Severe Ice Storm Strikes Midwest and West Coast Regions
A harsh ice storm blanketed the Midwest and Great Lakes, causing power outages, collapsed roofs, and road closures. Snow and freezing rain disrupted Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin areas, with hospital reports of injuries and stranded motorists. The West Coast saw rising rivers and light snow in Oregon and California while southern states reported milder conditions.
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Warrenton
Missouri-Edison Co
Gary
Indiana
Lake Michigan
U.S. 41
Michigan
Western Michigan University
St. Joseph
Benton Harbor
Indiana Line
Ohio
Boyce
Colfax
Monroe
Itta Bena
Miss
Arkansas
California
Allied air and naval action reports hits on Vietnam targets
Infantry at Coral Sea and Ticonderoga areas destroyed or damaged 88 cargo barges along coast and inland waterways. Carriers hit a transshipment point 24 miles southeast of Haiphong. Air Force fliers damaged four gun positions inside the demilitarized zone and reported cratered highways in 25 locations around Vinh.
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Coral Sea
Ticonderoga
Haiphong
Air Force
Vinh
Panhandle
North
South Vietnam
Reds Tighten Border Defenses Amid Sino Soviet Strain
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara reports the Soviet Union is strengthening border defenses due to ongoing Sino-Soviet tensions. He notes no imminent outbreak of hostilities but expects border tension to continue and highlights renewed ideological clashes with China. The posture report accompanies hearings on a 72.3-billion dollar defense budget.
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Seymour M. Hersh
Washington
Soviet Union
Red China
Secretary of Defense
Robert 8. McNamara
China
McNamara
International Communist Movement
Albania
Congress
U.S
State Department
North Vietnam
Department
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Vietnam
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Flower
Foreign Assets Control Office
Altman Heads Lawyer Group in Thomas County
New officers were elected by the Thomas County Bar Association with Sol Altman as president succeeding Jack Whitehurst. Heyward Vann becomes vice president, Frank Holt secretary, and Paul McCollum treasurer. Judge George R. Lilly praised the group and Marcus B. Calhoun as solicitor general of the Southern Judicial Circuit. A resolution honored W. A. Watt Sr. who died yesterday, noting his contributions to Thomasville and local judicial activity. The meeting featured a duck supper hosted by Frank Forrester.
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Thomas County Bar Association
Sol Altman
Jack Whitehurst
Heyward Vann
Frank Holt
Paul McCollum
George R. Lilly
Southern Judicial Court
Marcus B. Calhoun
Southern Judicial Circuit
W. A. Watt Sr
W. A. Watt Jr
Superior Court
Watt
Thomasville
Thomas County
Frank Forrester
Clash in Sinkiang. over 100 reported killed
A wall poster from Peking, via Kyodo News Service, says more than 100 people were slain and many wounded in clashes in Shihotzu city, Sinkiang Province, between Mao supporters and anti-Mao forces. The report notes a fresh outbreak with anti-Mao forces holding strength in the province.
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Tokyo
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
China
Sinkiang
Japan
Kyodo
Shihotzu
Soviet Union
Free suits and gifts offered to promote cancer checkups
Atlanta banker J Arch Avary Jr president of the Georgia Cancer Society since 1964 campaigns to boost early detection with free suits for men and towel sets for women who undergo examinations within 30 days of his talk to the Thomasville Rotary Club. He notes 70 percent cure if early and cites low action after recognizing danger signals.
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Joe
J. Arch Avary Jr
Atlanta
Georgia Cancer Society
Avary
Georgia
Southeast
Ivary
Thomasville
Area Deaths P M Davenport
Services for Paul Mitchell Davenport 74 retired city treasurer were held at First Methodist Church with burial at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Davenport died at his home 429 N. Dawson St Wednesday after 17 years as city treasurer, retiring November 1 1962. He leaves a sister Julia Davenport and several cousins nephew and niece listed.
