Head On Crash Kills Pa Man In Maryland County
A head on collision on U S 340 near Family Drive killed George Roy Geist 47 of Myerstown Pa. and injured 16 year old Alien Culler and 13 year old Donald Culler. Charges against Alien Culler are pending.
25 Apr 1966
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1966
Page
1
A head on collision on U S 340 near Family Drive killed George Roy Geist 47 of Myerstown Pa. and injured 16 year old Alien Culler and 13 year old Donald Culler. Charges against Alien Culler are pending.
The Frederick County Coordinating Committee for Cooperating Ministries asks county commissioners for a full-time institutional chaplain for the Montevue Home the County Jail and Frederick Memorial Hospital. Salary seven thousand dollars with three thousand for housing medical and retirement expenses.
Thurmont voters head to the polls to elect two town commissioners with incumbents C. Ray Weddle and William H. Benjamin facing challenger Murray C. Miller in a light turnout general election. In Emmitsburg voters weigh whether Norman Flax should keep both roles as water commissioner and town board member amid ongoing water problems.
About 800 eligible voters were at the Thurmont polls at noon today while most anticipate evening turnout after work. Polls close at 7 pm. The top two vote getters will become councilmen with Weddle an insurance agent and Benjamin a Thurmont Construction Company employee. Nhiler works for M L Creager and Sons.
Paris AP report quotes Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville denying any Soviet non aggression pact while outlining France stance on NATO. He says France will quit NATO military command as outdated but will keep U S friendship and seek peaceful Viet Nam settlement. He notes NATO nuclear arsenal largely U S controlled and insists France will remain in the alliance.
New York AP reports a subdued trading session on the New York Stock Exchange with prices moving unevenly higher. Market activity was limited and volatility remained muted as investors weighed mixed economic signals.
Clergymen in Frederick City express cautious support for using an artificial heart to extend life. They argue the device can aid cure and restore normal life if used to treat disease, while warning against endless eternal life. The discussion follows Marcel DeRudder’s surgery in Houston and ongoing questions of ethics.
In Saigon, Communist war planes avoided American jets after a 10 month gap in air challenges. US pilots reported two MiGs shot down on Saturday but no MiGs seen Sunday as US forces pressed targets near Hanoi and along the Red River Valley. The clash left two US F105s down and 221 total US losses over North Vietnam, while Vietnamese sources claimed Viet Cong casualties and road and rail disruptions in the Mekong Delta.
Frederick County received about 0.81 inch of rain over the weekend, boosting monthly totals to 2.44 inches and keeping year to date precipitation high. The Monocacy River stayed clear while the Potomac at Point of Rocks rose and turned cloudy.
California defendant Armando Schmercher appeals his 1964 Los Angeles drunken driving conviction to the Supreme Court seeking ruling on whether police may draw a motorist’s blood over objection to determine intoxication. Los Angeles argues tests were voluntary and constitutional rights not violated. Justice Clark cites modern crime detection as essential.
Frederick Central YMCA representatives buried historical items in 1906 behind the old cornerstone on West Church Street. At yesterday’s exercises attended by a representative group the items and 1966 memorabilia were placed behind the new YMCA cornerstone on North Market Street. Contents include a tape recording a color film and the 1964 annual report plus a 1960 study.
Secretary Udall predicts 1967 will be a big year for expanding parkland along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Justice Douglas and hundreds join the hike to press for national park status, with 500 participants near the end and a banquet in Frederick.
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