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The Park City Daily News from Bowling Green, Kentucky • 7

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4 I I -T A- THI PARK CITY DAILY NEWS Bowling Croon Ky 7 SUNDAY KBKUAKY 26 1961 Harriman Flooding Three-Inch' Snow Blankets South Kentucky Weather Id Other Cities Continued from peg 1 turning slushy in streets and at Bellarmine gymnasium and the two tractors charging $3 fer Continued from page 1 Belgium Continued from page 1 Approves Talks On Direct Air Route To Russia Continued from pogo 1 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS High Low Pr of Montgomery are filled and overflowing Flood gates at six dams have been opened but the company said this would make little difference on the amount of water flowing southward The flood gates control the water surface at the top of the dams 39 26 36 350 24 34 112 33 19 28 01 31 154 34 108 33 events and rejected a request for an apology Belgian embassies throughout the world were stoned and picketed last week by demonstrators who blamed Belgium for death The Cairo demonstrations were the most violent Belgium and the UAK have long been at odds over the Albany" rain Atlanta clear Bismarck clear Boston rain Buffalo rain Chicago cloudy Cincinnati snow Cleveland rain Denver cloudy Des Moines clear Detroit snow Fairbanks clear 47 58 50 44 38 33 43 38 63 40 34 -4 push and $15 for a puQ from Cm ditch The early snowfall was heavy in Western Kentucky too with Owensboro getting five inches dhow ing the morning Paducah had one inch at noon Evansville Ind reported four inches by noon The snow ranged from om to two inches at Hopkinsville Madi-sonville and Mayfield The heavy sleet and snow was a terrific letdown from balmy temperatures of the past three weeks While the snow drifted over Western Kentucky in the morning some Eastern Kentucky points still had temperatures in the 50s LouisvUle-Marquette basketball gaire at the State Fair grounds There were almost 100 minor traffic accidents at Louisville Wreckers were at a premium and running hours behind even for city buses Many motorists couldn't got out of their garages because of huge drifts Some who did manage that got stuck only yards from their homes At Middletown south of Louisville on US $0 at least 100 cars two tractor trailers and five buses were stalled A private contractor reportedly did a booming business with his read here as ruling out compromise Congo solution timsoon As one authority summed it up against the background of recent Communist declarations of intent to take over in the underdeveloped countries: now seems safe to say that the battle for Africa is Under such circumstances Ken nedy it was understood intends to pursue as well as he is able his declared purpose of trying to improve relations with the Soviet Union to cooperate where possible and to avoid name-calling in public statements Nevertheless the hopeful atmosphere which dominated Ken' first days in office a month ago is giving way to a return of grimness and foreboding WASHINGTON (AP President Kennedy has approved resumption of talks with Russia on a direct commercial air route between the United States and Russia Officials here indicated Kennedy gave the go-aMad several weeks ago during a review of US relations with Russia The Soviets have been told of the US decision authorities said No Russian response has been received yet so negotiations look ing toward re-opening of the talks have not started they said US-Russian discussions of the matter have gone on spasmodically for several years One stumbling block at an early stage among other problems was lack of air terminal facilities at Moscow which US airlines believed necessary BG Hope Breaks Arm In Fall 20 31 25 33 28 61 32 21 51 26 201 32 Evangelist Hope 1253 Chestnut St was hospitalized last night after suffering a fractured right arm in a fall on an Icy sidewalk Hope pastor of Twelfth Street Church of Christ was going into the church office from his car when he slipped and fell witnesses said drifting to several feet against unprotected sides of houses and garages Some relief was in sight for Sunday Highs ranging from the 40s in the west to the high 30s in the east were predicted Towards late afternoon at Louisville the mercury actually began climbing toward the freezing mark But temperatures in the low 20s were expected throughout Kentucky Saturday night making all highways dangerous The Weather Bureau at Louisville warned residents not to expect a mass melting Sunday even if the mercury rises appreciably