Winter Arrives With Cold Rush Across Nation
Winter's debut brings subzero conditions in New England and widespread rain and flood threats from northern California to the Pacific Northwest. Record lows hit Missina New York while Alaska warms to 14 above. California roads close as Eureka evacuations rise. Oregon reports four inches of rain and a fatality from a wind‑driven tree.
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Bedridden inventor Norman Consterdine seeks uplift through ideas
Detroit man Norman C. Consterdine, confined by cerebral palsy, has devised tools to aid daily life though never patented. He hopes to launch a bedbound, home based business employing handicapped workers as salespeople, with plans to patent future concepts. He relies on his mother for care and writes with assistance, expressing resilient optimism.
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Yuletide
Regional Weather Forecast by United Press
Regional forecast outlines clear to partly cloudy skies in West Texas through Friday with warm days and mild nights. East Texas expects cloudy to partly cloudy conditions with cooler air in the south on Thursday and slight warming Friday. South Central Texas remains cloudy to partly cloudy through Friday with cooler Thursday and a bit warmer Friday as coast winds stay moderate and variable.
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Oregon Braces For Another Ocean Storm
A new ocean storm headed toward western Oregon after a day of 2 to 5 inches of rain. Flooding and blocking slides closed roads and forced evacuations while inland gusts reached 82 mph. A man died as trees toppled and highways flooded around Portland and coastal areas.
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Marriage Failure Blamed On TV In California Divorce
Los Angeles woman Annette Stoica testified in her divorce case blaming her husband Eli Stoica for neglect due to constant TV watching. The judge awarded the family home including the television, after Cruelty grounds were cited.
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Annette Stoica
Eli M. Stoica
Samuel Blake
Mrs Claus Receives Holiday Pranks at Santa Home
Mrs Willis S Claus of Albuquerque reports older children dial her Santa home seeking fun each year. Her 11 year old daughter Marilyn answered one call claiming to be Santa’s helper and took an order from a caller who seemed earnest.
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Singer seeks divorce blaming husband for ulcer
Toni Carroll, 26, asks divorce from TV executive David L. Wolper, 29, claiming his insults caused her ulcer and stuttering. She says the marriage failed after two years and cites humiliation before friends as a factor in filing.
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Toni Carroll
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Oklahoma partial clouds bring warmer temps across regions
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Thursday into Friday with a slight warming in central and eastern areas. Temperatures rise to highs around 50 to 65 degrees and fall to the 30s at night, with little change expected Thursday night into Friday.
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Firemen Save 5000 ChinChillas From Burning Richmond Barn
Firefighters rescued a batch of 5000 chinchillas trapped in a rock wool lined compartment of the Perkins family barn in Richmond. Axes breached the air conditioned chamber and saved the rodents amid the blaze.
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D. E. Perkins
Eisenhowers Welcome Grandchild As Christmas Plans Unfold
President and Mrs. Eisenhower announced the birth of a daughter Mary Jean to Maj John Eisenhower at Walter Reed Army Hospital. The White House set greetings for staff as the couple weighed post Christmas travel and the first family prepared for a NSC meeting amid weather and travel uncertainties.
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Leaders Arrested in Chile Copper Strike Action
In Santiago Chile at least 39 leaders of a 14 000 worker strike at Anaconda Co and Kennecott Copper Co mines were arrested on Wednesday for inciting the week old illegal stoppage.
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Strike Parley Schedules Narrow Window for 22 560 Workers
In Philadelphia the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Transport Workers Union meet in a last-ditch effort to avert a strike affecting 22 560 workers. The Eisenhower board proposed a welfare plan for workers and families with paid holidays. TWU President Michael J. Quill says talks are deadlocked after three weeks of face-to-face negotiations.
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Navy Hosts Four Hundred Cockroaches For Christmas
Four hundred cockroaches from Pensacola Memphis Barin Field and Charleston are guests of the Navy in Jacksonville for Christmas. Officials say the pests are developing immunity to chlordane and will be treated with chlordane-based insecticides. If they die that will be dandy, but the Navy will seek other methods if needed.
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Rabbit farming boosts income for Texas farmer
In Big Spring Texas farmer R L Martin who lives north of Sand Springs on an 80 acre drought era farm shifts from cotton and feed to rabbit raising. He sells about 65 to 70 rabbits weekly and says 80 acres no longer suffices for a living.
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