Heavy Snows Spread Across Colorado Wyoming and More States
A winter storm brought heavy snows and unseasonable cold to Colorado and Wyoming with Pinedale recording 13.5 inches. Snow and rain stretched into the Midwest and Upper Midwest as far as Indiana and Michigan, while blasts of cold air dipped temperatures into the single digits in Leadville. The weather system extended from the Rockies to the Atlantic Coast with showers across the lower Mississippi Valley and into parts of the East Coast and Florida.
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Colorado
Wyoming
Pinedale
Wyo
Iowa
Dako
Nebraska
Lanois
Indiana
Ifichigaon
Pennsylvania
New York
Rockies
Leadville
Colo
Central Rockies
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi Valley
Fissouri
Arkansas
Ilinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Texas
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic Coast
Florida
Canada
New England
Oklahoma
New Mexico
North Central
Plains
Great Lakes
Man Is Slain At Gettysburg
Gettysburg Pennsylvania AP report says a weekend dispute over how many minutes in a half hour led to murder. Thomas Luther Brown, 47, is charged with murder after shooting Cleveland Arnold, 59, a boarder in Brown’s home. Brown awaits grand jury action in jail. The shooting occurred after a drinking dispute in which time was debated. Brown retrieved a shotgun, and Arnold was found dying from a stomach wound.
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Gettysburg
Thomas Luther Brown
Gettysburg RD
Cleveland Arnold
Brown
Arnold
Officer Dies Trying To Save Motorist In Cumberland Maine
Patrolman Robert Tarbox aged 54 died of a heart attack while attempting to aid Charles H. Mergendahl a Bowdoin College instructor who had collapsed in his car near Cumberland Maine Both men were dead on arrival at the hospital and Tarbox died while giving oxygen to the motorist The accident occurred Sunday night and the officer died in the line of duty
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Cumberland
Maine
Robert Tarbox
Charles H. Mergendahl
Bowdoin College
Mergendahl
Eisenhower appeals Khrushchev on nuclear test talks
President Eisenhower sent a personal appeal to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev aiming to break the deadlock in nuclear test suspension negotiations. Western officials say the letter urged consideration of a step-by-step halt to tests, starting with surface, underwater, and atmospheric tests up to 30 miles, with underground and space bans to be negotiated later.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
Nikita Rushchev
Toi Khrushchev
James J. Wadsworth
Two Escape From Jail At Hagerstown
AP dispatch reports two inmates from Washington County Jails fled Friday night in Hagerstown. William W Trail 34 and George W Courtney 33, both of Hancock, overpowered a deputy and a trusty then climbed a two story drainpipe to escape. One man, Herbert Durkin, injured by a fall, remained in custody. Police describe the pair as dangerous and possibly armed. charges include grand larceny and breaking and entering.
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Hagerstown
API
Washington County
William W.trail
George W. Courtney
Hancock
Herbert Durkin
Smithburg
Elwood Holsinger
Weekend Warmth Gives Way to Clouds and Showers
Weekend temperatures rose into the eighties with Saturday and Sunday highs near 84 and 81. Sunday afternoon drizzle brought about 0.1 inch of moisture as clouds persisted. Forecasts show occasional rain through Wednesday with little accumulation and cooler highs around 65 today.
C And C Historical Park Heads For More Hears
The House Interior Subcommittee on Public Lands examines the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park proposal. Key questions are whether the 185 mile stretch from Washington to Cumberland should be a park and if portions should reserve space for a future Potomac water dam. Debates split conservationists who favor full designation against plans for a river dam and engineers survey involvement.
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Washington
House Interior Subcommittee On Public Lands
Cumberland
Canal
John P. Saylor
R-Pa
Potomac
River Bend
Great Falls
Brunswick
John R. Foley
Paw Paw
W. Va
Long Ridge Road
Woodmont
Foreign Aid Debate Skewers Aid as Wasteful Giveaway
The Citizens Foreign Aid Committee told Congress that foreign aid embodies a giveaway philosophy fostering waste and corruption at home and abroad. Spokesmen, led by Walter Harnischfeger and Gen Bonner Fellers, called for halving aid now and abolishing it in three years while criticizing NATO as a weak deterrent. The group urged restraint as the House Foreign Affairs Committee reviews Eisenhower's 5.93 billion aid proposal.
