Colder Weather Moves In Across Western Maryland
Colder air moved into the county after a gloomy Sunday with heavy rain and gusty winds. Snow flurries continued with little accumulation and Western Maryland towns reported overcast skies. Deer hunting yielded only two successes at Thurmont and Lewistown areas with a season total of 154 as frigid conditions persist.
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Maryland
Frederick
Weather Bureau
Ben’s
Esso
Thurmont
Snook’s
Lewistown
Daniel Ebersole Jr
Lantz
Foxville
Jesse Willard
Optimists Start Sale Of Yule Trees In Frederick Area
The Optimist Clubs of Frederick and Braddock Heights begin their annual Christmas tree sale today at the Frederick Shopping Center lot on West Seventh Street. Open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily through Christmas Eve, with holly wreaths and greens also offered to fund youth programs including Little League, Cub Scouts, and Girl Scouts. Proceeds support boys and girls in need. officers include Gordon W. Taylor and co chairs Charles Collins C Eugene Miller and Grafton Cost. Also noted: a lost youth case in Middletown was resolved and civil cases for December were set by Chief Judge Patrick M Schnaufer.
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Frederick
Braddock Heights
Frederick Shopping Center
West Seventh Street
Gordon W. Taylor
Braddock Heights Club
Taylor
Charles Collins
Frederick Evening Club
C. Eugene Miller
Frederick Breakfast
Frederick Plots Urban Renewal Step Wins Federal Approval
Federal Housing Agency approves Frederick’s workable slum elimination program as the first step for urban renewal. City plans consultant study by Julien Tarrant to define the initial project, with a public hearing planned in January and potential advance federal funding for planning and surveying.
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Frederick
Carlton R. Sickles
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Sickles
Robert A Whiteford
Julien Tarrant
Tarrant
Legoe and Associates
Cincinnati
Ohio
Whiteford
Carl V. Weakley
Christmas Musicals Draw 2000 at Hood Programs
Two Christmas concerts drew about 2000 attendees. Homemakers and 4-H singers performed carols at Frederick High School for 700, then Hood College and U S Naval Academy choirs joined in Handel’s Messiah at Coffman Chapel before about 1000.
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Frederick High School
United States
Coffman Chapel
Hood College
Hood
U. S. Naval Academy
Frederick Orchestra
William Sprigg
Charles J. Warner
Homemakers
Donald Sullivan
Gambrill Park Homemakers’ Club
Carol Freed
Gambrill Park Club
Sidney Miller
Chris Trey
J. Vernon Coblentz
Frederick County Council of Homemakers
Adele Miller
England
Sussex
Strange Illness Strikes Sixth Grade Girls at New Market
Ten sixth grade girls at New Market Elementary collapsed from a mysterious illness by early afternoon. Parents were notified and children were taken to their physicians. Frederick County Health Officer Dr. Forbes H. Burgess said a prior incident with a band had occurred recently and urged calm, noting no serious illness.
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New Market
Frederick County
Forbes H. Burgess
Burgess
Americans Held As Hostages In Bolivia Crisis
Four Americans are among 21 hostages held by communist led miners near La Paz. The union demanded the release of two arrested leaders Irineo Pimental and Federico Escobar or face consequences. Thomas Martin an American IDS officer said the group is safe and under guard as President Paz Estenssoro weighs a state of siege.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Federation of Mine Workers
Juan Lechin
Johnson
U.S
Irineo Pimental
Federico Escobar
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Thomas Martin
New York
U.S. Information Service
Oil Policy Move Shifts Policy Control to Interior
President Johnson directs the Interior Department to set national oil policy, distancing the White House from oil decisions. Udall participates as the policy framework shifts, reflecting Johnson's Texas ties and state influence. A five day forecast notes temperatures near normal with snow flurries in Garrett County on Tuesday and Friday.
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Washington
Johnson
Udall
Interior Department
White House
Texas
Associated Press
Garrett County
Outdoor chapel tree planting ceremony by youth group
A youth group from the Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ staged an outdoor ceremony behind the church on Fes Contin Street. Participants included Vickie Behroeder Henry Wilson Charles Hufer My Le Bradley Relanver Cheryl Emge Charles Gare and Dams Cols as they prepared to plant the first of many white dammed trees by next spring.
