Traffic deaths top toll as 38 300 people die in 1955
Chicago AP reports 1955 traffic accidents killed 38 300 Americans, the highest toll since 1941. Total accident deaths reach 92 000 with 9.2 million injuries and 10.3 billion dollars in losses. December a record month with 3 960 deaths.
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National Safety Council Today
United States
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Arizona
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N.Y
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Dallas
Weather turns to sleet in Miami Valley forecast
Officials predict rain today turning to sleet and snow tonight in the Miami Valley. High 39, low 20. Friday brings cloudy skies and colder air with snow flurries and a high near 28. Unofficial yesterday peaked at 38 with a 28 low this morning. Rainfall through 8 am totaled 0.70 inches.
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Miami
Weather Bureau calls groundhog forecast bunk amid proverb debate
The Weather Bureau denounces the groundhog as a forecaster and says proverbs vary by region. It notes winds differ by coast and that sayings like the south wind are misleading near the Gulf states. The bureau adds the groundhog will still likely stay out in the Midwest and East, nose cold in snow.
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Europe
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Dozing Driver Is Dunked In Channel
Donald Cassidy, 25, drove into the Los Cerritos drainage channel in clear weather after dozing off. He woke to water gurgling, escaped by rolling down a window, swam to the surface, and walked a mile to Veterans Hospital for treatment. Police returned him home. his car remains trapped in the channel.
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Long Beach
Calif
Donald Cassidy
Los Cerritos
Cassidy
Veterans Hospital
Ohio Gets All Kinds Of Weather
Rain drizzled across Ohio melting a northern snow cover as Cleveland's 7 inches shrank to about 5 inches by early morning. Temperatures hovered mid thirties with a forecast of sleet and more rain overnight. Around the state, Defiance, Youngstown, Akron, Canton reported snow. Findlay, Toledo, Mansfield, and Cincinnati saw mixed precipitation including sleet and rain.
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Cleveland
Weather Bureau
Defiance
Youngstown
Akron
Canton
Findlay
Toledo
Mansfield
Cincinnati
Columbus
Zanesville
Chesapeake
Lawrence County
Dayton
Rival Groundhog Centers Rally On Feb Groundhog Day
Rival groundhog centers in Pennsylvania vie for supremacy as Punxsutawney leads with Gobbler’s Knob tradition while Quarryville Slumbering Lodge touts prestige and obser vation posts. Allentown Grandson Lodge and Greater Philadelphia zoo groundhogs also participate in the annual spectacle. Em mie the trained groundhog at the Philadelphia zoo died recently, leaving Connelly the one-eyed survivor among the remaining quarry of animals.
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Punxsutawney Club
Canoe Ridge
Alleghenies
Sta
Punxsutawney
Quarryville
Lancaster County
International Order of Groundhog
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Lehigh
Greater
Emmie
Connelly
Washington Declaration Stresses Peace Moves
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Eden endorsed steps to prevent another Israel Arab conflict and warned Red China against expansion. They reaffirmed peace goals, invited France into three power talks on Palestine, and outlined possible UN force deployments, sanctions, and arms sale policies.
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Talmadge Would Replace George In Georgia Senate Question
SAVANNAH Ga Former Gov Herman Talmadge on a TV program urged vigorous representation in the U S Senate over seniority and suggested Georgians should consider replacing Sen Walter George 78 If I serve the people for 50 years I won't ask for a new six year term Talmadge said
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Savannah
Herman Talmadge
U. S. Senate
Walter George
Talmadge
400-year-old clock stolen from Shinto temple found
Police in Shizuka Japan recovered a 400-year-old clock taken from a Shinto temple after a note mocking officers as a pack of slow-pokes was left on the temple steps. The incident follows months of patrols and public concern.
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Shizouka
Japan
Eden Calls Big Bomb Deterrent in Senate Speech
British Prime Minister Eden called the atomic bomb a mutual deterrent as the US Britain and Russia possess it. He warned of widespread fear and the danger of annihilation as he outlined a three part plan with President Eisenhower to strengthen alliances, show unity of purpose against conflicts, and continue economic aid to Western friends while not offering aid to the Soviet bloc.
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Eden
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House
Friends of the West
Thom To Go On Ballot As Anti Lausche
Thom of Denton won petitions to run in the May 8 primary as an anti Lausche delegate to the Democratic National Convention. He says he is not a candidate for President and would be pledged to himself as a Peaysons candidate. Lausche expected to announce a slate of delegates pledged to him as a favorite son candidate.
