Winter Storm Paralyzes New York Area Killing Nearly 100
A pair of coastal snowstorms surged across the mid Atlantic and New England, killing nearly 100. New York City logged heavy snow with 10 000 autos abandoned and 3 000 stranded, subway service failed, trains were delayed, and schools closed as 12 inches fell in the city. The storm’s path stretched from North Carolina to New England. President Eisenhower returned to the White House amid slick roads and skid chains.
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New York
Mid- Atlantic
New England
New Jersey
Connecticut
New York City
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
North Carolina
Virginia
Pensylvania
WOR
Fire Department
Long Island
America
Ireland
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Gettysburg
Pasadena paper calendar brief from March 19 1956 edition
Short item notes local Pasadena details in the San Gabriel Valley edition dated Monday March 19 1956. It lists telephones for, and references, city services and business numbers in the period readers would recognize from the era.
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San Gabriel Valley
Pasadena
California
Eisenhower Seeks 4.86 Billion Foreign Aid Package
President Eisenhower asked Congress to approve 4.86 billion dollars for foreign aid with 1.64 billion for military assistance in the Middle East and Asia. He urged new flexibility to commit up to ten years and warned of risks of aggression while stressing urgent need for mutual security to help free nations and deter hostile forces.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Middle East
Asia
Red Bandwagon Gains Speed Against Stalin Myth
The Kremlin campaign to deflate the myth of Stalin as a demi god gains momentum across the Iron Curtain. Moscow is calm but reports of disturbances in Gori, Stalin’s birthplace, filter through. Communist activists nationwide spread the line from local party meetings to wider audiences. External Communist leaders aboard the Red Bandwagon issue denunciations or mild rebukes.
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Kremlin
Stalin
Moscow
Soviet Union
Russia pays half the cost of downed plane over Bering Sea
The United States reveals Russia has paid 724,947 dollars as half the cost of a Navy plane shot down by Soviet fighters over the Bering Sea last June. State Department spokesman Lincoln White says this is the first time Moscow or its satellites have paid for planes shot down since World War II.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Bering Sea
State Department
Lincoln White
Montgomery Bus Boycott Leaders On Trial
Ninety three Montgomery Negroes were tried on charges of violating a state labor law by leading a city wide racial boycott of segregated buses. The defendants were cited as leaders of a 15 week passive resistance movement against Jim Crow on city bus lines. They protested crowded seating behind the rail while whites’ seats stayed empty.
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Montgomery
Ala Ap
Hunt for missing five after plane disappears near Bahamas
Coast guard planes launched an air search today for five people missing since Thursday after a small plane vanished in the island studded area between Miami and the Bahamas western rim.
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Miami
Po Coast Guard
Here
Bahamas
Police Check Oil Sump Death Trap
Authorities examined ownership of an abandoned oil sump where 3 year old John Ricky Sandoval was found dead after 20 hours missing. Detectives note county law holds owners liable for manslaughter if they maintain dangerous installations, a rule prompted by the Kathy Fiscus tragedy in 1949. The Sandoval boy, son of Mr and Mrs Walter Sandoval of 8657 Warvale, lay in four feet of oil at the sump bottom.
Three Hurt When Economy Run Car Overturns North of Trona
Three participants were injured when a Nash Ambassador in the Mobilgas Economy Run overturned 20 miles north of Trona. Driver Les Viland was unhurt as passengers Richard Fiddler James Robins and Loren Adkins were hospitalized with facial lacerations a back injury and scalp lacerations respectively. Robins and Fiddler are Caltech students.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Mobilgas
Trona
John Sample
General Petroleum
E. J. Semansky
Trona Hospital
Les Viland
Richard Fiddier
James Robins
Caltech
Loren Adkins
Akins
Robins
Fiddler
Alhambra
Lips Sealed by Threat in Scott Divorce Probe
Police Chief William H. Parker said L. Ewing Scott 59 hinted to dental assistant Marianne Beaman 46 that he would divorce his missing wife Evelyn T. Scott 63 and marry her. Evelyn vanished May 16 from Bel Air home as Scott allegedly planned desertion and Europe trip. Beaman received gifts believed to belong to Evelyn. In St Louis two $10,000 deposits were made in Evelyn Scott’s name two months before she disappeared, with no withdrawals reported.
