Seven-Person Family Left Homeless by Montgomery County Blaze
A Brookville area fire gutted the Le Roy Raymond home at Sunny Mead Farm. The pump house electrical pump is believed to have started the blaze, which spread through an eight room two story dwelling. Seven family members aged 14 to 5 escaped unharmed though all possessions were lost. Fire crews from Sandy Spring and Laytonsville fought the fire in cold weather as insurance status on belongings remained unclear. A barn fire on the DeSterkenburg property near Poolesville was reported with Hyattstown and Upper Montgomery Fire Companies responding.
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Montgomery County
Brookeville
Leroy Raymond
Sunnymead
Joseph Solem
Washington
Raymond
le Foy
Clifton
Eddie
Jo Ann
Gary
Sandy Spring
Laytonsville
deSterkenburg
Poolesville
Hyattstown
Upper Montgomery
Braddock Mountain
Focal Weather Bureau
Unionville
South Mountain
Route 404
Frederick
Staite
King Saud Reassumes Full Control of Saudi Government
King Saud of Saudi Arabia has relieved his brother Crown Prince Faisal of premier and taken back full powers. Mecca Radio broadcast two decrees: ministers are regarded as having resigned after Faisal’s resignation, and Saud has taken Faisal’s jobs himself with the aid of Most High God.
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Cairo
Saud
Saudi Arabia
Faisal
Pri
Mecca
Nance
Six Wounded On Bus In West Side Gun Battle
On a Chicago West Side bus crowded with Christmas shoppers, six people were wounded during a sudden quarrel that led to a gunfight. A passenger opened fire after a dispute while another returned fire. suspect Thurston Burgess, 22, was later listed in serious condition at a hospital.
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Chicago
Cruiiy Petrce
Thurston Burgess
Maximum Fine Given To Driver
In Circuit Court Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer fined Chauncey Cramer $100 plus court costs after an appeal from Magistrate’s Court. Cramer, 2, was among a drag racing group at Yellow Springs Road on November 29 1959, denied plans to race and said he stopped thinking an accident occurred. State witnesses included Leo Shank and Bob Barklow who described the gathering and Cramer’s vehicle.
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Patrick M. Schnauffer
Chauncey Cramer
Leo Shank
Bob Barklow
Yellow Springs Read
Barklow
Cramer
Charles B. Oland
Shank
Akon Y. Bennett
Schnauffer
Oland
Frank Hn R. Johnson
Maryland House of Correction
Johnson
Mt. Pleasant
Thomas Glass
James W. Bartholow
Nelson W. Saxton
Adamstown
Saxton
Bartholow
Roney Motor Company
George Smith
Roney's
Reformatory
Wilbur 5
Butler Jr
House of Correction
Mrs. Butler
FBI says Reds to form youth group at Chicago
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said the Communists are arranging a Chicago conference beginning December 31 to create a national youth organization. He cited Moscow trained leadership and a new publication New Horizons for Youth. He warned the move aims to direct youth demonstrations and bolster Soviet aligned activity. He noted FBI yearend actions against espionage and subversive activity and referenced recent expulsions of Soviet embassy staff.
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FBI
Reds
Chicago
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Communist Party
U.S
United States
Hoover
William P. Rogers
Gus Hall
U. S. Communist Party
Soviet Union
Cuba
U. S
iNew Horizons
Daniel Rubin
New York
Congress
Tris
San Francisco
House Committee On UN
Rogers
Driver Jailed 2 Months For 3 Violations
A Washington window cleaner was jailed for two months on three motor vehicle charges on the eve of Christmas. Essick, 29, of North Carolina, linked to a stolen car and a government typewriter, was found driving a 1951 Ford with revoked license and stolen tags. He admitted stealing the typewriter and car tags but said little about the auto. Other locals, Paul Cole and William Socks, faced fines for reckless driving and intoxication incidents respectively.
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Washington
Ransom M. Essick
Thurmont
Frederick
FBI
Essick
Stephan Riland
Departent of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Riland
Evergreen Point
Byron Thompson
Essieck
Norfolk, Va
Thompson
Paul Cole
Baltimore
William Socks
Socks
Frederick County Products
Eight Rescued From Pine Ridge Stern as Navy Buoyed Survivors
Navy helicopters from the carrier Valley Forge hoisted 13 of 28 survivors from the broken tanker Pine Ridge, 100 miles east of Cape Hatteras. The operation continued as four more men were picked up earlier and several others remained missing. Ev erett Bell of Jacksonville, Fla, suffered severe lacerations but was in good condition.
