Florida Winters spared as arctic chill fades
An arctic blast mostly spared Florida crops with subfreezing fears easing. Orlando and Jacksonville reported freezing lows but citrus belts and vegetables escaped killer frost. some areas held above freezing while others faced residual chills. Officials warned a possible hard freeze tonight and prepared smudge pots in groves.
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Kentucky
Virginia
Florida
Jacksonville
Ocala
Weather Bureau
Orlando
West Palm Beach
Everglades
Miami
Tallahassee
Pensacola
Fort Myers
Daytona Beach
Mississippi
Louisiana
Jackson
Miss
New Orleans
Korean Veteran Akers Guilty of Slaying Trooper Giles
Herschel Akers, 25, was found guilty of first degree murder in the July shooting of State Trooper Robert F. Giles in Wise Virginia. The jury deliberated 42 minutes and sentenced him to life in prison. sentencing was postponed pending a defense motion.
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Wise
Herschel Akers
Robert F. Giles
State Penitentiary
George Morton
Akers
Giles
Coeburn
Korea
Bobby Kiser
Cold Wave Grips Region With Snow and Ice
A sharp cold front drove a one inch snowfall into the area and froze roads creating hazardous driving. Temperatures plunged to six degrees below zero statewide with a high of 45 yesterday and warnings of further subfreezing conditions tonight. Local readings dropped to six above and officials urged caution as crews spread abrasives and salt on hills and curves.
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Albermarle County
Mitcheltown
Hot Springs
Bath County
Berryville
W. N. Rutherford
U. S
Clarke County
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Berryville Ave
U. S. Rt
Highway Department
Winchester
First Telecast of Academy Award Nominations Tonight
Hollywood anticipates NBC televised nominating ceremony at 9 p.m. EST from four spots with winners to be shown and nominees scattered across venues. Judy Garland Jane Wyman Humphrey Bogart Katy Jurado will attend at Burbank Romanoff’s Cocoanut Grove. Bing Crosby recuperating at home. Marlon Brando and other top stars may attend. many are out of town.
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Hollywood
Colony
Jan Sterling
Nbc-Tv
NBC Burbank
Ciro’s
Romanoff's
the Cocoanut Grove
Judy Garland
Jack Webb
Burbank
Jane Wyman
Bing Crosby
Katy Jurado
Broken Lance
Marlon Brando
Brando
Grace Kelly
Audrey Hepburn
Sabrina
Bill Holden
Fredric March
Cold Wave Grips East as Snow Falls Across The South
The nation endures the coldest wave of the winter with near zero readings in Virginia and Tennessee and subzero temperatures inland. Fires leave 24 dead in Chicago, Brownwood, and Kennebunk while a foot of snow hits upstate New York. Miami drops from 80 to the low 40s as crops face threatened losses in the Rio Grande Valley and Southeast regions.
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Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Rockies
Atlantic
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Chicago
Brownwood
Tex
Kennebunk
Maine
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Gulf States
Louisiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Alabama
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
N. Y
Midwest
New York
Florida
Miami
Rio Grande Valley
Col Howard to Direct Air Force Symphony in Handley High Auditorium
Col George S. Howard will conduct the U S Air Force Symphony Orchestra in a concert sponsored by the Stonewall Jackson Chapter Disabled American Veterans tomorrow at 2 p m in Handley High School auditorium. Howard's career spanned Patrick County Band, Ithaca College, Ohio Wesleyan, Mansfield PA, Mooseheart IL, Ernest Williams School of Music Brooklyn, Montclair State Teachers, and service as executive officer of the Music Branch in the Special Services Division before joining the Air Force Band in March.
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George S. Howard
Stonewall Jackson
Disabled American Veterans
Handley High School
Col. Howard
Patrick County
Ithaca College
Ohio Wesleyan University
Mansfield
Pennsylvania
State Teachers College
Mooseheart
Illinois
Ernest Williams School of Music
Brooklyn
N. Y
Montclair
New Jersey
Army
Special Services Division
Orseas
Air Force Band
Fire roars through Skid Row hotel killing 18
A early morning extra alarm blaze at the Barton Hotel on West Madison Street Chicago left 18 dead and 14 injured including two firemen. Firefighters battled subzero winds for nearly four hours as they searched wreckage for more victims and investigated the cause.
