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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1958
Page
6
The Frederick County Planning and Zoning Commission reviews a preliminary Master Highway Plan prepared with staff and consultants. Julian Tarrant of Richmond explains the plan aims to preserve natural beauty and guide future road improvements and funding, projecting a 20 to 30 year horizon.
FBI reports Benjam in G Barney, 27, linked to a $30,566 Mar low Heights bank robbery and plastic surgery to alter his appearance after the holdup. He allegedly used Los Angeles as a base, with a safety deposit box search planned there. Barney, in custody after a Laredo arrest, faced extradition to Maryland. He reportedly paid for a 1957 Cadillac and spent time recovering from surgery in Los Angeles.
Three responses have been received to Dan Weinberg's invitation for six national health agencies to join the United Appeal drive. Noted are Edward D. Storm of the Frederick County Heart Association, Joseph D. Baker of the Frederick County Tuberculosis Association, and Mrs Arthur J. Rawson of the Mental Health Association. other invitees include Alton Bennett, Mrs Richard Nattinger, and Ransom Lewis Jr. as well as local groups expanding road plans under the county Master Plan with emphasis on widening routes to ease traffic and enable future growth.
Local insect experts attribute a record mosquito surge to persistent wet weather. They urge removing standing water and using safe sprays around homes, noting DDT and toxaphone must be avoided near animals and fish. For personal protection, skin repellents and aerosol bombs are recommended, with swamp water control needed to curb the outbreak. DIES OF INJURIES ANNAPOLIS Mrs. Alice Claude 73 dies from traffic injuries. her husband Abram Claude critically injured after a collision involving Elsie Tydings of Arnold.
Montgomery County has activated a centralized fire and emergency alarm system serving ten fire departments and all rescue squads in lower Montgomery. The county operates the system with four dispatchers from the former Silver Spring Fire Department. Rodney White, long-time Washington Grove chief dispatcher, will head the county wide operation. Departments served include Cabin John, Chevy Chase, Bethesda, Burtonsville, Glen Echo, Hillandale, Kensington, Takoma Park, Sandy Spring, and Silver Spring.
Richard Longerbeam ten year old son of Rev William Longerbeam and Mr Longerbeam of RFD Harpers Ferry slipped from a rock ledge into the Shenandoah River Friday while fishing and drowned near Mallville 15 feet of water by a power dam. His grandfather Thomas Longerbeam found the body about 110 minutes later. State Police and a rescue squad reached the scene but could not revive him.
Local residents across Frederick and nearby towns reported three satellites visible in the night sky. Observers described a first satellite moving with a flashing light, a second brighter and faster, and a third matching the second's brightness. The Soviet rocket carrier beating Sputnik II was cited by the Cambridge observatory as the first sighting. Separate reports detail a severe traffic accident where a truck broke through a wire fence during a drill, injuring eight people and hospitalizing them.
A firework caused a disruption as a crowd in Amsterdam watches as a volunteer protester confronts onlookers. Police intervene after a small commotion injures several spectators. Authorities investigate the incident and urge calm at the event.
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