Snow Storm Blankets Rockies and Plains Reach Great Plains
A major snow storm from the Rockies to the Great Plains brings heavy snowfall across Colorado, southeast Wyoming, Nebraska and Kansas with spread expected toward Minnesota and Wisconsin. Colorado reports up to 16 inches while eastern areas see diminishing depths. Schools closed in eastern Colorado. Denver traffic slowed but roads remain passable. Winds peak around 35 mph with some drifting reported and cold air extending toward Lake Michigan and central Kansas.
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Clear Skies Forecast With Winds to Drop
The weatherman predicts clear skies and lightening winds over most of the state today and tomorrow with warmer afternoon temperatures. Blustery north winds yesterday sent gusts over gale force across California while walls toppled at Lussig Furniture in Hayward and a 200 foot wall section collapsed at the Smirnoff distillery in Menlo Park injuring five workers. A wind driven brush fire near San Bernardino burned multiple ranches and structures, blackening about 3500 acres as power lines fell in Contra Costa causing a broad blackout across Alameda and San Mateo counties.
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Holiday for Area Students
Most Southern Alameda county students will leave classrooms tomorrow afternoon for Thanksgiving holidays. They won’t have to return until Monday. In Washington township the Thanksgiving holiday begins after schools rise today. Schools recess Thursday and Friday include Castrs Valley elementary San Lorenzo elementary Hayward elementary Russell Palomares Independent San Leandro unified and Hayward Union high school. Closed Wednesday Thursday and Friday will be schools in the following Districts Alvarado Alviso Centerville Decoto Irvington Niles Newark Mission San Jose and Warm Springs. The Thanksgiving holiday will flee Thursday through Monday at San Jose State college University of California San Francisco State and Stanford university.
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First Ave Traffic Jammed by Crash in San Leandro
Early morning traffic on First Avenue stalled when a trailer overturned on an Eastshore freeway approach. Truck driver Harry Engleman of Redwood City attempted a left turn from eastbound lanes causing load to slip and block on and off ramps, tying up the route.
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Bay Area Union Butchers Secure Three Year Contract
Union butchers in the San Francisco Bay Area reached a three year contract agreement last night. The deal increases wages and adds benefits, signaling a steady labor peace for Bay Area meatpackers and employers in the regional market.
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Dock Work Halt Ends On Coast
San Francisco six ten thousand West coast longshoremen returned to work after a 24 hour stoppage idling 70 ships along the Pacific coast. Leaders urged a vote on joining a broader East and Gulf coast strike, with results due tomorrow. The stoppage aimed to weigh strike prospects against wage negotiations as the Pacific Maritime Association suspended West Coast shipowners over last week's refusal to work 16 East Coast ships.
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Man Dies in Wind Driven Brush Fire Near San Bernardino
A wind whipped brush fire swept 4400 acres near San Bernardino destroying ranches and buildings. Edwin D. Bass, 27, Riverside, a bulldozer operator, died of burns at St Bernardine’s Hospital after becoming trapped with two other firefighters J E Luker Colton and Rudy Martines US Fire Service camp in the blaze area about 15 miles away. Luker and Martines were hospitalized with burns. conditions not serious. Winds up to 70 mph fanned the blaze that jumped a highway into Cook and Sand Creek areas.
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Voters Decide School Funding Across Two Districts
Voters in Mt Eden and San Lorenzo districts go to polls by 7 pm to decide tax increases and bond measures. Mt Eden seeks 50 cent tax hike to 1.85, plus $800,000 in bonds and $6 million state borrowing for facilities. San Lorenzo requests $2.5 million in bonds for the district.
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Knight Defends Insurance Deals In California
Sacramento reports Gov. Goodwin J. Knight defends state insurance commissions, saying the practice followed former Gov. Earl Warren and Dean policy. Knight asserts no influence peddling and cites commissions of about 50 000 annually. Assemblyman Munnell plans a probe into the state insurance broker commissions.
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Hungarians Fleeing to Austria Overwhelm Nation
United Nations report cites Hungary refugees pouring into Austria at about 2000 daily, totaling 34,000 in three weeks, with Austria already hosting 150,000 from other Iron Curtain areas. Hammarskjold notes Yugoslavia taking about 300 refugees, and 28 countries including the U.S. offer aid. The United States pledges 1 million dollars and resettlement for 6000 exiles, with 70 arriving at Camp Kilmer, N J.
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Eden Resting Comfortably After Illness Wrack
Prime Minister Anthony Eden, 59, withdrew from public life last night due to illness and is reported resting comfortably at his London residence. Informed sources say there is no cause for anxiety, with doctors noting overwork as the likely cause. Lady Eden travels to London and plans to return tomorrow night as Eden briefly hands Britain’s leadership to R A Butler during critical days.
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Britain Orders Wartime Gas Rationing to Dec 17
Britain imposes wartime gasoline rationing starting December 17 to stretch dwindling fuels as Suez Canal remains blocked. Aubrey Jones announces ration books for car owners with basic mileage allotment, while France moves to a fuel oil quota system. Reservists recalled for Suez duty and stockpiles expected to take months to restore.
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U N Police Ordered to Port Said
The first UNEF company from the canal zone moves into Port Said amid rising tension. Norwegian troops lead a 300 strong force from Abu Sweir, with Denmark, Colombia and Yugoslav units, as the Suez crisis escalates and both sides clash near the canal.
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Gas Price War Prolongs in Southern Alameda County
In San Leandro a meeting of about 60 retailers failed to stop a price cut keeping regular gas at 23.9 cents per gallon and ethyl at 28.0 cents in many local stations. No spokesman for the Bay Area Council of Petroleum Retailers spoke. Another meeting is expected Monday to push for a settlement.
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