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Show EMLD'S'S"? 12 SUNDAY Asian' Flu Outbreaks in 21 States Warmer Air Thaws Out Mri of Eastern Area By j United . Pres - International ',,farmer air thawed parts of the eastern of the nation not but enough to prevent today , two-thir- ds cold temmore , t peratures. .The bitter freeze, coldest eyer recorded, this: late in , the winter, : record-breakin- g - r .. - gripped millions of persons from Dixie to the Northeast to the Midwest.,. However, the weather bu- - By United .Press International reau , forecast rapidly , moderating Sniffles, sneezes, Asian, flu, and temperatures today and Sunday. just plain common colds' sent Snow flurries stunned the Gulf thousands of Americans down the Coast city of .Mobile, Ala., which "aspirin-liquid-resroute .today. shivered in 27 degree weather. e states Twenty-onreported --As Valley Head, iAla., had a low of ian flu or "influenza-lik- e one above zero. v ' The ' warm air mass shoved the below-zer- o Many schools closed during the temperature line, from week made no promise about re Tennessee and North Carolina up Monday, one boxing to the extreme Northeast, north- opening .ten was m postponed because a ern Minnesota and Michigan. the bug, and an elhad Mt. Pisgah, N.C., had a 20 below fighter man came up with Alabama zero reading Friday in the Great derly a peerless panacea. for warding Smokies. At Clingman's Peak In the Smokies the mercury dipped off flu. Daniel S. Robertson, 84, Brew-toto 16 below. . .... .... Ala., said his Own private flu e lows for so late in the season were recorded at Nashville vaccine consists of chopped onions Tenn.; Friday, where the temper- and sugar. He adds he hasn't had ature was 2 . above; Indianapolis, tha flu since 1879. Two Pittsburgh schools were Ind., with 9 below; and Pittsburgh, but not because the stu closed, Pa., with 8;below. New Orleans' festive Mardi Gras dents were ill as in many parts celebration !was chilled by tem- of the country. In Pittsburgh, the peratures ' in the upper 30s. But teachers were down observers said the revelers were A boxing match at , Portland, Maine, was cancelled because one not cooled by the weather. At least 31 deaths were blamed of the participants was too busy on the extreme cold. Ohio and fighting off a case of flu. The illness, definitely identfled Indiana had j five each. Massachusetts 'and Michigan four each, as the Asian strain in 11 f states Pennsylvania and Virginia three continued to hop from victim to each, Missouri and Texas' two victim in a general westward each,, and Illinois, Alabama and movement. Detroit Health Commissioner Florida one each. Dr. Charles .Anderson said up to 30,000 .residents of the motor city had flu,' and the Memphis,,. Tenn., ris-Firi- ng area reported an epidemic of 2,- t" ,' , . ; Explosion, iFire d War Corned &ut of Co By WILLIAM D.' LAFFLER' United Pres International The Cold War came out of the deep freeze this week. First, Cuban MIQ fighters fired on a U. S. shrimp boat which was drifting In international wa' Then Soviet 'Defense Minister Bodion Malinovsky warned that any attack on Cuba by the United States would result in thermonuclear retaliation against American cities.. i t Malinovsky also claimed Russia ters. could destroy: , the United States This was followed by a demand without getting hurt itself. He to Castro by President Kennedy could prevent any U. S. projectile for a prompt; explanation. Kenne from reaching its target On the dy also ordered the U. S, military other hand, , Malinovsky said, the to return . the fire in any. future United States had no defense aggression by Cuba. against Soviet missiles which he Some congressmen thought fir said were capable of - carrying ' ing back f was not , enough. They warheads. wanted U. S. planes to pursue the Seasoned diplomats felt that ' , MIGs to Cuba. Russia would not take such a were1 Castro said his jets only risk for the sake of Castro, who has become a pain in the neck looking for stolen Cuban? ships. -, : 100-megat- on -v- ? to the Soviets and who is costing them too much money. But these diplomats speculated that Malinovsky's threat reflected a hardening of the Soviet line toward the West. In Geneva, Western negotiators also were having trouble with their Soviet counterparts. The ise sue was how many inspections were necessary each year to police a ban against nuclear ' testing. The Soviets said they would agree to no more than three and the West could take it or leave It. So Western delegates, who had insisted on eight, to ten inspections the number shaved annually, down to seven. But the Soviet " on-sit- Freeze D eep delegation refused to change its position. Around the world: i f President KenneWashington dy again advised against having too many nuclear deterrents in Western Europe. This obviously was directed to Trance's President De Gaulle who is pursuing an independent nuclear