Early Blizzard Smothers County with Snow and Blackouts
The first snowstorm of the season halted phone and electric service across the area. Snow emergency plans were activated at 5:30 a.m. Police warned against traffic delays from snow tire or chain shortages. Up to 10 inches fell by midmorning, with record early-season totals in Boonsboro. Power and telephone lines failed, and crews worked to restore service while street departments cleared debris. Schools faced closures or half-days as conditions worsened and forecasts warned of up to 18 more inches.
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Boonsboro
J. Howard Beckenbaugh
City Light
Potomac Edison
George Roach
North End
C&p
William J. Sneeringer
Sneeringer
City Street Department
Jack
Kuntz
Street Department
Harry Ridenour
Washington County Roads Department
Ridenour
Beckenbaugh
D. Paul Oswald
William M. Brish
Dr. Brish
Smithsburg
Cascade
Hancock
Clear Spring
Brish
Imn
U.S. Weather Bureau
Baltimore
Apollo 8 to Orbit Moon During Christmas Flight
NASA announced Apollo 8 will attempt an orbital flight around the moon probably during the Christmas holidays. The mission will launch from Cape Kennedy no earlier than December 21 and include multiple plateaus with thorough system checks before advancing.
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Vern Haugland
Washington
Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Kennedy
Fla
NASA
Moon
Thomas C. Paine
Samuel Phillips
Apollo
William Schneider
Paine
Frank Borman
Pacific Ocean
Earl Ray Trial Postponed as New Lawyer Takes Case
In Memphis a change of counsel and a delay halted the James Earl Ray murder trial of Martin Luther King Jr. Ray, 40, welcomed Percy Foreman as chief defense lawyer, replacing Arthur Hanes who was ousted two days before the planned start. Foreman seeks a 90 day continuance. Judge Prestor Battle recessed after the switch. Hanes faced a $1,000 contempt bond for pretrial statements, while Ray appeared in court for the hearing, his first public appearance since arraignment in London. Foreman offered few comments on the case or timing.
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Memphis, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Texas
Percy Foreman
Alabama
Arthur Hanes
Ray
Foreman
Criminal Court
Prestor Battle
Hanes
Battle
London
Scotland Yard
King
Look
Russia Seeks Immediate Talks to Curb Missile Race
At the United Nations Jacob Malik announced the Soviet Union is ready to begin talks with the United States on steps to limit and reduce offensive and defensive missiles. He urged rapid ratification of the nuclear ban treaty, noting no mention of Prague intervention.
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United Nations
Soviet Union
United States
General Assembly
Jacob Malik
Czechoslovakia
U.S. Senate
Winter storm lashes Atlantic coast. high winds paralyze routes
A pre winter storm lashed the East with snow and rain across 14 states from Maine to the Carolinas. Gale warnings and high tides disrupted travel as the storm moved from off the North Carolina coast up to New England. The Bronx Whitestone Bridge swayed, traffic halted, and power outages were reported as several motorists abandoned vehicles. Coastal flooding and downed trees followed, with hundreds stranded in the Carolinas and record snowfall closing schools in Union County South Carolina.
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Associated
Atlantic Seaboard
Maine
Carolinas
New York City
Bronx-White
New England
Stone Bridge
Bronx
Whitestone Bridge
Atlantic
City
N.J
Salisbury
Chespeake
Delaware
East River
Queens
New Jersey
Newark
New York-New Jersey
North Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Hendersonville
Saluda
South Carolina
Union County
8.C
Charleston
Hatteras
N.C
Georgia
Atlantic City tests race harmony with live-in school project
Atlantic City High School pupils begin a four month live-in program at the Traymore Hotel. Seventy two students split evenly by race will study, eat, sleep, and learn together under one roof aimed at easing racial tensions and shaping the broader 2,800 student school culture.
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Atlantic
Atlantic City
N.J
Boardwalk
Atlantic City ‘High School
Big City
Traymore Hotel
Atlantic City High
Roderick MacDonald
MacDonald
Direc
Mac
Donald
Pentagon weigh cuts to Army training in early Vietnam era
U.S. Commander reports enemy forces on the run in Vietnam. Pentagon officials discuss possible cutbacks in Army training. City Page urges readers to use Action Line to seek solutions to local problems.
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U.S
Vietnam
Nixon Talks With Johnson Leave Peace Role Unclear
President-elect Nixon, after meeting President Johnson, signals possible preinaugural diplomacy but offers no firm plan for travel or envoy dispatches. Johnson hints at further talks before January 20 as Nixon says policies will be carried by the next administration and progress toward peace may come before inauguration.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
NEW York
Richard M. Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
Nixon
Johnson
White House
Saigon
Paris
Nixon says transition will speak for nation and next administration
President-elect Richard Nixon told leaders of the current administration at the White House after a long conference with President Johnson that during the government transition they can speak for the nation and for the next administration as well. Johnson stood by the assurance. The AP dispatch notes the unusual cooperation between the outgoing and incoming administrations.
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Nixon
Johnson
White House
Washington
California
Robert H. Finch
Sacramento
Finch
Florida
Richard Nixon
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Earl Ray
Russia
I N. Prospect St
Tony Saitta
Pentagon
Eee
Aee Weisehe
Shewe
Society
Bene Ee
Johnsons
Nixons
Dean Rusk
Defense
Clark Clifford
Walt W. Rostow
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
Harle Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Key Biscayne
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