Friday the 13th luck for local family and others
A local family notes a lucky Friday the 13th as Terry Spurrier marks his 17th birthday on the date and others in the area join the superstition themed events. The piece links fringe clubs in North Boliswood and Chicago to the superstition culture with light humor.
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Gordon W. Spurrier
Grove Boulevard
Terry Harp Spurrier
Terry
Marianne Gaba
Aliss
Aliss Triskadekaphile
Triskedekaphile
Chicago
Gayle Lee Kraft
Bellwood
Gayle
Linden
Rice Ave
Five Day Forecast From The Associated Press
Temperatures will average four degrees below normal with mild Saturday and colder Sunday and Monday. Warmer Tuesday followed by colder Wednesday. Precipitation over the weekend and again around Tuesday totaling about one half inch. Normal highs in the region with early morning lows in the 30s and low 40s except upper 20s in Garrett County.
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Associated Press
Garrett County
Hunter Hopes Beagle Hound Is Found After Night Search
Fred Stevenson, 72, of Lakewood Ohio, went hunting in northwestern Pennsylvania and failed to return by 5 p.m. A five hour search found him walking a country road. He asked if anyone had seen a Beagle hound, noting he had been looking for the dog all night. The hound remained missing at last report.
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Meadville
Fred Stevenson
Pennsylvania
Stevenson
Lakewood
Ohio
Underwood to Address Maryland Municipal League Convention
Gov. Cecil H. Underwood of West Virginia is due in Frederick for the Maryland Municipal League 12th annual convention at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. He will speak at the banquet and be greeted by local officials including Mayor Ramsburg and league leaders.
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Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Frederick
Maryland Municipal League
Francis Scott Key
Franklin N. Burdette
Bureau of Governmental Research
University of Maryland
Alan Beals
Municipal League
Frederick City
Charles ¥. Main
Abe Rosen
Philadelphia
American Municipal Association
Charles Davis
College Park
Lawrence Woodworth
Cheverly
Joseph F. Eisenhauer III
Harry A. Boswell Jr
Commission On Economic Development
G. Thomas Yeazer
B. Herman Adkins
Foley
Pastor Resigns Four-Church Utica Charge
Rev. Wallace J. Bieber resigns as pastor of the four-church Utica Charge United Church of Christ Evangelical and Reformed and accepts a call to St Stephen’s United Church of Christ in Lebanon Pennsylvania. He will deliver last sermons this Sunday and move next Tuesday.
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Wallace J. Bieber
Utca
United Church For Christ
St. Stephen's
United Church of Christ
Evangelical and Reformed
Lebanon
Utica
Guy R. Bready
Grace Church
Pleasant
St Paul's Church
Zion Church
Charlesville
Beiber
Bieber
Viiea
Potomac Synod
Lancaster Theological Seminary
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Sylvia J. Seese
Norman A. Seese
Denton
Seese
UA Fund Short of Goal Despite Overtime Drive
The Red Cross United Appeal shows $160,500 raised to date with a $108,962 goal. County areas lag as divisions report mixed progress and a spokesman says funds are available but not yet turned in. Fort Detrick and county totals rise while Industrial gifts and Commercial A trail goals. drive will continue until the target is met.
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Red Cross United Appeal Fund
Fort Detrick
Cranberry scare triggers GOP backlash and labor watchdog move
Two Republican congressmen from cranberry growing states attack what they call bureaucratic bungling after Flemming's warning of contaminated cranberries halts sales. Senators and representatives push for investigations and a government purchase of tainted crop while O'Connor begins staffing as labor watchdog with new Taft-Hartley provisions taking effect.
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Washington
Arthur S.flemming
Monhday
Joseph W. Martin
Rmass
Pawtucket
Thomas M. Pelily
R- Wash
Seattle
Congress
Richard L. Neuberger
Neuberger
Flemming
Oregon
Labor Law
O'Connor
Senate
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Eisenhower
Charities Explore Coordination Of Community Aid Programs
Heads of charitable agencies and veterans groups met at the Hotel Frederick to discuss mutual problems in planned Christmas aid. A central council of social agencies was urged to prevent service duplication and to guide needy cases to proper authorities. Attendees included Geneva Barthel, Travis Israel, Nellie Smith, Helen Summers, W C Rhoderick, Freda Doll, Wilbur Baker, Ernest Lipps, Elizabeth McElroy, Burton Cannon, and Joe Byron.
