Storm Lashes Virginia Amid Snow Sleet and Ice Toll 24
A fast moving storm front brought snow sleet and freezing rain to Virginia causing icy roads and long drifts. The state tally rose to 24 deaths with five more reported including a Culpeper foreman Charles Burke who died of a heart attack and a 73 year old woman found nearly frozen in her home. The Shenandoah Valley saw 3 to 4 inches of fresh snow while prior storms left 20 to 30 inches in areas. Authorities noted blocked secondary roads and lingering hazards across northern Virginia.
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Associated Press
Ohio Valley
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Shenan
Doah Valley
State Highway Department
Charles Burke
Culpeper
Bus and train crash kills farm workers in Florida
A bus carrying farm workers collided with a train engine at a crossing near Miami, killing at least 18 and injuring 16. The 1961 bus was crushed, bodies removed after hours of investigation, and most victims were young Puerto Rican men. The crossing had no warning lights. lights were being installed after a prior incident. The workers were employed by John W. Campbell Farms in Dade County.
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Miami
Fla
E.B. Shaw
Hialeah
Homestead
John W. Campbell Farms
Dade County
Hart Campbell
Edward
Eduardo Padilla
Campbell
Comedian Buster Keaton Dies at 70 in Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD AP Buster Keaton, poker-faced silent film icon, died of lung cancer at 70 in Woodland Hills. Once bankrupt in 1934, he later found renewed success on television and in commercials, earning fame again and leaving a lasting mark on cinema history. His wife Eleanor, a dancer, survived him.
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Holllywood
Buster Keaton
Keaton
Charlie Chaplin
Harold Lloyd
Ben Turpin
Harry Langdon
Laurel and Hardy
Woodland Hills
Donald O’connor
Eleanor
Samuel Beckett
Five Men Hurt In Explosion At U S Rubber Plant
Baton Rouge Louisiana five men were injured when a resin reactor at the U S Rubber Co plant exploded Tuesday. Liquid butadiene leaked and exploded on the floor. Automatic sprinklers fought the flames and one corrugated steel wall was blown out. Injured were John T Franques production supervisor Sterschell Gray a pipe fitter Ernest Hymel Ris ton Arnold process operators and Karl Schoen.
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Baton Rouge
U.S. Rubber Co
John T. Franques
Sterschell Gray
Ernest Hymel
Riston Arnold
Karl Schoen
Ohio Area Hard Hit By Storm
The storm, the heaviest in 50 years, dumped 24 inches in some areas and clogged the Ohio Valley and Appalachians with deep snow. It closed stores and schools, stranded workers, and caused 143 deaths nationwide from cold exposure, traffic accidents, and fires. In the Northeast, trains halted in Batavia to rescue stranded passengers.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Kentucky
Ohio Valley
Appalachians
Weather Bureau
Ohio River
Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Ilinois
Arkansas
U S Efforts To Have AN Act On Viet Nam Doomed
At the United Nations the Security Council delayed a vote on a U S request to open debate on Viet Nam. Opposition led by the Soviet Union and France plus others doomed any chance for a substantive peace plan. Jordan held the key as the council lingered into Wednesday awaiting new instructions for its vote.
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Viet Nam
United Nations, N.Y
Soviet Union
France
U.N. Security Council
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Jordan
Council
Waleed Sadi
Argentina
Britain
China
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Uruguay
Bulgaria
Mali
Nigeria
Uganda
Arthur J. Goldberg
North Viet
Nam
Johnson
Ho Chi Minh
U S Planes Raid Port Area In No Viet Nam
U S Air Force Thunderchiefs struck the port of Ben Thuy and other targets in North Viet Nam while allied forces tightened control in Masher operations. Four days of heavy fighting left 488 Communists killed and 420 prisoners or suspects. U S 1st Cavalry continued actions in the Bong Son area, with ground forces uncovering a large bunker complex near Saigon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ben Thuy
North Viet Nam
Godwin backs sales tax plan as prudent revenue source
Gov. Godwin promoted his sales tax proposal as the fairest way to meet Virginia’s future needs, rejecting a move to abandon pay as you go. He indicated he enjoys conservative fiscal policy and voiced support for a majority in both houses. The day also saw the House General Laws Committee approve a local option liquor by the drink bill for Norfolk and Virginia Beach, and a clash over Clinch Valley College becoming a four year institution in Wise County.
