Nation's wintry preview tapers off after deadly storm
The nation faced a severe late autumn storm with at least 13 deaths and numerous missing. Snow and ice disrupted western mountains and the Pacific Northwest, while arctic cold eased in from the north. Authorities reported several drownings, traffic fatalities, and hunter fatalities linked to the blizzard and winds across multiple states.
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Colo
Rockies
Plains
Weather Bureau
Colorado
Gulf States
Montana
Wyoming
Alaska
Pacific Coast
California
Idaho
Pacific Northwest
New England
Lake Superior
International Falls
Minn
Adirondacks
Saranac- Lake Placid
Texas
Portland
Ore
Bremerton
Wash
Blackfoot
Ogden
Utah
Spooner
Wis
Indiana
New York
Michigan
Keweenaw Peninsula
Lake Erie
Sugar Island
Erie
Mich
Iron County
Detroit
27 Die as Charter Airliner crashes near Seattle
A four engine DC4 chartered to the Army by Peninsular Air Transport Co. crashed after takeoff from Boeing Field bound for Chicago. 27 people died, 47 survived including the three crew members and a mother and five children who escaped unharmed in a nearby house. The plane carried 66 servicemen returning from the Far East for Thanksgiving reunions.
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Peninsular Air Transport Co
Miami Springs
Fla
Far East
Nevada
Boeing Field
Chicago
Eugene Casey
Casey
Seattle
Donald Renard
Renard
R. L. Howze
Civil Aeronautcs Board
Herbert Gardiner
Boeing Airplane Co
Gardiner
E. J. Rice
William Queen
Meigs Place
Washington, D. C
Luc
Air Force dentist in France shapes wall-eyed pike image
A Roanoke Virginia Air Force man brought a picture of a wall-eyed pike with human teeth to a local newspaper office. He said the image was created by an Air Force dentist in France for AP reporting.
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Roanoke
March Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
14 Killed On Slope In Rugged Rockies
LAS VEGAS Nevada AP a C 34 transport with 14 aboard crashed high in the Charleston Mountains while bound for Groom Dry Lake from Burbank California. Search teams in subzero cold reached the 9000 foot slope but few survivors expected. Wreckage found near Mt Charleston 11910 feet as officials traced the routine mission and noted no disclosed passenger details.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Air Force
Charleston Mountains
Nevada
Coedee
Mt. Charleston
Here
Groom Dry Lake
AEC
Camp Mercury
Burbank
Calif
Air Force Headquarters
Washington
D. C
Albuquerque
N. M
Nellis
Igorot tribesman goes on fatal rampage near Manila
Paganas Mayo a 28 year old Igorot man sick with malaria hacked five people to death and seriously injured two more in San Nicolas north of Manila before fleeing to the mountains. His wife was among the injured.
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Manila
Paganas Mayo
San Nicolas
Democrats Weigh Stevenson Kefauver Ticket For 1956 Nomination
Democratic insiders discuss Adlai E Stevenson with Len Estes Kefauver as potential running mate as party expands the 1956 convention to 2,744 delegates and 1,896 alternates. Paul Ziffren and Mayor David Lawrence back the idea amid fundraising gains and rules to curb loyalty oath disputes.
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Democratic National Committee
Paul Ziffren
California
National Committee
David Lawrence
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Adlai E. Stevenson
Lawrence
Stevenson
Len Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
George F. Rock
Colorado
Douglas F. Hunt
Minnesota
Paul M. Butler
Stephen A Mitchell
Lausche hints at future plans during Meet The Press
Governor Frank Lausche dodged a clear answer on running for the U S Senate or a sixth term as governor. He said his chances of election to the Senate are higher than a gubernatorial win and left open the possibility of attending the Democratic National Convention as Ohio's Favorite Son. He also said he would not oppose Stevenson if he seeks delegate strength in Ohio.
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Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Queenly Club
U. S
George Bender
Brady Black
Columbus
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Leo Hird
Cincinnati Post
Douglass Allen
Kentucky
Cincinnati Times-Star
Lawrence Spivak
Meet the Press
Ohio
Adlai
Stevenson
Cold Wave Threatens Montana Christmas Tree Industry
Eureka Montana faces a crisis as the November cold wave endangers the state’s Christmas tree supply. The industry, worth about a seventh of the nation’s trees, fears damage to harvests and delayed shipments.
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Eureka
Montup
Montana
Thanksgiving Meaning Beyond Turkey in Journal Feature
Sunday Journal highlights Thanksgiving meaning through photographer Bill Veith in the Society pages. Germantown women prepared 120 quarts of mince meat from a guarded recipe to raise funds for the local Methodist Church. Franklin's Wildcats gain focus as the Journal previews area high school basketball prospects.
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Bill Veith
Germantown
Miami Valley
Franklin
Wildcats
The
Journal Sports Section
Iran Premier Feeling Fine After Tehran Attack
Premier Hussein Ala, wounded by a would be assassin in Tehran, left by train for Iraq to attend the Baghdad Defense Alliance meeting. He told reporters he was feeling fine despite a neck wound and a small adhesive plaster.
