Policeman Charged In Shooting
J Frank Main, suspended officer, charged with manslaughter after fatally shooting Marshall William Allen Jr who brandished a knife during a City Police arrest. Chief Charles Main and State's Attorney stated the charge is technical. hearing set for Friday at 10 a.m. at Magistrate's Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Main
Charles V. Main
Robert S. Rothenhoefer
Main
Marshall William Allen Jr
East Street
Allen
Officer Main
Marshal Allen
Robert Allen
East and
Second Street
Five year old found guilty of drunken driving
A 5-year-old? No, a five year old Negro was twice as drunk as most for a drunken driving conviction. Magistrate Byron W. Thompson sentenced the man to jail with fines. James Copeland of Tramsville faced charges after an April 24 accident at U.S. 40 and Rt. 144. Trooper Neil W. Alexander said Copeland wandered the highway with a fender from a 1950 Studebaker, then admitted drinking one beer before the crash. Copeland blew .15 on a Breathalyzer and was fined $150 and jailed 60 days for DUI, plus 30 days for driving without a license. He questioned whether 90 days included nights. the magistrate confirmed nights were included.
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Negra
Byron W. Thompson
James Copeland
RFD 1
Tramsville
U.S. 40
Rt. 144
Neil W. Alexander
Copeland
Studebaker
Alexander
TFC
Richard E. Alderton
Alderton
Thompson
Two Charged With Robbing Worker In Park Assault
Two men, Francis Steven Bowie and Nathan Lorraine Hoy Jr., were arrested by City Police on robbery and assault charges. Bond set at 1.09 dollars each. Theodore Peake, a worker for Jenkins Brothers, said he was beaten and robbed of about 18 dollars in Multinix Park. Arrests were made by Lt. A Norman Dietz and Sgt. Ellis C. Carty.
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Francis Steven Bowie
Nathan Lorraine Hoy Jr
Mt Airy
Theodore Peake
Jenkins Brothers
Multinix Park
A. Norman Dietz
Ellis C. Carty
Pine Scented Ink Marks Kemp's Grand Reopening
Arlen Routzahn, owner of Kemp's On the Square, uses pine scented green ink in today’s News to promote his new store theme The New Fresh Look. This follows his prior first in colored ink two years ago. A grand reopening ribbon cutting is planned for Wednesday at noon.
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Arlen Routzahn
Kemp's Inc
Routzabn
The
News
Routzahn
Kemp's
August To Finish On Hot Note
The temperature reached 91 degrees at the airport station Monday and forecasts suggest similar heat with little rainfall. Only a few days in September have hit 90 degrees, and while a thunderstorm tonight could alter totals, the 1.39 inch August rainfall goal appears unlikely. Rainfall this month has risen to 2.24 inches since early shortages, and water supplies are steady with a new filtration plant dedication planned Wednesday. Market irregularities note small plus and minus signs in a quiet stock session.
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Fishing Creek
Victim Seeks 300000 in Gas Company Explosion Suit
Mrs. Alice J. Mercer and her husband sue Frederick Natural Gas Co for 300000 claiming negligence over gas pipes and dangerous conditions near their Monocacy Village home. Mrs. Mercer seeks 250000 for burns covering 54 percent of her body and ongoing pain. husband seeks 50000. Accident occurred October 7 1958 at 1904 Pine Ave. Monocacy Village. Compact approval. Washington AP reports Senate Judiciary Committee approved a Delaware River Basin development compact among four states and the federal government.
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Monocacy Village
Frederick Natural Gas Company, Inc
Alice J. Mercer
Edward W. Cockrell
Mercer
Pine Avenue
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Delaware River
Antietam Cemetery to be Re-Dedicated Sunday
In Hagerstown Maryland a Civil War era cemetery holding 2,500 Confederate dead from South Mountain and Antietam will be re dedicated Sunday. A 2 p.m. parade opens the program with retired General Grant II brief appearance and former President Eisenhower to re dedicate the site.
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Hagerstown
Antietam
South Mountain
U. S. Grant II
Grant
Battle of
Sharpsburg
Gray
Maryland
Confedarcy
Henry Blackford
Francis Miller
Fitzhugh Lee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tourist Survives Ten Weeks Lost in Alaska Wilds
William C. Waiters, 42, a Cincinnati postal worker, spent 10 weeks lost near Big Lake after leaving his car to hike for fishing. He endured heat, mosquitoes, rain, and a bear cub encounter, subsisting on wild berries and plant pods. He was rescued by two moose hunters from Fairbanks and recovered in a hospital.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
William C. Waiters
Alaska Wilds
Waters
Cincinnati
Erlanger
Big Lake
Batchelor
Army Air Corps
Ohio
Two Teens Convicted After Junk Yard Break-In
Montgomery County youths William Duvall and Charles King were found guilty of trespassing and petty larceny after entering a Mt. Airy junk yard to look for a grill. Duvall was shot in the leg by owner Francis Runkles during the incident. both youths received fines and suspended jail time. Acquitted was John Halwey, driver in the getaway.