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Poland
Jesus
France
Norway
Christias
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Spain
USA
Lince Engelbrecht
Memo
Rose Hill Garden Club
Youth Salts
Tre
Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ
Fes Contin Street
Fae
Ia la
Vickie Behroeder
Henry Wilson
Charles Hufer
Memaie Ee Maintenance My le Bradley Relanver
A Cheryl Emge
Charles Gare
Dams
Cols
Elkton Crash Kills 81 on Pan American Jet
Investigators probed a four engine Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 crash near Elkton Maryland, killing 81 aboard as wreckage spread across a muddy cornfield. Lightning and weather were examined amid searches for victims and a temporary morgue was set up at Elkton Armory.
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Elkton
Pan American World Airways
B. R. Allen
Civil Aeronautics Board
Puerto Rico
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
U.S. 40
Maryland-Delaware Line
Baltimore
Dean Wilmoth
Meadow View
Edgar Startt
Bainbridge
MD.) Naval Base
Elkton National
Federal Aviation Agency
Washington
New Castle
Philadelphia International Airport
Raymond Gregg
Sinatra Jr Abducted From Lake Tahoe Motel
Frank Sinatra Jr. was abducted at gunpoint from a Stateline Nevada California border motel as he prepared to perform. Two men, identified as Joseph Sorce and Thomas Keating, fled and are sought with FBI involvement amid snowy mountain roadblocks.
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Stateline
Calif
Frank Sinatra Jr
Sheriff's Deputies
Joseph James Sorce
Thomas Patrick Keating
FBI
Lake Tahoe
George Byers
Douglas County
Nev
California - Nevada
Sinatra
Sinatra Sr
Palm Springs
Warner Bros. Studio
Los Angeles
Nevada
Nevada Gaming Control Board
Chicago
Sam Giancana
Cal-Neva
Cal-Neva Lodge
el Dorado, Calif
California
Reno
Joe Foss
Dorsey Band
Sinatra Jr
Frank Sinatra
Young Sinatra
Studebaker to Close U S Car Factory
New York AP reports Studebaker Corp will quit auto production in the United States ending operations at the South Bend Indiana plant where about 6,000 workers will lose jobs. All U S production will shift to the Hamilton Canada plant.
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New York
Studebaker Corp
United States
Canada
Dow Jones News Service
Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
Business News Service
Hamilton
Ont
B&O Sale Upheld By High Court
The Supreme Court affirmed a Detroit court ruling upholding Chesapeake and Ohio Railways’ acquisition of control of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Five unions appealed, contending the move would harm railroad workers’ employment. City property sale: Park C Beaver Jr and wife sold 106 Upper College Terrace to Joseph E Elkins Jr and wife for about 28500.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
U.S. District Court
Detroit
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
Park C. Beaver Jr
Upper College Terrace
Joseph E. Elkins Jr
Ground Breaking For Outdoor Chapel At E R U C
Ground breaking Sunday marked the start of an outdoor chapel project by the church youth fellowship at East Church Street United Church of Christ. The garden style chapel in the yard will feature a rustic altar a dy ing conewood cross dogwood plantings and a future roof and nativity. Landscaping costs about 300 funded by youth members who will plant under supervision. The project aims to provide a beauty filled worship and prayer space and may host services weddings and garden parties when weather permits.
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E. R. United Church of Christ
City
Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ
West Church Street
Youth Fellowship
Anthony Mattie
Richard E. Best
Senior High Youth Fellowship
Raymon Ipley
Concereey
Paul L. Althouse
Clark Snyder
Ship
Cheryl Emge
Church Street
Robert Emge
Trinity Chapel
Wedi
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Middletown
Boonsboro
Hagerstown
R. W. Poffenberger
Michael Elmer Wilhelm
Goldie Wilhelm
RFD 1
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Ross Murray
Ronald Garrett
Tom Garrett
Larry Watkins
Ric E. Best
Linda Boyer
Philip Snyder
Judy Pease
Marsh
Patsy Geishert
Janet Routzahn
Nancy Hassings
Linda Hassinger
Little Jay
Upper Left
Mae Grant
U. S
B&o
High Court
Project of Youth Fellowship
Newspapel Rehly
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