Raging March Blizzard Strikes Midwest States
A March blizzard tore across northwestern Kansas Nebraska and Iowa disabling telephone and telegraph lines and halting highway travel. Snow totals reached 10 to 15 inches with winds to 65 mph as stranded travelers and delayed trains highlighted the storm’s reach.
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Tornado Toll Rises Across Six States After Severe Storms
The storm outbreak hits six states with over a thousand injured and thousands homeless. Red Cross casualty counts revised to 206 dead, as President Truman orders a federal relief survey and aid funds for Arkansas Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi Missouri and Alabama.
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Dust Break Expected as South Plains Warms Up
Weather forecast signals easing dust storms for the South Plains with a 18 to 20 degree low and a high near 55 to 60. A warming trend is seen through Monday, with several days of calm weather anticipated if the pattern holds.
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Tornado flattening Ark town leaves streets in ruins
A powerful tornado struck Ark town of Uen in May 1908 leaving main street piled with debris and few intact businesses. The devastation is shown in a photo and is discussed in Story Column 8 with Associated Press caption.
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Ike Moves South for Delegates in GOP Battle
Ike backers rally in Atlanta to win Southern support for the Republican nomination. Dulles cuts ties with Truman administration to push anti policy proposals. Taft expands in Tennessee as Illinois Wisconsin Nebraska primaries loom and New Jersey ballots consider removal.
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Path to Communism Hit MacArthur Says
Gen Douglas MacArthur declared that the administration is preparing the United States for a war in Europe after plunging the nation into unfamiliar political debate. He warned that current leadership aims to push the nation toward communist influence.
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Risinger Cited Twice in Month-Long Courtesy Drive
L V Risinger Jr of 3715 38th St becomes the third March driver of the week after a cabbie cited him twice in three hours for yielding the right of way to cars making illegal left turns on Ave G. He receives 50 gallons of gasoline and a car wash and grease.
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Weather roundel shows mild cooling pattern in iubbock area
Fair conditions continue with highs in the low 50s and a chilly start to Monday near 16 degrees. Increasing clouds and a touch warmer by Monday afternoon forecast with a high near 43 and a low around 18. Overnight humidity peaks around 68 percent with 29 percent at dawn and 44 percent at midnight. Local city readings include Amarillo 34 17, Dallas 49 35, El Paso 8 34, Albuquerque 35 18.
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Two Boys Killed At Seminole
Two teen youths were killed when struck by a car on Texas Highway 51 in Seminole. James Earl Ward 13 and Noble Murphree 15 died after being hit by Maxwell Dee Green while walking north along the highway. The fatalities raise the South Plains 1952 toll to 12 with three dead in March, as investigation continued late tonight.
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Northwest Wind At Sunrise Signals Average Crop Year
Old Indian legend ties the wind direction at sunrise on March 22 to crop yields. Observers Mrs. Clark M. Mullican and Tom Holden noted a north northwest wind near Wolfforth at dawn Saturday, indicating an average year for 1952.
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