Light Snow and Heavy Rain Sweep Across Nation
Patchy snow spread through Minnesota and the Great Lakes while rain stretched from East Texas to the Carolinas and Tennessee. Port Arthur Texas logged 11.5 inches of rain in 24 hours as Canadian air sent temperatures plunging to 14 below at Bismarck. Cold fronts extended to the Atlantic states and New England, with milder southern weather and a Pacific Northwest warm spell. Mullen Pass Idaho reported nearly five feet of snow by midnight.
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Canada
Norhern Plains States
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Texas
Carolinas
Tennessee
Port Arthur
Tex
Bismarck
N. D
Plains States
Atlantic States
New England
Pacific
Pacific Northwest
Mullen Pass
Idaho
Savannah riot ends by tear gas after high school game
In Savannah Georgia police used a tear gas bomb to disperse a crowd that rioted after Savannah High beat Benedictine 9 to 6. Six officers were injured and fire equipment damaged as 6000 to 7000 fans filled Bull and Broughton streets. Two officers hospitalized, later released. Several arrests for disorderly conduct.
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Savannah
Upi
Bull and
Broughton Sts
Savanah High
Segregation Ban in Interstate Travel Case Landmark
The Interstate Commerce Commission heard Sarah Keys, a New York City beautician, recount her 1952 experience as a WAC who faced bus segregation in Raleigh, Roanoke Rapids, and beyond. The ICC acknowledged the Supreme Court school ruling but noted progress in race relations since 1887 and signaled evolving views on desegregation in interstate travel.
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Sarah Keys
New York City
ICC
Supreme Court
U.N Drops Algeria Debate After Short Committee Meeting
The U N committee concluded there was no opposition and adopted the proposal after a seven minute session. France walked out of the Assembly on September 30 following a 28 27 vote to debate the Algerian nationalist fight for independence.
Two Killed in Auto and Pickup Truck Crash
A Thursday night crash near Gallup New Mexico left two dead, including a California man identified as Sam Paul Krigesheim, 59, of Montrose. A woman passenger remained unnamed. Authorities noted the collision involved an auto and a pickup truck and cited the ongoing investigation.
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France
Gallup
N. M
Upa
Thieves Hit Winchester Store Steal 14 Guns
Police report a break in at the C. R. Henry store in Winchester on Thursday. Thieves stole 14 high quality rifles and shotguns valued at 809 dollars, along with ammunition boxes, five pocket knives, four hunting knives, and five jackknives.
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Winchester
Thievas
C. R. Henry
State Eyes Quarantine Over Tomato and Plant Nematode
The state will quarantine shipments of soil and plants from Iwo Jima Okinawa Korea Florida Puerto Rico and Hawaii to bar the spread of a tomato root nematode. A Dec 15 hearing will discuss a proposed ban on soil and plant shipments unless certified nematode free.
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FEAF
Tokyo
Far East
Sacramento
Department of Agriculture
Globemaster
Iwo Jima
Iwo
Okinawa
Korea
Florida
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Regis
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Imperial Hardware
Rgverber
Dewan
J. Monro: Johnson
South Carolina
Supreme
Everett Hutchinson
Richard F.mitchell
Iowa
U.N
Algeria
Southern Railway
FCC
NAACP
Association
Broad Street
Richmond
Unicon News Co
Carolina Coach Co
St. Louis
San Francisco
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Ulinois ‘Central Railroad
Gulf, Mobile Ohio Railroad
Kansas City Southern Railway
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad
Penhandle & Santa Fe Railway
Richmond Terminal Railway Co
Morocco
United States
Outer Mongolia
Italy
Japan
Spain
Dea
Albania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Long Beach
Chicken House
Alexander Si Ley Lil
Aval
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VSO
Cys Shultz
Atlantic
Atlantic Ave
BAA
Hills Copper
NCC
Telb
Pacific Long Beach
Pine Ave
Santa FE Long Beach
Palo’ Verde Ros Alto
S. Central
John P. Lamerdin
Compton, Calif
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