Maryland Holiday Toll Rises With Eight Dead So Far
The toll during the four day weekend reaches eight as fires and traffic crashes claim lives. An Ocean City boy, six year old David Bradford Lynch, dies in a U S 50 crash near Harbor Road. his brother Michael, 17, is hospitalized in burn injuries. A separate bus collision on U S 40 at Edgewood kills Harry L Riggins and Serimiah Patrick, 26, with twelve passengers injured. The year’s toll climbs to 513.
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Serimiah Patrick
Treston
New York
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Harford Memorial Hospital
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Snow and warm spell touch Christmas Eve in Frederick
Snow briefly coated Frederick for Christmas Eve before melting as temperatures rose to 38 degrees yesterday and expected to climb into the 40s. Clerks begin post holiday gift exchanges as stores stay open. Aiming toward a high near 50, showers are forecast for tomorrow night and into Monday. A 160 man Soviet expedition reached the American South Pole base after a long trek across Antarctica.
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Stork Joins Santa in Christmas Day Deliveries
A playful account reports two babies born Christmas Day at Frederick Memorial Hospital with a stork accompanying Santa. The first arrival, a daughter, occurred at 7:01 a.m. to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Boyer of Knoxville. About two hours later a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. John T. Griffin of Grant Place at 9:24 a.m. A final boy arrived at 4:40 a.m. to Mr. and Mrs. William E. Day of Mr. Airy, four hours and forty minutes after the prior birth.
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Bruce E. Boyer
Knoxville
Stork
John T. Griffin
Grant Place
Wiliam E
Airy
Iranian Defenses Bolstered Along Frontier
Iranian forces moved reinforcements into Fakkeh Susangerd and Morcevrian to strengthen defenses against a potential Iraqi attack amid tensions over Shatt el Arab. Residents demonstrated in support of Iran while officials scanned nearby Iraqi villages for counter demonstrations and denied Iraqi troop concentrations.
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Shatt el Arab
Firemen Guard 28 Burning Freight Cars
In Tuscaloosa Alabama firemen and train crews watched 28 burning freight cars after a Christmas night derailment near Coalier. Five cars carried manufactured gas and one exploded. no injuries reported. The derailment derailed the 53rd car striking a diesel engine on a siding. The fire raged over 12 hours as officials hoped to reopen the track by noon. Nine gas cars were moved to safety.
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Hospital Christmas Cheer Spreads From Goodwill Committee
Frederick Memorial Hospital received a holiday visit from the Women s Auxiliary Goodwill committee with Santa visiting patients. Mrs J Frederick Krewssig reported a toy donation from a local department store and a Santa replacement after the original was injured. Children received presents and adults toilet items funded by Sears Roebuck. Edward Windigier, a former hospital Santa, was injured and replaced by Mrs Ada Ford.
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Sania
Goodwill Committee
Lewistown
Airs
Rhere Issig
Faye Williar
Patricia O Brien
Rebecca Warner
Red Cross
Weatherman Pleads Santa To Skip Barometers Gift List
In Baltimore the AP notes a humorous poem from the Weather Bureau about meteorologists begging Santa to omit barometers from gifts. The verse mocks setting barometer readings and imagines public requests for easier forecasts, ending with a plea for different toys next Christmas.
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Webster
Ferguson
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St. Ann
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Nurse Examines Dead Baby Her Son
A seven month old boy, Tony Shepherd, died Christmas night at Memorial Hospital Altus. The boy’s mother, Mrs Clifton Shepherd, was on duty as nurse when he was found unconscious in his crib by his father. An autopsy was planned to determine the cause of death.
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Russian Refugee Santa Delights Brooklyn Shop
Nina Zozula a 19 year old Russian refugee runs two small Brooklyn shops. On Christmas Eve she serves customers without taking money, locking the cash register and sharing Christmas spirit with neighbors and officers. Crowds line up as some orders exceed five dollars amid the holiday goodwill.
