Prayers For Peace In 51 Are Offered By Nation
The nation begins 1951 amid prayers for peace and celebratory New Year mood. President Truman hopes 1951 will bring peace while Congress meets on holiday, and a large turnout christens the refurbished House chamber. In Philadelphia mummers greet the year despite near freezing temps.
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Associated Press
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House of Representatives
Philadelphia
National Safety Council
Chicago
Bushman
Lincoln Park Zoo
Zoo
New Year Spirit Mixed with War Time Fears in 1951
As the new year dawned many sought peaceful thoughts through prayer and church services across the nation. In New York 850000 people gathered in Times Square for 1951 celebrations while a Times Square club owner warned patrons that the year could be their last chance for carefree times amid Korea era tensions.
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Times Square
Willing Workers Meet at Brook Hill Church Hall
The Willing Workers Class of Brook Hill Church met December 20 at the community hall. Kathleen Beard led scripture and Lord’s Prayer, with Christmas readings by several women. Prizes went to Catherine Rothenhoefer and Lenora Keyser, with next meeting set for January 7.
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Brook Hill
Kathleen Beard
Alan Long
Lola Harman
Polly Staley
Lenora Keyser
Catherine Rothenhoefer
June Linton
Pauline Staley
Gloria Horst
Esta Specht
Esta Staley
Margaret Staley
Ruth Brickhouse
Eva Twentey
Mary Long
Grace Green
Ruth Linton
Hazel Korrell
Goldie Moss
Kathryn Nusz
Laura Cansten
Fatal Md Holiday Crash Toll Rises to 13
The Maryland holiday death toll reached 13 over the New Year weekend, matching Christmas fatalities. A head on collision on the Baltimore Washington Boulevard killed six, including Dr. John H. Gross and his wife Kathryn, plus their daughter Marjorie Tobey and five others. Virginia T. Gross survived with critical injuries. The crash occurred after 8 a.m. near Savage, with victims taken to University Hospital in Baltimore. Dr. Gross had long served in the Presbyterian church and held roles with the Board of Pensions and Princeton Theological Seminary.
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Maryland
ABC
Baltimore-Washington Boulevard
John H. Gross
Lansdowne
Kathryn Gross
Marjorie B. Tobey
Montclair
N. J
Vivian Short
John Y. Beale
Clewryiane M. Walker
Washington
Savage
University Hospital
Baltimore
Gross
Presbyterian Church
Ohio
Kansas
Drowning, Pedestrian Deaths Reported in Maryland Area
In Prince Georges county 6 year old Richard G Mann of the Naval Communications Station at Cheltenham drowned in Clinton creek after his wagon left the road and overturned. An 83 year old pedestrian was killed by a skidding car near Sparrows Point. Four others died in weekend Baltimore traffic crashes including Harry G Zimmerman 31 and Norman L Libb Jr 17. Bernard F Bateman 22 died when his coupe crashed into a safety pylon. A Baltimore hospital reported a pedestrian, Anthony Karmaryk 63, died after being struck at an intersection.
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Edgemere
Sparrois Point Road
Baltimore
Baltimore City
Harry G. Zimmerman
Norman L. Libb, Jr
Bernard F. Bateman
Beins
Anthony Karmarékyk
Coast Guard Held Cause Of Explosion
The House Merchant Marine Committee ruled the Coast Guard negligent in the May 19 South Amboy New Jersey ammunition blast that killed 34 and injured hundreds. It faulted others handling the high explosives loaded for shipment to Pakistan and cited over 10 million dollars in property damage. The subcommittee report urged accountability but did not name individuals deemed lax.
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Washington
House Merchant Marine Committee
Coast Guard
South Amboy
N. J
Pakistan
Hart
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Civil Defense Bill Passed Amid New Year Session
The House approved a 3.1 billion civil defense bill to mobilize the nation against enemy attack and sent it to the Senate. President Truman named Millard Caldwell as Civil Defense Chief with broad powers to craft a master plan for protecting civilians, including a 2.25 billion shield of community shelters shared by federal and state funds. States may borrow under the program.
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House
Senate
Housé
Congress
Civil Defense Administration
Caldwell
Millard F. Caldwell, Jr
Florida
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Civil Defense
Defense Aid Plan Expands Civil Defense Financing
A draft bill outlines federal support for self liquidating projects including municipal hospitals, with a $250 million Levi Fund in the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. It allows states to seek federal help for civil defense additions, such as wall strength and bomb shelters, shared on a 50/50 basis, and grants broad post attack powers to the Civil Defense Administrator.
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WLS
Reconstruction Finance Cor
BEC
Gave Orient
Civil Defense Agency
World Divided Gottwald Predicts Global Split
Prague Czechoslovakia Jan 1 President Klement Gottwald says the world is split between a war camp and a peace camp and predicts that in the coming year the giant clash between these camps will drive world events.
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Crechoslovakia
Jan
Klement Gottwald
Build Up Grain Reserves Urged by Policy Committee
A National Grain Association policy committee urges the U S government to store up wheat and corn reserves for emergencies, arguing a prudent stockpile is needed amid uncertain postwar weather and inflation risks. They call for deposits not only domestically but in England, Western Europe, and Japan, warning against inflation if prices rise and urging faster budget restraint to avoid forced controls.
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Washington
Dan Pie
National Manning Association
England
Europe
Japan
Three Germantown Children Escape Carbon Monoxide Fumes
Three Germantown children Louise 6 Joyce 7 and Wanda Tibbs 3 were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes Saturday while waiting in their father Claude Tibbs car in Gaithersburg. Rescue Squad treated them and they returned home. Two other children ages 1 and 12 were not affected.
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Joyce
Wanda Tibbs
Gaithersburg
Montgomery County
Claude Tibbs
Diamond Street
Tibbs
William
Edna
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