Catoctin Park To Get New Visitors Center Unit
A new visitors center and exhibition hall will be built at Catoctin Mountain Park in Maryland for 79,600 dollars. Elwood Rockwell Construction Company of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania won the contract as the lowest bid among seven. The project expands the CCC era stone administration building and will include an information desk, rest rooms, and an exhibition hall. Work starts after contract completion and should take 180 working days. Paul Webb notes Jobs Corps trainees cannot bid but are aiding with woodland clearing and trail construction in the park.
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Catoctin Mountain Park
U. S
Carlton R. Sickles
D.- Md
Elwood Rockwell Construction Company
Mechanicsburg
National Park Service
Washington
CCC
MD. 77
Thurmont
Park
Paul Webb
Job Corps
Jobs Corps
Webb
Frederick
City Board Set To Rule On Housing Unit Plans
The Frederick City board of zoning appeals will be asked tomorrow to approve a 150 unit housing project in College Estates. The 45 townhouse units line Taney Avenue behind the Frederick Shopping Center and 105 garden apartments occupy eight acres of land. The project mirrors Detrick Plaza Apartments and follows planning commission approval of layout and street access. A second case seeks a setback waiver for a 10 car private lot on Bentz Street by Ned Zeiler.
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Frederick
Potomac
Harry Rosenfeld
Garden
Brodsky
Planning Commission
Detrick Plaza
Appeals Board
Bentz Street
Ned Zeiler
Underwater Easter Egg Hunt Baffles Edmonds Police
Edmonds Washington residents reported strange underwater lights near a ferry dock. Patrolman Norm Sedor traced the lights to the Marker Buoys Diving Club of Seattle, which was conducting an underwater Easter egg hunt.
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Edmonds
Wash
Norm Sedor
Marker Buoys Diving Club
Seattle
Cardinal Shehan to Dedicate Pangborn Campanile May 1
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan will visit Emmitsburg on May 1 to dedicate the Pangborn Memorial Campanile at Mount St. Mary’s College and the St. Joseph Provincial House. The Campanile program begins at 3 p.m. with public attendance. the St. Joseph ceremony is by invitation.
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Lawrence Cardinal Shehan
Baltimore
Emmitsburg
Pangborn
Mount St. Mary’s College
St. Joseph
St. Joseph College
Cardinal Shehan
Mount St. Mary’s
Pangborn Foundation
Thomas W. Pangborn
Hagerstown
Our Lady of the Mountain
Tommasi
Pietrasanto
Italy
St. Mary’s Mount
Church of St. Mary
John Dubois
Aarle-Rixtel
Holland
Petit and Fristen, Ltd
Westminster
Empire State Building
New York City
Lourdes
France
Holy See
Hugh J. Phillips
National Shrine Grotto
Rev. Donald W. Bracken Chosen as Frederick Pastor
The Rev. Donald W. Bracken of Oil City Pennsylvania has accepted a call to lead the United Presbyterian Church of Frederick succeeding Rev W Merival Weaver who retired this year. Bracken will arrive April 26 and assume duties May 1 occupying the manse on West Second Street with his wife Peggy June Chandler and children Kimberly Sue and David Allen. Bracken's background includes Johnstown Juniata Huntingdon and Princeton Theological Seminary with previous posts in Oil City Govans Baltimore and the National Presbyterian Church Washington.
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Donald W. Bracken
Oil City
United Presbyterian Church of
Frederick
W. Merival Weaver
Weaver
Bracken
The
Presbyterian Church
West Second Street
Hassen Heights
Stone gets 3 years for killing wife in Maryland
Lawrence Cornelius Stone Dickerson was sentenced to three years in the Maryland House of Correction for manslaughter in Evelyn Stone's death. He had been charged with murder but pled guilty to manslaughter after a March 2 verdict. sentencing followed a background investigation. The body was found November 14 in the couple’s Dickerson home after a single gunshot to the head. State’s Attorney Rothenhoefer cited witness exclusion and Stone’s alcohol use as factors in the plea change and verdict.
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Lawrence Cornelius Stone
Dickerson
Maryland House of Correction
Stone
Robert EB. Clapp Jr
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Evelyn
Robert S. Rothenhoefer
Rothenhoefer
Egg Hunt in Baker Park Postponed by Rain
The Easter egg hunt in Baker Park was postponed due to rain. Frederick Community Civic Association members will decide Tuesday whether to reschedule for Wednesday or Saturday.
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Baker Park
Frederick Community Civic Association
Stock Market Nudges Higher in Early Trading
New York prices edged up irregularly in early trading as investors moved through active market sessions.