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Washington
API
Congress
Citizens Foreign Aid Committee
House Foreigh Affairs Committee
Walter Harnischfeger
Harnischfeger Corp
Milwaukee
Army
Bonner Fellers
Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Fellers
Polaris Test Flight at Cape Canaveral Ends in Smoke Trail
The Navy's Polaris missile, a 28 foot two stage rocket, rose at 10 30 am and left a black smoke trail. It was the first Cape appearance since February 27 when the prior liftoff broke up. This sixth flight in seven months saw three explosions and two fizzles in earlier attempts.
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Cape Canaveral Fla
Polaris
Redax
Cape
Collision leads to charges for two city drivers
In a Sunday city collision at North Market and Fourth streets at 4 45 pm officers charged both drivers with running a red light. Fred L Rowe of Weedsport driving a 1956 Chevrolet Corvette collided with Clarence A Welty of Chapel Alley driving a 1955 Buick Riviera. Rowe tried to turn left into Market Street and entered the intersection as Welty northbound struck his car. Estimated damage was 200 to Rowe and 310 to Welty.
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North Market
Fourth Streets
Fred L. Rowe
Weedsport
West Fourth
Clarence A. Welty
Chapel Alley
Rowe
Market Street
Bricky
Welty
Two-Car Crash Causes $500 Damage At Mountain Road
A Sunday afternoon collision at Mountain sdale road and U S 13 caused about 500 in damage. George Brean 23 Indianhead drove a 1954 Ford north on Route 15 and left to enter Mountaindale road when struck on the left by a 1959 Peugeot attempting to pass. Robert Collins 43 Washington faces improper passing charges. Both cars suffered about 2350 in damage. no injuries reported. Stock market item follows.
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Mountainsdale Road
U.S. 13
Carl R. Mauzy
Ford
George K. Brean
Indianhead
Mountaindale Road
Peugeot
Brean
Mauzy
Rocert
M. Collins
Washington
Truman Dedicates Birthplace as National Shrine
In Lamar Missouri a six room white frame cottage where Harry S Truman was born was dedicated as a public shrine. UAW bought the house for 6000 and gave it to Missouri. Governor James T Blair received the deed from Leonard Woodcock with 2000 cheering attendees.
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United Auto Workers Anion
Missouri
James T. Blair
Leonard Woodcock
UAW International
State Park Board
Red China stunned by charges amid Tibet turmoil
Dalai Lama accuses Peiping of suppressing Tibet independence and forcing him into exile. Chinese parliament recess follows, as Mao and Chou Enlai assess a crisis that risks Peiping’s regional prestige. Nehru may have muffled the Dalai Lama amid tense China India ties.
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TORYO
Red
China
Dalai Lama
Peiping
Nehru
Tibet
Chinese People’s Congress
Mao Tze-tung
Chou Enlai
Asia
Trumen
la Mar
Jackson County
Kansas City
Lamar
Stuart Symington
D-Ma
Symington
Truman
America
Two Engineers In Court In Brunswick Assault Case
A Brunswick magistrate's court session featured a fight between two Baltimore and Ohio Railroad engineers, William E. Burton and Joseph G. Stewart. Burton was found not guilty while Stewart received a suspended sentence after testimonies alleging head injuries and self defense, with witnesses and legal representatives present.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Brunswick
Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr
William E. Burton
Joseph G. Stewart
Baltimore
Burton
Stewart
YMCA
Edward D. Storm
E. Austin James
Edward J. Lynch
Calvin George Wihide
Thurmont
Frederick
Wilhide
Martin L. Zimmerman
Linch
Anthony Lawrence Wilcom
Mon
Tovia
William Newcomer
Staney R. Coran
Narva Avenue
Route 194
Leo Shank
Shank
Donald Gary Plank
RFD 4
Mt. Airy
Woodville
Rsn
Efford
City Clean Up Campaign Set to Begin Monday
Frederick announces annual Spring Clean-up starting April 27 through May 8 with city trucks collecting refuse. The city divided into three areas for pickups: Area 1 south of Patrick Street April 27 28 29. Area 2 east of Patrick and Market April 30 May 1. Area 3 north of Patrick and west of Market May 5 7. Homeowners to place debris curbside on specified dates. call-in day May 1 for special pickup.
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Frederick City
Frederick
Patick Street
Patrick Street
Market
Patrick
Former Diplomat Sought On Charge In Panama
Panamanian sea forces pursue former Ambassador Roberto Arias husband of Margot Fonteyn. Warrant charges him with revolutionary activity after an informant said he planned to attack a National Guard post in Chorrera near Panama City. His launch was sighted on a fishing trip in the Gulf of Panama but then vanished.
