Father and Three Children Die in Myerstown Farm Fire
A father Edward Sowers 39 and his three children Edward David 16 Arthur Leon 14 Jo Ann 9 died in a fire that destroyed a two story dwelling on the Dr Harry Langdon farm near Charles Town West Virginia. The mother Patricia Willis Sowers 35 and two other children escaped with minor burns. Firemen battled near freezing temps hauling water two miles as the father reentered to save them.
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Edward Davis Sowers
Edward David
Arthur Leon
Jo Ann
Patricia Willis Sowers
Charles Alex
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Ed Clark Furr
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Icy Blasts Deliver Record Freezing Across Wide Region
A winter chill swept the nation with icy winds and heavy snows from the Rockies to the Atlantic. Temperatures plunged 20 to 30 degrees from yesterday, with 20s to 50s in Florida, and two feet of snow around Buffalo suburbs. Two fishermen and three duck hunters were rescued after becoming stranded in near zero winds on Lake Erie's Manumee Bay.
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Mobile
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Atlanta
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Eisenhower Calls NSC Meeting at Camp David on Thursday
President Eisenhower called the National Security Council to meet Thursday at Camp David near Thurmont Maryland. The White House said no emergency prompted the gathering and noted this will be the NSC's second Maryland meeting in two weeks with the Cabinet slated to meet there next week.
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Eisenhower
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Thurmont
White House
Defense Strategy Planning Group
Maryland
NSC
Cabinet
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Washington
Rowland Hughes
Andrew Goodpaster
Ann Whitman
Overheated Stoves Start Three County Fires
Three fires in the past 24 hours destroyed two houses and damaged a third. An 8:25 a.m. blaze at Marvin Clark’s Cedar Creek Grade home, three miles beyond Opequon, left the six room frame dwelling wrecked while neighbors saved some furniture. Fire crews from Shawnee, Round Hill, Stephens City with Clear Brook assisted. Authorities cited an overheated coal stove possibly causing the blaze amid extreme cold. two trucks faced freezing pumps during suppression.
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Cedar Creek
Opequon
Martin Wisecarver
Clark
Zeropack
Tito's New Economic Policy Is Weapon Against Inflation
Yugoslavia's president Tito announced a new policy to raise living standards amid inflation. The piece notes Tito's break with Stalin, continued socialized farming, low rents, limited private land, and a 70 percent rural employment base. It discusses wages, consumer goods shortages, and state control of distribution.
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Yugoslavia
Stalin
Wyoming
Balkan
Poland
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Albania
Cold Wave Drives Record Lows Across the Area
A severe cold snap dropped official 14 degree lows at the Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory, with readings around 8 to 13 degrees unofficially. Forecasts call for continued chill, highs near freezing, and colder early tomorrow as shoppers endure subfreezing weather.
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Walters. Hough
Fairmont Ave
Doctors Arrange Surgery Schedules For Family of 10
In Minnesota a family of ten Steffenhagens from Frontenac, Roy 37 and Robert 31 and their eight children aged 11 to 1 1/2, enter University of Minnesota Hospitals for planned spleen removal to treat a hereditary blood disorder that breaks down red cells. The grandmother died from the same illness six years ago as doctors reported transfusions given to all but the youngest two.
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Minn
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Robert
University of Minnesota
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Red Wing
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Schewel Furniture CO
Virginia Woolen Shop
Fine Woolens
E. Piccadilly St
Dulles Calls for Bipartisan Foreign Policy Temperance
Secretary of State Dulles urged Republicans and Democrats to avoid partisan quarrels that could endanger the nation. He said he would not make campaign speeches in 1956 and avoided commenting on Democratic critiques of Eisenhower policy. He stressed bipartisan unity and cautioned against turning foreign policy into political football.
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Adlai Stevenson
Averell Har
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New York
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
Virginia special session debates constitutional convention referendum
On eve of Virginia Legislature special session questions address whether to submit a statewide referendum on convening a Constitutional Convention to amend Section 141. If approved by voters, delegates would be elected from 40 districts. purpose includes grants and school integration issues as advocated by the Gray Commission.
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Virginia
Gray Commission
Commission
General Assembly
Negro Delegate Injects Racial Issue Into Education Conference
At the White House education conference a Negro delegate questioned whether federal travel money went to delegates who do not support the Constitution. Clarence Mitchell of the NAACP cited reports from several Southern states and raised the issue as the conference planned round table discussions on school needs. President Eisenhower outlined both sides of the federal aid controversy in remarks and a Gettysburg address film.
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Supreme Court
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Winchester
Southern Tire Service
Handley Campus
Buffalo Hit By Fierce Blizzard Strands City
Buffalo, N Y faced a massive lake effect blizzard that stranded thousands, blocked roads, and halted transit. Five buses stalled on Lake Shore Road. passengers found shelter and hot coffee at Lackawanna plants as snow piled up to five feet south of the city. Schools closed statewide as temperatures fell to four below to eight above zero.
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Great Lakes
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Hamburg
Bethlehem Steel
Lackawanna
Lake Shore
Erie County
Albany Weather Bureau
Binghamton
Second National S D Day to Be Observed Thursday
Chief of Police J Thomas Boyd urged all motorists and pedestrians to observe the second national Safe Driving Day on Thursday December 1 aiming to cut traffic deaths injuries and accidents for a 24 hour period The initiative backed by the President Committee for Traffic Safety emphasizes individual responsibility and adherence to traffic laws.
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Boyd
President’s Committee For Traffic Safety
Gray Commission To Hold Secret Session Tonight
Gov. Stanley meets with State Sen. Garland Gray and lawmakers to map plans for tomorrow's special session. The 32 Gray Commission members who drafted the limited constitutional convention bill will convene in secret to discuss strategy and tactics.
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Gov
Stanley
Garland Gray
State Commission On Public Education
Virginia General Assembly
Gray
Assembly
Virginia Delegate predicts votes to block aid to private schools
Del. John Webb of Fairfax said he has 21 or more votes in the House of Delegates to block state aid to private schools. The emergency measure needs four-fifths in both chambers, totaling 80 of 100 in the House and 32 of 40 in the Senate.
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House of Delegates
del. John Webb
Fairfax
House
Senate
Virginia Weather Outlook and Five Day Forecast
Fairing cold tonight and Wednesday with snow flurries on western slopes. Lows 10-20, higher mountains near five above, coastal areas 20-25. Five day period Nov 30 to Dec 4 averages 8-10 degrees below normal with colder Wednesday, rain or show Saturday, total precipitation 0.25-0.5 inch. Highs 31 and lows 14 today, year ago 47 and 38.
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