High Winds Clear Winter Storm After Late Friday Storm
High winds dispersed a rain sleet storm leaving winter coldest weather of the season in the region. Ice coated roads at Gambrill State Park and Unionville, with subfreezing readings around 18 to 25 degrees. County roads crews were active, ice on mountain roads remains possible, and utilities reported minimal outages as winds eased.
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Gambrill State’ Park
High Knob
Unionville
Allegany County
Garrett County
Washington
Potomac Edison Company
County Roads Board
Shookstown
Braddock Heights
Wellsville
Foxville
Frank Weddle
Fishing Creek
Ice And Snow In Western Md On Cold Winter Day
The western Maryland counties Garrett and Allegany experienced heavy snow and ice with two to three inches, causing difficult travel as temperatures dropped into the 20s and lower in rural western areas. Roads were covered, travel was only for necessity, and skies were to clear with frigid conditions continuing.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Imperior
Garrett
Allegany
Oakland
Cumberland
LaVale
Hagerstown
Frederick
Pikesville
Conowingo
Rockville
Waldorf
County Sends Three To 4-H Congress
AP Chicago reports Maryland's 4 H Club Congress delegation, 26 strong, arrived to represent the state's 15,000 members. The group, with five chaperones, traveled from Baltimore by train after a send off luncheon. Delegates include Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Charles, Dorchester, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, Prince Georges, Wicomico and Worcester counties with named youths and towns.
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Chicago
Maryland
Baltimore
Anne Arundel
Francis Gardiner
Mary Theresa Bottner
Davidsonville
Geraldine Lillian Houck
Glen Burnie
Bessie Debnam
Upperco
Earl Weber
Marriottsvlle
Laura Jane Linn
Clarksville
Charles Jager Jr
Fulton
Rosa Jane Moxley
Montgomery
Opal King
Gaithersburg
William Drew Stabler
Brookeville
Arline Treadway
Ashton
Prince Georges
Margaret Alice Lee Boice
Mitchellville
Wicomico
Robert Stephens
Budget Calls For 38 Cents More Taxes
Baltimore AP report shows a near 3301 million budget approved by the Board of Estimates. The tax rate rises to 3.36 dollars per 100 dollars of assessed value from 2.98, with a sewer charge equal to half water bills. The panel trimmed over 15 million from appropriations and found about 172 million in new revenue, plus a 3 percent across the board cut, job eliminations, and new economy measures.
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Baltimore
Board of Estimates
Budset
State Highway Death Toll Rises to Six in Holiday
Maryland's long Thanksgiving weekend toll reached six with Archibald Sterling, 22, of Joppa dying from a two car crash on Joppa Road near Perry Hall. The other driver, Francis A. Kahi, 26, was hospitalized. The 102 hour holiday began Wednesday evening and ends Sunday midnight.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Baltimore County
Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
Archibald Sterling
Joppa
Joppa Road
Perry Hall
Francis A. Kahi
Hej T
Snow Storm Wrecks Farms and Brings Rescue Efforts
A fast moving snowstorm drenched the Midwest and eastern states, dumping heavy snow across New England New York Pennsylvania and Ohio. Winds and ice caused power and fire hazards including a blaze at a Union Bridge farm where a large barn and hay were destroyed and fire crews struggled without readily available water. Police also pursue a complex missing person case involving Larry Lord Motherwell and Mrs Pearl Putney tied to securities and a cross country flight with a large cash stash and stock holdings noted in a nationwide alert.
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Union
Union Bridge Company
Lon Edwards
Union Bridge
New Windsor
Taneytown
Edwards
Russell Fisher
Frederick
Washington
Motherwell
Metropolitan Police
Putney
First Major Snow Storm Delivers Wide Reach Across Regions
A midwinter snow storm slowed traffic in Pittsburgh and Cincinnati and spread from southwestern Ohio to central New York and New England. Cold air plunged across the south to near freezing along the Gulf Coast while the Atlantic coast saw warming briefly. Winds 40 to 50 mph with gusts to 65 mph produced high tides two to three feet above normal as the system moved southeast.