takes 80 times as much heat to melt a given quantity of snow as to raise the air temperature by one a spokesman said snow cduld be with us The thunder unfd lightning puzzled many Kentuckians An old superstition holds that when it thunders in the winter the worst of winter is over But meteorologist George Taylor said at Louisville that snowj and thunder sometimes come together 1 He said the event is brought about by the same process that causes lightning and thunder in the summer (Uprushing air that becomes electrified and discharges as lightning The snow was whirled about By winds clocked at up to 30 miles an hour at Louisville Traffic in that city was completely clogged at entrances to the expressways and slow to almost non-movable along many busy streets Two major sports events were postponed the Georgetown-Vil-la Madonna finals in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference were beginning to become slippery early in the afternoon Secondary roads were snow-covered by noon City streets were clear late yesterday but police feared that lightened traffic would allow the snow to accumulate during the night The snow storm with blizzardlike winds swept into Kentucky early Saturday and covered much of the state with a blanket of up to nine inches The US Weather Bureau at Louisville which earlier had predicted some sleet and rain explained the Itorm was unexpected we just received more of the stuff than Louisville underwent some of its worst weather in recent history An estimated eight inches fell by early afternoon The Weather Bureau predicted one to three inches additional snow by Sunday morning The line of drifting blowing sleet and snow exteneed over two-thirds of Kentucky Ashland to' the east had no snow whatever by 6 pm Saturday but was ex pected to get some In parts of Western Kentucky clearing already began before sunset Paducah reported the sun was shining through breaks in the clouds before sunset --State Police headquarters Frankfort said the worst traffic situation was developing in the Lexington Winchester-Richmond qrea might have to close some main arteries in the area if this keeps up a spokesman said The snow kept up at Lexington accumulating to about four inches by nightfall The snow was wet and heavy Fort Worth clear Indianapolis snow Jacksonville clear Juneau cloudy Kansas City clear Los Angeles clear Louisville snow Memphis clear Miami clear Milwaukee clear Mpls-St Paul clear New Orleans clear New York rain Omaha cloudy Philadelphia rain Phoenix clear Pittsburgh snow Portland Me cloudy Richmond clear St Louis cloudy San Diego cloudy San Francisco cloudy 57 Seattle cloudy 40 Tampa clear 74 Washington clear 67 Winnipeg cloudy 29 READ THE CLASSIFIEDS 36 Notice is hereby given to all residents of the city of Bowling Green Kentucky in accordance with section 2566 Rules" cind Regulations under Code of Ordinances for the city of Bowling Breen Ken The White House announced the Harriman mission but did not go into detail in disclosing what be would talk about or what prompted the President to send him at this particular time Harriman holds the position of ambassador at large He was available for a special trip to Moscow to talk with Khrushchev but Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk thought it better to entrust that task at this stage to the regular envoy Llewellyn Thompson 71 25 5 42 45 12 48 34 30 25 54 23 48 51 34 59 50 5 Get $10 to $800 diTitv '51 'Jit Before the rein slackened a final deluge added to the flooding with rainfall exceeding seven inches reported at numerous Southern areas Within the 24-hour period ending at 7 a Saturday West Point Ga reported 765 inches La Grange Ga 782 inches Frisco City in south Alabama 73 inches and Miller Ferry in central Alabama 827 inchess Atlanta received 70 of an inch in 15 minutes and 567 inches for the 24-hour period Rainfall at Birmingham since Feb 1 has totaled 1751 already a record for the month Montgomery where the Alabama River stood at 53 feet Saturday and was expected to crest at 56 feet within 48 hours received 554 inches of rain in 24 hours The crest at 56 feet would equal the record set in 1919 Flood stage is 35 feet Flood waters still cover major portions- of Hattiesburg Miss with depths up to eight feet An estimated 5000 persons were evacuated as the Leaf River spilled out of its banks' No more rain was forecast through Sunday One of the worst floods in the history of Columbus Ga threatened Saturday as the Chattahoochee River burst out of its banks in the valley between West Point Ga and Columbus 1 