Ice Jams Begin to Crumble in Minnesota Flooding
Ice jams on tributaries and the Mississippi River north of the Twin Cities started breaking up, releasing waters from flood surges in southern Minnesota. The flood has left more than 20,000 homeless and caused over 20 million dollars in damage, with crest forecasts near 27 to 27.5 feet in Minnesota by week end.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Mississippi River
Twin Cities
Minnesota
Mississippi
St. Cloud
Coon Rapids
Minneapolis
Leonard Hall Junior Naval Academy to Lead Festival Grand Feature
Leonardtown Md cadet corps of 200 will appear in the Festival Grand Feature parade for the third time. The unit includes staff flag detail drum and bugle corps and marching divisions with a history of parade wins and honors including two 1963 firsts at GFP and last year’s first place Drum & Bugle corps award.
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Leonard Hall Junior Naval Academy
Leonardtown
Corps of Cadets
GFP
Toll Rises as Tornadoes Strike Six States in Palm Sunday Outbreak
Cleanup spreads across Indiana Ohio Michigan Illinois Wisconsin and Iowa after a Palm Sunday tornado outbreak that killed 248 people and injured about 5000. Indiana reports 141 deaths in Elkhart County with looting in Marion while Minnesota fights Mississippi River overflow and power outages hinder recovery efforts.
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Woody L. Caton
Elkhart County
Ind
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Fires and high winds keep area firemen busy
Twelve fires and strong winds kept crews in Berryville Shawnee Gainesboro and Round Hill busy over the past 24 hours. A barn at Crosen's Store destroyed a shed at Albin and a Walter H McEldowney home suffered heavy fire and smoke damage on Battletown Drive. The John Henders Fire Co responded to a major living room fire at a Berryville ten room house owned by John Friant. Additional blazes included a George Hoover farm barn and a shed on Elmer Lauck property behind Hudson's Fruit Market with lawn mowers and other items destroyed.
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Crosen
Albin
Berryville
Walter H. McEldowney
Battletown Drive
McEldowney
JOHN
Elmer Lauck
Hudson’s Fruit Market
Weather forecast for Virginia clears with cooler night
A large high pressure area centered over the lower Missouri Valley will push fair skies across Virginia during the day and bring cooler temperatures tonight.
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Richmond
Missouri Valley
Virginia
Bayliss Extends Hours To Serve Buyers And Sellers
Due to rising business, E. E. Bayliss Jr announces new extended hours from 7 30 a m to 2 30 p m weekdays and 7 30 a m to 6 p m Saturdays. Large or small we sell them all.
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E. E. Bayliss, Jr
Bus Skid Overturn Kills Woman Near Conyers
One person died and 17 injured when a bus skidded and overturned two miles west of Conyers during a severe thunderstorm. The woman attempting to flag the bus down, Emma Lou Henderson of near Conyers, was killed. The 17 injured were passengers on the bus.
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Conyers
Emma Lou Henderson
Real Estate Tax Rate Cut In Frederick County
Frederick County supervisors cut the real estate tax rate to $2.20 per $100 assessed value, down from $3.00, while keeping personal property tax at $3.00 per $100. The 1965-66 budget project totals and new real estate reassessment values show a 62 percent increase in property value to $28,214,635, with revenue estimates of $1,011,655 for next year. A park ing meter ordinance was approved, setting rates at five cents for one hour and 10 cents for three hours.
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Frederick County
Board of Supervisors
Harry L. McCann County Treassurer
McCann
Earl S. Bailey
E. Boscawen
Wilkie Hunt
Rt. 11 North
Interstate 81
Planning Commission
Hunt
Howard Johnson
U.S. 11
Red Bud Rd
Charles A. Pine
Alfred
Jeanne deMazzon
55 MPH Wind Keeps Area Awake
Area residents slept poorly as a strong wind roared through the region, reaching 55 miles per hour at times. Trees and limbs fell, a large plate glass window shattered at a Cork and Kent Street service station, and roads were temporarily blocked. The Northern Power Co reported a street light riser failure on Fairmont Avenue Wyck Street area from 8:45 to 10:45, quickly repaired. The wind gradually subsided by late morning, with speeds around 50 mph, and the forecast calls for clear, cold nights and increasing warmth with showers by Thursday.