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Chicago
Skid Row
Barton Hotel
West
Madison St
Banquet Honors Rouss Founder Despite Weather
About 260 people gathered for the 58th annual Rouss Fire Company banquet in London, honoring Charles Broadway Rouss. Snow and ice kept many from attending, but Rev. Millard Lewis delivered a life lesson on obligation and hopeful manhood based on a childhood self-portrait.
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Reuss Fire Company
Charles Broadway Rouss
Millard Lewis
Market Street Methodist
Frank W. Lovejoy
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co
Chicago
Washington
C. F. Schenck
Lewis
Four Fire Alarms Answered in 24 Hours Here
City firefighters responded to four alarms within 24 hours with no serious damage. An overheated oil stove at 116 E Cork St caused no fire, Bill Rauch’s coal furnace scorched a wall but could be repaired by painting, a chimney report at 566 N Loudoun St proved unfounded, and an oil stove at Lou doun and Monmouth Sts caused no damage.
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R. C. Stotler
E. Cork St
Bill Rauch
S. Cameron St
South End
Air Force Grounds B57 Light Bombers
The Air Force grounds its B57 light bombers as a precaution after recent crashes of the B57 night intruder and RB57 planes. Investigations are planned into two crashes last Tuesday in Maryland and California, with no mention of a prior Maryland crash.
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Air Force
Washington
Glenn L Martin Co
Maryland
California
Butler’s
Chou En Lai Backs Easing Tension in Formosa Area
United Nations New York Chou En Lai says Peiping favors relaxation of tension in Formosa while keeping the door open for cease fire talks. He rejects attending Security Council discussions unless Formosa is on the agenda and reiterates Peiping would attend only with its regular seat. The note comes as the Council prepares for a second cease fire session and follows Hammarskjold’s plea for Peiping to engage.
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N. Y
Chou Enlai
Fortrosa
Peiping
U. N
Chou
Dag Hammarskjold
Security Council
Formosa
Hammarskjold
Red China
Ching Kai-shek
Securiy Council
Red Chinese
United States
Negro Nursery Board Finalizes Campaign Plans
The Negro Day Nursery board met at Mrs. Stewart Bell Jr.'s home on N Cameron St to outline final plans for raising 21 000 for a new facility. Director general T W Baldridge spoke to 13 attendees as campaign supplies were distributed.
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Negro Day Nursery
Stewart Bell, Jr
N. Cameron St
Thomas Boyd
Red Chinese fleet of armed junks off Matsu alarms Taiwan
Red China massed more than 70 armed motorized junks off the Matsu outpost near Foochow as the U S backed evacuation of Tachens proceeded. The 7th Fleet guarded the area while evacuation crews removed civilians and troops from the Tachens and Yu Shans amid explosions and tense weather.
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Matsu
Fred Hampson
Taipei
Formosa
Red China
Defense Ministry
Chiang Kai-shek
U.S
China
Foochow
Formosa Strait
Tachen
Jim Becker
U. S
Estes
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Yikiangshan
Tachens
Yu Shans
Pishan
Becker
Fred Waters
Big Sun Hat
Maid Admits Slaying Millionaire Wife in Beverly Hills
A 25 year old maid at the Hayden mansion admitted bludgeoning 71 year old Katie Hayden with an ax after an argument over carving a roast bone. The suspect, Peggy King, had worked only three days and was jailed on suspicion of murder. Lie detector tests aided investigators, as did her later testimony. Rutherford Bennett, a former cook, was cleared of murder after questioning.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Samuel Hayden
Clinton H. Anderson
Peggy King
Katie Hayden
Hayden
King
Mrs. Hayden
Anderson
Rutherford Leon Bennett
Cook
Bennett
Chief Anderson
Mrs. King
Negro Attorney H Hill seeks seat in Virginia House of Delegates
Richmond attorney Oliver W. Hill 47 a key figure in Prince Edward County school segregation case announces candidacy for the Virginia House of Delegates subject to the July Democratic primary. Hill, first Negro Richmond City Council member this century, notes vital race related issues for the General Assembly.
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Richmond
Oliver W. Hill
Prince Edward County
Virginia House of Delegates
Hill
Hill, Martin and Robinson
U. S. Supreme Court
General Assembly
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