Plane crashes in Pennsylvania mountain in snowstorm
An Allegheny Airlines twin engine jet failed to land near Montoursville as a snowstorm raged. Of 25 aboard three crew members survived, with one passenger still trapped in a tree. An Air Force helicopter crew aided rescue efforts and transported a survivor to Williamsport hospital.
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Montoursville, Pa
Allegheny Airlines
Monticlasville
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Ohio
Eagle Mountain
Tom Schadt
Williamsport - Montoursville
Pennsylvania
Washington
Airlines
Air Force
Williamsport
Olmstead Air Force Base
Harrisburg
County Girl National 4 H Winner Sarah Ramsburg Honored
Miss Sarah Ramsburg 21, Lewistown area, won a National 4 H Food Preparation scholarship of 409 dollars at the National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago. She is among six national winners and will assist as leader for Lewistown senior and junior clubs. She has 12 years in 4 H, canned 575 quarts, froze 2313 pounds of meat, baked products and vegetables, and works at Fredericktown Savings Institution. Her mother died when she was eleven, leaving housekeeping duties to her and Ruth.
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Sarah Ramsburg
Mehri
Caiiaco
Ramsburg
Coopersive Extension Service
Lewistown
Redericktown Savings Institution
Miss Ramsburg
Ruth
Hagerstown Business College
McElroy Resigns as Secretary of Defense
Washington AP reports Neil H. McElroy resigns as secretary of defense effective immediately. Thomas S. Gates Jr. will succeed him as deputy secretary and Eisenhower awards McElroy the Medal of Freedom during a National Security Council meeting. McElroy plans to return to private life and resume presidency of Procter & Gamble.
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Washington
Neil H.mcelroy
Defense
Eisenhower
Thomas S.gates Jr
White House
McElroy
National Security Council
Procter & Gamble
Cincinnati
Ohio
November Weather Recap and Local Fire Report
The report notes November as a cold month with 698 degree days and a season total of 1 062 degree days. Temperature averaged 41.7 degrees, 3.77 below normal, with 74 degrees on November 5 and 18 to 19 degrees lows. Rainfall totaled 2.57 inches, near normal after a 1.05 inch period between the 23rd and 28th. Water at Fishing Creek Reservoir stood 164 feet below the top. temperatures expected to rise toward December. A trash fire on Walter Martz road burned grass but caused no damage.
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Weather Bureau
Frank
Fishing Creek
Weddle
Frederick County School Budget Shows Major Instruction Increase
The Frederick County Board of Education released the proposed budget for 1960 showing a total instructional services rise of 303,337 over 1959. Salaries for principals and teachers lead with a 229,868 increase as next year begins January 1, 1960, and maintenance of the school plant also climbs by 124,706. Other cost categories show varying gains, with several minor upticks in clerical, library, and operation expenses while some reductions occur in home teachers for handicapped and water costs.
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Frederick County
Larres
Two Ships Aground In Gale Off Gibraltar Bay
A raging gale hampered two tugs from reaching the 17 000 ton British liner Braemar Castle aground in Gibraltar Bay with 650 passengers aboard. Initial reports said the liner was not in immediate danger as it ran aground during the stormy night between Gibraltar and Algeciras, Spain, opposite the British fortress.
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London
Gibraltar
Braemar Castle
Algeciras
Spain
Adenauer De Gaulle Meet In Paris In Tense Talks
In Paris Chancellor Adenauer meets President de Gaulle for two days to review Western alliance issues. They express unity on major aims but face lesser rifts over France retaining control of its forces in future wars, arms shipments to North Africa, anti Algerian terror in Germany, and Poland Soviet occupation of former German lands beyond the Oder Neisse frontier.
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Paris
Konrad Adenauer
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Adenauer
West Berlin
London
Harold Macmillan
Bonn
Heinrich von Brentano
Bild Zeitung
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North Africa
Germany
Michel Debre
Oder-Neisse River
Prisoner Harris Brown escapes Patuxent by squeezing through bars
Weighing 124 pounds the 19 year old Harris Brown of Robertsdale Pa stripped to starve himself to fit through a six inch cell gap at Patuxent Institution. He crawled to a roof then jumped 15 feet to the ground and disappeared into the weeds prompting alerts from local and state police in Md and Pa.
