Tornado Toll Rises Across States March 19
A sprawling storm system swept from Texas to New York causing at least 45 deaths and injuries surpassing 2 million. Major damage hit southern Macoupin County Illinois and nearby towns, with towns like Fosterburg and Bunker Hill heavily wrecked. Emergency services report power outages, road blockages, and widespread property loss across multiple states.
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Chicago
Texas
New York
Macoupin County
Chads
St. Louis
Ubet
Oklahoma
Miussour
Diinois
Kokomo
Ind
Indianapolis
Alton
Fosterburg
Bunker Hill
Little Woodburn
Milespie
Ohio
Landeck
Mercer County
Ottawa
Urbana
Kentucky
Bracken County
Michigan
Flat Rock
Red Cross
St Louis
Washington County
Finksburg Man Fined Totals 3180 For Multiple Violations
Irvin Conrad Blum, 45, Route 1 Finksburg, found guilty on four charges by Magistrate Raymond L. Benson in Westminster. The March 9 incident on Route 140 involved a car striking flares and police, with two men injured. Blum paid 10145 for drunken driving, 26 for reckless driving, 2645 for failing to stop after a collision, and 2645 for resisting arrest. Officers reported Blum was subdued after being dragged from the scene.
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Irvin Conrad Blum
Route 1
Finksburg
Raymond L. Benson
Westminster
Richard Stallings
Charles Horne
Blum
U S Defense Plan Embraces Instant Retaliation Strategy
Washington March 19 A CBS report outlines America's new defense concept built on instant retaliation against aggression. Speeches by Air Force leaders describe striking back instantly to deter a superpower attack, with bases planned across Maine, Alaska, Dhahran, and Meilaha to project air power.
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U. S
Limtestone
Mile 26 Field
Fairbanks
Alaska
Air Force
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
Meilaha
Tripol
Greenland
Aleutians
Washington
Montana
Nebraska
Idaho
South Dakota
Michigan
Ilineis
New York
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Maine
U.S
Douglas Larsen
Ins
America
Intersé
Congressional Aviation Policy Board
Russia
Carl Spaatz
USAF
Vapar
RAF
Limestone
U .S
Moscow
Aska
Tripoi
Air Transport Command
Bares
Secret bases and names spark Cold War style claims
A brief notes classified secrecy mentioning bases in Greenland Alaska and the Aleutians and a separate item records Roger Hildebrand of Woodsboro Maryland granted exclusive use of the name Rocky Ginde for his Holstein Friesian cattle with registration by the Holstein Friesen Association of America.
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Brattleboro
Roger Hildebrand
Woodsboro
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Taft Hartley Law Used At Atomic Plant
The government invoked the Taft Hartley Act to avert a threatened strike by about 900 AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council workers at Oak Ridge. An injunction in Knoxville restrains Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp operators from disturbing the labor contract, as coal and meat shortages affect wartime needs and production.
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Associated Press
Oak Ridge
Truman
AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Counc
Knoxville
Tenn
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