Winter Grips Europe and U S Amid Deep Freeze
Europe endures killer winter with more than 200 deaths and widespread frost. In the United States a massive Arctic air mass grips the nation from the Rockies to the Atlantic with subzero readings in Tennessee Kentucky and Florida records freezing temperatures. Schools close and travel disrupts while Florida citrus faces frost risks and Everglades crops remain largely spared.
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Rockies
Atlantic Coast
London
Europe
Atlantic
Black Sea
Strawberry Ice Cream Cone Delights in Cold Snap
In New York a luncheonette counterman served hot drinks to frozen patrons while a man ordered a strawberry ice cream cone to go claiming his wife might be pregnant and urging haste before it melts. Nearby in Allentown a couple sought transport to a hospital claiming sunburn in near zero temps. Toledo logged 17 below zero as a relief sign amused shoppers. Detroit reported beer deliveries crippled by icy roads with temperatures at minus 13, the coldest in 29 years.
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New York
Tommy Thunelius
Allentown
William Ruth
Detroit
Ed Gruman
Local 38
Kansas Traffic Death Log for January 18 1963
AP Topeka reports Kansas traffic deaths over the 24 hour period ending 9 am Friday January 18 1963. The tally compares with 30 deaths in the same 1962 period. Prescriptions listed as Raney CH 2-3092.
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Topeka
Kansas
More Cubans Free Of Ficel
One thousand one hundred seventy Cuban refugees arrived at Port Everglades aboard the Shirley Lykes, then a free life in the United States. Many sick or exhausted walked off, aided by Red Cross nurses, while some elderly and ill were taken off on stretchers.
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Joe McGowan
SJR
Miami
Fla
United States
Shirley Sykes
Port Everglades
Fort Lauderdale
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Benning Lary
Shirley Lykes
Bay of Pigs
Red Cross
Felipe Latour Y Bravo
Havana Harbor
Fidel
Weather Bureau Clerk Says Warm But Cold Wave Looms
A weather bureau official notes a warmer day followed by an impending cold wave. The remark hints at fluctuating conditions and potential temperature swings ahead.
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Jekyll and Hyde
Weather Bureau
Yale Woolen Mills Closure Cuts Town Deep
In Yale Michigan, 1,621 residents rely on 300 jobs and a $1 million payroll from the town’s only industry. The Yale Woolen Mills closed this week, driven by declines in wool, imports, and synthetic fibers. Union workers lost wages as the plant’s shuttering leaves the community facing a new sewage plant order and a pending $1 million school bond vote.
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Yale, Mich
Michigan
Lavern Carl
Robert E. Andrea
Andrea
Donald Winkler
Textile Workers Union of America
Winkler
Yale
Port Huron
State Health Department
Beverly Hillbillies Singers Sue for 1.25 Million
Four singers Curt Barrett Charles Quirk Ashley J Dees and Aleth F Hansen sue the Beverly Hillbillies cast in Superior Court alleging prior rights to the name for 30 years The defendants include Buddy Ebsen Max Baer Jr Paul Henning Al Simons Irene Ryan Donn a Douglas and Bea Benaderet The suit seeks damages and an injunction to bar further use of the name
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Los Angeles
Beverly Hillbillies
Superior Court
Curt Barrett
Charles Quirk
Ashley J. Dees
Aleth F. Hansen
Buddy Ebsen
Max Baer Jr
Paul Henning
al Simons
Irene Ryan
Weather county and Kansas forecast summary
Cloudy with occasional snow gradually accumulating one to three inches by tomorrow afternoon. Freezing drizzle tonight. Temperatures rise to the 20s tomorrow with lows 15 to 20 tonight. Kansas forecast shows heavy cloudiness and mixed precipitation from tonight into tomorrow, with northern areas seeing snow and colder highs. Five day outlook calls for temperatures 10 to 20 degrees below normal, with 0.10 to 0.40 inch precipitation mainly as snow tomorrow and Sunday.
Don’t Burn House To Keep Warm
Fire Chief Harry Gilliland warns against relying on fires for warmth citing deadly incidents in Kansas City. He urges constant parental supervision of children, warns about elderly residents alone, and highlights that Ottawa has had only thawing pipe fires this winter. Three tips: keep clean, avoid clutter in closets, and inspect heating systems with proper ventilation.
