Blizzard Pounding Midwest
A blizzard roared across six midwestern states with 16 inch snowfalls and 50 mph winds. Nebraska reports 16 inches near Hartisburg and 15 inches at Scottsbluff as highways closed and visibility dropped to zero. A Nebraska family of three was stranded for five hours. a man walked for help after his car stalled in a drift. Tornado funnels touched down in Oklahoma City and Alva, while other storms rattled Oklahoma Texas and Indiana.
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Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Texas
Kansas
Scottsbluff, Neb
Hartisburg
Neb
Scottsbluff
State Highway Patrol
Nebraska Panhandle
Roger McGowan
McGowan
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Indiana
Oklahoma City
Alva
Ard
Miss. Dandridge
Okla
Carmenz Jones
Nower
John Willams
Porgy
Bess
England
Hill pushes county aid deal after unenthusiastic reply
Signal Hill Mayor Ben A. Moyle said Long Beach officials gave an unenthusiastic response seven months ago to providing fire protection. He outlined a county contract plan to save about 75 000 annually for three years, with potential access to five more fire companies and expanded police cars. Contracts could be signed within two months if approved by the Signal Hill City Council.
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Ben A. Moyle
Banat
Moyle
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Moylelo
Los Angeles County
Aoe
Ite
Signal Hill City Counel
Severns
Sam E.vickers
Housing Project Also UKd in Long Beach
Long Beach Wednesday moved toward merging with Signal Hill as a first step, with council members unanimously approving negotiations and a later 64 acre Carmelitos Housing Project annexation. The plan faces financial limits, but supporters cite community integration and improved order. opposition warns of costs and suggests county policing.
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George Weeks
Long Beach
Signal Hill
Signal Hill City
Carmelitos
Dorothy Dandridge to Wed White Nightclub Owner
Hollywood reports Dorothy Dandridge, famed Negro actress and singer, announced her engagement to Jack Denison, a Sunset Strip nightclub owner. The couple met four years ago in Las Vegas where she sang and he ran the dining room. Dandridge, about 35, and Denison, about 45, have prior marriages and divorces.
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Jack Denison
Sunset Strip
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Las Vegas
Denison
Harold Nicholas
Across the Nation Mill Official's Home Bombed
A dynamite explosion damaged the home of an Harriet-Henderson Cotton Mills executive in Henderson North Carolina during a strike era. A second blast was heard elsewhere in the industrial city as violence marked ongoing plant disputes while other explosions followed earlier factory clashes. Police could not locate the second blast.
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John D. Cooper
2500 Car Keys Loot By Two Boys
Juvenile officers on Wednesday arrested two boys aged 14 and 16 for collecting about 2500 car keys. The 14-year-old carried 14 keys from a Harbor Chevrolet unit at 625 E Anheim St. The other youth admitted taking 150 keys from displayed autos the same night. More than 2500 keys found at the 14-year-olds home. The boys were booked for petty theft and released to parents. Police recovered the missing key to Mayor Realer’s car amid the pile.
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James A. Sprague
Antos
E. Aniheim St
Raymond C. Realer
Edison plant to shut down in May on Terminal Island
The Terminal Island steam plant of Southern California Edison Co. will be shut down in May. Senate Labor Committee approves a modified Kennedy Ervin labor reform bill.
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Yerninal Island
Southern California Edison Co
Senate Labor Committee
Ike Won't Be Bullied Into Parley Says He Won’t Parley Under Pressure
President Eisenhower declares he will not be pressured into meeting with Khrushchev. He says Moscow cannot order, bluff, or blackmail him into attending a summit and notes Khrushchev lacks authority to negotiate. The exchange follows lingering tensions over indirect talks and Western Allied positions.
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Popcorn woes and a summit talk in Eisenhower era musings
A fragmentary piece blends a humorous aside about popcorn at the movies with a political note on steel contracts and a White House briefing. Eisenhower, Macmillan, and Khrushchev are cited in context of a potential East West summit, with cautious language about timing and coordinated allied proposals. The text reflects mid-century discourse on defense, economy, and diplomacy.
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Macmillan
Berlin
Gurmarty
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Eisen-hower
Ex Mental Patient Kidnaps Girl 8 in Sacramento Area
An 8-year-old girl with red hair and freckles was kidnapped Wednesday by a former mental patient. A large area search seeks Lois Marbut who was last seen near Nicolaus and Rio Linda as sheriff officers verify the abduction by William Edward Beckworth, 26, once at Napa State Hospital. Beckworth had been living in his car on a Sacramento River levee for about 10 days.
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Eisenhower
Dulles
Sacramento
Lois Marbut
Gasoline
Nicolaus
Thomas Bryant
Gardenland
J. D. Marhut
Lficars
Rio Linda Ton
Lois Peat
William Edward Beckworth
Napa State Hospital
Sacramento River
Lois
Beckworth
DiSalle Bill to Abolish Death Penalty Loses
In Columbus a legislative committee killed Gov. Michael DiSalle's bill to end capital punishment in Ohio. DiSalle had personally urged the measure before the House Judiciary Committee, citing rehabilitation by eight murderers on the mansion staff. The defeat marked his first legislative loss since taking office.
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Ohio
UPI
Michael DiSalle
di Salle
DiSalle
House Judiciary Committee
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McCall’s Magazine
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