Snow Blankets Middle West With Wide Freezing Cold
Associated Press reports a midwest snow and cold spell as Port Huron Michigan received 22 inches, widespread snow fell in Chicago and Indiana, two inch depths at Garry and Calumet, while subfreezing temperatures extended to the central Ohio Valley. Gas stations logged anti freeze demand as Canada cold air moved across the Great Lakes. Rain persisted along the Gulf and into west Texas and western Oklahoma. Local totals included nearly 2 inches at Pensacola and one inch at Imperial Nebraska.
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Cits
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Garry
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Chicago
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Wis
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Pensacola Fla
VA Requires Financial Details From Veterans for Hospital Care
The VA announced new rules requiring veterans seeking hospital treatment for nonservice-connected conditions to disclose financial status. A prior confidential letter from Joel P. Boone instructed managers to report false statements of inability to pay. The policy aims to curb fraud while assuring that signing the oath to unable to pay will not deny treatment. About 2.27 million living veterans exist, with roughly 47 percent in VA or VA-supported care. The questions cover property, cash assets, debts, monthly expenditures, and income. The instructions stress that applicants focus on finances to understand the oath's propriety.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Joel P. Boone
Congress
American Medical Association
Missing Boy Found Walking on Highway Near Vidal Junction
Leonard Broughton, 40 year old son of a state agriculture inspector, reported missing from Vidal Junction Tuesday, was found Wednesday night walking along Highway 15 miles west of there headed home.
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San Bernardino
Vidal Junction
Leonard Broughton
Beachcombing and more read across listed pages
The note lists where to find various sections in the newspaper. It enumerates pages for Beach Combing Bridge Classified Comics Crossword Editorial Financial Obituaries Radio and TV Shipping Tables spots Theaters Tides Temperatures Women Your World and specific page numbers.
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Boyle
Mine Blast at Bonanza Utah Kills Eight Workers
A violent explosion and fire in an open pit mine at Bonanza Utah trapped and killed at least eight men. Three others were injured, with one survivor recounting a roaring blast and burning debris. The mine had reopened after a three month shutdown due to a labor dispute.
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Vernal
Utah
Bonanza
Vernal Mortuary
American Gilsonite Co
Utah Highway Patrol
Here
Orman Stephens
Stephens
John H. Baker
Utah-Colorado
United Steelworkers of America
CIO
American Gilsonifé Co
Standard Oil Co
California
Barber Oil Co
New York
Turncoat Yank POWs Hearing Pleas To Return Home
U S officers seek permission to play taped pleas from families of 22 turncoat GIs to persuade them to come home. Gen Thimayya said there is no reason it could not be allowed after reviews. Two stowaways aboard a ship in Honolulu arrived in Wilmington, each using false signatures to obtain meals and passages. relatives funded their fares.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Press
K. S. ‘Thimay
U. S
U S
Neutral Nations
Yankees
Thimayya
Neu
Tral Group
Red
Honolulu
Wilmington
Richard Diaz
Matson Navigation Co
Joseph Antony Esposito
Diaz
William J. Harl
Harl
Wv. A. Hart
Los Angeles
Pocket Money Worth $400 Taken From Millionaire
In Loulville New York Venezuelan sportsman Rafael de Las Casas, 55, of Caracas, said he was slugged in his Seelbach Hotel room Wednesday night about 8 p.m. and robbed of $400. He reported the attacker likely was in the room before he retired, as he was beaten about the eyes and throat. Casas makes annual trips to the United States to buy race horses.
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Loulsville
Rafael de Las Casas
Caracas
Seelbach
Casas
United States
Weather Update Rain Late Tonight and Friday
Rain expected late tonight and Friday with light variable winds tonight turning southwest to 20 to 30 mph on Friday. Stronger gusts possible near showers. Temperatures not provided.
Eisenhower and 500000 participate in Civil Defense drill
President and Mrs. Eisenhower took shelter in an earthbound White House facility during a simulated atomic attack as 500000 government workers and students joined in the Civil Defense drill. Reporters saw the $750000 reinforced shelter and its communications system while the red alert sounded.
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Eisenhower
White House
Wilton B. Persons
Washington
Pentagon
Penute House
Western Union
New York
James A. Rowley
Secret Service
Pension Row Carnage Ends in Self Destruction
In Li Chateau Belgium Camille Van Laetham aged 52 killed five neighbors and wounded another in a pension dispute. He then fled to a barn and killed himself. A sixth victim survived in grave condition after being shot and women were fatally slashed. Police reported three men were slain and three women wounded before the assailant's suicide.
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LI Chateau
Belgium
Camille van Laetham
van Laetham
Grand Old Girl Trapped After Five Day Caper by Hunter
In Steele North Dakota an elderly wild dog matriarch nicknamed Cagey led a pack raiding farms for years. A state predator hunter finally trapped her after five days of evading pursuit, ending a spree that included sheep and livestock losses and the puppies' deaths.
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