Weather Potpourri Strikes East Hurting Travel Across Regions
A broad eastern storm brought snow sleet and rain causing hazardous driving as winds and thunderstorms hit the Mississippi Valleys. A tornado in Aberdeen Mississippi killed one and injured 35 with about 750000 dollars in damage. Sugarhill Arkansas saw a damaging windstorm with no deaths. Freezing rain snarled northern Ohio Valley and western Great Lakes while dense fog grounded planes in St Louis. The cold line stretched from northern New England to the central plains with subzero readings in parts of the Rockies.
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Food Shortages Mount As Winter Toll Tops 611 in Europe
Europe faces a devastating winter with at least 611 deaths and massive crop losses as freezing weather, floods, and disrupted trade cripple food supplies. Snowbound regions, fuel shortages, and halted shipments aggravate shortages across France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Spain, and beyond while authorities plan emergency responses and rationing.
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Africa
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Ministry of Agriculture
Italy
Herter Defends Judge Flayed by McCarthy
Governor Christian A. Herter backed Judge Bailey Aldrich amid a McCarthy charge that the judge signed a non Communist affidavit under pressure. Herter said Aldrich signed reluctantly to meet council requirements for his reappointment as a trustee of the Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, calling the affair a misunderstanding.
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Lawgivers OK Hike in Park Cash
The House Appropriations Committee voted 15 million dollars for construction in national parks, surpassing Eisenhower’s request. The move aims to support a ten year program of improvements as park visitation climbs toward an estimated 54 million next year.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Eisenhower
Seven Die in Iowa Fires Amid Arson Probe
DES MOINES Iowa seven people including a mother and three children died in a blaze that damaged a Fort Des Moines veterans housing area two-story building. State Fire Marshal Herron said arson is suspected after three other fires in the area. A railroad baggage car fire near the warehouse is also linked to the investigation. Victims include Margaret Tedrow 56 and children Mose Marie 12 Terry 9 Veronica 7 and neighbor Margaret Ann Hutchinson 13.
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Margaret ‘Tedrow
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Fort Des Moines
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Veronica
Margaret Ann Hutchinson
Margaret Ann
Tedrans
Rose Marie
Postal woes and a city blaze echo in Boulder case
A tired rookie mailman in Bearborn Michigan faced inspectors after delivering only 4 of 16 days and discarding the rest in his attic. Denver bomb case ties to Gilbert Graham, with two warehouses destroyed by a blast and a suspect held in county jail after a suicide attempt. One of 44 victims of a United Airlines crash near Longmont is named, and officials report a psych hospital examination in connection with the case.
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Ellwyn A. Hughes
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Ian Johnson
Stanley - Nan Peterson
Denver
Gilbert Graham
Herron
James Galvin
Colorado
Graham
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