Storm Delays Rescue Work On Mt Blanc Climbers
An 80 mile wind and heavy snow hold up rescue attempts for two climbers Jean Vincendon and Francois Henry stranded 12 000 feet up Mt Blanc for 11 days. A damaged helicopter crash landed during a prior retrieval while four crew members and four army men are marooned nearby. Temperatures fell to 30 degrees below zero. avalanches threaten skiers in the Southern Alps.
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Southeast Kansas Corner reflects 90 years of continuous publication
The Register marks 90 years since Jan 1 1867, tracing origins to The Allen County Courant founded by W. H. Johnson. Highlights note regional updates from Parsons Coffeyville Fort Scott Iola and Humboldt with staff changes and civic notices.
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The
Allen County Courant
W. H. Johnson
Earth Tremors Felt Near Aleutian Islands
Berkeley observers recorded severe earth shocks near the Aleutians Alaska with magnitudes up to 7.75 on the Richter scale. University seismologist Don Tocher placed the quakes about 2,500 miles northwest of Berkeley noting they rivaled last year’s strongest quakes. Navy detections off Adak Alaska reported a tidal wave warning later withdrawn after negative checks. Shocks occurred at 4 46 18 p m 6 24 32 p m and 7 24 p m local time.
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Calif
University of California
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
San Francisco
Don Tocher
University
Honolulu
Navy
Adak
Tocher
Rival Strategy Debates Senate Rules Change
Rival strategy meetings convene today as Dixie Democrats join Northern and Western legislators and Republicans to lobby a rule change. Len Douglas of Illinois leads a closed door huddle to gauge support for altering a filibuster bulwark, with a vote threshold of sixty four affirmative yeas under debate.
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Senate
Dixie Democrats
Len Douglas
D-Ill
Mrs. Anderson Named Administrator of Bethany Home for the Aged
Mrs Crissy Anderson of Assaria was appointed administrator of the Bethany Home for the Aged by the Bethany Home board. The home is owned by the Kansas Conference of the Augustana Lutheran Church. Miss Elin Engberg, longtime matron, asked to be relieved but will stay on as staff.
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Kas.t
Crissy Anderson
Assaria
Lindsborg Community Hospital
Bethany Home For
Kansas
Senate Debates Cut Short at Local Diner
A Senate discuss term limits and a Northern group musing on a simple majority spilled into a diner scene. A man complained of neuritic pain ordered a beer and tried to donate to the March of Dimes with a container. both he and the container disappeared before the waitress could intervene.
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Senate
Jores
Shipload of Hungarian refugees arrives in America
The first shipload of Hungarian refugees reaches Kilmer New Jersey boosting the resettlement center population to 6291 as more arrivals are expected. Planes are to land refugees at McGuire Air Force Base as Operation Safe Haven nears completion. A Gen Le Roy Eltinge transport docked in Brooklyn with 1747 refugees amid ongoing relief efforts.
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Kilmer
N. J
America
McGuire Air Force Base
Leroy Eltinge
Brooklyn
Louisville
Gabriella Matusek
Saar Return Sparks Hope of a United Germany
The Saar region, long disputed for its coal and steel industry, is set to join West Germany. France will retain customs and currency control until full integration planned for 1960. Chancellor Adenauer calls the move a step toward eventual German unity.
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France
Germany
Saar
East German Officials In Talks at Moscow
Twelve top East German Communist leaders traveled to Moscow for political and economic talks with Soviet rulers. East Berlin sources say Moscow intends to offer more economic aid to soothe East German restiveness after independence struggles in Poland and Hungary.
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Berlin
East Germany
East Berlin
Poland
Hungary
Saarland Celebrates Return to Germany with Fireworks
Saarland residents celebrated their return to Germany with dazzling fireworks displays in Saarbrucken. The 990 square mile industrial region rejoined Germany after status changes following World War II.
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Saarland
Germany
Saarbruecken
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