Freezing Cold Snow Cripple Midwestern Cities
A widespread snow storm and brutal cold disrupted travel across the Midwest and beyond. Two to four inches of new snow moved from Montana into Iowa and Missouri, with a St. Louis snow event halting traffic for hours. Temperatures plummeted to minus 2 in Milwaukee. Oswego County, New York saw up to six inches, while Chicago anticipated two to three inches. International Falls, Minnesota hit 25 below zero as a cold belt spread from the Rockies to the Appalachians, with subfreezing conditions and North South states affected.
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Montana
Iowa
Missouri
St. Louis
St. Louis Public Service Co
Milwaukee Gas Light Co
Mercury
Lake Ontario
Oswego County
New York
New York State
Chicago
U. S. Weather Bureau
Aberdeen
S. D
Omaha
Neb
West Virginia
Midwest
Rockies
Appalachians
International Falls
Minn
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee
Spanish Danish Ships Collide Killing One
A collision off Buenos Aires between the 7723 ton Spanish vessel Monte Urbaja and the Danish tanker Rosa Maersk resulted in one crewman death on the Spanish ship and injuries to two Chilean student passengers aboard. The incident occurred today near the port.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Rosa Maersk
Churchill Dulles to Meet Tonight in New York
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill will dine tonight with John Foster Dulles and Winthrop W. Aldrich at Bernard Baruch’s home. The gathering follows a near simultaneous Baruch-hosted dinner between Churchill and Eisenhower a day earlier. No public statements were made as both leaders weighed postwar world issues.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
New York
Winston’ Churchill
John Foster Dulles
Hisenhower
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Great Britain
Bernard Baruch
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Eisenhower- Churchill
O' Hagerty
Washington
Baruch
Churchill
D. C
la Guardia
Truman
Congress Confirms Ike Nixon Victory in Electoral College
The 442 to 89 electoral vote tally formally confirms Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon as president and vice president. The count was announced in a joint session presided by Vice President Barkley, ensuring the first Republican administration since 1929. The electors’ votes, from 48 states, were ceremonially counted in the House chamber.
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Washington
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
California
Senate House
Eisenhower
Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Ilinois
John Sparkman
Alabama
House
Barkley
Mark Trice
Senate
Where to Find It in the Newspaper
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Beach
Boyle
Southland
Woman's Activities
Special CCHP Squad Patrols Highway 101 Start Soon
California Highway Patrol announces a special enforcement squad will patrol Highway 101 north of here in about 10 days to cut traffic accidents. The stretch up to Orange County contributed a major share of San Diego County’s 1952 road deaths, totaling 232.
Baltimore uses TV classes to teach students during city strike
Baltimore public school teaching becomes a television quiz format reaching about 86,000 students stranded by a municipal workers strike. Elementary pupils watch lessons on WBAL, WAAM, and WMAR with 15 teachers guiding science, arithmetics, language and art, while some students cheer and others complain.
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Baltimore
Billy Montgomery
Danny Conklin
Danny
Kindegarten
Wbal-Tv
Entary
Susan Hughes
Ini
Waam-Tv
Wmar-Tv
Desertion crisis in US armed forces tied to Korea avoidance
Louisville Times reports U S military desertions reach alarming levels with 700 soldiers hiding in Kentucky or nearby areas and 3000 to 4000 deserters tracked yearly. Army officers call it a national disgrace as Defense figures remain unavailable, suggesting 25,000 to 30,000 active deserters nationwide.
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Louisville
Louisville Times
An Kremuebyy Auty
Ule al Lier
Defense Department
Times
Ft. Knox Stockade
Richard Harwood
Kentucky
Harwood
The
Informa
Annexation Vote Set March 12 for Lakewood Plaza
The City Council set March 12 for an annexation election covering units 3 4 and 5 at Lakewood Plaza. A public hearing with written protests will be held at 11 a m on February 3. Over 1100 registered voters petitioned for the annexation, which lies between Spring St Studebakers Rd Stearns St and Palos Verdes Ave.
