Snowstorm Eases as Area Clears for Weekend
A weekend forecast shows flurries and below freezing temperatures dominate today with up to an inch more snow. Temperatures will stay in the mid 20s, with teens at night, and a clearing trend expected Sunday. State Police report wet roads, seven accidents, one injury, and a deadly car spin near Route 40 at Braddock Heights. Slippery roads briefly tied up traffic on Jefferson Street near Prospect Plaza.
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Thomas W. Russell
Pittsburgh
U.S. Army Hospital
Fort Detrick
Russell
Braddock Heights
Jefferson Street
Prospect Plaza
Frederick
No Cold Feet For This Barefooted Gal
Joyce Miller of Richmond Virginia shovels snow in bare feet saying shoes would not prevent colds. She often walks barefoot in the snow to hang clothes or visit neighbors and believes she catches fewer colds than people who wear footwear.
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Richmond
Joyce Miller
More Grants More Money Senatorial Scholarship Plan
Maryland senator George E. Snyder proposes a complete revision of the senatorial scholarship program to triple grants from 1,085 to 3,103, costing about 2.5 million. The plan adds junior colleges, creates uniform standards, and allocates 609 state board grants plus 2,494 through the 43 senators, with private college tuition grants, public four year grants at 500 annually, and junior college grants at 250 annually.
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Annapolis
General Assembly
George E. Snyder
Washington
Lic
Maryland
Snyder
State
Baltimore
Washington County Democrat
Agnew
Mayor Aids Evicted Negroes in Frederick Housing Effort
Mayor John A. Derr pledged Thursday to help evicted Black residents find housing after an alderman meeting. NAACP leader Leonard Green said potential rental properties are being explored but need repairs, and a fair housing law's legality remains under debate as state action looms. Negotiations continue with landlords.
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John A. Derr
Frederick
Leonard Green
Green
NAACP
Mao foes in control of Inner Mongolia
Tokyo AP reports that after bloody clashes opponents of Mao Tse-tung have seized nearly full control of Inner Mongolia. Three divisions of the PLA were ordered from Peking to back Maoist rebels, while Maoist Red Guards failed to seize Shantung and Szechwan. Epidemics and food shortages threaten parts of the nation as peasants join anti-Maoist forces. meningitis breaks out in Canton and Shanghai doctors are urged to return to work and follow health rules.
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Tokyo
Radio
Moscow
Mao Tse-tung
Inner Mongolia
Mao
People’s Liberation Army
Peking
Red Guards
Shantung
Szechwan
Inces
Dairen-Port Arthur
Liaotung Peninsula
Canton
Shanghai
Frederick City Considers Joint Dump Venture
Frederick City faces looming trash disposal crunch with two city dumps near capacity within two years. Mayor Frederick Derr and County Commissioners discussed possible joint sanitary landfill facilities while noting air pollution from open burning at Gas House Pike. City engineer Robert Rothenhoefer warned space will run out if trends continue.
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Frederick City
John A. Derr
Frederick County
Robert J. Rothenhoefer
Highland Street
Gas House Pike
Derr
New Orleans JFK Plot Probe Stirring Again
Dist Atty Jim Garrison refused comment on a report that a broad inquiry into Kennedy s assassination may involve New Orleans. The States Item said funds are being used for the probe, centering on a possible organized plot with local involvement. Oswald lived in New Orleans last summer and passed out Fair Play for Cuba handbills.
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New Orleans
Dist
Jim Garrison
Kennedy
States
Garrison
Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Cuba
Rollins to resign as city attorney
Herbert L. Rollins 38 announced by Gov. Agnew that he will resign as city attorney to take magistrate duties in Frederick on the first Monday in May. He cites conflict of interest in holding both posts and plans to resign before May 1, noting magistrates earn 5000 dollars annually, same as the city attorney.
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Herbert L. Rollins
Agnew
Rollins
Frederick
Names and Numbers From Oswald Note Revealed in New Orleans
The note seized from Lee Harvey Oswald by New Orleans Police in August 1963 is released by Harold Weisberg. It lists U.S. and Soviet passport numbers, plus names and phone numbers of American correspondents in Moscow. Weisberg notes matching entries with Oswald’s address book and questions why Oswald carried it.
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Lee Baylin
Cvalf
Lee Harvey Oswald
New Orleans
Harold Weisberg
Warren Commission
Oswald
Martello
Cuba
Weisberg
Martella
FBI
United States
Moscow
200 Gallons Of Oil Poured Into Cellar
ROCKFORD IL AP The Carl Smiths switched their heating from oil to gas last fall and son Michael disconnected the oil tank from the filler pipe during Christmas leave. On Friday a fuel oil truck arrived while the family was away and 200 gallons spilled throughout the cellar. Mrs Smith says Michael will remove the filler pipes next time he is home.
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Rockford, Il
Carl Smiths
Michael
Smiths
Frederick County approves 3.5 million bond for schools
The Frederick County Commissioners unanimously approved a 3.5 million bond issue for school construction. The school board will formally request legislative authorization for the bond, covering projects from July 1967 to July 1968, excluding Catoctin and Valley schools.
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Frederick County
Annapolis
Catoctin and Valley
Charles E. Collins
John L Carnochan
Catoctinal Valley
Collins
Job Corpsmen Aid Parks Dept at Catoctin Center
Trainees at the Catoctin Job Corps Center near Thurmont are building 400 picnic tables and many signs for national parks this year, with past projects valued over 250000. About 112 corpsmen split time between conservation work and classes, under director Jack Wheat and regional director T. Sutten Jett. Future tasks include 200 benches and 50 dining tables for Lac Prince Williams Park in Washington, while past work has included signs for Antietam Battlefield, Catoctin Mountain Park, and National Capital Parks.
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New Park
Catoctin
Thurmont Center
George May
Job Corps
Jack Wheat
Thurmont
National Pa Ks
Lac Prince Williams Park
Washington
Wheat
Catoctin Center
Antietam National Battlefield
Catoctin Mountain Park
National Capital Parks
Catoctin Park
Frederick
Thurmort Park
Gettysburg Na
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Ford
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