News (Newspaper) - February 21, 1962, Frederick, Maryland WeatKer forecast Occasional snow changing rain late this afternoon and Rain possibly mixed with some sleet tonight and low in the mid 30s. Rain ending Thursday Form Tax Given Okay Page 11 VOL. 108 Run 10.000 FEBRUARY 21, 1962 THRU 34 PAGES FIRST 5 CENTS Confer On Feather Murder State's Attorney Rothenhoefer Fas On Meet Of Officials State's Attorney S. who is confined to his home with is meeting with other law officials today at his home to discuss circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Betty Jo When contacted at his home this Mr. Rothenhoefer can quote me as having to Meeting here with Rothenhoefer j is Capt. F. M. Funk of the j police Also at the conference is ant State's Attorney William Mr. Rothenhoefer said James Washington County State's is also supposed to at- tend the Mr. Strine had not arrived as of noon It was understood he was delayed in Hagerstown due to two jury Apparently the meeting con- cerns whether Keith in the slaying of his estranged is to be tried in Maryland or a former resident who worked as a meat cutter in Frederick for two months before the is being held without bail in the Frederick County His 29-year-old Betty of W. was found shot to death Jan. 28 in parked car in A relative of Mrs. Feather said the shooting took place out- side her home in Va. Maryland and Virginia both charged Feather with Rothenhoefer indicated last day he probably would turn ther over to Virginia authorities for trial unless an autopsy report showed definitely that Mrs. ther was slain in Maryland's chief medical ex- Dr. Russell S. Fisher of announced Tuesday night it was impossible to tell de- finitely from the whether Mrs. Feather died in Maryland or don't have anything we can recognize with certainty as in- in he It's possible that the shot that killed her was fired in we can't prove Snow Shorbs Appeal To Governor An Emmitsburg family has appealed to Governor J. Millard Tawes in an effort to get tion against motor vehicles that keep striking their Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. desperate after their house was struck by cars three times in 48 said they appealed to the Governor after the State Roads Commission failed to act on the Gov. in his reply to the county slippery at times but the said he was sorry for the weather bureau predicted that the would change to encountered by the family and said a meeting between the 'The local weatherman reported reau of Traffic and the State the snow could possibly reach Roads Commission was necessary i or two before Will Change To Rainfall Snow Will 2 Road Crews Cinder Slippery Highways Occasional snow throughout the morning made highways in the to act on the This meeting was held February 15 and the two groups passed a joint resolution permitting the town of Emmitsburg to install blinker lights on Route 15 near the Shorb Emmitsburg Mayor Edward Houck today said no notification of the resolution has been re- by the The town is still without blinker lights and ing to rain but no serious storm was State and county roads crews were keeping a close check on the roads and cindering the but early this after- most of the snow on the Finds Crashing Windows Eases His Headaches PHILADELPHIA was p.m. Mary McLaughlin was sitting m her Wham! A window gave way with a crash and man came flying through and sprawled on the Mrs. McLaughlin The man picked himself ran through the house and a back bedroom Fifteen minutes and four blocks Richard 24, was awakened by the crash of breaking He saw a man getting up from the bedroom The man looked at Souder for a ran through Hie apartment and dived out another closed The man ran from across the jumped through a window of George Averell's home and head first out a kitchen By this time police were all over the Mrs. James Wylie was reading in her living room the man came jumping through a window a few feet from She screamed and the man ran through the glass front sat That's where police found He was treated for a broken head injuries and ous cuts of the arms and He gave his name as James Edward 31. and his pation as a Why the window Givins was quoted as saying he had had terrific headaches and hadn't slept for three or four He was held without WEE WOMEN Some Wash. Birthday Sales Are George Washington was ed to have cut down a cherry But it's no supposing as far as Frederick merchants are con- cerned when they have the an- George Washington's day Advertisements indicate that the merchants have slashed prices in some cases nearly to Since the sales started here eral years ago as an annual fair on George Washington's they have met with erable Some merchants go in offering bargains to attract One for is of- fering an odd lot of ladies wear at one cent Other stores have cut prices one- third and Some stores buy for Washington's and com- bine these bargains with tions on regular Downtown it will be free meter Conqueror Of Will Meet President Kennedy Friday highways had as The stores are also calling attention to the parking edged a little The mercury stood at 31 de- grees early this afternoon at the local weather bureau but a mum several degrees higher was fear every foggy Since her appeal to the another car has banged into their This mishap occurred last Monday night when an out- pulling another ran through a pile of rocks and struck the corner of the Mrs. Shorb said the latest hap broke a few more Four holes were punched in the side of their home from previous Rocks had been piled along Route 15 before the last accident and were to be used to build posts to protect the home from errant according to Mrs. scattered all over the Mrs. Shorb said today that you get used to this sort of She said the foundation of the house is crumbling and that the family lives