Snow and Icy Winds Sweep Across Plains Weather Front
A severe storm system spread from the Rocky Mountains into the Great Plains, bringing windy gales, thunderstorms, and snow. Temperatures plunged from near freezing to well below as Kansas City, St Louis, and northern states set record highs for the date while Gulf air pushed temperatures upward elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Sis
Great Plains
North Dakota
Sippi Valley
Kansas City
St.Louis
Rocky Mountains
Kansas
Gulf of Mexico
Mercury
Sindi
Fru
Fey Indy
Venezuela Capital In Turmoil Amid Riots And Storms
Caracas faces riots as Betancourt's government tightens control amid student protests and regional unrest. Severe weather hits Kansas and Colorado with tornadoes and heavy snow, while Haiti and Colombia experience martial law and bank workers strike amid political tension in the Caribbean.
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Caribbean
Haiti
Colombia
Francois Duvalier
National Bank
Paul Laraque
Pierre Merceron
Armed Forces
Duvalier
Iberation
Tiiice
Tihe
Alberto Lleras Camargo
Obituary notices from Halfway area and nearby towns
Obituaries continue with details of Ada May Mitchell Miller and family. The text notes Mitchell’s daughter Bonnie Jean and son Fred, plus church and community roles in Zion Lutheran Church Williamsport and affiliations with Maryland United Lutheran Church Women and other groups. Also mentioned are C Earl Butts of Baltimore with funeral arrangements, Margaret L Faut of Indian Valley Virginia and her survivors, and Harry Edward Buc Martino of Indian Springs with death details and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Homemakers Club
Jin Halfway
Fire i Company
Halfway
Potomac Archers Club
Richard A. Miller
Bonnie Jean
Fred Miller
Ada May Mitchell
Ia. K. Coffman
Zion Lutherans Church
Williamsport
William
Ain Rose. Hill Cemetery
Kennedy Keeps Busy Over Weekend With Childbirth And Vandalism
The article reports Kennedy assisted bystanders as a premature baby born via Caesarean section at 1423 The Terrace. Police investigated vandalism leading to a shattered car window while residents of Broadway and Mulberry St noted no infection signs in the infant. Chief Overton to recover ball from the car. affirms mother and baby in good condition.
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Cac
Lavinia
Berner
Broocks
John Jr
Hasj
Broadway
Crown Hair
Mother Kennedy
Ditlon
John W. Walsh
J. Ambrose Fairchild
Kennedy family adds to the White House circle at home
President elect John Kennedy and Caroline attend Mass at Holy Trinity as plans for the new administration unfold. Caroline, lively and restless, disarms the crowd with playful antics while Kennedy balances fatherhood with brief moments of calm in a church setting.
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Robert Kennedy
Ethel
Robert
Terrific
Caroline
Kennedy
Georgetown
John
Jack
N Street
Holy Trinity Church
Tawes To Name 21 New Judges
Maryland Governor Tawes faces appointing at least 21 judgeships in 1961 with eight new circuits and appeals seats plus aging justices to retire. He must also name a Baltimore police commissioner as six year terms expire mid next year. Funeral notices for DeWitt J. Maller and a relative in Boonsboro accompany the dispatch.
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Baltimore
APJ
Tawes
Maryland
Court of Appeals
Supreme Bench of
John Tucker
E. Ralph Warnken
E. Paul Mason
James M. Hepbrow
Four Killed in Annapolis Plane Crash
In Annapolis a small plane crashed on takeoff near Lee Airport killing pilot Kenneth W. Lee and three passengers William E. Miller William C Ward and Charles W. Player. The crash occurred four miles south of the airport and authorities launched a search after residents reported a loud noise. The men were pronounced dead at the scene and an investigation was ordered to determine the cause.
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Annapoms
Sere
Lee Airport
Kenneth W. Lee
William E. Miller
Edgewater
Wiliam C Ward
Mayo
PLC
Charles W. Player
Anne Aruncream
del County
Ege
Elmer G. Linhart
Baltimore
Moraue
Four Men Aeronautics Board
Surprising facts about your marriage in Reader's Digest
The December Reader's Digest reports a five year survey that challenges common beliefs about marriage. It asks whether love and affection suffice as much as thought, whether children help or hinder, when a second honeymoon occurs, and what news factor saves many marriages.
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Reader's Digest
Explorers To Host Program At Trinity Lutheran Dinner
Explorers to present Explorer Fest No 11 sponsored by Ming's Men of Trinity Lutheran Church. The Scouts will offer an evening program in Fellowship Hall at 6 30 p m with bylaw presentation by Mason-Dixon Council Executive Laureate K Brown Court of Humor demonstrations and a film on Scout activities. A large attendance is expected.
