Snowbound Pittsburgh Police Fight Restoring Roads
National Guardsmen directed traffic away from the city core to clear main arteries after a record 30.5 inch snowfall. Snow crews worked as martial law limited activity and 42 deaths were recorded in the Pittsburgh area including the 76 year old William Sadler found near his Wilkens Township home. Sub freezing temps formed ice on streets as drifts lingered on highways. Public transit resumed with schedules, while some freeways remained drifted by last 24 hours winds. Altoona suffered a major sleet storm cutting 73 percent of power with 500 workers restoring service.
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Steel
William Sadler
Wilkens Township
Mosel Public Transportation
Altoona
Surgery Repairs Victim of Blast in Massachusetts
Amos L. Biddy of Cartersville, Georgia, survived a dust explosion at Makalot Corp in Waltham that killed five. Doctors worked over him for months with skin grafts to face arms and back. After nearly a year in hospital he later found work near the scene at Mt Feake Cemetery.
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Waltham, Mass
Amos L. Biddy
Biddy
Makalot Corp
Cartersville
Feake Cemetery
Geologists Probe Alaska Mountains by Air
Geologists use planes to penetrate Alaska's mountains during the short open seasons, seeking accessible routes and promising discoveries in rugged terrain.
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Alaska
Windsor Backing Atomic Use in Korea Claim
The former king urged that the atom bomb may be necessary to save the United Nations army and halt Communist aggression. He spoke as he arrived to board the liner Queen Elizabeth bound for New York.
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Cherbourg
France
Duke of Windsor
Korea
United
Stanford Graduate Buried in Korea Receives Diploma Posthumously
Charles M. Hunter, a 23 year old Army lieutenant from Sacramento, finished Stanford history before serving in Korea. His diploma was mailed after commencement but arrived as he led a platoon in the First Cavalry near the Naktong River. The British Kennel Club note contrasts with a statistic about Labrador registrations in 1906 and 1946.
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Stanford University
Calif
Charles M. Hunter
Korea
Munter
Sacramento
Fin
Stan ‘Ford
Japan
Hun Iter
Hunter
Naktong
British Kennel Club
Lincoln veterans see First Frost horse at hospital morale event
At Lincoln Veterans' Hospital patients viewed First Frost, once Emperor Hirohito’s prized Arabian, in a morale-boosting display organized by the Lincoln American Legion Post. Owner Dick Ryan described the 16 year old horse, named HaTsuShiMo in Japanese, after Gen Douglas MacArthur declined it as a gift. The item is tied to a broader note on national lignite reserves.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln Veterans’ Hospital
Admiral William Halsey
Tokyo
Hirohito
Lincoln American, Legion . Post
Dick Ryan
Tsu Shi Mo
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
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