Election Registration Deadline Monday Night
The voter rolls close at 9 a.m. Monday as Frederick County prepares for a busy primary. Incumbents face challengers in statewide and local races with Freeman Beall and Mahoney among the key contenders. The election spotlights include sheriff treasurer and multiple legislative seats with broad candidate fields.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Board of Election
Winchester Hall
U.S
Joseph Tydings
George P. Mahoney
House of Delegates
Mair
C. Clifton Wirts
Wallace E. Hutton
Senate
Charles H. Smelser
Frederick
Edward D. Storm
State Central Committee
Edward P. Thomas
Charles E. Collins
Lawrence A. Dorsey
A. Irvin Renn
Paul B. Ganley
Robert E. Gary
Wiliam E. Shepley
Raymond J. Smith
Russell 2. Horman
John A. Derr
Thurmont
Donald L. Lewis
G. Eugene Anderson
Charles E. Carbaugh
Office of
Crummell P. Jacobs
Charlotte Yarrel Kerrigan
George J. Stup
Storm Blamed for Maryland Crashes Across Frederick County
A violent thunderstorm caused 16 accidents from 4 p.m. to midnight leaving several injured and one man dead. A 55-year-old Catonsville resident remained in critical condition at University Hospital, while Harold L. Conrad and Elmer W. Berger were among the injured. Hagerstown reported a fatal crash on Md. 67 near Smithsburg and another single-car wreck on I-70 near Myersville. Authorities noted no seatbelts were used in several crashes. The storm disrupted telephone and electrical service countywide.
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Catonsville
University Hospital
Baltimore
Frederick County
Alexander Cecil Robinson
U.S. 340
Sandy Hook
Stephen P. Rilland
Elmer W. Berger
State Roads Commission
Harold L. Conrad
McSherrystown
Riland
Conrad
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Jean E. Conrad
Berger
Martha C. Robinson
Lydia M. Berger
Hagerstown
John Henry Bowman
Smithsburg
Myersville
Roland G. Hebb Jr
Gwen S. Kaylor
Th. Gordon Smith
Smith
Hebb
Partial Lunar Eclipse Visible Across Americas Sunday Night
A Hayden Planetarium official says a partial lunar eclipse will begin Sunday night with the moon entering Earth's shadow at 9 07 p.m. EDT. The event will be visible over most of North and South America.
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New York Cap
North
South America
Hayden Planetarium
State's first major rest area to open on I-70 in Md
Maryland dedicates its first major rest area on Interstate 70 between Frederick and Hagerstown on the eastbound side at South Mountain. The Oct 14 ceremony includes a luncheon at the Sheraton Inn and honors S W Baumiller, the state highway agency's first landscape engineer.
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Maryland
State Roads Commission
Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland
S.W. Baumiller
State Highway Agency
South Mountain
Frederick
Hagerstown
SRC
Sheraton Inn
Federated Garden Clubs
Violent Storm Ravages Frederick County Area
A severe thunderstorm drenched Frederick County with up to an inch of rain in spots and sparked a barn fire on Bennett Branch Road near Mt. Airy. Lightning damaged telephone lines and cut service to about 50 stations, while power outages affected Urbana and Middletown areas. Ball Road and low-lying streams flooded briefly before clearing as the storm ended.
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Frederick County
Stem
Bennett Branch Road
Mt. Airy
ME Airy Fire Company
Howard County
New Market
Frederick
Brunswick
Montgomery County
Dickerson
Frederick-Montgomery County
Arthur Stull
Urbana
Potomac Edison Company
Middletown
South Mountain
Monocacy Village
Ball Road
Rt. 355
Nerve gas dumping delayed by storm near Bahamas
A burned Liberty ship loaded with 418 vaults of Army nerve gas remained in Sunny Point port as a tropical storm near the Bahamas threatened the disposal operation. Navy officials postponed towing to sea for at least 24 hours while weather forecasts call for 96 hours of good weather before the scuttling off Cape Kennedy.
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Sunny Point
N.C. Cap
Navy
Atlantic Ocean
Bahamas
U.S. Court of Appeals
Cape Kennedy
Fla
A. G. Hamilton
Rubella Clinic Set Wednesday at Winchester Hall
The Frederick County Health Department will hold a free rubella vaccination clinic at Winchester Hall on Wednesday Aug 19 from 2 to 3 p.m. Any child aged 1 to 12 may receive the vaccine if they have not had rubella or not been immunized against the disease.
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Frederick County
Winchester Hall
Storm Loses Punch Near Bahamas and Florida
A squally tropical low mood, once feared to become a hurricane, degenerated today. It remained dangerous mainly to small craft around the Bahamas Islands and along the Florida East Coast.
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Bahama Islands
Florida
Marine Convicted Of Killing 15 Viet Women Children
An 18 year old Marine, Pfc. Samuel G. Green Jr. of Cleveland, was convicted by a court martial of 15 counts of premeditated murder in Son Thang village and sentenced to five years in prison. He was reduced to private, dishonorably discharged, and forfeiture of all pay and allowances. He faced possible life imprisonment. Witnesses had testified Green did not kill the victims. another Marine testified that Green fired on three occasions.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
Here
Samuel G. Green Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
Green
Marine Corps
Pfc
Michael S. Krichten
Hanover
Thoneas R. Boyd
Franstilte
Tod
Michael A. Schwarz
Weirton
WoVa
Chen Lance
Randell J. Herrod
Calvin
Okla
Krichten
Verrod
Schwarz
Son Thang
Que Son
Bloodmobile to Visit Frederick Monday at Luther Church
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at Evangelical Lutheran Church, 31 E. Church St., Frederick, on Monday Aug. 17. Donors may register from 2:00 to 6:45 p.m. The later hours accommodate workers and those unable to attend earlier visits.
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Red Cross
Frederick
Evangelical Lutheran Church
E. Church St
Frederick County
Explosion Wrecks Town In Kansas Melvern Kansas
Explosion wrecks town as two derailed tankcars of liquefied petroleum explode sending flames 2000 feet into air. Twelve of Melvern's 400 residents injured. Fireballs destroy homes and a church with 27 cars of a 13 car Santa Fe train piled up nearby. Loss estimated at 200000 dollars.
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Melvern
Kan
Kansas
Francis Jones
Bill Kastens
Santa Fe
Barn Fire on Conley Property Destroys 6000 Bales Hay
A large barn on Dr. Charles Conley’s Baughman’s Lane farm burned Friday afternoon, causing losses exceeding 35,000 including 6000 bales of hay and 400 bales of straw. Fire investigators cite spontaneous combustion of six week old hay as likely. Over 100 firefighters from six companies battled the blaze. no livestock was lost.
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Charles Conley
Baughman’s
Thomas Darkis
Frederick City
Darkis
Top E. Barnes
Conley
Stotler
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Robert Kline
George
Walkersville
Biggs
Cedric Smith
Ford Road
Monocacy River
Presbyterian Church of
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Seals
Rubella
Storm
Marine
Bloodmobile
Melvern Dam
Topeka
Ottawa
Lyndon
Forbes Air Force Base
la Topeka
Forbes Afb
Baughman’s Lane
Gene Smith
Citizens
Uniteds
Braddock Heights
Tose Company
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