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Montgomery County
Mt. Airy
William G. Duvall
Silver Spring
Charles L. King
Langley Park
John C. Halwey
Rockville
Francis Runkles
Paris
Runkles
Duvall
King
Halwey
TFC
William L. Newcomer
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Newcomer
Byron W. Thompson
Halwes
E. Austin James
W. Jerome Offutt
Two Vehicles Collide On East Fifth Street
Early morning crash on East Fifth Street involved Jom Monroe Kelly driving a 1953 Diveo panel truck and Kenneth J. Plumley in a 1954 nobile. The police report states the truck backed into Plumley’s car. Damages totaled 10 dollars for the truck and 65 dollars for the car. No charges were filed.
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East Fifth Street
Jom Monroe Kelly
East Fifth
Kenneth J. Plumley
Paul Mossburg
Donald Tracey
Castro Urges Brazilians To Revolt In His Style
Fidel Castro urged Brazilians to imitate Cuba’s guerrilla path to topple a presumed illegal regime after Quadros resigned. He told Cubans that peasants workers and military forces could win against Brazil’s army and NATO while warning against a NATO intervention. He also offered to negotiate with the United States on equal terms as Cuba’s revolution remains strong.
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Castro
Havana
Fidel Castro
Janio Quadres
Brazil
Joai Goulart
Quadros
Cuba
NATO
United States
Drive To Lift Maryland Beer Tax Set For Sept Hearing
Baltimore AP two sponsors push to raise state tax on beer from 3 to 8 cents and wine from 30 to 35 cents. Sept 12 hearing before Legislative Council finance committee to marshal support, with strategy meetings by Del Boyer and Del Moore and a companion rule change proposal to send beverage tax bills to Ways and Means. Several sponsors listed including OFARRELL SMELSER HOUCK and McELWEE. Moore says he was moved from taxation panel after backing the beer measure.
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Baltimore
Finance Committee
Legislative Council
General Assembly
Hocker Rocker
George Hocker
Gov. Tawes
Associated Brewers Inc
Dels
Elroy G. Boyer
D-Kent
Charles M. Moore
D-Harford
House of Delegates
Ways and Means Committee
House
Hocker
Boyer
Senate
Moore
Dell
Thomas R. O'Farrell
D-Carroll
Charles H. Smelser
William N. Houck
D-Frederick
Joseph McElwee
Washington
Smelser
Western Big Four agree to Berlin meeting in advance
An AP report states the United States Britain France and West Germany tentatively agreed to hold a Western foreign ministers meeting on Berlin before the U N General Assembly session opening Sept 19. Officials say the foreign ministers from the four nations would meet in Washington or New York, with details still to be arranged.
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Berlin
Washington
U. S
U.N. General Assembly
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
New York
Jet Nines killed as cable car line severed in France
CHAMONIX France AP reports a low flying jet severed the mountain suspension car line causing nine deaths. A Bell fuselage of four cabins and six passengers in one car plummeted 200 yards into White Valley. Police helicopter aid dispatched. The jet from 4th Escadrille Luxeil returned to base.
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Chamonix
France
Gros Rognon
White Valley
4Th Escadrille
Luxeil
Alertness Of Troops Tested In Berlin Garrison Drill
In Berlin the U S Berlin garrison shifted from lectures to a field test of combat readiness for 1500 men of the 18th Infantry first battle group. The maneuver, lasting several hours and ending around 11 am, followed a welcoming Aug 20. The overall Big Three garrisons total about 12,506 troops. Eastern youths resist service. 49,000 new recruits reported for the East German army, which totalled 110,000 at the crisis start. Ballenstedt youths and two girls were expelled from a local youth group amid pressure to enlist. There were warnings that Leipzig trade fair attendance could be risky.
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Berlin
U.S. Berlin
18Th Infantry
Information Bureau West
Ballenstedt
Walter Ulbricht
Red
East Germany
Bonn
Paris
Leipzig
Community College Adds Four To Faculty For 1961 62
Frederick Community College announces four new faculty for the 1961 62 year starting with Sept 5 registration. Dr Bertram W Haines joins as part time math instructor replacing Floyd H Taylor on leave. Dr Haines holds a DS from Johns Hopkins and taught at Maryland Medical School and Hopkins Hygiene. Kenneth R Bromfield will teach botany. he earned a PhD from the University of Minnesota and has worked at Fort Detrick since 1959. Rachel E deRosset is named full time librarian with degrees from Wilson College and Lehigh University and prior library work across NJ PA MD. Dunbar Ashbury Jr teaches intermediate accounting and mathematics of business with a University of Virginia BA and University of Baltimore accounting cert. Doyle R Eskew becomes art instructor with MA from American University.
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Frederick Community College
Bertram W. Haines
Floyd H. Taylor
Fort Detrick
University of Pittsburgh
Haines
Arizona State College
Flagstaff
Ariz
Johns Hopkins University
University of Maryland
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene
Kenneth R. Bromfield
Bromfield
Pennsylvania State University
University of Minnesota
Detrick
Rachel E. deRosset
deRosset
Wilson College
Lehigh University
Temple University
Columbia University
State Teachers College
Kutztown
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New Jersey
Dunbar Ashbury Jr
Ashbury
University of Virginia
University of Baltimore
Certified Public Accountants
Doyle R. Eskew
The
American University
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Frank J Keefer
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Board of Education
Claims Gas Co
Antietam Cemetery
COLTS
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John Guzik
Dallas Garber
Marietta
Laurien Stapp
Alabama
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Cartier
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Don Kellett
West Ber
Borderlin
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