Winter Slashes Wide U S Path Across Nation
Icy blasts cut through the midsection and eastern half of the United States as winter starts. Below zero readings persisted in northern Midwest and parts of New York while warm Pacific air brought highs in the 40s to the Rockies and deserts.
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Associated Press
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Midlands
New York State
International Falls
Redwood Falls
Minn
Minnesota
Bemidji
Plateau
Rockies
Colorado
Wyoming
Idaho
Nevada
Florida
Texas
Arizona
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Phoenix
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Washington
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Ariz
Stink Bomb Suspect Seeks Bell Job Back
A toxicologist testified at an arbitration hearing for H. Bolin, president of Local 3902 CIO, seeking reinstatement to Southern Bell after a discharge for alleged stink bomb materials found near a company building. The judge’s decision will be binding.
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Birmingham
C. D. Brooks
H. Bolin
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Bolin
Communications Workers of America
CIO
Whitley P. McCoy
Telep Company
Brooks
Gaston Dies in Limestone County at 70
Final rites for T. C. Gaston 70 of Lester1, who died after a heart attack at a son’s home, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Gaston Chapel with interment in the family cemetery. Survivors include three sons, five daughters, three brothers, two half sisters, and 25 grandchildren with 10 great grandchildren.
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T. C
Chieves) Gaston
Lester 1
T. C. Gaston, Jr
Gaston Chapel
McConnell
Maynard Harper
Wayne Driver
Minor Hill
Tenn
George
Paul Gaston
Woodrow Gray
Harvest
Lonnie Wells
Athens
Earl Townsend
Clarence Clardy
Ovan Clardy
Sawyerwood
L. L. Gaston
Poplar
Fla
Marbut Gaston
Nashville
Alfred Gaston
U.S. Air Force
Martha Carmel
Amarillo
Tex
F. W. Blankenship
Huntsville
Mathematics Teacher Finnegan Faces Fish Count Charge
Terry Finnegan of Phoenix appeared before a justice of the peace in Cottonwood Arizona on a charge of catching over the limit of fish. He miscounted by one and earned a red face. Finnegan is a mathematics teacher.
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Cottonwood
Ariz
Terry Finnegan
Phoenix
Justice of the Peace
Finnegan
Farm census shows bigger farms and rising electrification
The 1954 farm census reports fewer farms nationwide, a rise in average farm size from 215.3 to 242.2 acres, and widespread electrification. The South shows the largest farm decline, while the West holds the biggest average farm size. Results highlight concentration in farms under 100 acres and growth in very small plots under 10 acres.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
South
North
Growth of part time farming reshapes rural America
The share of farms with part time farming rose from six percent in 1925 to 10.1 percent, driven by automobiles better roads and rural electrification. About 3 percent of horses and mules disappeared from 1950 to 1954 and some 1,800,000 farms now practice horseless farming.
Eleven Airmen Die In Two Florida Crashes
Two separate crashes in Florida killed eleven airmen and left three others missing. Eight died as two B47 bombers collided near Tampa, with wreckage near a trailer park. A second collision over Port St. Joe killed three more fliers from Tyndall AFB.
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Associated Press
Air Force
Florida
Tampa
MacDill Air Force Base
Pinecastle
Orlando
Port St. Joe
Florida West Coast
Alcatraz Con Seeking Trial At Montgomery
Johnny Ray Smith former Monroe County and Birmingham resident testifies that jail escape and swamp exposure led him to plead guilty to kidnapping to obtain a lighter sentence. He was sentenced to 30 years after conviction for escaping a Panama City jail and forcing Alan W. Spearman to drive them to Coffee County Alabama.
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Montgomery
Alcatraz
Johnny Ray Smith
Monroe County
Birmingham
Florida
Smith
U.S. Court of Appeals
Richard Dale Nunn
Robert Peter Jinks
Panama City
Fla
Alan W. Spearman
Coffee County
Ala
Pilot Misjudged Distance Between Two Planes
The report states the pilot apparently misjudged the distance separating the two aircraft, contributing to the collision. Both crews attempted evasive action but could not avoid impact as emergency responders arrived on the scene.
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U.S
T. C. Gaston
L’stone County
Louella Earl
Baltimore, Md
Andalusia
James C. Beech
B. J. Gatlin
W. S. McGaughy
Beech
Penney
Tox
P. S
Alcatraz Con
Lester Thrasher
City Finance
Decatur
Second
Santa
Penney’s
Denier Tricot
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