Republicans win House race amid campaign spending report
Campaign finance figures filed with the Clerk's Office show the Republicans had a $4,121.24 balance while Democrats faced a $143.48 deficit. Republican Charles McCl Mathias Jr. won the Sixth District seat with a large county majority, and Nixon Lodge led the presidential ticket locally. Major costs covered campaign day activities, with Republicans reporting $9,768.02 in expenditures and $1,155.60 for county and city precinct operations. Democrats spent $6,297.83 and faced $2,590.56 in precinct work costs plus other expenses, starting with a $1,000 loan from the state party.''
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Court’ House
Charles McCl Mathias Jr
Congress
Mathias
John R.foley
Nixon Lodge
C. and P. Telephone Company
Democratic State Central Committee
Booth
Frederick County Fair
E. Robert Bowius
Frederick County
Republican Central Committee
Republican Party
Mildred 3. Fisher
Trate Woman Deliberately Rams Husband's Car
Memphis Tenn AP Mary H. Gray 32 was jailed after she rammed her husband’s parked car with her own auto claiming she was angry at him and that she could do it. She faced charges of reckless driving and striking a parked vehicle.
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Memphis
Mary H. Gray
Fficers
Algerian Rebels Hold Moslems Against Will Near Frontier
Algerian rebels held about 50 Moslems against their will near the Tunisian frontier in Algeria, fatally injuring five others Sunday night near M'Raou village between the Tunisian border and the electrified wire barrier used against Tunisian-based rebels, according to French sources.
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Algiers
Algeria
M’raou
Rare White Tigress Headed to Washington Zoo
A rare white tigress named Mohini, two years old, was shipped from New Delhi to the National Zoological Park in Washington D C. The purchase drew protests from some Indians who opposed exporting the animal.
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New Delhi
India
National Zoological Park
Washington, D. C
County and State Roads Meet Over Md 75 Improvements
County officials and State Roads representatives conferred on upgrades to Md 75 from near New Market to the Central Church site to support the Singanore Junior Senior High School opening in 1961. Plans aim to coordinate Old Annapolis road work with state projects, with bids for a May start on a 2 mile stretch and a 1962 bid target for another 3 miles, totaling about 285000 dollars.
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Wilson Rankles
New Market
Old Central Church
Singanore
Old Annapolis Road
Old Annapolis
Frank Dreyer
William Sprague
State Roads—Commission
Central Church
New Set
New London
Annapolis Road
Central Church Cemetery
U. S. 40
Delbert
Ull
A. Irvin Renn
Mehr H. Ramsburg
340
U. S
Police Rescue Harassed Santa Claus in Salisbury
Salisbury police were called to help a beleaguered Santa at the Wicomico County Court house where older children mobbed him for seconds and thirds. An officer arrived after the call was logged and the crowd scattered, while elsewhere Indonesian rebel factions in North Celebes fractured due to leadership feuds over strategy.
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Santa Claus
Salisbury
Wicomico County Court
Santa
Snowstorm Barrelled Across Great Lakes Into Midwest
A major early season blizzard swept from the Great Lakes into Ontario, bringing high winds and heavy snow. The storm triggered widespread travel delays, road closures, and at least six deaths, with freezing temperatures and record swings in cities from Buffalo to Fraser.
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Great Lakes
Ontario
New York City
Idlewild
la Guardia
Buffalo
Detron
Mississippi Valley
Vandalia
Fraser. Cole
North Dakota
Nebraska
Havre
Mont
Glasgow
Williston
N.D
West Yellowstone
Dakotas
Minnesota
Midwest
Mid-Continent
Rockies
Texas
Fraser
Colo
Central Plains
Atlantic States
Duluth
Minn
Superior Wis
Twin Ports
Lake Superior
New England
Strand
Gulf
Flonda
Venezuela braces after riots as Betancourt seeks order
Venezuelan troops enforce strict security as President Betancourt's moderate socialist government crushes leftist rioting in Caracas. One dead Monday, four total killed, up to 200 jailed, many injured as authorities suspend civil liberties and military leaders back the president. Market slips as trading opens in New York.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Ficel Castro
Cuba
Betancourt
Marcos Perez Jim Tenez
Bowles Seen As Possible Kennedy Cabinet Pick
President elect John F Kennedy indicated after a breakfast with Chester Bowles that Bowles, a former ambassador to India and former Connecticut governor, may be offered a post in his administration. He gave no definite target but said talks focused on the world situation and Bowles’s foreign policy briefing from talks with many governments. Bowles, remaining retiring from the House, declined to elaborate and Kennedy noted the meeting would not determine Bowles’s fate in the new administration.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Chester Bowles
Connecticut
Kennedy
Bowles
Georgetown
Bowl
House of Representatives
New York
White House
Eisenhower
U.S
India
Carpenters Union Leaders Jailed in Highway Scandals
Indianapolis Ind Ap reports two top Carpenters Union officials Maurice A Hutcheson and O William Blaier were sentenced to 2 to 11 years for conspiracy and bribery of a state highway employee related to a 61000 profit on highway right of way in Dee Lake and Warne counties. They were released on 5000 bond each and ordered to reargue their motion for a new trial on January 4.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Carpenters Union
Carpenters
Maurice A. Hutcheson
O. William Blaier
M. Walter Bell
Bell
John A. Rouse
Hutcheson
Blaier
State Highway Department
Dee Lake
Warne
Telephone On Wheels service expands in area
Mobile radiotelephone service is now available in the Frederick area through Chesapesse and Potomac Telephone Company. The system uses a vehicle mounted receiver with a dash unit and a cradle, enabling calls via radio to a local exchange then over cables. Operators identify callers by call letters and registration, connecting to the desired party. The service extends to nearby towns and mirrors standard telephone operation, with many cities nationwide already using mobile exchange services. The feature marks a major step in extending telephony to business travelers and home offices.
