Wind and dust storm death toll rises across several states
Aired by the Associated Press, tornadoes in Illinois and Ohio winds plus a vast dust storm across the Southwest left at least nine dead and many injured. Severe damage hit Hamiton and Summerfield Illinois, with towns dark and fires out. Airmen helped with rescue as storms spread from Texas to Indiana and Ohio.
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Illinois
Ohio
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Hamilton
Ham- Siton
Cincinnati
Dayton
Columbus
Shelbyville
Martinsville
Franklin
Indiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Summerfield
Scott Air Force
Bellevule
Cdl
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Rockies
California
Sam Baer
Surmoner Field
Bright Sun Returns After Cold in State
Kansas sees bright sunshine return after a brief cold snap with snow freezing drizzle rain and blowing dust. Overnight lows in the 20s give way to weekend highs 50s to 60s across the state as northerly winds ease. Garden City visibility improves after dust. Goodland reports two inches of snow and Salina one inch.
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Topeka
Kansas
Garden City
Goodland
Salina
Spirit Defies Avalanche In Colorado Town
In Ouray Colorado an avalanche blocked the highway over Red Mountain Pass but faith and aid persisted as Reverend J H Halloran Catholic priest from Ouray and Reverend Marvin Hudson Protestant minister swapped cars and continued to their parish duties in Silverton. They ultimately reunited and resumed travel.
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Ouray
Colo
Colorado Rockies
J. H. Halloran
Red Mountain
Silverton
Marvin Hudson
Dust storm blazes through Texas Gulf region with deadly toll
A severe dust storm swept from Texas into the Gulf of Mexico, killing three people in traffic, igniting prairie fires near Matador and Lubbock, with winds up to 95 mph. The storm darkened skies in San Angelo and Chickasha, halted travel, and forced forced landings of Air Force jets.
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Dallas
Tex
Southwest
Gulf
Mexico
Lubbock
Matador
Douglas Meador
Matador Tribune
Air Force
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Wyanewood
Okina
San Angelo
Chickasha
Okla
Eisenhower finishes Georgia vacation to decide on term
President Eisenhower ends a south Georgia stay and flies to Washington today amid questions of a possible re election. He has given no definite timing for a decision, though a March 1 announcement is implied. He may hold a news conference Wednesday to reveal his intentions.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
South Georgia
Washington
John S. Doud
Denver
Eisenhowers
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
White House
Florida
Ellender to Seek Showdown On Farm Bill Voting Date
Sen Ellender of Louisiana vows a Monday showdown on a time for voting the omnibus farm bill in the Senate as leaders try to set a final vote by week’s end. The bill centers on soil bank payments up to 11 hundred million dollars and rocks over proposals to revert to prewar price supports.
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Washington
Senate
Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen. Aiken
GOP
Soil Bank
Aiken
Young Safecrackers Caught Red-Handed in Lexington
Officers stopped two juvenile burglars aged 9 and 12 at the Eaton Supply Co. after they removed a door handle and loosened hinges on a safe while attempting to raise money for a show and snacks.
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Lexington
Eeton Supply Co
Committee Okays Two State Military Projects
The House Armed Services Committee approved Army construction for next fiscal year funding Ft. Leavenworth 1,092,000 Ft. Riley 1,519,000 and a St. Louis support center 53,346,000. Air Force and Navy proposals remain to be considered before the bill is reported to the House.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Kansas
Missouri
Army
Ft.Leavenworth
Ft. Riley
St. Louis
Air Force
Navy
Train crash in Saxony kills 32 and injures 40
In East Germany a fast freight train collided with an express passenger train near Bornitz between Riesa and Oschatz, 100 miles south of Berlin. ADN reports 32 dead and 40 seriously injured as three locomotives derail and rescue teams recover victims.
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Berlin
Saxony
East Germany
ADN
Bornitz
Riesa
Oschatz
Dresden
Clue Hunt For Beaten Child Found Near Tucumcari
Authorities in five states pursue leads to identify a severely injured 10 year old found at a Tucumcari filling station. The boy named Richard Roe is in a foster home after hospital treatment. A Philadelphia medical student’s report prompts officials to check if he is the son of Carl and Sarah Stroudt of Marion, Texas, as Amarillo police seek the couple on felonious abandonment charges.
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Tucumcari
N.M
Richard Roe
Tucumcari General Hospital
Philadelphia
Carl
Sarah Stroudt
Marshallion
Det
Amarilla
Tex
Tornado Rips Through Illinois Towns Killing Six
A tornado ripped from Millstadt to Summerfield and East St. Louis area causing six deaths including a 4 year old and a man in Summerfield. Fire station and fifteen houses were destroyed. Rescue crews and 300 airmen aided recovery as power failed and towns were cut off.