in constant The she is ing very seriously of if a warning system is not Slay Astronaut ton To In April CAPE Fla. it's Donald K. Slayton in the go Sometime in the lar 37-year-old Air Force major will ride his own space capsule into orbit aboard Atlas ready on its way to the launching He that unless a combination of weather and troubles touch off a series of delays like those which thwarted spaceman John H- Glenn Jr. for so long. a ready man with a monitored Glenn's flight Tuesday from the Mercury control center at the Then he flew down the sle range to Grand Turk Island to welcome Glenn back from space with a vigorous Slayton and astronaut Scott Carpenter soon had their heads together in animated con- versation about the jaunty orbital Slayton's flight will follow Glenn's three he will have different while whirling through space so more information can be Slayton's backup pilot will be Walter Marty Schirra 36, a Navy commander from N.J. Still waiting at the launch pad for a flight assignment are Scott Carpenter of don Cooper Jr. of and Robert L. Project said all will get their Following the Warmer weather is reportedly heading in this direction and should arrive in time to change the snow to rain If the warmer air does not reach here soon the rain predicted locally tonight could very easily be the mercury is not due to move very much lows are expected to be about the same as the A low of 26 degrees was registered at the weather here early this The high temperature Tuesday was 39 the weather bureau predicts no real difficulty from the snow the for Thursday is somewhat with partial clearing due even though the temperatures will remain moderately Friday's outlook is about the same except for the fact that fair skies are expected overhead by At the weather bureau this after- the snow had amounted to just of an inch and in the ty the accumulation was not much On several occasions the snow came down heavily as if the ty was in for a storm like those of last year but the flakes did not keep up the pace too long. Firemen Will Complete House Burning Sunday Firemen will complete the burning of a which had been set afire during last on when bers of the Carroll Mid- and Myersville fire de- hold a fire training The house is located on U.S. 15 south of and is on the farm of John The frame a tenant house on the Was badly damaged by vandals and Mr. Hipkins con- sented to let the firemen com- plete the job in the The burning will be part of a fire training school which bers of the three fire companies have been attending for the past several Carroll Manor is handling the details of the They re- ported the training will begin at p.m. The firemen have planned burning in They will set a section on fire for training in fighting smoke in another exercise will vide training in gas masks and and another will concentrate on methods of ing water in overall control of a lots which can handle nearly shoppers are to have a fair according to the weather The ants are hoping this is t r u e. Weather can either make or break the success of such a J. D. Baker Re-Elected 'T Head Joseph D. Baker was for his third term as president of the Board of directors at the annual meeting held at the Y on Clyde M. Roney was ed as new treasurer of the when William M. who completed Ms declined re- Mr. Roney active in local community is head of the Roney Other both reelected are Warner L. vice Nevin S. recording According to a report given by E. Eugene chairman of the house it was in- the Y officers do not ex- to be at the current location for any long number of Mr. Thomas recommended eral redecorating of rooms and the as a ure for general But he stressed none of the work gested is for any Mr. Thomas recommended re- painting of the swimming the auditorium and general oration of the basement bowling alley area to make it more at- also suggested an outside light on the Church street en- trance and that steps on the Court street entrance be Another recommendation included repair of spouting and painting of the outside He said all of this work is necessary so that the building can be satisfactorily used for the next two The Y for some time has been considering a new The and an organization of volunteered to paint the auditorium as a service The Y will provide the Dr. Arthur board suggested that the beard con- sider special rates for family His idea was heartily endorsed by the board and is being taken under Mr. Baker was authorized to appoint a temporary office ant to the This will be a volunteer with the PATH OF THE shows the path of Glenn's space craft as it ed the pick-up area in the At- The destroyer Noa ed the astronaut from the water 240 miles northwest of San Puerto New Storm Sweeps Into Midwest Over Ten Predicted For Areas Covered With 2 Feet Of Snow i By The Associated Press The hit by biting cold and heavy snow for plowed through er snowstorm today and shivered at the thought of month until the arrival of The new moving out of the Rockies across the appeared to follow the pattern of tlie weekend storm which dumped up to two feet of snow and sheets of eight Heavy snow with blowing and were in fect from eastern southeast South southern northern southern the northern third of I Equal Service Bilh Killed ANNAPOLIS House Judiciary Committee tabled today two bills to require equal service for Negroes in Maryland rants and The action kills the bills for this 30-day session as far as the com- is but they can be petitioned to the floor by any 15 delegates for action by the full Such a move is The vote to table the bills was by voice after the committee had voted 19 to 7 to exempt seven Eastern Shore This had the effect of making the bills un- since only wide legislation is qualified at a short session of the General Gov. Tawes has said that he will call a