Worst Cold Bites Nation From Idaho to Carolinas
A frigid air mass chills the nation with near zero to 30 below temperatures. Huntsville Alabama 14 degrees, Amarillo Texas 2, Green Bay Wisconsin 23 below, Chicago 20 below, South Bend 16 below, Jackson 13 below. Forecaster warns the worst is yet to come. Ice jams flood rivers in Salmon Idaho and block the Lemhi and Salmon rivers.
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Idaho
Huntsville
Ala
Amarillo
Texas
Green Bay
Wis
Chicago
South Bend
Ind
Jackson
Mich
Rockies
Hugh Crowther
Kansas City
Carolinas
New England
Salmon
Salmon River
Record Cold Grips Area Shatters 21 Year Low
A massive Arctic air mass drove temperatures to unprecedented lows across the area. Ray Diederich reported 19 below zero between 4 and 6 a.m., eclipsing the 1963 minus 17 record. Charles Brown was treated for hypothermia after being found in the snow near Murbach Coal. Local power outages followed a frozen switch, and Boy Scout campout was canceled as wind chills reached minus 50. Several cities posted January records, while temperatures edge back toward the 20s later in the week.
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Caid Nere
North Ridgeville
Ray Diederich
Diederich
Charles W. Brown
Murbach Coal & Supply Co
W. Bridge St
Brown
Barbara St
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Philip Bedrossian
Bedrossian
Ohio Edison
WEOL
Camp Firelands
Alaska
Mercury
John Goebel
National Weather Service
Greater Cincinnati International
Cincinnati
Youngstown
Columbus International Airport
Akron-Canton
Navy warned of death by own action attacks in Middle East
A senior official says U S naval ships in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf face possible kamikaze threats from terrorists using small aircraft bases in Lebanon. Boxes suspected as aircraft parts shipped from Iran via Syria to Lebanon recently. Syrian backed Druse insurgents shell Gemayel palace in Beirut. no casualties reported.
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Washington
U.S
Mediterranean Sea
Persian Gulf
Lebanon
Iran
Syria
Mediterranean
Druse
Amin Gemayel
Gemayel
Lebanese University
School of Journalism
Beirut
Weekend Weather Turns Frigid With Clear Nights
A cold spell continues with highs near 0 to 5 above and tonight's low around minus 5. Sunday should stay mostly sunny with near zero to 10 percent chances of snow. Details on Page A-3.
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Cleveland
Hopkins
Tarzan star Johnny Weissmuller dies at 79 in Acapulco
Olympic swimming champion and film star Johnny Weissmuller died at his home in Acapulco Mexico on Friday night. He was 79. Weissmuller won five Olympic golds in 1924 and 1928, set 67 world records and claimed 52 national titles across events.
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Acapulco
Mexico
Weissmuller
Wont Run for Re election Mich ael Camera Quits Politics
Elyria Ohio state representative Michael J. Camera 28 will not seek re election this year to the 55th Ohio House District He says he will devote full time to his law practice despite a 1983 DUI conviction He was first elected in 1982 defeating Robert Rousseau and served as vice chairman of Interstate Cooperation Committee and member of several others including commerce and labor transportation and urban affairs district linked to his cousin J Leonard Camera
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Elyria
Michael J. Camera
D-Lorain
Camera
Ohio
Robert Rousseau
Lorain
Interstate Cooperation Committee
Commerce and Labor
Civil and Commercial Law
Transportation and Urban Affairs
Lorain Group seeks to save local railroad heritage
The Lake Shore Railway Association negotiates to preserve the Lorain and West Virginia Railroad, the only line serving Lorain County. It aims to stop Norfolk and Southern from selling the condemned line for scrap, seeks a donation as a tax write-off, and has offered 50 dollars per mile in November while planning excursion runs during the county fair.
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Lake Shore Railway Association
Lorain and West Virginia Railroad
Lorain County
Norfolk and Southern Railway
Lake Shore
Steve Bridge
Bridges
NSC
N&s
Lake
Shore
Bridge
Lorain
Wellington
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Ron Sirak
Associated Press
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Lloyd Canterbury
Sheffield Village
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Cascade Park Hill
Gus Chan
Martin H. Wolk
C-T
Navy
Bar Mill
Patrick Hayes
Tt Ar
Editorial Entertainment
Television AG
Tarzan
Johnny Weissmuller
Rep
J. Leonard Camera
Lorain Railroad
United States
Panaola Feami
Amaia
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