Weather Picture Is Awry Across Nation
The Associated Press reports unsettled weather with rare snow in east Texas and Alabama, frigid temps in Boston and Philadelphia, and strong winds in Tampa. San Francisco endures ten rainless days while California and Los Angeles suffer dry spells. Snow flurries hit Huntsville, Alabama, and brush fires in Texas are controlled by light snow and cold. Winds up to 48 mph lash Florida coasts as widespread cold grips the country.
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Associated Press
San
California
Los Angeles
Texas
U.S. Forest Service
Huntsville
Ala
Tampa Bay
Florida
North Dakota
Minnesota
Deaths On Highways Quickened During Thanksgiving Holiday
A four day Thanksgiving period saw highway fatalities rise toward four per hour at times, with heavier traffic and icy roads from the Appalachians to the Rockies blamed. A mother and two sons died in Oakman Alabama amid cold rainy conditions. The AP tally noted 433 highway deaths, 49 in fires, and 100 other causes in a recent four day span, with comparisons to last year and NSC estimates. In Chicago, J Raymond O'Brien, 50, and wife welcomed a 10th son, joking about additional children as the wife contemplates their growing family.
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Appalachian Mountains
Rockies
Oakman
Ala
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Chicago
J. Raymond O'Brien
Self Service Laundry Does Clean Job and Missing Jewelry
A man testified a self service laundry cleaned his $1,500 worth of heirloom jewelry while his dog was missing, with items allegedly found later in a locked rear room. In Blackpool England, Hugh Gaitskell urged Labour to avoid sectarianism and press for social justice, while Bevan prepares a closing speech after Labour’s election defeat.
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Los Angeles
Orlando i Granell
Granell
Blackpool
England
Sui Ning Leung
Hugh Gaitskell
Britain
Leung
Labor Party
Maken
Sing
Gaitskel
Aneurin Bevan
Bevan
Gaitskell
Barbara Casile
Castle
Harold Macmilan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Evaluation Of Frederick High Set For Accreditation Visit
Frederick High School will be evaluated in early February by the Middle Atlantic States Association to determine accreditation. Twenty three educators from the group will visit February 10 and 11 to review programs, library and guidance services, facilities, and staff. Principal David L. Dean notes the visit will rely on the school self evaluation and include classroom observations and meetings with staff and students.
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Louise Weaghey
David L. Dean
Frederick High Flier
Dean
Rain Adds to Monthly Total With Near Inch Pour
Overnight showers dumped .98 inch at the State Police barracks on the city edge boosting the month total to 2.50 inches nearing the 2.95 inch November normal. Forecasters warn of a sharp cold snap with snow flurries and strong winds before a return to warmer temps Monday after a high of 67 at the barracks and a morning low near 45. Rain centered around the city, with Gambrill State Park at High Knob recording 0.65 inch.
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Gambrill State Park
High Knob
Emmitsburg Nuns Invited to Seton Canonization Ceremonies
The six American communities of Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul will be represented in Rome as Pope John XXIII presides the December 20 rite naming Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton venerable. Emmitsburg’s Sister Isabel Toohey and Sister Hilda Gleason lead the local delegation with other provincial superiors and officials attending. The event marks a major step toward her canonization as the first nativeborn American saint in the Catholic Church.
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Sisters of Charity of St
American Sisters of Charity
Mother Seton
United States
Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia
St. Louis
Holy Father
Mother Mary
Loretta
Mt. St. Vincent
Ellen Marie
Joanna Marie
N. J
Stella Marie
Mary Omer
Cincinnati
Claudia
Greensburg
Catherine
Daughters of Charity
Normandy
Margaret Mary
John P. McGowan
C. M
Rome
Pope John
Frederick County School Budget Seeks 2.96 Million Increase
The Fred Frederick County Board of Education has submitted a budget request totaling 5,581,781 for the coming year, including 5,326,869 for current expenses and 254,932 for capital outlay. It asks for 2,381,523 from nonlocal sources and 2,945,346 from local funds, reflecting a 15.9 percent rise in local support due to higher assessments. The plan anticipates 360 more students and 30 additional teachers, with salary schedule improvements and new school buildings at Walkersville High School and Urbane Elementary School. Transportation costs for parochial students are projected at 18,000 for 1960.
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Fred F Lerick
County Commissioners
Maryland
Frederick County
State Department of Education
Board of Education
Walkersville
Urbane
Bids Sought for Gaithersburg Post Office Building
Gaithersburg Maryland bids are requested by the Post Office Department to build and lease a new post office on the east side of Summitt avenue replacing East Diamond avenue facilities. The 9278 square foot building will include an outside loading platform and truck maneuvering space. A 10 year lease with renewal options will be entered with the successful bidder. bid closing is December 31, 1959.
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Meurice A. Spalding
Post Office
Gaithersburg
Maryland
Spalding
Summitt Avenue
East Diamond Avenue
Post Office Department
Toy Group Gets Santa Claus Requests
The Francis Local Post American Legion toy committee reports ongoing Santa Claus requests for 200 to 225 families with children. A toy shop at 1100 East Second Street is repaired and stocked, with painting still in progress. Requests should include family name, number, age and sex of children, by December 19.