special session of the lature after the regular session to enact a public accommodations law which might be applicable to just part of the Plan Space Projects Of Million U. S. Will Fly Five Orbitals Similar To Send Two On Trip CAPE Fla. flight of U.S. astronaut John H. Glenn three times around the world was but a be- Space which ul- will cost of are into being from one end of the nation the The success of Glenn's venture into space Tuesday was a Throughout the remainder of Counties taken out of the on i 1962, the United States plans to motions by delegates included Queen Talbot and Hervey Machen and Motor Workshop Fire The Myers ville Fire Company evening brought under seven astronauts for later Slayton was born in the son of Mr. and Mrs. 1 Charles S. who live there Charles one of the proprietors of the said gasoline leaked from the son to act somewhat in the j ity of a vice Edward P. Thomas Jr. roundup chairman ed 451 new exceeding the roundup goal of 350. He re- ported that 112 Frederick citizens worked on the membership Mr. Baker thanked Mr. Thomas for his efforts also paid tribute to the other Miss Betty former professional YMCA now serving in a voluntary capacity here as head of the women's and Below zero weather stung ern North Dakota and The freezing line ex- tended across most all of the Mid- A covering of 10 inches or more was forecast for some areas in Iowa and South Falls of 4 to 8 inches were indicated in most other Cleanup operations were slowed as the fresh storm swept In many schools ed off classes today as drifting snow blocked roads in eastern and central Tuesday night 33 of 41 high school basketball were In South about 100 sons and the College basketball team remained in million after a game with South Dakota State because of poor ibility caused by blowing It was the second time in three days the team was marooned by a having been forced to remain in Beresford 15 hours Sunday while returning to Sioux Falls from a game in Sioux Outside the snow showers dampened southern parts of the Mississippi snow flurries flecked northern Maine and the southern Plateau region and rain and showers again hit Southern more City delegates against the move to make the Del. William J. D- said he was in favor of the but would vote to let ties exempt This was the first actual test for the measures at this Expressway Bonds Sold A joint offering of revenue bonds by Maryland and Delaware were offered to the public today by Alex Brown and The totaling were issued to secure funds to build an expressway linking Baltimore and Del. Orbital Stamps On Sale Here The Frederick Post Office was swamped with requests Tuesday afternoon for the Project Mercury postage stamp which was released as soon as John H. Glenn made his ful space But there were no stamps able The situation was remedied this morning when of the col- items were Postmaster James A. Grove re- i ported that sales were Issuing of the stamp com- memorating the first orbital flight of an United States astronaut was made simultaneous with the com- of the The design portrays a capsule in space with the earth in the lower left portion of the It is blue and yellow on white Across the bottom in large letters is The stamp was released at 300 of the larger post offices out the country after the successful con- of the The official first day cancellation was at Cape 1 Canaveral Fb fly five orbital identical to Glenn's and one of 18 This program will continue into 1963 until four men have orbited the earth 18 times Even now the National Aero- nautics and Space Administration is in the process of recruiting 2.000 additional scientists and en- to add to its roster of The object of the prolonged bital is to accustom to life and working con- ditions in the dark of and during periods of prolonged On Dec. 7, NASA announced a program to build space trains for use as bases for exploration of the two-man space ships will be ed into orbit along with extra fuel tanks and then coupled In space in much the same fashion as railroad trains are assembled in a marshaling The purpose of the space train program is to train astronauts for future trips around and to Uw The two-man spaceships wil remain in orbit for a week or Flights by the two-man craft are scheduled to begin in the 1963-64 NASA with the present seven astronauts ing as Toward the end of the United States will be- gin to recruit additional space While the space train program is in full swing the nation will be i striving to build a huge rocket capable of producing thrusts wards of 22 million If this vehicle proves direct flights to the moon will be attempted This is as ect Parallel to all this the United States will be engaged in still another moon program known as Project North American Aviation re- cently was awarded a contract to build a nmr WP k fn HIP me acre as 01 me Women S 3na i tn at v iu d UH T of of a truck Parked in reported to A B. local agent for lion of the Cocoa post office space capsule for Project Marjorie Lunney of Los Angeles and they have one Convicted Of Driving On A soldier from Fort was convicted of driving a motor vehicle after his license was revoked in the only case HEART ATTACK FATAL Magistrate Stanley Y. The United Ambulance garage and ignited when it came j in contact with a Paint was scorched on both the truck and a 1956 Ford parked in the Glass in the vehicles also shattered by the Damage was estimated at eral hundred Firemen were on the scene about an this Private First Class Roy j was called to the Union Rescue board the progress being made in this phase of Y She said that recent studies cate that women's and will total 50 per cent of the total Y membership in a short period of She indicated this as a national trend which has been taking place over the past 50 years and that women's nnd programming