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Watt
Thomasville
Leuneburg
Haarkon
Norway
First Presbyterian Church
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Paul Mitchell Davenport
First Methodist Church
Harold Beaty
Kirkland-Cray-Hughes
Laurel Hill
Davenport
N. Dawson St
Julia Davenport
Margaret Mitchell
A. M. Mitchell
Columbia
S C
Thomas J. Mitchell
Ashville
N. C
Thomas M. Davenport
North Haven
Conn
Charles Schultz
Baldwin, N. Y
Services for Mrs Iva Lou Spinks
Mrs Iva Lou Spinks 75 of Route 1 Meigs died today at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Funeral 2 PM tomorrow at Hopewell Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Prentice Spivey officiating. Burial Braswell Funeral Home in Pelham Cemetery. Survived by three sons Archie Thomas James W Spinks all of Meigs a daughter Mrs M B Dekle Pelham a brother A P Bickley Ft Valley two sisters Mrs W G Gassett Mrs L B Whatley both of Butler a granddaughter and a great grandson.
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Pelham
A. P. Bickley
Ft. Valley
W. G. Gassett
Mrs Ada Wood Wood Rites Set In Lakeland Fla
Mrs Ada Wood of Lakeland Fla died yesterday at Plant City. Funeral services are at Mt Horeb Primitive Baptist Church at 2 p m tomorrow with Maxwell Funeral Home handling burial in the church cemetery. Survived by two daughters Mrs Margaret Baumbach Laporte Tex and Mrs Ruth Taylor Cape May N J. two sons W C Wood Gainesville and Jack Wood Lakeland. a sister Mrs Alice Hinton and a brother Ellis Coody both of Fo.
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PIN
Gainesville
Jack Wood
Lakeland
Alice Hinton
Ellis Coody
Knoxville financier J. H. Bright dies at 75
J H Bright, 75, of Knoxville Tennessee and father of Virginia B James of Thomasville, died yesterday of an apparent heart attack in Thomasville after a stay of about three weeks. Survived by wife Susan Stahl Bright, daughters Martha Rutherford and Betty Keough, son Charles H Bright of Anniston Alabama. Funeral arrangements by Whiddon Funeral Home.
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James Hugh Bright
Knoxville
Tenn
Virginia B. James
Thomasville
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Bright
Whiddon Funeral Home
James
Susan Stahl Bright
Martha Rutherford
Betty Keough
Charles H. Bright
Anniston
Ala
South Broad Street widening survey completed
A survey to widen South Broad Street from the Jerger School for 2.14 miles to U.S. 19 is finished. City Engineer Wesley Wilson says funding will be state and federal, with plans for 48 feet of roadway plus sidewalks curbs and gutters. Federal funds may be delayed by President Johnson's highway spending order.
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S. Broad St
Jerger
U.S. 19
Wesley Wilson
Atlanta
State Highway Department
Wilson
James Whittington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Pullano Expects Easier Village Board Victory
EAST ROCHESTER N Y April RP Republican nominee Pat Pullano says it may be easier for him to win the March Village Board election than other candidates. The village has 8 500 residents with 150 of Pullano’s relatives of voting age.
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East Rochester
N.Y
Pat Pullano
Pullano
Weather outlook with cold wave and frost risk
Cold wave warning tonight across the north with hard freeze and clearing skies. Mostly cloudy and windy afternoon with showers in coastal areas. turning much colder tonight as winds diminish. Saturday will be fair but cold with lows 16 to 26 north and 24 to 32 south and highs in the 40s north to 50s south.
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ST. Marks
Fla
Georgia Alabama Weather Outlook Weekend Freeze Risk
Temperatures from Saturday to Wednesday are expected near normal with a cold weekend and little change afterward. Normal highs are 54 to 64 and lows 34 to 42 degrees, across extreme north central and extreme south regions.
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Georgia
Alabama
Senators May Go To LBS
Pentagon officials return for more secret testimony as Sen. Richard Russell pushes for early action on a 4.4 billion military hardware authorization for Vietnam. Debate centers on restrictions for U.S. fliers and possible public pressure on the Senate.
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Senators
LBS
Pentagon
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Armed Services Committee
Vietnam
North Vietnam
McNamara
James B. Pearson
R-rian
Pearson
U.S
Tower
Senate
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Rotary Organization For World Peace
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