Coast Guard rescues 469 from Viking Princess fire near Cuba
The Viking Princess carrying 485 aboard was swept by fire as it sailed through the Windward Passage. One dead and 16 missing as the Cap Nort and Navigator ferried survivors to Guantanamo Bay. Fire in engine room halted the ship. Captain Otto Thoresen and other officers survived.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
Cuba
Cap Nort
U.S. Navy
Guantanamo Bay
U.S
Otto Thoresen
Wilkenson
Owens
Atlantic Fleet
Norfolk
Haiti
Yarmouth Castle
Nassau
Policemen Killed by Motorist in Vallejo Shootout
In Vallejo California a motorist shot and killed two patrolmen Calvin Thacker 36 and William Easson 31 after officers trapped him on a dead end street during a traffic stop. Police blocked exits from the city and two bridges while chasing a restaurant worker later linked to the suspect.
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Vallejo
Calif
Calvin Thacker
William Easson
California Highway Patrol
San Francisco Bay Area
el Cerrito
Napa
Oakland
County Population and Budgets Show Surge in Frederick
Frederick County plans a strong 1966-67 fiscal year with a $631000 surplus and a rising tax base of about 305 million by July 1. Population growth to 85210 will boost demand for expanded services, while the county also notes increased costs ahead. Washington County trails in population, but the gap is closing as Frederick expands with industry and new firms.
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Vsiat
Frederick County
Washington County
Donald C. Linton
Nelson Bohn
Frederick Cpa
Laiten
Frederick
Linton
State Farm Insurance
Johnson proposes broader Social Security boosts and early Medicare aid
President Johnson announced plans to raise all Social Security benefits for 21 million Americans and consider a dental aid program for children under six. He would extend Medicare signup periods for the elderly and order plans to fund pediatric dental care, with no decision yet on universal coverage. Johnson traveled from his Texas ranch to San Antonio for the bill signing and Good Friday services.
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San Antonio
Tex
Pigoeut
Junin
Congress
Young Johnson
Johnson
Joan W. Gardner
White House
Texas
Bullet In Mouth Didn't Hurt Says Worker
Monroe Mame fAP reports Percy Seckins claims a ricocheting bullet struck his mouth in a poultry house incident. He says the bullet came from a fellow worker firing at a rat and believes it ricocheted off a nail before hitting him.
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Monroe
Mame Fap
Percy Seckins
Seekins
Sunrise Easter Services Planned Across Frederick County
Thousands will attend seven area sunrise services on Easter sunday in Frederick County. The largest crowd, about 2500, will gather atop Sugarloaf Mountain with Professor Willis Bishop of Washington Bible College leading the service. Additional services include Graceham Moravian Church at 6 am and others at Lewistown Methodist Grace United Church of Christ Catoctin Furnace Methodist Rocky Ridge Rocky Springs Utica and Mt Tabor Lutheran Church. Evening programs feature cantatas at Peoples Baptist Church St Pauls Lutheran Utica Mt Tabor and Montgomery Methodist.
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Frederick County
Sugarloaf Mountain
Willis Bishop
Washington Bible College
Graceham Moravian
E.P. Simon
Simon
Hornhut
Germany
Lewistown Methodist Church
Taneytown
Grace United Church of Christ
Catoctin Furnace
Wiliam A. Markley
Union Bridge
Luthern
Rocky Ridge
Rocky Ridge Youth Fellowship
Rocky Springs Union Church
Ralph E. White
Peoples Baptist Church
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Utica
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Creagerstown
Montgomery Methodist Church
MD. 27
Damascus
Mt. Airy
Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church
Churches Hold Special Good Friday Services
Area residents observe Good Friday with interdenominational services across Frederick County. Calvary Methodist Church hosts a city service directed by Rev. Ralph M. Sharpe with seven ministers speaking on the Last Seven Words of Christ. Additional meditations and regional services are planned at All Saints Episcopal Church St. John’s Catholic Church and other churches in Taneytown Middletown Emmitsburg Thurmont and Jefferson. Good Friday marks Christ's crucifixion and Holy Day origins date back to Constantine in the fourth century.
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Frederick County
Frederick City
Calvary Methodist Church
West Second Street
Memorial Park
Ralph M. Sharpe
All Saints Episcopal Church
Taneytown
Grace United Church of Christ
St. John’s Catholic Church
John L. Lippold
Jefferson
Methodist Church
Trinity Chapel
The
Evangelical Church
Middletown
Evangelical United Church of Christ
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Trinity United Church of Christ
Christ
Constantine
Easter Bonnets Picture Cool Weather Preview
Local women plan Easter bonnet displays under mostly cloudy skies with cool to mild temperatures. Forecast calls for fair conditions today and Saturday with a high near 57 degrees Thursday and a low around 31. Sunrise services Sunday expect upper 30s to low 40s. Fredericks area highs mid 50s and tonight's low in the upper 30s. Saturday outlook remains partly cloudy with light rain possible. Since month start, area has about .07 inch rainfall. normal April total is 3.30 inches.
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Frederick
Centaur Rocket Failure Delays U S Moon Mission
Cape Kennedy reports a Centaur upper stage failed to ignite a second time after launch, jeopardizing the man in space program. One engine fired briefly, placing the payload in a partial orbit and delaying the planned lunar mission and Orbiting Astronomical Observatory launch. NASA investigates liquid hydrogen handling as officials push ahead with a separate observatory flight.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Centaur
Atlas
Surveyor
Earth
NASA
Derr to address Young Republicans meeting in Frederick
State Senator John A Derr will speak at the monthly Young Republicans gathering on Monday at 8 p m at GOP Headquarters North Court Street. He will outline the recent legislative session and the failed special session on congressional redistricting. Mrs Estella Belt to serve refreshments after.
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John A Derr
Rep.Frederick
Young Republicans
GOP
North Court Street
Derr
Estella Belt
U N Meet On Rhodesia Delayed At Security Council
The U.N Security Council meeting on Rhodesia was delayed as African members seek a united strategy. Ambassador Moussa Keita of Mali cited ongoing consultations and did not call a session despite Britain's demand for a vote on using force to enforce sanctions.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Britain
Rhodesia
Council
Moussa Keo Keita
Mali
Keita
Beira
Mozambique
Keira
Tan Smith
Harold Wilson
U.N
Smith
Regima
Demonstrations Roil Saigon in Anti American Violence
Buddhist monks lead about 2000 protesters through central Saigon in the worst day of rioting in seven days. Americans beaten or chased as riot police, backed by paratroopers, fire tear gas and restore street clashes. Some civilians harmed. MPs clash with reporters amid red alert rumors at Tan Son Nhut Airport.
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Saigon
Buddhist Institute
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
138 Cong Killed In Border Battle
The US First Cavalry Airmobile Division in Operation Lincoln on the Cambodian frontier reported 29 Viet Cong killed in a two week sweep around the Chu Phong Mountains, bringing total communist dead to 438. Other units counted at least 15 Viet Cong near Tuy Hoa as fighting continued.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Chu Phong
Tuy Hoa
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Steven Oden
R. Herbert Oden
Amelia Fisher
J. Rolfe Castleman
East Frederick
Sally Lowd
Daniel Cowan
Marcia Baker
Roy Kelley
By Lawrence van Goethem
Medicare
LBJ
Area Sunrise
U.S. Man-In-Space
Sen. Derr
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