Severe Snow and Wind Strain Area Roads and Schools
Blizzard conditions swept the region with twelve inches of snow in downtown Freder ick and drifting up to knee height in places. Winds 20 to 40 mph worsened by tonight, closing Fort Detrick and many businesses while road crews fought to keep highways open and streets clear. Temperatures to remain in the teens with highs in the 20s and lingering cold through tomorrow.
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Frederick
U. S. 15
Fort Detrick
Court House
Bloodmobile to Visit Calvary Church Despite Snow
Red Cross Bloodmobile will operate at Calvary Methodist Church on Wednesday from 1 to 5 30 p m despite snow. Mrs Norman Burke notes severe blood shortage especially negative types. Of 226 scheduled donors, 116 respond 78 will donate 18 rescheduled 20 asked to be removed. 20 to donate for open heart surgery. Confirm cards must be returned and signatures obtained before changes.
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Red Cross
Calvary Methodist Church
West Second
North Bentz Streets
Norman Burke
Burke
Public Health Service
Maryland State Department of Health
Grace United Church of Christ Pastor Plans Retirement
Rev. Dr. Wilhelm, pastor of Grace United Church of Christ in this city, announced plans to retire from active ministry within the year after 17 years with the church. No specific date was set. he will stay in the local community and continue church service in some capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond E. Wilhelm
Grace United Church of Christ
Wilhelm
Dr. Wilhelm
Pennsylvania
Ursinus College
Collegeville
Central Theological Seminary
Dayton
Ohio
Adamstown
Hoffman Home For Children
Zattlestown
Frederick Lions Club
Masonic Fraternity
Lancaster
Grace Church
School ceiling contract awarded to Vernon M. Cassell
The Board of Education awarded Vernon M. Cassell of Braddock Heights a low bid of 4945 dollars to furnish and install acoustical tile at Libertytown Elementary School. Work starts this summer after renovation funds were reallocated from a remaining budget.
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Board of Education
Vernon M. Cassell
Braddock Heights
Libertytown
Cassell
James A. Sensenbaugh
Southey T. Nottingham Jr
Sensenbaugh
H. B. Duvall
Duvall
Winter Storm Ravages Midwest to East Coast
The AP reports a massive winter storm from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic with 50 mph winds and up to 10 inch snow, causing 10 foot drifts and widespread road blockages. Illinois towns like Neoga shelter stranded motorists as Springfield drops to near isolation and schools shut nationwide.
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Associated Press
Mississippi River
Atlantic Ocean
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Neoga
American Legion Hall
Masonic Temple
Springfield
Washington
Midwest
Kentucky
West Virginia
Atlantic States
Atlantic
Tennessee
North Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Tobacco Stocks Fall After Health Report
In New York, tobacco company shares declined on the New York Stock Exchange following the Public Health Service report declaring smoking a health hazard. The market reaction marks the first move after the release.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
U.S. Public Health Service
Tension Lessons In Panama
In Panama signs of easing U S Panamanian tension, U S personnel return to the embassy as talks with the OAS proceed on a peace authority for the canal region. The sides debate whether the force will be military or civilian and a neutral OAS chairman may lead the arrangement.
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Panama
United States
U.S
Organization of American States
Canal Zone
OAS
Washington
Alfredo Vazquez ’Carricosa
Edwin M Martin
Galileo Solis
Police Escort Rescue Team To Air Force Jet Crash Scene
Cpl Glenn Bowman of the local state police barracks escorted a busload of rescue personnel toward a crash site for an Air Force jet bomber in the Cumberland mountains. The group from Bethesda Naval Hospital was the first escorted through Montgomery and Washington counties around 10 30 a m today. Earlier, Lt Carroll E Cook said a jeep and trailer had passed the county unescorted at about 7 30 a m with another busload later routed unescorted.
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Glenn Bowman
Air Force
Cumberland
Montgomery County
Washington County
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Carroll E. Cook
Cook
Castro in surprise Moscow visit seeks Cuban aid
Fidel Castro arrived in Moscow for a brief visit with Nikita Khrushchev amid reports of Cuba seeking a large Soviet aid increase. A Cuban economic delegation has been in Moscow for 11 days pressing for more support as both leaders consider issues affecting U.S. policy in Panama and regional tensions.
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Moscow
Fidel Castro
Khrushchev
Cuba
Canada
Australia
United States
Castro
Soviet Union
State Department
Washington
U. S
Panama
Dean
Men On Plane Listed By AF
The Air Force listed the crew of a BS2 aircraft missing after a crash west of Cumberland. The names include Maj Thomas W. McCormick of Yawkey West Virginia. Capt Parker C. Peeden of Smithfield North Carolina. Maj Robert L Payne of Tulsa Oklahoma. Maj Robert E Townley of Gadsen Alabama. and T Sgt Melvin Wooten of Rapid City South Dakota.
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Cumberland
Air Force
Thomas W. McCormick
Yawkey
W. Va
Parker C. Peeden
Smithfield
Robert L Payne
Tulsa
Okla
New Market Debates Sanitary District For Water Sewage
Town residents clash over how to fix health hazards from contaminated wells and open sewage. Mayor Smith backs Sanitary District with cheaper financing via county bonds, while opponents split between alternative water projects and avoiding the district.
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New Market
Health Department
Frederick County Sanitary Commission
W. Franklin Smith
Smith
Bevin Co
Sanitary Commission
Albert Miller
State Planning Department
Ben Palmer
Alex, Brown & Sons
Baltimore
Frederick County
Franklin Shaw
Shooting Rages as Zanzibar Coup Unfolds In Coastline Chaos
AP report from Dar es Salaam says shooting and looting persist in Zanzibar after the coup that toppled the sultan Seyyid Jamshid Bin Abdulla. U S consul Picard cites danger as he seeks to evacuate 21 American women and children and moves dependents from the Mercury program tracking station offshore aboard the destroyer Manley.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanganyika
Zanzibar
British Commonwealth
Sultan
Seyyid Jamshid bin Abdulla
Frederick P. Picard
U.S
Jet bomber crashes in Appalachian snow near Cumberland
A B52 Stratofortress crashed at the foot of Big Savage Mountain in Western Maryland. Eight crew and two armed nuclear weapons were aboard. officials say there is no nuclear explosion risk and security rings were established as explosive teams moved to the site.
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Cumberland
Strategic Air Command
Appalachian
Air Force
Big Savage Mountain
Maryland
Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Turner Air Force Base
Westover
Turner
Andrews Air Force Base
SAC
Georgia
8Th Air Force
Massachusetts
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North Market Street
Lawspapean Hhuhives
Mississippi
E. J. White
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