is at present the largest growing area of the i Y the Brown said this morning i which was established for the one On Dec 15. NASA that the bonds issued i by Maryland have already been 1 Collectors can obtain envelopes placed with investors seeking bearing the new stamp cancelled free Under the Maryland will build a highway known as the Northeastern Expressway from the vicinity of Baltimore to at Cape Canaveral showing the that Boeing Co. had been ed a contract to build airframes for the huge Apollo known as the Delaware State line The Washington 25, ware project will join with the j D. C. at one cent above the face Maryland job and carry traffic j value of the stamps date and hour of the of early of the and the wording each costing will be Day of from the tested throughout 1962-63. Philatelic Sales Post Of- FOILED An alert People's Drug store rcel graduate near to the Delaware Memorial Bridge i the post which fountain foiled what she Astronaut Confer Glenn Getting Checkup At Grand Turk Island In Bahamas CAPE Fla. John H. Glenn relaxing after his fantastic space today began to tell ex- perts about the trip and prepared to receive the nation's thanks from President Kennedy The President planned to come to Cape Canaveral to greet ica's first orbiting space pilot on his return here from his flight isolation on Grand Turk Island in the millions of Glenn's and millions more around the globe hailed the new conqueror of the who Tuesday whipped three times around the world in 4 hours 56 minutes in his Friendship 7 Glenn was flown to a special hospital on Grand Turk late day after he had been recovered by the U.S. destroyer Noa 22 minutes after his capsule had splashed into the Atlantic Ocean 166 miles from the What the astronaut tells the technicians and engineers at Grand Turk and in weeks of briefings to follow will help shape the future course of this nation's space Out of the meetings will answers to such questions What are man's capabilities and limitations in the weightless world of What changes must made in the Mercury capsule before astro- naut Donald Slayton attempts next U.S. orbital ly in What do the stars and the earth look like from a vantage point in Do isolation in cramped or other sures of space flight pose any physical or mental Glenn conclusively proved on his flight that man is far superior to machine in When his capsule developed control culty during the first he partial manual control and maintained command the rest of the He even rejected a suggestion from ground officials that he be brought down after two orbits be- cause of the Asked if he wanted to he I'm ready to Project Mercury Operations Di- rector Walter C. Williams ex- later that the trouble had resulted because one of 18 gas jets on the capsule surface was Jet streams of hydrogen peroxide gas spurt through holes to control the attitude of the craft in The plugged hole movement of the capsule on the to Williams said a minor ment probably would suffice to correct the But he em- that had a human senger not been the space craft would have been brought down after one did a beautiful liams The operations director also ex- that a false signal had forced a decision not to jettison the package of reverse rockets after they had ignited and brought the capsule out of He said the false caused by some unknown electronic indicated that an explosive device designed to separate the heat shield after re- entry into the had ignited prematurely over the during the second To keep the heat shield from falling away too officials decided Glenn had belter keep his retro rocket with its restraining attached to the If the heat shield had dropped off before the capsule tered the terrific friction of re- entry into the the capsule would have burned up in the 3.000-degree Williams said officials were tain it was a false signal but did not want to chance unloosing the reverse rocket package until er Glenn reported throughout the flight that he was in excellent the just wanted to remind you that our wedding an- is in Give me a will license was revoked here in 1960. Ricketts said his permit was i revoked when his insurance was cancelled before he joined the The magistrate suspended a after the saying i Ricketts was use to us at Fort Benning than in The Moss a dent of was a clerk at the JUDGE GREGORY FILES Chief Judge Mary H. filed today as a candidate for reelection to the Orphans subject to Democratic a day being ed for Book and bridge be part of the Baby sitting service will be The program will so education ties for Benchoff was introduced hy chairman of the The 53-mile expressway will day were not aware of the consist of 11 miles of express toll ial ft amps because they had been roadway in Delaware and 42 received mysterious sealed miles in The scheduled for com- by the end of 1963, will shorten the distance between the two cities by 2.3 miles and shorten travel time about 22 Dated January 1, 1962, the bonds are due January 2002. They are all 4% per cent bonds at MO pK packages that carried Not As soon as Glenn was fully plucked from the the Post Office Department in ington flashed the word to open the package and sell the word of the stamp was flashed across the post offices were deluged with the work of a short change artist this City Police were called and made an since the act was not ed the out-of-town suspect was re- The man apparently gave the clerk a twenty dollar Police said the conversation which lowed made the girl Police said details of what red were Dr. Charles L. manager Doctors confirmed this by ing in-flight instrumentation on his respiration and JOHNSON FILES WASHINGTON Rep. Thomas an- today he has filed as a candidate for a third term in Con- Johnson made his announcement before a group of about 100 ern Shore residents in the MOB ttat BOUM