policy. - An earthBenghazi, i Libya to was have quake reported "practically leveled" the plateau town of Barce, about 55 miles northeast, of Benghazi. At least 500 persons were reported dead but the casualty toll was expected to be higher. Washington Kennedy asked medical care for the for Congress aged based on social security. and The request, was pigeon-hole- d action J may not be ; taken until next year. J ih "J Names In the news: John F.' Dief enbaker The Canadian prime . minister, now ; head of only a caretaker government, J f ......U.il... new i10- Vixinuun tuusiuiauuus ior rxtith Primal Tfn!cff 'MfrtllRn Canadian elections are set for : April 8. "1 The pres-Romulo Betancourt 0. . Kennedy at the White House. They issued a joint , statement which indicated the United States would act, perhaps unilaterally to prevent communists from taking over in Venezuela. f j '1 n, Threat Ym m All-tim- To tHe Town what' 1 FireNORPHLET, Ark. (UPI) men fought a fire caused by a collision for freight train-trucfive hours Friday thinking that any minute chemicals might explode and sear the . town to a cinder. Three of 771 residents were injured fleeing the fire after the freight train loaded with chemicals and a gasoline truck collided. A boxcar loaded ' with ammonium nitrate fertilizer burst .into flames. Ammonium nitrate was tbe chemical compound that exploded on the French freighter SS Grandcamp at Texas City, Tex., in April, 1947, killing 512 persons and injuring 3,000. Norphlet officials feared the ammonium nitrate would' explode and ', level the town. tension-filled For five hours, firemen who knew no fear, fought to prevent an explosion they believed could have destroyed the town. Police, sheriffs deputies and civil defense workers went from door to door telling residents to k . , , MARE ISLAND,' Calif. (UPI) Polaris-firin- g The submarine Woodrow Wilson, eighth- - nuclear sub to bet built here, was launched , Friday at Mare Island . naval shipyard. The undersea craft was leave. christened by Eleanor Axson Three persons were injured fleeof Cambridge, Mass., the Sayre ing to nearby El Dorado and other granddaughter of President Wil southern Arkansas towns. 425-fo- ot El-Dora- do Then a statement by the Monsanto Chemical Co. branch in St. Louis, Mo., breathed a sense of relief back Into the town. There was no real danger of the ammonium nitrate exploding, the company, said, because "it must be mixed with diesel oil and then a primer is needed." The only, real danger came from three other cars loaded with ammonia that could have spread canstle fumes over the rural Arkansas community. ; :v T Reverser . mm Coll And Rather Than Pay To Move. Westing house " Shipped Appliances to AM Utah Dealers. We Can Now Pass These Tremendous SAVINGS TO YOU! 7 TV .9 WislJiiiniglhioiuJse yy only ROLL-ABOU- 6 r 1 I Model T STAND FREE j! AOKCdMPDTTDOIKIIiR S CT-60-50 and Westinghouse HAS CLEARANCE! 7,500 BTU .$jj)95 IT! 30" WESTINGHOUSE .t r . n furniture as a bobby. t i in cases. : A flu death at Crofton, Ky.; raised mat state's death toll to three. The death of Genero Arzu, Los Angeles, a sailor aboard a merchant tanker off Key West, Fla., was attributed to Asian flu. Three of his crewmates were re moved with the same illness. Visiting hours at Dallas, Tex., hospitals were cut to lessen con- and tack with the disease, 200 cases Lubbock, Tex., reported in three days this week. Four possible cases of Asian flu were under observation at Soux City," Iowa, and one death in Wisconsin was being investigated to discover if it was son, The Woodrow Wilson slid down the ways with fanfare following traditional ceremonies that fea SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) tured an address by Kenneth E. Not one case of laboratory-confirme- d Belieu, asistant secretary of ' the Asian flu has been diag Navy. nosed in Utah so far this year. Dr. G.D. Carlyle Thompson, diNavy spokesmen said four more nuclear submarines' are under rector of the State Health Departconstruction here. ment, said Friday Utah's rate of flu and respiratory disease appears to be about half of last PICKS SHORT SUBJECT year's. The GRAFTON, Wis. (UPI) He warned that the flu epidemannual writing contest of the all- - ic which grips much of the namale Raconteurs Writers Club of tion may yet cross the nation to Wisconsin this' year will attempt the West Coast, as public officials to establish once and for all the have predicted. I superiority of men over women. The subject is: "Are Women Better. Than j Men at Rambling Martin Milner, star of "Route 68" Worse at and or on the Writing Terse, Televisioo,'; collectbs antique s chemical firefighters Special from the Monsanto Chemical Co. plant in El Dorado and the Fire Department finally controlled the - fire. The bottom fell out of the freight car containing the ammonium nitrate as the fire was extinguished. 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