City and County Fight Plan to Close Weather Station
Frederick officials led by Mayor E Paul Magaha protest plans to shut the Frederick Weather Bureau station at Frederick Municipal Airport as part of a national cutback. Local leaders cite valuable data for agriculture across multiple counties and warn airport operations would suffer if closed. They’ve appealed to Secretary Hodges and federal lawmakers including Senators Beall and Brewster and Representatives Sickles and Matthias to oppose the move.
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Luther H. Hodges
Frederick
Penny
Wise
Pound
Wathian
Ald
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Mageha
Daniel B. Brewster
Carlton R. Sickles
A. Irvin Renn
Frederick County
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Weather Bureau
Hodges
Richard R. Green
One Bureau
Magaha
Frederick Municipal Airport
Fort Detrick
CAA
Marylarsi
Frederick County public schools enroll record high
An estimated 15,590 students are expected to enroll in Frederick County public schools this year, higher than last year’s 15,172 peak. Seven new buses join the fleet as portable classrooms rise at Frederick High and Liberty to ease overflow. openings focus on furniture, wiring, and timing for September 5 start.
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Frederick County
Basco
James A. Seasenbaugh
Frederick High School
Liberty
Sensenbaugh
Milway
Emmitsburg High School
Wien
Nine Acres City Land Sold For Fifty Thousand Dollars
About nine acres of undeveloped land in Rock Creek Estates western city section sold for about 50 088 dollars per federal revenue stamps. Transfer to Twin Creek Development Corp headed by Ernest W Ausherman and Ethan G Book. land to be split into two residential building lots with utilities to be installed soon.
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Rock Creek Estates
Richard E. Zimmerman
Rock Creek Estates Inc
Twin Creek Development Corporation
Ernest W. Ausherman
Ethan G. Book
Ausherman
Book
Sherwin- Williams
Rock Creek
Baughman's
Carroll and
Rock Creeks
Man Attacks Girl in Cambridge Apartment Break In
A 23 year old man Ray Waldrop was charged with assault and battery and breaking and entering after entering a Cambridge apartment through a rear window. The 10 year old girl Kathy McNamara was watching television on a living room couch when the attack occurred while her mother bathed. Police Chief Brice Kinnamon described the incident as a breach of the first floor residence.
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Cambridge (Ap
Cambridge
Ray Waldrop
Brice Kinnamon
Kathy McNamara
Beulah Tropical Storm Prompts Weather Warnings and School Prep
Storm warnings issued for Miami as Beulah strengthens into the year’s second tropical storm. Meanwhile, area weather boards replace floor tiles and complete interior work for Liberty, North Market, Doubs, OFeeerely, and Yellow Springs Schools. The school system seeks nine teachers and two psychologists to reach a total professional staff of 724 as recruitment remains challenging. Teachers begin work two days before students with meetings set for September 3 and 4 ahead of the September 5 start.
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Miami
Fla
Liberty Ee
North Market Street
Doubs
oFeeerely
Yellow Springs
Frederick Brown Jr
Treasure pours from old mill grounds near Troy Ohio
Buried treasure believed to total up to half a million dollars has been unearthed at Altman Mills in Troy four miles north of the city. Workers found two 10-gallon cans containing about 330000 and a third five-gallon can with money. A search for a fourth can continues as funds from under concrete pilings are counted at Troy National Bank. The money was tied in bundles and wrapped in dated newspaper sheets.
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Troy
Ohio
Altman Mills
Ohio City
Troy National Bank
R. 5
Altman
William Sutton
Pittsburgh
Miami County
Dayton Daily News
Frederick Fairgrounds Household Building Receives New Look
Frederick Fairgrounds unveils a facelifted Household Building to expand display space for exhibits. The project, costing about 3.00, eliminates former half booths, adds wool garments, art sections, displays of quilts and needlework, and new overhead rails. Entries close September 2 at 5 p.m. under supervision of A Irvin Renn chairing, with Frank N Stauffer and Emmons C Sanner on the House Committee.
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Frederick Fair
House
A. Irvin Renn
Frank N. Stauffer
Emmons C. Sanner
Renn
Weel
Art
Atso
Cher Minses Beon
Corning Buys Plasti-Kraft Business
Corning Fibre Box Corp announces adquir site purchase of part of Thomas Plasti-Kraft Corporation of New Hartford New York. Local plant will manufacture foam plastic components to serve a 21 county New York area from Buffalo to the Massachusetts line. Mohawk Containers will keep Thomas as a sales unit.
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Corning Furz Box Corporation
Thomas Plasti-Kraft Corporation
New Hartford
Corning Fibre Box Corporation
Corning Glass Works
Thomas Company
Mohawk Containers, Inc
Mohawk Containers
Thomas
Corning
New York State
Buffalo
Massachusetts
Viet Nam Ambassador Tran Van Chuong Resigns
South Viet Nam Ambassador Tran Van Chuong resigns in Washington stating disapproval of government policy toward Buddhists. He is linked to Ngo Dinh Diem's family as a leading South Vietnamese figure and critic of government repression amid Buddhist protests.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Tran van Chuong
Mme
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Diem
Mme. Nhu
Washington Post
Chuong
Three Firemen Die in Framingham Fuel Tank Blast
Three firemen are killed and six people hospitalized after a fuel tank exploded in Framingham Massachusetts. The blast hurled metal fragments and burning oil over rescuers and onlookers, injuring several others as firefighters battled the flames.
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Framingham
Mass
Drillers Miss Miners Halt as Escape Hole Fails Again
In Hazleton Pennsylvania a third 12 inch escape bore failed to reach the trapped coal miners. David Fellin and Henry Throne, both trapped nine days, urged enlarging the six inch lifeline while rescuers preferred drilling a new 12 inch hole. Louis Bova remains about 25 feet away.
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Hazleton
David Fellin
Henry Throne
Felln
Gordon Smith
Fellin
Throne
Smith
Fellini
Louis Bova
PSC Orders Temporary Rate Change
The Public Service Commission ordered Potomac Edison Co. to temporarily cut electric rates in Maryland to reduce annual revenue by 850000. About 116000 customers across Garrett Allegany Washington Frederick and parts of Montgomery and Carroll counties are affected until a hearing later next year final rate schedule to be submitted within 30 days.
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Baltimore
Potomac Edison Co
Mary Lend
Public Service Commission
Commission
Potomac Edison
Albert Sklar
PSC
Thomas E. Cosgrove Jr
Hic
Garrett
Allegany
Washington
Frederick
Montgomery
Carroll Counties
Rural Areas Dominate Senate, Says Brief
Washington AP Rural areas dominate Maryland’s Senate as a Supreme Court brief argues elections should be population based. Alfred Scanlan for Maryland Committee for Fair Representation says 14 percent can elect a majority now, dropping to 12 percent by 1970. Case scheduled with New York Alabama Virginia hearings the week of November 10.
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Washington
Maryland
Senate
Supreme Court
Alfred L. Scannlan
Maryland Committee For Fair Representation
Scanlan
Maryland Senate
New York
Alabama
Virginia
Leng urges hip device adoption for special tow bow Fronce
Representative Leng of Maryland advocates adapting a hip device for a specialized tow bow project. The wording is unclear in the source but suggests legislative consideration of a new device for Fronce related tasks.
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Leng
D-Md
Hip Devin Shoul
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Holyoke
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