Weather Fragments Show Coldest Night Across Multiple Cities
Readable lines indicate record cold across a range of cities including Billings Bismarck Boston Chicago Denver and more with temperatures shown as low as minus numbers. The fragmentary data mentions polar conditions and a South Pole reference CMFW.
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Billings
Bismarck
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Dubuque
Duluth
Galveston
Huron
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Knoxville
Lacrosse
Los Angeles
Madison
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
St. Louis
Washington South Pole
State sues local man over hospital bill for wife
The Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare sues Fayz Wakeen of 1033 Caledonia St in La Crosse Circuit Court to recover about 1 706.02 for his wife Helen s treatment at Mendota State Hospital between January 14 and August 6 1959 Wakeen says he was told no cost would be charged and that his wife stayed against his wishes He offered to pay part of the bill but the state refused and he claims due process was denied in prior La Crosse County Court proceedings
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Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare
la Crosse
Fayz Wakeen
Caledonia St
Mendota State Hospital
Wakeen
Helen
la Crosse County
George Thompson
JFKs Father Shows Marked Improvement
In Palm Beach Florida President Kennedy was told by his doctors that Joseph Kennedy has shown marked improvement in the past 48 hours. His pneumonia cleared his fever subsided and there is some improvement in the paralysis from the stroke. The elder Kennedy 73 suffered a December 19 stroke left him partially paralyzed on the right and unable to speak. He sat up with assistance and moved the right side for the first time since the stroke.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Kennedy
Joseph Kennedy
Howard Rusk
Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
New York University
Rusk
Salinger
Policy Unchanged By Goan Takeover
Prime Minister Nehru said India’s seizure of Portugal’s Goa enclaves did not change its peacetime policy. He called the action in world peace interest and noted Soviet Brezhnev endorsed it. He denied policy shifts and thanked the USSR for support including a UN Security Council veto.
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India
Nehru
Portugal
Sovieting
Proce Lesnid
Brezhnev
Wid
U.N. Security Council
Woman Injured After Fall In Merrillan Wisconsin
Emma Larson about 65 was taken to Black River Falls hospital Thursday afternoon after injuring her hip in a fall at home.
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Merrillan
Wis
Emma Larson
Black River Falls Hospital
Weather Record For Wisconsin Tonight Through Saturday
Partly cloudy with scattered snow flurries tonight then colder. Saturday partly cloudy with light snow possible. Temperatures near 26 to 27 degrees. Normal highs around 12. Precipitation average about one tenth inch in light snow periods.
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Ipport
Wisconsin
Normsiow Anges
River Readings and Flood Stage Update
Readings show flood stage at 24 hours and 2 hourly plage today with times of sunrise and sunset for Saturday. Moonrise listed at 12 12 am with 7 39 am sunrise and 4 36 pm sunset.
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EtTaToNs
When the current cuts off I feel utterly helpless
A household reminiscence recalls coping with a power outage during cooking. The speaker longs for wood fuel and steady heat, expressing frustration and a sense of vulnerability when electricity fails.
Milwaukee Livestock Market Report
AP Milwaukee cattle hogs and calves prices and receipts for Thursday. Hogs six price ranges from 11.50 to 18.00 with most butchers 190 to 240 pounds. Cattle receipts around 200 with steady to higher bids. beef steers 21.50 to 26.50 and dairy bred heifers 16.00 to 18.00. Calves receipts about 200 with strong demand pushing prime dealer calves to 40.00.
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Bologna
South 8S
Paul
Minn
USDA
300-Foot Iceberg Lingers Off East Coast
A 300-foot iceberg was spotted in the Atlantic about 250 miles southeast of Salem by Coast Guard Captain Ross P. Bullard. Sightings followed Navy plane reports, marking the first iceberg drift south of standard routes since 1917. The International Ice Patrol confirmed the finding as prospects awaited in classified listings.
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Mass
Atlantic
Europe
Coast Guard
Ross P. Bullard
International Ice Patrol
Tate
Livestock Prices Steady Across Hogs Cattle and Calves
Quotations from Swift & Company show hogs steady with various weight bands and discounts for thin stock. Cattle values hold at steady levels with steers, heifers, cows and bulls listed by grade and weight. Also reported are market figures from Chicago commodities and local farm news including Kennedy hospitalization notes.
Railroad Cleared of Aiding Breakup of Marriage
Milwaukee judge dismisses half million dollar suit against North Western Railway over alleged alienation of affection by former Wisconsin division chief Michael C. Jacobs. John D. Morgan, 45, pursued claims after his wife Constance, 37, left him. prior suit against Jacobs was also dismissed. The Morgans divorced in 1959.