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Ming
Trinity Lutheran Church
Fellowship Hall
Scouts
Mason-Dixon Council
K. Brown
Court of
Mrs Mae McAvoy Dies After Heart Attack in Cheverly Md
Mrs Mae McAvoy widow of John W McAvoy Boonsboro died Sunday morning from a heart attack at Prince Georges Hospital Cheverly Md She was a former Boonsboro resident later living with relatives in Cheverly for ten years She was a member of St James Catholic Church Boonsboro Survived by sons John T Washington and Sorace M Cheverly sister Mrs Blanche Wilhide Cleveland brother Ben McAvoy notes incomplete due to damaged text
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Geet Butts
C. Earl Butts
Middletown
Butts
University Hospital
Baltimore
Rhodas (Brandenbers) Butts
Molly Butts
Ellsworth-Armacost
Liberty Heights Ave
Lutheran
Harry Edward
Bud
Martin Harry Edward
Buc
Martino
Washington County Hospital
Rest Havent
Coremar
Mae McAvoy
Mac McAvoy
John W. McAvoy
Boonsboro
Prince George's Hospital
Cheverly
Horn
William. Menry
Anna Clara
Furry) Smith
Ask
McAvoy
St. James Catholic
Hurch
Boonshora
John T
Washington
Sorace M
Blanche Wil “Hide
Cleveland
Bens
Daily Mail tips paid for local news tips
Williamsport volunteer tip column invites readers to submit first tipped reports on fires accidents and human interest stories for cash prizes. last week winning tips included a marrowse self injury and a burning radiator, with residents from potmac st furketown smithsburg halfway clear spring and mt aetna submitting eligible tips.
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Page T
Williamsport
Potomac St
Furketown
Smithsburg
Ras
Mt. Aetna Re
Hunter
The
Daily Mail
It's The Law In Hagerstown City Purchasing Rules
The city must operate two centralized purchasing systems under a City Purchasing Agent. The agent, with council approval, prescribes rules for submitting needs, requisitions, and contracts. Materials standards should be set, and bids used where possible to secure cash discounts. noncompetitive items over 500 dollars are bought by the agent as directed by the using authority with council approval.
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Hagerstown
Shell Operete
Muncipel Geversanert
Veld
Itt
Service News: Adenauer Has Cold Mannheim
Army Pvt. John M. Fisher, son of Mrs. Alma C. Fisher of Hancock, arrived in Germany and is with the 100th Ordnance Battalion in Mannheim as a draftsman. He entered the Army last June after gas training at Fort Jackson. The 21-year-old is a Hancock High School graduate of 1960. Army Specialist Four Gerald L. Hanes, husband of Judy Hanes and son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald C. Hanes of Knoxville, Md., took part in Exercise Yellow Jacket II in Korea with the 1st Cavalry Division’s 8th Cavalry. he is a 1957 Boonsboro High School grad.
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Mannheim
Germany
Art NC
John M. Fisher
Alma C. Fisher
Pennsylvania Ave
Hancock
Ger
Bonn
West Y
Konrad Ademany
Inauer 4
100Th Ordnance Battalion
Fu Jackson
S.C
Hancock High School
CAV. DIV
Korea
AHTNC
Gerald L. Hanes
Judy
Gerald C. Hanes
Knoxville
1St Cavalry Division
Bth Cavalry
Boonsboro High School
Police Seek Missing Man Bates Reported As Trucker Mechanic
Police are asked to locate William Lee Bates aged 30 of Hagerstown Route 6 who left for work Saturday morning and has not been seen since. Bates is six feet two inches tall, 160 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. employed as a mechanic for a truck firm.
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Betancourt
Rafael Pizani
United States
Democratic Action Party
Christian Socialists
Democratic Republican Union
URD
Revolutionary Ten
Castro
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Rafael L. Trujillo
Dominican Republic
William Lee Bates
Hagerstown Rt. 6
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Venezuela
Nailaas
Comcordia
Weather Bureau
Wichita
Walters
Clara P. Yowell
Hobbs
Colorado
Nebraska
Akron
Colo
Chadron
Neb
Scottsbluff
Wyoming
Aimly
Fietcher E. Mitchell
Ada May (Critley) Mitchell
Williamspor H Igh School
Lutheran Deaconess
Trawiing ‘Schoal
Pati Inday
Lincoln School
Zion
Margaret L. Faut
West Washington Street
Indian Valley
George W
Elizabeth
Hylton Cox
Hollis
Rowan Memorial Home
Sweet Spring
W. Va
Richard E. Miller
Cathedral Avenue
Willie BE
Cox
Christianburg
Josephine Cox
Alice Felter
Vera Austin
Bluefield
W. Way
Helen Richardson
Arlington
Suter- Router
G. Bartow Harris
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Woodsboro
Indian Springs
He Was the
Son
Michael Hartry and
Lula Elizabeth (Mills) Mantis
Church of the Brethren
Wilbur
Clarence
C. Elvin
Glenn F
Jack Witt
Leonard Davis
Julian] Paden
Howard Mertz
God
Christ
Bethlehem
Charles Elvin
Boonsbaro
Chester Weger
Patricia Sandys
Weger
Starved Rock (T.) State Park
Marine Weger
Annapolis
Page
Middleburg
Frankislin County
Miss Orris
Peter
Susan
Socks) Orris
Mra
Mary Biershing
Newark
N.J
A. K. Gaffman
Dewitt Miller
Rose Hill Cemetery
le An
Bellone
Beter
Finjoy
Beltone
Beltone Hearing Service
Slocum
N. Potomac ST
Remington
Olympia
N Smith
Montana
Delphey
E. Franklin Street
Karras
U. S. Department OF Health, Education and Welfare
Public Health Service
Ing Conservation
the Marsh
Mall Co
Summit Ava
NEW Troy Laundry & Dry Cleaning CO
Adenauer
Vn A
Sonotone
Sonotone of
Roy B
Farr
S. Potomac Street
Reat
Bord
Roy Beaua
Colow
Rupert
Dave Garroway
Ieee
Che Family Savings Association
E. Washington Street
Long Meadow
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