Icy Storm Strikes Dixie Coast Nipping States From NC to MD
A winter storm swept the Dixie coast from North Carolina to Maryland with icy rain and up to a foot of snow. It halted hundreds of schools and made roads treacherous while moving north along the coast. Virginia towns recorded up to 12 inches, North Carolina saw up to 10 inches near the Virginia line, and the Pocomoke area in Southern Maryland bore the brunt with about six inches.
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Associated Press
Dixie Coast
North Carolina
Maryland
Virginia
Washington
Georgia
Rocky River
Norwood
N.C
Richmond
Old Dominion
Blackstone
Chatham
Norfolk
Fredericksburg
Reidsville
Pocomoke City
Bridgeville
Del
Mt Zion Club Holds Meeting and Bridal Shower
Mt Zion notes a club gathering with ten members including Mrs Geneva Erikson and guests Mrs Vera Angles and Floyd Alan Lee. A bridal shower honored Mrs Tom Miller at Mrs George White home with co hostess Mrs Blaine Wilson. Various attendees and guests are listed, with multiple social visits and departures noted through the week.
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MT. Zion
Mt. Zion Club
Geneva Erikson
Vera Angles
Floyd Alan Lee
Cora Cook
Tom Miller
George White
Blaine Wilson
Mmes
Wendell Johnson
Clyde Cook
Charles Goff
Wallace Erikson
Lee Kennedy
Ralph Angles
Donald Goff
Chris Ginther
Walter Gericke
Arthur Carlson
Roland Kelsey
Albert Lydick
Charles Hill
Carol
Joyce Marie White
Regina Kelsey
White
Wilson
Frank Hawkinson
Leon Johnson
Virgil Watts
Lloyd Guyangi Linda
Sam Waltermire
C. M. Hill
Mettie Daniels
Art Carlson
Wayne
Bakersfield
Calif
Seniors Eligible for $1000 Life Insurance Policy Ad
People aged 50 to 80 can apply for a $1000 final expenses policy with Old American Insurance Co. Approval allows lifelong coverage by mail. No obligation or calls. Send name, address and year of birth to Old American, 4900 Oak Dept LD115B, Kansas City MO 12.
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OLD American
Old American Insurance Co
Oak
Dept
Kansas City
Missouri
Humboldt Community Groups Share History Night Details
Humboldt Business and Professional Women observe History Night at the Legion hall with Nat Armel presenting historic Humboldt points and photos. The event included a Sunshine committee and plans for a 1962 Second District Leaders council meeting in Humboldt.
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Humboldt
Humboldt Ap
Eva O'Conner
Nellie
Drollinger
W. J. Casper
Nickey
Legion Hall
Margaret Brinkman
Osborn family health stay and visits noted
Mrs. Osborn begins bed rest for an ailment while her husband attends officer candidate school at Lackland AFB. Jamie and Jeffrey stay with paternal grandparents in Chanute. Nearby visits include R H Johnson at Pleasanton with Albert Coppage, George Crawford visiting Buffalo, and Jerry Harrington returning from Lawrence to his parents the Harringtons.
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Courtney
Moses
Osborn
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Jamie
Jeffrey
Floyd Osborn
Chanute
R. H. Johnson
Pleasanton
Albert Coppage
George Crawford
Buffalo
Herman Crawford
J. A. van Nices
Jerry Harrington
Lawrence
Roy Harrington
Nine Die In Buckland Farmhouse Fire
In Buckland Massachusetts a two story farmhouse fire killed six children and three adults early Sunday. The sole survivor, Robert Deame Jr., escaped by breaking a rear door glass. Victims include Mrs. Robert Deame 32 and her three relatives Raymond Crandall 66 and 63 and five cousins aged 2 to 10. Police speculate a basement heating plant explosion as a probable cause.
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Buckland
Mass
Massachusetts
Robert Deame Jr
Robert Deame
Charles
Raymond R. Crandall
Timothy Keane
William Calvin Dies at 63 in Kansas City
William A. Calvin, 63, president of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Iron workers Shipbuilders Black smiths Forgers and Helpers AFL CIO since 1954, died Saturday of a heart attack in Kansas City Kansas.
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Kansas City, Kan
William A. Calvin
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
AFL Cio
Kennedy set to push farm and urban reform packages
President Kennedy will urge Congress to back broader farm control programs to stabilize commodities and to create a Cabinet level urban affairs department. Senate and House plans differ, with the Senate proposing larger farm and urban initiatives including loans and scholarships. A civil rights bill moves toward possible committee action in the Judiciary.
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Tuesday Kennedy
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
House
Senate
House Rules Committee
Robert C. Weaver
Housing and Home Finance Age
Judiciary Committee
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Rules Committee
Elections Legisla
Lawmaker hints at push to force vote today
Mans field indicated a vote could be pressed today and anticipated it would move to the Judiciary committee for review. He did not provide a final outcome but signaled urgency in advancing the measure.
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Ition
Mansfield
Judiciary
English Grammar and Pronunciation Quiz Tips
Answers include omitting in and using so far as I know, with by the post office. Cajole is pronounced kah jole with stress on the second syllable. Fallible is the misspelled word. Cavil means to make frivolous objections or criticisms. The user asks for a word beginning with po meaning one who knows several languages.
Chanute Tribune Briefs From January 29 1962
Classified fragment notes remarks on conduct of those who have succeeded in life and references Polyglot. Indicates a small local column item with uncertain context and absent full details.
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The
Chanute Tribune
Trumans Headed to New York for Family Visit
Former President and Mrs. Harry S. Truman left by train Sunday morning for New York to visit their daughter Mrs. Clifton Daniel and her family.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
New York
Clifton Daniel
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