Winter On Last Legs Final Week Starts Today
Winter began its booked week of unsettled weather with springlike warmth in the major portion of the nation while wet spots appeared in the West. Snow and rain moved from the Pacific Northwest into Idaho and western Utah, with up to six inches in Northern California coastal mountains. The storm system moved into Wyoming Colorado Montana and the Western Dakotas, with rain east to Wisconsin. Coastal Carolinas logged light precipitation. temperatures ranged in the 30s and 40s nationwide, teens in northern New England and Great Lakes. Southeast flood areas faced no new storms as cleanup continued. several counties in Kentucky West Virginia Tennessee Virginia and Alabama were declared disaster areas after the season’s first major floods caused millions in damages.
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Auiclaveaire
Pacific
California
Idaho
Ula
Wyoming
Colorado
Montana
Dakotas
Wisconsi
Carolinas
Gulf Coast States
New England
Great Lakes
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
Virginia
Alabama
House Probers irked By Challenge From ANPA
Washington antitrust lawmakers pressed back at industry pushback as Stanford Smith ANPA general manager urged the subcommittee to reject special press ownership curbs. He argued First Amendment guarantees shield the press from targeted legislation and questioned constitutionality of any mergers controls. The hearing delays Los Angeles mergers probe and a related $35,000 damage case. Josephine Bennett of Brownsville won the award after a Hillman Transportation Co boat collision on the Ohio River near Conway on February 20, 1960.
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Washington
House
Stanford Smith
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Antitrust Subcommittee
Smith
Congress
George Meader
Reich
ANPA
Arthur B. Hanson
Smith Today
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Josephine L. Bennett
Brownsville
Hillman ‘Transportation Co
Bost
Loyd F. Engle Jr
Miss Bennett
Hillman Boat and Drifting Company
Ohio River
Conway
Scranton Hits GOP FDR Trauma At Boston Dinner
Governor Scranton urged Republicans to abandon label roulette and heal the party’s FDR trauma. He argued for tax cuts, reduced spending, and a new division of tax dollars to empower states while addressing civil rights without delay. He spoke at a dinner honoring George Lodge, last year’s Massachusetts Senate candidate.
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Boston
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
George Lodge
Massachusetts
Scranton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Clymer Plant Slow Starting and Stock Offering Plan
Stock for sale to residents of Clymer area as the Chautauqua County Business Development Corporation seeks funds to operate the Chautauqua Research Products division. The plant expands with 20 local families employed, pay around $1,500 weekly, and needs about $30,000 in operating funds. Stock sale aims to reinvest proceeds into local jobs and industry with management upgrades underway.
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Chautauqua County Business Development Corporation
Chautauqua County
Clymer
Development Corporation
Chautauqua Research’ Products
Sherman
Chautauqua Research Products
Howard Schickler
Development Group
Olit Jook
Clymer Ares
Republican Party
Party of Eivil Rights
South
Pennsylvania boy drowns at reservoir in Altoona area
In Altoona Pennsylvania a 7 year old boy Vincent Crawford drowned at a reservoir behind Penn State Altoona while his brother Charles and friends were present. The boy reportedly slipped and fell into the water as the group talked by the embankment. Fire department divers recovered the body after the family alerted authorities.
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Altoona
Penngyl- Sania State University
Corontes
William Crawford
Blair County
Charles
Crawford
Morgan Nubep
Win
NY Paper War Still Unsettled
Robert F Wagner acts as mediator as the Guild of 6000 editorial and commercial workers presses for higher pay and concessions. The publishers present a final offer to align contract expiration with 9 other unions. Local 6 of the International Typographical Union votes Sunday on the tentative deal amid prior strikes.
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Iomumuea
Rage
Robert F. Wagner
Guild
Aflc10 International Typographical Union
American Newspaper Guild
City Hall to hire jailed janitor after term ends
John George has cleaned City Hall floors while serving a short jail term and City Commissioner George Mc Nally said, We can't let that man go. The commission proposed hiring him as City Hall janitor when he finishes his jail term, and the commission agreed.
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Mobile
Ala
John George
City Hall
George McNally
McNally
George
Commission
Deaths Ernest Cox of Corry 79 passes away at home
Ernest Cox of R D 2 Corry died at his home last evening aged 79 born July 24 187? he lived in Meadville before moving to a Doud Hill farm in 1916 later at Raymond plant and Pogle Lumber Co retired since 1948 survived by wife Edith Gates Cox daughter Elsie Nichols son Pred Cox three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews body at Bracken Funeral Home with calling hours tomorrow Sunday and service Monday at 2 pm officiated by Dr Elmer A Ortner burial Pine Grove Cemetery
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Ernest Cox
R. D
Corry
Mr. Cox
Riceville
Edith Gates
Meadville
Cox
Erie Railroad
Doud Hill
Raymond
Pogle Lumber Co
Ward
Elsie) Nichols
Pred Cox
Findley Lake
Bracken
Elmer A. Ortner
Pine Grove
Weems Suffers Heart Attack. Band Leader Hospitalized
Ted Weems, 62, leader of the Weems brand and head of the band Sula USLA, was hospitalized after a heart attack. Attendants listed his condition as serious to critical. He fell ill Wednesday afternoon and missed Wednesday night’s performance.
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Sulsa
USLA
Ted Weems
Weems
Oscar the Dummy and the Rise of Bigger Car Interiors
The article discusses the historic use of a standardized dummy named Oscar as the design benchmark for car interiors. It explains how engineers and stylists clashed over seat position and space, leading manufacturers to shrink then enlarge Oscar to fit evolving standards. It also notes that newer models offer larger dimensions, stronger value through reliability, warranties, and performance.
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Oscar
Television stars set week of specials in studio showcases
AP reports a seven day spread of TV specials featuring Judy Garland Arthur Godfrey Edie Adams Sid Caesar and Dina Shore with Edie Adams in a Sunday CBS ABC slot Dinah Shore NBC comedy and a Dick Powell Theatre entry join Woody Woodbury hosting Who Do You Trust on ABC Sid Caesar and Andy Williams also highlighted CBS NBC schedules note astronaut level pacing and Fort Lauderdale roots for Woodbury lines on his show business path
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New York
Judy Garland
Arthur Goulfrey
Edie Adams
Sid Caesar
Dina Shore
Leam
Rowett
Martin
ABC
Dinah Shore
NBC
Pil Silvers
Robert Gou Jet
Dick Powell
Anthony Franciosa
Julie London
Cesar Romero
Zsa Zsa Gabor
CBS
S Boole
Andy Williams
Shelley Berman
Woody Woodbury
Woodbury
Johnny Carson
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Stree
van Woody
Carson
Florida
Edie
Rowan and
Joan , Sutherland
Ella Fitzgerald
St. Patrick's Day
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Pittsfield, PA
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North Center Street
Television Review
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