Cold Wave Hits the South Follows March Snow Storm
A hard freeze and continuing snow cripple rescue efforts across North Carolina Georgia and nearby states as relief teams battle drifts up to feet high. Helicopters half tracks and military vehicles aid in reaching about 600 snowbound families amid ten weeks of severe winter weather.
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Atlanta
North Carolina
Georgia
Southland
Kentucky
Tennessee
Carolinas
Virginia
Snowbound Families Rescued As Helos Reach Five Counties
Rescuers pour into Ashe Avery Wilkes Alleghany and Watauga counties where about 500 to 700 families in Ashe 400 in Avery and roughly 600 in the others face heavy snow. Army National Guard Red Cross civil defense and highway crews deploy to deliver doctors guides coal and medical supplies amid drifts up to 35 feet and five feet of new snow in Ashe since Feb 11.
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West Jefferson
N.C
Ashe
Avery
Ashe, Avery
Wilkes
Alleghany
Watauga
Russ Jones
Red Cross
Atlanta
Army
National Guard
Civil Defense
State Highway Department
Langley Field
Charlotte
Trai'er
Jones
Ashe County
Edward F. Griffin
North Carolina
Burke County Red Cross
Newland
Caryl Chessman Seeks Last Appeal Amid Executions
In San Francisco Caryl Chessman and his lawyer pursued a new legal move to avoid the San Quentin gas chamber as Gov. Edmund G. Brown stated he would not grant a gubernatorial reprieve. Chessman faces his ninth execution date set for May 2 after a prior 10 hour reprieve before a Feb. 19 scheduled death.
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San Francisco
Caryl Chessman
San Quentin
Edmund G. Brown
Los Angeles
Brown
Chessman
Chattanooga Budget Scrutiny After Extra Winter Snow
Chattanooga officials faced scrutiny as the city cut 2000 dollars from the snow removal line this year. Total winter snowfall rose to 20.6 inches, boosted by 2.5 inches on Friday, nearing the all time record. Commissioner Pat Wilcox said snow removal costs ran about 40000 dollars since February 11.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Pat Wilcox
North Carolina and Georgia wrestle with winter damage
Neighbors in North Carolina burn lumber from homes for fuel as the National Guard is deployed. In Georgia's north, 10 inches of snow plus heavy drifts paralyze towns with 25 guardsmen and volunteers mobilized in Gainesville. overall damage nears 40 million dollars with ongoing recovery and uncertainty about return-home plans.
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Capus Waynick
North Carolina
National Guard
Georgia
Gainesville
Emmett Plunkett
Chuckle Line: A Pretzel as a Drinking Man's Filter
A light quip describes a pretzel serving as a practical filter for a drinker, framing humor around barroom snacks. The joke relies on the image of a pretzel used to strain or temper a beverage, delivering a quick, faintly punny moment.
Space Shot Enters Moon Orbit On Mission To Venus
Pioneer V races through space toward a solar orbit after launch. By 8 am it sat about 187 150 miles from earth and by 3 pm was near the moon’s orbit at about 232 000 miles. The 26 inch craft carries mini instruments sending new data home.
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Washington
Earth
Venus
Pioneer V launches boost U S space morale and records
AP reports Radio Moscow confirmed the United States launched Pioneer V, a sun orbiting probe. Thor Able rocket delivered 165000 pounds thrust enabling a 95 pound satellite to cycle near seven million miles from Venus, with a 311 day solar year and a 50 million mile radio link potential.
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London
Radio Moscow
United States
America
Soviet Union
Venus
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Protests in South Face Court Action and Racial Tensions
Swift court orders and stern warnings curb Negro protests in the South. Negro students cancel a march to the South Carolina State House and halt demonstrations at Alabama State College. The Fifth Circuit orders Dallas to desegregate within 51 days, while Austin and Montgomery see further actions on bans and trials.
