Migrant Camp Conditions Found Clean by Officials
County Health and Planning officials assured Commissioners that the Feagaville migrant workers camp poses no health threat. They reported clean housing, proper sewage, and no open latrines with a full-time caretaker and lime sanitation. The group, 50 to 60 people strong, includes 30 to 40 family members living in solid conditions, though critics said sanitary measures were lacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Feagaville
Walter Comer
Forbes Burgess
Garland Guyton
Planning and Zoning Commission
William Morgan
Department of Employment Security
Morgan
Delbert Null
County Commissioners Board
Burgess
State Health Department
Alfred Catsail
Goodloe Byron
Attornex
$2 Million PE Building Plan Started
Electric power service in the Frederick area is being strengthened in a large construction program by Potomac Edison Company. Nearly $2 million will be spent this year to meet growing demand, with over $700,000 already invested, including a new 138000 volt transmission line from Lime Kiln to near Clarksburg and substations at Lime Kiln and Montgomery. The plan covers Frederick Carroll and Upper Montgomery counties with multiple 34 500 volt lines, street lighting revamps, dusk to dawn lights, and maintenance, partly by contractor crews like Wright Construction Company of Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
John W. Morgan
Potomac Edison Company
Morgan
Potomac Edison
Main
Lime Kiln
Clarksburg
Lve
Montgomery
Monrovia
Westinghouse Corporation
Lisbon
Brunswick
Millville
West Virginia
City of
South Frederick
Frederick City
Frederick County
Carroll County
Montgomery County
Wright Construction Company
Richmond
Seven Maryland deaths from drownings, crashes, and fire
The week end saw seven fatalities in Maryland from drownings and auto accidents, plus a fire. A missing cabin cruiser with two men aboard was found, ending the search. The latest traffic victim was Joseph Allan Holgate 28 of Philadelphia struck on U S 40 near Joppa while working on a disabled car. his companion Earl Edward Garrett 33 was slightly injured. A 32 year old boy David Michael Hittle drowned at his Sunny Acre farm near Gambrills. Floyd Collins 21 of Painter Va was found dead in a tomato pit at Williamsburg Canning Co. Baltimore autopsy pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Maryland
Philadelphia
U. 40
Joseph Allan Holgate
U.S. 40
Joppa
Holgate
Harford Memorial Hospital
Earl Edward Garrett
David Michael Hitile
Sunny Acre
Gambrills
Paul A. Hittle
Floyd Collins
Painter
Williamsburg Canning Ca
Baltimore
Special Jury Hears Hijacking Case in El Paso
A federal grand jury met at El Paso to hear testimony for possible indictment of Leon Bearden 50 and son Cody 16 in a Continental Airlines hijacking last Thursday. If indicted they likely face arraignment in U.S. District Court within days, held on $100,000 bond each. They are charged with kidnapping and interstate transportation of a stolen aircraft.
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EL Paso
Tex
R E Thomason
Federal Grand Jury
Arizona
Continental Airlines
Thomason
Leon Bearden
Cody
U.S. District Court
Hijacking Bill Passes Senate Unit
The Senate Aviation subcommittee approved unanimously a bill to make airplane hijacking punishable by a life sentence. It would treat hijacking as piracy and extend federal jurisdiction over crimes in flight, with penalties up to life imprisonment for deadly weapon use and up to five years for concealed weapons by passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Continental Airlines
el Paso
Tex
Cuba
Mike Monroney
Dekla
Senate Commerce Committee
Kennedy
House
Commerce
Slayer Of Youth Gets Life Term
In New York, Eade Vogt, 18, was sentenced to life in prison for the 50 cent robbery murder of 11 year old Robert Giuliati Dee who was delivering a Christmas tree. Jurors had found Vogt guilty of first degree murder after a staged confrontation in an uptown Manhattan apartment building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eadeward Vogt
General Sessions Court
Joseph A Larafite
Vogt
Robert Giuliati Dee
Anthony Giutiani
Hey
Manhattan
Five Day Forecast Provides Mixed Showers Across Regions
The forecast notes near normal temperatures with daily changes. Scattered showers expected Thursday through Saturday. Highs near 87 near morning lows around 7 in lower elevations, with mountain areas experiencing cooler readings.
