Coldest Unionville Day Sees Three Degree Reading
Unionville reports three degrees as the coldest weather of the season with a high around 31 on Christmas Day and a low of 17. A warming trend is expected to reach around 40 by Saturday. Local readings include seven degrees at the airport station and eleven at Gambrill State Park. Banks and some shops observe Christmas, with limited hours and free parking meter rides advertised.
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Billey
Unionville
Culler Lake
Monocacy River
Gambrill State Park
Mayor Happy Over Project For Market
Frederick announces the largest private building improvement in its history. Irving H Weil and Mrs Weil with Paul M Carmack reveal a privately owned supermarket on downtown cleared blocks. Groundbreaking Jan 2 with occupancy planned May 1. Weil relocates to Hamilton Ave.
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Frederick
Weill Brothers Properties
Carmack’s
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Ramsburg
Messrs
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Jerick
Dolis
Frederick Memorial Hospital
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Mountain City Garage
Weil Brothers
Edgewood Fannex
3Lariket Street
Walker
West Fourth Street
Staley
Snow Blankets Western Maryland as Temp Drops Sharply
An unexpected snowfall of two to five inches blanketed Western Maryland over the Christmas holiday as temperatures plunged to 22 degrees below zero. Oakland measured a three inch snow depth and the state's lowest reading, while nearby West Virginia saw 2 below and up to five inches in places like Mount Storm. U.S. 50 at Mount Storm became a solid sheet of ice eastbound and ice on the westbound lane limited accumulation. Garrett County saw severe weather but Allegany reported only traces, with Cumberland five degrees above zero and LaVale one above.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Oakland
West Virginia
Thom
Yau Mount Storm
Grant County
U.S
Mount Storm
Jane
Garrett County
Allegany
Cumberland
Woman Recovers $4087 Left on Oakland Bus
An elderly Oakland area woman carrying her life savings left 4087 dollars on a bus in downtown Oakland while visiting friends for Christmas. A bus driver notified police, and L T Sewell the driver turned in the money at the bus terminal where officers counted the cash.
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Calif
APJ
Dorian Childers
Richmond
L. T. Sewell
Stork Wins Race in Atlantic City Crash During Birth
Mrs Walter Dredden delivered a baby girl Thursday night after her husband racing to beat the stork crashed a car over a curb. Frooper Donald Ebert found Mrs Dredden and infant napped in the back, freed them, and finished by tying the umbilical cord with boot laces. Anambu Hanes drove them to the hospital. all were reported unhurt and doing nicely.
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Donald Ebert
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Anambu Hanes
Dreddens
Navy Rescues 134 Moroccans Amid Flood Crisis
The US Navy rescued 134 residents in flood battered northwestern Morocco and distributed food to 3000 people. Helicopters and planes operated from Port Lyavney starting Christmas, as heavy rains swelled rivers cutting Rabat Tangier routes and isolating villages and farms.
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Sebou
Rabat
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Road Conditions Report From ASA North East Corridor
The ASA issued a road condition report noting several areas as clear. West DC to Pa Turnpike clear with minor slipper spots between Laurel Mountain Tunnel and New Stanton. Ohio Turnpike clear. U.S. 40 West to Ohio clear. U.S. 50 West to Ohio slippery at higher West Virginia elevations. North and East DC to Delaware Memorial Bridge clear. New Jersey Turnpike clear. DC to Harrisburg clear.
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Laurel Mountain Tunnel
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West Virginia
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Delaware Memorial Bridge
New Jersey Turnpike
Harrisburg
Christmas Observances Aid Sick Needy And Inmates
The Frederick area held holiday acts by the Frederick Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and the Elks Club delivering gifts and cheer to patients and residents. The Salvation Army distributed 160 food baskets to the needy, while the Francis Scott Key Post American Legion donated over 6,000 toys to about 1,000 children in 225 families. Santa visits at the hospital and Montevue Home accompanied by a turkey dinner for inmates at the jail.
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New Soviet Law On Foreign Fliers
Moscow AP reports a new Soviet criminal code imposes up to 10 years in prison for foreign pilots violating Soviet air space with fines up to 100 rubles. The United States says the USSR still holds some Air Force crewmen from a September crash. six bodies were returned, others remain unaccounted for. The crash occurred in bad weather. the Soviet Union denies intercepting or shooting down the plane.
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Mitchell To Direct Social Security
WASHINGTON AP President Eisenhower selected William L Mitchell to head the Social Security system. The 38 year old longtime SSA official moves from deputy commissioner to the top post succeeding Charles S Schottland who resigns January 1. Truman To Lecture New York AP Former President Harry S Truman announced a series of lectures at Columbia University next year on the presidency.
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Eisenhower
William L. Mitchell
Mitchell
Social Security Administration
Charles S. Schottland
45 Die In Xmas Fires
Christmas holiday fires killed at least 45 people across the nation. Families were torn apart as flames consumed homes and lodgings, with five of six members in one Virginia family perishing at a $156,000 Windsor Farms mansion in Richmond. Three children died in two Pennsylvania fires, while others were injured.
