Captain Weller Killed in Pease AFB Crash
Capt Thomas Weller 28 and three crewmen died when a B47 bomber disintegrated after takeoff from Pease Air Force Base near Portsmouth New Hampshire. Weller, a Lisbon High School alumnus and University of Maryland graduate, served in Britain and across the United States. Funeral plans in Germantown with burial possible at Arlington National Cemetery, survivors include wife Felice and two young daughters Kathryn and Susan, plus parents and siblings.
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Thomas Weller
Pease Air Force Base
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Germantown
Weller
C. Staley Weller
Filbert Farm
Strategic Air Command
Associated Press
10Th Bomb Wing
Woodbine
Howard County
Lisbon
University of Maryland
Maryland
Alpha Gamma Rho
Britain
Air Force
Pease Afb
England
Pease Af.b
Capt. Weller
Arlington National Cemetery
Felice Weller
Kathryn Weller
Susan Weller
Eileen Logwood
Mexandria
Roberta Weller
Emil Barnes
Sykesville
Frank A. Weller
Mt. Airy
Virginia Weller
Mr. Airy
E. D. McCain
Frederick
U N Security Council Rejects Cuba’s Invasion Claim
The United Nations Security Council rejected Cuba’s charge of an imminent U.S. invasion after a two day debate with no formal action. Council president Omar Loutfi urged both sides to reduce tensions and avoid further provocation amid calmer proceedings than the prior day.
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United Nations. N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Cuba
United States
L-Nation Council
Fidel Castro
United Nations
Castro
Omar Loutfi
United Arab Republic
proCastro
Dairy Officials Ordered To Show Cause In Contempt Case
Three Eastern Shore dairies Mills Dairy Products Co Twilleys City Dairy of Cambridge and Shiloh Dairy Farms of Hurlock must show cause by Jan 13 why they should not be held in contempt of federal court. U S Atty Pierson charged deficient milk marketing order records and the dairies had agreed to comply last October after contempt threats.
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Baltimore
Eastern Shore
Ruszel C. Thomson
U.S
Calais Tie for 1960 Population and Births Record
In Calais, city officials report a tie between the Blues and the Pirks for 1960. Vital statistics show 945 boys and 945 girls born last year. An old timer in Limerick, Ireland, restored a century-old steam locomotive to substitute for a diesel on the 24 mile line to Ennis, citing flooding and short circuit risks.
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Calais
France
Blues
Pirks
Limerick
Ireland
Ennis
Kennedy study group urges tax cuts to curb recession
President elect John F. Kennedy received recommendations from a study committee on swift emergency measures to ease the business slump. A temporary tax cut is urged if conditions worsen in the spring, while avoiding drastic public works spending. The panel favors a mix of fiscal and monetary steps and allows for temporary tax-rate reductions to take effect immediately under withholding in March or April, with expiration by end of 1962.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Congress
Carlyle Hotel
Paul A. Samuelson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Samuelson
Eisenhower
Fresh water plan for Guantanamo base amid Cuban threat
The U S Navy says ocean going tankers could supply millions of gallons of fresh water to Guantanamo Naval Base within 24 hours if Cuba cuts the water line from Yateras River. Current base use is 250000 to 500000 gallons daily, with 10 million gallons stored for crisis reserve and a projected daily cost of about 2908 dollars to move water.
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Washington
Guantanamo Naval Base
U.S. Navy
Fidel Castro
Guantanamo
Yateras
Castro
United States
Navy
Guantanmo
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Safety play and life questions in a mixed bag of notes
The column weaves a bridge safety scenario for a six clubs contract with a safety play involving hearts and clubs, then shifts to reader questions about divorce reconciliation and stepfamily tensions. It includes Dear Helen letters on teen behavior, etiquette, and a wife’s corsage, followed by a mental health program note, a Detroit AMC production suspension due to a fire, and a closing insect trivia line.
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Detroit
American Motors
Kenosha
Wis
AMC
Resoluteness Over Resolutions in Daily Life
Earl L. Douglass argues true improvement comes not from deliberate New Year promises but from constant, unconscious resoluteness in daily living. He cautions against overplanning and notes progress occurs as a natural, ongoing process rather than formal resolutions.
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Earl L. Douglass
Dear Helen Worden Erskine column inquiry on marriage
A reader asks if a estranged wife should try to reconcile after a year and a half, while the husband has fallen for another woman and hasn't seen his daughter since infancy. Dorothy Dix notes the letter shows a conscience but the couple’s prospects remain unsettled under a Protestant framework allowing divorce.
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Helen Worden Erskine
Helen
Maryland lawmakers float plans to ease local finances
Maryland legislators proposed varied measures to aid local governments and redraw House seats. Senator H Winship Wheatley Jr. urged taxing public utility shares by subdivision, risking losses to Baltimore and other counties. Other bills would add House seats and allow property tax exemptions for the elderly, with reapportionment talks continuing after a pause.
