Rainstorm Edges Eastward Across Southern California
A new pressure center shifts east as Southern California endures lingering rain. The four day storm, praised for crops yet feared by motorists, dumped 3.76 inches in Los Angeles and has raised the season total to 9.85 inches. Two storm related deaths occurred Thursday with Friday mainly rescue efforts.
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California
Weather Bureau
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Bel-Air
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Topanga Canyon
Hills
Julie Wilson
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William Wilson
Bellflower
Wayne Harris
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Washington
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Colorado
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Alabama
Georgia
Florida
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Texas
Alice
Tex
Chubby Checker seeks permission to form two corporations
Chubby Checker, the 20 year old singer credited with popularizing the twist, petitions the courts for permission to form two corporations and to sign a five year recording contract.
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Philadelphia
Chubby Checker
Fire kills four at Brinsford Lodge Teachers College
Four young Malayan girls died in a blaze at Brinsford Lodge Teachers Training College Featherstone England. AP reports the fire during the day leaving four fatalities and investigations underway.
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Wolverhampton
England
Brinsford Lodge
Featherstone
Rockwell Permitted To Speak At Lewisburg Steps
George Lincoln Rockwell head of the American Nazi party may speak from the Lewisburg Pennsylvania post office and courthouse steps per Post Office Department guidance. Rockwell had been denied permission last Sunday and says he will speak February 18 if allowed. Rockwell filed a $110350 damages suit in U S District Court at Lewisburg alleging a local attorney disrupted his speaking chance with a letter to the Sunbury newspaper.
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Post Office Department
George ‘Lincoln Rockwell
Lewisburg
Court House
Department
Louis J. Doyle
Rockwell
Arlington
Doyle
U.S. District Court
Joseph B. Ingham
Sclinsgrove
Sunbury
Seth D. Ryan
Red Shelling Targets Quemoy Islands
Communist forces fired 110 shells at Quemoy in Formosa acting against Nationalist positions. The shelling occurred Friday as part of ongoing clashes in the region.
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Talpiss
Formosa
Quemoy Islands
Long Beach pupil’s weather poem makes him a minor celebrity
Doug Hubbard a seventh grader at Hughes Junior High wrote a weather poem praised by his teacher and printed by the Long Beach Independent. His mother and classmates say the poem sparked interest but Doug remains modest and focused on math and science.
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Long Beach
Calif
Phyllis Cartwright
Doug Hubbard
Doug
Hughes Junior High School
Malcolm Epley
Long Beach Independent and Press
Bean Touches Off Boycott At Red Lion High
In York Pennsylvania students at Red Lion Senior High staged a boycott over government surplus beans on the lunch menu. Supervising Principal Frederick P. Sample called the protest a good expression of spirit and noted the beans would not soften despite stirring.
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York
Red Lion
Frederick P. Sample
Everything Goes Awry At Wedding
In Algona Iowa Gwen Eye and James Kildow faced a chaotic wedding day after a series of mishaps. The ceremony was delayed by late bridal party, shuttered shops, missing rings, lost blood tests, and a last minute license. A family ring substituted, a minister’s study witnessed tears, and a muddy dress endured washing and ironing before the marriage.
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Algona
Iowa
Gwen Eye
James Kildow
Kansas City
Kildon
Miss Egel
Mason City
Hell
White House TV Tour Promoted as Homey But Fortunes Rise
In New York the refurbished White House telecast tour will show a grand but homey image. Philadelphia reports link the tour to a contractor scandal with Eli Travis and four others arrested in connection. The event's date shifted from February 26 to April 2.
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New York
White House
Philadelphia
Eli Travis
Frankford
Thane
Unrest at Bank of Boston Branch in Buenos Aires
A Friday night clash outside a Bank of Boston branch in Buenos Aires saw leftist youths chanting Viva Cuba and Down with the Yankees hurl rocks and a bottle of ink. The report also reflects on historical household contrasts from Abigail Adams to Millard Fillmore highlighting early American domestic life and technological tensions.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
APJ
Cuba
Bank of Boston
Haiti crisis looms as Haiti seeks U S aid at Punta del Este
AP dispatch outlines Haiti's Duvalier regime pressing for U S funds amid diplomatic pressure at the Punta del Este hemisphere conference. Reports describe Haiti as a failing economy with rising taxes and terror, while U S and Latin American delegates weigh potential concessions and alliance funding.
