Snowstorm breaks 1966 records with white Christmas
Frederick sees eight inches on Christmas Eve boosting yearly snowfall to 58.40 inches and monthly total to 17.75 inches, the snowiest year since records began in 1891. A new storm threatens to arrive Wednesday, with heavy snow further west and dangerous travel conditions across several states.
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Frederick
Midwest
Rockies
New Mexico
Missouri
Iowa
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Illinois
Indiana
Gallup
N.M
Las Vegas
Fire damages Mt Bethel Church at Foxville
Christmas Day blaze heavily damaged the 100 year old Mt Bethel Church near Foxville after noon service. Firemen from Thurmont Blue Ridge and Smithsburg battled two and a half hours in sub freezing wind seeking to save the one room church along Md 77. Firemen saved the electric organ as water froze on impact.
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Foxville
MD 77
Rom
Thurmont
Blue Ridge
Smithsburg
Eisenhauer robbed and assaulted in Frederick street crime
The Frederick mayoral secretary Joseph F. Eisenhauer NT, 64, was beaten and robbed of 32 dollars near the Fythian Castle Building on North Court Street by three men. Minutes earlier Charles Brown, 49, Hotel Frederick, was assaulted and robbed of an undetermined amount at All Saint Street and Market Street, police said.
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Fythian Castle
North Court Street
Joseph F. Eisenhauer
North Market Street
Charles Brown
Hotel Frederick
All Saint Street
Market Street
Taneytown Man Victim of Snowstorm
A Taneytown man died of a heart attack after his car became stuck in eight inches of snow near Emmitsburg. Clayton S Staub, 62, walked to a nearby house suffering a fatal heart attack around 12:20 a.m. Frederick County Medical Examiner ruled the death. Police noted minor accidents from icy roads and a Rockville couple injured in a rear collision on Route 15 near Emmitsburg.
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Staub
Taneytown
Emmitsburg
Toms Creek Church Road
Hns
Ernest W. Staub
Emmittsburg
John Stonesifer
Stonesifer
B. 0. Thomas Sr
Rockville
Route 15
Christmas Fires Claim 57 Lives
The Associated Press reports 57 people died in Christmas weekend fires including 36 children and 21 adults. The worst blaze appeared in Northern California with seven deaths, while Alaska and Maryland fires each killed six people.
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Associated Press
California
Alaska
Maryland
Pentagon concedes civilian damage in Vietnam air raids
Amid questions from New York Times reporters, the Pentagon acknowledged civilian areas in North Vietnam have been damaged by U S air raids while insisting only military targets are intended. Officials cited enemy placement of defense sites and POL in populated areas and on government buildings as complicating factors.
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New York Times
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the Times
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Father Kills Child With Toy Pistol Accidental shooting in Griffin
In Griffin Georgia seven year old Denice Sanders was killed when her father LeRoy Sanders grabbed a live ammunition pistol mistaken for a blanks pistol. Sheriff says coroner ruled accidental death and no charges will be filed. Chester Wright owned two 22 caliber pistols one loaded with live rounds and the other blanks. Denice ran to her father and asked him to shoot her and the gun discharged striking her in the chest. She died a few hours later at a local hospital.
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Spalding
Gray Pinson
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Sanders
Pinson
Senate Review of Great Society Highlights Proposed Reexamination
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged a major, dispassionate restudy of Great Society programs and related laws in a letter to 17 committee chairs. The plan flags Medicare civil rights farm subsidies and aging programs for top to bottom oversight, noting no link to Vietnam costs.
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Mike Mansfield
Senate of ‘Great Society
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Senate
Montanan
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Senate of the
United States
Holiday highway deaths fall sharply from last year
Traffic fatalities during the 78 hour Christmas weekend total 381 as the period ended at midnight Monday. The figure contrasts with 720 deaths the previous year and tracks below pre holiday NSC estimates amid a broad snowstorm and irregular stock market.
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National Safety Council
Safety Council
Oklahoma
Tawes 14 Point Safety Plan For Maryland Traffic
Gov Tawes announces a 14 point traffic safety program drafted by the Traffic Safety Advisory Council to qualify Maryland for maximum Highway Safety Act funds. Measures include implied consent, annual vehicle inspection, under 18 driver training, revocation for license suspension, periodic reexamination, higher driver medical standards, and a Highway Safety coordinator position.
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Annapolis
Tawes
Traffic Safety Advisory Council
Maryland
Scientists Predict Food From Oil
Washington AP reports a team predicts a major new protein food produced by mixing living bacteria with crude oil derivatives. The single cell protein could rival skim milk powder in developing countries, with yeast or bacteria fed hydrocarbons to multiply before a heat treatment.
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Washington
John G.leNuab
Esso Research and Engineering Co
New York
L.ouis R. Rey
Nestle Alimentana
South America
American Association For the Advancement of Science
McNab
Rey
Sato Calls Japan Election Amid Corruption Charges
Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato called a parliamentary election for January 29. His Liberal Democratic Party, which controls 278 of 467 seats, faces the Socialists with 141 seats as the major opposition amid a “black mist” corruption controversy.
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Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
Sato
Liberal-Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Vietnamese Cavalry Clash Near Bong Son Reported by AP
North Vietnamese infantry overran U S 1st Cavalry Airmobile positions near Bong Son, heavy casualties reported for the helicopter force. The engagement ended with US forces restoring defenses. At least 43 North Vietnamese were killed. Separate events include an assassination attempt in Saigon, B52 raids on Communist positions, and renewed air war actions toward Hanoi. Dr Phan Juang Dan wounded by grenade fragments. five bystanders injured and a suspect arrested. Billy Graham departed the U S after Christmas visit, expressing pessimism about a quick end to the war.
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Constituent Assembly
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Tran van van
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Hanoi
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