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Francis Lcoi Ker
American Legion
Santa Claus
William H. S. Miller
Legion
East Second Street
Legionnaires
Miller
Panamanians Rally Over Canal Zone Sovereignty
In Panama City thousands joined a peaceful march marking independence anniversary to press for sovereignty over the Canal Zone. U S troops and Panamanian guards prepared for possible anti American violence while authorities warned crowds to stay away from the capital center. The rally backed by President Ernesto de la Guardia Jr urged restraint after November clashes that left about nine injured. A motorcade of demonstrators shrank as it neared the capital, with searches by Panamanian authorities along the route. Panama seeks treaty revision to reflect current conditions while the United States maintains sovereignty rights under 1903 accords and rents $1.9 million annually.
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Panama
Canal Zone
Spain
Ut. S
Foreign Office
United States
Ernesto de la Guardia Jr
U.S
Youth Turns To Soviets For Space Aid
MEMPHIS Tenn API A 14 year old boy whose space research was brushed off at home found results by asking the Soviet Union for help. Robert Graham wrote to Premier Khrushchev and the Soviet Academy of Science. The academy sent soil samples from Ukraine Siberian uplands and tundra. The U S Department of Agriculture mailed a pamphlet on rubble mulching in the Great Plains. Alaska official said Alaskan soil would be impractical. Mt Palomar Observatory offered Martian atmosphere analysis and the U S Embassy in Teeland provided a soil sample. Rangers Rescue Hunter Debeque Colo AP National Park Service rangers saved James Orange 17 after a fall from a rocky deer area.
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Memphis
Tenn
API
Soviet Union
Robert Graham
Nikitai Khrushchev
Soviet Academy of Science
Ukraine
Siberian
Robert
Mars
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Great Plains
William Egan
Alaska
Mt. Palomar Observatory
California
U.S
Teeland
Second Inflated Check Issued in Massachusetts
Cambridge and Holyoke saw checks explode in value as a bank inflates numbers. In Cambridge a city tax rebate check read one million one hundred dollars while a Holyoke bank issued a four million dollar error. Officials dismissed the mistakes with light humor.
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Cambridge
Mass
Joseph Correia
Ralph A. Dykens
Massachusetts
Holyoke
Frederick J. Reardon
Cutter Races To Capsized Vessel Near Galveston
A Coast Guard cutter speeds through the Gulf toward an overturned ship believed to carry a 10 man crew. The National Pride, carrying 460 tons of live ammunition, was spotted 60 miles southeast of Galveston. Officials report 16 aboard per a National Boat Corp. crew list, with tugboats en route to tow the vessel in.
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Houston, Tex
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
National Pride
Gulf
Galveston
Tex
R. ¥. Lober
Houston
Child Chokes To Death At Doctor Office
Rosella Myers four year old daughter of Delano and Clara Myers near Ridgeville died Friday night. Cause of death was suffocation from a piece of food in the windpipe, pronounced by Dr. B O Thomas Sr county medical examiner. Survived by mother, father, and four siblings Gwendolyn Allen Barbara Jean Delano Jr. The body rests at Waltz funeral home Winfield with calling Sunday 7 to 9 p m. Funeral Monday at Simpsons Church Popular Springs Howard County at 1 30 p m service 2 p m Rev Aaron Johnson officiating. Interment in church cemetery.
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Rosella Myers
Delano
Clara Myers
Ridgeville
W. B. Culwell
Airy
B. O. Thomas Sr
Gwendolyn
Allen
Barbara Jean
Delano Jr
Waltz
Winfield
Simpsons Church
Popular Springs
Howard County
Aaron Johnson
Church
Seizure Of Marine Is Protested By U S Officials
The United States protested the kidnapping of Marine sergeant Robert Armstrong in Bombay by Chinese Communists. He was dragged from a taxi to the consulate grounds, bound and beaten, then held about six hours before release. The U S consulate filed a strong note with India and cautioned against Chinese versions until received.
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Washington
United States
U. S
Bombay
India
New Delhi
U.S
Armstrong
Free Press Journal
William Turner
Castro Accuses Enemies of Using Church
Fidel Castro denounced enemies he said try to turn the Roman Catholic Church against the revolution during a speech to students on the eve of the Our Lady of Charity festival. He accused landowners and other privileged groups of plotting to undermine the religious devotion of Cubans and urged combat of such maneuvers as thousands of Catholic pilgrims converge on Havana for the festival.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
National Catholic Congress
Castro
Hustoriens Sn
A F Missilemen Fight For Homes At Vandenberg Base
A Ford-era AP report discusses Air Force missile crews at Vandenberg AFB facing a housing crisis. Nearly 12,000 personnel, many with families, struggle with scarce affordable housing, high rents, and distant barracks. Maj. Gen. Wade schedules a public meeting to address worsening conditions.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Vandenberg Afb
Los Angeles
Strategic Air Command
1St Missile Division
Atlas
Titan
Nen; Mora
David Wade
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