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Red Cross
Frederick
H. Albert Dean
The
Jmne
Santa Claus
Geneva Barthel
Frederick County Welfare Hoard
Travis Israel
Ommander
Salvation Army
Nellie Smith
Health ‘Department
Helen Summers
Federated Charities
W. C. Rhoderfick
Children’s Aid Society
Freda Doll
Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
Wilbur Baker
Toy’ Committee
Francis Scott Key Post American Legion
Ernest Lipps
Maryland Veterans Commission
Elizabeth R. McElroy
Burton Cannon
Taneytown Woman Is Badly Burned
Mrs. Emma Baumgardner, 79, of Rear Taneytown, was admitted in critical condition to Warner Hospital after suffering second and third degree burns to her entire body. The burns occurred Tuesday when her clothes ignited while tending a stove at her home. She was found Thursday by her nephew John Baumgardner.
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Emma Baumgardner
Taneytown
Warner Hospital
Frederick hosts convention delegates welcomed by mayor Ramsburg
Mayor Jacob Ramsburg of Frederick welcomed 120 delegates to the convention and praised the city as a hub of a network of interests. Officials stressed the value of meeting and planning future sessions with regional organizations.
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Jacob Ramsburg
Frederick
Dean
Wauas
Cold spell continues with below normal temps forecast
The area faces more cold weather with mornings around 28 degrees at the airport Weather Bureau. Temperatures are expected to stay about four degrees below normal through the next several days with highs in the 50s and overnight lows in the 30s. Light showers are forecast tonight and over the weekend and again Tuesday totaling about a half inch.
Typhoon Emma Strikes Okinawa Ripping Roofs and Flooding
Typhoon Emma hit Okinawa with winds over 110 mph, tearing roofs from homes and uprooting trees. Landslides occurred and downtown Naha flooded six feet in low areas, with two deaths reported at sea.
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Wnaha
Okinawa
Emma
Naha
Intense Cold Grips Rockies After 25 Inch Montana Snowfall
A blast of arctic air sent temperatures far below zero across the Rockies after Montana received up to 23 inches of snow. Montana cities like Glendive? and Glasgow reported subzero readings while Denver stood at 7 above. At least 15 deaths linked to the storm were reported nationwide, with Montana counting seven in the week. Road closures and school suspensions followed widespread heavy snow and freezing rain from Michigan to Colorado.
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Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountains
Montana
Drummond
Helena-Butte
Cheyenne
Colorado
Limon
Akron
Continental Divide
Canada
Midwest
Ilinois
Iowa
Missoula
Billings
Weather Bureau
Michigan
Towa
Kansas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Rockies
Califor
Nia
Texas
Pennsylvania
Ponce i City
Okla
Plains
Texas Panhandle
Fear of a killer grips Staten Island
In New York a hand grenade attack wounded Concetta Giarletta and left Staten Island fearful of a hidden assailant. Police recovered a grenade handle and speculated on possible bombing targets as residents worry a Mad Bomber may be at large.
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New York
Staten Island
Concetta Giarletta
Frank
Wortan
Staten Islanders
George Metesky
Metesky
New York City
Charles Trachta
Giarletta
Rockefeller in California Faces Warm Welcomes with Nixon Backing
In Los Angeles Rockefeller tours California amid strong Nixon support from party leaders and volunteers. He draws hearty applause at dinners and receptions, while noting his aides report unexpected offers of local backing despite limited public stampede. He speaks carefully, often stumbling over text but winning crowds in intimate hotel gatherings.
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Los Angeles
Nelson A- Rockefeller
California
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Nixon
Los Angeles County
Alphonzo E. Bell Jr
Frances Larsen
Central Committee
Dick Nixon
Rockefellers
World Affairs Council
Castro Fires At Enemies In Three Hour Cuban Broadcast
In a grim late broadcast Fidel Castro warned Cubans that hard days lie ahead for the revolution. He lashed at internal enemies calling them hypocrites and said the movement would march on despite attempts to mobilize God against it. He denied U S bombing claims and blamed the Platt amendment for Cuba's woes, noting the Guantanamo base remains.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
United States
Hypre
Erites
Jne
Camilo Cienfuegos
U. S
Pedro Diaz Sanz
Revolutionary Air Force
Diaz Sanz
Miami
Cuba
U. S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Prosecutor Admits Taking Part Of Fines
West Bend Wisconsin AP reports county district attorney and polio victim Deane Bascom resigned admitting misappropriating 11495 from a justice of the peace. He offered restitution and declined to explain motive as state officials planned audits and a new prosecutor took over Washington County duties. In a separate note, New York electronics shares rose as the stock market drifted.
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West Bend
Wis
Deane R. Bascom
Gaylord Nelson
Washington County
Milwaukee
Madison
State Auditor
Justices of the Peace
James H. McDermott
Attorney General
Henry Renard
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