Cold Wave Grips Nation Midsection With Snow Blizzards
A severe cold wave spread east from the Rockies with 60 mph winds and heavy snow warnings across upper Midwest and Great Plains. Five deaths occurred in western states from the blizzard and hypothermia. in New England up to 18 inches fell, while Colorado and Wyoming reported 60 mph winds and drifts.
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Rocky Mountains
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain
Rockies
Michigan
Nebraska
Wyoming
North Dakota
Denver
Upper Michigan
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Colorado
New Mexico
New England
Caribou
Maine
Midwest
Great Plains
Texas
St. Bernard
Aspen
Dakotas
Snow Storm Moves Into Iowa With Snow and Cold
A winter storm sweeping Iowa brings sub zero temperatures and up to four inches of snow by Sunday. The system replaces rain and fog, slick roads form west of Fort Dodge, and motorists are urged to drive cautiously as temperatures drop to five below in parts. The Maurice Ball family is marooned along the Raccoon River due to an ice jam between Des Moines and Commerce.
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United Press
Iowa
Sioux City
Iowa Highway Patrol
Fort Dodge
Lowa
U.S. 61
Des Moines
U S Red Leader Irving Potash to Leave for Poland
U S communist leader Irving Potash set to depart March 4 for Poland and a new life behind the Iron Curtain to avoid potential jail time. Polish Embassy cleared travel documents, federal approval granted, after his Leavenworth release last December on conspiracy charges. Potash, 55, formerly jailed over Smith Act violations, remains free on $5 000 bond pending further indictment.
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Washington
Irving Potash
Poand
Iron Curtain
United States
Potash
Leavenworth
Kan
Mysterious Stranger Blamed in Wellman Shooting
Carl Shettler 17 says a middle aged stranger driving a 1949 Ford with Kansas plates shot him in the hand with a 22 caliber rifle during a demand for a $500 check at the John Shettler farm. Sheriff Snyder will have Shettler undergo a lie detector test.
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Wellman
Carl Shettler
Charles Snyder
Shettler
Snyder
Kansas
John Shettler
Young Shettler
Parts
Dr. J. Miller
Sheriff Snyder
Brother acts as makeshift tourniquet saves sister
In St Louis, 14 year-old Everett Woodland saved his 11 year-old sister Susan after she cut her arm through a glass closet door. He pressed his hands over the deep gash until a neighbor took them to County Hospital, where doctors said his action likely prevented fatal bleeding.
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ST. Louis
Everett G. Woodland
Susan
Everett
Farm Family Escapes From Burning Home
Marshalltown Iowa. Mr and Mrs William Bown Jr and their five children aged 1 to 5 escaped injury when their farm home northwest of the city burned to the ground. Officials said the fire started from an overheated stove. Neighbors gave temporary shelter as the family lost all possessions.
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Marshalltown
William Bown Jr
Here
Two Men Held After Narcotics Are Found
Des Moines police nab two men after a Friday night raid seized narcotics and hypodermic needles. Capt. Louis Volz named Roy Robinson Clark Jr. 28 and Robert Wesley Massey Jr. 29 as the arrestees, with narcotics found on Clark.
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Des Moines
Louis Volz
Roy Robinson Clark Jr
Robert Wesley Massey Jr
Volz
Clark
Senator Martin’s Iowa City roots span coaching to senate
United Press profiles Thomas Ellsworth Martin born 1887, former mayor of Iowa City and track coach at the University of Iowa, recalling his 1921 entry as weight coach after noting his athletic eye and influence on athletes like Spike Nelson and Duke Slater. The piece notes his long Capitol tenure, pride in nine grandchildren, and steady work.
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Harman W. Nichols
United Press
Washington
Iowa
Thomas Ellsworth Martin
Tom
Senate
House
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Tom Martin
Spike
Nelson
Duke Slater
Duke
Sen. Martin
Capitol
Punch
Senator
Iowa Election Law Change Sought Over Convention Clash
Secretary of State Melvin D. Synhorst said he will ask the attorney general to draft legislation to align Iowa election laws with the August 20 Republican national convention date. The move seeks to move the general election filing deadline from August 17 back 15 days to ensure nominees appear on the state ballot.
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DES Moines
Melvin D. Synhorst
Iowa
Synhorst
Leo A. Hoegh
Senate
House Elections Committee
Lowa
Attorney General
Teenager wins national cherry pie contest in Chicago
Marjorie Campbell, a Red Hook Central High senior, captured the Cherry Pie Making Contest title winning a $500 scholarship a new electric store trip to the White House and to New York City. She plans home economics study at Cornell or Iowa State and hopes for a TV homemaker show.
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Chicago
Marjorie Campbell
White House
Washington
New York City
Marjorie
Red Hook
Cornell
Iowa State
Benner Transfers Carter to Ottumwa
Marvin Carter, longtime manager of the Benner Food Store in Washington since 1946, will transfer to an Ottumwa store effective Monday February 28. Ottumwa’s location is among the largest in the Benner group with 37 employees and five checkouts. Carter also serves as commander of the 113th Anti Aircraft National Guard unit and will commute briefly. Carter’s family will move after school ends. Bill Gallagher will assume the Washington manager post.
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Marvin Carter
Benner Food
Washington
Ottumwa
Carter
Benner Group
113Th
Chuck
Linda
Mike
Bill Gallagher
Benner
Bill
Benner Company
Muscatine
Union Is Defendant In 200000 Court Action
A $200,000 lawsuit filed in Polk County District Court by Edwin F. Guth Co. claims Electrical Workers Union Local B-347 AFL threatened a strike to force Des Moines projects to use their fixtures and stop using other brands. A hearing on a temporary order was scheduled for Monday before District Judge C. Edwin Moore.
