
Stoneking
Miller
Stone
Paroled Man Fined for Disorderly Conduct After Socializing Claim
Milwaukee AP reports Richard O Connor, on parole for armed assault robbery and auto theft, told a court he followed his parole officer’s advice to socialize while trying to date two girls from a newspaper story. District Judge Robert Hansen fined him $50 for disorderly conduct.
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Milwaukee
Robert Hansen
Richard O’connor
O’connor
Two Nabbed In Wire Tap Probe In New York
Two telephone company workers Ruh and Asmann were arrested on wire tapping charges after a district attorney investigation exposed an undercover center in a Manhattan apartment. The setup reportedly tapped about 15 numbers over five months on the Plaza exchange, with police raiding the hidden operation on February 11. The case goes to a grand jury for potential charges while federal probes loom over possible security leaks.
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NEW York
Manhattan
Frank S. Hogan
Carl E. Ruh
The
Bronx
Walter Asmann
Queens
Ruh
Asmann
Hogan
Plaza Exchange
City Anti-Crime Committee
Sen. Ives
R-N.y
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Washington
Airliner Overdue in New Mexico Sparks Search
A Trans-World airliner carrying 16 people from Albuquerque to Pittsburgh disappeared in light snow near Madrid New Mexico. No radio contact since departure and a possible sighting in a snow shower prompted a statewide search as officials traced the off course twin engined Martin Skyliner.
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Santa FE
N.M
Albuquerque
Pittsburgh
Amarillo
Wichita
Topeka
Kansas City
Chicago
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Brother saves sister with tourniquet amid glass injury
In St Louis an 11 year old girl survived a deep cut after her 14 year old brother Everett Woodland quickly pressed his hands to the wound and held the grip until a neighbor drove them to a hospital. The incident began when Susan slipped her arm through a glass closet door Friday.
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ST. Louis
Everett Woodland
Susan
Everett
Warren Warns on Rights Berth and Campus Free Speech
Chief Justice Warren spoke at Washington University describing the bill of rights as likely to pass yet amid controversy. He cited campus teaching and conduct, defense rights, self incrimination, and press freedom as symptoms of a wider charged political climate. He blamed the entire body politic for suspicion and intolerance.
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ST. Louis
Warren
Washington University
Lock of Hair Ends Six-Year Marriage in Odd Case
Maria Carletti gave a lock of her hair to her husband Sisto Carletti. He testified that she chopped the lock into particles and mixed it with his tobacco. He said the mixture made him violently ill and he filed cruelty charges in court.
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Los Angeles
Maria Carletti
Sisto Carletti
Aria
Iourt
Three Seized in $300000 Downtown Diamond Theft
In San Francisco three ex convicts were arrested after a $300000 diamond robbery. Edmund Lindsey and Steve Sorrentiano were nabbed Friday night returning to their apartment, Frank Mendez was captured near Salinas with $7500 in cash and many diamonds. Police said all three confessed and loot recovered.
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San Francisco
Edmund Lindsey
Steve Sorrentiane
Frank Mendez
Salinas
W. W. Franklin
Mendez
Franklin
Paul DeVries
Martin Lee
Lindsey
Sorrentino
French Assembly Rejects Pineau Premiership Bid
In Paris the National Assembly defeated Christian Pineau 312 to 268 in a bid to name him France's first Socialist premier in eight years. The defeat deepens the cabinet crisis now in its third week.
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Paris
Christian Pineau
National Assembly
France
Assembly
Pineau
Andean Geese At Brookfield Zoo Refuse Water
Chicago officials report two Andean geese at Brookfield Zoo are unhappy in the aquatic house as curator Karl Plath notes they cannot stand the sight of water. The birds recently arrived and have puzzled staff with their dry stance.
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Chicago
Brookfield Zoo
Karl Plath
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