Snow Strands Hundreds as Texas Panhandle Delays Freeze Roads
Blizzard conditions and heavy icing disrupt travel across the Texas Panhandle and New Mexico. Snowdrifts reach up to 12 feet blocking five U.S. highways, stranding motorists as temperatures plunge and rains turn to dangerous ice in portions of western Texas and nearby states. The storm also disrupts services and briefly blocks bridges amid widespread travel chaos and school closures.
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Boundaries for Rossmoor Incorporation Approved
Orange County Boundaries Commission approves the 7000 acre Rossmoor area for incorporation. The plan places the boundary along the county line west, Smeltzer Avenue south, Cerritos Avenue north, and the Los Alamitos Naval Air Station and Garden Grove east. If Los Alamitos incorporates, it would be the county's 22nd municipality, affecting regional plans and neighborhood voters.
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Vallejo Woman Crushed by Parked Car on Hill
A Vallejo woman, 44 year old Gracie P Thompson, was fatally crushed when she removed a cement block wedging the left wheel of her parked car on a steep hill. The vehicle rolled over her as the block was removed.
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Future subsidence work pledged for offshore field
New York City officials and Navy officers pledged plans to address subsidence in an offshore oil field. A unanimous council resolution supports water injection to repressure lower zones and mitigate subsidence as production continues. Atkinson, longtime drama critic, retires from the New York Times but will stay on as a member of the paper’s staff.
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New York Times
Rites Set for Traffic Victim Boy of Artesia
Funeral services for two year old Gene Lanham will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Paramount Mortuary with interment at Artesia Cemetery. The Artesia boy died after surgery at Los Angeles County General Hospital following injuries from a Wednesday accident when he ran into his grandmother Mary Ellen Miller’s car. Survivors include his father Bert Lanham of El Monte, brother Robert Zee Swinn, 5, sister Rose Marie Verney, 1 month, grandfather Ernest Miller of Artesia, and grandparents Mr and Mrs A Peters of El Monte.
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Space Ship One Cranks Up In New York Telephone Test
A routine line test by a New York crew turned comic when a Flotilla Leader over Washington spoke back to Space Ship One. Electrical crossover sent the messages through five downtown exchanges, prompting startled callers and a police dispatch before the prank was traced. The edict urged sticking to the standard test phrase.
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Sheridan Square
Singer Reno Fails to File Charge on Whalen Case
West Hollywood reports indicate singer Tony Reno told sheriffs deputies he was assaulted by the father of slain bookmaker Jack Whalen. Reno, whose real name is Anthony Amereno, later said he would sign a battery complaint but did not. detectives noted he had not signed at the time.
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Train Births Seen On Indian Trains This Year
New Delhi reports ninety seven babies delivered aboard passenger trains across India this year as the government confirms the figures.
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