Truck Driver Dies In Middletown Crash On U S 11
A 34 year old Hagerstown truck driver Herbert Berlin Sams was killed when his tractor trailer veered off U S 11 in Middletown Maryland striking a utility pole and tree. Passenger Kenneth Kenton Lee 36 of Cresaptown W V suffered minor injuries and was hospitalized. Damages include a garage door and lawn, with total loss to the truck and trailer estimated at 16000 dollars. The crash added to Virginia highway deaths that year with a second death noted in Henry County.
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Middletown
Hagerstown
Frederick
P. Foster
Herbert Berlin Sams
Sams
Kenneth Kenton’ Lee
Cresaptown
W. Va
Cumberland
Foster
Everly
Campbell
Winchester
Douglass 0. Hill
Virginia
Donald Carl Stone
Franklin County
Fieldale
Smith River
Henry County
Gown collection nears goal as Chest reaches 85 percent
The Winchester Frederick Community Chest has collected about 85 percent of its $49,950 goal, leaving $7,445 to reach the target to aid eight agencies. Mrs Sarah Gray of Boyce notes birthday cards from her son Clarence of Riverdale Maryland and daughter Marie Shelton of Danville. both cards were identical.
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Winchester - Frederick
Sarah Gray
Boyce
Clarence
Riverdale
Marie Shelton
Danville
Pre Christmas Sale at Wenders Sears and Beauty Salons
Coats suits dresses reduced 25 percent and sportswear three off. Sears opens 9 am to 9 pm through Christmas. Special prices on permanents at Worth’s Beauty Salon and Vogue Beauty Salon. Garden center advertises Scotch Pine salts. Appointment available for evenings with Buena Edwards Whitlock.
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Wender’s, Inc
SEARS
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
Winchester Savings& Loan
Buena Edwards Whitlock
Area gets first snowfall but city roads stay clear
A light to moderate snowfall crossed the region with limited impact on traffic as forecasts called for up to two inches locally and higher amounts in mountains. Roads remained passable, crews prepared for ice but later halted.*
Snow Ranges to Eight Inches Across West Virginia
Snow blankets much of West Virginia with six to eight inches in many areas and up to four more inches forecast for higher mountains. Lower elevations see flurries and light accumulations. several towns report two to six inches. Roads are hazardous, lines down, temperatures from 21 to 32.
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Harry Lovett
Lovett
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Flat Top
Martinsburg
Manpower Survey Begins In Shenandoah Valley
The Virginia Employment Commission launches a major manpower survey covering the Northern Shenandoah Valley into West Virginia. About 57,000 questionnaires have been mailed to gauge available workers for industrial jobs amid layoffs in food and construction sectors. The Winchester-Frederick, Front Royal-Warren, and Shenandoah industrial groups back the effort, with results to be tabulated in Richmond after year start.
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Virginia Employment Commission
Shenandoah Valley
West Virginia
George D. Delo
Commission
Delo
Wilson C. Dickson
Winchester-Frederick County
Dickson
Richmond
Plains
Rockingham
Russia Removing Jets at Rapid Pace
Washington reports the Soviet Union is removing its IL28 jet bombers from Cuba rapidly, possibly completing the removal within days. Informants say Moscow rejected inspections and that diplomatic wrangles over Cuba may ease as the last offensive weapons leave the island.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Cuba
U.S
Kennedy
Khrushchev
United States
Byrd denounces court ruling on Virginia reapportionment
Sen. Harry F. Byrd and son Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr. condemn a federal three judge ruling that voided Virginia’s 1962 legislative redistricting. They call the decision an invasion of states rights and outline options to appeal to the Supreme Court or summon a special session.
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Richmond
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Supreme Court
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
New York
Jay's Boys and Girls Shop Winter Coat Sale
Special reductions for winter coats hats one group of dresses for girls and sub teens at Jay's Boys and Girls Shop with prices and selection highlighted.
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Jay’s Boys & Girls Shop
London Smog Toll Hits 66 As Disaster Fears Rise
London smog deaths climbed to 66 with authorities warning the toll could reach hundreds. The fog, linked to sulphur dioxide, disrupted power, closed London airport, halted traffic, and forced hospitals to brace for major emergencies as 1952 comparisons were made.
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London
Britain
Weather Bureau
Temperatures Rise on Venus Bound Mariner 2
Venus mission Mariner 2 faces rising heat levels with a 160 degree reading already recorded, exceeding preflight 140 degree limit. The craft will pass 20 000 miles from Venus at 10 p.m. December 14 and report back about the planet. All systems operate normally per JPL and NASA as of 7 a.m. EST.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner
Venus
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Earth
Escapee Caught Near Edinburg After Road Gang Flight
A convict who fled a Middletown road gang was captured near Edinburg by State Police Trooper M H Ashley. He found Grommery Coleman 28 driving a pickup with no plate or tail lights. Coleman admitted taking money and clothing from the Grove Lime Co Middletown and was returned to the road gang.
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Middletown
Edinburg
M. H. Ashley
Ashley
U.S. Rt. 11
Grommery Coleman
Coleman
Garrett
M. J. Grove Lime Co
Rockingham County
Grove Co
Havana accuses U S of raids and ambushes in Cuba
In Cuba, armed counterrevolutionaries attacked near Jaguey Grande in Matanzas and fishermen near Caibarien in Las Villas. A militiaman died and a junior official was wounded. Havana blames the United States, calling the assailants pirates and demanding U S restraint. Havana denounces the raids to the United Nations as proof of the Caribbean crisis and supports Castro's five points toward a resolution.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Jaguey Grande
Matanzas
Caibarien
Las Villas
San Francisco Beach
United Nations
Fidel Castro
Caribbean
Castro
U.S. Guantanamo Naval Base
Revolucion
Lazaro Gonzalez
Bay of Pigs
Gonzalez
Ency
Federal hearing on migrant labor impact set for Dec 17
The U S Labor Department will hold a memorial building hearing December 17 to decide if foreign migrant labor lowers wages or worsens conditions for domestic farm workers in Virginia and West Virginia. Evidence will assess an wage floor below which foreign workers may not be employed, with proposed rates of 80 cents and 88 cents per hour. The review covers domestic labor availability and importation rules amid heavy fruit picking in Frederick Clarke Loudoun Jefferson counties.
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U.S. Labor Department
Virginia
West Virginia
Associated Press
War Memorial
Labor Department
Department Employment Security Bureau
Winchester
Frederick County
West Indies
JFK Will View Nuclear Crater During Midwest Tour
President Kennedy will inspect a Nevada nuclear crater during a weekend tour of military and scientific sites. He will fly over test grounds in southern Nevada to view a crater 1,200 feet across and several hundred feet deep from a 100000 ton TNT yield test last July. The president departs Washington Friday for Omaha and onward to Santa Fe and Albuquerque for briefings on strategic commands and rocket developments.
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Washington
Kennedy
Nevada
Midwest
Far West
White House
U.S
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Neb
Strategi Air Command
Santa Fe
N.M
Los
Querque
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Parkersburg
Danny Ryder
San Antonio
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U.N. Security Council
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M & Mc
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Fred I. Brumback Hoye
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John Langworthy
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London County Council
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