Snow Storm Strands Kingsport Area Transport and Power
March brings heavy snow to Kingsport with 7.5 inches falling overnight, plus 2.03 inches of rain in prior precipitation. Utilities report major and minor outages as lines fall and crews rush repairs. highways slick yet passable at slow speeds while rural areas suffer downed poles and limbs. Ham radio operators relay messages to utility firms and the Kingsport Times-News as news wires fail. Schools slow or cancel. city crews salted streets and removed debris as power and phone service slowly return.
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Tennessee Highway Patrol
Kingsport Times-News
Kingsport
Gate City
Church Hill
Inter- Mountain Telephone Company
Rogersville
Highway Patrol
Blauntain
Oet
Bloynsville
John Wilson
Charles Marsh
Police Fire As Students Hear Naguib Return Promise
Cairo police opened fire as about 20 000 students marched to hear President Naguib promise a parliamentary government and immediate steps toward a constituent assembly. Fourteen wounded. clashes followed as crowds tried to cross a river bridge and police fired over marchers heads. Naguib, back in power, broadcast pledging a parliamentary republic and elections, saying he sought no personal power or honors.
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Cairo
INS
Mohammed Naguzo
Nile
Republic
Na- Bilb
Naguib
Rtlsis
Nfe
Egypt
Sudan
Revolutionary Council
Bgypt
Nine Die in Railway Derailment in French Pyrenees
A passenger train carrying Sunday skiers derailed high in the French Pyrenees near Luchon on the Luchon Suvertagneres line. Nineteen killed and multiple injured as the speeding train plunged into a 7,500 foot ravine. Officials feared a higher toll as rescue efforts began.
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Toulouse
France
French Pyrenees
Luchon
Suverbagneres
Tennessee Taxpayers Association elects Skinner president
Raymond Skinner of Memphis elected president of the Tennessee Taxpayers Association to fill the vacancy caused by Col. E. W. Palmer’s death. R. L. Beary Jr. of Jackson named West Tennessee VP. Walter Stokes, Nashville, reelected Middle Tennessee VP. Julian Morton of Knoxville named East Tennessee VP. New executive committee members include R. L. Beavey, J. E. Whitaker, Thomas M. Divine, Walter F. Smith, Frank W. MacFriece, Hugh T. McDade, W. A. Egerton, Albert N. Maden, and Robert Dustin.纪 placeholder
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Sanwuna Vives
Taxpayers Association
Coil
E. W. Palmer
Kingsport
R L. Beare Jr
Jackson
West Tennessee
Dace
Skinner
R. W. van Horn
Memphis
Chaiman
TTA Tax Study Council
Walter Stokes
Nashville
Middle Tennessee
Julian Morton
Knoxville
East Tennessee
R. L. Beavey
J. E. Whitaker
Chattanooga
Thomas M. Divine
Walter F. Smith
Frank W. MacFriece
Bristol
Hugh T. McDade
Alcoa
W. A. Egerton
Morristown
Arbert N. Maden
Robert ©. Dustin
Greeneville
Col. Palmer
Tennessee Dairy Products Association
National Imak Industry Foundation
Bey El Atfassi Returns to Power in Syria Coup
In Damascus anti Shishekly forces claimed victory in Syria and proclaimed former President Bey El Atfassi as thief of state. Acting President Kuzbari resigns and Attass begins cabinet talks as Shishekly's regime collapses after he fled to Saudi Arabia. Abtassi to be welcomed back in Damascus from home Monday.
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Damascus
Syria
Hauhem Beyssi
Cal
Shawkat Shkeir
Macmoun Kuzbari
Adib Shilshekly
Saudi Arabia
Kuzbari
Shishekly
Gabriel
Shkeir
Attass
Abtassi
Daimascus
Three Die As Blast Rips Philadelphia Homes
A late Sunday blast in South Philadelphia toppled two three story buildings, killing at least three people and trapping several others. Fire crews rushed to the gutted blocks as teens and a woman were recovered dead from the rubble and more victims remained inside with rescue operations ongoing.
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Philadelphia
Jacqueline Mickelberg
Jeakt
George Hink
Hink
Solon Proposes Surplus Food For The Jobless
Washington reports three Democratic senators Hill of Alabama Clements of Arkansas and Fulbright propose using about 1868 million dollars of unused customs receipts to finance a program to distribute surplus butter and other government food to unemployed families. They seek authority for Agriculture Secretary Benson and Labor Secretary Mitchell to buy and distribute the food matching surpluses with the needs of the jobless households.
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Sen
Hill
D-Ala
Hill and Sons
Clements
D-#y
Fulbright
D-Ark
Benson
Mitchell
Senate
Delvery
Infant Smothers Riding In Auto
Two month old Peter Maxwell Traver died on arrival at Lyons Hospital after suffocation allegedly from lying face down on a foam mattress in the front seat of his parents wagon. The infant, son of Army Captain Wallace H. Traver, was en route from Glen Ridge, New Jersey to Huachuca, Arizona, where the father is stationed. The death was ruled natural causes by hospital staff. The body was sent to Glen Ridge for burial.
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Rogeresville
Lyons Hospital
Peter Maxwell Traver
Wallace H. Traver
Raver
Glen Hidge
N. J
Huachuca
Ariz
Traver
Here
Glen Ridge
McCarthy to Question Zwicker Again in Army Probe
Senator McCarthy pressed the Iris investigation into Army coddling of suspected Communists and said he will summon Brig. Gen. Ralph Zwicker again for more questioning. Two Army privates were summoned for closed door testimony on oath loyalties, Pvt. Marvin Belsky and Pvt. Sid Rubenstein. A source said plans include unveiling six new cases of Reds connected to the defense establishment.
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Washington
INS
Joseph R. McCarthy
Ralph W. 2Witker
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Zwicker
Camp Kilmer
Wisconsin
Army
Marvin Belsky
Murphy Army General Hospital
Waltham
Mass
Sid Rubenstein
Fort Banks
Winthrop
John L. McClellan
McCarthy
Anny
John Howser Dies Of Heart Attack in Kingsport
John J. Howser 58 died unexpectedly at 7 am Monday at his home 729 Boone St after helping with snow and awaiting breakfast. He worked 32 years in the local Jee business, longtime with Kingsport Fruit and Ice Co and later Cherokee Ice Co. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2:30 pm at First Christian Church with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. officiated by Rev. L Palmer Young and Rev. Wesley Long. He leaves widow Dessin Patterson Bowser, sons Veen J. Howser of Kingsport and George E. Howser of Teeland, half-brother Tom Howser of Bristol, sister Miss Belle Howser of Blountville, and lifelong Sullivan County roots.
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John J. Howser
Kingsport
Howser
Boone St
First Chistian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
L. Palmer Young
Wesley Long
Hamlet-Dobsor Funeral Home
Mining
Dessin Patterson Bowser
Wi- Veen J. Howser
George E. Howser
Teeland
Tom Howser
Bristol
Belle Howser
Blountyville
Sullivan County
Sullivan
Lved
Kingsport Fruit and Ice Co
Local Man Stabbed in Gate City Altercation
Kingsport resident James Danihve, 1317 Palmview Ave., was treated at Holston Valley Company Hospital Sunday night for a stab wound in the hip. He said an unidentified assailant stabbed him with an unknown object during a restaurant altercation in Gate City and was released after treatment.
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Kingsport
Holston Valley Comuany Hospital
James Danihve
Palmview l Ave
Gate City
Allendatils
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