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Los Angeles
William H.parker
L. Ewing Scott
Jan
Parker
Marianne Beaman
Scott
Evelyn T. Scott
N. Bentley
Bel- Air
Europe
ST. Louis
First National Bank
Mercantile Trust Co
Witness Refuses Testimony in Garbage Bribery Trial
Andrew V. Hohn, key witness, refuses to testify after reporting threats to his wife and five children. The disruption stalls the week-old trial in Superior Court with prosecutors warning the state lacks a case without his testimony. The judge recessed proceedings and threatened contempt if he does not testify, amid police reports of a home invasion and robbery while officials pursue the bribery case involving George T. Turner and Theodore D. Hamlin.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Andrew V. Hohn
Hohn
H. Burton Noble
Thomas P. Finnerty Jr
Lesullwiy
South Gate
Hahn
Finnerty
George T. Turner
Herbert C. Legg
Theodore D. Hamlin
Norwalk
Tragic accident as polish fumes suffocate three children
In Torrington Wyoming three young brothers Randy six Johnny four and their mother Mrs Raymond Caneva were visiting a neighbor when they used liquid polish on furniture. Michael Caneva died from fumes and the brothers were found unconscious and revived at a hospital.
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Torrington, Wyo
Raymond Caneva
Fames
Michael Caneva
Randy
Johnny
Stilts Plan for 8 Lane LA Freeway Extension
A 50 million dollar skyway on stilts is planned for Los Angeles as a 3.7 mile, eight-lane extension of the Olympic freeway between Boyle and Hoover. State officials say the elevated design saves right of way costs and preserves land beneath for parking while avoiding subsidence and utility disruption. Construction is expected to start next year.
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L.A
Los Angeles
State Division of Highways
Boyle
Hoover
E. T. Telford
Telford
Main Street
Brawley Teacher Shot to Death
A 55 year old Brawley Union High School teacher Mrs Eleanor Harden Brook was found shot to death in her apartment yesterday. Authorities launched a search for her son David 21 seen in the neighborhood before the body was found by landlady Mrs Clarence McDole. The victim was found with a bed spread over her and dragged from a kitchen into a bedroom.
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Brawley
Brawley Union High
Eleanor Harden Brook
David
Jacumba
Clarence McDole
Population reaches 166,966,000 on Feb. 1
The Census Bureau reports the U S population including armed forces overseas stood at 166,966,000 on February 1. The figure reflects the nation’s growth and the inclusion of military personnel abroad.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Smog Outlook Bright With Mostly Sunny Afternoons
Green outlook for air quality with low clouds tonight and morning hours. Mostly sunny afternoons today and Tuesday with a high near 77 and a low around 43. Full weather report on Page A-7.
Chicago Firemen Kept on Run
A massive three-alarm fire spree on the South Side pulled at least a quarter of Chicago's fire force and killed two men. James Kelly and John Hughes were found dead inside the Jackson Park View Hotel. An arson fire was set at 5023 S Michigan, with four trash cans ignited near doorway entries as about 100 residents fled to safety.
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Chicago
South Side
James Kelly
John Hughes
Jackson Park View Hotel
E. 64Th
Edward Valliquet
S. Michigan
Drowning of William Mac Cormack Near Lemoore
William Mac Cormack aged 40 of Santa Margarita drowned in the Kings River about four miles southwest of Lemoore after falling from a motorboat he was operating. The incident occurred yesterday.
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Hanford
William MacCormack
Santa Margarita
Kings River
Lemoore
Missing Las Vegas shooting suspect located with friends
Dorothy Pursley 44, who shot Paula Pursley 26 in Las Vegas, was found with friends after a overnight disappearance from a Phoenix sanatorium. She had been released on 5000 bond for assault with intent to kill and stated she intended to shoot her ex husband's bride. A nurse saw her depart the sanatorium in a pink robe.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Sheriff's Office
Dorothy Pursley
Las Vegas
Nev
Pursley
Calif
Bill Pursley
Turks and Greeks clash in Cyprus village
In Vasilia, Cypriot Turks and Greeks clashed today injuring seventeen. It marks the first major interethnic confrontation on the island, as Greek speakers demand union with Greece while Britain maintains Cyprus as a crown colony and suppresses underground support for the separatist movement.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Vasilia
Mediterranean
Greece
Farm Bill Vote Delay Expected in Senate Debate
Senate Agriculture Committee chair Allen J. Ellender warned that high milk price supports without controls could derail the farm program. He sought a compromise as the chamber prepared to resume debate and consider minor measures, with final action unlikely today and a vote anticipated late tomorrow.
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Washington
Allen J. Ellender
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Missing Boy Returns Home After Elusive Disappearance
A 14 year old television actor named Jeff Froner from Hollywood reappeared at his home on March 2 after vanishing March 1. He told his mother Ruth Froner that he had been hired as a garage helper by a family in Saugus who welcomed him into their home.
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Hollywood
Jeff Froner
N. Martel
Ruth Froner
Saugus
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