[News Script: Storm deaths] Page: 1 of 2
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(WASHINGTON)--AT LEAST TWO DEATHS--BOTH IN MINNESOTA--HAVE BEEN
ATTRIBUTED TO A SEVERE WINTER STORM THAT HAS MOVED OVER THE NORTHERN
GREAT LAKES AREA WITH HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS. THE MASSIVE STORM
IS CAUSING WIDESPREAD HIGH WINDS AND A VARIETY OF WINTER TYPE
WEATHER FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND THE
APPALACHIANS.
WINDS AS HIGH AS 75 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED IN THE CHICAGO
AREA. SNOW AMOUNTS OF AROUND FOUR INCHES WERE REPORTED AR MARQUETTE
AND SALT SAINTE MARIE, MICHIGAN. HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN
EFFECT FROM NORTHERN MAINE TO WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA. AND
TRAVELERS WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR UPPER MICHIGAN AND PARTS
OF LOWER MICHIGAN WHERE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXIST.
(OTTAWA)--THE STRIKE By CANADA'S 1,600 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
HAS ENTERED ITS NINTH DAY. UNION MEMBERS OVERWHELMINGLY REJECTED
YESTERDAY A MEDIATED SETTLEMENT THAT WOULD HAVE ENDED THE CRIPPLING
STRIKE.
PRESIDENT OF THE CANADIAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ASSOCIATION--J.
R. CAMPBELL--SAYS MOST OF THE CONTROLLERS WOULD BE READY TO RETURN
TO WORK ON ORDER FROM.PARLIAMENT. HOWEVER, PARLIAMENT IS NOT
IN SESSION.. AND CAMPBELL SAYS HE DOESN'T THINK CANADIAN PRIME
MINISTER TRUDEAU IS PREPARED TO CALL PARLIAMENT IN AT THIS TIME.
(NEW YORK)--BLACK CONGRESSWOMAN SHIRLEY CHISHOLM OF NEW YORK
MAKES IT OFFICIAL TODAY. THE FIERY FORMER SCHOOLTEACHER FROM
BROOKLYN, HAS SCHEDULED A NEWS CONFERENCE IN BROOKLYN, TO ANNOUNCE
HER CANDIDACY FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.
THE 47-YEAR-OLD MRS. CHISHOLM HAS BEEN INFORMALLY SEEKING THE
NOMINATION THROUGH MUCH OF HER FRESHMAN- TERM.AS THE NATION'S
FIRST BLACK CONGRESSWOMAN. SHE RECENTLY DESCRIBED HERSELF AS
THE ONLY ''UNIQUE CANDIDATE.'' AND SHE ADDED: ''I DARE TO RUN
FOR THE PRESIDENCY . . . THE HOUR HAS COME IN AMERICA WHEN WE
CAN'T BE PASSIVE RECIPIENTS.''
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Storm deaths], script, January 25, 1972, 6:30 a.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1511766/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.