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New York
Four Hurt In Morning County Auto Accidents
Police report four people injured in two crashes in the county this morning. Mrs Mabel Kehne Mrs Ester Kehne both of Frederick and Miss Janet Parr of Hyattsville plus Lewis Saksen of Hyattsville treated for minor injuries. First wreck occurred on Reichs Ford Road near Quynn Orchard Road when the Kehnes cars collided. Damages estimated at 500 each. No charges yet. Second crash on Frederick Freeway near U S 40 overpass involved Joseph Figgins of Cooksville Ky and Lewis Saksen of Hyattsville. Figgins 1963 sedan damage 500 Saksen 1961 compact damage 1000. Figgins charged with failure to give a hand signal. Continued on page 2.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Ester R. Kehne
Ijamsville
Mabel W. Kehne
RFD
Frederick
Janet I. Parr
Hyattsville
Lewis C. Saksen
Quynn Orchard Road
Th. Edward W. Lennox
Mabel Kehne
Ester Kehne
Joseph L. Figgins
Cooksville
Lewis Saksen
Byattsville
Tfc
Richard Cook
Figgins
Saksen
Cook
Mississippi Flood Vigil Continues Across Five States
Flood watchers and sandbag crews man dikes from Minnesota to Illinois as Mississippi River crests decline in Hannibal and floodwaters threaten farms. A broken levee near Quincy floods up to eleven thousand acres. governors planned aerial surveys as residents seek shelter and communities reinforce defenses.
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Associated Press
Mississippi River
Twin Cities
Minnesota
Cairo
Ill
U.S. Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Hannibal
Quincy
Weather Bureau
Illinois
Missouri
Otto Kerner
Warren E. Hearnes
East Moline
Rock Island
Moline
Davenport
Iowa
Change Of Venue Sought In Sier Manslaughter Case
Defense attorney Edwin F. Nikirk plans to file a petition for removal of the manslaughter case against Mt St. Marys College students James J. McGonegal and Stephen G. Murphy as soon as medical reports from Ronnie Lee Sier's hospitalization are obtained. Sier, 16, of Monrovia, died from injuries after a fight at the Frederick Fair on October 1. The charge was reduced from murder to manslaughter at a preliminary hearing.
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Ronnie Lee Sier
Edwin F. Nikirk
James J. McGonegal
Stephen G. Murphy
Mt St. Mary’s College
Emmitsburg
Sier
Monrovia
Frederick Fair
Red Cross Appeals For Disaster Aid
The Frederick Chapter of the American Red Cross asks residents to donate for mid west disasters. County contributions reach $260 since the initial call last week. National Red Cross estimates $2,000,000 needed for tornado and flood states. The organization nears year end after spending $8,000,000 in 1964-65. further emergency donations are urged.
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Frederick
American Red Cross
Mid-West
Red Cross
National Red Cross
Funds Sought For Local Fitness Program
The Frederick Physical Fitness Commission asks the county for 1050 dollars for the next fiscal year. Delegate Goodloe E Byron and Bernard Lorenzen presented the request citing active programs run at Frederick High School with classes for men and women at 7 am and 7 pm on Monday Wednesday and Friday.
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Frederick
Two Helicopters Lost In Assault On Reds
Nine Americans killed as two U S Army helicopters were shot down by Communist gunfire during a raid on Viet Cong positions near Qui Nhon in Binh Dinh Province. A copilot died when another helicopter was downed, with pilots able to return to base in the aftermath.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Qui Nhon
4YUL LN
Binh Dinh
Viet Nam
Navy
Hanoi
Air Force
North
U.S
Johnson
da Nang
Midway
Hancock
Mekong
Dirksen backs bombing of North Vietnam in policy clash
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen aligned with Secretary Rusk and Defense Secretary McNamara against Senator Fulbright's call for a temporary halt to U S bombing of North Vietnam. Dirksen argued the Communists show no willingness to negotiate and warned a pause would hurt U S prestige.
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Washinton
Senate
Everett M Dirksen
Dean Rusk
Robert
McNamara
J. W. Fulbright
U.S
North Viet Nam
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Associated Press
Arkansas Democrat
Johnson
Viet Nam
Alway
Dirksen
Illinois Republican
McNamara Joins South Viet Nam Parley in Honolulu
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara will fly to Honolulu for a one day meeting with U S Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor and military officials. They will review plans for expanded U S support to South Vietnamese military and paramilitary forces. No crisis prompted the meeting, officials said.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Honolulu
Defense Department
McNamara
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Pentagon
Boat Capsized In Potomac Halts Search For Missing Man
The search for 21 year old Glen Neil Tharpe of Glass Manor after a Saturday boat capsize on the Potomac River near Angler's Inn was paused due to rain. Rescue crews from Cabin John Fire Company dragged the river from Saturday afternoon into Sunday and will resume with a helicopter once weather clears. Tharpe was unable to cling to the boat while his companions Mr and Mrs Clifford Bullard of Alexandria VA escaped with the craft. The Bullards reported Tharpe had recently undergone lung surgery and may have been weakened by the operation.
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Glass Manor
Potomac River
Seneca and
Potomac
Cabin John
Fire Company
Glen Neil Tharpe
Tharpe
Clifford Bullard
Alexandria
Angler’s Inn
Reuben Hunter
Hunter
Montgomery County
Bullard
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Catoctin Park
Wade
Shehan
W. M. Weaver
Ron Sier
Criminal Court
Nikirk
Circuit Court
Patrick M Schnauffer
Robert E Clapp Jr
Schnauffer
Nikark
Sen. Fulbright
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