Blizzard Leaves 17 Dead In Four Midwest States
A midwestern blizzard buried Kansas City area and four states in deep snow leaving 17 deaths from accidents and heart attacks after shoveling. Eleven inches fell in parts with five highways blocked by six foot drifts and schools forming closures. Forecasters warned of another snowstorm brewing in the West.
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Midwest
Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri-Kansas Line
Topeka
Kan
St. Joseph
Lexington
Butler
Odessa
Missouri-Kansas
U.S. 36
U.S. 24
U.S. 40
U.S. 50
U.S. 71
King of the Scofflaws Pays Record Traffic Fine
Suburban real estate man J. Philip Cahill paid 6 550 in New York after amassing 131 traffic tickets over five years. Chief Murtagh had warned of jail if not paid within a week. Cahill faced penalties for overtime and restricted parking, double parking, hydrant blocks, and other offenses. He called himself a victim of circumstances.
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New York
J. Philip Cahill
John M. Murtagh
Murtagh
Cahill
Caracas Curfew After Deadly Rioting and Strike
Caracas imposes dusk to dawn curfew after riots and shootings during a general strike. Reports say about 20 killed and 100 injured in street clashes with 1,000 arrested. Government says disruptions occurred in Caracas and other areas while U S officials note no American injuries. Local police used tear gas to disperse crowds in the main square.
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Caratas
Venezuela
Caracas
Washington
U. S. State Department
U.S
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Interior Ministry
Los Teques
Valencia
Pueblo Nuevo
Paraces
Explosion Rips Side of Home in Waynesboro Kills Woman
A natural gas floor furnace leak is suspected to have caused a blast that ripped the side from a Waynesboro home last night. Mrs. H. N. Cloutier died. her husband was injured and later released. Their son Leo escaped through a window and was treated.
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Waynesboro
J. Guy Rusmiselle
H. N. Cloutier
Leo
Woman Flies Jet 1000 MPH setting women's speed record
Ruth Nichols 56, veteran flyer, piloted a two seat F102 Delta Dagger to speeds above 1000 mph at 51000 feet over Suffolk County Air Force Base New York. Col Fred D Hook Jr said the flight lasted about 50 minutes and set new women's speed and altitude records.
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Suffolk County Air Force Base
N.Y
Ruth Nichols
Air Force
Miss Nichols
Fred D. Hook Jr
Long Island
Hook
Jacqueline Cochran
Pentagon
Civil Air Patrol
Shenandoah Valley Beauty Pageant Dates Announced
The Miss Shenandoah Valley Pageant will be held in New Market on April 24 and 25. Frank O Roark, general chairman, says the event serves as a direct preliminary to the Miss Virginia Pageant in Roanoke June 26-28 and the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City in September. The 1956 winner was Donna Hicks of Front Royal. last year’s winner was Janet Bowman of Bridgewater College.
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New Market
Frank O’roark
Roanoke
Atlantic City
Donna Hicks
Front Royal
Janet Bowman
Bridgewater College
Woman trapped after icy Rt 522 wreck near Winchester
A 73 year old Cleveland woman, Amelia Uher, was trapped for about 45 minutes when her 1949 Dodge left Rt 522 north, overturned after skidding on ice. She sustained chest contusions and lace rations and was treated at Memorial Hospital. The crash, at 8:55 am, involved a total loss valued at 450 dollars. A separate Rt 7 crash occurred at 6:40 am near Winchester involving Dorothy Duvall's 1955 Studebaker. James A Francis of Niagara Falls, NY remained unconscious. A sailor died after being removed from a wreck nearby. State Trooper J H Smith reported the restrained driver was alone. The Winchester Rescue Squad assisted at the scene.
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Cleveland
Rt. 522 North
Amelia Uher
Memorial Hospital
James A. Francis
Niagara Falls
N. Y
J. H. Smith
J. H. Smith, Jr
Miss Uher
Friendship
Winchester
Rt. 7
L. P. Coverstone
Studebaker
Dorothy Duvall
Liberty Ave
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Assembly at a Glance Proposes Constitutional Commission
The General Assembly advanced bills shaping a 15 member commission on constitutional government to work with the governor and counterparts in other states. A companion measure merges the Thomson and Boatwright racial investigation panels and extends oversight to textbooks and curricula.
