Monocacy River rises threaten flood as storms pass
The Monocacy River remains bank full at noon and rising after a Wednesday thunderstorm that dumped 0.75 inches of rain. Muddy water eight to ten feet above normal may spill over this afternoon, marking a second flood in the summer. Potomac at Point of Rocks also mudded and three feet above normal. Rain totals for the month reached 2.94 inches, with forecasts showing more scattered showers and high temperatures near 85.
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Monocacy
Potomac
Point of Rocks
Monrovia Man Dies In Truck Crash
A Monrovia man, 28, David L. Sears, died at the scene when his eastbound truck crossed the center line on Route 40 two miles west of Kemptown and collided head on with another truck driven by William Wousall of Frederick. Sears son Roger was minorly injured. services to be announced.
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Monrovia
Headon
Kemptown
David L. Sears
Route 1
Robert J. Thomas
J. M. Blake
State Police
Sears
Offer Track
William Wousall
East Chircb Street
Frederick
Roger
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Tis Vale
Wes Georgette Archer Sears
NA State
Me and
Wes Richard Sears
Horton
Michigan
Sens
Sherman Niches
Anthons Lerew
Roger Blake Sears
Nino
Gary Sears
Larry Sears
Lack
Philip Sears
Tinons
Darrell
Mark Sears
Ochigan
Asster
Pulian Shearer Sterton
Maehagen
Mumber
Seana
Farrier
Stock Market Advances In Brief Trading Session
The stock market moved higher in early trading as gains outpaced losses about 4 to 3. The Dow Jones industrial average rose near its high for the year amid an abbreviated session on Wednesday.
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York
CNP
Local Officials Set Sept 8 Talk on Roads Program
Frederick County officials plan a Sept 8 meeting with the legislative delegation and SRC to discuss the road program including a proposed Monocacy River bridge at Buckeystown The group weighs using a $300 000 surplus from Md 530 to fund road repairs instead of bridge construction and targets Md 550 and Md 490 progress updates.
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Frederick County
Monocacy River
Buckeystown
State Roads Commission
Creagerstown
Wandsboro
John 4. Derr
C. Clifton Wirts
A. Irvin Renn
Board of County Commissioners
SRC
Urbana
Collins
U.S. 15
Frederick
Pennsylvania Line
David H. Fisher
By Pass For Mt Airy Tops Local Priority List
Carroll County commissioners told state legislators that Mt Airy by-pass ranked high among projects to submit to the State Roads Commission for the next two year program beginning July 1, 1968. Priorities include right of way for improvements on routes 30 and 240 and the six year plan overall.
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Westminster
Mt. Airy
State Roads Commission
Carroll County
George Grier
SRC
Charles Smelser
Board mulls name for new western Frederick elementary
Frederick County Board of Education debates naming the new elementary school near Shooksown and Bowers Roads. Proposals include West Frederick, Rock Creek, Stepping Stone, Waverly, and Barbara Friech, with changes to naming policy under discussion and public input noted.
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Frederick County
Board of Education
Sue
Coka
West Fredenck
Hallar Best
Comnts
West Frederick Jumer High School
Fast
South Frederick
Life Waverly
Koreans Ambush Americans on Western Front
Three American soldiers were killed and about 15 wounded in a North Korean ambush on the western front near the Imjin River 35 miles north of Seoul. The attack hit a truck in the U S 2nd Infantry Division area with grenades and automatic fire. Another American was seriously wounded and his scout dog killed in a separate North Korean attack in the 2nd Division sector. Casualties among North Koreans were not confirmed.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S. Bth
U.S. 2Nd Infantry Division
U.S. 7Th Infantry Division
Imjin River
Korean Demilitarized Zone
Demilitarized Zone
Blood Drive Short by 324 Pints in Frederick County
Frederick County underperforms on a Red Cross Bloodmobile visit with 116 pints donated, 324 pints shy of the 440 pint quota. Mrs Norman Burke notes the collection at State Farm Insurance was the best so far this year while nine potential donors were deferred. Next drive is August 8 8 p.m. to 7 30 p.m. at Evangelical A church in Frederick.
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Frederick County
Red Cross
Norman Burke
Red Cross Blood Program
Sail Wednestas
State Farm Insurance
Burke
Yotrom
Mvangelical Alheran Chorch
Frederick
Guide Falls 600 Feet At Dead Horse Point Utah
Kelgar Hayes a 59 year old Moab Utah guide died after a fall while posing on a cliff edge at Dead Horse Point in the Colorado River region. He slipped on loose rock and plunged about 1600 feet as eight tourists watched.
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Dead Horse Point
Utah
Kelgar Hayes
Moab
Utah Red Rock
Colorado River
Hayes
Nation's Crime Rate Spiraling Across 1960s Era
FBI report shows crime volume up 62 percent since 1960 and per capita crime rising 10.2 percent in the past year. Violent crime climbs 11 percent led by robbery and homicide. auto theft and larceny also rise. Rearrest rates remain high for offenders released from federal custody.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Cal
U.S
Hoover
FBT
Eight Governors Seek Ways To Avoid Riots
Eight Republican governors meet in New York behind closed doors to identify specific actions to ease racial tension in cities. Gov. Nelson Rockefeller chairs the session at the New York Hilton with attendees including Volpe, Shafer, Chafee and Romney among others.
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New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Republican Governors Conference
New York Hilton
John A. Volpe
Massachusetts
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
John H. Chafee
Rhode Island
Gunmen Take $2 000 From Hagerstown Inn
Two men about 30. one armed with a pistol. robbed the Holiday Inn in Hagerstown early today. They forced night clerk George P. Bellinger to open the safe and grabbed about $2 000 in a paper bag. One robber restrained Bellinger with a towel and his necktie and left him in the closet by the safe.
Francis Harshman Named To County Roads Board
Francis C Harshman, a Wolfsville Republican and former GOP central committee member, was appointed by Frederick County commissioners to fill the unexpired term of Russell Keller on the County Roads Board. The term expires May 1 1972.
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Francis C Harshman
Wolfsvile
Frederick County Roads Board
Harshman
Russell Keller
Middletown Keller
County Roads Department
GOP Central Committee
Willard Koowle
Wolfsvile Ruritanian
Wolfsville
Parent-Teachers Association
Wolfsvaie United Brethren Church
GOP
Catoctin
U S Jets Down MiG21s as Civilian Kills Reported in Vietnam
U S Navy F4C Phantoms from the carrier Constellation shot down two MiG21 jets over North Vietnam in the latest air battle. Civilian casualties were reported from a Mekong delta incident where a group of about peasants returning from rice fields were struck during helicopter fire support amid tied Viet Cong activity.
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Mekong Delta
North Vietnam
Constellation
U.S
Saigon
1St Air Cavalry Division
Song Re
Sponesmien
Sai Chen
Otmss
Ing
Train Wreck Near Odense Leaves Dozens Dead or Injured
A high speed collision near Odense Denmark trapped passengers in wreckage. Rescue workers reported deaths and numerous injuries with the final toll not yet known. Eyewitnesses described chaos as 30 passengers were rushed to hospitals in the first hour.
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Odense
Denmark
Jeas
Allis
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