Explosion Destroys Two Houses In City As Snow Falls
Frederick County faces ongoing blizzard conditions as a gas heater explosion collapses a house and injures the Davis family. Fire crews report 8 to 12 inches of snow with drifting risk and road crews working overnight to keep main arteries open. The King residence also burns, leaving occupants in critical condition while crews clear streets and monitor forecasts for more snow.
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Frederick
Jesser
County Roads
Gambrill Park
Foxville
No Frederick News Wednesday Christmas Day Closure
The Frederick News will not publish on Christmas Day. The business office remains closed all day while the editorial office will reopen at 4 p.m.
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Frederick
Emergency Blood Appeal Ties to Local Fire Disaster
An urgent appeal by James A. Greve, Frederick Red Cross, urges donors, especially first timers, for an emergency mobile unit at Calvary Methodist Church Thursday 10 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. A snowstorm cancelation hit Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and five pink babies born Sept 14 to Mr and Mrs Andrew Fischer are home for Christmas.
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James A. Greve
Frederick Red Cross
Calvary Methodist Church
Grove
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Frederick
Washington Blood Center
Aberdeen
S.D
Andrew Fischer
Fischers
Quints
Mary Ann
Mary Margaret
Mary Catherine
Mary Magdalene
James Andrew
Memphis Coldest Spot In Nation This Morning
Memphis led the nation in cold today excluding Alaska with a -13 degree reading at 3 26 am. The temperature smashed the city’s all time low of -11 set February 2 1951, breaking the -9 mark from February 12 1899.
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Memphis
U.S. Weather Bureau
Lakonia survivors recount panic and lifeboat actions in Madeira port
Survivors arriving in Funchal accuse Greek Line crew of panic and loss of discipline as passengers took control of lifeboats. The Salta rescued 475, including 307 passengers and 168 crew. Total known survivors rise to 921, with 24 confirmed dead and 135 missing previously reported. The Lakonia burned off Madeira after fire broke out late Sunday as ships and planes search the area.
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Funchal
Madeira
Salta
Admiralty
Greek Line
London
Casablanca
Stratheden
Barakat
Lakonia
Atlantic
Ivan Buchanan
Atlanta
P. Pilcer
E. Driscoll
Pilcer
Youth Charged With Grand Larceny
An 18 year old West South Street youth is charged with grand larceny after a $450 robbery of Market Basket grocery store on Monday. James Joseph Naylor, a former employee, confessed at police headquarters and said he hid the cash in the store basement. the money recovered. A preliminary hearing is set for January 3 in Magistrate's Court.
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West South Street
Market Basket
James Joseph Naylor
South Market
East All Saints Street
Naylor
White House Welcomes Blanco the White Collie
A six month old white collie named Blanco arrives at the White House as a Christmas gift to the First Family from Lois Nelson a nine year old girl from Woodstock Hawaii In a letter Nelson says the dog will bark at burglars and cheer the President Johnson during hard days
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Jonesy
Job Washington
Blanco
White House
Lois Nelson
Woodstock
Johnson
Foreign Aid Bill Passes in Christmas Eve House Session
The House approved a $3 billion foreign aid bill by 189 to 159, giving the President authority to guarantee private wheat sales to Russia. The vote, in a 7 am Christmas Eve session, paves the way for Senate action and a Jan 7 resumption. George P. Mahoney nears Maryland Senate bid.
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Washington
House
Senate
Russia
Johnson
Congress
Four Die? No Four Burn Victims in Christmas Eve Explosion
Four people remained in critical condition after an early morning explosion at 110 East Fifth Street in Frederick destroyed the King home and damaged 113 East Fifth Street. Mr. and Mrs. Henry King, 63 and 53, suffered extensive burns, while Mr. and Mrs. John Davis, 46 and 25, were badly burned along with their three children. Police blamed a gas water heater. victims were rushed to Frederick Memorial Hospital and later to Baltimore for treatment.
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Henry King
East Fifth Street
East Fifth
John Davis
King House
Frederick Memorial Hospital
King
Florence
Martha R. Davis
Davis
Alicia
Darnise
Kimberly
Philip Bowins
Frederick
Kings
Bowins
Irving Brightwell
Brightwell
Davises
Charles V. Main
King Home
Davis House
Kings’ House
Davis’ House
Frederick Companies
Frederick Gas Company
Doris Himes
Charles T. Masser
United Ambulance
Mr. Davis
Dailey
Alvie Ridgely
Mrs. Davis
Baltimore
Mrs. King
Baltimore City
Junior Fire Company
Real Spirit Of Christmas Prompts Honest Reply
A Louisville Santa returned a wallet with 43 in savings, earning a Philadelphia man Walter Cooley 100 via a gratitude letter. In Michigan a farmer finds a Christmas tree stolen by three children aged 11 13 and 6 who say they have no daddy and that they cut one down as in Kentucky.
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Louisville
Philadelphia
Mason, Mich
L. Swabeda
Swabeda
Kentucky
Swoboda
UNICEF Sees Record Card Sales In United States
The U.N. Children’s Fund reports 13 million greeting cards sold in the United States for 1963 season. Cards and 175000 calendars generated 2.2 million dollars, up 222 percent from last year, per the U.S. Committee for UNICEF.
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United Nations, NY
U.N. Childrens Fund
United States
U.S. Committee For Unicef
Little Vicki Wray Changes Home Ahead of Christmas
In Bright Note, 2 year old Vicki Wray with cancer in one eye moves with her family to a rented three bedroom house in Bowling Green to prepare for the holidays. Duke Hospital doctors in Durham say the cancer may be arrested after the prior eye removal. a fund for Vicki has grown to 7000 dollars through donations, as her father Robert Wray earns five dollars weekly as a textile worker.
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Bowling Green
Vicki Wray
Duke Hospital
Durham
N.C
Vicki
Robert Wray
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Frank J Keefer
Hheheves
Fischer
MO Xerk
Call
Lakonia City
LBJ
GOP
von Een
Walter Cooley
Harold F. Miller
Miller
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