Christmas Tree Sparks Blaze Leaves Pryor Family Homeless
A Wolfsville family lost their weatherboard home and all belongings in a midnight fire at the Pryor dairy farm. Fire departments from Myersville Middletown and Smithsburg fought the blaze to recover a few salvageable items while 19 year old Rosalie Pryor helped wake her brothers and escape with only a single saved Christmas gift. The Pryors plan to continue farming with neighbor aid and insurance expected to cover losses.
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Wolfsville
Harry Pryor
Middletown
Smithsburg
Rosalie Pryor
Rosalie
Franklin Stottlemyer
Pryor
Doubleday Company, Publishers
Hagerstown
Pryors
Franck Stottiemser
Parked Car Damaged by City Garbage Truck
A parked car sustained about $100 damage today around 6 37 am when struck by a backing city garbage truck on Norva atente south of Mary street. Officer Guy Himes reported the truck, operated by Charles Richard Smith of Thurmont RFD 2, backed into Quentin N Crawford’s parked car in the first block of Nerva. The truck was undamaged and no charges were filed.
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Norva Atente
Mary Street
Guy Himes
Nerva
Charles Richard Smith
Thurmont
RFD 2
Quentin N. Crawford
Marshall Aiurray
Paul
Souk
Wales
Saan Aheadi
Alhnabaidianeteai
Ville
W. W. Poultry Co
Caves Collapse Traps Eighteen In Mushroom Grower Network
A network of caverns used for mushroom growing collapsed trapping eighteen workers below ground. Officials from Aero Storage and the company’s executives discussed future storage plans and possible underground facility expansions, with resistance to extensive new entrances and dual pumping systems. Local planning officials presided, noting costs of rearranging operations.
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Offutt
Sui
Aero
Ceresville Motor
Frank Higinbotham
Daniel E. Wight
Thomas J. Crum
J. Alfred Catsail
Mohri
Rameburg
Emmitsburg Rallies To Aid Burned Out Family
Emmitsburg area residents aided a family after a fire destroyed their six room two story home on the Crystal Fountain Road. Jim Cool and siblings escaped as a stove explosion caused the blaze. Donations of clothing food and money poured in from locals and the Salvation Army. The Vigilant Hose Company responded but could not save the house. John Trent father of Mrs Cool was fatally injured in a separate hit run incident in November.
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Eimmitsburg
Emmitsburg
Jacob Green
West Main
Geraldine “Trentjtides
Salvation Army
Jim
Cool
John
Trent
Coolshome
Adge
Martin Stouter
Emmits
Emmitsburg Burg
Crystal Fountain
Strike Paralyzes Two U. S. Airlines
A disrupted national mediation effort follows a Christmas weekend strike that halted operations at American and Eastern Airlines. The U S mediation board sent bargaining guidelines while both sides hold firm. Officials note limited progress and potential talks pending insurance and facility issues.
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Euuls
Feie
Grams
Meditation Board
Leverett Edwards
De Gaulle to Visit U S for State Visit Early Spring
Premier Charles De Gaulle has accepted an invitation to make a state visit to the United States early next spring. He will be the first French chief of staff to visit since 1946 and will discuss a three power directorate for NATO with President Eisenhower.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
United States
de Gaulle
France
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
NATO Council
Yatter Auriol
R Jset
Britain
Four Die as Gas Truck Explodes in Brownfield
A bottled gas truck collided with a pickup near Brownfield Texas causing a massive blast. Four men died and about 160 were hurt or burned, with around 45 still hospitalized. Debris and flaming wreckage spread, shattering windows and injuring spectators.
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Brownfield
Tex
West Texas
Phillip Thompson
Thompson
Board approves two rezoning applications with conditions
The Board of County Commissioners today approved two rezoning requests with conditions. One action will open an industrial area on Maryland 244 about 1.1 miles west of New Market.
