Europe icebound as death toll climbs across continent
A brutal European blizzard and panhandle Texas snowstorm dominate headlines. The death toll in Europe rose beyond 112 as Britain Italy Denmark and Germany reported numerous fatalities amid continuing ice and snow. In Texas Panhandle cities Plainview Hereford Canyon Amarillo Borger and Dumas endured heavy snowdrifts with Plainview claiming up to 29 inches and other towns reporting widespread closures and halted services.
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Denmark
Germany
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Skies to Be Clear Over the Weekend in Southland
The U S Weather Bureau forecast clear weekend skies with some early morning fog patches Sunday and high clouds. Cool temperatures to linger with Long Beach recording a 40 degree low today. Snow totals across Southland mountain resorts ranged from three to eight inches.
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L B Man 86 Killed in Traffic Collision
L B Man 86 was fatally struck Friday at Bark Ave and 3rd St by a car driven by Donald Chandler 30 of Claremont who admitted failing to stop at a stop sign. Mullins died in Community Hospital at 5 40 pm. This is the third traffic fatality here this year, compared to one at this time in 1955.
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Father kills daughter to make wife suffer in SAN GABRIEL
A father shot and fatally wounded his 9 year old daughter Friday night, saying the shooting was to make his estranged wife suffer. Marie Yvonne Verodi died hours later. Joseph William Verodi, 38, told police a second plan was to kill himself. The wife disarmed him and a restraining order had barred him from the home. The couple had separated last December.
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Greek Premier Safe in Wreck
An Italian news item reports Greek Premier Constantine I Karamantis and eighteen others injured as his special train collided head on with the International Simplon Express near Domokes Thessaly while returning from La rissa to Athens for campaigning. Karamantis escaped unharmed.
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Classified and Page References Across the Paper
The note lists sections and page numbers for various newspaper content including churches classifieds sports obituaries radio and TV schools shipping table tides temperatures and theaters with misaligned or garbled headers. It appears to be a page index or masthead reference.
Air Force ICBM Claim Highlights Power Rise
Secretary of the Air Force Quarles argues a single guided missile or fighter bomber can deliver as much explosive force as all World War II bombers combined, while warning against complacency. He outlines plans for dispersed, self contained, flexible production facilities geared to rapid wartime mobilization and expanded strategic capabilities.
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Illegal Surgery Mill Raided Here Four Jailed
Los Angeles police raided a Toledo Street home arresting James Weiss also known as James Alexander 45 Fred Johnson 25 and Mrs Addie Simmons 45 along with Gerald Hubbard 29 for running an abortion mill alleged to be the largest in Southern California The operation yeilded patients from as far as San Francisco and Las Vegas with about 25 procedures weekly and at least 262 women observed entering the place weekly over two weeks police said The suspects were jailed on abortion charges with Weiss described as the brains of the operation.
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Toledo
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Long Beach
Gerald Hubbard
Sunnybrae Ave
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Lincoln l Heights
Egypt Receives Russian Dyushkin Bombers From Czechoslovakia
Diplomatic sources say Egypt has received 40 Russian built Dyushkin bombers from Czechoslovakia, with several already in flight. The new capability is cited as influencing the urgent Push by President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Eden to renew peace efforts in the Middle East.
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Four teens drown in river plunge near Eugene Oregon
Four teenagers from Eugene were drowned when their car plunged off a road into the Siuslaw River Friday night. The victims were John White 19 Jannett Mey Garrett 17 Sharon Singer 18 and Donny Porpe 19. A rancher George Johnson saw headlights beneath 32 feet of water leading to the discovery.
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George Johnson
Protests erupt as first Negro student enrolls at Alabama
About 1,000 male students protested on the Tuscaloosa campus against AUTHerine Lucy, the first Black student at the University of Alabama. Police guarded Lucy as crowds shouted Keep Bama white and To hell with AutHerine. After fiery incidents and cross burning on University Ave, demonstrations continued to her dormitory and flagpole before dispersing around 2 am. No arrests were reported.
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Judy Garland Files Divorce Suit in Santa Monica
Judy Garland moved from her Los Angeles home and filed for divorce from Sid Luft in Santa Monica Superior Court. She took their three children to stay with friends while Luft, who faces a separate suit from Warner Bros over a loan, says he is surprised by the split and declined further comment.
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Sid Lulft
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London
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Severe Palisades slide blocks U S Route 1 near Santa Monica
A major landslide on a Palisades bluff above U S Highway 1 dumped soil and rocks onto the coast road, covering 360 feet of the six lane highway and reaching 46 feet high. No cars buried or missing reported as heavy equipment cleared debris and officials warned drivers for days. A lifeguard and CHP officer observed the cliff edge fail causing a dust cloud, and a bystander narrowly avoided danger as the ground gave way.
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