Floods Threaten West as Cold Wave Delays Thaw
Flood waters advance in Western Nevada and north central California while Ohio endures a cold wave halting thaw. Rivers such as Yuba and Kings threaten levees, prompting evacuations of about 5 000 people as damage from two weeks earlier tops 25 million dollars. A shifting cold front from the Great Lakes is expected to ease flooding in 48 hours with snow in the east and rain along the coast.
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Arkansas Plantation Fire Claims Five Fatalities
Osceola Arkansas December 4 A well to do planter his wife two children and a visiting playmate died in a fire that destroyed their temporary home. The victims were William R Dyess 27 his wife 26 their sons William Jr 7 and Richard 3 and Donald Blodgett Jr 7. An explosion likely from a gas main blew out a wall and caused the top floor to collapse.
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Union County Officials Take Over New Duties
Four of six Union County office holders elected in the recent general election assumed their duties this morning. The changes involve moving officials across offices, with Jean Fulenweider and Russell Rendleman set for August 1951, and others like Perl Zwahlen and Paul Dodd retaining existing roles or transferring accordingly. The article details office moves, deputy appointments, and the sheriff's apartment arrangements in the county building.
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Russell D. Rendleman
Fulenweider
Board of Commissioners
Rendleman
Court House
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Ursula Frost
Arty Benson
Earl Batson
Paul M. Dodd
Paul D. Reese
Reese
L. B. Tuthill
Armna
Romanian Voters Endorse Nationwide Communist Slate
In Vienna and across Romania voters faced a one party slate. About 80 000 Communist candidates were approved for thousands of local councils by the People s Democracy Front. The ballot offered no alternative.
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Iron Curtain
People’s ‘Democracy Front
Rex Mardi Gras Parade Costumes Lost in Fire
Fire destroyed the Rex Mardi Gras den at Calliope and Magnolia streets in New Orleans causing about 100000 dollars in damage. One Rex fireman was hospitalized after the blaze that leveled the floats and spangled costumes for the 1951 parade.
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Calliope
Magnolia
Bus collision in Chile kills fourteen, injures over fifty
In Santiago on December 4, a highway crash between two buses left fourteen dead and more than fifty injured. Police and emergency crews responded to the scene as investigators began processing the accident.
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Chile
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