Snow Aids Texas Cattlemen Face Severe Winter Weather
Snow and rain across Texas pushed relief to cattlemen while closing some schools and icing highways. In Centerville a small light plane crash killed 31 year old W F Davidson after takeoff in rainy skies. Deer in central Texas face heavy losses as ranchers report scarce forage. farmers hope slow rain will restore subsoil moisture for spring crops and pasture.
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Toll Road Plans Probed by Blue Ridge Association
Ashe County news notes federal plans to convert the Blue Ridge Parkway into a toll road sparking protest at a Roanoke meeting. Association president W Douglas Rounce cited injustices and warned tolls could divide the North and South, with May 1 as the start date for tolls on the scenic drive.
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Aga Khan Recovers After Illness and Kenya Platinum Gift Event
The Aga Khan, head of the Ismaili Moslems, is recovering in Aswan after a fever and a brief ride yesterday marking improvement since flu struck him last week. Officials postponed the weighing ceremony for platinum contributions from Kenya and Uganda followers due to concern the event might be too strenuous.
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Understanding Your Reactions to Your Boss
A brief guide notes that predicting your own responses to a boss is tougher than predicting others. Self awareness of needs and ambitions helps cope with boss behavior and improve work dynamics. Psychological insight suggests people are generally trustworthy, with experiments backing the claim.
Punishing a child for swearing.
The text argues that bad language is bad manners and should be addressed calmly. Punishing a child teaches secrecy and may encourage imitation, as children learn language from parents and peers and may repeat words to provoke reactions.
Oh Otomi San Tops Japan Despite Critics Scorn
The pop hit Oh, Otomi-San sweeps Japan selling 441000 copies in four months. Singer Hachiro Kasuga rises to fame, composer Masanobu Takuchi swamped with orders, while lyricist Tadashi Yamazaki laments compromising his poem. Critics condemn the tune as a silly, nonsensical drinking-song though it earns vast royalties.
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Brownie Girls Sing For Stokowski At TV Station
In St Louis a group of 25 Brownie Girl Scouts waited in a TV station lobby. Maestro Leopold Stokowski led the St Louis Symphony Orchestra as guest conductor and the girls sang a brief song promoting a dairy product, turning their performance into a singing commercial.
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Rain and Snow Continue Across Wide U S
Rain and snow fell across much of the nation with Texas receiving needed moisture. Up to 8 inches of snow in west Texas closed some schools and slickened highways while a warming trend emerged. Snow and sleet spread through northeastern Texas and into Alabama as Oklahoma reported snow. light flakes dotted the north from Vermont to Washington.
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French Scientists Unveil Farseeing Electronic Camera
Paris scientists Andre Lallemand and Maurice Duchesne say their electronic camera could see ten times farther into space and reduce exposure from hours to minutes. They plan to test at Saint Michel de Provence with a 47 inch telescope, saying it will surpass the Mt Palomar 200 inch.
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Weather report with chilly night and warm day
The low tonight is expected to 35 with a high of 45. Today's high reached 44 and last night’s low was 34. The sun will set today at 5 24 and rise tomorrow at 7 31.
Weather forecast for North and South Carolina
North Carolina looks cloudy and cooler with scattered rain mainly in the south. Highs reach 45 to 53 with upper 50s in the southeast, then chances of sleet or snow in mountains and the north Piedmont. lows range 30 in mountains to 42 elsewhere with 35 to 40 in many areas. Tuesday turns partly cloudy and cool after morning rain in the east and light Mountain snow flurries. South Carolina expects rain and cooler conditions this afternoon and tonight with some rain, then Tuesday partly cloudy and colder with light northeastern rain in the morning.
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North Carolina Holds Eighth Lowest Tax Burden
The North Carolina combined state and local tax per capita for 1953 was 95.22, ranking eighth nationwide. Local taxes totaled 26.36 per person, fourth lowest, while state taxes were 68.86 per person, 28th. The North Carolina Facts bulletin notes only seven states have lower per capita taxes and the burden is well below the national average of 154.22, as the General Assembly weighs the Hodges budget recommendations.
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Funeral rites for Dr. Alex Batchelor held in Atlanta
ATLANTA Funeral services were conducted today for Dr. Alex Batchelor 63 a Presbyterian minister and former secretary of Sunday school administration for the Presbyterian Church He died Saturday night in an Atlanta hospital after a long illness Batchelor served as secretary of the division of Negro work for eight years and earlier was regional director of religious education for the Alabama Tennessee and Florida synods He pastored in Whitmire Spartanburg D C and Marion N C a Geneva N Y native he graduated from Columbia Seminary Decatur and earned a doctor of divinity from Presbyterian College
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Many Interesting People Appear In Gambling Houses
A New York reporter describes shills and players in Puerto Rico casinos. He notes shills drum up trade, bankers encourage bets, and types include the couple from a cruise ship, a drunken player, a timid amateur, a belligerent skeptic, and a student observing a system. The piece concludes that a gambling system may delay loss but not prevent it.
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NAACP Leaders Oppose North Carolina School Plan
Charlotte NC NAACP chapter president Kelyn Alexander said the group will resist any plan to delay desegregation. He warned that legislation to let county and city boards control school enrollment would be discriminatory and impede integration, urging lawful citizens and leaders to act for progress.
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Postal and Telegraph Links Reported Across Asia
Tokyo dispatch says postal and telegraph communications were established from China to Communist North Vietnam as of January 1 with radio confirmation.
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