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M UP
North Western Railway
Harvey L. Neelen
John D. Morgan
Constance
Michael C. Jacobs
Boone
Iowa
Jacobs
Wisconsin
Morgan
Neelen
Morgans
Mail Car Fire Destroys 300 Bags in Milwaukee Yard
A Milwaukee fire destroyed roughly 300 bags of mail from a car in the railroad yard. Officials say about 1,180 bags were on board for a train being formed here and the cause is still under investigation as flames were extinguished shortly after 5 am.
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Milwaukee Road
Parolee Confesses to Burning Death of Retired Pastor
Jackson Michigan AP reports parolee Lynn E. Houck admitted tying Roy R. Decker, 72, then leaving him to die in a burning farm home after a struggle. Houck claimed the fire started when he plugged in a heater while denying the gasoline dousing theory. He also took the minister’s car key and $40 before fleeing in the car.
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Lynn E. Houck
Roy R. Decker
James MacDonald
MacDonald
Houck
Decker
Prospect of Revolt in Red China Seems Remote
John Roderick surveys hunger and hardship across Red China, noting Mao Zedong’s tight control and boosted party authority, plus growing industry push and fear of colonial legacy. He cites propaganda and limited outside access as factors restraining rebellion, while forecasting eventual demand for more freedom.
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Red China
Tokyo
Red
Mao
Russia
Court Hearing Set On Hospital Contracts
Madison AP A Circuit Court hearing is set for February 6 on a State Insurance Department claim that contracts used by Associated Hospital Services Inc. do not meet regulations. Blue Cross Wisconsin administers the plan and says about 3,100 people would be affected by the department order. The department objects to the term standard group certificate deeming it an individual contract.
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State Insurance Department
Associated Hospital Services Inc
Norris Maloney
Wisconsin
Blue Cross
Insurance Department
JFK Seeks 100 Million for Congo Bonds Purchase
President Kennedy will ask Congress for 100 million dollars to buy United Nations bonds to fund the U.N. Congo operations. Harlan Cleveland, assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs, said the request could spark debate while arguing it serves the national interest and resists Soviet pressure to cripple the U.N.
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Kennedy
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Congo
Harlan Cleveland
International Organization
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Cleveland
Laotian princely coalition talks collapse again
In Vientiane Laos an attempt to form a unity government by Laos three princes failed Prince Souphanouvong headed to Plaine des Jarres while Neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma faced choices about staying or negotiating with Prince Boun Oum as talks were suspended with plans for new meetings later.
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Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
Souvanna Phouma
Boun Oum
Export of Radioactive Steroids to Soviet Union Approved
The Atomic Energy Commission approved exporting a small quantity of carbon 14 labeled radioactive steroids for metabolism studies. Fifty microcuries of carbon 14 will be shipped from Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology to Dr Nicolai A Yudaev of the U S S R Academy of Medical Sciences in Moscow.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet Union
AEC
Worcester Foundation For Experimental Biology
Shrewsbury
Mass
Nicolai A. Yudaev
U.S.S
Civil Rights Progress Report Outlines Federal Efforts
The Presidential Commission on Equal Job Opportunity led by Vice President Johnson cites success in reducing discrimination in government contracts and federal employment. Attorney General notes appointments of African Americans to high posts, desegregation progress in schools, and peaceful enforcement across transportation and other sectors. The general asserts widespread compliance and optimism for continued progress.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Thurgood Marshall
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U.S
Montgomery
Ala
Mississippi
South
Mike Fink the legendary Mississippi figure
Mike Fink was an American ranger boatman and fur trader famed along the Mississippi River for his jokes and fighting skill. Many folk tales have grown up about him.
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Mississippi River
Tax course to be given at vocational school
A evening tax course at La Crosse Vocational School will run 110 nights starting Jan 8, covering state and federal income taxes, returns, partnerships and corporations, as well as estate and gift taxes. An attorney will teach, enrollment at first class 7 30 p m. Snow and ice chaos hit Britain with travel delays and rail disruptions.
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John B. Coleman
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Ann Landers Advice Column Fragment
Swanee asks how to handle a high school romance and a partner who cannot behave. Sealed writes about a marriage strained by a mother in law illness and looming care needs. Overburdened seeks tips on managing excessive neighbor children and boundaries.
Bomb Threat Evacuates Immigration Building in DC
An anonymous call prompted evacuation of the Immigration and Naturalization Service building at 119 D Street N.E. Washington. Ten officers searched the six story site for explosives. none found as 350 employees returned to work. The threat echoed a similar call from Thursday claiming to target a brother.
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Five Children Die in Richmond Indiana Apartment Fire
Five children of two sisters perished when a fire swept through a four room upstairs unit near downtown Richmond Indiana. Thelma Patterson 19, cared for the children while the other sister was hospitalized after childbirth. Victims were Richard Morris 4 Pamela Morris 2 Billy Morris 1 James Patterson 4 and John Patterson 2. Patterson jumped from a second story window suffering facial cuts and burns. Cause under investigation.
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Ind
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Richard Morris
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Billy Morris
James Patterson
John Patterson
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