Blizzard Strands Travelers As Storm Halts Nation
A raging winter storm dumped heavy snow from the Rockies to the Great Lakes stranding thousands of travelers. Dozens died from heart attacks, shoveling, or car crashes as roads closed from Montana to Missouri. Iowa saw 20 inches in Mason City and 16 in Waterloo. Nebraska reported 25 foot drifts. Lincoln and Omaha were heavily hit, with 13 and 10 inches respectively, and Interstate 80 saw over 1,000 motorists stranded.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Great Lakes
Montana
Utah
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Mason City
Waterloo
Dubuque
Des Moines
Great Plains
Burlington
Northern Railroad
Moline
Ill
Harmony
Minn
White Rock
N.M
Santa Fe
National Weather Service
Wisconsin
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Eureka
Lincoln
Omaha
Major Bills Lost In Congress Exit
The 91st Congress ends after a lame duck session with 19 days remaining before a new Congress. Adjournment followed a House-passed resolution to push SST debate to the 92nd Congress while funding the supersonic plane and Transportation Department spending through March 30. Major bills, blocked by filibusters and Senate delays, die with the session, including welfare reform, foreign trade, Social Security boosts, and constitutional amendments. The 92nd Congress may revive them, but they face a full gauntlet.
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Washington
House
Senate
Transportation Department
Southeast Asia
92Nd
Congress
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
House of Representatives
Ford
Legislative Branch
91St
First Audrain County Baby Girl Born Chastity Ann Parrott
Chastity Ann Parrott arrived at Audrain Medical Center at 7 06 a m as Audrain County's first baby of the day weighing seven pounds eleven ounces. She is the daughter of George Parrott Jr and his wife of 220 E Bolivar Sr Mexico. Her aunt Mary Helen Parrott Chitwood of Route 1 Mexico was Ledger Baby Girl of 1945. Maternal grandparents are Edwin Fox and wife of 2188 Alabama St. Paternal grandparents are George Parrott Sr and wife of Route 1 Mexico. Mr Parrott works at A P Green Refractories Co.
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Chastity Ann Parrott
Audrain County
Audrain Medical Center
George Parrott Jr
E. Bolivar Sr
Chastity Ann
Mexico
Ledger
Mary Helen
Parrott Chitwood
Route 1
Edwin Fox
Alabama St
George Parrott
Parrott
A. P. Green Refractories Co
Chris A. Weakly
Mansfield St
Weakly
A. B. Chance Co
Centralia
Alice Marie Johnson
Howard Christopher
H. A. Weakly
William Johnson
Missouri School of Law
Ft. Gordon
Helen Fenton
Augusta
Kahoka
Fenton
Churchill Place
Richard Vance
Mrs. Nettie Wakefield Dies At 92 In Audrain County
Mrs. Nettie Thomas Wakefield 92 died at Audrain Medical Center where she had been a patient since November 28. She was born December 15, 1878 in Gant, daughter of Marcus A Thomas and Elizabeth. She married Howard F. Arthur in 1905. he died in 1912. She remarried J. J. Wakefield in 1922. he died in 1927. She served on the Audrain County Court, elected in 1934 and 1936. Survived by sister Bessie Thomas in Columbus, Ohio. niece Mrs. Tony Lumpkin of Mexico. stepdaughter Mrs. Robert M. Clayton of Hannibal. three granddaughters, three great nieces, one nephew. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 pm at Precht-Pickering Funeral Home with Rev. George Wraith officiating. Burial in Flinwood Cemetery. Visitation after 7 pm today. Memorials to King’s Daughters Home or First Christian Church.
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Nettie Thomas Wakefield
Audrain Medical Center
Gant
Marcus A
Elizabeth Thomas
Howard FE. Arthur
J. J. Wakefield
Judge Wakefield
Audrain
Precht-Pickering
George Wraith
The
Christian Church
Flinwood Cemetery
King’s Daughters Home
First Christian Church
City Begins Christmas Tree Pickup
The city starts its Christmas tree collection with the southwest section first tomorrow. Gusty winds blew several trees into streets and lawns, with stray trees being collected citywide. Pickup moves to northwest Thursday and northeast Friday, then southeast on Friday. Leave trees on the parkway beside the street.
January Thunder In Weather Love
An old weather lore tale quotes a British Book of Knowledge predicting winds and corn and tattle. Reports describe yesterday’s thunder raising temps bringing Audrain County rain instead of snow, then strong winds drying pavements before a freeze.
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Audrain
Mexico
South Fork
North Missouri Roads Closed After Snow Storm Deaths
A storm dumped up to a foot of wind whipped snow across Kansas and northwest Missouri closing highways and causing three deaths. Edgar R. Edds, 59, Whiting, Kan., a highway employee, was struck by two cars beside a salt truck on U.S. 73. George Sherbert, 52, Nickerson, Kan., was found dead near his stalled car, death attributed to a heart attack.
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Minnesota
New Mexico
U.S. 64
Rio Grande
Santa Fe
Kansas
Nebraska
Omaha
Millard
Associated Press
Missouri
Edgar R. Edds
Bombers Attack North Vietnamese Buildup in South Vietnam
U S B52 bombers hit infiltration routes storage bunkers and base camps along the Laotian border and in the 4 Shan valley marking the first such strike in a month amid reports of a northern buildup. South Vietnamese forces with air support reported 21 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed in the U Minh forest. three Americans died and 14 were wounded in various incidents. Cambodian forces clashed with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong two miles south of Prey Totung with seven Cambodians and 11 enemy troops killed. The U S Command noted troop levels fell to 335,800 on December 31 1970 with plans to reduce further to 284 000 over four months.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
4 Shan
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
U Minh
Mekong Delta
Cambodia
Prey Totung
Phnom Penh
Vietnam
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University of Nebraska
Miami
New Audrain County
Russell Blackburn
Glenn M. Barnes
Barnes
Blackburn
Joseph M. Bone
A. B
Arch) Hays
Leroy Werner
Hattie Wood
Floyd Lewis
Wesley Wood
Leo Erdel
Thomas J. Osborne
Penn Central System
Nixon
Post Office
Nettie Wakefield
Mexico Tech
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Tokyo
Tokyo Astronomical Observatory
Smithsonian Institution
Yomiuri Shimbun
Nobuhisa Kojima
Okazaki
Aichi
Japan
Conrad Aiken
Robert Fenton
Audrain Circuit Court
George P. Adams
Fenlon
Bob Brown Insurance Agency
Kit Bond
LaPlata
University
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