Maryland Braces for Major Snow Across State
Snow blankets Maryland with two to eight inches expected by nightfall and up to 16 more inches by tomorrow. Highways blocked by stalled vehicles and jackknifed combos. state agencies deploy 350 snow units and 1,000 workers to spread sand and operate plows. Schools closed in many counties. Baltimore schools open. Chains required on roads. travel warned as police impose penalties for no chains. Forecasters predict frigid temperatures and more snow through the weekend.
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Snow bulletin forecasts heavy Maryland snow and ice
The Weather Bureau issued a 10 am snow bulletin predicting five to eight inches in western and northern Maryland including Baltimore and northern Delaware, three to six inches in central Maryland, and sleet with freezing rain in southern and coastal counties. Temperatures stay near freezing, turning colder tonight. roads are snow packed and icy, chains advised, driving discouraged unless necessary.
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Budget Clash Trails Eisenhower Spending Plan
Washington reports stiff bipartisan congressional trouble over President Eisenhower's 52 billion dollar budget for the next fiscal year. Critics warn against tax cuts and foreign aid while praising air power and new weapons emphasis.
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Taking Red POWs Again Standoff Eskimos
PANMUNJOM The Communists rejected an Indian appeal to take back 21 Americans and 328 pro Communist prisoners. Indian Lt Gen Thimayya warned POWs would be left in Korea’s neutral zone at midnight EST. The Reds said they would refer the dispute to the Military Armistice Commission and the proposed Korean peace conference. An Indian spokesman said withdrawal of guards does not unlock gates. Gen John Hull praised humane treatment of anti-Communist Korean and Chinese personnel.
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Navy Patrol Bomber Crashes In Flames Near Hawaii
A Japan-based Neptune patrol bomber with eight aboard crashed in flames on a Waianae range mountainside near Pearl Harbor while returning from Western Pacific patrol duty. A six man Army rescue team found wreckage too hot to approach, with reports of possible bodies inside. The Navy cited the crash location five miles northwest of Pearl Harbor and said the crew appears to have been lost.
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Icy Roads Spark Multiple County Accidents
Two hours of freezing rain and snow caused numerous crashes across the county blocking U.S. 40 between New Market and Ridgeville and U.S. 340 at Steiner's Hill. An overturned tractor trailer spilled fuel oil, three cars rear-ended on U.S. 44 west of Frederick, and several jackknifed tractor-trailers snarled traffic with no reported injuries. State Police and Trooper reports cite slick roads and a fuel spill from No. 10 fuel oil reaching a drainage ditch.
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James Haid
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Hardy
Mary Louise Hedrick
Route 3
Cumberland
Beulah Hildebrand
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Silas D. Kuhn
Kuhn
Deep Snow Forecast From Virginia To New Jersey
The Weather Bureau forecast 8 to 12 inches of snow from Central Virginia to Southern New Jersey by late tonight with heavier amounts in West Virginia. A prior bulletin predicted 4 to 8 inches from Virginia to New York, while the system intensified over Georgia and the Carolinas. The storm moved slowly northeast toward the coast, with northeast warnings issued for coastal waters.
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McKeesport Fire Destroys Building. Six Hurt
A two story business district building in McKeesport was gutted by a blaze last night causing an estimated 150000 dollars in damage and injuring six people including three firefighters. The Monterey Inn kitchen started the fire and smoke damaged four nearby structures. Cause undetermined. Promoted to sergeant, Charles A. Brewer, 20, of Emmitsburg Maryland, serves with the 25th Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion in Karlsruhe Germany.
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Driving Snow Storm Creates Hazardous Conditions
Snow and wind create hazardous travel as schools close again across regions. The notice highlights widespread closures, with districts urging safe commutes and advising parents to monitor local updates for each area’s status.