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Cork and
Kent Sts
Highway Department
Winchester
Northern Power Co
Fairmont Ave
Niger President Escapes Assassination Attempt
President Hamani Diori of Niger survived an assassination attempt when a grenade was thrown into a Moslem observance. A child was killed and several people injured. a suspect was arrested.
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Niamey
Niger
Hamani Diori
Soviet Astronomers Retreat From Space Life Claim
Soviet radio astronomers from the Sternberg Institute retreated from Monday suggestions of intelligent beings from outer space. Tass quoted Prof. Shklovsky urging caution and noting further thorough study is needed before any artificial origin can be claimed. Western scientists remained cautious, with observers like Hoyle and Lovell skeptical of the claim about signals from quasar CTA102.
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Moscow
Outer Space
Sternberg Institute of Asetronomy
Ows
Tass
Josef 5. Shklovsky
Radio Astronomy Department
Shklovsky
Bernard Lovell
Britain
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Jodrell Bank
Britain’s peace envoy blocked by China and Vietnam
Britain's special peace envoy Patrick Gordon Walker said both Communist China and North Vietnam refused him access to their capitals. He planned Southeast Asia visits from Malaysia to Vietnam, Laos, Burma and Japan, hoping to discuss peace despite the refusals. Prime Minister Harold Wilson prepared to visit the United States to discuss Viet Nam funding and UN involvement.
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London
Britain
Patrick Gordon Walker
China
North Viet Nam
Gordon Walker
Southeast Asia
Peking
Hanoi
Michael Stewart
Malaysia
Thailand
Viet Nam
Laos
Burma
Japan
Peking Radio
United States
Red China
Coce
American aid officer Joseph Grainger killed by captors
In Phu Yen Province Saigon, Joseph W Grainger 39 of Sumter South Carolina, serving as U S economic assistance mission representative, was killed after escaping Viet Cong captivity. He was captured during a sugar cane project ambush with a Filipino assistant and Vietnamese manager. The U S statement condemned the murder as a grave violation of international law.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Joseph Wrainger
Sumter
S.C
Mary F. Grainger
West Hartford
Conn
Grainger
Air Force
U.S. Economic Assistance Mission
Phy Ye Province
Thanh Yen
North Viet Nam
Lodge to Make Six Nation Far East Swing for Vietnam Effort
President Johnson designates Henry Cabot Lodge as his personal representative for a six nation tour through the Far East to discuss the Vietnam situation with friendly governments. Lodge, a former ambassador to Viet Nam and to the United Nations, will visit Australia New Zealand the Philippines Formosa Japan and Korea. The trip length is not set.
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Wilson
U.N
Uthant
New York
Economic Club of
Britain
Johnson
Viet Nam
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
Far East
Lodge
United Nations
White House
George E. Reedy
Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Formosa
Japan
Korea
Frederick County Real Estate Assessment Meeting Notice
Frederick County taxpayers urged to attend a public meeting about the high real estate evaluation following the recent reassessment. The session is scheduled for Wednesday April 14 at 7 30 p m at the Farmers Livestock Exchange.
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Frederick County
Farmers Livestock Exchange
City Announces Clean Up Week Collections
During the week of April 19 through April 23 the city declares Clean Up Week and will collect trash rubbish and trimmings in open trucks placed on the curb with regular garbage. The service offers two collections and requests cooperation to maintain the regular schedule with closed equipment.
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Dunlap
Tiuch
Glenn H. Thompson, Jr
Lewistown- Granville
Associated Press
Indiana
Inediana
Marion
Route 50
Shawnee
Percy Shepherd
David G. Simpson
W-D Corp
Subedivision
E.E. Bayliss, Jr
Fred L. Glaize III
Year Old Grove Furniture Co
S. Loudoun St
Berryville Florist
Fred Hoyle
Cambridge Universsity
America
Isael S .Shklovsky
Piace
Grove Furniture Co
Joseph W. Grainger
Harold Wilson
Leggett’s
Bulletin
Leroy
Wheeler Berryville
Loudoun St
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