Crowds Queue For Washington's Birthday Sales In Wet Weather
Downtown shoppers braved rain and sleet for the annual Washington's Birthday sale with lines forming at West Patrick Street appliance store and North Market Street department store. Bargains included dishwashers refrigerators washers and TV sets at deep discounts while other stores offered dollar deals and free coffee. Traffic was heavy, parking scarce, and several retailers planned 9 pm closing on regular Monday hours.
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Patrick Street
Ater
North Market Street
Frederick
Peenyy Tyene Genee Dill Acounte
Freezing Rain Snow In Western Maryland Report
Snow and freezing rain touched Western and Central Maryland this morning as warmth arrived and melted most slick cover on highways. The Weather Bureau forecast rain statewide today, ending tonight with temperatures rising into the 50s and overnights in the 30s to 35. Road crews worked across Western Maryland including Washington County as roads remained slick in the mountains then slushy lower elevations.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Weather Bureau
Oakland
Garrett County
By & Am
Clearing Debris From W Hancock Wreck Stacks Debris After 373000 Loss
In Hancock, Western Maryland Railway crews cleared debris from a Saturday wreck estimated at 373000. Division Superintendent Chambers reported 26 freight cars carrying wheat and ale left the tracks, with 12 incidents of damage to roadbed and signal equipment totaling 62000, some cars toppling into the nearby Chesapeake and Ohio Canal along the town corridor. The 15 car train was bound for Baltimore.
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Hagerstown
Western Maryland Railway
Hancock
Chambers
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Baltimore
Marshall Weaker Condition Serious
Gen George C Marshall remains in serious condition at Fort Bragg after a second stroke. Army physician Col George M Powell reports an increasing kidney output and a complication of treatment involving intravenous feeding and a stomach tube. Pneumonia accompanying the stroke is described as under control.
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FT. Bragg
George C. Marshall
George M Powell
Powell
Col. Powell
Nurse's Leg Broken In Auto Crash Near Damascus
Mrs Delores Thomason a 47 year old Montgomery County General Hospital nurse was injured when her foreign made car collided head on with a vehicle driven by Robert Goad near Damascus on Etchison road. She was treated at Damascus Volunteer Fire Company ambulance and listed in fair condition. Road conditions were blamed for the crash as police investigated and reports noted slippery roads near Tanism.
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Montegermy County
Damascus
Etchison Road
Delores Thomason
Robert Goad
RFD 2
Gaithersburg
Goad
Thomason
Moxley
Monrovia
RFD
Montgomery County
Ohind Tanism
Robbers Busy Over Weekend
Police report robberies across a downtown area over the weekend. A canning plant office and several offices were entered by breaking rear doors and tampering with locks. Small cash sums were taken from the offices of Charles F. Bowers and William M. Storm, while a fireproof file and token cupboard yielded little value. Investigations continue.
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Jenkins Bros
Frederick City
Commerce Street
Ito
Court
West Second Streets
Charles F. Bowers
William M. Storm
DowWeudutu
Car Seeks Speeding Vehicle After Cross Burning Incident
Charick Town police hunt for a car that sped away after a seven-foot wooden cross burned near the home of Rev. Homer H. Bullett in Charlick Town. The crude cross wrapped in burlap and kerosene burned briefly on a neighbor’s lawn late Saturday.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Charick Town
Homer H. Bullett
Hazardous roads improve as temperatures rise after sleet
Early morning highways faced treacherous ice and sleet with a chill 22 degrees, but officials predicted a warming trend above freezing by afternoon ending the hazard. Crews cleared slush, bridges and higher elevations remained slick, yet no major closures or delays occurred.
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Weather Bureau
State Roads Commission
First State Roads Commission
County Roads Board
Fort Detrick
Banks
Schanle Afares
Man Killed On U S 220 Near Cumberland
Frank Edgar Nichols 37, of Baltimore, died after a car lost control on an icy stretch of U S 220 nine miles south of Cumberland near Rawlings. Police said Nichols, the driver, was thrown onto the front steps of a house. another man in the car was uninjured and being questioned. The two were en route from Baltimore to a West Virginia paper plant.
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Sacred Heart Hospital
Nichols
Archbishop Calls Baltimore Catholics to Sunday Observance
Archbishop Francis P. Keough urged Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore to return to a truly religious observance of Sunday and avoid work or buying merchandise on that day. He said God’s law binds those on both sides of the counter.
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Baltimore
Archdiocese of
Francis P. Keough
Baltimore Weather Update
Fire-Day forecast notes rain ending tonight with more rain Friday or Saturday. Mild tonight, cooler Tuesday, cool Wednesday then moderating. Temperatures near normal with light rainfall. Overnight low around 32 in Garrett County. western Maryland highs in upper 40s to mid 50s.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Garrett County
Slight Fire Strikes Downtown Restaurant
A fire in the kitchen of the Friendly B Pads restaurant in West Panchaveen near Court damaged the Ras stove and burned all food including planned turkeys for a special meal. New owner Roland Fritz, taking over today, and local firefighters contained the blaze quickly. Damage to the stove and smoke impact were noted but overall losses were limited.
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West Panchaveen
Court
Sam Miller
Roland Fritz
Earl Bartlett
Fritz
Aee Aichidd, Gut. & Ulatie
North End Town House
North Market Street
Friendly B
Macmillan Khrushchev Hold Long Kremlin Talks
In Moscow Prime Minister Macmillan and Premier Khrushchev spent about two hours at the Kremlin discussing disarmament and West German unity. The meeting followed a weekend visit and included Selwyn Lloyd and aides. Pravda gave the talks brief attention as British diplomacy sought common ground on Berlin. Additional remarks noted a later formal session and mutual interest topics. Arraignment of prisoners is slated for Tuesday at 11 a.m.
