Heavy Snow Closes Schools Across North Carolina
Snow from the Tennessee border to the Outer Banks closes schools and causes numerous minor accidents. Forecasters warn of more cold air and possible flurries as highways require chains north and west of Asheville. Mt. Mitchell reports 14 to 15 inches of snow with drifts up to four feet while temps dip below zero in some areas.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Tennessee
Asheville
Wilmington
Regsesu
Uenamu View
Raleigh
Bean
Lake ‘Erie
Ohio
Kentucky
Arkansas
West Virginia
Highway Patrol
U.S
Knoxville
Johnson City
Tenn
Bryson City
Murphy
U.S. 441
Newfound Gap
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mt. Mitchell
Mississippi River
Tenapibe
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Churchill's health fades. life slows for 90-year-old leader
Sir Winston Churchill, age 90, shows slight weakness in a seventh medical bulletin. Lord Moran reported a restful night but noted a further decline in strength, with family at the bedside as onlookers and headlines reflect national concern amid worsening condition.
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London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Lord Moran
Ihau Dd Cuimiuull
Winston
Moran
Sarah
Sir Winston
Randolph
Winston Spencer Churchill
Mary
Christopher Soames
Hydene
Daily Exress
Selma Restaurants Prepare to Desegregate Amid Civil Rights Push
In Selma Alabama civil rights actions led by Dr Martin Luther King Jr prompt restaurants to desegregate a surprise move. Bevel said eateries would serve Negroes in line with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 while King planned voter registration drives at Dallas County courthouse. Police warned against marches and permit rules were enforced. organizers aimed to test dining facilities and other public services.
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Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Alabama
James Bevel
King
Bevel
St. Augustine
Fla
Dallas County
Wilson Baker
Public Safety
Rae
Bevell
Restaurant Association
Furniture Retailers Brave Icy Roads To Attend Mart
The winter Southern furniture market opened in High Point as retailers faced icy roads and freezing temperatures. John H. Tobin urged stronger effort for profits amid steady 1964 South sales, urged inventory control to cope with slow deliveries, with market attendance reduced by weather though expected to rise before Friday.
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High Point
John H. Tobin
Tobin
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
South
Toi
Southern Buying Syndicate
Furniture Plaza
National Furniture Mart
Southern Retail Furniture Assn
H. T. Williams
Reidsville
SRFA
E. Milton Cohen
Uniontown
Harris Survey Shows LBJ Approval Rises As President Inaugurates
Louis Harris notes Americans approve LBJ more on the eve of his inauguration than after the 1963 election. Public sentiment remains a stern judge with negative views at 27 percent, while overall approval tops favorable readings as Johnson seeks national consensus amid early presidency.
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Louis Harris
United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Mr. Johnson
Johnson
LBJ
Johnson says U S stronger militarily in peacetime
President Johnson declared the United States stronger militarily than at any prior peacetime period and outlined a 49 billion dollar defense budget, a drop from this year and last year. He unveiled Poseidon missile and SRAM and pledged continued technological advances and higher missile strength.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
United States
America
U.S
Monroe woman admits poisoning seven year old nephew
Mrs. Mattie Jackson 39 confessed to giving rat poison to Melvin Lynn Stegall 7 last July in Peachland. Sheriff Rayfield cited lie detector results and exhumation autopsy showing arsenic poisoning with a motive of insurance payout. Jackson and the boy’s sister are sisters. she collected 999.56 in policy proceeds.
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Wadesboro
N. C
Monroe
Hubert E. Rayfield
Mattie Jackson
Melvin Lynn Stegall
Peachland
Rayfield
Mecklenburg County
W. M. Summerville
C. Y. Ross
Charlotte Police Department
Lewis Stegall
Inauguration party kicks off for Lyndon Johnson
Washington braces for Johnson’s inauguration with five balls and a gala while weather risks chill. A large party scene unfolds as Perle Mesta hosts a penthouse party outside official events preceding Johnson’s official address.
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Barthur Edson Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Andrew Jackson
Perle Mesta
Texas
Goldwater
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Greensboro
Ralaiah Mawhem
Mharlotta
Ed Lurey
Elmer Horton
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L.B.J
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Norfolk, Va
Hiawatha Lee
Irving Langley
Rt. 1
Kenly
Kym Aptering
Intrepid
Navy
Jacksonville
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