City debates use of Old Reservoir site and go kart plan
Frederick Maryland leaders pressed for a 12 month delay on final use of the Old Reservoir site for a Civic Center while weighing Inter-Club Council claim and school use. Opponents urged delaying go kart course plans citing traffic and zoning concerns as city hall set two new loading zones.
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Inter-Club Council
Umier
YMCA
West Seventh St
Inter-Club Counci
Fesse
Reservar
Aldermamic
Singanore
City Hall
William B Burall
Burall
William H. Bartgis
Henry Durell
Inter-Child Council
Durell
Sid
C. Lease
Bussard
Civvic
Thomas Johnson
Frederick City
Frederick County
James
Decker
W. C. Patrick
Singapore
East South Street
Positive steps urged to lure larger stores to Frederick
National planner Julian Tarrant of Ladislas Segoe and Associates outlines three growth needs for Frederick including more off street parking, better downtown traffic flow, and new sites for businesses. He promotes urban renewal to fund space for major stores and preserves historic blocks as Old Frederick. A preliminary land use plan, to be shown at City Hall, envisions a downtown district with subcenters and a protected historic core.
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Frederick
Frederck
Julian Tarrant
Ladislas Segoe and Associates
Cincinnati
Ohio
Tarrant
Mr. Tarrant
Frederick City
City Hall
Carroll Creek
Fourth Street
Market Street
Court Street
Middle Alley
Patrick Street
Seventh Street
East Street
Jefferson Street
Alexandria
Williamsport
Old Georgetown
Washington, D. C
Health Department cuts polio clinics to weekly schedule
County health officer Dr. Forbes H. Burgess announced daily polio vaccination clinics will shift to weekly Monday sessions at Winchester Hall, with monthly clinics in Brunswick Woodsboro and Emmitsburg. He cited reduced intake and staff needs in other health areas after 183 showed up last Monday, eight attended Tuesday, and the Wednesday morning crowd in the sixties.
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Health Department
Forbes H. Burgess
Winchester Hall
Brunswick
Woodsboro
Emmitsburg
Youth Acquitted Of Mother's Death in Maryland Trial
A 17 year old Hagerstown boy was acquitted of first degree murder in the Feb. slaying of his mother Mary Davis 36. The court found him insane at the time and ordered treatment at Clifton T. Perkins State Hospital. Three Baltimore psychiatrists testified on insanity. defense expert urged clinic treatment. A strike threat also looms as Local 130 plans a 700 member walkout at Westinghouse plants in Lansdowne and Baltimore City over a contract supplement.
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Hagerstown
Circuit Court
K. McLaughlin
John J. Davis
Mary Davis
Davis
Clifton T. Perkins State Hospital
Jessups
Jacob Morgenstern
McLaughlin
Baltimore
Oscar Prado
Robert Trattner
John Hamilton
Prado
Maryland
Hamilton
Tratiner
James F. Strine
International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Ordnance Department
Lansdowne
Westinghouse
Congress Passes Farm Bill to Trim Surpluses
Congress approved a compromise farm bill to curb surplus grains and save taxpayers money. The measure seeks higher price supports for farmers who idle 10 percent or more of wheat lands and continues programs for corn barley sorghum school milk and foreign food aid. The House passed 224 to 170 and the Senate approved by voice vote. President Kennedy is expected to sign.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Ellender
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate House Conference Committee
Senate
White House
Great Plains
Discoverer 28 Fails to Orbit Over Pacific
Discoverer 28 lifted from Vandenberg Air Force Base but failed to reach orbit and apparently fell into the South Pacific. Air Force officials cited technical difficulties as causes, with plans to attempt aerial recovery of the capsule within days.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
South Pacific
Samos
Midas
Frederick man charged with selling alcohol to minors
Arthur G. Kester, 24, of 321 East Third Street, employed at Brown's Restaurant at 358 West Patrick Street, was arrested Thursday for selling alcoholic beverages to minors. He posted $1000 bond. The case, under investigation for some time, will go to trial August 16 at 10 p.m. in Magistrate's Court.
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Frederick
Arthur G. Kester
East Third Street
Brown's
West Patrick Street
Kester
Passengers Reflect On Hijacked Jet Arrival In Houston
Passengers from a Continental Airlines hijacked jet arrived in Houston with most saying they were not frightened while held prisoner. Mrs. Bill Knapp reported kindly treatment by the hijackers and noted a pregnant woman was escorted off first. The Los Angeles man learned their father had died shortly before their arrival.
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Houston
Tex
Continental Airlines
Bill Knapp
Toledo
Beaumont
Pete Loya
Los Angeles
Lewis
el Paso
Havana
Carlos Estrada
East Third St
Hijacking Crew Recalls Houston Funeral Route
A report from a hijacking aboard a flight from El Paso to Houston describes two men pulling guns and threatening to take passengers to Cuba after leaving El Paso. John Salvado, a passenger, recounts the moment with a pistol at the pilot. The plane’s remaining crew and passengers were not aboard the Houston leg. Continal stewardess Pat Wibe noted the hijackers remained calm and largely silent unless spoken to.
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Houston
Cuba
el Paso
John Salvado
Palm Desert
Calif
Pat Wibe
NYC President In Strong Position In B&O Bid
Alfred E. Perlman head of the New York Central Railroad asserts the NYC holds a strong position to gain control of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He based this on the Central’s ICC case, the record, and data filed since the hearing.
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Baltimore
Alfred E. Perlman
New York Central Railroad
NYC
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The
Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Perlman
R. Walter Graham
Rail mergers face push from B and O and Central interests
In Washington AP reports Perlman vows a last ditch fight to include MARTIN GIVEN CONTRACT. The Army awards a $16.995 million contract to The Martin Co. of Baltimore to design build and test a 10000 kilowatt floating atomic powered plant for a surplus liberty ship. Design phase costs 644046 with 15 months for design and three years for construction and testing. The plant will power coastal military installations or communities damaged by disasters or wartime attack.
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Martin
Washington
Army
Martin Co
Baltimore
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