Tragic Joliet Fireclaims Seven Children and Parents Dead
A Joliet trailer house blaze killed six children and left parents and another child in serious condition. Police say 12 victims in two fires were Black. Firemen battled flames as Jewell Jones tried to rescue four more kids, finally leaping to safety then reentering the building. An infant died in an incubator and a mother of four perished.
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Avev
Jewell Jones
Jones
Mary Helen Rowe
Atlanta
Youth Slaying Suspect Moved for Mental Examinations
Windsor North Carolina January River Hackett 16 year old Ahoskie High School junior class president admitted killing Delores Newsome 16 but refused to give reasons. He is held in Bertie County jail with no bond and will undergo 60 days observation at the State Hospital in Raleigh for mental examinations.
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Windsor
N.C
Jan Rivers Hackett
State Hospital
Raleigh
Hackett
Ahoskie High School
Bertie County
Pretty Delores Newsome
Ahoskie
Bulganin to Continue Letters in Public Row with U S
Washington officials say Soviet Premier Bulganin is likely to keep sending public letters to the White House, prompting a public response from Eisenhower. The president urged less public contact and more informal talks to improve relations and explore a summit.
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Washington
Bulganin
Eisenhower
White House
Kremlin
Bulgaria
United States
Chief Wins Fight With Marijuana Chief Resists Marijuana Plant Test
Beaumont Assistant Police Chief Willie Bauer revealed he conducted a raid on his own marijuana crop to educate rookies about the drug and its smell. After attempts to destroy the plants failed, he covered the garden with a concrete slab and built a garage above to prevent further growth.
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Beaumont
Tex
Willie Bauer
Bauer
Guilford County Schools Close Amid Cold Weather
All Guilford County schools including High Point Greensboro and county units plus Immaculate Heart of Mary Academy will remain closed through Monday due to ongoing severe weather. Rural Randolph and Davidson County schools close tomorrow with decisions on later activities pending. Thomasville also closes.
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Guilford County
Guilford
High Point
Greensboro
Immaculate Heart of Mary Academy
Randolph
Davidson
Thomasville City
Florida suffers through worst winter with widespread losses
Florida faces a severe cold wave with frost warnings forewarned by the Federal State Frost Warning Service. Cattle ranchers near Lake Okeechobee report feed shortages after burying carcasses, while Immokalee vegetable growers and Orlando citrus farmers tally massive losses. Officials predict years to recover.
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Okeechobee
Fla
Florida
Federal
J. O. Pearce Jr
Lake Okeechobee
Immokalee
Ewell Moore
Orlando
Ernest S. Dill
America
Pearce
Florida Cattlemen's Assn
South Florida
Moore
White House Talks GOP Agree Tax Cut Not Wise Now
Republican leaders and Eisenhower Cabinet officers agreed it would be unwise to cut taxes amid recession fears. Sen Knowland said the decision awaits review before Congress adjourns and public works could be pursued if midyear gains do not appear. Cabinet briefings cited highway, housing, post office, and credit-easing programs as stimulus options.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Sumuilans
White House
Senate
Knowland
California
Congressional
Martin
R-Mass
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Anderson
Secretary of
Commerce Weeks
Labor Mitchell
Falling Weather Delays and Slow Warmup Forecast
Local weather notes a delay of at least one day with a chance temperatures rise above freezing. Forecaster J P Molen reports a slow warming trend, with highs reaching 20 to mid thirties by midweek and frigid nights near zero to 10 above.
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The
Mercury
J. P. Molen
Friendship
N C Housing Deal To Be Probed In Wake Of Abandoned Site
Raleigh reports the Eastern Carolina Regional Housing Authority agreed to pay 1 165 million for Seymour Johnson Homes at Goldsboro after an unexpected revival of Seymour Johnson Air Base. D L Ward of New Bern says a survey fixed land price at about 39 010. The Federal Public Housing Administration questioned the deal and an official inquiry will follow. Governor Hodges Attorney General George Patton and others will lead the probe.
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Raleigh
Seymour Johnson Air Base
D. L. Ward
New Bern
Eastern Carolina
Ward
Regional Housing Authority
Powell
Wayne Redevelopment Co
Hodges
George Patton
Bitter Cold Grips Nation Amid Prolonged Freeze
The Associated Press reports a sweeping cold snap gripping the east with below zero readings across multiple states, widespread closures, stalled trains, and at least 182 deaths from the snowfall and cold. Caribou Maine marks a noted temperature quirk as the nation endures its tenth day of extreme weather.
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Associated Press
Mercury
Lebanon
N.H
Newport
New York
Newark
N.J
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York State
New York City
Saranac Lake
Stillwater Reservoir
Upstate New York
Glens Falls
Albany
Oneonta and
Plattsburgh
Syracuse
Buffalo
Examiner Explains Decision On Miami TV Channel Award
Herbert Sharfman testified before a House committee that he believed his 1955 recommendation awarding Miami Channel 10 to WKAT was correct. Investigators questioned Sharfman and four Miami men about money allegedly influencing FCC Commissioner Richard Mack, who denies loans totaling 2650 from a Miami lawyer. The FCC had awarded the channel in 1957 to Public Service Television Inc., a National Airlines subsidiary, a decision now in court.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Miami
Herbert Sharfman
House
Sharfman
FCC
Richard A. Mack
Mack
Shariman
WKAT
A. Frank Katzentine
Public Service Television Inc
National Airlines
Wynn's 2nd Career Began At Age 70
Hollywood actor Ed Wynn recounts starting a new career at seventy after losing work as a comedian. He describes initial despondency, later accepting dramatic roles in "The Great Man" and finding renewed purpose through a late life pivot as chronicled in this series intro.
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Wynn
Ed Wynn
Hollywood
Record Cold Halted Schools Across North Carolina
The prolonged cold spell left at least six dead and forced hundreds of schools to close as temperatures plummeted to record lows. Clingman's Peak hit minus 19 while Mt Mitchell and Banner Elk showed historic subzero readings. A man, Emmett Grayson Cassada, was found frozen in a car in Charlotte.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Clingman’s Peak
Mt. Mitchell
Black Mountains
Yancey County
Banner Elk
Charlotte
Emmett Grayson Cassada
Piedmont
Greensboro
Asheville
Winston-Salem
Raleigh
Wilmington
North Korea Rejects UN Demand Over Airliner Passengers
North Korea refused a UN command to return a DC3 airliner and 34 people aboard it, demanding direct talks with South Korea. Pyongyang blamed defection and said the issue falls outside armistice talks, while U N and U S officials disputed the claim and defended the UN role.
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North Korea
Panmunjom
Korea
U.N. Command
Syngman Rhee
Pyongyang
Red Border
South Korea
Kim Joon Kyung
Secretariat
U. S
Kim
Armistice Commission
U.S. Navy
George W. Kehl
U.N
Armistice Group
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Hendersonville
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Newland
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