Local Weather Clears After Snow and Ice Path
Weather summary reports a half inch ice and snow affecting roads and a one hour school delay. Light snow mixed with freezing rain to move in this afternoon as temperatures reach the 30s, with mid 20s tonight and a colder Tuesday. Snowfall totals include four inches in Cumberland and three inches in Oakland and Hagerstown. the snow emergency was lifted before 7 a.m. today.
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Weather- Man
Frederick
U.S. Weather Bureau
Friendship Airport
Cumberland
Oakland
Hagerstown
Charles R Brooks Launches Black Portraits Series
In honor of American Negro History Week the News-Post starts a six part series on Negro Americans who shaped history. Written by Charles R Brooks a Bartonsville native and former U S Postal Service clerk the feature profiles prominent figures and airs on Page A-8.
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The
News - Post
Charles R. Brooks
Bartonsville
Frederick’s Lincoln High School
Two Hood Girls Remain Critical After U.S. 15 Crash
Hood College students Susan Elizabeth Adams 19 of Catham New Hampshire and Susan Jan Totten 19 of Somerville New Jersey remained in critical condition at 9 45 a m today after a tractor trailer struck the car they rode in on U S 15 near Dillsburg Pennsylvania. One Hood freshman Mary Catherine Anthony 19 daughter of Bethlehem Pennsylvania parents was pronounced dead at Harrisburg Hospital Saturday. Police say Totten slowed to avoid birds and skidded on a wet road leading to the collision as they headed to Lafayette College in Bethlehem for a weekend visit.
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Hood College
U.S. 15
Dillsburg
Susan Elizabeth Adams
Catham
N.H
Susan Jan Totten
Somerville
Harrisburg
Mary Catherine Anthony
Hood
Leonard M
Fire Log Reported Calls For 24 Hours
Fire calls logged through 10 am include automobile fire at Carmack s Parking Lot at 12 22 pm Saturday house fires at Only Farm Mussetter Road and John Shelby Residence with 6 06 am Monday and 5 42 pm Saturday responses respectively tree fire on Boyers Mill Road at 6 34 pm Sunday and ambulance activity with Emergency 4 Routine 2 noted in the period.
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New Market
Six U S Helicopters Lost As South Viets Invade Laos
South Vietnamese troops crossed into southern Laos to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh trail. U S helicopters and armored cars supported the crossing while denying ground forces across the border. Communiques said 9,000 U S troops moved to block Vietnamese forces on the Laos side. Casualties included four U S helicopters shot down and two damaged by mechanical trouble. crews were largely rescued. The move widened the war with international repercussions. Laos Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma protested and urged foreign troops to withdraw.
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Saigon
Laos
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S
South Vietnam
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
Cambodia
Souvanna Phouma
Pentagon
Washington
Nguyen van Thien
Laos Strike Aids Withdrawal But Limits War Scope
The United States said its Laos operation to aid South Vietnamese withdrawals will be time and area limited, not an expansion of the war. Air support will cover a strip between the 16th and 17th parallels in southern Laos near Sepone, with no American ground forces crossing into Laos. The move aims to protect American lives and bolster South Vietnam during troop withdrawals while aligning with legal standards.
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Thieu
South Vietnam
Laos
Republic of Vietnam
Washington
United States
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Laos Panhandle
Sepone
McCloskey
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Nixon
Astronauts Head Home from Apollo 14 Splashdown Imminent
Apollo 14 crews Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa near the end of their 238000 mile flight home set for a Tuesday splashdown in the Pacific. They spoke of peace on earth during a Sunday telecast and discussed using space tech to aid mankind. Mission Control noted rapid reentry speeds and highlighted plans for a final TV program to answer questions from newsmen at Space Center.
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Fred W. Haise
Mitchell
Kitty Hawk
Moon
Earth
The
Space Center
Mission Control
Shepard
Vietnam
Israel Bars Withdrawal from Suez Under Peace Pact Condition
JERUSALEM AP Israel will not pull all troops from the Suez Canal until a peace agreement is in place and may agree to a partial front-line reduction. Prime Minister Golda Meir to outline the stance before the Knesset while seeking clarification from Egypt via UN mediator Gunnar V. Jarring. Egypt had demanded a 30 day ceasefire extension and partial withdrawal in exchange for reopening the canal.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Suez Canal
Egypt
Golda Meir
Knesset
Feyetian
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Canal
Sinai Desert
Gunnar V. Jarring
U.N
Jordan
New York
Meir
Mom on the Corner Audrey Maupin Balances Two Jobs
Audrey Maupin, a 17 year veteran Frederick school crossing guard, also works nights at Winchester Hall to support her four children and three grandchildren. She is praised by supervisors for loyalty, reliability, and her hands on care for students, while balancing duties as a mother and community guardian. Her story highlights dedication, community ties, and the rewards of hard work.
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Audrey E. Maupin
Audrey
Frederick
Fort Detrick
Winchester Hall
John F. Stann
Charles V. Main
AJL
Smith
Cain
Poe
Norwood Named Postmaster At Mt Airy
Travis C. Norwood is appointed postmaster of Mount Airy by the U S Post Office. He has served as officer in charge since February 7 1969 and joined the postal service in 1951. The nomination was by the Regional Management Selection Board and the appointment is not subject to Senate confirmation.
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Travis C. Norwood
Mount Airy
Carl C. Ulsaker
Washington
U.S. Postal Service
Norwood
Regional Management Selection Board
Senate
Postal Service
Record-high NYSE trade shocks early market dip
New York stock market opened lower as traders heeded a historic share volume, while police reports show jail population figures listing men at 30 and women at 4.
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Adrian Reynolds
Willard Ruffner
Fund
Frederick City
Heart
J. Rolfe Castleman
Brooks
U. S. Postal Service
Peggy White
Namese
Indochina
Phnom Penh
Cooper Church
Defense Department
Suez
Mrs
Audrey Maupin
Bill Grady
Bird Club
Coin Club
Rock Club
Citizen’s Band
Charlie Main
John Stann
Twelfth
Motter
North Frederick
Mt. Airy
New York Stock Exchange
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