Much Colder Weather Is Due Here Tonight
The weather observer warned of much colder conditions tonight with possible snow flurries. Dense fog Thursday night reduced visibility across the city and county with no serious accidents reported. Temperatures dropped to 24 degrees and are expected to fall further as the cold front moves in. Cloudy, windy conditions are forecast for Saturday and Sunday with only light precipitation totals recorded for December. Fishing Creek reservoir rose slightly but remains nine feet two inches below the top.
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Fishing Creek
Taxes Up $1 If Requests Are Granted
County budget pressures loom as 1959 requests exceed 4.5 million dollars, raising projections for tax rate increases. Education seeks 377,585 more, plus debt service and library bookmobile costs, while other agencies request smaller hikes. Tobacco tax revenue ended in 1958, shifting funding to schools.
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Frederick County
Fommissioners’ Office
Board of Education
C.i Burr Artz Library
Frederick Co. Welfare Board
Humane Sc
Frederick County Health Department
Children’s Aid Society
Carrollton
Oflice
Moon Rocket May Be Shot On Weekend
The U S Army plans a major moon mission with the Juno H rocket, aiming to reach lunar orbit or surface. If successful, the flight could last from 34 hours to a million years in an uncertain orbit, with high power and risk as officials keep details guarded.
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New York
U.S
U.S. Army
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Earth
Isun
Imoen
Army
Fog Covers Maryland Slows Traffic and Airport Moves
Fog shrouded large portions of Maryland last night slowing highway traffic and halting operations at Baltimore port and Friendship International Airport. Planes could not land though pilots observed fog top at about 360 feet. Southern Maryland counties had patches while western counties Garrett and Allegany were clear. visibility elsewhere dropped to 50 feet.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Friendship International
Charlies
St. Marys
Garrett
Allegany
Pirates manager Daniel Murtaugh Injured in Crash
Chester, Pennsylvania AP Daniel E Murtaugh manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates was injured slightly today when his taxi collided with two cars at an intersection He was treated at a hospital for bruises to his right knee and head and discharged No one else was hurt Murtaugh 41 a former Manager of the Year in 1958 was returning home from winter pro baseball meetings in Washington
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Chester
Daniel E. Murtaugh
Pittsburgh Pirates
Murtaugh
Washington
Kettering Estate Put At 200 Millions
The late Charles F. Kettering, automotive genius and former GM head, left an estate conservatively estimated at a little more than 200 million dollars. Most of the fortune, in shares of C. F. Kettering, Inc., was split between the Kettering Foundation and a separate philanthropic trust. Details of the division were not disclosed in probate court filing. Kettering died November 25. the exact size awaits an inventory.
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Dayton
Ohio
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors Research
C. F. Kettering, Inc
Kettering Foundation
Montgomery County
Kettering
Protection Of Salk Vaccine Is Stressed
Washington AP reports Public Health Service statistics show that over one third of paralytic polio cases this year occurred in children under five, with 191 total paralytic cases and 67 in this age group across Arkansas Colorado New York Oklahoma and North Carolina.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Arkansas
Colorado
New York State
New York Ciy
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Scarlett Quare Becomes Grandma as Vivien Leigh Touches News
Actress Vivien Leigh reacts to news of her daughter Suzanne Farrington giving birth to a grandson named Scarlett Quare. Farrington, 24, is Leighs child from her first marriage. The event marks a familial milestone for the famed Gone With the Wind star who remains noted for her classic beauty.
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Scarlett
London
Scarlett Quare
Vivien Leigh
Suzanne Farrington
Vivien
Daisy C Brown Dies At 31 In Waynesville
Daisy Cecil Brown known as the Salvation Army Maid of the Mountains died Thursday in Waynesville North Carolina at age 31. She received the Salvation Army’s highest honor the Order of the Founder for her service to the charity. Drift lower stocks dominate New York trading with few notable exceptions.
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Daisy C. Brown
Waynesville
N.C
Daisy Cecil Brown
Salvation Army
Salvaion Army
Order of the Founder
New York
Nursery School Child Is Killed In Wreck
In Chicago area suburb Dixmoor a nursery school bus collided with a freight train at a crossing injuring 12 children and killing one. Three children remain in critical condition as railroad staff report the bus struck on tracks while crossing guarded by lights. An engineer reportedly flagged the oncoming train and dragged several children from danger.