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DES Moines
Polk County
St. Louis, Mo
Electrical Workers Union
Nationalists claim big naval victory off Taishan Island
Nationalist air force said 41 Communist vessels were put out of action in 24 hours after attacks off Taishan Island 120 miles north of Formosa. Troop convoys from Foochow were targeted as Nationalists warned of major assaults on Nanchi and Matsu.
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Taipei
Formosa
Taishan Island
Foochow
Taishan
Nanchi
Matsu Islands
China
Matsu
Quemoy
Tachens
Nanchi Island May Be Next Invasion Target for Reds
Washington sources say Red China may strike Nanchi Island next, not Quemoy or Matsu. They note Beijing is building mainland air bases and rushing reinforcements to the Tachens, with Wenchow as a potential torpedo boat base to harass Nationalist shipping and protect coastal routes. The plan aims to secure offshore islets for future Formosa action.
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Washington
Red
China
Formosa
Nanchi
Quemoy
Matsui
Reds
Tachen Islands
Chiang Kai-shek
Matsu
Wenchow
Plane Feared Lost After Lake Pontchartrain Crash
A big water search was launched for a Stinson four seater believed to have crashed into foggy Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans. Three Indiana men were aboard including Tom Smith of Lafayette, taxi executive, Jim Dickerson, Milton Landis, as the Civil Aeronautics Authority and Coast Guard joined the search with CAP and Air National Guard planes and patrol boats.
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New Orleans
Stinson
Lake Pontchartrain
Charles P. Collins
Smith
Lafayette
Ind
Collins
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Tom Smith
Jim Dickerson
Milton Landis
Aretz
Civil Air Patrol
Coast Guard
Air National Guard
Ex Queen Narriman May Rejoin First Husband
Dr Adham El Nakeeb said Narriman offered to reconcile their marriage and he would accept. He would not travel to Switzerland to rejoin her, noting proposals came by telephone from Lausanne via Amin Fahim.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Adham el Nakeeb
Narriman
United Press
Switzerland
Nakeeb
Lausanne
Amin Fahim
Farouk
Two Runaway Youths Arrested at Sigourney
Two Minnesota boys ages 15 and 14 were picked up after their panel truck slid into a muddy ditch on a Sigourney street. Sheriff Wallerich said Gary Lehn and Gary Martinson of Anoka were held for their parents. They planned to drive to California.
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Sigourney
Iowa
Minnesota
John H. Wallerich
Gary Lehn
Gary Martinson
Anoka
Minn
Wallerich
Martin
California
Iowa Lawmakers Face Busy Week Before Midterm Recess
Iowa lawmakers brace for a busy week the last before the midterm recess. The Senate will take up a divisive trading stamp bill and a workmen’s compensation increase, while a House sub committee continues an axle mile tax study on trucks. The session may also see salary hike talk for senators and representatives.
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Senate
House
Iowa
Verne Lisle
Clarinda
Lisle
Pearl McMurry
Roads and Highways Committee
Statehouse
Leo Hoegh
Commerce
Paperhangers left signatures reveal walls dated centuries old
Historical wall papers bear signatures and dates showing owners left marks to record work. Many walls reveal paper hung decades or centuries ago, with some signatures uncovered after removal indicating ages of 100 years or more.
Child Health Clinic at Crawfordsville School Friday
A well baby clinic will be held in the lunch room at Crawfordsville School on Friday February 25 from 1 to 3 30 p m. Free physical exams are provided for infants and children under school age by doctors from State University Hospital Iowa City with referrals to the family physician.
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Crawfordsville
Pediatrics Department
State University Hospital
Iowa City
Ethel Gregg
R. N. Washington County
Richard Lease
Two Men Held For Tapping Phone Wires
New York police arrested Carl Ruh and Walter Asmann, suspended telephone company workers, on malicious mischief charges after a raid uncovered a large East Side wire tapping operation. Eight others were questioned as the FBI joined the probe. The investigation began February 11 with a raid on an East Side apartment revealing the extent of the tapping network.
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New York
New York Telephone Company
East Side
Carl R. Ruh
Walter Asmann
FBI
Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
Manhattan
Two Quarts Milk All That's Left by Fire
Fire destroyed the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Thompson in Des Moines. Neighbors saved two quarts of milk for the couple who returned home with their two daughters aged eight and three. Firemen blamed a leaky fuel line or a defective pilot light in a propane furnace as the likely cause.
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Des Moines
Fred Thompson
Thompsons
U S and Britain to send negotiators to nuclear talk
United States and Britain will dispatch top negotiators Henry Cabot Lodge Jr and Anthony Nutting to join talks with Andrei Gromyko in London next Friday. Moscow’s proposal prompts cautious hope for limited progress at the London disarmament conference despite skepticism.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Britain
Russia
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Athony Nutting
Andrei Gromyko
London
Washington
Kremlin
Augustana Laboratory Damaged by Flames
A fire at Augustana College in Rock Island caused about 35000 in damages to the science building. The blast sparked by a small explosion forced students to flee as Rock Island Moline and Davenport fire crews battled the blaze confined to the top floor.
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Rock Island, Ill
Augustana College
Science
Rock Island
Moline
Davenport
Iowa
Herman Wahlheim
IOWA Cold Wave Brings Snow and Low Temperatures
The state faces sleet and heavy snow warnings as a cold wave moves in. Rain changes to snow east with up to 4 inches of accumulation. Lows drop to 0 to 5 below west and near zero east. Sunday stays cold with some snow east and highs 5 to 15. Monday remains partly cloudy and cold.
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United Press
Iowa
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