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Columbus
Ohio
William R. Thom
Denton
Peaysons
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Averell Harriman
New York
Lausche
Tenley Albright Wins Olympic Figure Skating Title
Plucky Tenley Albright struggled through leg pain to win the Olympic women's singles, giving the United States a sweep of individual honors in the event. In Chicago, George Halas named Paddy Driscoll as head coach of the Chicago Bears to succeed himself.
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Cortina D'Ampezzo
Italy
Tenley Albright
United States
Chicago
George Halas
Chicago Bears
Paddy Driscoll
Bears
FDR Letter to Ike Reaches Colin Kelly III for West Point
The 10 day after Pearl Harbor note by Franklin D Roosevelt to the President is finally delivered to Dwight D Eisenhower. Colin P Kelly III now 15 and a Westtown School student in Concordville Pa is the son of the war hero Col Colin P Kelly Jr. The White House indicated he is interested in West Point but will wait until he is 17 to be eligible. His mother urged no excessive publicity and privacy for Corky as he grows up.
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United States
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Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Colin III
Concordville
Philadelphia
J. Watson Pedlow
Westtown Friends School
White House
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
National Archives
National
Wayne Grover
Colin
Corky
Train Wreck Probe Begun for San Diegan Disaster
The Santa Fe Railway Co. begins inquiry into the San Diegan wreck in east Los Angeles on January 22. The probe will last several days and officials will not release progress updates. The disaster claimed 30 lives.
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Los Angeles
The
Santa Fe Railway Co
McKeldin Seeks State Takeover of Baltimore Transit
Governor Theodore R. McKeldin plans to push a bill in the Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis to authorize state seizure of the Baltimore Transit Co. to end the ongoing city transit strike. The move aims to restore service and curb disruption across Baltimore.
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Theodore R. McKeldin
General Assembly
Annapolis
Baltimore Transit Co
No Tax On Love: Mass House Rejects License Increase
Massachusetts legislators defeated a proposal to raise the marriage license fee from $2 to $3. Rep. Louis Glaser of Malden called the measure a tax on love, voicing strong opposition to the plan.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Louis Glaser
D-Malden
Benson backs McKay as Morse opponent in Washington
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson defended farm policies during a Spokane stopover. He urged Douglas McKay, former Oregon governor, as the Republican best hope to defeat Senator Morse. Benson called the farm plan a billion-dollar-plus program and urged voluntary, non-coercive measures with government cooperation.
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Spokane Wash
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Douglas McKay
Oregon
Sen
Morse
Dore
Eisenhower
Wayne Morse
National Assn. of
Portland
Washington
Jet Crashes. Ohio Pilot, 24, Is Killed
An Air Force pilot from Ohio was killed as his F84G Thunderjet crashed on takeoff at Luke AFB in Arizona. The pilot was identified as 1st Lt. William M. Rogers, 24, son of Mr and Mrs Pseu E Rogers of North Lima, Ohio.
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Decatur
Florida
George L. Jacobsen
Luke Air Force Base
Ariz
Air Force
Ohio
William M. Rogers
Pseu E. Rogers
North Lima
Stranded in Albuquerque School as Blizzard Traps 34
In Albuquerque 34 teachers parents and students remained isolated inside Hathorne Elementary after a wind whipped blizzard created 8 to 10 foot drifts. Army trucks delivered blankets and Red Cross aid while some children stayed with neighbors overnight.
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Albuquerque
Hathorne
William Nabors
Hawthorne
Sandia Mountains
Nabors
Red Cross
Red Note Studied In Norway
Oslo reports say Norway will seek a court ruling before acting on Russia’s demand to release 14 Soviet fishing boats seized as poachers by Norwegian patrols in herring-rich waters near Alesund. Moscow called it a misunderstanding. Norway filed formal protests and prosecutions began under Norwegian law.
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Norway
Russia
Alesund
Tass
Moscow
Girl Bravely Alerts Couple As East Side Fire Spreads
A 14-year old girl woke a sleeping couple in a third floor apartment after discovering a blaze on the east side. Linda Wittine climbed two smoky stairs to rouse Mr. and Mrs. Junior E. McCulley, saving them from the fire that left three families homeless and caused about $16,000 in damage.
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Cleveland
East Side
Linda Wittine
Junior E. McCulley
Plot to murder parents by teen girl and two men
In Scranton, two men and a 16 year old girl plotted to kill Marlene Chomko’s parents and share their wealth. The mother, Margaret Chomko, 38, was shot and is in critical condition. the girl faces felonious assault charges. Diana, 22, and John Pitta, 34, mastermind the plan and sought the father’s truck. The trio signed statements admitting involvement and were held on open charges.
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Asst. Dist. Atty
Ralph Needle
Samuel Diana
John Pitta
Marlene Chomko
Diana
Taylor
Pitta
Needles
Needle
Marlene
Margaret Chomko
New York
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