Eastern Colorado Paralyzed By Worst Storm Since 1931
A three day blizzard battered eastern Colorado with 80 mph winds and snowdrifts up to 20 feet. Roads were blocked, hundreds sought shelter, and one passenger train was stranded as motorists gathered in emergency quarters and schools closed amid the paralyzed plains. No deaths or injuries were reported.
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Union Pacific
No. 370
Denver
Firstview
Colo
Limon
Cheyenne Wells
William Howard
Here
Arena
Oakley
Kas
Rockies
Colorado Highway Patrol
Colorado Springs
Two Dead In Nebraska Storm
A March blizzard swept Nebraska causing at least two deaths. Milk truck driver Jimmy D. Austine of Lincoln and farmer Elmer Phillips of southwest of Lexington died from storm incidents. Snow drifts 15 feet blocked highways, cutting power and communications. Several towns faced outages as residents opened homes to stranded motorists and rural areas endured isolation.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Jimmy D. Austine
Lincoln
Neb
Elmer Phillips
Lexington
Ogallala
McCook
Broken Bow
Holdrege
North Platte
Nadler wins $32,000 on CBS The $64,000 Challenge
Theodore Nadler a civil service clerk from St. Louis won $32,000 on a TV quiz show last night defeating University of Illinois political science professor Austin Ranney on Civil War questions. Nadler’s total winnings on the show reach $120,000. The pair faced a six part Civil War battle quiz with Ranney misnaming the Wilderness. Nadler correctly cited the Battle of Big Bethel. Nadler also tied Mrs. Lowell Thomas Jr. at $2,000 in geography questions. They return next week.
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New York
Theodore Nadler
St. Louis
Nadler
Austin Ranney
Univesity of
Illinois
Ranney
Wilderness
Big Bethel
Lowell Thomas Jr
Five Towns Blacked Out by Snow and Ice
Kansas City reports western towns including Great Bend Arnold Utica Rawson and Brownell lost power last night after lines were downed by heavy snow and ice. Western Light and Telephone company served the affected areas with outages occurring twice at Great Bend before restoration.
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Kansas City
Great Bend
Arnold
Utica
Rawson
Brownell
Western Light and Telephone Company
Four Dead In Kansas Wrecks
Four people died in Kansas auto accidents during a storm weekend. Mrs. Darrell Cowell and her 3-year-old son Joan died in a collision north of Salina. Darrell Cowell was injured. Frank L. Stone was killed crossing a highway near Kansas City in heavy rain. Warren R. Flehr died from injuries after a one car wreck west of Manhattan. A note recalls 400 Newfoundland vessels once hunted seals. this season only three sail.
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Kansas
Darrell Cowell
Wichita
Joan
Salina
Highway Patrol
Frank L. Stone
Topeka
Kansas City
Kas
Warren R. Flehr
Leonardsville
Manhattan
Storm Slacks In Panhandle In Oklahoma
Slow winds ease and light snow forecast across Oklahoma Panhandle and northwest districts as giant drifts halted travel. State Highway Department moved extra plows toward Panhandle to clear roads along State Highway 3 while 14 workers remain missing after Saturday’s effort. Telephone lines were down and communications are limited. no deaths or serious injuries reported by the highway patrol. A Hunting Clan aircraft now ships Rhodesia birds to London zoos.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Northwest
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Highway Patrol
Katy Records Are Removed From Katy HQ
Remote reports say Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway moved records and office furniture from St. Louis amid staff cuts. About 100 clerks and freight handlers in St. Louis were laid off, with 600 union members furloughed nationwide. The move, tied to consolidations under president William N Deramus III, follows a Kansas court order blocking a Parsons records transfer.
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ST. Louis
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Katy
Parsons
Kas
Dallas
Dennison
Tex
William N. Deramus III
Kansas City
M. J Pickett
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
The
Eisenhower Macmillan Bermuda statement mostly banal
The Bermuda meeting between President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Macmillan yielded no bold plans to resolve Middle East or Egyptian issues. They endorsed continued German reunification support, allied ties, and Atlantic unity while marking three concrete steps on missiles, nuclear testing with limited fallout, and Baghdad Pact military participation without US joining.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Macmillan
Bermuda
Germany
Russia
Nasser
United Nations
Middle East
U.N
Egypt
United States
Britain
Iraq
Iran
Turkey
Pakistan
Search Resumes for Missing Transport Plane Near Tokyo
Seawater and rain cleared this afternoon allowing full scale resumption of the search for the C97 missing with 67 Americans aboard. U S. Air Force officials report no trace of the big double decked transport vanished before dawn Friday minutes from Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Pacific
Japan
U. S. Air Force
Interchangeable plug turns cookware into appliances
The Herald Want Ads report a single adaptable plug that converts a line of conventional cookware into automatic appliances, signaling a notable advance in home electric ware.
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Amarillo
Texas
Pike’s Peak
U. S. Highway 24
Peterson Field
Colorado
Audie Murphy
Fort Petticoat
Anita Ekberg
Table Rock
Charles Laughton
Franchot
Clark Gable
Associated Press
Newfoundland
Storm
Hunting Clan
Rhodesia
Africa
London Zoos
State of Kansas
Ike
Sia
W. H. Crouse
Cabinet Shop
Herald
Se OO Ee Mutual Fund
Waddell & Reed, Inc
J. E
Jim) Moherman
Ottawa, Kansas
Ottawa
Optometrists
Arvid Berglund, O.D
Optometrist
A. G. Madison, O.D
Medical Directory
J. F. Barr, M. D
Olin G. Wollen
S. Main
Rodney McClay, O.D
Php
Bennett Bldg
Pho
D. L. Young
Frank A. Trump, M.D
R. C. Capron
Louis N. Speer
James F. Wallen
Obstetrics and General Medicine
Colon
David G. Laury, M
H. N
Zellner
Malcolm
A. Jones
R. A. Gollier, M.D
Henning Bros
S. Malin
Sylva Lofgreen, M.D
Victor J. Lofgreen, M.D
Physicians and Surgeons
R. S. Roberts, M.D
Rae Pee
Anthony Clinical Laboratory
Gladys Anthony
Joe W. Selby
W. I. Conger
Hickory
Don Collins
Recestors Diversified Services, Inc
Hazen L. Richardson
Main
Insemination Tech
Harold Peffly
D.V.M
N. Main
R. A. Bruce
Mann-Bell Drug Store
Chiropractors
Hugh Campbell
Paul S. Hughes
S. M. Brockway
Bennett Bidg
Don L. McKelvey
Bennett
Economy Food Service
Mildred Jones
Briscoe
S. Mala
Roseberry
Gary Cooper
William Wyler
Dorothy McGuire
Anthony Perkins
Marjorie
Allied Artists
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