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Norfolk, Va
Valley Forge
Pine Ridge
Norfolk
Navy
Carter Valley Forge
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Washington
Atlantic Fleet
Everett Bell
Jacksonville
Fla
Bell
Ftireman Bonnevill Pratt
New York City
James C. Lewis
Winston-Salem
Chester Read
Corpus Christi
Tex
Robert George Gill
Monterey
Mexico
Frank Albert Borel
Port Arthur
I. H. Bussey
Jacinto S. Dasilva
Florida
Robert L. Close
Cincinnati
Ohio
Power use rises for Potomac Edison customers
Potomac Edison System reports higher electricity sales across residential commercial and industrial groups in the 11 months ending November 30 1960. Total kilowatt hour sales rose 3.5 percent from the previous year with residential up 7.5 percent commercial 7 percent and industrial 1.3 percent.
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Potomas Edison
R. G. MacDonald
MacDonald
S Lion
Potomac Edison System
Mess G. Hunter
Bowers
J. H. Gambrul
Harry
J. Leichert
Paul S. Michae
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Frederick
Raymond E. Creager
Thurmont
Mervyn C. Fuss
Taneytown
Harry George Jr
Brunswick
Asa H. Watkins
Mt. Airy
Messrs. J. Lee Rice Jr
E. Wallace Wilkinson
Charles B. Finch
Allegheny Power System, Inc
James McSherry
Amos A. Holter
Freight Train Derails At Boyds Averted Passenger Collision
A freight train derailed near Boyds and narrowly avoided colliding with a passing passenger train. Severe cold looms as Frederick County braces for subzero temps and heavy snow remaining on the ground near Christmas.
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Boyds
Near-Miss as Freight Derails Halted by Passenger Train
A freight train westbound from New York to Cumberland derailed about 7:20 a.m. one mile north of Boyds station after an axle failure. Thirty cars derailed blocking the main B&O line while an eastbound passenger train passed, narrowly avoiding the wreck. No injuries reported. tracks to be cleared in about two days.
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Boyds Station
New York
Cumberland
Boyds
Montgomery County
B. and O
Point of Rocks
Mt. Airy
Relay
Baltimore
West Virginia
Charles Town
Washington
Laurel
Hyattsville
Silver Spring
Rockville
Capital
Baltimore and Ohio
Stone Street
Crab Avenue
Miller Corp Holds Sales Meeting Here
Miller Corp declares a regional sales meeting with attendees from North and South Carolina Georgia Florida and several Pennsylvania towns. Laurence W. Cameron company president W Newton Long board chair Walter D B Ashmore and local reps G W Bell Thomas L. Smith Clayton Hackman participate alongside industry leaders at the Hanover area event.
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Nce Chemical
Fernzer
Scott
Atua
New
Delaware
Mary Yes
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Hanover
Charles Town
W. Va
Ephrata
Salisbury
Baltimore
Whieford
Laurence W. Cameron
W. Newton Long
Walter DB. Ashmore
G. W. Bell
Thomas L. Smith
Clayton Hackman
Rails Show Gains in Mixed Early Trading
The stock market moved higher in uneven trading as rails oils and drugs led gains amid an active early session. Specially situated issues also contributed to the modest advance reported by AP.
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RAILS
New York
Man Held After Bragging How He Killed Boy
Danville Virginia federal agent testifies in municipal court that a 15 year old Marsland boy was struck and killed by a moonshine courier during a speed run to market. The victim Lewis Fox Jr. 18 of Lansdowne Aid, fell after the impact as a waitress nearby recalled a bump and the car fleeing.
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Danville
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Marsland
Rakes
Maren Grand Jury
A. M. Brown
Brown
Robert Stai
Lewis Fox Jr
Lansdowne, Aid
Ethel Gentry
Fox
Harolds Club Sold to Syndicate for 16 Million
Reno reports Harolds Club the pioneer among Nevada gambling halls was sold Wednesday for 16 million dollars to a syndicate formed by the family that founded it in 1908.
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Harolds Club
Reno
Nev
Nevada
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John Culler Jr
Dr. Stone
Gray
Frederick County Medical Society
Hotel Frederick
Thomas Stone
Harry S. Gray
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Richard Reyinolds
Frank Camazo
Frederick H. Heldrich Jr
Louise King
Stone
Mark Ravitch
Johns Hopkins Hospital
John M. Culler
Western Maryland College
University of Maryland Medical School
Church ‘Home and Hospital
Frederick Memoral Hospital
Church Home and Hospital
Mrrs
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Tod
Jacob K. Krooks
Brooklyn
Brooks
Brooklyn Council of Boy Scouts
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Chicago White Sox
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