TV Theft Case Tracks Snow to Arrest Two Men
State police chased snow footprints for five miles from Urbana to locate three suspects in a breaking and larceny at Urbana Radio and Television Service. Thomas H. Harley Sr and Alvin McCalip, both 39 from Washington, were charged with grand larceny. a third man is questioned. One TV set recovered. a subsequent hearing set for Feb 16.
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Washington
Urbana
Thomas H. Harley Sr
Alvin McCalip
Frederick
Urbana Radio and Television Service
Lower
Montgomery
Norman G. McBride
Merrii E. Giesler
McBride
MD. 80
Windsor Road
MD. 78
Harley
Richard E. Cook
Frederick Barrack
James Frye
Westminster Barrack
McCalip
Brownsville Windsor Road
Mbride
John W. Reburn
Reburn
Montgomery County
Damascus
City parking tickets set record in 1966
The city police department reports 18,005 parking tickets issued in 1966, up from 1965 by over 6 percent, with total fines of 23,324 compared to 18,657 previously. Of those issued, 736 remain uncollected, 403 notices mailed, and 24 warrants issued, with extra charges for late payment and warrants.
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Charles V. Main
Major Main
Fredericktown Votes 5% Stock Dividend
Fredericktown Savings and Trust Company stockholders approve charter amendments to authorize a five per cent stock dividend. President W Meredith Young says the dividend will be paid February 10 to stockholders of record, with fractional shares sold for their accounts and cash issued for the fractional interests. Certificates and checks to be mailed February 10.
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Fredericktown Savings and Trust Company
W. Meredith
Young Aid
Wisner St. Bridge Bids Sought Again
Frederick City will reopen bidding on the Wisner Street bridge over Carroll Creek. Bids are to be opened March 1 as officials seek a lower price after the first bid of 84,622, about 20,000 above estimates, which was rejected. Financed from the 1965 bonds, 110,000 is set for bridge construction and Wisner Street improvements.
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Frederick City
Carroll Creek
Wisner Street
Board of Aldermen
East South Street
Lane Dies Former Maryland Governor W Preston Lane Jr
HAGERSTOWN AP Former Maryland Governor W Preston Lane Jr died at his home shortly after noon today of a heart attack. Lane 74 was governor of the state from 1946 to 1950.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
W. Preston Lane Jr
Hts
Lane
Downtown Frederick Struggles as Snow Briefly Halts City Life
Snow worsened hazards in Frederick with pedestrians scarce and many stores closed or sparsely staffed. Public offices and courts operated slowly. taxicabs replaced buses as the main transport. City crews salted streets and prepared for continuous plowing while snow removal waits on snowfall ending.
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Frederick City
Winchester Hall
Court House
Maryland Department of Employment Security
Circuit Court
Frederick Transit Co
Robert J. Rothenhoefer
Rothenhoefer
NAACP Leader Claims City Balks On Open Housing
Frederick NAACP President Leonard Green said the city will not pass an open occupancy law. He cited Mayor John A. Derri telling ministers the issue of Negroes moving into neighborhoods is not the government’s problem, as a meeting on social ills was called.
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Frederick Naacp
Leonard Green
NAACP
Frederick
John A. Derri
City Ministerial Alliance
Green
Derr
Naacy
Six-Year-Old Boy Lifts 135 Pound Weight
James Rundell of Torrance says his 54 pound son Sean, aged 6, can lift a 135 pound weight and has walked 50 miles in 15 hours 49 minutes and ridden 100 miles by bike to show what an American boy can do. Rundell owns a gym in Lomita and says Sean has lifted weights since age four. Local officials discuss occupancy and housing code questions at city meetings, with NAACP plans to address open occupancy and possible state action later.
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Torrance
Calif
James Rundell
Sean
Rundell
Lomita
Grand Jury Session Called Off In Frederick County
Today's Frederick County grand jury session was recessed due to lack of a quorum. On Monday the jury returned 10 criminal indictments naming four escapees and five burglars, with warrants to reveal defendants' names once served and docketed.
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Frederick County
Grand Jury
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Robert §. Rothenhoefer
Rothenhoefer
Quarry Suit Aired Before Judge in Circuit Court
Judge Robert E. Clapp Jr. hears a suit by M. J. Grove Line Co. against Superior Concrete Co. and others seeking to stop quarry operations near Evergreen Point. The Grove firm alleges refuse dumping damages its property and questions the city permit as illegal.
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Superior Concrete Co
Robert E. Clapp Jr
M. J. Grove Line Co
Flintkote Co
Superior Concrete
Grove
Evergreen Point
Frederick
Stock Exchange Delays Opening Amid Blizzard Conditions
New York market activity falls as blizzard weather slows traffic in the New York City area. The New York Stock Exchange postponed the opening by 15 minutes to 10 15 a.m. to begin trading.
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New York
New York City
New York Stock Exchange
Cost Per Trainee At Catoctin Job Corps Center
The Catoctin Job Corps center near Thurmont has spent over $1 million in two years, with 227 graduates at an average cost of $4,631 each. National totals show $522.5 million spent and about $53,502 per graduate. Local center costs are lower due to its conservation focus.
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Catoctin
Thurmont
Robert H. Michel
R-Ii
Antipoverty Agency
Wheat
Armed Services
Office of Ecopomie Opportunity
Washington
Catoctin Center
Snowstorm Closes Frederick County Schools and Roads
Frederick County faced a major snowstorm delivering up to 10 inches, with high winds and 23 mph gusts. Schools closed, highways clogged, and 140 road workers battled drifting snow as the storm, while not a blizzard, met blowing snow and low visibility.
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Patrick Street
Plat
Werner Ol’ Man
Frederick County
Maryland
Weather Bureau
U.S. 40
Frederick
Braddock
South Mountains
U.S. 340
U.S. 15
SRC
Roads Department
Thomas Johnson
County Commissioners to discuss local legislation in Annapolis
Frederick County officials plan a Thursday trip to Annapolis to meet with Delegates Wirts Houck Remsberg and Senators Byron Smels er. They will discuss Hutton proposals for a seven member county board an elected county executive and a county merit system with a study commission to review government.
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Frederick County
General Assembly
Annapolis
C. Clifton Wirts
William M. Houck
E. Earl Remsberg
Goodloe E. Byron
Charles H. Smelser
Wallace E. Hutton
Board of
Hutton
Wirts
Carroll County
Study Commission
Board of Commissioners
Code Home Rule
Bloodmobile Tops Quota In Visit Here
The Red Cross Bloodmobile collected 175 pints of blood last Friday at Fort Detrick Field House, 25 above the 150 pint quota. Two hundred civilian employees were scheduled to donate, with 54 keeping appointments and 68 walk-ins including 13 new donors and 35 with existing cards. Three Hood College girls were among off-post walk-ins.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Fort Detrick Field House
Fort Detrick
Hood College
Corky Ties for Pancake Title Then Loses Coin Toss
Liberal Kan AP Corky Wilson 13 and Larry Walliams 15 each ate 24 pancakes to tie for the junior division crown in the Liberal pancake eating contest. Williams won the coin toss for the title as Corky again missed the top spot by luck after a similar finish last year. Larry Igon 25 won the senior division with 32 pancakes.
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Liberal
Kan
Corky Wilson
Corky
Larry Walliams
Williams
Airst
Larry Igon
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Rolfe Castleman
Fredericktown
Naacp Head
Job Corps Center
Bloodmobile
News-Post
Frederick Call
Amtos Prm
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