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APO
Macmillan
Watushchev
Kremint
Con O'Neill
Macmilan
Selwon Sdova
Patrick Reilly
Khrushchev
Croendiv
Kremlin
Communist Party
Pravda
Red Army
West Berlin
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Batista regime censored killings in Cuba under Batista rule
An Associated Press investigation by Robert Berrez examines Cuba under Fulgencio Batista where thousands were tortured and killed by police and army. Castro’s government has executed many former police and soldiers, while censorship and fear kept details from the world.
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Associated Press
Rererde
Robert Berreliez
Arizona
Batista
Robert Berrenez
Havana
Castros
Jesus Sosa’ Blanco
Rigey
Sosa Blanco
Bayamo
Oriente
Martin Argote
Miguel Llorente
Argote
Liorente
Pcachiume
Nediond
Llorente Toothad
Sosa Blanca
Kavana
Mat
Heart Sunday fund drive tops $1700 in Frederick County
The Heart Sunday drive in Frederick County reports over $1700 collected in the city with county totals still to be finalized. Grace Butcher notes the county report is pending and hopes to reach the $35,000 goal as volunteers from 235 workers completed a door to door campaign led by county chairman William E Warren.
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Heart
Frederick County, Heart Association
Grace Butcher
Bruce E. Crum
William FE
Warren
Te County
Freedoms Foundation Cites Maryland Schools
The Freedoms Foundation cited eleven Maryland entities for 2023 efforts to promote American values. Awards announced at Valley Forge included Cumberland-Allegany High School and Fort Hill High School in Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln categories, with editorial and youth essay honors and George Washington medals.
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Valley Forge
API
Maryland
Freedoms Foundaon
Foundation
Marsland
Cumberland — Allegany High School
Benjamin Franklin
Lianda Crave
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Fort Hill
Glen Burnie
Glen Burne High School
George Washing ‘Ton
Sec Oditertel
Gleekernlan
Knoxville Lovers Among Victims In WV Crash
An engaged couple and a traveling companion were killed early Sunday when their car failed to negotiate a curve near Charles Town West Virginia. Victims included William Conway 22 of Knoxville Earl Ashbaugh 19 also of Knoxville and Ann Breeden 18 of Loudoun County Virginia. The car struck trees and overturned, with rescuers tearing open wreckage to reach two bodies. Authorities cited excessive speed and noted Conway had recently returned from Korea. Services planned at the Nazarene Church for Miss Breeden and Mr. Conway with interment at Ebeneezer Cemetery.
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Ripon
W. Va
Charles Ton
Knoxville
Loudoun County
Harpers Ferry
Charles ‘Town
William Frederick Conway
RFD
Earl Richard Ashbaugh
Ann Marlene #reeden
West Virginia
Tommie H. Ward
Charles Town
Conway
Croe
Tranper Ward
Ashbaugh
Breeden Girl
Charles
Anna Marlene Breeden
Loudon High School
Leesburg
Miss Breeden
Ermon L. Breeden
Loudon Heights
Maneva Haines
Lexington Park
Naomi MacIsaac
New York City
Zelva Jane
Louladei
Aaron Lee
U.S. Army
Okinawa
George T
Herman L
Clis ‘Ton W
Loring E
Church of the Nazarene
William F. Conway
James G. Moore
Garrett
Korea
Edna Conway Moore
Rose Marie Thompson
Betty Ann Muncy
Garrets Mill
Jack Downs
Fug
W. E. Potts
Ebeneezer
Robert Ashbaagh
Rose Anna Cooper
Dorothy Moxley
Sparta
N. C
Ramona Weddle
le Bore
Robert
Kegs
John
Sandy Hook
Annie Fiemming
Ebemesser Miotbuchas ‘Jeuuret
Churchay
Four Children Die In Trailer Fire In Frankford Township
In Branchville Indiana a family trailer fire killed four children Linda 6 Robert 4 William 4 and Barrett 2. Mother Eileen Henderson 26 was burned trying to rescue them while father Robert Henderson worked away. The blaze began when a heater blew up near the trailer connected to a one room cottage in Frankford Township.
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Branchville
Capo
Eileen Henderson
Omaneaths
Robert Henderson
Frankford Township
Linda
Robert
William
Barrett
Henderson
Aetna
Barrett Henderson
Defense contract dispute pits states and senators
Washington report notes Maryland joins the fight between New York and California over defense awards. New York senators allege California favoritism in contract awards while California's delegation counters that New York and others seek to curb West Coast defense business.
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Washington
Maryland
New York
California
Missing Doctors Feared in 70 Mile Mercy Flight Search
Berlin New Hampshire volunteers searched through deep snow in the White Mountains for two Dartmouth Medical School physicians, Dr Ralph E Miller and Dr Robert E Quinn, missing since Saturday after a single engine plane from Berlin to Lebanon vanished. Air National Guard and civilian planes scoured the area as temperatures plunged to 15 below zero.
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Berlin
N.H
White Mountains
Ralph E. Miller
Robert E. Quinn
Dartmouth Medical School
Lebanon
Air National Guard
Sullor
Mary Gtchcock
Hanover
Ralph Dr
Pr. Quinn
Milley
Hermann
Sander
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