The Weather Bureau said the Chattahoochee might reach 53 feet by noon Sunday 13 feet above flood stage Four persons are known to have perished because of the flooding 01 a SIGNATURE AUTOMOBILE HOUSEHOLD GOODS tucky items and which states that It Is unlawful for any person to dispose of trash by burning within the corporate limits of tho city or to allow same to accumulate on premises to tho extent 70 Police Continued from page 1 Construction Of TV Station Due To Begin Soon that it will bo hazardous from fire Any one found guilty of either of tho above will bo pun-ishabo by law- Bowling Green Loan Co ready were being employed police however Authorities believed the girl taken by some frustrated Dial VI 3-6789 State St CITY OF BOWLING GREEN SANITATION DEPT woman possibly one whose own child had died As a result they checked death records They also asked mental hospitals for names of women released recently EARLY BIRD Cap Pistol Charge Dismissed Against Truck Driver Construction of the tower and transmitter building for television station WLTV will begin near Hadley soon as we get a break in the George Brown Jr president of Argus Broadcasting Co said yesterday The company this week purchased approximately 40 acres' from I Martin The land is located 12 miles north of Bowl-! ing Green on 231 The 600-foot tower and studio will be constructed on the site WLTV already designated as Channel 13 will operate on a maximum power of 316000 watts Brown said the tower will be constructed on terrain 250 feet above average elevation for the area bringing the overall height of the tower 850 feet above average terrain In charge of construction of the tower and transmitter are local contractors Good-rum and Clyde Lentz 100 ORLON ACRYLIC FIERI BULKY KNIT A SWEATERS Cardigan and slipover styles Solid colon and two tone combinations Crew and roll collar styles Big selection Red China Won't Beg Food From US "My son doesn't know how much trouble he caused Dale Yost Parma Ohio truck driver said while awaiting a hearing Friday in Warren Quar terly Court Yost was facing a charge of flourishing a deadly weapon He had been arrested early Wednesday after a service station attendant told officers he had fired a pistol twice while his truck was being serviced When officers asked for his firearms the truck driver surrendered a brand new cap pistol which he said he had purchased for his son The hearing never came off The prosecuting witness failed to appear and County Attorney Davidson recommended dismissal The Yost referred to was more than the hearing He said he had been fired by the trucking firm and could be reinstated only if he could prove there was nothing to the charge Davidson said he would write the firm a letter of explanation ending the hearing on a happy note tfowtsOwtt zfafrrfZute TO 5199 'X St(SN IMNK TOKYO (AP)-Red foreign minister was quoted Saturday as saying Peiping would stoop to beg for food from the United even though confronted by serious food shortages Foreign Minister Chen position was reported in a letter received here from Kumaichi Ya-mairoto Japanese president of the International Trade Promotion Association who now is visiting Red China Private groups in the United States have suggested that US surplus food stocks be offered to Peiping Questioned on the idea a a news conference earlier this month President Kennedy said he had no suph plans and was not certain that such an offer would be accepted even if the US government made it LADIES' FINE MRS MODERN YOU-1234 YOUR STREET YOURTOWN A TEXTURED YARH SWEATERS Two Charged Altercation At Jackman's Grill CARDIGANS SLIPOVERS In the group textured yarns 100 orioa acrylic fibres ban-ions etc AR are suitable for early spring wear Bluefields is Nicaragua's main Caribbean port Tarpaulins REG $3S3f ALL SIZES Officers last night confiscated a 32 caliber revolver and arrested two men following an altercation at Jackman's Grill 501 Center St Police said they took the pistol from James Elmer Howard 40 Negro of Route 1 Wood-burn who was jailed on a charge of carrying concealed a deadly weapon He also is charge! with public drunkenness Hugh Dunn Negro also was charged with being drunk in a public place The arrests were made by CapL William Brumit Patrolman Leroy Conner and Constable Claude Dearing Howard and Nunn are scheduled to face the Charges in Police Court 150 UP Ky Salvage J15 MAIN ST VL mm mm mi NOW MEN'S WINTER WINTER 0 wmiMimm JACKETS PARKAS JACKETS Suburbans it works hand in hand with the family budget! 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