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South
South Carolina State House
Columbia
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama State College
New Orleans
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Dallas, Tex
Austin
University of Texas
Eugene Lee
Alabama State
Philander Smith College
Little Rock
Ark
Betty Lanza Dies Widow of Mario Lanza
Betty Lanza widow of singer Mario Lanza died in Beverly Hills at 37. A maid found her pajama clad body in bed. Authorities cited possible natural causes or asphyxiation with autopsy pending. She had been under treatment for respiratory illness. Her husband died of a heart attack in Rome last October at 38. She was Chicago born and moved to California in 1944.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Mario Lanza
Hollywood
Betty Lanza
Bert Hicks
Mario
Rome
Hood, Girl Rubbed Out In Ambush
In Youngstown Ohio a gambling racketeer S Joseph Naples 50 was shot to death in an ambush and his girlfriend Mary Ann Vrancich 28 died after being hit on her porch Naples was regarded as a top Mahoning County racketeer and had prior violence including a 1957 home bombing. A shotgun was found near the curb as police investigated the attack and sought the killer.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown
S. Joseph
Sandy) Naples
Mary Ann Vrancich
Naples
South Side Hospital
William R. Golden
Golden
Mahoning County
Stanley Novak
Vrancich
Novak
Rescuers Could Reach 18 Miners Today at Logan Shaft
Breakthrough ventilation with four 24 inch galvanized pipes and large fans aimed to clear deadly fumes in the Holden 22 mine. Crawford L Wilson led rescue efforts as 150 workers battled heat and smoke to reach the entombed miners.
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Logan
W. Va
Dracidant Rawman
EO Galeaii
Cave of Island Creek Coal Co
Eary
Crawford L. Wilson
William Donaldson
Donaldson
Kids Sure Were Lucky After Train Crash
A 1955 car carrying 11 teenagers from Minneapolis and suburbs skidded on a snow covered crossing in Coon Rapids and was struck by Great Northern's Western Star train at 75 mph. All survived with two in critical condition. others treated for injuries at North Memorial Hospital. The train was delayed about an hour.
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Minneapolis
E. C. Bombarger
Coon Rapids
North Memorial Hospital
Bombarger
Cance
Great Northern
Western Star
Chicago
Seattle
Train Crash Kills Man in Xenia Near Bellbrook
William J. Doggett age 34 of near Bellbrook was killed when his car collided with a train at a crossing on Grange Hall Road near Xenia Ohio early today according to the State Highway Patrol.
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Xenia, Ohio
William J. Doggett
Bellbrook
Grange Hall Road
Here
State Highway Patrol
Judy Ann Awakens After Sleeping Sickness Miracle
A seven year old girl Judy Ann Rawson awakens from a month long coma due to sleeping sickness and measles though she remains paralyzed and nonverbal. A televised plea by Danny Thomas via a bedside telephone link inspired by teamwork between a newspaper and CBS sparked the hopeful recovery.
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New York
Judy Ann Rawson
Telephone Company
Judy Ann
Danny Thomas
William Rawson
Wyckoff Heights Hospital
Brooklyn
Anthony LaMarca
Gene Nichols
Long Island Press
Nichols
Columbia Broadcasting System
Thomas
CBS
Hollywood
New York Telephone Co
Two Ryukyu Islanders Injured in Accidental Strafing
NAHA Okinawa AP reports two Ryukyu Islanders were wounded while gathering scrap at a gunnery range. The U S Air Force acknowledged the incident and said there are no eyewitnesses besides the victims, but indications point to strafing by an American jet.
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Naha
Okinawa
U.S. Air Forc
Moon Eclipsed in Coppery Red Total Lunar View
The full moon will darken into a coppery red during a total lunar eclipse Sunday at 2:41 a.m. EST, lasting 1 hour 25 minutes. Visible across the Western Hemisphere weather permitting, it is the first total eclipse since November 1956. The earth casts a long shadow, bending sunlight to tint the moon.
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New York
Jungle hunter Stella Reeves stuns press with jaguar kill
Stella Reeves, 27, claimed to have hunted a 340 pound jaguar in northwest Brazil after 34 jungle days with a spear. She opened a footlocker to reveal a nonpoisonous anaconda named Adam and a hairless hunting dog, during a chaotic Manhattan news conference at the Algonquin Hotel.
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Philadelphia
Pretty Stella
Sissy) Reeves
Floyd Reeves
Brazil
Manhattan
Algonquin Hotel
Miss Reeves
Adam
Stella
New York City
Adoption Called Off by Publicity Rife Plan in Charleston Fall
In Charleston a childless South Carolina couple canceled their English adoption after a visa for Yvone Moore of Luton was withdrawn. Mrs. Wilbur Prescott blamed publicity for the reversal and said the couple would not take the baby, their first, now. Moore's mother, Ellen Moore, welcomed the decision.
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Charleston
S.C
APJ
South Carolina
Wilbur Prescott
North Charleston
U.S
Yvone Moore
Luton
England
United States
Prescotts
London
Moore
Ellen Moore
Finch Jury Deliberations Enter Eighth Day
In Los Angeles AP reports the jury in the Finch murder trial enters its eighth day of deliberations. Dr. R Bernard Finch a 42 year old surgeon and his 23 year old girlfriend Carole Tregoff face a possible verdict amid lingering questions and rumors.
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Los Angeles
Finch
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
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