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Frederick
Planning and Zoning Commission
Campbell
Planning Board
Morrow
New Street
W. Jerome Offutt
James McSherry
Ceresville Motor Company
Planning Commission
Aero
Board of County Commissioners
Maryland 244
U.S. 40
Newarket
Operators Of Slots Lose In Supreme Court
Slot machine operators lost their bid to halt Maryland's 1958 Potomac River casino ban as Associate Justice Brennan denied a stay pending appeal. The law blocks slots on structures entering from Maryland, affecting near Colonial Beach Virginia. operators argued equal protection and due process violations and cited losses and sunk investments.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Maryland
Potomac River
Virginia
William J. Brennan
Maryland Court of Appeals
Ory
Colonial Beach
Iva
St. Mary’s County
U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Brennan
High Court
Loren L. Landman
U.S. Treasury
First Wreck On Freeway Near Route 40 Interchange
State Police report the first Frederick Freeway accident involved a rear end crash on Route 15 north of Route 40. Oliver Henderson, 44, Baltimore, had a Buick damaged in the collision with a 1953 Pontiac driven by Lester Knorr, 21, Camp Hill. Henderson charged with parking on the roadway, Knorr with reckless driving. Knorr treated and released from Frederick Memorial Hospital. Ernie Johnson, 34, previously with Milwaukee Braves, signed a 1959 contract with the Baltimore Orioles after a 15-game relief stint.
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Frederick
Harry J. Frost
Oliver Norman Benderson
Baltimore
Route 15
Route 40
Lester Knorr
Camp Hill
Teepe Frost
Buick
Pontiac
Henderson
Knarr
Frost
Frederick Memorial Hospital
BIRDS
Johnson
Ernie’ Johnson
Milwaukee Braves
Baltimore Orioles
Braves
Mil-lwaukee
Boston
See Some Chance Of Yule Snow Forecast Shifts
The forecaster reversed himself this morning and said there is some slight chance of a white Christmas, depending on how cold it gets Wednesday. Earlier predictions favored cloudy and colder weather on Christmas Eve with rain or snow likely, and yesterday’s forecast called for fair weather with little change on Wednesday.
Nickel Co. to resume work after miner settlement in Sudbury
Sudbury Ont AP The International Nickel Co plans to resume production after members of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers agreed to a negotiated settlement ending a three month strike.
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Sudbury
Ont
International Nickel Co
International Union of Mine, Mil and Smelter
Old Fashioned Theme At Auxiliary Snow Ball A Hit
An old-fashioned Christmas theme set the mood at the Snow Ball at Gambrill Gymnasium Hood College with a modern twist. Over 70 guests supported a new microfilming project at Frederick Memorial Hospital while Mayflower Orchestra provided music and Mrs Richard F Eline chaired the decorations.
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Gambrill Gymnasium
Hood College
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Fredericklorations
Gensan
Sidney
Mayflower
Richard F. Eline
Arthur B. Schuet Etinger
A. B. Collinus
Puete
Held For Grand Jury After False Bomb Tale
George Alston Stevens, 22, a former merchant mariner, was held for grand jury after confessing to phoning a false bomb threat that would have hit Towson State College dorms. Police said the hoax disrupted about 600 sleepy students and Stevens sought psychiatric help afterward.
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Towson
George Alston Stevens
Charles H. Kempke
Merchant Mariner
Stevens
Girl 16 killed in auto crash near Lonaconing
A 16 year old girl, Donna Sloan of Lonaconing, died when a car overturned on Mayland 36 near Lonaconing Allegany County. Driver Harry J. Warnick, 20, of Lonaconing, was treated for injuries. a passenger Mary M. Smith, 16, also from Lonaconing, was treated and released. Investigation ongoing with no charges yet filed.
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Lonaconing
Mayland
Allegany Counry
Donna Sloan
Miners Hossse
UE Pital
Frostburg
Harry J. Warnick
Lonacommg
Enemies of God
Ager
Pove
Mary M. Smith
Warnick Reat
Swinging Humans Battle Jackrabbits in Idaho Raid
About 1,000 club swinging humans attacked rabbit populations near Terreton Idaho over the weekend. Farm agent Rex Cooch of Jefferson County estimates nearly 5,000 rabbits killed as a large circle formed Sunday and closed in on two land sections where rabbits concentrated. War was declared a week ago as crops in the east faced continued raids.
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Terreton
Idaho
Rex Cooch
Jefferison County
Etn
New Pope Calls for Unity Amid Global Strife
The new pontiff recalls Pius XII and notes 19 Christmas messages urging peace. He stresses humanity’s failure to accept God’s grace in unity, calls for revived Christian unity, and condemns Communist regimes where calls for unity are silenced.
Tokyo Tower Stands 1688 Feet Above City Sky
A Japanese company today dedicated one of the highest man made structures in the world the Tokyo television tower stabbing 1688 feet into the sky The top of the antenna soars 147 feet high and dominates the Empire State skyline comparison await confirmation.
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High Tower
Tokyo
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