City to start annual bicycle inspections Monday
Chief Charles V. Main announced that the city will begin annual bicycle inspections and registrations on Monday under a city ordinance. The program requires cycle registration, inspection for defects, and a 25 cent fee, with a schedule listed for locations and times across several parks and streets.
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Winchester Street
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Wisner Street
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Maryland Avenue Park
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City civil defense plan still not finalized
Mayor Jacob R. Ramsburg said Frederick plans for a bomb shelter behind City Hall remain undecided after a council meeting. Civil Defense Director George J. Stup noted specifications for changing the city hall project to a shelter were not settled. The mayor indicated the contract would continue as is until approval is secured and vowed to discuss details with the city engineer and defense director.
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City Hall
George J. Stup
Civil Defense
Frederick County
Robert A. Whiteford
Police Spend Several Hours Weekly On Own Pistol Range
Freder ick City Police officers train on the Practical Pistol Course near the Singapore Filtration plant using a .38 Caliber Police Special Revolver. All 33 officers fire from a 21 foot start, completing a 180 foot, 150 foot, and barricade sequence in under six minutes as Sgt. Sherman H. Boone oversees range construction and maintenance. Qualification day is set for August 16.
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Frederick City
Singapore
FBI
Sherman H. Boone
Charles V. Main
Boone
Free X-Ray Schedule Highlights Tuberculosis Screening
More than 1,590 residents used the mobile unit during its first week in Frederick County. In three hours Friday, over 490 people visited on North Market Street, with many food handlers teachers and school staff among those scanned. The unit will continue city stops next week at multiple industries and public facilities.
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Freda Doll
Frederick County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
Price Electric Corp
Jefferson Street
Frederick County
American Optical Company
Ox Fibre
Brush Company
East Church Street
Frederick Iron and Steel
Frederick Tailoring Company
East Fourth Street
Montevue
Frederick County Faces 27 Teacher Vacancies for Next Year
Assistant Superintendent Dr. Quentin L. Earhart told the Frederick County Board of Education with about a month to opening school, 27 teaching vacancies remain. He noted 84 new contracts accepted to fill posts from resignations and retirements, while county salaries lag behind 13 other counties that match or exceed the local scale.
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Frederick County
Quentin L. Earhart
Board of Education
Earhart
Man Killed in Hyndman Area Car Crash
Roy M. Shaffer age 25 from Ellerslie Maryland died early today when his car went out of control on Route 96 six miles south of Hyndman Pennsylvania. The vehicle struck rural mailboxes and a utility pole. Hyndman lies near Cumberland in south central Pennsylvania.
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Hyndman
Roy M. Shaffer
Ellerslie
Pennsylvania
Route 15 Lewistown relocation advances ahead of schedule
Thomas G. Mohler reports rapid progress on the Route 15 relocation west of Lewistown. The project includes a 24 foot paved highway with 10 foot shoulders, a three span bridge over Fishing Creek, and will connect with the old road north of Lewistown. Completion could come later this year barring bad weather.
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Thomas G. Mohler
State Roads Commission
Mountaindale Road
Mohler
T. Edgie Russell
Fishing Creek
Frederick County
Frederick Freeway
Steiner's Hill
Washington County
Bester and Long
Hagerstown
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Jefferson Street
U.S. internal split risks Berlin action at UN
Diplomats say Washington’s neutral stance in the French Tunisian dispute damages U N support for action on West Berlin. Asian African delegates fear losing the 2/3 majority needed for a General Assembly condemnation while Iran Pakistan the Philippines and Turkey back a special Tunisia session. The U S would face slim votes from Asia Africa if the Berlin issue comes to a 99 nation assembly.
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Berlin
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99 Nation Assembly
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Pakistan
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Adlai EB. Stevenson
River conditions update at Point of Rocks
Potomac remains clear at 13 inches deep the lowest level reported this year. Water temperature sits at 79 degrees while Monocacy near Buckeystown shows partly cloudy skies and normal conditions.
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Potomac
Buckeystown
East German Chief Walter Ulbricht Visits Moscow
East German Communist leader Walter Ulbricht has been in Moscow for several days, confirmed by the East German Embassy. Officials declined to state the visit's purpose while Western diplomats speculate he sought Soviet approval to seal the Berlin border to curb refugee flows and may have helped draft a note to the United States.
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West Berlin
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Olson brothers complete 3400 mile ride toward San Francisco
Olson brothers left Salt Lake City on the final leg of a 3400 mile trip to San Francisco. Their mother reports 1060 miles of desert ahead and plans to ride at night with police caution. They expect to reach the coast within ten days and will stop at San Francisco rather than continue to Los Angeles.
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Braddock
West Coast
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Rocky Mountain National Park
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Rocky Mountains
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Khrushchev Calls Kennedy Complex Leader Who Shouts Loudest
Khrushchev told Italian Premier Fanfani during Berlin crisis talks that Kennedy is a complex man who listens to the loudest shouters. He compared Kennedy unfavorably to John Foster Dulles, saying Americans tend to let the loudest voice win.
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Kennedy
Amintore Fanfani
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Berlin
Fanfani
John Foster Dulles
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Kennedy and Stevenson Confer on U N Strategy at Cape Cod
President Kennedy and Adlai Stevenson meet at the Cape Cod summer White House for a long review of U N General Assembly issues. Also joining are Harlan Cleveland and aides as they discuss Berlin and Germany amid Khrushchev signals.
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Hyannis Port
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Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
General Assembly of the United Nations
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International Organization Affairs
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Berlin Talks Open In Paris
Western foreign ministers from the United States Britain and France opened a three day conference in Paris to address the Berlin crisis and unite a common course while signaling willingness to negotiate with the Soviet Union. East German unrest and Khrushchev’s threat to sign a peace treaty with East Germany add pressure for diplomatic progress.
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Britain
France
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Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Maurice Couve de Murville
West Germany
Heinrich von Brentano
Iron Curtain
Hit Run Charge After College Avenue Collision
City resident Glenn R. Crum of Wilson Avenue was charged with failing to stop after striking an unattended vehicle on College Avenue. Crum’s 1960 Chrysler sustained $300 damage while the parked 1951 Chevrolet sustained $350. Crum was located at his home several hours later.
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Glenn R. Crum
Wilson Avenue
Crum
Norman
Franklin Fogle
Hagerstown Fair Opens Monday With Large Livestock Show
The 106th Hagerstown Fair opens Monday on tent-covered grounds to handle overflow in the live stock show. About 440 cattle, 330 hogs, 87 sheep, and 16 ponies compete as poultry show is canceled for a Maryland chicken exhibit. The fair runs through Aug 12 with Gov. Tawes planning to attend Tuesday.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
Tawes
Robert Snavely
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