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Chicago
Dixmoor
Jolds
Edward Fike
Indiana Harbor Belt Line Railroad
County Man Injured In Md 108 Dump Truck Crash
A county colored man, Earl Brown, was injured early today when his 1951 Buick was rear ended by a Ford dump truck on Md 108 near Damascus. Brown, from Frederick, was treated for a sprained ankle and minor cuts at Montgomery County General Hospital and released. The truck, operated by Kenneth LeRoy Dorsey of Mt Airy, forced Brown’s car onto a private driveway and flipped it. Damages were $300 to the car and $20 to the truck. Dorsey faced a charge of following too close. Brown faced a charge for operating a motor vehicle without a permit. Damascus Volunteer Fire Company ambulance transported Brown. Privates Carter and Hail investigated for Montgomery County Police.
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Damascus
Earl Brown
RFD 2
Frederick
Montgomery County General Hospital
Montgomery County
Brown
Kenneth LeRoy Dorsey
Mt Airy
Dorsey
Damascus Volunteer Fire Company
Carter
Hail
Open House Draws Crowds at Winchester Extension Open House
The Homemakers club hosts a three day Open House at Winchester Hall extension offices drawing hundreds of visitors. Sessions feature carol singing by Mid dletown and Mt Pleasant clubs, hostessing by Ballenger and Brunswick clubs, and cookie demonstrations from Johnsville and Charlesville clubs with recipes for Refrigerator Cookies and Pin Wheels. Open House runs daily one to four and seven to eight evenings.
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Homemakers Club
Winchester Hall
Middletown
Mt. Pleasant
Ballenger Club
Brunswick Club
Johnsville
James Schoonover
Mal‘calm Rakestraw
Charlesville
Threat Of Interference Mounts In Berlin Air Routes
Berlin reports cite Communist interference threats against Pan American Air France and British European Airways flights into West Berlin. East German leader Hermann Matern says the airlines have no legal right to fly over East Germany, signaling possible action to sever access. West German Chancellor Adenauer vows Western powers will keep routes open and hold Russians responsible. In Strate John Foster Dulles era, U. S. Secretaries confirm support for free Allied air access amid 1949 Paris treaty echoes.
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Konrad Adenauer
West Berlin
Berlin
Air R
Travis Nor
Wood
Paris
Carl W. Smith
Joseph Gosnell
Western Airlines
W. DeWitt Dickey
Nikita Khrush
Carl van Poole
Wiliam Culwell
Edward N. Rimby
Lin
Roland Welch
Robert C. Riddlemoser
Hobbs
People’s Lumber and Supply
Princess Grace Flies From New York Dance Floor
Princess Grace of Monaco abruptly leaves a ball at the Hotel Astor amid a crush of spectators and cameras after stepping on her slipper. She remains for the tableaux and prize drawings but dances no more as Prince Rainier VI looks on. The Imperial Ball, a $100-a-plate event, draws 1,000 guests for charity.
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New York
Grace
Monaco
Prince Rainder VI
Royal Box
Philadelphia
Ducky
Hotel Astor
Motor Company
Veterans Service of the Musicians
Accused Have Lucky Day in Magistrate Court
Several defendants in Magistrate Wilbur F Sheffield Jr court faced varied outcomes. Richard Lee Rippeon received 10 days in jail in default of $10 and costs after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle displaying plates. Arthur Goodes Kester pleaded not guilty to exceeding 50 on Route 40 but was given a not guilty verdict after a guilty-looking pace. he received a break. Luther Gilbert was found not guilty of failing to stop at a stop sign, though he admitted recent license restoration and driving lightly. Mazis was not a hot rodder and received a not guilty verdict. Austin Younkins pleaded guilty to failing to stop for a stop sign and received a suspended sentence. A non-support case against Jack Clary was dismissed as premature. Lewis Brightwell was fined $50 or 30 days for intoxicated walking.
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Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr
Richard Lee
Rippeon
West Patrick Street
Robert B. Spickler
Frederick
Arthur Goodes Kester
East Third Street
Alton ¥. Bennett
Mr. Wolford
Kester
Sheffield
Ihester
Luther Thomas Gilbert
RFD
Clifton Road
Route 40
Gilbert
Mazistrate Sheffield
Austin Younkins
Fredenck
Adamstown
Thomas S. Basley
Younkins
Basley
Jack Clary
Ethel R. Clary
West South Street
Clary
M. Hfout
Lewis Edward Brightwell
Collision damages at Jefferson school entrance
A passenger car and a bread truck collided about 7 30 this morning at the Jefferson school entrance on U S 240. Damage totaled about 300 with no injuries. The truck, a 1951 Chevrolet from Walkersville bakery, was driven by James Colmer Werking 38. He tried to turn into the Jefferson school driveway while Clarence Emory Hardy 63 of Wilson Place drove east and hit the truck. State Trooper R Snyder estimated 100 damage to the truck and 200 to the car. Werking was charged with failing to grant right of way. The other item reports Madrid air search postponed due to bad weather.
