Eastern Seaboard Gripped by Snow A Week Schedule
A vast snowstorm blankets the Eastern seaboard causing school closures and traffic paralysis. Mayor Wagner enforces a private auto ban in New York as 100,000 barrels of heating fuel are brought upriver to ease shortages. Snow warnings extend from North Carolina to Pennsylvania with Washington reporting 3 to 5 inches of new snow.
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Associated Press
Seaboard
New York City
Robert F. Wagner
Hudson River
New York
Newburgh
Washington, D.C
Virginia
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Name Confusion Lets Car Pass Through Manhattan Tunnel
A couple named Holland drove into the Hudson River tunnel into Manhattan during a snow emergency when a police officer questioned their name. He allowed passage after learning they were by that name. The item sits among local anecdotes and letters about winter conditions and community good deeds.
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Howard Holland
New York City
Hudson River
Manhattan Island
Manhattan
Holland
Girl 16 Falls Seven Stories Saved by Snow
New Yorker Nereida Rodriguez, 16, fell seven stories from a kitchen window, landed in four feet of snow on West 148th Street. She was hospitalized with possible spine fracture and rib injuries, plus a cut to her right leg. Doctors say the snow likely saved her life.
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New York
Nereida Rodriguez
New Yorker
Nereida
West 148Th St
Weaver Approved by Senate Banking Committee 11-4
The Senate Banking Committee voted 11-4 to approve Robert C. Weaver for the housing administrator post. Weaver, 53, is the first Negro named to the government’s top housing job, with confirmation likely but facing possible Senate debate and printing of testimony.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Robert C. Weaver
New York
Weaver
Senate
Willis Robertson
D-Va
Virginian
Robertson
New York City
Kennedy
Brinkley to Speak at Northern Virginia Livestock Dinner
Parke C. Brinkley Virginia agriculture commissioner will headline the Northern Virginia Livestock Producers Association dinner February 21 at Lee-Jackson Restaurant. The 6:30 p.m. event features guest 1960 Chicago National Livestock Exposition grand champ judges Donald W. Brill and a 4-H Club entertainment plan. Business includes audit and director elections with brief 1961 outlook reports from Allen K. Randolph and I. Fred Stine.
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Parke C. Brinkley
Virginia
Northern Virginia Livestock Producers’ Association
Lee-Jackson
I. Fred Stine
Chicago
Donald W. Brill
Clarke County
Stine
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Allen K. Randolph
Virginia Beef Cattle Producers’ Association
Virginia Snow Dumps 15 Inches in Western and Northern Areas
Virginia endures a second major snowstorm as western and northern regions report up to 15 inches in Roanoke and pockets across counties. Travel hazardous, schools closed, and chains or snow tires advised on many highways.
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Virginia
Roanoke
Shenandoah Valley
Staunton
Winchester
Lynchburg
Charlottesville
Fredericksburg
Quantico
Washington
Giles
Pulaski
Smyth
Tazewell
Lee, Wise, Scott and Dickenson
Covington — Hot Springs
Clifton Forge
Bluefield
Virginia - West Virginia
Virginia - North Carolina
Danville
Martinsville
State Highway Department
Loudoun County
Salem
Montgomery
Albemarle County
Warrenton
Lexington
Augusta
Alleghany
Rockingham
State Employes May Get Raise
Governor Almond said state employees may receive an equitable pay raise after July 1 if finances improve. He noted higher revenues from income taxes and other taxes and potential savings from contracts. He would confer with budget and personnel directors in June or July before deciding on size and scope.
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Richmond
Almond
General Assembly
India
Civil suits may follow U S antitrust action in electrical industry
The government breakup of a $2 billion yearly heavy electrical equipment conspiracy ends with 29 companies and 44 top executives sentenced. Fines total $1,924,500 and 7 men receive 30 day jail terms. 14 indictments remain disposed of after an 18 month federal probe. Customers may sue for damages from price fixing or bid rigging, though proving loss is difficult.
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Philadelphia
U. S. Dist
J. Cullen Ganey
Ganey
Kennedy sees severe test of U S missile position
President Kennedy warned the U S will face a severe test of its world position in the next four years and stressed no final conclusion has been reached on missile gap. He cited a hoped by February study and discussed McNamara and defense views while noting no gap is confirmed.
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Washington
Kennedy
America
U.S
Russia
Pentagon
New York Herald Tribune
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Defense
Congress
Airport fund drive passes four thousand in initial pledges
Winchester Freder ick County Chamber of Commerce reports $4000 raised toward a $20000 goal to improve Winchester Municipal Airport on Bufflick Road. Donors include Leggett Department Store $1000 Northern Virginia Power Co $500 and Day Co Berryville $2500. The project aims to asphalt a 4000 foot runway at $40000 with city $20000 already set and the chamber seeking the remaining $20000.
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Winchester - Frederick County
Leggett’s Department Store
Northern Virginia Power Co
Doubleday & Co
Berryville
Bufflick Road
Winchester
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester Municipal
Apple Capital Air Service
Warren Mullenax
Frederick County
Mail Delays From Snowhamper Route 7 Truck Late
Postmaster Wilbur R. Johnston reports yesterday’s Washington cargo mail arrived after 11 hours due to a snowbank crash near Leesburg. Winchester mail today is mostly delayed with rural routes scarce. The Evening Star and Post Office urge patrons to clear snow from depots and expect limited service.
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Winchester
Wilbur R. Johnston
Washington
Leesburg
Johnston
Evening Star
Post Office
the Star
Howard Johnson
George Washington Hotel
Schools Closed but Not by Principal Webb
City schools in Webb City Missouri operated despite low attendance as fewer than half of 1520 pupils came to class. An impersonator phoned radio and TV stations claiming a six inch snow shutdown, mimicking Principal Fred Daughn’s 8 a.m. announcement and causing confusion at four grade schools.
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Webb
City
Fred Daughn
Winchester
Winchester hit by 22 inch snowstorm shuts schools
A fierce winter storm drenches the area with 11 more inches, bringing the total to 22 inches and setting a new snow record. Roads blocked, high winds threaten drifts as Winchester Frederick Clarke counties close schools and retailers halt all but minimal openings. City crews scrape the streets while police urge motorists off the roads.
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Winchester
Garland R. Quarles
Woman 90 Turns In Driving License in Santa Monica
Eunice Cochran, 90, surrendered her license at the motor vehicle office saying she would rather walk. A longtime driver since 1915 she has no accidents and only one prior citation for an illegal U turn in 1933. She is the mother of a municipal judge.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Motor Vehicle Department
Eunice Cochran
Provisional Confederate Government Constitution Adopted
One hundred years ago today the provisional Confederate government adopted its constitution in Montgomery Alabama. In Arkansas the U S Arsenal at Little Rock was seized by state authorities amid rising wartime tensions.
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Montgomery
Ala
U.S. Arsenal
Little Rock
Ark
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