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Ats Im
Mars Land
Khrushchev urges round-table talks on Berlin crisis
Premier Khrushchev urged the Big Three to accept a round conference on Berlin and warned the West of possible Soviet military moves to meet Western threats. He thanked Kennedy for common sense but warned that such rhetoric is not sufficient and warned Western leaders not to gamble with world destinies. Khrushchev spoke in a tense, prepared address while rarely lifting his eyes.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Berlin
Soviet Union
Kennedy
United States
Korushchevv
London
Maj
Gherman Titov
Kenneth Gatland
British Interplanetary Society
Vostok I
Titov
Lord Home
Britain
Paris
West Berlin
Bernard Lovell
Lovell
Jodrell Bank
England
Air Route Between U S and Russia Agreed
The State Department announced a basic U S Soviet agreement on a direct New York to Moscow air route. Final commercial flights are to be signed soon with flights expected to begin next spring after remaining technical details are resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
New York
Moscow
Department
Minors Charged In City Beer Party
A trio of minors were arrested Saturday in Harmony Field Winchester Street for possessing alcohol at a party. James L. Lowe 18 Anthony H. Popp 20 and Ronald L. Harmson 20 face charges under the 1961 law banning minor possession of alcohol. Police pursue leads on how beverages reached youths and whether adults supplied them. Also Saturday four Mt Airy men faced disorderly conduct charges after a Market and Third Streets fracas. Oliver Asher 21 Andrew D. Pauley 21 Noah Alvin Compton 28 Conley Compton 25, plus Harlan DeGrange Jr. 25 intoxicated within city limits, Claude Gardner intoxication, William Lankford 36 intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
James L. Lowe
Water Street
Anthony H. Popp
East Third Street
Ronald L. Harmson
Harmon Field
Winchester Street
Mt. Airy
Market
Third Streets
Oliver Asher
Andrew D. Pauley
Noah Alvin Compton
Conley Compton
Harlan DeGrange Jr
Claude Gardner
William Lankford
Baltimore
Farm Owner Objects To Assessment
Mrs. Daniel W. Castle of Frederick appeared before the County Commissioners to contest a reassessment of her 152 acre farm from 8950 to 11445. Officials will decide within two weeks. Two parcels of real estate and personal property from the Coral Bastion estate were sold at public auction. A West Fifth street house sold for 6200 to Mr. and Mrs. Keifer Martz. a 29 East Fifth Street property sold to Mr. and Mrs. George W. Furs. An executor and attorney oversaw the sale, noting improvements on the West Fifth Street dwelling. The market also showed a modest downturn in New York trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel W. Castle
RFD
Frederick
Hoves
Coral Bastion
West Fifth Street
Keifer H Martz
Kermar
East Fifth Street
George W. Furs
Fairnew Avenue
Calvi S Lohr
Stanley Y Bennett
Endohn L. Ponton
Ponton
NASA Eyes Unmanned Mercury Orbit and Moon Aim
NASA plans an unmanned Mercury orbit within a month using an Atlas launcher, aiming to fly a chimpanzee after initial orbits, then pursue human flights possibly by 1962. The agency later outlined Apollo goals to land astronauts on the moon within the decade, with manned Apollo flights targeted for 1964 or 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Soviet Union
NASA
Alan Shepard
Virgil Grissom
George M. Low
U.S
Atlas
Grissom
Low
United States
Robert Seamans Jr
Bernard A . Schriever
Gherman Titov
Schriever
Titov
Blair Lee Mahoney May Join Forces
Baltimore County official indicates Blair Lee II and George P. Mahoney may form an anti Tawes coalition ticket with County Executive Christian H. Kahl. Kahl avoids commitment while opposing Tawes and Mahoney reportedly undecided. Seblen sentenced to life in prison as doctor warns of leukemia and judge calls spy status above health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towson
Baltimore
Del
Blair Lee II
D-Montgomery
George P. Mahoney
Christian H Kahl
Kahl
Tawes
Frederick motorist fined for drunken driving
A Frederick driver, Brownlow Heatherly of 1South Street, was fined 125 for drunken driving after a .21 Breathalyzer reading. He pleaded guilty in Magisterial Court, with Trooper Poffenberg er and Cpl Storer providing the test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Galty
Brownlow Heatherly
Richard W. Poffenberger
Heatherly
Robert T. Storer
Stanley Y. Bennett
Joseph W Rollins
Lincoln Apis
Caroline V. Rollins
Moon Seen Next Red Target
Western sources view the Soviet moon landing as imminent with Titov orbiting and plans for a 1966 1967 manned moon flight and possible dog reconnaissance. Experts caution over military use fears while praising Soviet science and predicting broader lunar plans.
Titov completes 25 hour space flight around the globe
Soviet cosmonaut Titov lands from Vostok IT after 17 orbits spanning 25 hours 18 minutes and about 435000 miles. He reports shipshape condition, slept eight hours, ate three meals, and remained in contact with Earth. Khrushchev hails the feat as proof of Soviet capability and hints at a Moscow welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Cherman Titov
Vostok
Moon
Tru
Moscow Radio
Yuri Gagarin
Gagarin
Russia
Titov
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Presidium
Central Committee of Parliament
Mars
Venus
West Berlh
Berlin
Bernard Lovell
Britain
Jodreil Bank
United States
Tito
Washington
Tam
Tass
Theip
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South Street
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Calvin Jacobs
Harvey Rice
Senate
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Mahoney
Soblen
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Robert Seblen
Seblen
Whitham B Herlands
Herlands
Motorist
Rollins
Jeannette L. Goetz
US 40
Rt 75
New Market
Willam L. Newcomer
Bennett
Hooper Island, Md
Poplar Hill Lahor
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