Mop Up Starts in Five-State Flood Area
Mop up operations began across Tennessee Kentucky West Virginia Virginia and Alabama after Appalachian floodwaters killed at least 17 people left hundreds homeless and caused millions in damage. In Sequatchie Tennessee residents surveyed wreckage of the Dixon home where a family perished as floodwaters rose.
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Virginia
James River
Weather Bureau
Tennessee
Sequatchie Cove
Hill Country
Small car trend signals slower rollout of new models
The text notes a push to expand new car production while questioning if smaller cars will fade from prominence. It mentions growth in new car programs and hints at shifts in market focus toward alternative designs.
State Farm First to Top Half Billion Auto Premiums in 1962
State Farm Mutual earned auto premiums and membership fees of 542,276,885 in 1962, a 9.8 percent rise from 1961. Total earned premiums including liability coverages reached 559,368,025, up from 510,159,221 the year before, per President Edward B. Rust.
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State Farm Mutual
Edward B. Rust
State Farm Group
Giraffe Triggers Mass Ring At Chester Zoo
In Chester England officials traced a strange fault to George the 18 foot giraffe nibbling lines above his paddock. The giraffe’s contact with the lines caused the telephone system to ring simultaneously as workers raised the lines by three feet to prevent further interference.
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Chester
England
UPI
Zoo
George
Delicatessen Opens 24 Hours Near Sahara Hotel
A kosher style delicatessen begins 24 hour service just north of the Sahara Hotel. The new eatery offers round the clock dining with meats and traditional sides for late night and early morning patrons.
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Sahara Hotel
Blast Wrecks Junior High Teacher Car
West Los Angeles police reported an explosion damaged Gerald Anderson's car near his apartment. The bomb likely lay on the rear floor. investigators unsure of device type. No injuries occurred and Anderson, a new arrival at Paul Revere Junior High, had no known conflicts.
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West Los Angeles
UPI
Paul Revere
Gerald Anderson
Anderson
Latin Troops Hunt Bandits After Vereda Raid
In Tolima Province Colombia troops pursued bandits who killed 13 and wounded 3 in a pre dawn raid on Vereda. In five days 27 people have died in the area including two local councilmen. The raiders fled before forces arrived.
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Ibague
Colombia
UPI
Vereda
Tolima
Policeman Faces Armed Mental Patient in Compton Standoff
In Compton California Officer Stayton wrestled with Collin Amos Jr a 30 year old ex mental patient who had just left a mental facility. Amos backed his car into two vehicles then grabbed Stayton s revolver and pointed it at him. A bystander and two officers separated them and Amos was arrested and booked on assault with intent to commit murder. Stayton and Conway suffered cuts bruises and bites.
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Collin Amos Jr
Los Angeles
General Hospital
Amos
Everett J. Conway
Manhattan Beach
Stayton
Amos Conway
Conway
Feds Charge School With Illegality
In Shreveport Louisiana federal charges claim the Bossier Parish School Board breached a contract by accepting federal funds for segregated schools. The board had sought dismissal arguing the government was not a party harmed. The government asserts standing due to breach of contract.
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Shreveport, la
UPI
Bossier Parish
Woman Survives as Truck Crashes Through Wall
Chelmsford England Mrs Alice Yell 77 months after Christmas she left bed and an hour later a truck rammed the wall of her home striking her bed in an unlikely accident residents say the event occurred Wednesday officers investigated the scene last week
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Chelmsford
England
UPJ
Alice Yell
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Memorial Hospital
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Park Circle
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Kay Schram
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