Midwest Grapples with Severe Cold and Flood Evacuations
A cold air outbreak grips the Midwest with subfreezing temps across the Dakotas to Texas Gulf Coast. Flooded Mississippi and Tombigbee corridors drive hundreds from homes in Jackson Mississippi and nearby areas while Mississippi towns brace as Pearl River floods persist.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Mississippi
Texas Gulf Coast
Dakotas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Carolinas
Georgia
California
Texas
Missouri River
Mississippi Valley
Louisiana
Jackson
Tenn
Longview
Tyler
Pearl River
Tombigbee
Luxapalila
Columbus
bAerdeen
Alabama
Tennessee
Kotas
Fallout Limits Confirmed For Nuclear Tests
The AEC says fallout from all nuclear tests since 1945 will stay within health limits. It notes the 1961 Soviet tests yielded 50 megatons fission and that long lived products from Soviet tests could double past American and British totals. The report estimates bone dose for children born in 1962 at about one fiftieth of the normal limit, with about 40 percent from the 1961 Soviet tests.
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Washington
Soviet Union
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
United States
Gordon M. Dunning
Federal Radiation Council
Marketing Changes Ease Tobacco Selling for Farmers
Washington AP report says after Freeman’s decision farmers selling tobacco at warehouses will only need to return marketing cards. The sales memorandum is scrapped, opposing view from Sen. Sherman Cooper cited as removing key farming records.
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Washington
Orville Freeman
John Sherman Cooper
County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
Cooper
Anti Administration Democrat Elected In Northwest Louisiana
In the northwest Louisiana 4th District, Joe Waggonner defeated Charlton H. Lyons Sr. 33 846 to 28 275 in a surprise close race. Waggonner, a 43 year old Plain Dealing conservative Democrat, bolts from the Kennedy party and will fill the late Rep Overton Brooks term through January 1963. Lyons, a 67 year old Shreveport oilman, had briefly aligned with Waggonner’s views.
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Shreveport
Joe Waggoner
Congress
Waggonner
Charlton H. Lyons Sr
Louisiana
National Party
Lyons
Plain Dealing
State Board of Education
Overton Brooks
S. Lyons
Schoolmarm Awaits Lost Boyfriend in Wisconsin Romance
NEW HOLSTEIN Wisconsin AP A cheerful schoolteacher Barbara Hipke 28 waits at her home for Airman Kenneth Driskill 24 from Gaffney South Carolina scheduled to arrive Thursday The couple who met in Tripoli and married plans followed Driskill to Japan and paid 1500 for transport but mislaid each other in New York before reuniting in Wisconsin.
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New Holstein
Wis
Gaffney
S.C
Barbara Hipke
Milwaukee
New York City
Miss Hipke
Idlewild
Kenneth Driskill
Brunette Hipke
Driskill
Tripoli
Wheelus Air Force Base
Japan
United States
New York
Newburgh Welfare Code Cuts Spark State Ruling
City Manager Joseph Mitchell says the State Supreme Court invalidated 12 of 13 points in Newburgh New Yorks welfare code. He urges legislative changes at state and national levels. Only the monthly reporting rule remains. He notes welfare costs reached a third of the $3 million annual budget.
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Newburgh
N.Y
Joseph Mitchell
State Supreme Court
Robert Doscher
Welfare Department
Hudson River Valley
Mitchell
Holy Land Replica Plan Incorporated in South Carolina
Backers of a proposal to build a multi million dollar replica of the Holy Land in Cherokee County have officially incorporated Christialand Inc a non profit corporation under South Carolina law. Miss Esta Barr of Boston is president and Rep Robert Hemphill D S C is among the incorporators. The project is estimated to cost 20 million to 40 million dollars.
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Frank Thornton
Christialand, Inc
Esta Barr
Boston
Mass
Robert Hemphill
D-S.c
North Carolina National Bank
North Carolina National
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Swiss Arrest Ongoing Probe in Zurich Case
Swiss authorities announced an arrest in Zurich as part of a federal probe. Officials suggested public statements cannot determine guilt while secrets and agency links remain under scrutiny.
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Bern
Switzerland
Zurich
Combe
Manist Secret Service
Club faces losses on Diveo Wayne and others at three-year mark
A private investors column discusses a club of eight couples nearing its third anniversary and mulling whether to sell or hold investments including American Motors, Bearings, Transitron, and Diveo Wayne amid sizeable losses. Advice favors orderly disbanding or reallocating funds with focus on preserving principal.
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American Motors
Bearings
Diveo Wayne
Northrop
Rexall Drugs
Sperry Rand
Transitron
U. S. Rubber
McLouth
Detroit Edison
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Joe D. Waggoner Jr
David
Gilbraith
Holy Land Replica Firm Incorporated
Sam Shulsky
Ford
McKesson & Robbins
Phillips Pete
Olin Mathieson
Mr. Shulsky
Cee Ie
Ant
THE
Sportsman Shop
House of Quality
College Village Shopping Center
North Carolina
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