Double Bank Robber Escape Attempt Ends in Capture
William Neal Shanks 26 and Leslie Hayes 22, both accused of bank robberies in Uniontown and Luton Millis, escaped Westminster jail Sunday afternoon but were recaptured within hours. State Police Sergeant Frank Badger organized a surprise pursuit from Scale to the Western Maryland Railroad line and halted the pair as farmers tipped off authorities.
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Wiliam Neal Shanks
Littlestoun Pa
Uniontown
Luton Millis
Carroll County
Westminster
Ibherty
Shanss
Turnkes
Westmainster
Enomer
Leslie Hayes
Sxhkesville
Tannery Road
Frank Badger
Westminster Barracks
Western Maryland
Cumberland
Baltimore
Tanners Road
Badger
Jailbreak at Westminster Barracks Ends with Escape
Two prisoners overpowered a turnkey at Westminster Barracks and fled with a revolver. The escape occurred after a third inmate lured the guard to a cell block claiming illness. The men, including a bank robber awaiting trial, were recaptured under guard Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Hutting
Westminster
Tirnkey
Wage law raises pay for many workers starting Sept
The Labor Department reminder says on Sept 3 the federal minimum wage rises to $1.15 an hour for those already covered and more workers join at a $1.00 starting rate. Overtime time-and-a-half remains for current covered employees, while newly covered workers wait until 1963 for overtime provisions. Most new coverage comes from retail and service sectors with exceptions for hotels motels restaurants hospitals and a few other establishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Negro Killed When Hit By Train Near Gaithersburg Ice Plant
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train struck and killed 36 year old Ewell Owens of Stewartown Road Gaithersburg as he walked along the tracks behind the Gaithersburg ice plant Saturday at 1128 am Montgomery County Police reported. Owens had been drinking with a friend beside a shack on the ice plant’s west side before the accident.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Washington
Pittsburgh
Gaithersburg
Montgomery County
Ewell Owens
Stewartown Road
Owens
Summit Avenue
Harry Wilson
Martinsburg
W. Va
Tragic train incident leaves man dead near Gaithersburg
A train struck a Black man. another man fled for aid at Gaithersburg Fire Department. Montgomery County Police and Medical Examiner Dr Frank Broschart pronounced death at the scene from severe head injuries. Brevet Baltimore brewing company reps photographed Frederick scenes for a September 10 TV salute to Frederick tied to a Baltimore Orioles game.
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Gaithersburg
Baltmore
Frederick
Baltimore Onoles
Richard D Hammond
Frederick Chamber shows screens of historic Frederick scenes
The Frederick Chamber’s pageant aims to display still pictures of Frederick sites for a television show. Hood College images plus local agricultural and sports activity scenes are highlighted. About eight of the 105 images were edited for broadcast.
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Ager
Frederick Chambers
Frederick
Hood College
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