Six Inch Snowfall Slows Community and Delays Schools
Six inch snow blankets the area slowing traffic and prompting early closings. Schools in Frederick County and Clarke County dismiss early while Winchester schools operate. merchants plan an early closing. State crews push plows to keep major routes open as visibility remains poor.
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Kernstown
Frederick County
R. E. Ayler
Warren County
Clarke County
Winchester
Robert Pizzano
Virginia
Winchester Fall Research Laboratory
Big Storm Knocks Out Midwest Schools Snow Closes East
A massive snowstorm shut hundreds of schools and hobbled traffic from the Midwest to the East. Up to a foot of snow with drifts to three feet paralyzed roads and forced thousands to stay home as 10 weather deaths were reported. Authorities dispatched 1,400 snow removers in the region.
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Midwest
Missouri
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Maine
Michigan
St. Louis
Chicago
Lake Shore Drive
Indiana
Iowa
Spencer
Tips for birds and postponements hit local scene
The Old Dominion bird station at Virginia Avenue School offers tips like glycerin water to prevent ice and peanut butter raisin diets for mockingbirds. Meadowlark sighting prompts blanket rescue. High school games are postponed with Handley, James Wood rescheduled. Judg es event dates unclear. State Police hunt for a 1949 Ford abandoned after a crash on Rt 11 near Bartonsville.
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Old Dominion
Virginia Avenue School
Virginia Ave
Rt. 11
Bartonsville
Train Derailment Kills Six at Bowie Race Track
A seven car derailment from a Philadelphia special train near Bowie race course kills six and injures about 150. The engineer says brakes failed while turning off the main line at 30 mph. By nightfall 105 treated in area hospitals, with 40 more treated by the track physician.
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Bowie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Bowie Race Course
Eugene B. Webster
Edward F. Janus
W. E. Brooks
State Police
Howard W. Horner
Camden
N.J
Baltimore-Washington
Chester
Castro Purge Expels 120 Cuba Judges In Purge
Fidel Castro fires 120 judges across Cuba in the second phase of a court purge aimed at tightening his rule. The action targets supreme court justices, provincial appeal presidents, magistrates, and other jurists accused of counterrevolutionary activity or moral lapses.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Supreme Court
Antonio Nunez Jimenez
Castro
Osvaldo Corticos
Alfredo Yabur
Emilio Menendez
Argentina
Wire Cut Down Stolen from RR in Clarke County
Approximately 3 000 feet of wire was stolen from near Norfolk and Western Railway tracks in Clarke County last night. State Trooper L M Bauserman reported a break in the wire around 8 p m causing communications failure between line points. The cut occurred south of Old Chapel and near White Post with trains running overnight.
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Boyce
Norfolk and Western
L. M. Bauserman
Bauserman
Old Chapel
White Post
Captain Recounts Seizure of Santa Maria at Sea
The ship’s captain narrates the January 22 seizure of the liner Santa Maria by Portuguese exile Henrique Galvao and followers. He describes boarding actions, crew disarmament, and his surrender after critical areas were captured, with gunfire and injuries aboard.
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Galvao
Henrique Galvao
Humberto Delgado
Missing Man Returns Home
Stuart Sonny Cooper, a local insurance agent, returned home unharmed after a general alarm was issued for him and his car. He had been reported missing since 7 45 p m Thursday and his wife confirmed his safety.
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Stuart
Sonny’? Cooper
Cooper
Winter clearance at local shops boosts maternity wear and footwear
Week end specials feature banana cake and Boston cream pie at Ward's Pastry Shop plus up to 50 percent off maternity and children's wear. Shoe Center touts reduced prices on rubber and insulated boots while Leggett's promotes rubber footwear needs. One group jackets sweaters shirts shoes valued at five dollars and a sale on young men's shirts at 111 South Loudoun Street.
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Ward’s
Maternity
South Loudoun Street
U S Plans New Explorer With Six Frequencies
NASA announced plans to launch a new Explorer satellite from Cape Canaveral within days. The 74 pound Ionosphere Beacon Satellite S45 will orbit 240 to 1,600 miles, emit six frequencies, and gather data on ionosphere interference with radio transmissions in cooperation with New Zealand, Canada and Peru.
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Washington
Space Agency
Explorer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Canaveral
Fla
New Zealand
Canada
Peru
NASA
Earth
Moves to Outflank West in Laos Seen
Western diplomats say the Soviet Union and Red China seek to outflank Western efforts to pacify Laos, possibly splitting the Southeast Asian kingdom. Tass dispatch from Hanoi says a rival government is set up at Xieng Khouang with Ram souk Keola as acting premier and Souphanou Phouma to return from Cambodia.
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Laos
John M. Hightower
Washington
Soviet Union
Red China
United States
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Congo
Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
Boun Oum
Vientiane
Tass
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Xieng Khouang
Ramsouk Keola
Souvanna Phouma
Cambodia
Voice of
Santa Maria Rebel Band Disarmed as Galvao Surrenders
In Recife Brazil rebel leader Henrique Galvao surrendered aboard the 610 foot liner Santa Maria as Brazilian marines seized control. Most crew came ashore while Galvao’s thinned band was disarmed and negotiations with Brazilian Admiral Dias Fernandes began aboard the ship. President Quadros signaled Brazil would act under international law to return the cruise liner to its Portuguese owners.
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Caribbean
Santa Maria
Morris W. Rosenberg
Associated Press
Recife
Vao
Mario Simoes Maia
Galvao
Simoes Maia
Cuba
Adm
Dias Fernandes
Brazil
Venezuela
Henrique Galvao
Brasilia
Janio Quadros
Quadros
Lumum bist ambushes UN unit in Congo Kivu siege
In Kivu province a UN unit endured a day long clash after being surrounded by more than 1,500 Lumum bist troops. Heavy rebel casualties and the death of at least one UN officer were reported amid the fighting. Separately, a multi-vehicle crash on snowy U S 301 near the Potomac Bridge claimed four lives.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
United Nations
Kivu
U.N
Associated Press
U.S. 301
Potomac River
Lovett
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Howard Grove
Detroit
East
Weather Bureau
Border
Upper Tennessee
Kingsport
Johnson City
Bristol
Harlan County
Carolinas
Handley
James Wood
Colonels
Herndon
Loudoun County
Health Center
GAA
Bowie Race Track
Clarke
U.S
Bulletin
Bulletins
Margaret L. Hodgson
Macy le Sale
MACY
N. Loudoun St
SALE
West Boscawen St
Wender’s
Loudoun St
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