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Midwest
New England
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Ohio Valley
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Prew York State
Rockies
Gulf Coast
Middle Gulf Coast
Alabama
Appalachians
Carolina
Asheville
North Carolina
North Dakota
Minnesota
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Hinds Faces Court On Mortgage Fraud Indictment
Russell Hinds from Florida posted a $1,000 bond in Circuit Court for February term appearances related to an indictment returned by the September 1955 grand jury. He is charged with larceny after trust and intent to defraud a mortgage on a chattel mortgage after moving from Homestead, Florida. General Hodes Visits West Berlin for Football Game. no link to Soviet threats, team from Berlin faces USAF team in Wiesbaden.
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Russell H. Hinds
Frederick County
Florida
Hinds
Torney
Austin James
Homestead
Fla
Berlin
Berliner Bears
Air Force
Wiesbaden
Grove Authorized to Proceed With Job
The State Roads Commission authorized M. J. Grove Lime Company to proceed with a 1,417,893.27 contract for modernization of Middletown Burk Pittsville road. The firm hopes to start soon weather permitting with initial grading and limited winter work including grading excavation and placing drainage structures.
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State Roads Commission
M. J. Grove Limes Company
Middletown-Burk
Pittsville
General Business Recovery Keeps Rolling Right Along
New York AP reports a volatile stock market but a continued broad recovery in US business. Stock turnover rose after a three year low while bond sales and retail activity showed strength. Ford plans a five percent December production boost with overtime pay, Sears projects 1958 gains, and appliance makers report their best month in over two years. Prospects for 1959 remain upbeat but steady, with construction activity staying strong.
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New York
U. S
Rongly
Ford Motor Co
Ers
Fowler B. McConnell
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Tig
Assn
Toll climbs to 289 from holiday road crashes
The snow and ice across roads heighten hazards during the Thanksgiving weekend. National Safety Council notes a potential 470 deaths in a similar 102 hour period, while an AP survey tallies 394 traffic deaths and 32 fire fatalities alongside 121 other accidents. Weather reports show clouded Potomac and Monocacy streams.
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Midwest
Missisippi
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Budget Hearings Begin On Monday Before Commissioners
The Frederick County budget hearings open Monday with the Board of Education first at 2 p.m. seeking 2,740,979 for next year, up about 377,585 from 1958. Other hearings follow Wednesday, detailing county department requests including Welfare, Burr Artz Library, Children’s Aid Society, and Health Department with various figures and contingencies. The schedule covers many agencies as officials review allocations for the new year beginning January 1.
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Board of County Commissioners
Board of Education
Commissioners’ Office
iCourt House
Frederick County
Burr Artz Library
Children’s Aid Society
Community Chest, Inc
City of
Frederick
Humane Society
Frederick County Planning and Zoning Commission
Frederick County Civil Defense
Board l
Circuit Court Probations Department
Frederick Memorial Hospital
United Appeal
I Chamber of Commerce
Emmitsburg
Sheriff's Office
Horace M. Alexander
Election Board
Board of Registry
Full Range Covered In Night Test
The Atlas ICBM fired from Cape Canaveral at 9 27 p m EST Friday completed the full intercontinental range of about 6 300 miles in a flawless flight. The Defense Department confirmed postflight, noting the cone likely fell near Ascension Island while observers tracked the path with electronic gear. The launch followed earlier three engine firings and came less than a year after the first Atlas test.
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Washington
Defense Department
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Air Force
South Atlantic Ocean
Ascension Island
Department of Defense
Russia
Florida
San Diego
Calif
Convair Division
General Dynamics Corp
Airlines Grounded by Walkouts Amid Thanksgiving Travel
Eastern and Trans World Air lines faced crippling walkouts hitting 350 Flight Engineers and 3,300 IAM mechanics, grounding 188 planes and leaving 6,700 workers out of work. American Airlines offered talks after a judge criticized both sides for delays, while travel shifted to bus and rail as the holiday weekend continued.
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Associated Press
Eastern
Trans World Airlines
American
International Assn. of Machinists
TWA
Tthe Flight Engineers International Assn
IAM
American Airlines
Air Line
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Potomac Electric Co
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Potomac
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West Berlin
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