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Lakewood Plaza
Spring St
Studebakers Rd
Stearns St
Palos Verdes Ave
Solons' Speaker Takes Office With Laryngitis
James W. Silliman Republican of Salinas became Speaker of the State Assembly in Sacramento on Monday but was nearly speechless due to laryngitis. The moment marked a new leadership transfer in the Assembly.
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Sacramento
James W. Silliman
Salinas
States Assembly
27 Die in Ireland Tragedy Plane Crash and Radon Seeds Found
A British European Airways crash in Belfast killed 27 people including two Kansas teachers Miss Dolores Griffin and Miss Elda Duerken. Seven injured. Salvage crews found a 70 pound radon seed cargo worth about 40 dollars, packed in a lead box from the ministry of supply.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Geiger
Kansas
British European Airways
Dolores Griffin
Smith Center
Kan
Elda Duerken
Inman
Ministry ‘of Supply
European Airway
Jack Young
Teenager in custody in California kidnap attempt
Hollywood police arrested a 17 year old after an attempted abduction of Virginia Conrad nine in Los Angeles. Detectives Kohler and Jackson, patrolling near schools, found a matching description and seized the suspect who had previously abducted another girl in December. Virginia was taken for four hours then released unharmed.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Hollywood
Virginia Conrad
Virginia
L. G. Kohler
W. L. Jackson
Lydia, Conrad
Traffic Takes Three More Lives in County
Three more traffic deaths in Los Angeles County reported today. Manuel Ortega Eras, 42, of East Los Angeles, died after slipping and being run over by a bus. Leone Rudolph, 74, of Los Angeles, died when struck by a car while crossing. Bernard Fischler, 38, of Los Angeles, perished when his car and trailer toppled over an embankment near Malibu.
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Los Angeles
Manuel Ortega Eras
Leone Rudolph
Bernard Fischler
Angeles
Malibu
McCarthy reveals Truman letter on Grunewald support
Senator McCarthy released a photo copy of a 1948 letter from President Truman thanking Henry Grunewald for support in that election year and called for a Senate Rules Committee probe into a political contribution to Senator Monroney. Grunewald, a Washington figure, was recently indicted for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer House committee questions on tax scandals.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R.-Wis
Truman
Henry W
the Dutchman
Grunewald
Senate Rules Committee
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Harry S. Truman
Weather-Hit Britons Have First Snowfall
London and parts of southeast England were blanketed by three to five inches of snow which started falling early this morning as gales fog and ice troubled Britons in the first winter snowfall of 1953.
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London
England
Rushes Too Late Excuse for Speeding
Connersville Indiana. Robert Trimble told a state trooper he drove 80 mph because his brother had an accident at Rushville. Trooper Schaeffler found the brother’s accident was on November 29. Trimble was charged with reckless driving.
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Connersville
Ind
Robert Trimble
Rushville
Raymond Schaeffler
Trimble
Bolivia thwarted revolt against Paz Estenssoro government
The Bolivian government said it crushed a dawn revolt by military and civilian allies of the MNR. President Victor Paz Estenssoro blamed traitors within his party and announced arrests of former army leaders and several high ranking MNRE members. The unrest follows nationalization of tin mines and ongoing economic strains.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Victor Paz Estenssora
National Revolutionary Movement
MNR
Paz Estenssoro
Argentina
Plaza Murillo
Government House
Boliva
MNRE
Taft orders finish in filibuster showdown in Senate
Senator Taft of Ohio directs Republicans to hold the floor this week as a filibuster fight erupts over civil rights measures. Northern liberal Senators push to muzzle debate on anti-lynching, anti-poll tax bills, and bans on employment discrimination, while Southern opposition fears a prolonged showdown could stall the Eisenhower program.
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Washington
Senate Republican Command
GOP
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Congress
Taft
Senate
Believer Refuses Rabies Shots For Child
A Memphis mother, Linda Carole Smith, refuses antirabies injections after her pastor prayed for healing, saying the touch of God cured the bite. Health officials warn rabies is fatal, noting treatment can prevent disease if given in time. Linda insists she is blessed and will not contract rabies.
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Menphis
Herbert E. Smith
J. L. Newgent
Church of Jesus Christ
Linda Carole
Newgent
Linda
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