Foodless Hamlet Cut Off
A mountain farmer reported White Top Virginia isolated by 15 to 20 foot snow drifts with 1500 families needing food fuel and medical aid. National guard and Red Cross led a dramatic rescue in rugged Appalachia as helicopters and snow vehicles fought heavy winds to reach farms and emergency cases including a hemorrhaging man and a pregnant woman.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
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Tennessee
Red Cross
Roan Mountain
Mountain City
Enn
Virginia
Appalachian
North Corn
Jina
Kentucky
Mountain County
Bleeding Man
R. L. Willington
Willington
Boating Forks
Rabid Fox in Los Angeles Area Killed by Officer
A rabid fox spotted in the San Antonio area was killed by a police officer after it sat on a street corner. Lonnie Weaver, rabies control director, urged residents to report fox sightings and contact the health department if pets may have been exposed.
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Ile
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Ils
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Shere
Death takes ex head of St. Mary's university
Rev. Walter F. Golatka S AL former president of St. Mary's University 1938 to 1947 died Saturday in Clayton Missouri after a long illness. A native of Poland he came to San Antonio in 1911 taught at St. Mary's academy and served as chaplain and principal 1924 1927. He joined the university in 1931 as chaplain and later worked at Chaminade college Clayton and Villa Duchesne while serving as chaplain there. Services will be Monday in Clayton with burial in Kirkwood Missouri.
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S. AL
St. Mary’s University
Clayton
Poland
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San Antonio
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Academy
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Chaminade College
Villa Duchesne
Kirkwood
Voting Rights Bill Seen Move Toward Passage in Senate
The Senate nears final action on a voting rights bill after a lengthy filibuster, with leaders signaling no more 24 hour sessions. House prospects favor a bill emphasizing court appointed referees, desegregation records, and penalties for obstructing court orders.
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Dixie
Integration Trouble Breaks Out Over Segregation Demonstrations
Police used tear gas to break up a march of Florida A and M negro students in Tallahassee, escalating two days of racial unrest. Arrests were made as sit ins and protests spread to Jacksonville, Newport News, and elsewhere. In Albany, New York, students protested Jim Crow, while sit downs formed at stores in Salt Lake City and Raleigh area. Texas A and M protests and University of Texas picketing followed in Austin and Galveston as regents announced housing expansion for negro students at Texas schools.
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Tallershasse
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Florida
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Proup
Jacksonville
Newport News
Sefres
South
Titaca
Cornell University
Jim Cross
Waal Town
Texas Austin
Galveston
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