Snow Falls Just In Time For Christmas In Frederick County
Snow arrived late Christmas Day with 1.9 inches covering Frederick area. County roads crews salted from 9 p.m. and lifted the plan at 5 a.m. with seven trucks on duty. Five state holiday fatalities linked to alcohol occurred statewide, including two Bethesda teens in a two car crash and a Baltimore man in Cumberland. Police reported a quiet Christmas aside from three arrests for disorderly conduct and loitering. An act of vandalism at local storefronts was under investigation. Weather outlook calls for mostly cloudy skies, winds 15 to 20 mph, and a slight chance of snow flurries tonight into Sunday and Monday.
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Frederick
Frederick County
Maryland
Bethesda
David Young
Pamela Fisher
Cumberland
Baltimore
William Wannamater
Ronald Schaefer
Severna Park
Marcia M. Elliott
Glen Burnie
James Roderick
Sykesville
Frederick City
Jerald Taylor
Lincoln Apartments
Joseph Lee Cogle
H&r
North Market Street
Spalding
I-70
Braddock Mountain
Fort Detrick
Walter Reed Hospital
Kenneth H. Schwartz
US Army Security Agency
Virginia
Schwartz
West German Consul Tells Kidnap Story
West German honorary consul Eugen Reihl, kidnapped by ETA in Spain, was reunited with his wife and daughter in Biarritz France after 24 days in captivity. He flew from Frankfurt via a German air force plane and will undergo medical tests in West Germany before returning to Spain.
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Eugen Beihl
Albert Gaum
Wiesbaden
Beihl
Spain
Biarritz
France
Eugen Reihl
Frankfurt
West Germany
Reic
Germany
Denunciations World Wide Over Soviet Verdict
Protests spread as Leningrad court sentenced Edward Kuznetsov and Mark Dymshits to death for planning to hijack a Soviet jetliner. Israel and other nations urged intervention while demonstrations near the Soviet Embassy called for freeing the defendants and eight others.
Montgomery cites Hanoi on POW Xmas privileges
U S congressman G Sonny Montgomery says North Vietnamese officials told him American prisoners of war were allowed to participate in sports and were given special privileges this Christmas season. He met with the North Vietnamese embassy in Vientiane Laos and described three proposals seeking POW information, prisoner visits, and potential U S releases.
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Saigon
Sonny) Montgomery
D-Miss
Vientiane
Laos
Southeast
Asia
Montgomery
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Washington
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Paris
Hanoi
Fire Log: Multiple Calls Reported Over 48 Hours
A fire log summarizes calls up to 10 am with 662-6333 and 663-4400 numbers for reporting. Incidents include automobile fires at Prospect Plaza Shopping Center and a garage fire on County West Hills with Braddock and Juniors ambulances responding, plus pole and building fires on various streets and ambulance counts of Emergency 15 and Routine 4.
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City Everedy Company
Uniteds
Prospect Plaza
Willow Avenue
East Street
Ninth Street
County West Hills
Independents
Braddock
Basque Verdict Expected Soon
Spain awaited verdicts in the Burgas trial of 16 Basque separatists on charges from illegal association to murder. The court seeks death for six defendants. total sentences exceed 700 years. If death penalties are imposed, Gen. Franco is expected to commute them.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Burgos
Vrisecution
ETA
Eugen Beihl
San Sebastian
Beihl
Paul VI
Peace Dividend Myth Remains After Pentagon Reevaluations
Washington AP reports that inflation and pay raises have eroded the expected peace dividend from Vietnam War savings. Pentagon comptroller Moot says peak 1968 costs hit about 20 billion annually, now down to around 10 billion, yet defense spending is rising next year due to cost increases and wage hikes. He cites 6.2 billion saved from a 1968 budget cut, 184.6 billion in DoD pay raises, and 300 million more for military retirement as reasons spending stays high amid inflation.
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Washington
Robert C. Moot
Pentagon
Moot
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Defense Department
Joint U S Cuban Rescue Off Cuba Aids Seven
The U S Coast Guard and Cuban patrol boats rescued seven Americans from the grounded Sea Rover off Cuba near the northwestern tip. Survivors said Cuban officers aided the group before a Coast Guard helicopter and a Belgian freighter completed transfers to safety in Miami and St Petersburg.
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US Coast Guard
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Nicaragua
Miami
David Edwards
Statesville
N.C
Coast Guard
Waisi
Wards
Edwards
Sea Rover
St. Petersburg
Nikola Severdija
Bill Fisher
Connally's confirmation faces Senate scrutiny over business ties
Washington AP report notes former Texas Gov John B Connally faces probing questions from Senate liberals about possible conflicts of interest in his bid to be Treasury secretary. Investigators examine Connally's roles with Sid Richardson estate and varied Texas business interests dating from the 1950s.
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Washington
Texas
John B. Connally
Senate
Treasury
Congress
University of Texas Law School
Congressional
Connally
Sid Richardson
South Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
House
Jordan Battles Guerrillas Over Strategic Hills
Beiruts AP reports fierce day two of combat as King Hussein's army and Palestinian guerrillas clash for control of hill sections near Salt, 15 miles northwest of Amman. Each side claims advances, with guerrillas reporting ongoing fighting and uncounted casualties as tanks engage guerrilla strongholds.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Hussein
Jordan
Salt
Amman
Wallace To Re Marry In Alabama Governor Elect
Alabama governor elect George Wallace, 50, announced on Christmas Day that he will marry Cornelia Ellis Snively, a 32 year old divorcee. The wedding may occur before his January 18 inauguration. no date yet set. Wallace has four children and previously married Lurleen Wallace, who died in office.
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Montgomery
Ala
Cap
George Wallace
Alabama
Cornelia Ellis
Snively
Wallace
Lurleen
White
Folsom
Jammele Moore
George C. Wallace
Cornelia Snively
Peggy Wal
Len ingrad Hijack Trial Defendants Appeal Received
Tel Aviv reported that Taufig Toubi said the Leningrad hijack trial defendants appealed their treason sentences to the Soviet High Court. The claim, from a Moscow source, was unconfirmed. Eleven defendants, ten Jews, were tried for plotting to hijack a Soviet liner to Israel. two Jews were sentenced to death and others jailed.
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Associated Press
Soviet Union
Leningrad
Israel
Moscow
Tel Aviv
Ino Haifa
White House
Nixon
Eilat
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Rakah
Communist Party of Israel
Israeli State Radio
Taufig Toubi
High Court of Justice
Toubi
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Eeihl
ZDF
Nikolaiv. Podgorny
Golda Meir
Knesset
Kremlin
Edward Kuznetsov
Mark Dymshits
Finland
RT. 40
Middletown
Pearre Road
Liberty
Union Bridge
New Windsor
Scravel Road
Myersville
Wolfsville
Mont
James E. Felsom
Mrs. Snively
Lace
Jim
Josh Snively
Lee Wallace
Newspaper
AA Rhiyr
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