Quiet Christmas Observance In Frederick Area
Christmas in Frederick County was calm with open roads and few incidents. Religious services, caroling, and charity efforts by the Amelian Legion and Salvation Army marked the day, while police reported no major disturbances and stores planned a half day. Weather stayed mild, with temperatures 33 to 48 degrees and a chimney scare noted. Medals for the Eisenhower Nixon inaugural were offered in Washington with proceeds supporting festivities.
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Amelian Legion
Salvation Army
Mt. Pleasant
U.S. 40
Frederick
Ford Road
Seaboard
Brigadoon
Two Cattle Tenders Die in 24 Hour Crime Spree
In Oklahoma, James Leroy Neal, 25, killed Scott Smith and fatally shot Francis Elmenhorst and Glenn Bernesten during a violent spree ending when Neal was killed by his own gun after a car crash. Aided by a terrified Mrs. Smith, Neal terrorized families, assaults, and thefts before authorities closed the case near El Reno.
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Reno
Francis Elmenhorst
el Reno
Glenn Bernesten
Tulsa
Okla
Neal
Scott Smith
Hinton Farmer Yard
Smith
Mrs. Smith
Canadian County
Bernesten
Elmenhorst m
George Clark
Elmenhorst
Christmas Eve death and prison gift distribution noted
A damaged clipping reports Neal Me found dead from a gunshot in a ditch after a Christmas Eve car crash near Canada County. Undersheriff Fenwell led the search. Hodge, a former state official, received prison loot from Menard Prison’s inmate gift program during his 12 to 15 year sentence for misappropriation of state funds.
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Elmenhorst
Theim
Neal
Isomer Fenwell
Son Oo
Canadan County
Neal Me
Baxicht
Orville E Hodge
Menard State Prison
Hodge
Menard
Gun Fight On Xmas Eve At Shamik Inn
A dispute over a woman led to a gunfight outside the Shamik Inn in Sandy Hook on Christmas Eve. Meo Butts of 2526 Potomar Street Brunswick was hospitalized at Frederick Memorial with arm injuries after the exchange. Kenneth Wilt of Harpers Ferry was identified by police as the shooter. A fist fight preceded the gunfire and the suspect remained at large.
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Sands Hook
Marland
Butts
Auto Wreck Near Pasadena Kills Three Die in High Slope Crash
An early 1930s Pasadena California auto crash on the Crest Highway in Angeles National Forest killed three, with three others fatally injured and three more in critical condition. Victims include Kenneth McRae 33 and his son Bruce 8 from Palmdale, and Mrs Elsie Beelow 54 of Minneapolis.
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Pasadena
Call
Vhlen
Angele
Crest Highway
Angeles National Forest
Kenneth McRae
Palmdale
Calif
Son
Bruce McRae
Elsie Beelow
Minneapoli
Man Dies In Fight Over Girl Friend
In Westminster a Baltimore man Gordon Cootes, aged 50, died from a fractured skull after a fight outside the Green Street Inn late last night. The attacker, William Hepry Brown, 35, of Westminster faces manslaughter charges. officials say the dispute was over a girl.
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Westminster
Baltimore
James T. Marsh
Carroll County
Gordon Cootes
Donald C Sponseller
William Hepry Brown
Sergi Frask
Badger
Cootes
Brown
Green Street Inn
Palmdale Residents Die in Dust-Driven Rescue Incident
A crash on a downhill grade near eight miles northeast of here killed Ard McRae 59 and Martha 58 while rescuers Fred Bee and others aided the injured during a transport from Palmdale to a Christmas dinner at JF Williams home in Garden Grove. High winds were reported at the time.
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Ard McRae
Palmdale
Martha
Fred Bee
Wars JF Williams
Garden Grove
Here
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Nixon
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Francis Dickensheets
Phese
Mederick
Aqwarteans
Pear
Dailey’s Funeral Home
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Better Homes Equip. Co
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Lad Scraper & Son
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Orlon Cardigan
Lannellette
Misses & Women
Cannon Towels
Bates
Rob Roy
Virginia
St. Marys
Hendrickson
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Braddock
BEAC
Maryland
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Coromet
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C. E. Cline & Son
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