Memphis Snowfall Halts March as City Battles Ice
Memphis endures 14 inch snowfall that halts a planned march and closes the airport. Power lines fall under weight of ice, hotels fill, and drivers are urged not to travel as roads run dangerous. Snow reaches Mississippi towns while police report minor wrecks and schools remain closed.
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Memphis
Jackson
Miss
Clarksdale
Highway Patrol
Weather Bureau
Memphis Light, Gas and “Water Division
Tennessee
Dyersburg
Union City
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Billerica
Boston
Concord
Francis W. Sargent
John A. Volpe
Taunton
Dedham
Wayland
Sudbury
Needham
Bedford
Dnver
Good Buys in Business Machinery Are Yours
Classified ads hint at daily bargains in business machinery. Readers are urged to check the ads for practical purchases and timely offers as the page highlights available equipment and market values.
Pilots' Union Reaches United Airlines Contract Deal
The Air Line Pilots Association announced a settlement with United Air Lines ending a seven month bargaining period. The contract covers about 5,500 pilots and runs to March 2, 1970. Wage gains range from 100 to 500 dollars monthly. three pilot crews will operate Boeing 737s during the evaluation period with a labor management inspection committee to resolve crew size.
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Chicago
UPI
Air Line Pilots Association
United Air Lines
Carrie
United
Capt. Co. Lb. Woods
Los Angeles
National Mediation Board
Boeing
Midway Airport
Deserter GI Returns From Sweden
Pfc. Edward B. Murray Jr a Germany based soldier fled to Sweden and voluntarily returned to duty He is 18 from Woodbury NY and had been absent since Jan 24 from the 2nd Field Hospital at Moenchweiler He arrived via Stockholm Frankfurt and will be investigated for desertion with court martial to follow He was not in confinement and was met by Army authorities at the airport
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Heidelberg
Germany
UPI
Edward
Murray Jr
Sweden
Duy
U.S
Murray
Woodbury
Moenchwhiler
Army European
Stockholm
Frankfurt
Storeowner Executed by Robbers in Chicago
CHICAGO Paul Truschke a 51 year old supermarket manager was tied up and shot in the temple during a Thursday night robbery. Found by his wife and son in a cold storage room after he failed to return home. Authorities say the robbers forced him to reopen and unlock the safe. About $900 in opening funds for today’s business missing. Police report no forced entry and that Truschke did not resist before being slain.
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Chicago
Paul Truschke
Donald
Truschke
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Mill
Whitfenton
Civil Defense
Army 2 Corps of Engineers
Frood
Corps of Engineers
Morey Bridge
Benjamin A. Friedman
U.S. Weather Bureau
Logan International Airport
New England
Pilots’ Union
Sale! Baldwin
Baldwin
Billings Baldwin
Torrange
Hawthoing Blvd
Ghaosa
Atlantic Ave
I Soth
Baldwin Piano & Organ CO
Carson
WEY
Moenchweiler
2Nd Field Hospital
Pfe
William _C. Jones
St. Louis
South ST
Paramount Blvd
L. B
Shakey's
Bank
Americarc
Sears
Emerty
Fireskiss
Aubies Ark
Rarnemean
Pasadena
EL Sat
Santa Monica
Ncee Flight Training, Inc
Wardlow
Long Beach
Cal
Yon
Vermont
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