Heavy Snow Warning Patch Leaves Frederick County Shivering
A heavy snow warning grips Frederick County and much of the state as a late day storm is forecast to bring more than four inches of snow before turning to sleet or rain. Temperatures plunged to 12 degrees, with highs in the 20s and lows in the mid teens. winds up to 20 mph worsen the chill. Ski resorts report varying bases and conditions, with Braddock’s Run and Seven Springs noting 4–12 inch bases, while Elk Mountain and Wisp show good to fair conditions. Overnight subzero readings hit Western Maryland, with -8 at Oakland and -3 at Wisp, and Friendship Airport registering 19 degrees.
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Mercury
Frederick
Braddock
Blue Knob
Charnita
Emmitsburg
Roundtop
Dillsburg
Elk Mountain
Wisp
Garrett County
Maryland
Oakland
Occident
Hancock
Cumberland
Frostburg
Friendship Airport
Baltimore
City Continues Snow Removal Efforts
Crews from the Department of Public Works will clear three more streets ahead of the predicted snowstorm. Fifth Street will be closed to autos after 6 p.m. from East Street to Bentz Street. Sixth Street will be cleared from East Street to Bentz after 9 p.m. with no parking. No parking will be allowed after midnight on East Patrick Street from the PE building to Carroll Street.
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Department of Public Works
Fifth Street
East Street
Bentz Street
Sixth Street
Bentz
East Patrick Street
Carroll Street
Mr. Airy Boy Freed Of Murder
Carroll County teen Larry Franklin, 19, of Mr. Airy, is acquitted of second degree murder and manslaughter in the death of Westminster man William Rakes, 21, after a street fight on January 31. A jury upheld the acquittal after a first degree murder charge was dismissed.
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Carroll County
Westminster
Larry Franklin
Airy
Franklin
William Rakes
Paul Dorf
Rakes
After 10 Girls It’s A Boy In Amarillo
In Amarillo Texas a 48 year old farmer Robert Kuehler learns the hospital delivers a boy after ten daughters. The newborn is named Kyle? Elaine? and the family jokes about new plans while mother Mrs Kuehler 43 reflects on age and faith. The ten daughters range from 17 years to 18 months.
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Amarillo
Tex
Robert Kuehler
St A Anthony’s Hospital
Elaine
Kuehler
Kuya
Robert Kuehlers
Groom
Foo
Culler Lake Open To Ice Skaters Today
City Police opened Culler Lake to skaters at 10 30 a m and reported four inches of ice in good shape for skating before tonight’s approaching snowstorm.
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Culler Lake
Masked Gunman Fled After Babe's Liquor Standoff
A clerk at Babe's Liquor Store on Jefferson Street chased away a masked robber last night. Clifford Crum said the man, about 5'10" and 150 pounds, wearing a mask and armed with a pistol, demanded money and fled after Crum drew a weapon and fired a warning shot. Earlier, a Brownsville man reported being robbed by four teenage girls on North Market Street.
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Babe’s
Jefferson Street
Clifford Crum
Crum
Brownsville
North Market Street
Charles T. Hahn
Winter Storm Halts Southern Life Across Deep South
The arctic cold front from the Southwest blankets the Deep South with four inches of snow in Greenwood Mississippi and ice in Natchez. Nationwide warnings snow heavy in several states. Six die in weather related crashes as fuel shortages and gas shutoffs hit the region. Apollo 14 rehearsals continue under emergency power as utilities cut gas to homes from Arizona to Texas. Road closures and school shutdowns persist in Louisiana Mississippi and New Mexico amid citrus crop losses in Arizona.
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Albuquerque
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National Weather Service
Arkansas
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Deep South
Texas
Houston
Manned Spacecraft Center
Ellington Airforce Base
Hobby International Airport
Arizona
Santa Fe
Governor’s Mansion
Texas Panhandle
Polk County
Seiver County
Federal Crop Insurance Corp
Maricopa
Yuma County
Fire Log Summary for Yellow Springs Area
Fire calls logged in 24 hours ending 10 am with three house fires. Responding units included Uniteds and Truck Co at a residence on West South Street in Yellow Springs. Juniors ambulance at Braddock Heights. Mr. Airy and New Market at Detrick Road. Ambulance activity shows Emergency seven calls and Routine two.
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City
West South ST
Uniteds and Truck Co
Yellow Springs
Braddock Heights
Independents
Detrick Road
Mr. Airy
New Market
Market Edges Higher At Opening On Wall Street
New York stock market started with gains in fairly active trading as advances led declines on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 838.31, up 0.48 points at 10:30 a.m.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
British Ambassador Kidnaped In Uruguay
Geoffrey Jackson, 55, British ambassador to Uruguay, was kidnapped this morning in Montevideo and is in the hands of Tupamaros guerrillas. The ambassdors aides were beaten, the embassy car taken, and the vehicle found blocks away. This marks the 16th political kidnapping in the Western Hemisphere since 1969, part of a string that has included diplomats from the United States, Brazil and Canada, with several deaths after demands were refused.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Geoffrey Jackson
Aibar
Buenos Aires
Espectador
Claude L. Fly
U.S
Aloysio Dias Gomide
Dan Mitrione
Jackson
C. Burke Elbrick
Soviet Embassy Bombed in Washington
A bomb exploded in an alley near the Soviet Embassy cultural Building in Washington early today. No injuries were reported. The State Department sent an envoy to apologize and promised intensified police protection for all Soviet facilities. A caller to AP claimed the attack and linked it to anti-Soviet demonstrations by the Jewish Defense League.
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Washington
State Department
18Th Street
Jewish Defense League
Firemen Battle House Blaze at Mt Airy Farm
Fire crews from Mt. Airy and New Market fought a house fire at a farm owned by Paul Gaver. Flames were visible on arrival at 10 01 a m. The occupied house, rented to a young couple, was still burning when reports reached press time with no further details available.
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Mt. Airy Ana New Market
Paul Gaver
Gaver
Laird in Saigon Visit to Speed Up Withdrawal
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird arrived in Saigon to discuss further U.S. force reductions in Vietnam. Plans include withdrawing the last 25,000 Marines by June and cutting overall troop strength from a peak of 543,400 to about 250,000 or less this summer. Laird met with Thieu and Bunker, with Weyand reporting from Phnom Penh on Cambodia operations to reopen Route 4.
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Saigon
Melvin R. Laird
Mervica
Vietnam
Thomas 3H
Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Thailand
Thanom Kittikachorn
U Taphao
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S
Nixon
Anoth
6Th
1St Marine Aircraft Wing
Study Group Urges U S Register Guns Abolish Death Penalty
A special congressional commission urged sweeping federal law changes including total firearms registration and abolition of the death penalty even for treason and presidential assassinations. It backs banning handguns, lighter treatment for marijuana users, but tougher penalties for dangerous criminals.
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U.S
Washington
Congress
Commissioners Mandel Oppose Army Plan At Fort Detrick
County leaders support Gov Mandel in urging the Army to reconsider disposing of defoliants at Fort Detrick by incineration or other methods. The plan to treat agents and discharge treated material into the Monocacy River drew county officials’ alarm over water quality, while Fort Detrick and Frederick officials voiced limited concern and called for safety assurances.
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Mandel
Fort Detrick
John A. Derr
Marvin Mandel
J. Ronald Fox
Army
Monocacy River
Derr
Frederick
E. Paul Magaha
Charles Spicknall
Lucien T. Winegar
Charles Canterbury
Biological Research Center
Canterbury
Maryland Natural Resources Agencies
Potomac
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