Insurance Coverage Not Ample Amid East Coast Storm Losses
The Insurance Information Institute says few who lost homes and businesses will recover full storm losses. They estimate about a million dollars paid, while damage may reach $300 million. Flood exclusions and high premiums limit coverage, with Red Cross tallying 16 429 affected families across six states. The SBA offers disaster loans to private homeowners for relief.
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New York
The
Insurance Information Institute
Institute
Red Cross
Small Business Administration
Freighter Off Sarasota Beach Steered To Safety
Nearly two of every three cancer patients could be saved today if science and public effort fully aided early detection and optimal treatment. Dr John R Heller of Sloan Kettering cites cure rates by cancer type and urges patient and medical system improvements for earlier Diagnosis and access to best care.
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Sarasota Beach
John Barbour
Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariz
John R. Heller
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York City
American Cancer Society
Science Writers Seminar
Heller
New York
National Cancer Institute
Coast Guard Aids Liberian Freighter Off Sarasota Shore
A U S Coast Guard helicopter guided the Liberian freighter Ebro away from danger near Anna Maria Longboat Pass. Residents watched as high tides and rough surf forced the vessel further offshore before it reached deeper water near Boca Grande.
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U. S. Coast Guard
Sarasota - Manatee Keys
Ebro
Coast Guard
Anna Maria - Longboat Pass
Anna Maria
U.S. Coast Guard
St. Petersburg
Monrovia
Liberia
Boca Grande
Longboat Key
Weather Nasty Across East as Storm Hits Regions
A broad storm moving from the Rockies into the upper Great Lakes brings heavy snow in the Midwest and Duluth, and two inches near Milwaukee. Thunderstorms sweep the Southeast while tornadic winds lash Georgia and nearby areas. Rain and hail span the eastern third of the nation, with strong winds causing drifting in Dakotas and Nebraska. The rain belt stretches from the mid-MMississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic states.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Rockies
Great Lakes
Georgia
Iowa
Plains
Mississippi Valley
South Dakota
Nebraska
Duluth
Minn
Milwaukee
mid-Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
mid-Atlantic
Alabama
South Carolina
Macon
Sandersville
Tennille
St Patrick's Day Parade Seen Harmful to Catholics
New York AP report quotes Father Edward T. Cooke of Maywood New Jersey noting Irish descent and four parade marches in the 1940s. He says St Patrick's Day parades invite misinterpretation and fear among Americans and argue Catholic education should be free of single-group identity.
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NEW York
Edward T. Cooke
Maywood
N.J
Father Cooke
Tourist boom and rising winter vacation plans
Michigan State tourist specialist Robert McIntosh says the record water tourist influx will persist. By 1970 50 to 75 percent of average income families will budget for winter vacations as income rises toward 46 million four percent-a-year families. American families are projected to earn 225 billion dollars above necessities, expanding luxury travel. An impatient father jokes about six theories and six children.
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Michigan
Robert McIntosh
Sarasota Memorial
German Thio Face Murder Trial
Three former police officials go on trial in Giessen for mass murder of at least 360 Jews in Ostrow Mazowieck. Vice chief defendant Hans Hoffmann, 57, suspended Giessen police commissioner, is joined by Kurt Kirchner, 62, former police major, and Theo dor Pillich, 60, former sergeant in the Nazi storm troops.
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Giessen
Germany
Ostrow-Mazowieck
Hans Hoffmann
Kurt Kirchner
Theodor Pillich
Storm Troopers
California Notes Colombia Quake
A strong earthquake jolted an area about 3400 miles southeast of Berkeley early today. The University of California Seismographic Station said the shock, probably centered in Colombia, was recorded at 3 48 46 and lasted about 90 minutes. It registered a Richter scale reading of 6.75.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California Seismographic Station
Colombia
Cocoa Teenager Dies From Rattlesnake Bite
Cocoa 13 year old Bill Loveless died in hospital after a rattlesnake bite near his home. He was bitten while target practicing with a .22 rifle and doctors spent six hours trying to save him.
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Bill Loveless
Misty the Pony Foals a Filly After Storm
Chincoteague notes a filly born to Misty the famed pony at Pocomoke City while 55 ponies died in the Assateague flood and 90 on Chincoteague. Four Army helicopters will remove carcasses from the islands and haul them to a mainland farm for burial.
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Chincoteague
Misty
Pocomoke City
Assateague Island
U S Faces Sticky Chore Over Panama Canal Pact
Panamanian negotiators led by President Roberto Chiari press for more revenue and sovereignty as the United States plans renegotiation of the 1903 Panama Canal treaty. Panamanians seek Panamanian flag over the zone or joint display. the canal region employs about 14 500 canal workers and contributes roughly 60 million dollars annually to business.
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U. S
Panama
United States
Panama Canal
Fabian Velarde
Chiari
U.S
Velarc
Nicaragua
Panama Canal Co
Canal Zone
Merrimack Spelling Battle Over Civil War Ironclad
A long note explains the correct name of the famed Civil War ironclad Merrimack, not Merrimac, detailing official records, Navy directives, and historical usage showing the K ending after years of misspelling in references and labels.
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Associated Press
Merrimack
Hampton Roads
Merrimac
Boston Navy Yard
Navy Department
Norfolk Naval Base
Secretary of the Navy
Office of Naval Records and Library
Department
Navy
Navy Register
Defense Aide Defends Fallout Shelters Amid Critics
Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric argues shelters could save 40 million to 55 million lives in a nuclear attack. He asserts fallout shelter space is worthwhile nationwide and cites conservative estimates of saved lives.
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Washington
Roswell L. Gilpatric
New
Civil Defense Corps
United States
Gilpatric
U.S. Civil Defense Council
Crash Survivors and Tragic Plane Crash Near New Orleans
In Kenilworth, near New Orleans, a C119 crash destroyed the Levron family home killing Luthet Levron 33, his wife, Kirby 10, and a one year old. Six crew members parachuted to safety while Janice Levron T-year-old survived in a coma mumbling I see it coming as doctors report a skull fracture. Air Force officials say the lumbering plane developed trouble after refueling at Callender Field and the crash is under investigation.
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New Orleans
Janice Levron
Kenilworth
Janice
Callender Field
Levron
Air Field
Air Force
Callender
Tip To Taxpayers Keep Figures Plain
State Finance Commissioner Joseph Murphy urged taxpayers to present neat legible figures to speed tax processing. He noted agents scrutinize unclear returns and warned that neat figures reduce the chance of a state audit, though he offered no absolute guarantee.
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New York
UPI
Joseph Murphy
Murphy
Oxford seeks female coxswain for rowing team
An Oxford University rowing club advertised for a girl coxswain described as light enough to fit in the boat with a fair layer of subcutaneous fat to stay warm if the boat capsizes.
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Oxford, England
UPI
Oxford University
Landslide at Carrara Quarry Sends Marble Roar
In Carrara Italy a major landslide at the Torano di Carrara quarry sent more than a million cubic yards of marble and earth into a valley. About 200 workers fled to safety as tremors and noises warned of the collapse caused by heavy rains.
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Carrara
Italy
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