Toll Now 178 In Alaska Death Toll Rises
An Alaska Civil Defense tally shows 178 dead or presumed dead after the Friday quake and tidal waves. Kodiak leads with 22 confirmed dead and 30 presumed, while Chenega and Fairbanks report heavy losses. Other communities list multiple fatalities as aftershocks continue.
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Dick Barnes
Anchorage
Alaska
Alaska Civil Defense
Kodiak
Gulf of Alaska
Chenega
Prince William Sound
Fairbanks
Whitter
Cordova
Homer
Kodiak Island
Valdez
Kavak Island
Seward
Port Ashton
Alaskan
Aleutian Islands
Gulf
University of Washington
Soviet Union
Khrushchev Visits Hungary Amid China Rift Talks
Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in Budapest for talks with Hungarian leaders amid a Sino Soviet split. He is accompanied by Gromyko and Andropov as Hungary signals support for Moscow in any break with Peking.
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Hungary
China
Peking
John O. Koehler
Budapest
Sovet
Khrushchev
Red China
Janos Kadar
Communist Party
Moscow
Kadar
Istvan Dobi
Danube
Miemee
Nazi Germany
Andrei A Gromyko
Yuri Andropov
Communist Parties
Poland
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
Peking People’s Daily
Red Flag
Tide Wave Toll Trimmed as Crescent City Hit Hard
The De Norte County Sheriff says eleven are confirmed dead and fifteen were missing, with eight of those later found. Searchers comb through wreckage in Crescent City after a catastrophic tidal wave spawned by the Alaska quake, damaging 29 blocks and leaving about 400 people homeless in a town of 3,000.
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Crescent City
Calif API
de Norte
Ozzie Hovgaard
Alaska
California
Sheriff's Office
Naval search beefed up for DC4 crash off California coast
In San Francisco AP reports the Navy sent three aircraft carriers and a destroyer to search for survivors after a DC4 with nine aboard vanished en route from Honolulu to Los Angeles. A faint radio signal offered renewed hope. The plane belonged to Facilities Management Corp of Hawthorne and carried Gerald W. Cope 37 Irene 34 Christopher 9 Sharon 7 Robert A. Cabral 25 and George W Printz 44.
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San Francisco
California
Navy
Facilities Management Corp
Hawthorne
Calif
Honolulu
Los Angeles
Gerald W. Cope
Irene
Houston Crash Kills Two In Northeast Houston
A car and a truck collided in northeast Houston Monday night killing the car occupants Mrs Bobbie Jean Shotwell 31 and Marvin Mozingo 27. The trucker escaped injury.
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Houston
Bobbie Jean Shotwell
Marvin Mozingo
Cost Of Living Edges Down First Time Since 1962
The Labor Department reports the consumer price index fell one tenth of one percent in February to 107.6, led by a 3.5 percent cut in gas refunds and a 7 percent drop in transportation costs as fuel and used car prices eased. Food costs rose slightly, and rents and other services edged up while about 100,000 workers gain one cent hourly wages under quarterly CPI reviews.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Federal Power Commission
Arnold Chase
Chase
Bureau
Saud Stripped Of Powers as Faisal Becomes Regent
In Damascus the Saudi king Saud is stripped of all powers and Prince Faisal is proclaimed regent after a royal decree and a religious council decision. Faisal will govern internal and foreign affairs while Saud remains a figurehead amid health concerns and a threat of civil unrest.
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Damascus
Syria
Saud
Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Mecca
Ibn Saud
Europe
Prince Faisal
Stokes Rites Wednesday For William H Stokes
Funeral services for William H Stokes 79 are set for 3 p m Wednesday at Northside Baptist Church where he was a member The Rev Jack Dean and Richard Williams will officiate Burial will be in Snyder Cemetery under Bolger Funeral Home direction
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Wiliam H. Stokes
Stokes
Scurry County
Avenue
Northside
Somali Reports Two Bomb Raids Near Hargeisa
The Somali Embassy in Rome cited unofficial reports from Mogadishu that Ethiopian planes bombed the Somali town of Hargeisa twice today. An embassy official said there were two air raids with six planes in the first raid and fewer in the second, though no casualty information was available.
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Rome
Mogadishu
Hargeisa
Ethiopia
Somalia
Sub freezing cold threatens peach crop across the South
The latest freezes endanger crops from South Carolina to North Carolina with Georgia and Alabama leading losses. Georgia alone faces a 12.5 million dollar peach crop hit, while South Carolina estimates 20 million. Tennessee and Virginia report clear damage. Florida crops remain light but frost warnings persist into the Everglades.
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Atlanta, Ga
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessees
North Carolina
South Florida
Everglades
North Florida
Dixie
A. W. Todd
Florida
Opposition Again Hits Rights bill
Washington AP Southern senators clash with House over civil rights legislation as debate opens. Senators Humphrey and Kuchel lead a bipartisan push to overcome Dixie opposition and extend rights to Black citizens. Dirksen signals amendments to employment provisions and other sections.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Thomas H. Kuchel
R-Calif
Humphrey
Kuchel
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Senate
Rachel
Plane engine fire forces landing with Don Yarborough aboard
In San Antonio a fire broke out in the left engine of a private plane carrying Democratic gubernatorial candidate Don Yarborough and pilot Joe Ryan of Houston. The craft landed safely on one engine and both men were unhurt.
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San Antonio
Don Yarborough
Yarborough
Joe Ryan
Houston
Weather Snapshot for Texas Regions
Snyder reports show temperatures ranging from lows in the 40s to highs near 80 across North Central West and Southeast Texas. The forecast calls for partly cloudy to clear skies, warmer conditions, and light to breezy winds through Wednesday, with highs in the 70s and 80s and lows in the 30s to 60s across zones.
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Snyder
Texas
Yexess Fair
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