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U.S
Vermont
Francois Duvalier
Punta del Este
Haiti
United States
Tlaili
PRR Pleas Taken To ICC On Train Discontinuance
Harrisburg AP Inter state Commerce Commission asked by Public Utility Commission to intervene in PRR plan to drop four passenger trains Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and Harrisburg to Hagerstown. PRR cites $40,000 annual saving. PUC warns of serious passenger hardship. Hearing set February 26 in Harrisburg for the Philadelphia Harrisburg Pittsburgh train.
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Interstate’ Commerce Commission
Public Utility Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
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PRR
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Hagerstown
PUG
ICC
Steelworkers Moderation Noted in Contract Demands
Pittsburgh AP report says the basic steel industry's negotiating committee views the United Steelworkers Union as taking a more moderate stance on contract demands. The committee notes job security and higher wages are emphasized, while urging increased production to justify gains amid global competition. Negotiations set to begin next Wednesday.
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Basic Steel Industry
United Steelworkers Union
USW
Stocks Of Scotch Pile Up In Scotland
Glasgow report says whisky production runs 25 to 30 million gallons above demand with stocks reaching about 325 million gallons by month end. 36 percent aged three years or more. Ministers urge restraint as TV actors drink on screen and seek to curb alcohol’s image with pubs and whisky advertising.
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Scotland
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Inverness Distilling
Mackinlays & Birnie
Scorland
Dumbartonshire
Church of Scotland
Dumbarton
James Smith
Clydebank
Lis
Hiram ‘Walker's
Milk Marketing Orders Under Review in Delco Philadelphia Areas
A Pennsylvania Agriculture Dept examiner heard two hours of testimony Friday on amending the federal milk marketing orders for the Philadelphia and Wilmington areas. Feb 13 is set for filing briefs after witnesses urged changes to ease milk marketing. no support was voiced for the existing orders.Witnesses included Paul Hood of Inter-State Milk Producers, Arthur Torrelli of Farmers Dairy Philadelphia, and Allan Tobie of Sealtest Eastern Division. Philadelphia order covers Philadelphia Chester and surrounding townships. Wilmington order covers Wilmington and Newark. Producers and others will be invited to file exceptions to proposed amendments after review. Final decision rests with producers in each market area.
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Department of Agriculture
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Del
Will Rodgers
Paul Hood
Nik
Arthur Torrélli
Farmers Dairy of
Allan Tobie
Sealtest
National Dairy Association
Chester
Upper Darby
Lower Merion Townships
Newark
U S Air Force Tanker Crashes Near Bermuda
A U S Air Force KBSC tanker with seven crew exploded in flight and crashed into the Atlantic near Bermuda. No parachutes were seen and a search for survivors was launched. The crew included Capt Rowan J Pallow Capt John B Tracy Jr Capt Gaines G Wilbanks T Sgt Era P Horton ALC Guy L Powell A3C Ralph E Reutzel and Lt Johnny G Pitts from Shaw AFB South Carolina.
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Bermuda
U.S. Air Force
KBSC
Atlantic
Air Force
England Air Force Base
Louisiana
Kindley Air Force
V Air Forte
Rowan J. Pallow
St. “Loud
Minn
Johnb. Tracy Jr
Syracuse
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Gaines G. Wilbanks
Decatur
Era P. Horton
Memphis
Fenn
Guy_L. Powell
Puyallup
Wash
Ralph &. Reutzel
Fremont
Neb
Shaw Air Force Base
South Carolina
Johnny G. Pitts
Panama City
Fla
Plot Uncovered in Georgetown Plot to Assassinate Cheddi Jagan
Prime Minister Cheddi Jagan said his government uncovered a plot to kill him and other ministers during a planned general strike next week in Georgetown British Guiana. The disclosure came Friday as authorities warned of heightened political tension amid the strike_overview.
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British Guiana
Cheddi
Jagan
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