Thurmont Safe Robbed and Two Churches Ransacked
A Thurmont town office safe containing nearly $1,000 was robbed in a string of five break ins early today. Investigators cited break ins at C F Telephone offices on Frederick Road, United Church of Christ on East Main, Our Lady of Mount Carmel on North Church, plus a forced entry at the C P Telephone back door and minor damage at the church. Entry times ranged from midnight to 7:45 am with ongoing investigation.
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Denis O'Brien
Thurmont
C & F Telephone Company
Frederick Oad
United Church of Christ
East Main Street
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
North Church Street
C & P Telephone Company
Glenn Nikirk
Tie
Carl Harbaugh
Herman Shook
Clarence Snyder
Harbaugh
Marbaugh
Catherine Blower
Lady of Mount Carmel Church
Clarence Myers
Heavy losses for U S troops in jungle battle near Saigon
Saigon report says about 400 North Vietnamese troops swarmed 150 U S air cavalrymen near the Cambodian border north of Saigon. Twenty five Americans killed and 52 wounded, the heaviest toll for the 1st Air Cavalry this year. North Vietnamese casualties unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Saigon
Walt
1St Air Cavalry Division
Air Cay
Air Cavalry
Air Cav
Proclamations Highlight Mayor Derr’s Calendar Roles
Frederick Mayor Derr discusses the rise in calendar proclamations for civic groups. He notes 12 proclamations signed in the past year setting aside dates for projects and weeks, including Teaching Career Month and observances for George Washington and Abraham Lincoln birthdays. Public ceremonies precede signing and newspaper publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Derr
Frederick
Derr
George Washington
Abraham Lipcoln
National Business Women
Venture Club
County Man Dies In Wreck In Woodsboro
A Woodsboro man Ira George Houck 79 died after a one vehicle crash on State Route 194 near Walkersville. Autopsy to determine if death from injuries or heart attack. Houck, WWI veteran, longtime Sunday School superintendent, and former church official, survived by wife Beulah and three sons, two daughters, six grandchildren. Funeral set at Powell and Martz with interment Mt Hope Cemetery. donations urged to St John’s United Church of Christ building fund.
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Woodsboro
Walkersville
Ira George Houck
Tpr
W.D. Drumm
Houck
Frederick County
Peter and
Mary Jane Geesey Houck
St. John's United Church of Christ
Baltimore
Ira Marvin Houck
Mra
Phile
Smith
Catonsville
Harvey U. Houck
Powell and Martz. Ter
St. John's
Fred A. Trimble Jr
Mt. Hope Cemetery
M. John's Yes Church of Christ
Woodsro
Fire Log Brief Entry From City Dispatch
Fire log item notes a flee call within a 245 hour period ending at 10 am. City details are partially obscured with numbers and codes. No injuries or units listed. Further specifics are unreadable in the fragment.
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Calla
City
Humphrey Rejects Nixon Offer As U.N. Ambassador
NEW YORK AP Vice President Humphrey has turned down Nixon’s offer to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Nixon named Dr. Paul W. McCracken to head the Council of Economic Advisors.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Wubert J. Humphrey
U.S
United Nations
Nixon
Paul W. McCracken
University of Michigan
Council of Economic Advisors
Ronald L. Ziegler
Presi
McCracken
Johnson
California
Roy Ash
Litton Industries, Inc
Plan Early For Phone Calls Home To Vietnam
Families with relatives in Vietnam are urged to plan holiday calls due to locating servicemen being difficult. McGann of the C P Telephone Company notes calls are handled on a first come basis, with servicemen encouraged to notify families in advance. Calls increasingly volume near holidays, with 140 daily in recent times and over 38,000 last year.
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Vietnam
A. J. McGann
C&p Telephone Company
Maryland
McGann
Saigon
Ser
U.S
da Nang
Meijann
United States Pursues Seven Point Middle East Peace Plan
U S reportedly seeks international backing for a seven point plan to end the Arab Israeli conflict. Key provisions include Israel’s Sinai withdrawal, Egypt Israel war end, future status of Arab refugees, freedom of navigation through key waterways, UN troop replacement at Tiran Strait, arms restraint, and a peace treaty sign-off by the major parties.
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Patus
United States
Israel
Egypt
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Sinai Peninsula
Middle East
United Nations Security Council
Sinai Desert
Jerusalem
Teypt
Ise
Jordan
Syria
Suez Canal
Tiran Strait
United Nations
Sharma E.sheikh
U.N
Gamal Abdel Nasner
Nasser
Tarae
Dean Musk
Ineraeli
Abba Khan
Mahmoud Riad
New York
Besen
Soviet Union
India
Britain
Anid
Tarael
Isacl IL
Jerusaelem
Senator-Elect Mathias Stricken With Pneumonia
Senator-Elect Charles Mathias has been ill with viral pneumonia and on a cane after a fragile week. He spoke by phone describing increasing weakness and plans a lung X-ray and full checkup Friday. He had to cancel an engagement this week due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mathias
Mathing
Prine Td
GOP Governors Seek Lead in Law and Order Push
Palm Springs dispatch reports Republican governors plan to shoulder enforcement of crime and safety pledges from Nixon. Gov. Claude Kirk cites local problem focus and private police efforts, while Agnew notes communication gaps with the White House. Nixon to address limits on cabinet picks after California trip and attend governors conference events.
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Palm Springs
Richard M. Nixon
Claude Kirk
Florida
Kirk
Nix
Nixon
Johnson
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Air Force
San Franscisco
National Governors Conference
Agnew
Hubert 11. Mumphrey
White House
Ile
Plush Desert
NAACP Calls Meeting To Begin County Boycott
Leonard Green, president of Frederick County NAACP, announced a 3 PM prosax conference to launch a county boycott of businesses with Wallace petition signers in policy making. Meeting at Anbury Methodist Church will publicize the planned actions by a seven member volunteer committee.
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Leonard Green
Frederick County
NAACH
Wallace
Anbury Methodist Church
Weat All Saints
Court Streets
NAACI
Tresulla
New Column Begins Today On 'The State Of Things'
Valerie Bradt Hymes launches a new weekly column in The Frederick Post and The News titled The State Of Things. The piece promises factual, analytical, and provocative insights into Maryland's 200 agencies and political figures, drawing on Hymes's twenty years in legislative writing and journalism.
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Frederick Post
Valerie Bradt Hymes
Wal Wyre
Maryland
Ard
Val Hymes
Tronald
Hyme
Caf Lattata
Vola
Belo
Israelis raid Jordanian targets ends with missing jet
Israelis launched a third air attack on Jordanian territory this week. One Israeli jet did not return, as the Israeli Army reported. The operation followed prior strikes on Iraqi artillery installations in Jordan.
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TH Aviv
Taraeti
Jordan
Iday
Mterinute
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Winchester Hall
Charles Keller
Kevin Sandowers
Charles Keller II
J. Rolfe Castleman
Women's Army Corp
Civil Air Patrol
Amercan Legion
Wien
Ira G. Houck
Humphrey
Henry Cabot Lodge
Paris
Lodge
Robert D. Murphy
Economist
McCracker
Counneyl
Graduate School of Business Administration
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Mathias Iif
GOP
Law
NAACP
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