Ruthvin City Police Officer Dies at 47
Frederick City Police Corporal Richard Maxwell Ruthvin died suddenly at his home 431 West Patrick Street at age 47. He went to work midnight and returned home around 3 am after feeling ill. death occurred about 4 am. An autopsy will determine the cause. Ruthvin joined the force in November 1951 and earned the present rank in September 1957. He was born in Frederick County to Mrs Hazel Ruthvin and the late George M Ruthvin. He was an Evangelical Lutheran Church member and held Moose Lodge posts including governor of No 371 and member of Baltimore Legion No 10. He leaves wife Jennie Lawson Ruthvin, son John M Ruthvin, and brothers Hays L Ruthvin and George W Ruthvin.
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Richard Maxwell Ruthvin
Frederick City
West Patrick St
Cpl
Ruthvin
Hts
Frederick County
Hazel Hawker Ruthvin
RFD
Frederick
George M. Ruthvin
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Moose Lodge
Baltimore Legion of the Moose
the Moose
Jennie Lawson Ruthvin
John M. Ruthvin
Hays L. Ruthvin
George W. Ruthvin
Tawes Urges LBJ Restore CD Grants
Annapolis AP Gov Tawes urged President Johnson to restore cuts by Congress in federal civil defense grants to the states. Maryland would receive 293000 for administrative expenses, 68000 less than expected, threatening jobs if not replaced this fiscal year. He backed Rockefeller's request and warned of state and local funding gaps. He also planned to meet Del Palmisano on gun control and favors some limits on indiscriminate weapon sales but will wait for details before supporting a specific type.
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Tawes
Johnson
Congress
Maryland
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Civil Defense Committee
National Governors Conference
Rockefeller
del. Angelo Palmisano
Baltimore City
General Assembly
Negro Youths Hurl Bombs Bottles in Elizabethport
Police rushed reinforcements to the Elizabethport section after several carloads of Negro youths drove through hurling gasoline bombs stones and bottles. Fire bombs damaged four store windows but were extinguished. Two policemen suffered minor burns and were treated. About 200 residents left the area seeking quiet as tensions eased around 2 a.m.
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Elizabeth
N.J
Elizabethport
New York Harbor
Elks Convention Opens With Honors For Local Youth
About 1,000 Elks and guests attend the Maryland Delaware and District of Columbia Elks four day convention opening in Frederick. Grand Exalted Ruler R Leonard Bush receives the key to the city from Mayor E Paul Magaha. Howard F Deterding 18 earns a 300 scholarship after scoring 927 of 1000 in Elks National Foundation competition and Gloria Mills of Hagerstown is also honored at tonight's meeting.
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Maryland
Delware
Deterding
George C. Remsberg
Braddock Heights
Elks National Foundation
Hagerstown
Gloria Mills
The
Elks
Lodge
Bush
Elks Association
E. Robert Bowlus
Edward J. Daugherty
Search Ends in Tragedy As Brother Remains Elude Found
Don Dawson, a 27 year old Costa Mesa fisherman, searched Viet Cong jungles for his Lt. brother Daniel Dawson who disappeared over Bien Hoa on Nov. 6. After months of leaflets and peril, the group permitted his return with no hope of recovery. The two had endured four months of captivity and a grueling trek before Dawson learned his brother was dead. The story follows the attempt and Dawson’s resolve to return home to tell Daniel’s wife Arlene and children that he did all he could.
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South Viet Nam
Don Dawson
Viet Cong
U.S. Army
Zone D
Donald Charles Dawson
Costa Mesa
Calif
Government Territory
Dan
Arlene
Dawson
Daniel Dawson
Bien Hoa
Donald
Viet Nam
B52 Jets Stage 11th Cong Raid
Guam based B52 jet bombers of the U S Strategic Air Command struck near Saigon in the D zone. It was the 11th raid of the war by the eight engine craft. The spokesman said it targeted a Viet Cong installation in the Done area a 600 square mile Communist infested region. Two South Vietnamese war planes dropped 88000 newspapers on three North Vietnamese cities during the night.
