Jet Stream Shift Fuels Unusual Cold Across East
Weather Bureau explains jets as northward shifting westerlies, allowing Arctic air to slide south through Plains to Florida and Gulf. Eastern states face continued cold with little chance of wet weather for 30 days, while the Far West enjoys warmth as warm air moves up into a trough west of the Rockies. The pattern, though typically seasonal, has been stronger and longer lasting this winter.
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Canad
Atlantic
Plains States
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Gulf
Avlantig
Moness
Arctic
Rockies
Firms Awarded $5 Million Pact For Oolagah Dam
Tulsa report notes J A Jones Construction Co of Charlotte bid $5,051,171 for the Verdigris River Oolagah dam and spillway project, below rival bids but above the Engineers estimate. Col. Bristol cited relocation of highways railroads and utilities as parallel challenges. Highway Commission seeks government aid to cover most road replacement costs for inundated eastern Oklahoma routes. The reservoirs form part of a larger program to make the Arkansas navigable with relocations and land acquisitions driving most costs.
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J. A. Jones Construction Co
Charlotte
Igtane
Oolagah
Verdizris River
John D. Bristol
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Raymond Gary
C. A. Stoldt
Arkansas
State Conservation Chief Chosen National President
Nolen J. Fuqua of Duncan Oklahoma was named national president of the Association of Soil Conservation Districts at the convention in Minneapolis. He begins his fourth term, with Harold Wright Pauling and other regional vice presidents elected to lead multi state regions.
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Minneapolis
Nolen J. Fuqua
Duncan
Okla
Association of Soil Conservation
Nasser Accepts Italy State Visit Invitation This Summer
Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser has accepted an invitation from Italian President Giovanni Gronchi for a state visit to Italy this summer, according to the government. The invitation was extended by Gronchi.
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Rome
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Italy
Giovanni Gronchi
Pacific Storm Whips West Forces Indiana Aid Requests
A Pacific storm tightens its grip on the West as floods surge in California and cold lingers in the East. Indiana officials declare disaster areas near South Bend and Hudson Lake, mobilize civil defense, and seek helicopters and planes to deliver food fuel and medicine to marooned families. Army tanks and snow vehicles haul supplies as rivers freeze and evacuations expand.
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Indiana
Ilarold Handley
Northwestern
Toi
Jane Handley
South Bend
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Hudson Lake
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Cairo
Ohio River
Gillipelis
Ohio
Louisville
Upstate
Teens Nabbed After Raiding a School Party
Eighteen Central High School youths from Kansas City raided a Webster Literary Society party at the Austin home in Independence. Police arrived with four patrol cars around 9 pm. four carloads were detained but released to parents after the host declined charges.
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Central High School
Kansas City
Nolice
Donald Austin
Donald Jr
Webster Literary Society
Aristonians
Austin
Donald
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