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New York
Nina Zozula
Nina
Brooklyn
Park Avenue
Miller Avenue
Tanks Patrol Streets In Afghanistan
Tanks patrolled Kandahar streets amid rioting after Monday unrest. Radio Pakistan cited fear of further violence as troops reinforced southern Afghan towns. Kandahar's governor reportedly fled mob violence, and demonstrators burned a theater and shops while seeking to free inmates.
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Record Christmas buying surpasses 1957 limits in 1958 season
New York reports a strong holiday shopping spree with dollar volume up 1 to 5 percent from three years earlier and department store gains of about 3 percent. Toy makers expect 15 to 20 percent sales above 1957, while living costs reach a new November high amid rising service and durable goods prices.
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Three Injured In U S 340 Wreck Near Jefferson
Three people were injured when a 1957 Ford driven by Miller left US 340, struck a utility pole, and broke it off about two miles south of Jefferson. Kenneth Lewis suffered a forehead abrasion while Charles Gover and Elsie Gover had facial lacerations. all were treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital and released. Trooper Abbott charged Miller with reckless driving.
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Middletown
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Stephen P Rtland
Earthquake Strikes Peru. Government Orders Relief
Fragmentary reports from Pomabamba in the Cangalio region describe seven dead and 37 injured after a strong quake. About 254 homes were destroyed. Mollebamba and Huantapugmo also heavily affected as Lima coordinates relief efforts from 460 miles away.
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Holiday Traffic Toll Rises During Christmas Weekend
The Associated Press reports a rising holiday death toll as the Christmas weekend progresses with at least 324 traffic fatalities 22 fire deaths and 68 other deaths totaling 414 from 6 pm Thursday to midnight Sunday. Fatalities include a car bus and train crashes near Joliet Illinois and Weslaco Texas and a blockhouse incident near Havershaw North Carolina.
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Associated Press
Spacemen Hypothesize Venus Surface But Heat Prevents Life
Chicago AP reports Frank Drake of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory says Venus would fry spacemen with surface temperatures around 585 degrees Fahrenheit. He notes Venus clouds contain water vapor but surface water would boil away, leaving barren rock and deserts.
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W. Va
American Assn
Stup Named Rural Head For Dimes Drive
Richard Stup of Walkersville is named associate campaign director for the January March of Dimes drive in Frederick County. He will manage rural-area campaign tasks on a volunteer basis, announced by state chairman George L. Radcliffe.
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George L. Radcliffe
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Frederick Countty
Goodloe E. Byron
Explosion Rips Kentucky Town Near Warsaw
An explosion at a soft drink and beer warehouse in War SAW Kentucky destroyed 20 houses and damaged 190 more in a town of about 1 000. Owner Jack Smith, 32, was burned severely while three others were hospitalized and 12 suffered injuries. Officials estimated $300 000 in damages and police sealed the area as firefighters fought the blaze.
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Detmar Alexander
Howard Yandell
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Mixed Weather Ranges Over Nation Sways Across Regions
The Associated Press reports varied weather across the United States with snow rain and freezing drizzle. Central Gulf Coast Florida and the Carolinas observed cloud breaks and fires. Snow and rain spanned Arizona New Mexico into Montana while Salt Lake City measured new snow and central Arizona reported about 2 inches. Roads blocked in southeast Colorado and patchy moisture stretched from northern California to the Canadian border and from Texas to the central Plains. Freezing drizzle created hazardous roofs from North Dakota to the upper Great Lakes especially Wisconsin. New England saw light snow and temperatures rose 5 to 26 degrees in the eastern two thirds of the nation.
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Nevada Tycoon Dies After Branching from Ranch Roots
George Ela a cowboy and gambler rose to Nevada's most powerful tycoon after arriving from Lake View Oregon as a child. He built a gambling and investment empire, helped steer state finance, and presided over banks that faced turmoil during a downturn. His death at 83 years old marks the end of a noted era in Nevada business and political circles.
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