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C. Rohrer
Service Carcer
Hagerstown
Rohrer
Omiv
Frederica
Coes
Thestown
Balltimore
Easton
Salisbury
Frederick
UN Troops Kill Ten Congo Rebels near Rahonde-Dianda
In Katanga province near Rahonde-Dianda, a UN Nigerian detachment killed at least ten rebels at a roadblock after being ambushed by tribesmen. Four Nigerians were wounded as the clash unfolded on a dirt road, with rebels firing from dense bush.
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Elisabethaville
Katanga
API
U.N
Congo
United Nations
Rahonde - Dianda
Elisabethville
Kalanga
Kamma
Ion Manono
Runaway 84 Box Cars Sparked Five Mile Philadelphia Chase
A string of 84 grain cars roared through Philadelphia for five miles Monday night. Pennsylvania Railroad workers Frank Bartle and Larry Vance redirected switches to avoid trains and property, guiding the cars to stop in an upgraded area. Two engineers were slightly injured and treated. derailments occurred as 15 cars left the tracks along the Media branch.
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Philadelphia
Aps
Pennsylvania Railroad
Frank W. Bartle
Lansdale
Larry Vance
Collingswood
West Dadelphia Yards
Bartle
Vance
Charles M. Campbell
Camden
N.J
John A. Cooney
Narberth
Ted
PRR Sponesm
Inny
Jersey
Overbrook
Jersey City
PRR
Media
Couple Travel After Car Crash In Kentucky
Mr and Mrs Ray F Steele of East Second street left early this morning for Bowling Green Kentucky where Mrs Steele s brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Edward Taylor were critically injured in an automobile collision Details of the accident are not known.
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Ray F. Steele
East Second Street
Bowing Green
Kidnapper Marrone Captured by FBI in Los Angeles
FBI agents arrested 31 year old Frank Marrone at a Los Angeles intersection after a week long kidnapping case involving Anthony Alessio, director at Caliente race track. Marrone faced the ransom money and a prior police record as Selma Marrone and another couple were already detained.
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Los Angeles
FBI
Frank Marrone
Anthony Alessio
Marrone
Alessio
San Diego
Caliente
Baja California
Selma
Hollywood
Don Keller
James R. Gorman
Calif
Gorman
Ruby
Maryland seeks court ruling on Potomac compact legality
Gov. Tawes said Maryland will seek a court ruling in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court within 24 hours to test the legality of the Potomac River compact with Virginia before proclamation. The State Board of Canvassers may delay ratification actions amid questions raised by attorney Hyman Pressman. The governor said Congress and the President would still need to approve and sign the compact before it takes effect.
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Annapolis
Tawes
Maryland
Virginia
Anne Arundel County
State Board of Canvassers
Hyman Pressman
Baltimore
Atwormey
Southern
Maryland Watermen
Pressman
Congress
Driver Fined For Three Violations In Magistrate Court
Magistrate sentenced James D. Baker of 385 West South Street after pleading guilty to three violations including operating with an expired instruction permit on Sept 26, wrong way on a one way street on the same date, and driving without a license on Nov 18. A fourth charge was continued to trial. In a separate case, Mrs. Mamie Remsburg’s charge of maliciously destroying a neighbor’s clothesline was dismissed after testimony over a disputed Bobby pin holding the line to a TV antenna.
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Magistrate’s Court Topay
James D. Baker
West South Street
Eduard D. Sterm
Baker
Mary
Ecuy Police
Pai Mossburg
South Market Street
Mamie (Bell) Remsburg
Nancy Lee Deavers
Hillside Apartments
Canadian Train Strikes Lamont School Bus in Subzero Crash
In Lamont Alberta a through freight hit a school bus near a grade crossing in bitter cold. About half of the 32 students aboard were killed with others injured. Bus driver Frank Burney survived as the wreckage spread along the right of way. victims were chiefly Chipman district students from grades 10 to 12.
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Lamont
Alta API
Edmonton
Alberta
Harry Sharuk
Lamon School Board
Frank Burney
M. Worcenke
Chipman
Congolese Hunt for Lumumba in Leopoldville
Congolese soldiers scoured Leopoldville’s African quarter in a manhunt for ex PM Patrice Lumumba. Mobutu and Kasavubu officials doubted the escape, while Lumumba reportedly headed toward Stanleyville to rally support. Lumumba’s departure, amid Guarded villa vigilance, sparked claims of outside help and a possible risk to power. Lumumba’s party denied pledges. a separate incident notes a teacher at Frederick High Hospital after injury.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Munsba
Stanleyville
Lumumba
Thomas Kanza
United Nations
Accra
New York
Joseph Mobutu
Mobutu
Joseph Kasavubu
Luba
Momuu
Congo River
Ei Province
United
Leo i
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Celebes
Linadera
Great Plains
Michigan
Richard R. Kline
Frank J. Keeler
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Robert C. Rohrer
Telephone Company
Car! V. G
Frederick the Chesapesse and Potomac Telephone Company
United Ambulance
Frederick High School
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Lavere G. Crockett
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