Displaced Texans Return Home After Floods Swept Coast
In vivid relief a Texas coast town wrestles with flood damage as hundreds return to submerged homes. Residents describe evacuations, Red Cross shelters, and hopes to rebuild while weather warnings cite three foot tides and 40 mph winds. Fishermen face peril, and snow disrupts travel inland as efforts continue.
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Wdinburg
Tex
Texas Gulf Coast
Sontten Homes
Andres Arevelo
Oye
Red Cross
West Voor
Fred Flores
Youngey
Zatre
Tommy Esparza
Gulf Coast
Texas
Florida
Corps Christiania
Nockls
Tetr Hones
Heroic Rescue Saves Child From Frigid Water In Glastonbury
In Glastonbury Connecticut a driver named Vincent Dondi saw children near a rotating brook and stopped to warn them. He rescued Jane Ann Ordway age two who had fallen into the water, pulling her out while she remained conscious and carrying her to safety.
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Stor
Glastonbury, Conn
Vincent Dondi
Jane Ann Ordway
Four Children Burn To Death In Moab Fire
Fire destroyed a small frame house in Moab Utah late last night killing four children under seven. Parents Kenneth McGauhey and Mus Ken neth McGauhey escaped unharmed and, in shock, could not immediately name the victims. Fire Chief Marvin Cleaver could not determine the cause but suspected a heater explosion.
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MOAB
Utah
Ane Mus
Kenneth McGauhey
Marvin Cleaver
Dog dyed red after Easter egg coloring mix up
Avix Phoends of Washington state reported a pink and black dog that was dyed red after an owner spilled a tincture on Sailor. Dan Espinoza explained he used red Easter egg coloring to cover the stain when the color would not wash out in front of the Board of Supervisors.
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Phoends
Avix
Boarc of Supervisors
Hlm
Dan Espinoza
Avife
Experts See Subside of Asian Flu With Uncertain Next Wave
Public Health Service officials report the first great Asian flu wave subsiding for now. About 20 million Americans fell ill during late 1937, marking the largest peak since 1918. Vaccination efforts, with some 49 million doses distributed, are credited with dampening deaths and spread as experts debate whether a second wave will occur before spring.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Leroy H. Burney
American Foes. But the Mortality Char al Public Health Service
Publc Health
Kair Wich
U.S
Paner
Daner
Stewart
Public
Gypsy Princess, 15, Leaves In Hot Rod
NW YORK UP reports a 15 year old Gypsy princess elect vanished from her New York home on New Year's Eve. Helen Stevens was last seen with three companions, one girl and two boys. Her father George Stevens says he does not know why she left. The princess was chosen to marry Francis Uwan eh, king of about 75,000 Gypsies, in a marriage planned for 1960.
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NW York
Helen Stevens
George Stevens
New Yor
Stevens
Francis Uwaneh
Second Sub Zero Cold Wave Hits the Midwest and Beyond
The second sub zero cold wave of the year surged into the upper Midwest and spread south to Texas where floods and snow battered coastal areas. Weathermen predicted clearing Texas skies as floodwaters receded and homes were returned to, while Corpus Christi saw $250,000 in damage from two days of heavy rain. Snow flurries hit the Great Lakes and portions of the East, with several vessels reported missing off the southeast Florida coast.
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Corpus Christi
Gulf
Padres Island
Audrey
United Press
Midwest
Hetwin
Robstown
Edinburg
Tex
Corpus Christiane Tinburg
Dakotas
Minnesota
Missouri
Ilinois
New England
Great Lakes
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
Florida
Suethersties
New York
Harvey Conover
Coast Guard Pir
Louisiana
Flor
South Carolina
Georgia
Pac Northwest
Californ
Atlantic Cor
Maine
Lakes
Pacific Coast
Upper
Mississippi
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