Winter storm toll climbs with heavy snow across the plains
A new snowstorm from the Rockies brought record sub zero temperatures and heavy snow across the Midwest and South. At least 55 deaths were linked to the storm as it shut roads and schools, froze highways, and caused widespread flooding in Alabama Mississippi and neighboring states.
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Rockies
Midwest
Arizona
San Juan County
New Mexico
Raton
Nageezi
Wyoming
Dakotas
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Eichmann Convicted in Trials Over Crimes Against Jews
Israel’s three judge panel found Adolf Eichmann guilty on four major counts including crimes against the Jews and humanity. The 300 page verdict labeled him a key Nazi operative and sentenced him to possible death by gallows with sentencing due by Friday.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Jerusalem
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Gestapo
Eichmann
Hitler
Reich
Bureau For
Moshe Landau
Vermont
Canada
United States
Germany
Landau
Gideon Hausner
Empenen Alty
Robert Servatius
West Germany
Rising Sun Lodge No. 29 Calls Meeting Tonight
A called meeting of Rising Sun Lodge No. 29 is set for seven oclock tonight at the Masonic Temple. Members are urged to attend the session.
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Rising Sun Lodge No. 29
Masonic Temple
Mary Lou Dancy
Order of Eastern Star
Kathleen Malone
Central Baptist Church
Holiday Inn Motel
Decatur Emblem Club No. 127
Harris Newsom
Community notices and court report mix of events
Local club meetings and church classes listed with times and venues. A traffic mishap near Madison County hospital injures four residents. building permit issued on Dogwood Lane. two drivers in a collision on 6th Ave. A lengthy report covers Eichmann trial verdict proceedings and anticipated sentencing in Israel with details of the defense and prosecutions.
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Decatur General Hospital
Belle Mina
County Line
Madison County
Jessie Pitts
Leo Pride
Bertha Pride
Betty Bass
Megnevex TV Guarantee Advertises One Year Coverage
An advertisement for Megnevex TV offers a one year guarantee on parts tubes and service from Rebineen's. The deal covers all components and includes repair and maintenance within the period.
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Megnevex TV
Geld Seal Werranty
S. Adv
Congo Crisis Deepens as Consulate Attacked and UN Calls Cease Fire
Mobs raided the U S consulate in Elisabethville and stoned the U S Embassy in Brussels as the UN pressed a peaceful settlement to end the seven day Congo secession conflict. U Thant and Adlai Stevenson urged a defensive UN role and a united Congo while Gen McKeown said Tshombe loses control of Katanga. Britain urged immediate cease fire and unity talks between Tshombe’s regime and the central government in Leopoldville.
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Peter Grose
Leopoldville
The
Congo
U.S
Elisabethville
Brussels
United Nations
Sean McKeown
U.N
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
McKeown
Tshombe
U Thant
New York
Soviet Albania Split Deepens Communist Rift
The Soviet Union severed diplomatic ties with Albania in the most serious bloc split since 1948, after Khrushchev condemned Enver Hoxha and Albania in a Moscow conference clash. Albania's embassy confirmed the withdrawal of Soviet diplomats from Tirana and Albanian demands for exit of Albanian staff from Moscow.
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Soviet Union
Albania
Stalin
Yugoslavia
Cominform
Tirana
Khrushchev
Kremlin
China
Viet Nam
North Korea
Ata
Enver Hoxha
Chou En-lai
Peiping
Tass
Moscow Radio
Kommunist
Party
Peace Bomb Test Hailed as Scientific Breakthrough
Scientists report 70 percent success in gathering data from the first underground peace bomb explosion near Carlsbad New Mexico. The 5 kiloton device detonated 1100 feet underground in salt rock aimed to study cavity formation and electricity generation potential while observers were partly blocked by fallout. The blast caused a moderate Carlsbad quake but did not harm nearby caverns or mines.
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Gnome Hole
Carlsbad
Sit-In Convictions Reversed By Supreme Court
The Supreme Court overturned the 16 Southern University students' sit in convictions in Baton Rouge Louisiana for breaching the peace during lunch counter demonstrations. The justices ruled the convictions void due to lack of evidentiary support under the 14th Amendment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Warren
Southern University
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Bank Street Pawn Shop Robbery Details Disclosed
A Saturday night break-in at Bank Street Pawn Shop on 817 Bank Ct. netted thieves cash, bonds, and merchandise valued in the thousands. Entry was gained by cutting the ceiling and floor. police report missing items include firearms watches radios rings and several pawned goods. Lt. Ernest Bowman leads the investigation.
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Bank Street
Bank Ct
U.S
Ernest Bowman
Police Department
Rains Bring Flood Threats Across Alabama
Heavy weekend rain boosted flood risk across Alabama with streams rising mainly south of Montgomery. The Weather Bureau forecast more rain for three days and projected crests on the Tombigbee at Aberdeen, the Tombigbee near Coffeeville, and other points as 29 to 30 feet plus.
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Alabama
U.S. Weather Bureau
Montgomery
Weather Bureau
Lake Martin
Pine Hill
Wilcox County
Selma
Mobile
Jackson Lock
Coffeeville
Warrior
Aberdeen
Miss
Jackson Lock and Dam
Columbus
Gainesville
Ala
Tornado injures twelve in Brewton Alabama
A Brewton Alabama tornado Sunday injured twelve people, with seven hospitalized two critically. Seven houses were destroyed and twelve damaged. Dwan Culliver aged two months and Vanilla Culliver aged 35 were critically injured. their relation unknown. One two year old girl Pamela Knott drowned in Mobile. Guards were posted to prevent looting as Tombigbee River flood crested at 45 feet in Jackson. no evacuations needed.
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Texas
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Missouri
Turner Turnpike
Oklahoma City
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
New England
Alabama
Georgia
Mobile
Ala
Tombigbee
Jackson
Louisiana
Mississippi
Brewton
South
Glenn Holt
Dwan Culliver
Vanilla Culliver
Pamela Jake Knott
William L. Knott
Five Killed In State Traffic
Alabama weekend accidents killed five in traffic and one in a drowning. Victims include Pamela Jane Knott, 2, of Mobile. Robert Clay Avery, 9, of Selma. Millage F. Golden, 59, near Notasulga. Herbert Massline, 29, near Cottonwood. 1st Lt Wilford B. Morris, 27, of Ft. Rucker. and George Leedie Elliott Jr., 18, of Tuscaloosa.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Pamela Jane Knott
William L. Knott
Mobile
Knott
Robert Clay Avery
Route 2
Selma
Millage F. Golden
Notasulga
Carville
Herbert Massline
Cottonwood
Wilford B. Morris
Ft. Rucker
George Leedie Elliott Jr
Tuscaloosa
U.S. 82
Northport
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