Walkersville Car Train Crash Claims Two
A Walkersville mother Esther Monetta Conley 36 and her two year old nephew Jonathan David Salmon died after their car was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train at Fountain Rock Road near Walkersville at 2 30 p m The engineer blew warnings but the driver did not hear The car was pushed 55 feet into an embankment and the train continued 321 feet The Conley family including seven children ranging 8 to 17 and the Salmon family mourn the losses in this Frederick County accident.
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Walkersville
Pennsylvania
Esther Monetta Conley
Jonathan David Salmon
Haskel T. Salmon
Frederick
University Hospital
Baltimore
Frederick aims to annex 322 acres along Monocacy
Frederick city officials moved to annex 322.55 acres north to the Monocacy Filtration Plant with a public hearing set for May 19. The Peters farm owners led the request, joined by other owners including the International Organization of Odd Fellows, and the plan offers five years of tax exemption or until services are in place.
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Frederick City
East Street
International Organization of Odd Fellows
Monocacy River
E. Paul Magaha
Richard E. Zimmerman
Peters
City Sets Rezoning Hearings in Frederick
Frederick city lawmakers tentatively approved several rezoning requests and set hearings for May 5. Proposals include Peters Farm 213 acres on East Street to R2 R1 and R4 for housing, Russell Young property on East Patrick Street to commercial, and Freda Solar on Chapel Alley to commercial. Peters Farm, sold to Howard Paige for 325000, will be developed solely as residential housing.
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Frederick City
Peters Farm
East Street
Russell Young
Patrick Street
Freda Solar
Chapel Alley
Peters
Howard Paige
Richard E. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Planning Commission
Copper Shares Rally Marks Irregular Early Trading
New York AP reports strong demand for copper shares as the stock market opened firmly. Trading was heavy and prices showed an irregular rise amid cautious investor sentiment.
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New York
Hospital Fund Drive Passes $800000 Mark
The Frederick Memorial Hospital Building Fund moved beyond 800000 yesterday as public campaign teams reported 213 new subscriptions totaling 24810 to reach 806380. Public Campaign chairman Glenmore V. Rice led the session at the Francis Scott Key Hotel, praising workers and noting potential to reach a million next week.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
General Public
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Glenmore V. Rice
Public Campaign
Paul
Michael
Memorial Gifts Committee
Carl V. Weakley
Fund
Weakley
State Farm Insurance
Corning Packaging Company
Safeway Stores
Frederick City
Garland P. Feaga
Charles A. Nicodemus
Austin F. Anglebergler
W. Meredith S. Young
Income Tax Returns Due By Midnight Tonight
Frederick post office handles a flood of income tax returns as many wait until the last minute. Postmaster James A. Grove says the regular force handles the deluge and all mail dropped by midnight from the out of town box or the front mailbox will be postmarked with today’s date.
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Frederick
James A. Grove
Grove
Warfield Announces Candidacy for Frederick Alderman
John C. Warfield, general manager of the Frederick Motor Company, declares his bid as a Democratic candidate for the Frederick Board of Aldermen. Born in Frederick in 1929, he is a former chairman of the Frederick School Construction Advisory Committee and a Korean War veteran awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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John C. Warfield
Frederick Motor Company
Frederick
Lexington
Warfield
United States Air Force
Korea
Rowe Wins Water Meter Contract in Frederick Bid
Rowe's Plumbing and Heating Co. of Frederick won a city contract to install 378 water meters for the Frederick metering program. Rowe bid $37.50 per vault-type meter and $8 per read-o-matic meter totaling $3,496, beating C. F. Murphy Inc. and R. J. Smith offered vault meters at $40 and read-o-matic at $10 each.
Frederick awards 124,064 bid for fire hall addition
Frederick City board awarded a 124,064 contract to Frederick Construction Co. to add to United Fire Company fire hall. It was the low bid from four bidders, funded by last year’s 15 million bond issue. Mayor E. Paul Magahase said work would finish within 164 calendar days of starting. Other bids: Ausherman Construction 133,382. E. E. Stoller Construction 124,900. Glen Construction 129,102.
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Frederick City
Frederick Construction Co
United Fire Company
Onty
E. Paul Magahase
Ausherman Construction Co
E. E. Stoller Construction Co
Glen Construction Co
Veney Case Goes To Jury Today
Motions for acquittal on the murder charge against Samuel Veney were denied as testimony closed. The court recessed at 11:40 am until 1:30 pm for closing arguments, Veney declined to testify, and defense motions on charges and evidence were denied. Ann Brown, Veney’s girlfriend, testified about Christmas Day 1964 and admitted lying to police and the grand jury under threat. She said she did not know she testified before a grand jury.