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Louis G Panos
Annapolis
Maryland
General Assembly
Sen. H. Winship Wheatley
House of Delegates
House
Edward $. Northrop
Montgomery
James A. Pine
D-Baho
Tawes
Senate
George W. Della
Baltimore City
Northrop
Pine
Wheatley
Baltimore
Wicomico County
Frederick County
Selisbury
Frederick
Jefferson and Local Residents Rejoin College and Church Activities
Jefferson news reports Robert Young returns to Gettysburg College after holidays. Ann Lovell and Nancy Thrasher go back to Washington College. Thomas N House and Randy Wilkeson visit relatives in Newport News. Dr. J Frank Fife of Maryland Lutheran Synod visits. Holy Communion planned at St Pauls on January 8. Lutheran councils to meet January 9 and 10. WMHI morning devotions led by Rev Eugene Young. Birthdays for Miss Myrtle Shaff and Mrs Albert Bussard noted. James anniversary observed January 10. Ronald House returns to Fort Knox after Christmas leave.
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G. Thomas James
Jefferson
Robert Young
Eugene Young
Gettysburg College
Ann Lovell
Rudolph Lovell
Nancy Thrasher
Thomas Thrasher
Washington College
Thomas N. House
Wilkeson Randy
Newport News
Nathan House
J. Frank Fife
Baltimore
C. H. Shells
Thomas James
Fife
Maryland Lutheran Synod
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
St. Luke's
Feagaville
Council of
St. Paul's
United Lutheran Church Women of
WMHI
Myrtle Shaff
Albert Bussard
Robert Sowers
Luther Sowers
Martinsburg Hospital
Ronald House
Fort Knox
Word Lesson Notes and Rents Report Summary
W L Gordon shares lessons on misused and mispronounced words and offers a playful word study on manducation mastication and mandication. The text notes rents in the U S more than doubled between 1947 and 2067, indicating substantial housing cost growth.
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W. L. Gordon
The
U.S
Farmers Face Deadline for Social Security Tax Returns
Reminder for farmers to file and pay Social Security taxes by January 31 for cash wages paid in 1960. If you employed workers 20 days or more or paid $150 or more in cash wages, file using simple IRS forms. Include only cash wages, not non cash benefits, and show worker services on farms, care of farm, and processing if over half the commodity handled.
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Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Kennedy to Consult Farmers on New Farm Policy
Kennedy met with farm leaders at his preinaugural HQ to discuss future farm policy and a Washington conference on January 26 presided by Orville Freeman. The talks focused on stability, surplus use for abroad development, and maintaining Kennedy's campaign farm program while avoiding specific measures for now. Freeman noted a broad farm group turnout and stressed no final policy was set.
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John F. Kennedy
Washington
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Kennedy
Congress
Latin America
International Exchange of
June Allyson Seeks Divorce From Powell
Hollywood AP Actress June Allyson seeks divorce from Dick Powell after 15 years of marriage. Attorney Jerry Giesler says a suit will be filed in Los Angeles within weeks on grounds of mental cruelty. Powell, 56, is abroad as Allyson, 37, faces a grim Hollywood split that ends a once happy union.
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Hollywood
June Allyson
Dick Powel
Jerry Giesler
Filmsand
Los Angeles
Giesler
Divorcee Actress Blondel After Eight Years Split
The divorced actress Joan Blondel ends an eight year marriage with Powell. Miss Allyson, then 21, is referenced in the brief notice as part of the surrounding details.
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Joan Blondel
Miss Allyson
Land Powell
No Charges In Fatal Shooting In Hagerstown
In Hagerstown the state's attorney called the fatal shooting of 16 year old Philip Shank a one in a million accident and said no charges will be filed against 18 year old George N. Rowe who fired the fatal shot. Ballistics tied the bullet to Rowe from 1780 feet away as Shank stood behind a rise in a field near the city. Authorities noted four youths were in the area in separate groups when the incident occurred.
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Hagerstown
James F. Strine
Philip Shank
Robert Shank
Shank
George N. Rowe
Strine
Rowe
Court News And Property Transfers In Maryland Licenses
Court news lists several marriage licenses including Richard Frymyer and Mary Shoe taker of Middletown, Austin Garver and Rosalie Keyser, Ralph Webb and Frances Hall, Charles Mercer and Jacqueline Barton, Perry Andrews and Nancy Spear. Property deeds record transfers among J Alan Gerwicks, Harry Masserami, Brass Development and Brosius Homes, Cora Putman and Thomas Molesworth, Foster Bittle and Hettye Hahn with sums of ten dollars. Old licenses report 621,500 obsolete Maryland licenses found in a three year reregistration by the DMV. 1,130,998 drivers sought new licenses by December 31. most obsolete licenses belong to deceased or relocated individuals. New licenses will expire every two years with a renewal fee of five dollars.
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Richard Frymyer
Thurmont
Mary C. Shoetaker
Middletown
Austin Nicodemus Garver
Unionville
Rosalie Bernice Keyser
Frederick
Ralph A. Webb
Dickerson
Frances E. Hall
Charles S. Mercer
Jacqueline A. Barton
Leesburg
Perry T. Andrews
Ger- Thantown
Nancy M. Spear
Baltimore
J. Alan Gerwicks
Harry L. Masserami
Slo
Brass Development Corporation
Brosius Homes Corporation
Cora E. Putman
Thomas C. Molesworth
Uustes
Foster D. Bittle
Hettye A. Hahn
Sif
Hettye
Maryland
Department of Motor Vehicles
John R. Jewell
Mott Crists
Jewell
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