Avalanche threat prompts Swiss safety measures
In Davos on January 14 an intense avalanche messes snow across the Alps, killing several skiers including two Americans and two French. The Snow and Avalanche Institute, founded in 1943, outlines causes and control methods from obstacles to planned detonations and advises skiers to flee, cover faces, shed gear, and swim with the snow if caught.
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France
Italy
Germany
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Federal Institute For the Study of
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Sunfune
Snow and Avalanche Institute
Institute
Alps
Franz Pally
Pally
Institute of Snow and Avalanches
Perons Girl Friend Turns Up At Border
Nelly Rivas the 16 year old once linked to ex dictator Peron appears near the Paraguayan border with her parents seeking a new home in Paraguay. Police say Peron had a paternal interest but she has not joined him and her whereabouts remain uncertain.
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Argentina
Nelida
Nelly) Rivas
Juan D. Peron
Paraguay
Nelly
Peron
Eva
Colon
Panama
Paren E Las Palmas
Paraguayan
Stassen to Speak at North Carolina Lincoln Day Dinner
Harold E. Stassen, Eisenhower disarmament adviser, will keynote the statewide Lincoln Day Dinner in Winston-Salem on February 11 at the Hotel Robert E. Lee. Mrs. Anne K. Hickman chairs the event as about 500 guests are expected. tickets are 7.50 each. Forsyth County Republican Executive Committee sponsors.
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Winston-Salem
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Robert E. Lee
Anne K. Hickman
Stassen
Piedmont
North Carolina
Forsyth County
Republican Executive Committee
Albany Claims Title as Oldest Original Colony Settlement
Albany, New York, is identified as the oldest existing settlement of the original thirteen states. A Dutch fur trading post established there in 1614 later became chartered as a city in 1686.
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Albany
N. Y
Kaisers Empire Builds Beyond Aluminum Focus
Henry J Kaiser, aging but active at 73, drives a vast industrial empire from Oakland with Edgar Kaiser and Eugene E. Trefethen guiding a multi sector expansion. The Kaiser group grows aluminum, cement, steel, and gypsum amid new plants and plans including a Lake Merritt area Kaiser Center and 500 room hotels.
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Henry J. Kaiser
Kaiser Center
Lake Merritt
Oakland
Kaiser Enterprise
Kaiser
California
Pittsburg
Calif
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