Immoral To Defer Debt Payments NEW YORK
Secretary of the Treasury Robert B. Anderson said it would be immoral to postpone paying off part of the national debt and urged a budget surplus as a step to prevent inflation. He rejected calls for greater federal spending and warned against forcing a quick boom. He defended the administration’s revenue outlook for the 1960 fiscal year despite a House committee estimate predicting lower revenues.
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New York
API
Ihe Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Anderson
Associated Press
Goilas
Anderson Anders
House
Wass and Means Committee
Eisenhower seeks 45 million for space effort
President Eisenhower asked Congress for 45 million dollars to accelerate the manned space flight program. The request aims to press forward the United States space exploration goals amid ongoing national defense initiatives.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Congress
Youth Dies Of Burns In Farm Gasoline Explosion
Sixteen year old Scott Lam died from burns suffered when a match dropped into a drum of gasoline. Wayne E Snuff, 17, was fatally burned in the explosion. Two younger brothers James and Vincent Lam, both 4, were less severely burned. Lam died at Union Memorial Hospital after the blast occurred at a garage on the William D Suff family farm near Fowblesburg. About one and a half gallons of gasoline were in the drum at the time of the explosion.
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Reisterstown
Scott Lam
Lam
Wayne E. Snuff
James DL Suit
Vincent’ Lam
Union Memorial Hospital
Balti
Warne
William D Suff
Fowblesburg
Suiff
Garden Club Spring Flower Show at Rose Hill Manor
The Garden Club of Frederick will hold its spring show at Rose Hill Manor near this city, the historic home of former Governor Thomas Johnson. Open Thursday from 2 to 5 pm, the event features a special junior division for fifth graders at North Frederick School.
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Rose Hill Manor
Thomas Johnson
Frederick Spring Mawer
James H. Cramer
Tasker’ S Chance Club
North Frederick School
William H. Kemp
G. Hunter Bowers
Clement E. Gardiner
W. T. Delaplaine
William McC. Holzapfel
Five Day Forecast From The Associated Press
Five day outlook notes temperatures near normal with a dip of two to three degrees. Cooler Tuesday and warmer by Thursday. Precipitation Tuesday Wednesday and again Friday or Saturday. Normal highs in the low 60s to mid 60s, lows from mid 20s to upper 40s.
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Associated ‘Press
Bolivian revolt leader dies by own hand in La Paz
The failed Falange uprising in La Paz left at least 22 dead and over 50 wounded as Oscar Ansaza de la Vega killed himself in hiding and his bodyguard also shot. President Siles Zuazo announced defeat of rebels who seized city hall and attacked an army barracks and media offices. Two insurgent leaders were captured and a state of siege was declared nationwide.
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LA Paz
Hernan Siles Suazo
Falanse
Rafael Loayza
Luis Saenz
Siles
Cochabamba
Oruro
Falange
Siles Zuazo
Nationalist
MNR
U.S
International Monetary Fund
Mother kills two daughters then shoots herself in Ohio
Cincinnati police say 23 year old Esther Deitsch of Covington Kentucky killed her daughters Cynthia six and Kathy five as they slept on Sunday then wounded herself in the chest. She remained in critical condition at St Elizabeth Hospital. The incident followed a failed suicide attempt. A second item notes the Soviet Embassy denying reports of 36 regular patrols in East and West Germany.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Esther Deitsch
Covington
Kentucky
Ohio River
Cynthia
Kathy
Primer on How DST Works Across the Nation
The article explains Daylight Saving Time basics, start and end dates, and varying adoption across states. It notes 24 states and D C observe DST, highlights longest and shortest periods, and cites examples such as Kentucky and Iowa. It lists states with DST April to October and others ending in September or observing year round.
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New York
Maiko
District of Columbia
East
Middle West
Butte
Mont
Montana
Kentucky
Lexington
Frankfort
Iowa
Dar
Twinois
Mississippi River
Dinois
Marsland
Pennsylvania
New Mexico
Missouri
Ohio
West Virginia
Minnesota
Alabama
Virginia
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Delaware
Deylicht
California
Nevada
Tading
Wisconsin
Io Masey Ehubetts
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C. and
C. Historical Park
Senate Committee
American Telephone
Fidel Castro
Red China
Garden Club
Bolivia
Berlin
West Germany
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