Cancer Takes Ruby's Life
Jack Ruby dies of cancer at Parkland Hospital in Dallas less than a month after removal from jail for a cold. He shot Oswald in the Dallas City Jail basement before a national TV audience. a recording in Parkland suggested no conspiracy.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Parkland Hospital
Ruby
Oswald
KRLD
Earl
Elmer Gertz
Capitol Records
Kennedy
Holiday Death Toll Drops From Record 2023
A 78-hour New Year weekend toll ends at 457 traffic deaths, well below last year’s 564 and under Safety Council forecasts. Weather had limited impact, as drivers proved safer than expected, though some snow and rain occurred in pockets. The AP notes 391 deaths for a similar prior 78-hour span in December.
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Associated” Press
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Four Killed In Area Auto Accidents Over New Year Weekend
Four people died in Frederick region traffic crashes during the New Year weekend, including Claude V. Thomas 38 of Baltimore who died when his car crossed the center line on Maryland Route 806 near Frederick. Three others perished in Carroll County in a collision on Maryland 26 near Eldersburg. Seven holiday fatalities were reported statewide with additional injuries. In Frederick City a man sustained minor injuries after colliding with a parked car on West 18th Street. Robert Pyryemythida 26 of Motter Avenue was charged with speeding and reckless driving.
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Frederick
Claude V. Thomas
Baltimore
Maryland
Evergreen Point
Thomas
Robert E. Wilt
James Pittman
William Thomas
Dundalk
Fred Smith
Robert Will
James Eyler
Carroll County
Eldersburg
Weldon W. Will
Stephen H. Ray
Westminster
Patricia Ann Johnson
Finksburg
1Sth Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Brunswick Police Chief Merriman Dies Suddenly
Police Chief Lee Merriman of Brunswick, a 30 year veteran and former standout baseball player, died suddenly from a heart attack in his office early Sunday. Found after repeated radio calls failed to elicit a response, Merriman had twice served as chief since joining in 1938 and continued as a patrolman before his 1960s second term. Mayor J Ess Orn dorm expressed shock.
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Lee Robert Merriman
Brunswick
Merriman
Frederick County
Jess Orndorff
Arson Strikes Ponce Farm Again Near Frederick
Fires sparked on the Hector Ponce farm along Boyer's Mill Road twice in one attack. Firefighters saved most structures with damage under $100 in the summer kitchen and a nearby work shed. A separate weekend blaze injured a man and caused smoke injuries to his daughter on West Patrick Street.
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Hector Ponce
Boyer’s Mill Road
West Patrick Street
William Riggles
West Patrick St
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Burns
Gail
Ponce
Powell's Wife Ordered Off Payroll
Washington AP The House Administration Committee ordered Rep. Adam Clayton Powell's wife removed from her $20,500 payroll job and issued findings of irregularities in official travel. The subcommittee report, part of a House document to be sent to Justice and other agencies, noted unprecedented action in removing a staffer linked to a member.
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Washington
House Administration Committee
Adam Clayton Powell
House Education and Labor Committee
Powell
House
Justice Department
Omar Burleson
Dtex
Administration Committee
Justice
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Pet Pig Shoots Young Hunter in Iowa Farmyard
Sixty four year old Richard Haldin Jr. is hospitalized after a pet pig named Molly inadvertently fired a .22 rifle. Haldin said he chased a rabbit in the farmyard, stopped to open a gate, and leaned the rifle against a fence when the pig rushed up and brushed the weapon. The bullet struck his right shoulder and he remains in good condition.
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Sioux Rapids, Iowa
Richard Haldin Jr
Haldin
Molly
Hardin
Three Men Shot On City Street After Dispute
Three men were shot Sunday night in front of a youth club on West All Saints Street during an argument over money. Frederick police said four men left the club around 11 p.m. and one drew a gun, wounding Preston Allen Patterson, 20. John Manson Apartments, shot in the back of his right leg. Bernard Alexander Lancaster Jr, 22, RFC 1 Gaithersburg, wounded in the right arm. and Melvin Augusta Boyce, 19, West Sixth Street, wounded in the right leg. The victims could not identify the shooter. Police also reported break ins on Church Street with unspecified cash stolen and charged John Robert Sayler, 22, Walkersville, with breaking and entering and larceny at the Cramer Building and Kemp Hall Building.
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West All Saints
Frederick City
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Preston Allen Paterson
John Manson
Bernard Alexander Lancaster Jr
RFC 1
Gaithersburg
Melvin Agusta Boyce
West Sixth Street
Church Street
Frederick
John Robert Sayler
Walkersville
Cramer
West Church Street
Kemp Hall
East Church Street
Doctors Use MEDIC System For Statewide Medical Education
Frederick Memorial Hospital broadcasts via MEDIC to 87 hospitals statewide, linking doctors by telephone for lecture broadcasts on topics from gastro-intestinal to endocrine systems. Up to 38 doctors can answer, with programs originating from Johns Hopkins or University Hospitals and supported by Maryland Department of Health funds.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick
Johns Hopkins
University Hospitals
Baltimore
Frederick Hospital
Robert J. Furie
State Department of Health
Frederick Heldrich
Heldrich
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of
Maryland
Department of Health
Dr. Furie
Furie
Hospital Council
North Vietnam Rejects Peace Talks Proposal
North Vietnam denounces Britain's bid for peace talks with the United States and South Vietnam as an attempt to force its people to accept imperial terms. Nhan Dan says the plan ignores the Viet Cong role and accuses Britain of betraying Geneva Conference duties.
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Tokyo
North
Ktnam
United States
South Vietnam
U. S
George Brown
North Vietnam
Nhan Dan
Britain
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Cochairman
Pravda
Communist Party
Harold Wilson
Brown
Quan Doi Ninian Dan
Hanoi
South Vietnam National Front For Liberation
Stolen Cash From County Extension Office in Winchester Hall
Nearly $100 in cash was taken from the petty cash box in the desk of county extension agent David Eigenbrode of the 4-H and youth work program. Det. Sgt. Paul Mossburg said the break in was discovered this morning. an open window was found but there is no sign of forced entry. The county office door and Eigenbrode’s desk were both unlocked.
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County Extension Service
Winchester Hall
Paul Mossburg
David D. Eigenbrode
Eigenbrode
Figenbrode
Stock Market Opens in 1967 Trading Day
New York AP reports the stock market started trading for 1967 with early activity showing the first price moves as investors react to initial sessions.
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New York
Cuba exile plot to invade Haiti halted in Florida Keys raid
Cuban exile Rolando Masferrer led a plan to seize Port-au-Prince and bomb the Haitian garrison to trigger a broader Caribbean war against Fidel Castro. About 75 exiles, 30 Haitians, and 28 Americans involved. 19 in custody in Key West and 51 in Miami after Monday raid.
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Key West
Fla
Haiti
Fidel Castro
Rolando Masferrer
Fulgencio Batista
Florida Keys
Miami
Aton Constanzo Palau
Cape Haitian
Port-au-Prince
Constanzo
Port-au- Prince
Francois Duvalier
Jean Baptiste Georges
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Danner
Araby Road
Independent Hose Company
William J. Buchanan
Hall Road
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Florida
George Curley
Arnnapolis
173Rd Airborne Brigade
AP Wirepnat
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Cuba
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