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Viet Nam
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Strategic Air Command
D-zone
South China Sea
Johnson warns of rising DC racial violence over public works bill
President Johnson, after signing a 3.3 billion Public Works and Economic Development Act, warned Washington that the clock is ticking toward violence in the capital and big cities as 80 percent of Americans will be urban by 2000. He said Congress passed the bill to help small towns and to prevent future riots like Los Angeles.
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Los
Sears Names New Manager In West Patrick Street Store
W Gene Szklarz of Broomall Pennsylvania succeeds Edward J McGuiness as manager of the Sears Roebuck store on West Patrick Street. Szklarz 37 began Sears career in 1951 in the credit department at Washington Bladensburg store and later worked in Newark New Jersey before moving to personnel work.
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W. Gene Szklarz
Broomall
Edward J. McGuiness
Grove Boulevard
Sears Roebuck & Co
West Patrick Street
Szklarz
Sears
Credit
Washington-Bladensburg
Newark, N. J
Newark
Fenway
ICC halts 85 trucks on I 70 inspection
ICC safety inspector William Savage reported that by noon over 8 tractors had been pulled for checks along the Frederick Freeway on Interstate 70. About 75% showed defects and 25% were redlined, mainly for inadequate braking systems, with this two day spot check ending today.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate 70
Frederick
William Savage
ICC
Savage
George Maying
County crews repair three historic covered bridges
County engineer Southey T. Nottingham Jr. said crews began repairs on three historic two span bridges at Utica Loys Station and Roddy Road near Thurmont with a total project cost around 4000 dollars. Main beams roof work and slat replacements are underway as weather allows. The bridges are over Fishing Creek Owens Creek and Roddy Road and are among the state’s oldest.
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Southey T. Nottingham Jr
Utica
Loys Station
Roddy Road
Thurmont
Nottingham
Loys Bridge
Leys Bridge
Owens Creek
Rocky Ridge
Leys’ Bridge
Fishing
Creek
Lewistown
Loys
Rainfall Short of August Norm in Frederick Area
An evening shower added a quarter inch to Frederick’s rain total reaching 1.69 inches for the month, well below the 4.03 inch August average. Year to date Maryland and regional rainfall run more than five inches under normal, water tables are low, and several soaking days are urged to avert drought. Weather forecasters expect scattered thundershowers later today and Saturday.
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Frederick
Maryland
Explosions Rip Du Pont Plant Near Louisville
Ten missing feared dead after 26 blasts at the Du Pont Neoprene plant in Louisville area. Fire crews pull back as flames continue and volunteers, county officials plan another recovery, with 35 hospitalized and damages estimated at 5 to 10 million dollars. The Red Cross has housed about 200 evacuees near the Rubbertown complex.
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du Pont
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Red Cross
West End
Oho
Parole Bid for Lifetimer With 526000 Behind Bars
Huttossvillle West Virginia AP Willam dollie Griffith, 73, seeks parole after 50 years in prison where he saved 526000. Officials cite good conduct and self support from a prison tailor shop. a proposed Grantsville garment plant could create about 30 local jobs. Griffith, once a fugitive and killer, has spent 33 years in confinement and remains in the system awaiting the parole board Sept 14. His family has not seen him in three decades.
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Huttossville
Wva
Willam Dollie Griffith
Freedom Griffith
West Virgine Board of Probation and Parole
Rison
Giffith
West Virginia
Gov Hu
Lea Calison
Sears
Grih
Griffith
Dirs
Go Ahead Given For Sixth Day Gemini Flight
Space Center Houston reports Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad extend Gemini 5 endurance record, surpassing Soviet time with 124 hours in orbit. The mission nears 2 million miles as control confirms a go ahead for a sixth day. Crew continues routine observations and experiments amid milestone in the race to the moon.
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United States
U.S Astronaut Corps
Cooper
Conrad
Gemini
Gemini Cortiol
Gemini Control
Bloodmobile breakdown delays local blood drive
The bloodmobile failed on the road causing a shortfall in donations. James A Grae explains the vehicle broke down and arrivals were delayed. about 33 donors were rejected while many others waited. Middleston and Meresville volunteers aided the effort as organizers said the county remains 113 pints below its yearly goal.
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James A Grae
Matman
Cal Lutheran Church
Binad
Middleroan
Msersville
Norman
Burke
Grove
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