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Tehran
Iran
Hussein Ala
Iraq
Baghdad Defense Alliance
Shah Mosque
Dulles Geneva talks loom as Eisenhower weighs next steps
President Eisenhower broadens post Geneva strategy in a four power deadlock. Dulles prepares a draft public report to be delivered tonight in a nationwide radio TV address. CBS TV carries live at 7:30 p.m. EST with NBC and ABC/CBS radio and delayed telecast plans. Dulles arrived in Gettysburg as top aides including Dillon Anderson and Lewis Strauss join in evaluating future policy. General Gruenther accompanies Strauss arriving to bolster NATO planning.
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ED Creagh
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
State Dulles
Dulles
Cbs-Tv
NBC
ABC
CBS
Eisen
Washington
Dillon Anderson
National Security Council
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
Alfred M. Gruenther
NATO
Europe
Graham Denies Planting Bomb On Airliner
Denver report says John Gilbert Graham denies planting a bomb in the United DC6B crash that killed his mother Daisie King and 43 others near Longmont Colorado on November 1. He faces murder charges and a November 28 arraignment was set to allow counsel.
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Denver
John Gilbert Graham
Rocky Mountain News
Graham
al Nakkula
FBI
Daisie King
Longmont
Colo
Marion man dies in collision with Erie train
Virgil A. Smith a 39 year old Marion resident died from injuries after his car was struck by an Erie passenger train at the eastern edge of Marion today.
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Marion
Ohio
Virgil A. Smith
Erie
Publisher Harry Lea Doud Dies in Columbus
Harry Lea Doud 79 publisher of the Daily Reporter legal publication in Columbus died today. A Norwalk native he moved to Columbus in 1899 and led the paper in legal notices and public records.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harry Lea Doud
Daily Reporter
Norwalk
Weekend Forecast Notes Cloudy Cold and Snow Risk
Weather outlook calls for a chilly weekend with possible snow flurries Saturday. Official forecast predicts partly cloudy skies and warmer today turning to fair and cold tonight, with Saturday mostly cloudy and little temperature change. Unofficial high Thursday reached 35 degrees and morning low was 23 degrees.
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Depesters
U S Still Thinks Reds War Wary
Washington assesses Soviet aims after Geneva tough line. Officials maintain belief that Moscow does not seek war or concessions on a broad scale, but hard stance may reflect fears of weakening control over European satellites and countering free movement in the Balkans and Hungary.
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Washington
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Geneva
Eisenhower
West
Dulles
U. S
V. M. Molotov
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Balkans
Hungary
Bulgania
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
O'Neill Hints Announcement for Ohio Governor Nomination
The Plain Dealer reports Attorney General C William ONeill will announce his bid for the Republican nomination for governor in Columbus next Monday. He will host a news breakfast and later meet with his campaign staff and key supporters nationwide. Twenty of 88 county GOP groups have endorsed him. Lt Gov John W Brown of Medina had already entered the race.
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Cleveland
the Plain Dealer
C. William O'Neill
Columbus
O'Neill
Ohio
John W. Brown
Medina
Famous Circus Queen Dies Ill With Cancer At 84
Dolly Varden once a $10 000 a week circus star in America and Europe is critically ill in City Hospital St Louis. Now Mrs Raymond O dell aged 84 she traveled with a private railroad car after retirement and lived near downtown for ten years. Her husband died last August.
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ST. Louis
Dolly Varden
America
Europe
City Hospital
Miss Varden
Raymond O'dell
Sheppard Appeal Set for Ohio Supreme Court
The appeal of Dr. Samuel Sheppard to the Ohio Supreme Court will be heard December 13, court attaches said. He is serving a life term in Ohio Penitentiary after being found guilty of killing his wife Marilyn in their Bay Village home on July 4, 1954.
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Columbus
Ohio
Samuel Sheppard
Ohio Supreme Court
Sheppard
Ohio Penitentiary
Marilyn
Bay Village
Argentine CGT calls off five day general strike
Buenos Aires reports that Peronista labor leaders have halted the three day walkout after meeting with Labor Minister Raul Migone. CGT leaders resolved to cease immediate action while the Arcamburu government maintains pressure on exiled officials and military and clerical elements.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Peronista
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Raul Migone
Juan D. Peron
Pedro Arcamburu
Une
Arcamburu
Luis Natalini
Andres Framini
Car salesman offers 1956 convertible for football seats
Paris Kentucky Gene Martin a Paris car salesman advertised in the Paris Daily Enterprise that he would swap a 1956 convertible for two 50 yard line box seats worth 7 dollars for Saturday's Kentucky Tennessee game in Lexington. He noted the annual sellout often occurs before the season opens.
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Paris
Lexington
Gene Martin
Paris Daily Enterprisee
Pal Confesses Convict Gets Reprieve From Electric Chair
Oklahoma Governor grants a 60 day stay of execution for Harbie Franklin Fairris Jr after co defendant Raymond Carrol Price claims he shot detective Bennie Cravatt Price and Fairris both Dallas natives face possible retrial issues due to double jeopardy Fairris asserts his innocence while Price could face limited further action and the families react from Texas and Oklahoma City through the late night decision and surrounding fallout.
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Mcalester
Okla
Harbie Franklin Fairris Jr
H. C. McLeod
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Raymond Gary
Fairris
State Pardon and Parole Board
Raymond Carrol Price
Oklahoma City
Bennie Cravatt
Price
James Skinner
Dallas
Crae Vatt
Oklahoma
State Capitol
Texas
Paris
Tex
Harbie Franklin Fairris Sr
Margie Zeglen
Goree
Zeglen
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