Worst Blizzard Closes Douglas County Schools
Northwestern Wisconsin suffered the season’s worst blizzard with 52 mph gusts. Hazardous driving affected Douglas Bayfield and Ashland counties as four to seven inches fell in the Superior Duluth area. Temperatures ranged statewide with a high of 57 and a low of 27.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Douglas
Bayfield
Ashland
Douglas County
Superior
Superior-Duluth
Burlington
la Crosse
McAllen
Texas
Butte
Mont
Jetliner crash in Tokyo leaves 58 dead and many missing
A Canadian Pacific Airlines DC8 crashed at Tokyo International Airport in fog after hitting a retaining wall during approach. Of 71 aboard, at least 58 were killed with seven survivors, including two Americans. The plane, en route from Hong Kong to Vancouver, ripped a portion of the breakwater wall and scattered wreckage along the runway. A survivor said the wheels touched down as trouble began and the aircraft failed to respond to tower instructions.
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Canadian Pacific
Tokyo International
Jesse Zousmer
Broadcasting Co
Hong Kong
Vancouver
South America
E. R. Huebner
Miami
Berdell
Eve Ogden
Far East
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Maritime Safety Agency
Tokyo Bay
Mexico City
Lima
Nine Missing In Blizzard In Dakotas And Minnesota
Heavy snows and strong winds hit the Dakotas and Minnesota on Friday in a paralyzing blizzard now in its third day. Officials warn the toll is still unclear as rescue teams struggle to reach isolated areas and residents endure widespread outages and drifting snow.
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Dakotas
Minnesota
Fargo
N.D
North Dakota
Grand Forks Herald
Moorhead
Minn
Crookston
Downtown zone teen bars proposed by La Crosse Tavern League
La Crosse County Tavern League urges a downtown zone where teen age beer only bars may operate. The plan limits licenses to within 2nd to 4th streets State to Jay Street and aims to replace other license options. The committee will review the proposal as Groves and Maney spar over discrimination and license use.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse County Tavern League
2Nd
4Th
Jay Street
League
Common Council Judiciary Committee
Peter Groves
13Th Ward
Wisconsin League of Municipalities
Robert Joanis
Savern League
Jackson Tornado Ravages Jackson Area With Dozens Dead
Rescue teams searched east of Jackson for victims after Thursday tornadoes. The Jackson area shopping center saw 12 deaths and hundreds injured. A Democrat congressional candidate, Joe Bullock, was killed when his car was blown off a road near Forkville.
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Jackson, Miss
Here
Woodville Heights Baptist Church
Jackson
Joe Bullock
Mississippi
Bullock
Agriculture and Industrial Board
Forkville
Scott County
Mobile
Ala
Candlestick Park
Highway Patrol
Life and death cancer experiment begins with two athletes
Two former athletes with osteogenic sarcoma undergo a pioneering procedure at Roswell Park Memorial Institute. Robert F. Allen 28 from Tucson receives a tissue sample removed from his chest to implant in Harry T. Griffith 63 of Flourtown, Pa. Both men share O-type blood.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Robert F. Allen
Tucson
Ariz
Harry T. Griffith
Flourtown
Griffith
Allen
Cancer Tissue Exchange Aims to Halt Spread
Allen and Griffith undergo tissue transfers from their tumors to train the body's immune response. Doctors at Roswell Park plan to use transfused white blood cells to carry resistance back to the cancer sites. Allen, an insurance broker and father of three, faces two to six months to live. Griffith was told he had a very short time to live after learning of Allen's battle.
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Griffith
Sigmond H. Nadler
Roswell Park
Associated Press
La Crosse Police Chief George Long to Retire July
La Crosse Police Chief George C. Long will retire effective July 7 after a career with the force from 1924 to 1948 and chief since 1950. Mayor Warren Loveland received Longs resignation. the police and fire commission begins a nationwide search for a successor.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
George C. Long
Warren Loveland
Maurice O. Graff
la Crosse State University
Police and Fire Commission
Wisconsin
Graff
Tanke
Commission
Graff, Tanke
Donald H. Erans
Herman Rahn
A. L. Mathy. Long
Mississippi St
Connorsville
Wis
Sylvia Rick of
Stoddard
Glenwood City High School
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Jack) Frost
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