East Tenn. Declared Disaster Area Amid Snowbound Crisis
East Tennessee's Roan Mountain foothills area was named a disaster zone by the Red Cross as National Guard units move in to reach 150 families snowbound in 15 foot drifts for a month. Guardsmen with trucks and two Tennessee Highway Patrol helicopters will deliver medical supplies food and coal, while 3 to 4 inches of fresh snow falls and three deaths are reported in the region.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Upper East Tennessee
Red Cross
National
Wayne Ritts
National Guard
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Mountain City
Julia Torah
Carter County
Atlanta
Roan Mountain
Tennessee
North Carolina
Dave Harrell
Burbank
Here
Harrell
Eleanor Roosevelt tours Florida amid threat to life
Eleanor Roosevelt flew from Sarasota to Miami to attend a benefit ball for Girls Town and speak at a Democratic rally. An anonymous caller warned against harming her, prompting guards and deputy escort to a Sarasota home for the night. She said the threat did not upset her and she planned to back a Democratic candidate but not the campaign.
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Miami
Fla
Eleanor Roosevelt
Sarasota
Mrs. Roosevelt
Horace Dodge
Palm Beach
Roosevelt
Bradenton
Lanza Widow Betty Lanza to Be Buried Beside Him
Hollywood AP Betty Lanza Mario Lanza's widow will be laid to rest beside him next Wednesday after being found dead Friday from asphyxia tion Coroner investigation pending Her death blamed on a broken heart by brother Bert Hicks They married in 1945 and had four children Colleen Elisa Damon and Mark The rosary is set for Tuesday and a solemn requiem High Mass on Wednesday before entombment at Calvary Mausoleum Los Angeles
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Hollywood
Mario Lanza
Betty Lanza
Bert Hicks
Rome
Colleen
Elisa
Damon
Mark
Lanza
Pacific Palisades
Blessed Sacrament Church
New Pilot Named To Test Experimental X15 Space Ship
Edwards AFB Calif AP a new pilot will fly the X15 rocket craft in familiarization runs with NASA and Air Force crews. Joe Walker gets the first chance with later pilots Bob White and higher tests planned. The program aims for speeds up to 4000 mph and altitudes near 100 miles though safety limits may keep to 50 miles without risky reentry data. Crossfield campaigns for loosening restrictions have been denied to keep a focus on foundational testing.
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Crossfield
Air Force
NASA
Paul Bikle
NASA Flight Research Center
Bikle
Aman
Tremor Shakes Charleston Area Linked to Woodstock Fault
Seismologist Dr. Charles Mercer ties Saturday tremor to the Woodstock Fault near Charleston. The quake rattled Charleston and Columbia inland, with Augusta Georgia feeling the shock, and no damage reported. It was the first such disturbance since 1952.
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Charleston
S.C
Woodstock
South Carolina
Columbia
Augusta
Charles Mercer
University of South Carolina
Wisconsin
Texas
Mercer
Atlantic
Solve A Crime Solution
A crime analysis examines a tub death and a glass paperweight involved in the Joshua Hill case. The coroner finds no water in lungs, suggesting drowning unlikely. Robert Hill admits a glass paperweight was thrown at him by his uncle, but no prints are found, implying the weapon caused the head wound then the body was placed in the tub to fake an accident.
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Joshua Hill
Robert Hill
Joshua
Graham critiques states rights during UN model assembly
In Williamsburg a United Nations mediator noted that sit-down protesters are proving the American dream in action. Dr. Frank P. Graham, former North Carolina senator and UNC president, spoke at the opening of a three day UN model assembly, saying Negro youths renewing springs of American democracy.
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Williamsburg
United Nations
Frank P. Graham
United Nations Model Assembly
Cannon Criticizes Commerce Official Over Industry View
Charles A. Cannon president of Cannon Mills in Kannapolis denounces a Charlotte address by Asst. Commerce Secretary Henry Kearns as biased and misinformed. He argues that imports and low wage cotton oversupply harm the U.S. textile sector and accuses the official of hostility toward the industry.
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Kannapolis
N.C
Charles A. Cannon
U.S. Commerce Department
Cannon
Cannon Mills
Charlotte
Asst
Commerce
Henry Kearns
Karns
Frederick Mueller
Kearns
Marshall Skipped School to Train as Blacksmith
Gen George C Marshall at times missed classes to study blacksmithing, balancing education with practical craft. A notable early anecdote shows his interest in metals and manual work shaping his later leadership.
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George C. Marshall
STRAC To Show Mobility In Puerto Rico Exercise
STRAC forces from 29 bases prepare for Puerto Pine a 15 day peacetime demonstration of mobility and air lift capability. About 18000 troops and 12000 tons of equipment will be flown to Puerto Rico by 370 MATS aircraft in 925 round trips. Paratroopers from Ft. Campbell join forces with units from Ft. Bragg Ft. Lewis and Ft. Devens to test staged movement and return. Commanders include Lt Gen Robert F. Sink and Maj Gen W C Westmoreland.
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United States
Puerto Rico
U.S
Puerto Pine
Strategic Army Corps
Military Air Transport Service
Ft. Campbell
101St Airborne Division
STRAC
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
N.C
4Th Infantry Division
Ft. Lewis
Wash
2Nd Infantry
Ft. Devens
Mass
MATS
Ramey Air Force Base
Eisenhower
Latin America
Roosevelt Roads Naval Station
Robert F. Sink
W.C. Westmoreland
Democratic advisory group urges attack on urban slums
The Democratic Advisory Council unit on urban and suburban problems called for action against expanding slums and suburban growth. It cited 100 million people tied to cities and suburbs, urged national leadership, and promised a second pamphlet with its own solutions.
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Washington
Democratic Advisory Council
Eisenhower
Democratic Party
Congress
Richard C. Lee
New Haven, Conn
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