Christmas highway deaths blamed on alcohol and speed
Police and medical examiners report alcohol and excessive speed as major factors in ten Maryland highway fatalities over the Christmas weekend. In Baltimore, five deaths involved alcohol above .15 BAC, with one driver at .36. Pedestrian deaths also linked to alcohol. many victims died in darkness. State officials urged harsher drunken driving penalties for New Year’s weekend. fines typically around 230 dollars, with possible doubling and longer license suspensions.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Henry C. Freimuth
Maryland Assn. of
McKeldin
Stanley Scherr
Creeger Post Holds Big Xmas Party
Edwin C Creeger Jr Post 168 American Legion Thurmont hosted a Saturday Christmas event from 7 to 10 pm greeting about 700 children with Santa delivering canagy and oranges. Over 2,000 toys were repaired and distributed to needy families with help from the Child Welfare and Ladies Auxiliary committees.
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Edwin C. Creeger Jr
American Legion
Thurmont
Santa Claus
Post
Legion Post
the Post
Robert Brown
Mehrl T. Ecker
Naomi Mackiy
Evelyn Myers
Nellie Biffle
J. E. Prenderast
Roger F. Wiley
Hazel Lewis
Roy Nagle
William 8. Pryor
J. EB. Prendgrast
House
All Legionaires
Lawrence G. Harne
Harne
Lawrence G. Horne
Merril T. Eker
Hobart XM
Sareeney
Albert FoMinere
Phe
O. Riffle
Albert Riffle Jr
Edward M. Weim
Ray Boarts
Bruce Davis
New Evidence About Yalta Reveals Strained Postwar Divisions
Fresh documents from the Yalta era show how Soviet plans to shape a Polish government met U.S. and British resistance, signaling early strains in the wartime alliance. Disputes over Poland and a stalled Soviet commission prompted Stalin to fault Harriman and Kerr, underscoring growing Cold War tensions.
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Washington
Bebt
Russia
United States
Yalta
Marshal Stalin
Roosevelt
Stalin
Poland
Britain
Harriman
Averell Harriman
Moscow
Yalta Conference
Hns
Chiang
Alshek
New Delhi
India
China
Hurley
Fok
State Department
Malta
Tyde J Park
Slescow
Archibald
Clark Kerr
Crimea
London
Curzon
Christmas party with Barnard and Cub Scouts notes
Santa Barnard greets youngsters as Warren Smith photographs the merrymachine and refreshments are served by the Salvation Army and Zonta Club. The Crimea conference Yalta issues loom with Curzon Line implications. local Civinettes and parents attend with teachers and guests.
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Santa
Barnard
Warren Smith
Merrymachine
Salvation Army
Zonta Club
Mary Condon Hodgson
Den 3
Lumber Worker Dies After Tree Fall Near Friendsville
A lumber worker from Friendsville Maryland, Lakin Schroyer aged 46, died in Memorial Hospital after a tree he had cut toppled another tree onto him. He was injured Tuesday and initially thought dead, then found alive two hours later by Coroner S. W. Pritt and two companions who had left him earlier.
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Kesgwood
W. Va
Friendsville
Memorial Hospital
Lakin Schroyer
Kingwood
W. Pritt
Prosperity forecast as 1953 ends and 1956 nears
Washington officials stress prosperity with Weeks citing broad gains and Mitchell praising 1955 for employment and output while noting stable living costs. Labor reports show 4 200 strikes caused 28 million man days idle in 1955. An inspector in Baltimore was fined 375 for drunken driving and related charges.
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Washington
Commerce Weeks
Mitchell
Weeks
Labor Department
Plane crash kills Pittsburgh pilot near Connellsville
A two engine airplane crashed about 15 miles east of Connellsville Pennsylvania killing the pilot identified by State Police as R A Long 35 of Pittsburgh.
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Connellsville
R. A. Long
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
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