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Jefferson School
U. S. 240
Walkersville
James Colmer Werking
U. S
Clarence Emory Hardy
Wilson Place
Damaze
R. Snyder
Suspended Sentence Marked After Four Years Court Record
Lt. Marshall Murray led the case at Bentz and All Saints streets where the magistrate, Sheffield, warned the defendant to reform. The judge suspended the sentence noting it has been more than four years since the last court appearance and cautioned the defendant to go straight from now on.
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Etyamis
Bentz
All Saints
Marshall Murray
Sheffield
Rescued Guards End Prison Riot at Arizona State Prison
Warden Frank Eyman led 23 lawmen in a daring assault to free two guards held hostage by 45 insurgent prisoners at the Arizona State Prison in Florence. In the firefight Moises Adams, 33, was shot in the back but expected to survive. guards Calvin Hust and Scott Wright were freed after nearly an hour. The 1,400 other inmates remained in their cells as authorities surrounded the facility 70 miles southeast of Phoenix.
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R. G. Schmidt
Tel
Koron
Calvin Hust
Arizona
Winthrop
Maine
Scott Wright
Ardmore
Okla
Wright
Eyman
Jn Graying
Sher| GE
Phoenix
Five Charged With Possessing Marihuana
Five men described as three jockeys a jockeys agent and a bartender were arrested in Baltimore for possession of marijuana after surveillance following their arrival from Wheeling Downs West Virginia. Preliminary hearing scheduled at Central Police Court Camden. J. Crosser Evansville Indiana Lyman Richards Boston Vincent Carver Newport Kentucky and Robert F Heath New Orleans. Malibu Beach fire officials said a brush fire near here burned 18 045 acres with 85 percent containment and 700 people fought the blaze as horses and cabins were destroyed.
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Baltimore
Wheeling Downs
West Virginia
Central Police Court
Camden
Donald H. Crosser
Evansvie
Ind
Lyman
Richards
Boston
Vincent Carver
Newport
Malibu Beach
Calif
Robert F. Heath
New Orleans
Joseph Carroll
Saii
Sawyer
Land Richards
Joy
Hatel
Fanfani Struggles To Salvage Fragile Italian Government
Premier Amintore Fanfani faces a confidence vote in a fragile Christian Democratic minority government. Observers doubt he can muster 293 votes for a majority as coalition partners wobble. The chamber prepares to debate early next week after two failed attempts to approve a gasoline tax.
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Rome
Amintore Fanfani
Chamber of Deputies
Christian Democratic
Fanfani
Christian Democrats
Nine die in rural fire from kerosene stove blast
In Dover Delaware a family of fifteen related Negroes lived without electricity or running water. A kerosene stove caused a flash fire killing nine children aged from 1 to 9 and one adult. Three others survived and three were injured. The mother worked away when the disaster struck.
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Dover
Del
Delaware
Clayton
James G. Knotts
Levena, Cuyler
Sein 5
Valarie K. Wilson
Callie Wilson
Smyrna
Samuel Lawrence
Kan
Georgia
Callery Chemical Co
Charles Lattes
Wiliam Reynolds
Frank Wengrzyn
Britain Receives Khrushchev Reply on West Berlin Stand
London AP Khrushchev responds to Macmillan letter affirming Britain will keep a garrison in West Berlin. No content details released. Russian note follows Khrushchev’s proposal to make West Berlin a free demilitarized city after Adenauer urged a reply.
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London
Sovet
Nikita Khrushchev
Harold Mac
Amillan
Britain
West Berlin
Selwyn Lloyd
N. M. Roschin
Khrushchev
Macmillan
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
Macmllan
Khbrushchev
Ayade
Strike at Eastern Air Lines lingers over wage talks
The Associated Press reports a continued strike at Eastern Air Lines with a deadlock between the company and its machinists and flight engineers. Eastern offers 40 cents an hour to 5000 machinists while demanding 49 cents. engineers show no progress on demand resolution. The dispute also ties jet pilot training to the engineers' contract.
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Associated Press
Eastern Air Lines
EAL
Eastern
International Assn. of
Chief Suspends His Son And Two Others
In Ferndale Maryland AP Chief Wilbur Wade suspended his son Warren E Wade 33 Patrolman 1C Charles B Mace 42 and Officer George W Bartlett 34 from the Année Arumdel County Police Department for conduct unbecoming an officer. The three men were off duty and intoxicated after a party and entered the station while still under the influence.
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Ferndale, Md
Wilbur Wade
George W. Bartlett
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