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Donde
Millstadt
Here
Mississippi River
Summerfield
U.S. Highway
Kansas Traffic Deaths Reported in State Records
Traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records section show numbers for the last 24 hours and year totals. In 1958 the figures were 70 for the same period in 1955 they stood at 77.
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Topeka
Kansas
Main Street parking plan gains cautious study
City officials weigh Weatherwax idea to convert Massachusetts Street from Seventh to Eleventh into a single parking lot with diagonal spaces and two streets turned to parallel parking. Supporters say it could double easily accessible stalls and speed shopper access while traffic may slow. critics seek figures to prove viability. Municipal leaders note the district’s unique shape might make the concept feasible only here.
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Massachusetts
Jim Wiggiesworth
John Weatherwax
Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Weatherwax
Massachusetts Street
Seventh
Eleventh
New Hampshire
Vermonti
Vermont
Massachussetts
Wether
Weird Weather Hits Local Area
A local weather arc moves from warm late Friday to rain and snow as cold air arrives. Temperatures plunged from the upper 50s to the 20s, then rose toward 50 by noon. Downtown Lawrence hit 62 earlier, while dust covered cars after a sprinke and high winds. By midmorning most snow vanished.
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Lawrence
Ride Is Dead Maj. Gen. Nolan 83 Intelligence Chief for Pershing
New York report says Maj. Gen. Dennis F. Nolan ret, aged 83, former intelligence chief for General John J Pershing in World War I, died yesterday.
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New York
Dennis F. Nolan
John J Pershing
Russian Arms for Syria Reported Shipment From Soviet Bloc
Secretary Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that an arms shipment from the Soviet bloc is going to Syria. He described it as relatively small and noted the transfer involves Communist arms reaching the Arab state.
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Washington
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Syria
Soviet Bloc
Official Sees Huge County Gain Seeding Could Save 30000 Acres
Douglas County soil officials estimate over 30000 acres of marginal land could be revived by seeding native grasses to create pasture. The project, tested 1949 on the Robinson estate near Lawrence, shows go back land can become productive though it may take years to establish a good stand. Native grasses include Indian grass and big blue stem. a non native is Turkestan bluestem.
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Douglas County
Melvon Wertzberger
Wertzberger
Robinson Estate
Lawrence
Soil Conservation Service
Douglas County Soil Conservation District
Kansas University
K. A
M. D. Atkins
Kansas
Oklahoma
Dulles Sees West Victory Over Soviet Front Tactics
Secretary of State Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the United States and its allies can defeat Russia’s new “united front” strategy with little changes in their own actions. He argued the post Stalin leadership is scrapping violent methods for economic appeal, saying Moscow is “playing our game.” Some senators disagreed, urging policy changes to counter the shift, while others supported Dulles and noted politics in the questioning.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Russia
United Front
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sens
Mansfield
D-Mont
Barkley
D-Ky
Humphrey
D Minn
Sen
Morse
D-Ore
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
U. S
Sparkman
Aiken Roth
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Aiken
George Washington
Senate panel backs farm gas tax relief bill
The Senate finance committee unanimously approved a bill to repeal the two cent per gallon federal tax on gasoline used by farmers for tractors and non highway work. The measure attaches to an amendment that would send the bill back to the House before White House action. The amendment would maintain the tax on operators of large farm machinery contracted by farmers.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
White House
Man With Green Thumb Sought In Garden Prank
Dallas police and Mrs Harris seek a tall stranger who pranked a residence by planting a two foot gardenia bush in a patio bed and walking away. The incident was reported yesterday.
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Dallas
R. Harrs
Harris
Sign in Brussels Butcher Window Joke About Cold Poultry
A Brussels butcher shop posted a sign claiming they refrigerate poultry and rabid rats to keep them from spoiling in the cold. The quip appears as a local humor note in the shop window.
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Brussels
Belgium
Evidence Builds Case For Water Plant Expansion
City opens the new water plant addition with ceremonies a week away as Water Superintendent Bob Mounsey reports a record 1 115 955 000 gallons treated, an eight percent rise over 1954. Water customers hit an all time high and average daily flow surpassed three million gallons. The department spent 725 811 on expansion in two years, chemical use rose, fluoride cost per family stayed under five cents, two thirds of raw water from Kaw River, one third from six wells, and 58 969 tests were run in 1955 to ensure quality.
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Bob Mounses
Mounsey
Water Department
Lawrence
Kaw
Crippled AF Transport Aided by Rescue Planes
A U S Air Force Globemaster powered by two dead engines was guided by rescue planes to Keflavik Iceland after departing Goose Bay Labrador bound for Prestwick Scotland. All 16 crewmen aboard survived the perilous Atlantic crossing and the damaged aircraft landed safely at Keflavik Air Force Base.
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London
Iceland
Atlantic
U S. Air Force
Keflavik
Goose Bay
Labrador
Prestwick
Scotland
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