Pan American crash survivor recalls fiery blast near Elkton
Ray mond Gregg, 36, homeowner near the Elkton Maryland crash site, describes seeing the airliner explode into a ball of fire and veer toward his house. He aided his family into a cellar as flames and debris rained across the yard and neighbors, while state police and civil defense arrived.
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Civil Defense
San Juan
Philadelphia
Elkton
E. D. Short
Wyoming
Del
University of Delaware
Snow Falls Up To Seven Inches In Western Virginia Mountains
The State Highway Department said maintenance crews measured up to seven inches of snow in the mountain regions of western Virginia. Chains or snow tires were advised for travel on all roads in Highland County and on Bath County’s secondary roads. Seven inches were recorded in Highland. Icy conditions were reported earlier in Floyd, Montgomery, and Pulaski counties, but roads cleared later morning.
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Richmond
State Highway Department
Virginia
Highland County
Bath County
Highland
Floyd
Montgomery
Pulaski
Firemen to elect parade leadership for April 1964
Local firemen from city and county meet at the George Washington Hotel at 8 p m to organize for the Firemen's Parade of the 1964 Apple Blossom Festival. Arlie C Lang 1963 parade director will preside and John J Hawse heads the nominating committee. Festival President James R Wilkins attends. Weather reports heavy snow flurries end with cold, cloudy conditions and possible rain.
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George Washington
Arlie C. Lang
John J. Hawse
James R. Wilkins
Cooper's Jewelers Open Daily Till Nine PM
Cooper's Jewelers announces daily hours extended to 9 pm with a free gift offered to shoppers from 7 to 9 pm. The promotion targets evening customers and highlights a special incentive for purchases during the two hour window.
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Cooper’s Jewelers
Johnson Backs Interior in Setting Oil Policy
President Johnson told Secretary Udall that the Interior Department should set national oil policy, not the White House. Udall reported a hold-the-line budget for water projects and noted a shift from Kennedy era White House control to Interior drafting oil policy. Johnson also emphasized federal budget concerns and defense installation cuts.
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Interior
Johnson
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Udall
Interior Department
White House
Congress
Udall’s Department
Kennedy
Snowstorm Tapers Off As It Moves Eastward
The season's severe snowstorm that blasted North Central states dropped up to a foot in some areas and moved eastward. Blizzard conditions persisted in parts of the storm belt across the Dakotas Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Iowa and Nebraska with deaths and injuries reported. Snow plows stalled as drifting snow and hazardous driving persisted amid gusty prairie winds. Eight injured near Little Falls Minnesota when a Greyhound bus crashed after colliding with a car on a snowy highway as colder air spread into North Dakota.
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Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Nebraska
Little Falls
Minn
Greyhound
Sear Severa
North Dakota
Seven Clarke residents charged in Front Royal attack
Seven Clarke County residents are charged with maiming in an assault on Augustus Linwood Jarmans his wife and son near the West Virginia line. Jarmans sustained serious head and facial injuries. he was listed in satisfactory condition at Winchester Memorial Hospital. The suspects are Jack Blane Myers John William Myers Wayne Gordon Carter Melvin Lee Leake John Edward Leake Roger Lewis Miller and George Craig. Bond set at 500 each. Leake Myers Miller posted bond. Preliminary hearing set for Jan. 13.
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Clarke County
Front Royal
Augustus Linwood Jarmans
Commerce Ave
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Jack Blane Myers
John William Myers
Wayne Gordon Carter
Melvin Lee Leake
John Edward Leake
Rt. 1
Berryville
Roger Lewis Miller
Box
George Craig
Rt. 2
Melvin Leake
Bond
Rt. 340
West Virginia Line
L. M. Bauserman
Miners Demand Freeing Of Communist Leaders In Bolivia Hostage Crisis
Bolivia's Communist led tin miners hold 21 hostages including four Americans and threaten action if two imprisoned union heads Irineo Pimental and Federico Escobar are not released within 24 hours. President Johnson offers U S aid but government refuses to free them despite a troop buildup.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Juan Lechin
Johnson
U.S
Irineo Pimental
Federico Escobar
Studebaker to End U S Auto Production
Studebaker Corp will end auto manufacturing in the United States while continuing to build cars in Canada. The South Bend plant in Indiana, open 50 years, will close, cutting about 6 000 jobs. Auto production will shift to Hamilton, Ontario, with a New York news conference planned for Tuesday.
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New York
Studebaker Corp
United States
Canada
Dow Jones News Service
Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
Business News Service
Hamilton
Ont
Weather Shaped By Cold Air Brings Snow Flurries
Cold air following Sunday rain covered the state today causing cloudiness and occasional snow flurries in the mountains according to the Richmond Weather Bureau.
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Richmond
Sinatra Jr Abducted at California Nevada Border
Gunmen abducted Frank Sinatra Jr from a Stateline motel room at gunpoint as he prepared to perform at a casino. Authorities identified suspects Joseph Sorce and Thomas Keating, with the FBI involved and searches in the snowbound Lake Tahoe area under sheriff and El Dorado County coordination.
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Stateline
Calif
Frank Sinatra Jr
Joseph James Sorce
Thomas Patrick Keating
FBI
Lake Tahoe
Sam Giancana
Sinatra
Cal-Neva Lodge
Young Sinatra
Sam Donahue
Tommy Dorsey
Sinatra Sr
el Dorado
California
Reno
Joe Foss
Supervisors OK New Schedule to Repay Va. Loan
Frederick County supervisors approved a revised repayment plan for a 117000 loan used for James Wood High School addition. The new schedule presents 10 equal installments of 1170 each, replacing the school board's earlier proposed two year plan. The plan follows state department approval and adjustments discussed by Supervisor Grover Teets and Supervisor Paul Lut.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
State Dept. of Education
James Wood High School
Elizabeth Sheetz
Robert E. Ayler
Grover Teets
Paul Lut
Help Wanted Ads at Amherst Diner and Miller Winchester
Open hours 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. nightly through Christmas. Experienced waitresses needed with paid vacation after one year and group hospitalization. Apply in person at Amherst Diner. Also seeking a boy beyond school age to count and take papers off press from 2 to 4 p.m. Apply 6 8 Miller Winchester Evening Star.
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Amherst
Miller Winchester Evenine Star
81 Die As Pan Am Jet Crashes Near Elkton
A Pan Am World Airways Boeing 707 exploded and crashed in a muddy cornfield near Elkton Maryland killing all 81 aboard during a thunderstorm. Investigators search wreckage for cause and identify remains as state troopers and Navy sailors collect bodies for a temporary morgue.
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Elkton
Pan Amercan World Airways
B. R. Allen
Civil Aeronautics Board
Edgar Startt
Bainbridge
Elkton National Guard
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Pacific Northwest
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Plateau
the Federation of Mine Workers
U. S
George Byers
Douglas County
Nev
California - Nevada
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Warner Bros. Studio
Los Angeles
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Nevadance BS Een Maarshal Saanag
Chicago
Frank Sinatra, JR
Claude Fauver
Winchester V.F.W
Puerto Rico
Wilmington
U.S. 40
Maryland-Delaware Line
Baltimore
Battimer
Cross
Delaware- Maryland
Pan American World Airways
Corrigan Rug Cleaners
SMALT
Ben's Battery Shop, Inc
Howard Johnson's
George Washington Hotel
Miles
PENN
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