Weather Blamed In 4 Deaths Across Ohio
Polar weather brought record sub zero temperatures to Ohio with at least four deaths linked to the cold and related fires. Freezing hydrants hampered firefighting while snow blanketed Ashland and Conneaut with two feet. Akron Canton Airport logged 11 below. A home fire near Ashley killed 13 year old Jimmy Curtis Jr. Rodney Cade, 18 months, died in a separate blaze.
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Ashtabula
Conneaut
State Highway Patrol
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East Liverpool
Akron- Canton
Anarctic Circle
Navy
Zanesville
Dayton
Columbus
Chesapeake
Waynesburg
Stark County
Toledo
Weather Bureau
William Curtis Jr
Ashley
Delaware County
Jimmy
Rodney Lee Cade
School Bond Bids Opened For Elyria Project
Six bids for the $1,865,093 Elyria City school building and site issue were opened at noon in the board of education room. All bids quoted 3.75 percent interest, varying only in premiums offered. Bidders included Northern Trust Chicago $32,990, Braun Toledo $28,914, Nuveen Cleveland $26,332.40, Phelps Fenn New York $23,620.64, Halsey Stuart Chicago $15,333, and Baxter Cleveland $5,252. The bid will be awarded at tonight's board meeting.
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Chicago
Braun, Bosworth Co
Toledo
Jol Nuveen and Co
Cleveland
Phelps, Fenn Co
New York
Halsey
Stuart O
the Baxter Co
Board
Education
Fair and cold with light lake snow near Cleveland
Northeastern Ohio reports mostly sunny and continued cold today with a few snow flurries near Lake Erie east of Cleveland. Highs around 10 to 15 below? No, adjust to observed: highs around the teens, lows from zero to 10 below. Lorain County fair board elects P. C. Pickworth president for 1959. Home destroyed in Carlisle Township fire. five flee subzero cold. Five day weather forecast calls for 10 to 15 degrees below normal, with frequent lake flurries and snow chances Friday or Saturday.
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Carlisle
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Amherst Chief Dies Answering Fire Call
Amherst fire chief Charles R. Edwards, 58, of 238 South Main Street, died of a heart attack while answering a fire alarm at about 4:05 a.m. He collapsed after entering the station to respond to a minor chimney fire on Quarry Road. Edwards had led the department nine years and was active in village affairs in his 38 years of service.
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South Main St
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Eugene M. Socha
Lorainl County
Paul Kopsch
Ile 5
Edwards
Quarry
Richard
More Snow Predicted For Oswego
Oswego N Y endures a fresh blizzard with a forecast of a foot of snow. A severe cold wave stretches to the East as Oswego, already under a state of emergency, battles drifts 20 feet high and roofs threaten collapse. Heavy squalls hit Lake Erie shores with 25 inches of snow in Erie Pa and 6 to 12 inches more expected. Roads in northwest Pennsylvania and southwest New York are terrible with about 60 percent of secondary roads shut. Sub zero readings persist across the region as the season’s coldest stretch continues.
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Erie
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Atlantic
Evidence Of Soviet Split Seen In Berlin Policy Rift
Washington reports credible signs of a rift among Soviet leaders over Khrushchev's Berlin policy and related foreign affairs. Some Politburo members reportedly challenge his Berlin ultimatum and disarmament talks at Geneva show Moscow not providing firm guidance to the Russian delegations.
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Bomb blast devastates religious colony in California
A bomb ripped through the Fountain of the World colony in Chatsworth Ventura County killing or missing at least nine people including cult leader Krishna Venta. Two others were wounded one critically as authorities confirmed a blast hit a sleeping building housing about 14 children and adults.
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UPI
Krishna Venta
Ventura County
Nekona
Muriel
Fountain of the World
Los Angeles
Pasternak Absence Deplored In Soviet Nobel Awards Report
The report notes Boris Pasternak’s absence mourned as winners are honored in Stockholm for physics chemistry and medicine prizes. It details reactions to Soviet pressure and mentions Russian cult figures and a volatile Kremlin power struggle cited by officials in Oslo and Stockholm.
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UPI
Swedish Academy
Boris Pasternak
Northridge
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Eisenhower affirms firm U S stance on Berlin
President Eisenhower declined to discuss specific Kremlin reports but said the United States will remain in West Berlin to preserve freedom in the region. He rejected claims of an 8,700 mile ballistic missile as unconfirmed and said there is no reliable proof of an atomic powered Soviet plane. He criticized Alabama officials for delays in public records on Negro voting registration.
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D-Minn
Alabama
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William E. Jenniér
R-Ind
Géorge Co. Marshall
Democratic Advisory Council
Congress
Long John Sales Boom in Elyria Stores
Elyria area men buy long johns to endure sub zero weather prompting strong demand in downtown stores. One department store sold out stock and a second shipment of union suits and two piece thermals. A clothing firm said insulated wear is moving fast. Shoppers from Sandusky Morwalk visit, with over 200 sets sold in the past week. Prices range from a few dollars to twenty dollars for dacron insulated tongies.
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Elyria Area
Sandusky
Morwalk
Dacron
Average supermarket visits draw daily shopper crowd
3500 PEOPLE A DAY GO TO AVERAGE SUPERMARKET report notes $21,000 left behind by 5500 shoppers on an average day. The Chronicle-Telegram classified section highlights Want Ads with Christmas gifts and bargains, and tang motors Studepaker sales and service in Cleveland.
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