Snowstorm Paralysis Strikes Midwest and Northeast Regions
Across Ohio and Indiana the blizzard halted travel and shut down cities. Rescue crews battled 65 mph winds, 15 foot drifts, and stranded motorists with 150,000 homes without heat in Ohio. Amtrak trains froze on rails while air travel halted from Chicago to Boston.
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Susquehanna
Wilkes-Barre
Lancaster County
Rhodes
Ohio
Indiana
Indianapolis
Indiana Pacers
Detroit Pistons
Timothy Lee
Terre Haute
Frances
Illinois
Amtrak
Roachdale
Ind
Chicago
Florida
Bloomington
Joseph Vranich
Vranich
Midwest
Boston
O’hare International
Milwaukee
Detroit
Pennsylvania
Treehouse profile honors Frank Sneed and his arborist zeal
The feature portrays Frank Sneed age 59, a Lawton housing developer and community leader, praised for his lifelong love of trees. It notes his campaigns, roles with museums and foundations, family ties, and preservationist ideas such as a greenway downtown and careful tree planting along the Pioneer Expressway Beautification Project.
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Frank
Gerald Ford
Fred R. Harris
Dan Glascock
Lawton
Dan
Bud Wilkinson
Ronald Reagan
Barry Goldwater
Tom Steed
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Richard
Wilkinson
Senate
Fred Harris
Frank Sneed
The
Museum of the Great Plains
McMahon Foundation
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Sneed Acres
Warren Wolverton
Chamber
Lady Bird Johnson
Neer Expressway
Oklahoma
Jim Lentz
State of Oklahoma Dept. of Transportation
Charles Hennessee
Pat Painter
Funeral for Mrs Edyth Mae Adams 91 of Andrews area
Mrs Edyth Mae Adams 91 of 1301 Andrews died Thursday in a local nursing home. Services at 2 p.m. Saturday Becker Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Herman Van Galen officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Born Sept 27 1886 in Clay County Texas she married Charles T Adams in 1912. He died in 1963. Elementary school teacher retired in 1968. Member of First United Methodist Church. Survived by son Jack Adams Laguna Beach California daughter Mrs Rosa V Bohannon Vista California 10 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren.
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Edyth Mae Adams
Andrews
Becker Funeral Home
Herman van Galen
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Adams
Clay County
Texas
Charles T. Adams
Tales and Davy Crockett Explain a Bad Winter
Tales gathered frozen words and sent east to thaw by kitchen stove. Davy Crockett, famed frontier politician, told a tall tale of Earth frozen on its axis, the sun wedged between ice, and a bear grease aid to restart the world.
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Davy Crockett
Congress
Daybreak Mountain
Crocket
Toastmasters Pick New Meeting Site in Lawton
Lawton Toastmasters Club No 1713 selects Lawton Public Library as its meeting place for February. Meetings occur at noon every Wednesday. New officers elected include Frank P Pendrum president Vester L Steward educational vice president Sally Cannon administrative vice president Alvin Brown treasurer and Ed Davis sergeant at arms.
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Lawton
Toastmasters Club
Lawton Public Library
Frank P. Pendrum
Vester L. Steward
Sally Cannon
Alvin Brown
Ed Davis
Siamese blue point cats overview and traits
Siamese blue point cats are one of two main Siamese types with blue or brown color points. They have blue white bodies and blue points, while seal point varieties have cream bodies with dark brown points. Kittens are born white and gain color within a year, with blue eyes throughout life.
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Thailand
North America
England
United States
Uncovering Skeletons in Pond Reveals Past Tenants
In Rochester Indiana, Mr and Mrs Harvey Jackson while digging a pond five feet down with heavy equipment strike what appears to be a tree trunk and uncover remains of former tenants. In Boone North Carolina a religious center treats alcoholism as sin and seeks salvation through Jesus Christ, viewing the disease as moral failure.
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Rochester
Ind
Harvey Jackson
Jackson
Canada Italy Soviet satellite debris and radio interference in Arctic search
External Affairs Minister Jamieson said Russia offered technical help to contain radioactive debris but Canada would not accept the offer. He urged an international regime to govern nuclear satellites. The Soviet unit, uranium 235 powered, failed to reach a safe orbit. the US has other satellites and reactors in orbit.
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Canada
Fort Wayne
Ind
Donald Jamieson
Jamieson
United States
Baker Lake
Hercules
Puffins Sighted at Eastern Egg Rock Recalling Lost Colony
Dr Stephen Kress of Cornell University reports a summer puffin sighting on Eastern Egg Rock in Muscongus Bay. The sighting provides encouragement for a possible recolonization of the former breeding site under a grant from the National Audubon Society. Puffins last bred there in 1895 after heavy hunting erased the original population.
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Eastern Egg Rock
Maine
Stephen Kress
Cornell University
Kress
National Audubon Society
Muscongus Bay
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Independence Mall
Charles M. Beeghly
St. Mary’s River
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Coast Guard
By Paul McClung
Lawton Constitution
Sun
Lawton Morning Press
Sunday
Constitution Lawton Publishing Co., Inc
3Rd & A Ave
Okla
Fort Sill
Constitution
Press and
Press and Sunday Sunday Constitution
Edyth M. Adams
Tales
MT Ee National Bank
S. Sheridan RD
Gibson's Shopping Center
Les Tha Sia
Hebron Colony
Edmonton
Ottawa
Weather Office
Tyler
Tiffany
Queen Elizabeth
Sycracuse Golden Charm
Victoria
Floradora Chrysler Imperial Crimson Glory
Goldilocks
Vert
Lowell Thomas
Montezuma Pink Radiance
Miranda Poinsetti
Jimmy Crickets
Blaze Red
Pinocchio
Pampas
Loring
Elberta
W. Gore
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