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Samuel Veney
Veney
Ann Brown
Jack Lee Cooper
Baltimore City
Eloise Bennett
Bennett
Charles E. Moylan Jr
Brown
Baltimore Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Baltimore
Moylan
John Drake Jr
City Board Fails To Act On Cable TV Debate
Frederick city officials met to discuss a CATV system renewal with testimony from sales and service leaders and proponents. The Board took no final action. Mayor Magaha promised a prompt decision while aldermen debated exclusive franchise versus competition and safeguarding citizens from company failure.
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Frederick City
Board of Aldermen
E. Paul Magaha
CATV
Richard L Shipley
Frederick
Shipley
Trout season opens with sparse bites across Maryland streams
Maryland's 1966 trout season began at 5 30 AM with 400 plus vehicles along county streams, many from out of state. Despite heavy stocking on Fishing Creek Middle Creek and other waters, anglers reported few fish or slow action with bait and lures mostly producing meager catches as runoff cooled water.
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Maryland
Middle Creek
Ray Toms
Hunting Creek
Richard Jacques
Fishing Creek
Catoctin School Pool and Carpeting May Be Cut
Nine changes in preliminary plans for Catoctin High School Thurmont were approved by the Board of Education. An alternate basement plan removes the swimming pool with bids to compare costs. Carpeting shifts to vinyl tile, terrazzo in main areas, sloped roof trusses replace flat beams, and redwood trim is eliminated from the exterior.
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Catoctin High School
Thurmont
Tthe Board of Education
Maryland
Fredrick County School Board
Catoctin School
Burker, Tilghman and Nelson
Silver Spring
John C. Warfield
Catoctin
Warfield
Warheld
New Sabillasville School Dedication Set Sunday
The Sabillasville Elementary School will be dedicated Sunday at 2 00 PM with state and local education leaders attending. The 533 567 dollar facility serves about 240 students and features eight classrooms a multipurpose room health room cafeteria and library. Speakers include Dr James A Sersenbaugh A Irvin Renn and C Gordon Smith with other officials from Frederick County and the state joining the ceremony.
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Sabillasville
James A. Sersenbaugh
Frederick County Board of Education
Frederick County Commissioners
A. Irvin Renn
County Commissioners
C. Gordon Smith
Board of Education
Johm L. Carnochan
del Goodloe
E. Byron
D-Frederick
Del
Charles EB
Ins
del E. Earl Remsberg
R-Frederick
State Board of Education
David W Zimmerman
James C. Hicks
Ralph J. Hubert
Glen Construction Company
William J. Whalen
PTA
Mary Jane Miller
Kea, Shaw, Grimm and Crichton
Johnson endorses summit with Latin leaders in push for progress
President Johnson backed a proposal for a high level meeting with Latin American chiefs of state to accelerate the Alliance for Progress. Speaking during the Lincoln statue unveiling in Mexico City, he urged careful but action oriented planning and noted possible U S travel to South America before summer. The 101st anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination was marked as Johnson met with Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz at Los Pinos.
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Mexico City
Johnson
Alliance For Progress
U.S
Latin America
Abraham Lincoln
Polanco
Arturo Illa
Alliance For
South America
Mexico
Lincoln
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Los Pinos
White House
City Plumbers Press City on Code Violations
Master plumbers in Frederick City pleaded with the board of aldermen to act on violations of the new plumbing code. They cited a letter from the Plumbing Review Board noting two code breaches by city heating equipment and urged clearer action and enforcement.
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Frederick City
Charles F. Murphy
Murphy
Plumbing Review Board
E Paul Magaha
Magaha
Review Board
Richard R. Burgee
Richard L. Shipley
Plumbing Board
Plumbing Inspector
Burgee
Buddhists Call Off Demonstrations in Saigon
Buddhist leaders in Saigon reaffirmed support for the military government's plan to hold elections in three to five months and called off future demonstrations. They warned supporters could reappear in the streets if elections are not held as promised.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
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Monocacy Shopping Center
Salmon Treet
Winchacter Street
Haskel Jr
Melissa
Salmon
Church of God
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Pat
Young
Rowe
LBJ
Frank Bentz
Jim Gilford
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