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News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1961
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Night break in at Mays Hardware in Shopping Center strip left three guns stolen worth over 100 each. Police cite second robbery in under two weeks with firearms taken. initial loss included cash and radios. Investigators report progress on January 11 raid and note no confirmed link between incidents.
Striking railroad tugmen rejected Governor Rockefeller's proposed 12 day armistice to end the harbor shutdown. Unions said the plan favors railroads and harms workers and families. The walkout targets crew size on harbor tugs, with 640 workers affected and about 100000 commuters stranded.
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Frederick faces snow crisis as Russell Morgan urges an emergency plan like larger cities. Crews work long hours to clear downtown and main streets, battling parked cars and drifting snow. Snow dumps fill up on Wisner street and Sister's Hill. Carroll Creek dumping area now inaccessible. Morgan cites law to keep cars off main streets, urges citizens to shovel a one car width path, and warns of icy piles delaying removal. Parking lots on South Court East Patrick and North Market cleared for use. He notes de-icing salt has been effective and stresses careful driving and use of chains to prevent accidents.
A 17 year old girl assisted two men in robbing her mother of six hundred dollars. Linda Gunduhs and William G. Phipps, 19, were caught in Tulsa, while Austin C. Shannon, 22, confessed to taking part. Police say Shannon and the others masked their faces with rouge to avoid identification.
Dr Andrew G Truxal president Hood College Frederick named dean of the new Anne Arundel Junior College Severna Park to open next September It will offer liberal arts engineering and pre medical courses and be the county s first junior college The appointment was unanimous and follows a with Hood College to appoint a successor The story notes Truxal s origins education and prior service and cites a 1951 budget appropriation of 52996 for the new college
Snow dumped across Maryland with up to fifteen inches in places as blizzard winds battered the state. Five deaths blamed on traffic and shoveling incidents. Lynus M Barr of Essex among the dead in Baltimore area. Snow closed Baltimore schools and disrupted travel while roads remained open with chains and snow tires advised. Western Maryland saw heavy accumulations with subzero readings in some counties.
Premier Nikita Khrushchev met U.S. Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson for about two hours in the Kremlin after Kennedy’s inauguration. An embassy spokesman cited discussions on Soviet American problems with no details released.
An explosion at a natural gas plant near Ventura sparked a large fire that raced along the main supply line toward nearby oil fields. Firemen shut off gas flow, flames burned atop ground and line, two hours later the blaze in Hall Canyon was under control and burning out. Nine people were treated for burns at Ventura County Hospital.
President Kennedy capped his first full day in office with a late night at multiple balls and a stop at the National Guard Armory. He planned a full schedule for Saturday, meeting White House staff at nine, and eyeing a luncheon with the National Democratic Committee.
The United Ambulance logged 636 calls in 1960, just under 1959. Emergency trips totaled 243 with 329 routine transports. other calls included 27 auto accidents and 19 maternity cases. Since July 1954, 3,232 calls have been made, with 1959 and 1960 well above 500 annually.
Weather crews report fresh snow pushing local roads toward disruption while forecasts warn of extreme cold tonight. State and county crews battle drifts and urge snow tires or chains as preparations continue for possible renewed blizzard conditions. Weather observers note lingering flurries and cloud cover through Monday.
Statistics show 761 doctor requests and 68 hospital requests. Ambulance traveled 2.159 miles in 1960 at 49 minutes per call and over 521 hours in service. Since inception 11.381 miles and 2,262 hours of call time, with average 42 minutes. A second ambulance began operation in September 1955. Dr James Marrone leads United Fire ambulance service.
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