Europe in Deep Cold as Blizzards Grip Europe
A record cold wave grips Europe from Portugal to Siberia with deaths feared in a week of freezing. Drowning skaters in England and Holland, frozen rivers block traffic in Germany and the Netherlands, and Italian towns evacuate as Adriatic floods threaten. Berlin reports 2 below, Paris 5 above, and Lisbon snow marks first in years.
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Rhine
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Lorelei
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Neckar
Wangerooge
Julst
Poland
Warsaw
Quake Aftermath Shakes Greek Isles After New Tremors
In ATHENS Greece tremors hit the Ionian Islands of Ketsallinia Zakynthos and Ithaca after August quakes that killed 1000. Thirty aftershocks on Saturday destroyed buildings and triggered landslides blocking roads as rain worsened conditions. The earlier quake left 95 percent of homes destroyed and about 130000 people homeless.
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Ketsallinia
Zakinthos
Ithaca
Newlywed Wilks Return After Denver Honeymoon
Max and Mary Wilk, newlyweds, returned to ground after a Texas honeymoon trip. They wed Sunday with Rev Erdmann Smith pronouncing them man and wife. Attendants stood on a wooden platform on the Denver Club Building steel framework as Wilk, a 55 year old steelworker, and his spouse kissed in 70 degree weather.
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Mary Wilk
Texas
Erdmann Smith
Denver Club
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Puerto Ricans Head Home as Jobs Fail on Mainland
New York report says many Puerto Ricans have been streaming to the mainland for years in search of work, but growing unemployment is forcing a trek back home. The Puerto Rican labor office notes some still come, yet more return to the island after failing to find employment.
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New York
Department of Labor
Shelley Winters and Quinn Stricken in Rome
Shelley Winters and Anthony Quinn were felled by a cold wave in Rome while filming Mambo, forcing hospital confinement for several days. Winters suffered a chest cold with sinus complications and both actors were reported ill but not critically.
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Rome
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