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Associated Press
Windsor Farms
Richmond
Pennsylvania
Chinese claim 1400 miles of new rail track in 1958
Tokyo AP reports Peiping Radio claims the Communist government completed 1400 miles of new railway track in 1958, part of a vast project to connect Lanchow to remote Sinkiang in northwest China. The government touted the achievement as the year’s greatest railroad building feat.
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China
Peiping Radio
Lanchow
Sinkiang Province
Forthwest Citina
Pope John Visits Rome Prison to Cheer Inmates
Rome AP reports Pope John Paul II became the first modern pope to visit Regina Coeli jail. He greeted 1,500 prisoners as guards watched and urged peace. He tipped prison authorities millions of lire to buy Christmas gifts for inmates, marking a historic gesture.
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Carmine Scalia
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Five Die As Mansion Fireclaims Virginia Exec and Family
A Richmond fire killed Horace A. Gray Jr and four family members in a Windsor Farms mansion. Also missing or deceased were Gray’s sons Thomas and Foster and daughter Susan Lee, with Horace III returning to find tragedy. Firefighters faced rugged lanes and a 20 room brick estate worth about 150000. Garland Gray of Waverly is a related state figure.
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Virginia
Richmond m
Windsor Farms
Horace A. Gray Jr
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co
Catherine
Thomas
Foster
Susan Lee
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Gray
James River
If Gray
Sen
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Waverly
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Fights May Come Early in New 86th Congress
With Christmas over, Congress members will arrive for the 86th Congress convening amid battles expected in both chambers. In the Senate, a clash over curbing filibusters looms as Northern Democrats and Republicans seek limits. Southern Democrats have used unlimited debate to block civil rights legislation, while a GOP leadership rift surfaces. In the House, liberal factions aim to curb the Rules Committee’s power to delay bills, challenging its floor bottleneck.
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Sharptown Home Destroyed While Family Visited Friends
Fire destroyed the home of James McWilliams in Sharptown Maryland while he and his family were visiting. Firemen battled the blaze for about two hours and suspected defective wiring started the fire. Loss was about 15000 dollars, partially insured.
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James McWilliams
First Spaceborne broadcast of Xmas message by Atlas satellite
The Atlas satellite transmitted the President's Christmas message to space and back to Ft. Sam Houston. Sam Findler, 34, read the address from Prado Dam station near Corona California, proving the first non presidential voice broadcast from space.
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Findler
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Christmas gifts comfort Bradley families in Rogers City
In Rogers City Michigan families of the Carl D Bradley disaster victims found Christmas solace. Thirty three widowed women and about 30 children received extensive aid with clothing and toys from anonymous donors and disaster funds. Community leaders noted the children had more gifts than they could carry and some boxes remained for future distribution.
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Great Lakes
Carl D. Bradley
Melville Orr
Lake Michiigan
John i Blasky
Grand’ Rapids
Rocky Ridge Home Damaged By Christmas Fire
A mattress fire at the Robert L. Horman home in Rocky Ridge caused about 500 dollars in damage and was discovered by the family on Christmas morning. The Rocky Ridge Volunteer Fire Company received the 12 25 am call and was on scene about an hour and a half. The guard hose company of Thurmont assisted. The cause remains undetermined and damages were insured.
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Rebels Intensify Attacks In Cuba
Government forces in Las Villas face growing rebel menace as Fidel Castro pockets threaten central Cuba. Rebels claim control of Cabaiguan and Sancti Spiritus cutting central highway toward Oriente where Castro’s mountain HQ stands. The army has countered with 18 armored units totaling about 3600 men.
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Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
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Gromyko warns Berlin crisis risks nuclear war
Moscow reports cite Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko saying Western insistence on remaining in West Berlin could trigger a nuclear war reaching the United States. He urged bans on nuclear tests with controls and warned that any aggression would prompt a broader war, as Khrushchev set a June 1 deadline for Western troops to leave West Berlin.
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Supreme Soviet
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Gromyko
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Deputy Premier Mikeyan to Visit United States
Anastas J. Mikeyan, deputy premier, received a three month visa from the U S embassy for a two week January trip to the United States. He will travel by commercial plane and face travel restrictions similar to those on Americans in the Soviet Union.
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U.S
Anastas J. Mikeyan
United States
Mikeyan
Mikoyan
Soviet Union
Slaughter On Highways Near Record Death Toll
Traffic fatalities during the Christmas holiday week end climbed toward a record, with more than seven deaths per hour since 6 p.m. Christmas Eve. The National Safety Council warned the toll could exceed the all time holiday high unless drivers change behavior as 40 million cars are expected to be on the roads. Weather was generally favorable for travel, with clear highways and little ice or snow.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Fire Kills Nine At Turkey Farm Near Auburn Washington
A family of twelve perished in a farm home blaze near Auburn Washington. Five bodies were recovered within hours as firefighters searched the ruins for four more, authority said. The fire began around 6 a.m. PST and a grim search continued through the day.
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Auburn
Wash
Hollenach Tarkau Warm
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