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Jessup. Md
Patuxent Institution
Harris Brown
Robertsdale
Col
W. J. Keish
Patuxent
Brown
Keish
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Soviet Union Joins Antarctic Peace Treaty Move
The Soviet Union and 11 nations sign a 2,500 word treaty pledging to ban war bases, nuclear explosions, and missile sites in Antarctica. It creates a 12 nation inspection system to monitor installations and ships anywhere in the region. The accord covers five million square miles and opens to other nations upon ratification.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United Sates
Antarctic
United States
Britain
Frente
Japan
Chile
Argentina
New Zealand
Australia
Norwa
South Africa
Belgium
South Pole
Amarelle
United Nations
Khrushchev Blames Hungary’s Former Stalinists for 1956 Revolt
Soviet Premier Khrushchev accused the former Hungarian Communist leadership, led by Rakosi, of serious mistakes that helped fuel the 1956 uprising. He defended Western peace efforts, urged a durable German settlement, and signaled readiness for disarmament talks if a universal plan is adopted.
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Budapest
Hungary
Nikita Khrushcheyi
Soviet Union
London
Nikita Khrushchev
Burt Khrushchev
Hungarian Communist Party
Moscow
Khrushchev
Charles de Gaulle
Woman protests tripled county property assessment
Mrs. Siegfried Goene of New Market appeals to Frederick County Commissioners after learning her Broad Run investment, bought in 1958 for 5 000, was reassessed from 3 1060 to 53 900. Officials cite statewide equalization aims and broader revaluations, while noting sale prospects. Also, the Junior Chamber opens its fifth Outstanding Young Farmer contest in Frederick County, seeking 21 to 35 year olds with farming excellence and community leadership.
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Siegfried Goene
New Market Area
Broad Run
Burkittsville
Lumen Norris
Nh County
Goodlee Byron
Goeive
Board of County Commissioners
Delbert S. Null
Frederick County
State Tax Commission
State Office
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Rosd R. Smith
Near This City
Bernard B. Callan Jr
Jaycees
Smith
Frederick
American Petroleum Institute
Jack Crum
Jaycee
Jto
Negotiators Reopen Talks to Avoid Steel Strike
Washington AP reports government mediators and steel industry union negotiators resumed bargaining to avert a possible strike set for late January. Federal Mediations Chief Finnegan led afternoon sessions as Taft Hartley injunction nears expiration January 26 leaving 500000 workers at risk. President Eisenhower expected to appeal for a peace pact and broader labor management cooperation. The industry offered 30 cents per hour in wage benefits over three years, rejected by the union which cites 24 cents. current average hourly wage is 3.13 including overtime. A dispute over more leeway in work rule changes also hampers talks.
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Washington
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Taft-Hartley
Eisenhower
Ike
White House
Soviet Union
New Synthetic Drug Altafur Aids 34 Ill Children
Oklahoma City doctor announces Altafur cured 34 of 59 children severely ill with pneumonia and bronchiolitis after 3 to 10 days treatment. Most had failed antibiotics. ages ranged from 11 days to 15 years. Four unresolved or inconclusive cases.
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Dallas, Tex
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Wesley Hospital
J. Neil Lysaught
American Medical Assn
Lysaught
Egypt
Cairo
Suez Canal
City
Cuban military tribunal ends 18 hour trial in overthrow case
Havana AP reports a military tribunal concluded an 18 hour trial of 37 Cubans and no Americans accused of conspiring to overthrow Prime Minister Fidel Castro. Verdict due Wednesday as prosecutors seek long terms for several defendants and death for others.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Frank Austin Young
Indianapolis
Ind
Miami
Fla
Fernando Pruno Bertot
Columbia University
New York
Peter John Lambton
Nassau
Bahamas
Castro
Rafael del Pino
del Pino
Florida
Lambton
Cuba
Independent Press Service
Santiago
Tne
C P Requests New Stock Issue Authority
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland seeks PSC approval to issue 345 000 6000 in debentures and common stock. Proceeds would refinance short term borrowings and fund ongoing construction to expand Maryland telephone facilities. American Telephone and Telegraph Company also seeks authority to buy the new stock.
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Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Maryland
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
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Montoursville
Independent Hose Company
Walter Martz Road
Education Board
U. S
I Nikita
Total Armant
Ners
C&p
Hans P. Kraus
Kraus
St. Albans
England
Legen
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