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Local man slain in liquor store robberyMurder sceneThis is the National Trail liquors store located near New Market where William Linwood Thompson Sr. was gunned down Thursday night during a holdup. (Photo by Amos L. Brown)William L Thompson, 61, of Schley Avenue was shot to death during a holdup at the National Trail Liquors near New Market Thursday evening The gunman has not been captured.According to state police, the shooting occurred shortly before 10 p.m. while the deceased, the owner and operator of the store, was alone in the establishmentPolice say Thompson was shot in the upper abdomen with a small caliber weapon, He reportedly sustained at least two gunshot wounds.Thompson’s body was discovered by his daughter and son-in-law, who live above the store, after they heard gunshots in the store below.The mortally wounded man was rushed to Frederick Memorial Hospital by the Junior ambulance crew where he died a short time later.Police report no witnesses and no suspects in connection with the robbery and murder at the store located on Md.Jo blessrate dipsto 3.2%By JULIE GAVER Staff WriterUnemployment in Frederick County dropped to 3 2 per cent during May, down from 4 8 per cent in April, according to John Kozarski, Labor Market Analyst with the Maryland Department of Human Resources, Employment Security Administration, Research and Analysis Division.The estimated total of unemployed persons in the county in May was 1,230. Total employed were 37,485 of a total civilian labor force of 38,715 In April 1,845 persons were unemployed in the county and 36,490 were employed in a civilian labor force of 38,335.According to Thomas Neubauer,144 near Boyer’s Mill Road. It has not yet been determined how much cash or merchandise was taken in the course of the crime.The murder of Thompson marked thefirst muder as a result of a robbery attempt in Frederick County in the last two years.In other police activity, Roger J Pedrone, 16, of Woodbine was seriously injured shortly after midnight this morning when he jumped from a moving truck on Md. 26 near theFrederick-Carroll County line.State police report Pedrone sustained head injuries in the incident for which he was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital by the Junior ambulance crew and then transferred to the intensive care unit at Washington County Hospital where he is listed in poor condition Police say Pedrone and his brotherwere hitchhiking on Md. 26 in CarrollCounty when they were picked up andhopped into the bed of a truck registered to the Nicholson Kenealy Masonry Contractors, Inc. of Westminster.The unidentified driver of the truck then reportedly began swerving the truck back and forth across the road and repeatedly hit the brakes just west of the Fredenek-Carroll County line and Roger Pedrone leaped from the bed of the truck and struck his head on the pavementAccording to police, the driver of the truck did not stop to assist the injured boyThe accident u under investigation byTpr. B, W. Whitaker.Two LeGore boys were seriously injured when their southbound car ran off of the left side of Detour Road near the Woodsboro Pike and slammed into abridge wall.The driver, Donald E Dodd, 17, and passenger Raymond E. Dodd, 15, of thev(Continued On Page A-6)William Linwood Thompson Sr.Wholesale prices climb higherWASHINGTON (AP — Sharply higher prices for steel and gasoline pushed wholesale prices up four-tenths of a per cent in June, the governmentsaid today.The increase compared with a rise of three-tenths of a per cent in May and was in line with relatively modest inflation rates so far this year at both the wholesale and retail level.Farm and food price increases slowed last month but an acceleration in industrial prices, led by steel and gasoline, was largely responsible for the over-all wholesale price increase, the Labor Department said.the increase, the government said.Gasoline prices were up 3.7 per cent while metal products rose 1.1 per cent, largely as the result of previously announced increases in certain steel mill products.Farm prices, which rose sharply in April and May, slowed to an increase of three-tenths of a per cent in June Prices declined for fresh and dried fruits and vegetables, livestock, plant and animalfibers and milk Processed foods and feeds rose four-tenths of a per cent in June, followingincreases of 1.9 per cent in April and 1.3per cent in May.Sharp increases m prices for manufactured animal feeds were offset by lower prices for sugar and confectionary. Beef and veal prices continued to decline, although less than in May.Wholesale prices are the prices which businesses charge other businesses Changes in wholesale prices often are a forerunner of eventual changes in the prices consumers payresearch analyst for the western sectorFears of a new outburst of inflationwere expressed by many economists after an eight-tenths of a per cent jump in wholesale prices in April, the biggest rise in six months. But the slowdown m May and June is expected to help dampen those fears.The Ford administration forecast an inflation rate of about 6 per cent this year, high by historical standards butFears over emissionsnot calmed by surveyBy DEBORAH DEASY Staff WriterBut, the Adamstown residents could not be quieted. This is our home What is happening to our cattle? ” they asked.l.-nrttir it'hot tr\ cnid
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