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Ottawa
Harry Gilliland
Kansas school district reorganization bill begins hearings
The House Education Committee opened work on a proposed school district reorganization bill to replace a 1961 law struck down by the state Supreme Court. The plan would let the state superintendent approve districts while local planning boards study issues and make boundary recommendations, with final approval by voters or, if needed, the state superintendent.
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House Education Committee
Kansas
State Supreme Court
Legislative Council
John Bower
R-Mclouth
Bower
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Milder Now But It Will Be Worse
Topeka AP reports milder conditions across Kansas today but a new cold front reaches northwest areas Saturday bringing colder temps. Early lows range 4 to 14 degrees with 15 to 20 degree warmups in many places. Highs mostly in the 20s north to low 30s south. Tonight 15 to 20 northwest to about 30 southeast. A storm over the Texas Panhandle may bring snow and freezing drizzle tonight into Saturday. Weekend outlook is generally cold and unpleasant.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Olathe
Hutchinson
Wichita
Texas Panhandle
Numbers Link Car Tag To License Plate
D. C. Whitaker of 336 Willow recalls a familiar number 3583 from his 1962 tag as he buys a 1963 car license plate. Mrs. Whitaker notes the coincidence happened by chance.
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D. C. Whitaker
Willow
Mrs. Whitaker
Oppose Federal Apportionment Voted In Kansas Senate
In Topeka the Kansas Senate approved a resolution opposing federal enforcement of state legislative apportionment by a 25 to 12 vote. The list of 25 supporters included Barr Davison Forsyth Glades Harbaugh Harper Heller Hodge Hults Lamb Menhusen Murray Reid Rinker Rowe Sanborn Schram Sebelius Smith Strahan Van Sickle Voss Ward Wunsch, while 12 opposed were Ball Bauman Farmer Ferguson Howat Joseph Kuppinger McDowell Myers Saar Taggert Warren.
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Topeka
Senate
Ball Bauman
Farmer
Fergueson
Howat
Joseph
Kuppinger
McDowell
Myers
Saar
Taggert
Warren
Former Ottawan to join embassy staff in London
Karl Shoemaker son of Mr and Mrs Fred Shoemaker of 847 S Cedar Ottawa has accepted a post with the Foreign Agricultural Service U S Department of Agriculture He and his wife Grace and their son Kent will fly to London to report January 27 as assistant agricultural attaché for a two year tour His daughter Shirley a Kansas State University freshman will join in June The oldest daughter Karlyn is a home economist for the University of Maryland Extension based in Annapolis Karl a 1931 Ottawa High School graduate and 1936 Kansas State University alum earned a 1948 MS from KSU and held roles from county agent in Hays to full professor at Wisconsin and later led the General Economics and Rural Sociology Branch at USDA before joining the Foreign Agricultural Service work in Europe twice and Latin America across 18 countries.
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Karl Shoemaker
Fred Shoemaker
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Foreign Agricultural Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Grace
Kent
London
England
Shirley
Kansas State Univesity
Karlyn
University of Maryland Extension
Annapolis
Karl
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Hays
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wash
Ington
D. C
Federal Extension Service
Department of Agriculture
Sportsman’s Friend To Speak At Ottawa
Harold Ensley known as the Sportsman’s Friend will speak at the Kansas Bankers Association Soil Conservation Award program in Memorial Auditorium Ottawa next Wednesday at 11. Certificates will be presented to three Franklin County couples Mr. and Mrs. Rice Mr. and Mrs. McMillen and Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton for their soil conservation efforts. The event includes a film and luncheon with A O Sigler presenting the certificates. The awards began in 1945 and 80 local couples have received them to date.
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Harold Ensley
Kansas Bankers Association
Memorial Auditorium
Ensley
William Rice
RFD
Ottawa
Tom McMillen
Wellsville
Charles Hamilton
Pomona
A. O. Sigler
People’s State Bank of
Richmond
Franklin County
Bankers Association
Don Brown
Irvin Ross
SCS
Leslie Hunter
Board of Supervisors
The
Coun
Kansas
Hamilton
Rice and
McMillen
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