Highway Crash Kills 2 Men and a Child in Winchester Area
Frederick County records 1968 highway deaths as two men and a four year old child. Edward Lofton and William Reynolds died in a collision on Rt 11 near Stephens City. Grover Buracker injured with a fractured hip. Daryl Painter, four, died after a prior crash on Rt 7 near Winchester. More crashes sent additional hospital patients.
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Frederick County
Winchester
Rt. 11
Stephens City
Edward Riley Lofton
Highland Ave
William Howard Reynolds, Jr
W. Boscawen Sr
Grover Wilson Buracker
Rt. 1
White Post
Memorial Hospital
Daryl _ Michael Painter
Stephenson
Rt. 7
Weather Closes Schools Again in Frederick Clarke Counties
Weekend storm left roads slick with snow sleet and freezing rain. Frederick and Clarke counties closed public schools while Winchester operated. Officials urged sidewalk clearance and use of chains or snow tires as crews plowed secondary roads and kept gutters clear. Weather remains hazardous with a few flurries and ice on untreated surfaces.
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Frederick
Clarke County
Winchester
Frederick and
Clarke
Highway Department
Timber Ridge
Highways
Mother's March of Dimes kicks off in Winchester and Frederick County
The event runs all week as frigid conditions prevail. Forecasts predict daytime highs in the 30s and lows around 15, with cold weather persisting through Thursday. A warming trend is expected Friday and Saturday with precipitation totaling a quarter to three quarters of an inch mainly on those days.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Supreme Court Strikes Louisiana School Payment Law
The Supreme Court ruled Louisiana's 1962 law paying parents of private school children unconstitutional. In Washington, the court agreed to hear challenges on whether states can bar new residents from welfare. forty one states have such waiting periods. In Richmond, Virginia, the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals declared unconstitutional a proposal for a Virginia Industrial Building Authority to guarantee industry loans.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Richmond
Virginia Industrial Building” Authority
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Storm and Quakes Hit Europe Cause 46 Deaths in U S
Storms and wind plus a weekend of severe cold left tens of thousands without power across five states from the Midwest to the South. Snowfalls and ice disrupted travel from Ohio to Maine with airport delays and road closures.
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Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
New York
Massachusetts
Arkansas
Mississippi
Eastport
Block Island
R,i
New England
Washington
California
New York City
North Carolina
Erie
Middle Tennessee
Kentucky
Buffalo
Rochester
N.Y
O’hare International
Chicago
Pennsy N Y Central Merger Approved by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld the Pennsy and New York Central merger, paving the way for completion by February 1. The decision, joined by Justice Abe Fortas, affirmed regulatory compliance and public interest findings, with a $25 million loan to aid the ailing New Haven Railroad as part of the deal. Justice William O Douglas filed a partial dissent. Justice Thurgood Marshall did not participate.
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Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Abe Fortas
High Court
Interstate Commerce ‘Commission
New York
New Haven Railroad
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Haven
William O. Douglas
Thurgood Marshall
Justice Department
Congress Reassembles for an Election Year Session
The 90th Congress returns amid war inflation crime and racial unrest. Senate debate centers on a civil rights bill and a possible filibuster as Johnson appeals for tax increases tax on travel abroad and removal of the gold standard to strengthen the dollar. All House members and a third of the Senate face reelection in November.
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90Th
Congress
Good Fellowship
Senate
House
Johnson
U.S
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Mike Mansfield
Two Hunting Dogs Ike and Mike Missing In Frederick County
Two pets, Ike and Mike, disappeared from a Frederick County subdivision after casual outings. A farmer later shot two dogs trespassing on his chickens, leading to calls for a stricter county law to restrain dogs in subdivisions, with dog wardens urged to locate owners before killing running dogs.
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Riley
Frederick County
Ike
Mike
Henry Bursey
Board of Supervisors
Donald Baughman
Shawnee
Famed 29th Division Is No More
The 29th Infantry Division of Maryland and Virginia National Guard is officially phased out after a large ceremony at the Baltimore Armory. Maj. Gen. Archibald Sproul, former division commander, spoke of the division's storied actions from Meuse Argonne to Normandy and lamented its end, citing no place in current contingency plans.
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Baltimore
29Th Infantry Division
Maryland and
Virginia National Guard
Meuse Argonne
Normandy
Archibald Sproul
Staunton, Va
Maryland
Commonwealth of Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Appomattox Court House
Thunderchief Shot Down by MIG 21 Over North Vietnam
U S Air Force F105 Thunderchief shot down by a MiG 21 during a radar attack on Yen Bai airfield 78 miles northwest of Hanoi. The pilot is missing as weather limits mission assessments after 83 Sunday raids. The loss marks the 786th American aircraft in combat over North Vietnam with 36 downed by MiGs.
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Saigon
U.S. Air Force
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Yen Bai
Hanoi
U.S
Yen’ Bai
Sam Tra
Panhandle
North
250 Are Said Dead In Sicily
Snow storms and hurricane force winds swept Europe and the Middle East as earthquakes struck Sicily killing hundreds. The quake wrecked Gibellina and Montevago and damaged Palermo Trapani Marsala while rescue teams found ruins and refugees fled icy roads.
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London
Europe
Iran
England
Scotland
Swiss
Alps
Mediterranean
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Jordan
Israel
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Caspian
Damascus
Latakia
Amman
Jordan River
Jerusalem
Mediterranean Sea
Messina
Palermo
Trapani
Marsala
Gibellina
Montevago
Weather outlook for Virginia and Pennsylvania
The low pressure system that brought Virginia precipitation moves into Pennsylvania and weakens as it drifts northward. Expect a cold period through Thursday then warmer by Friday and Saturday with more rain likely Friday or Saturday.
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Richmond
Weather Bureau
Virginia
Pennsylvania
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