Livestock Destroyed in Twin Lancaster Farm Fires
In Lancaster County two fires, nearly simultaneous and about 35 miles apart, destroyed livestock. C. I. Stoltsfus Jr. of Cambridge reported seven horses and 31 cattle and swine killed, with an estimated $80,000 damage on his farm near the Lancaster Chester County line. A second blaze at Herbert Gaines’ farm near Mi Nebo killed 16 swine and caused $2,000 in damage.
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Trucker Fined For Failing To Use Road Shoulder
A truck driver near Frederick was fined 10 dollars and costs after a hearing before Magistrate Wilbur F Sheffield for not using the improved shoulder on Route 40. The driver Lee Irving Towers said fog made shoulder clarity unclear and he drove near the center line. Trooper J Wardy testified the charge and noted the shoulder was not used as required by law.
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Silver Spring
Evelyn Louise Raines
Bowie
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Joseph H. Blank
Hagerstown
West Patrick Street
Ernest Kidd
Weirton
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Five Day Forecast Text With Seasonal Normals
Five day forecast shows cloudy wet and cold conditions Saturday with a rise in temperatures Sunday and Monday. Snow or rain ends late Sunday or Monday with clearing and colder conditions Tuesday and Wednesday. Average highs 35 to 45 and lows 15 to 20 in western Marsland up to 20s in southern and eastern counties.
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Cab Driver Robbed by Passengers in Frederick
Albert Robertson, driver for Michael's Radio Cabs, reports two colored men robbed him of about $25 after a knife was brandished during a late-night ride from All Saints and South Market to near New London on the New Market road. Robertson notified state police, and Troopers Rouzee Jr. and Hardy opened an investigation.
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Abandon Plans To Tap Owens Creek
The U S Public Health Service abandoned plans to tap Owens Creek as an extra water supply for Camp David and Camp 2 in the Catoctin Recreational Area. The decision followed review of an agreement favoring Victor Cullen Hospital and concerns over creek protection.
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New Concept Wins Support in Defense Budget Debate
President Eisenhower pushes a new defense concept prioritizing air power and advanced weapons while cutting four billion dollars from spending. Republicans largely back the plan in Congress, with Democrats cautious and seeking study. Senators Maybank and Douglas scrutinize funds for Army and Marines, while committee chair Short schedules briefings with defense chiefs.
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Eisenhower Tax Plan Faces Floor Fight in Congress
President Eisenhower urged Congress to hold tax line as a plan to cut personal income taxes by 22 billion dollars over one year faces opposition. Republicans and Democrats expect at least small reductions in corporate and excise taxes. The budget message backs rewriting most tax laws to save about 20 billion annually via deductions and allowances rather than sweeping rate cuts.
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Swallows Poison Kisses Wife And Dies
In Bladensburg Maryland Frederick Yates Weaver 37 sat with his wife in their living room and swallowed half a bottle of insect poison then went to his wife and urged her to call an ambulance He died at Prince Georges General Hospital suicide ruled by Dr John T Maloney police said the bottle contained poison and that he had been ill and brain operated in the past three years.
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Prince Georges General Hospital
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RF Duncan
Dulles Arrives in Berlin for Big Four Meeting
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles arrives at Tempelhof aboard Eisenhower’s Columbine to join the Big Four foreign ministers conference in Berlin. French and British ministers expected, Molotov secrecy cloaks movements, Adenauer shows cautious optimism for possible German unification talks ahead of the discussions.
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West Virginia Roads Ice Coating State Wide Weather
Freezing rain coated highways and runways across West Virginia with ice delaying travel and closing airports in Huntington and Charleston. Hazardous conditions spread from Morgantown to Elkins and Sutton as heavy rainfall affected most of the state over a 24 hour period ending at 7 30 am.
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Snowbound Highways Close In Frederick County
Snow and freezing rain cripple major routes around Frederick with 1 to 2 inches of snow and ice. U S 40, Route 340, and Route 15 suffer jackknifed trucks and blocked hills. State police assist, schools close, and officials warn motorists to stay home unless necessary. Weather expected to stay cold with possible more snow or rain by Sunday.
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