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General Assembly
Almond
Senate
Eugene B. Sydnor Jr
Richmond
House
del. James M. Thomson
Alexandria
Thomson
Boatwright
Accused Killer Captured In Abandoned Farmhouse
Sidney James McCormick 25 was captured near an abandoned farmhouse in a snowbound field after a chase from Vienna police chief Gerald Sinnett. He faces charges in Lynchburg for the fatal shooting of Alma Walton Davis and wounding of Alma Davis Powell and Beverly Jean McCormick.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Sidney James McCormick
Lynchburg
McCormick
Gerald Sinnett
Vienna
Sinnett
Alma Walton Davis
Alma Davis Powell
Davis
Beverly Jean McCormick
Marine Sergeant Sentenced for Cruelty in Sasebo Prison Case
Marine Sgt. Adrian A. McLane of Philadelphia received a two year sentence at hard labor for cruelty and assault against U S Navy prisoners at Sasebo Japan He was reduced to private forfeited pay and allowances dishonorably discharged The eight man general court martial found nine cruelty and one assault counts guilty while acquitting one assault and seven cruelty charges The verdict ends trials of 16 former Marine guards with 20 sailors alleging mistreatment during seven months into the investigation leading to the worst sentence of the group
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Yokosuka
Japan
Adrian A. McLane
Philadelphia
U.S. Navy
McLane
Navy
Sasebo
Pacific Command
Hawaii
Whitener to Speak at Winchester Jaycees Banquet
Basil Lee Whitener congressman from North Carolina will be the guest speaker at the Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce Founders Day banquet at the George Washington Hotel Saturday at 6 30 p m Burr P Harrison will introduce him and R Wesley Williams Jaycees president will serve as toastmaster Awards for Outstanding Boss of the Year Outstanding Young Man of the Year and Outstanding Young Farmer of the Year will be given Special guests include Alvin Newman state Jaycee president and John Pickett state vice president Whitener is a Duke Law School graduate and former solicitor of the 11th Solicitorial District He served in the U S Navy and held various legal and party positions Dancing follows the dinner and address.
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Basil Lee Whitener
North Carolina
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
George Washington Hotel
Burr P. Harrison
Virginia
R. Wesley Williams
Winchester Jaycees
Alvin Newman
Danville
Jaycee
John Pickett
Falls Church
Winchester
Whitener
Gaston County
N. C
Lowell High School
Duke University Law School
U. S. Navy
Mth
Young Democratic Clubs of
Young Democratc National
Chattanooga
Tenn
11Th
Philadelphia
Gaston County Bar Association
North Carolina and American Bar Associations
American Judicature Society
Judicial Conference
Fourth Federal Judicial Circuit
U S Denounces Soviet Claims On Dulles Middle East Trip
The United States labeled a Soviet charge that Secretary of State Dulles would press missile bases in Baghdad Pact nations as false. Dulles planned to visit Tehran and Ankara to bolster support for the pact amid Soviet pressure, with the Baghdad Pact conference to run in Ankara next week. The United States aids and participates in the pact’s planning and development efforts.
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Washington
United States
Dulles
Middle East
U.S
Eisenhower
Tehran
Ankara
Turkey
State Department
Baghdad
Pakistan
Iran
Iraq
Britain
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Virginia Court Strikes Down Three Anti NAACP Laws
A federal three judge panel ruled three Virginia anti NAACP laws unconstitutional while leaving two challenged provisions to be resolved by state courts. The 2 to 1 decision by Judge Morris A Soper and Judge Walter Hoffman found registration and disclosure laws onerous and restricting access to courts. Judge Sterling Hutcheson dissented in part.
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Richmond
Virginia
Morris A. Soper
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Walter Hoffman
Norfolk
Sterling Hutcheson
Soper
State Supreme Court of Appeals
NAACP
Boatwright Racial Investigating Committee
Gas leak explosion injures farmington workers
A liquefied gas line valve opened at a desert plant site caused a gas cloud to explode as about 70 cars passed through. Twelve people were injured, seven of them seriously, including June Gordon who was knocked from her car. Paul Miller, safety engineer, helped push stalled vehicles to safety.
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Farmington
June Gordon
Here
Paul Miller
Denver
Miller
Explosion injures scores in Niagara Falls chemical blast
A railroad tank car filled with an unidentified chemical exploded near the northeast city line injuring scores and causing widespread property damage. The blast shattered windows in Hyde Park Elementary and disrupted utilities while hospitals logged many emergency cases but no deaths.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Niagara Junction Railroad
Hyde Park
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J. Lindsay Almond, Jr
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Sidney C. Day
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