More Snow Warnings Issued By MONICA MAIN Staff
Winter snow warnings issued this afternoon with travel warnings for tonight as officials predict 4-6 inches of snow with winds. Daytime highs near 40 dropping to the 20s with heavy rain turning to snow, tapering to snow showers tonight and drifting due to 15-30 mph winds. Yesterday’s high 54, low 38. 3 inches fell by 9 am today. Tomorrow remains windy and cold with possible snow flurries Sunday. next week looks milder with 40s and 50s.
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Monica Main
Buckshot Standoff at Raiford Prison Wounds Twenty
About 600 inmates massed on the Raiford State Prison recreation field as guards fired buckshot to quell a mass attempt to storm a fence. Twenty prisoners were wounded by shotgun fire and 23 more injured in the scramble to escape. Lovie Wainwright said inmates at the adjoining maximum security unit were on hunger strike demanding conjugal visits improved food prep more vocational training and quicker parole. Guards fired after windows were broken and property burned as dusk fell.
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Raiford
Fla
Raiford State Prison
Lovie Wainwright
Florida
Director of Correction
Wainwright
Strife in Ireland Deepens as IRA Arms Reemerge
Belfast faces rising violence as the Provisional IRA and UVF gear up for more clashes. Officials warn Irish politics will be bloodier, with 11 deaths last week and a growing British Army presence of 7,400 in Ulster.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Provisional
Republic of Ireland
Ulster Volunteer Force
Republic
UVF
Accidents Injure Two Policemen
A Maryland State Police trooper and another officer were injured in a crash at U S 15 and Powell Road near Lewistown. Crutchley suffered knee burns and back injuries when Kenneth Ranck’s car struck the patrol car. Damages were about $1000. Ranck charged with license and insurance violations and reckless operation.
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Maryland
Crutchley
Tpr
Terry L. Katz
Gaithersburg
Powell Road
U.S. 15
Kenneth Eugene Ranck
Philadelphia
Ranck
North Market Street
George Himes
Moon rocks under study as Apollo 4 crew in quarantine
Space Center reports Moon rocks and astronauts under quarantine at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory after Apollo 4. Edgar Mitchell admits a personal telepathy experiment during the flight while a mysterious white rock draws scientific interest. Mitchell Shepard and Roosa remain isolated until Feb 26 as germ risk is assessed.
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Edgar D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Chicago
Space Agency
South Pacific
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Stuart
NASA
Supplies Seized In Laos Saigon Drive
Saigon said South Vietnamese forces with U.S. air support swept through bases depots and warehouses on the Ho Chi Minh trail in southern Laos. They seized vast stockpiles of munitions fuel clothing and food, killed 142 North Vietnamese, and reported 7 South Vietnamese dead 16 wounded. US helicopter missions numbered 1100 Friday with gunships troop lifts and medevac.
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Saigon
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Highway 9
Lang Vei
Draft Board Weighs Automatic CO Civilian Assignments
Washington AP report says Selective Service studies automatically routing rising conscientious objectors to Peace Corps Teacher Corps or VISTA, via a task force. Local boards retain veto power. special CO status required for civilian service. Army noncombatant options remain possible for some. Recommendations aim to serve 6,000 young men meeting civilian alternatives amid agency influence and hurdles.
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Washington
Selective Service
Fire Log Sparks Multiple Calls Across County Day
Fire calls logged in the 24 hours ending 10 a.m. include a general alarm at Frederick High, auto fire south of Kepler Road with Brunswick responding, grass fire on Ed Mclane Road, smoke investigation at Danner's Liquor Store New Addition, and Brunswick ambulance and police activity. Males five and females three in ambulance reports.
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Crry
Frederick High
Kepler Road
Brunswick
ED Mclane
New Market
Danner’s
New Addition
Remedial Legislation Attacked by Local Lawyers
Local attorneys Edwin F. Nikirk and Edwin F. Nikirk Jr denounce proposed changes to Frederick County liquor laws as special privilege legislation. They claim measures to raise the population quotient for Class A off sale licenses would curb competition, create a monopoly, and favor the Frederick County Liquor Dealers Association despite 1970 Census growth. They cite a 1969 court ruling in Sheffield vs Renn as precedent and urge the Frederick County Delegation to reject the bill.
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County Liquor Dealers Association
Edwin F. Nikirk
Edwin F. Nikirk Jr
Frederick County
General Assembly
Frederick News Post
General Assembly of
Maryland
Liquor Dealers Association of
Frederick County Liquor Dealers Association
Circuit Court
Liquor Dealers Association
Annapolis
General Assembly of Maryland
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Buckshot
Frederick
Joe the
East Patrick Street
Roy Miller
Joe’s
J. Rolfe Castleman
Ireland
Niewsrarer Archive
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Communist
China
State Department
Peking
United States
Souvanna Phouma
Robert J. McCloskey
Man
Draft Board
Cos
Hayward
Rt. 15
Charles Richard Thompson
Dorothy
Kensington
Thompson
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Raymond
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