Twin Towns Lose Both Power and Heat
Irvine and Ravenna in Kentucky plunged into freezing conditions after an electric transformer failure. Six inches of snow cover the ground as six below zero tests the towns with 4,000 residents combined. Kentucky Utilities reported efforts to restore power and heating via emergency systems as crews work to fix the outage.
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Irvine
Joling
Ravenna
Kentucky
Lexington
Jarvine
the Electric Company
Aelece
Frank Miller
City Ethical
Estill County Hospital
Kentucky Utilities Company
Ovo
Cincinnati
Bozeman
Mont
Rhinelander
Wis
Elkader
Duluth
Minn
Waukea
Iowa
International Falls
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Freeport
Nebraska
Omaha
Brimfield
South Bend
Ind
Michigan
New Buffalo
Muskegon
Coast Guard
Muskegon Harbor
Minois
Indiana
Missouri
Ohio
Mississippi
Tennessee
Memphis
Jackson
Vicksburg
Miss
Galveston
Tex
Corpus Christi
Frigid Wave Freezes Britain and Europe this winter
Frigid weather strands thousands of vehicles as ice locks highways and sea life. In Britain swans and fish freeze in rivers near Christchurch and Southampton while seabirds scavenged. Hospitals report respiratory illnesses as hundreds of communities experience record cold. Europe mounts emergency measures with soldiers aiding, rivers frozen, coal and fuel shortages, and continued freezes forecast across nations.
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Cile-Association
Southhampton
Christchurch
Hampshire
Yugoslavia
Granite City
Chicago
Michael Reese
Bulgaria
Europe
Rhine
Gooal
Belgium
Allen Is Named Potentate of L B El Bekal Shrine
Irise ML Allen 625 E Bixby Road is named the new potenate of El Bekal Shrine Temple in Long Beach at age 42, the temple’s youngest leader. His divan includes Rop Reynolds, Le Roy Creager, Roy A Hopkins, Louis J Anfinson, Frank C Blair, H C LeManquais. Other notes report severe winter weather, oil spills, power and telephone disruptions, and widespread school closures across multiple states.
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Irise ML Allen
E. Bixby Road
el Bekal
Long Beach
Rop Reynolds
Rabban
Roy Creager
Roy A. Hopkins
Louis J Anfinson
Frrk C. Blair
H.C. LeManquais
Japanese Blizzard Lands Six Feet Of Snow In West Japan
Western Japan cities Toyama and Kanazawa suffered the worst blow as up to six feet of snow buried streets and disrupted train service. In Kanazawa area costs of labor were mobilized to clear rail lines while temperatures plunged nationwide. A snowslide derailed a Tokyo Nagata train with no injuries and 13 university students remain missing in the northern Alps.
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Tokyo
LPH
Japan
Toyama
Kanazawa
Hokkaido
Nagata
Asahi University
Japan Alps
Labor Party Opens Search for Leader
London reports that the Labor Party began an immediate search for a new leader after the cremation of Hugh Gaitskell. The shadow cabinet approved open nominations for one week and a first secret ballot among 249 MPs could yield a result by February 7 with George Brown and Harold Wilson seen as front runners.
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London
UPI
Labor
Hugh Gaitskell
Parlament
George Brown
Harold Wilson
Gaitskell
Mexico braces for cold wave
Weather offices warn of a polar air mass moving from the north affecting Tamaulipas Veracruz and Mexico City. Shipping advisories issued for Wednesday night with strong winds and heavy seas along northeast coasts.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Tamaulipas
Veracruz
Weather Office
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Danville
U.S. Weather Bureau
Mississipp
Alabama
Highway Patrol
Rio Grande Valley
City
Hol
Sand
Mich
National Guardsmen
Allen
L.B. el Bekal Shrine
Mankato
Mercer
Lows
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Bellefontaine
St. Louis
Lockmaster
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Norge
Effingham
Moi
Ford
Dallas
Lonestar Gas, Co
Cleveland
Feated
Presa Birechote
Winnipeg
Labor Party
Sutton, Bros
Yatea Peat
Lakewood Oo
Mendreas
Ed Tam ‘ Planters
Laurelcanton
War Rae
Beutel
Eerie, Ea
EDN
Kaupfne
Innes
Also
Bankamericard
Lakewood Center
Joyce
Fortune
Yisk 'S
Cowen
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