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Richmond
Godwin
House
Senate
General Laws Committee
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Clinch Valley College
Wise County
Thomson
George
Johnson seeks 3.39 billion in aid and five year plan
President Johnson asked for 3.39 billion in new foreign aid funds and proposed a major revamp to extend the program on a five year basis. He urged self help, branded 1 billion for Great Society economic aid, and called for separate arms and economic aid with annual appropriations.
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Johnson
Washington
Congress
U.S
Great Society
Pentagon
Agency For International Development
Band Of Negro Squatters Tossed Off Base
Greenville Mississippi AP a group of Negro squatters forced from a deactivated air force base after moving into an empty building demanding food jobs and land. about 150 air police ejected the group while civil rights workers and some locals were removed from the scene. the incident prompted promises to speed antipoverty aid and effort to expedite relief for the homeless.
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Greenville
Miss
Air Force
Here
Mississippi
Susie Tyler
High-Wire Walker Falls 45 Feet At Shrine Circus
In Detroit 8 000 matinee guests watched as Luis Murillo 32 from Santiago Chile now in Hollywood fell 45 feet to the Coliseum floor during the Shrine Circus. He was in critical condition with a fractured pelvis and possible skull fracture at Highland Park General Hospital. Murillo performed without a balancing pole or safety net and slipped while ascending a 45 degree wire. A circus spokesman said there was no panic though screams arose as he landed on sawdust. An animal act soothed the crowd. The tragedy echoes the 1962 Wallenda collapse where several died or were injured.
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Detroit
Luis Murillo
Santiago
Chile
Hollywood
Calif
Highland Park General Hospital
Murilla
Netroit
Twenty Seven Greek Crew Rescued After Ship Abandonment
In the Pacific about 1,000 miles northwest of Honolulu, 27 Greek crewmen abandoned the sinking Rockport and were rescued from life rafts by a U S military transport, the General Walker. They were ferried between the rockport and the transport on liferafts dropped by a Coast Guard plane. The Rockport hull had cracked in stormy seas while the Gainesville Victory’s rescue attempt left one man injured.
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Honolulu
Pacific
U.S
Coast Guard
Rockport
General Walker
Hawaii
San Francisco
Gainesville Victory
Far East
Midway Island
Rockeport
Liberty
Pro-Peking Communist Leader Arrested on Kerala Arrival
AP reporting from Trivandrum details the arrest of E. M. S. Namboodiripad on arrival to lead protests over food shortages in Kerala. Riots hit Trivandrum and other cities as students attack communications and transit, while measures bring in rice from the north east.
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Kerala
Trivandrum
India
E. M. S. Namboodiripad
Parity
Kottayam
Quilon
Indira Gandhi
Namboodiripad
Keralla
Gandhi
New Delhi
Weather readings from Register Building Virginia and North Carolina
Windy cold conditions persist with clearing trends east of the mountains. Virginia highs in the 20s with snow flurries in the mountains. colder Wednesday night and Thursday fair and cold. North Carolina partly cloudy and colder Wednesday with mountain snow flurries. highs in the 20s to lower 40s on the south coast, with fair and generally cold conditions Thursday.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Downtown Weather Log Ten-Point Temp and Wind Report
A downtown weather log tracks Tuesday and Wednesday readings with temperatures at 32 degrees, barometric pressures 29.81, 29.76, and 29.73, calm winds, and 24 hour values noting a low of 26 and high of 43 inches of precipitation recorded as 0.5 inch.
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