Civil War Centennial Observances Planned in Frederick Area
Frederick County hosts a two county Civil War centennial event on September 12 1962 with a parade a Armory ball era costumes and a late week battle reenactment culminating in Antietam re creation. A mural at the Francis Scott Key Hotel will illustrate Civil War sites and a 33 location signage plan is underway. A souvenir plate committee will issue thousands of commemorative china plates next September. Also a fatal York Pennsylvania crash left Dolores Hill dead and John Peace seriously injured.
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Britain Sells Planes To China
Paris AP report says Britain will deliver four Viscount jet airliners to Peiping with training and maintenance aid from Vickers Armstrong and Rolls Royce. Chinese acceptance marks a Western aid turn and a break from Soviet support. British officials link the deal to the Albania rift and note potential informal US-Britain talks on trade with Red China.
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Death Sentence for Brothers in Hyattsville Rape Case
Two brothers, James V. Giles 20 and John Giles 22 of Spencerville, were sentenced to the gas chamber by Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge James H. Pugh for the rape of a 16 year old Hyattsville girl last July. The jury verdict was described as just under the evidence and the men were warned they were not entitled to consideration.
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Judge rejects death penalty in Patuxent River case
A Maryland judge declines the death penalty for two brothers accused of attacking a white girl and her 21 year old escort near the Patuxent River. A third suspect, Joseph E. Johnson, 23, from Spencerville, will be tried separately later.
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Community leadership urged to reform Maryland prisons
Baltimore AP report cites Dr. Manfred S. Guttmacher urging broader community action and group therapy for prisoners at the 93rd annual Prisons Aid Association of Maryland meeting. Paul S. Parsons calls inmates the forgotten men and stresses rehabilitation for eventual productive citizens.
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