Police Check Series of Accidents
A weekend report from State Police details multiple highway mishaps in Frederick County caused by slippery ice and snow. The list includes three near Buckeystown on Maryland Route 30 and Route 60, with two wrecks near the same spot and one on Old Frederick Road near Emmittsburg. No injuries in the first accidents, but later incidents involve injuries and hospital care, including a ruptured spleen for Robert Swope and various abrasions. Additional crashes on Maryland 7 near Johnsville and US Route 15 near Harmony Grove yielded damages ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars and charges for careless driving in some cases.
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Frederick County
R. H. McClear
Maryland
Buckeystown
McCleaf
Charles Howard Whims
Adamstown
Collion
Jack Lust
Jefferson
Whems
McClear
James E. Johnson
Boyds
Earl F. Cochran
Monrovia
Emmittsburg
Buldred Crum
Walkersville
Frederick
Crum
Pontiac
Daniel Bemiler
Gettysburg
U. S
Thurmont
Hermer
Car Collisions and Traffic Court Dates in Maryland Region
A Hollinger car and a 1960 Plymouth collided on icy Rocky Springs Road near Frederick. Ger ald Alen Dominick 23, Army specialist at Fort Detrick, faces trial March 2 for failure to drive to the right of center. Damages total 400 dollars. A separate US 01 crash west of New Market involved a 1959 International Weil Brothers truck and a 1952 Mercury. Elsie Myers 34 of Mount Airy cited for stopping on the roadway portion. trial set for Friday in Frederick Magistrates Court. A CAB examiner urged new competitive air routes from Toronto to Philadelphia via Baltimore Washington and Florida, favoring Capital and National Airlines. Allegheny, Delta, Eastern and Mohawk Airlines proposed routes denied. objections due in 10 days.
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Erick
Baltimore
Gathersburg
Hollinger
Rocky Springs
Gerald Alen
Dominick
Fort Detrick
Hollinger Auto
Jack Forsythe
Frederick Magistrates Court
Dominick Auto
New Market
International Weil Brothers
Mercury
Elsie Mse Myers
Penn Shop Road
Mount Airy
John Henry Sexton
Moster Avenue
Top Barnes
Myers
Frederick Masstrates Court
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
U.S
Toronto
Canada
Philadelphia
Florida
Buffalo
N.Y
Leslie G. Donahue
Capital
National Airlines
Allegheny
Delta
Eastern
Monash
Maryland House OKs 2500 Grant for Civil War Commission
Maryland lawmakers aim to authorize Frederick County to appropriate 2500 for the next three years to the County Civil War Centennial Commission. The session, held in Frederick, marks the 100th anniversary of the 1861 meeting moved from Annapolis to avoid secession pressure. Secretary Simpkins says no constitutional ground appears to transfer this year’s session. The governor may issue a proclamation to request the General Assembly to meet elsewhere only in evident necessity.
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Annapolis
Maryland House of Delegates
Frederick County
Frederick
Thomas H. Hicks
Lloyd L.simpkins
Go Tawes
Frederick Assembly debated constitutional limits on meeting location
A memorandum argues the Maryland General Assembly should avoid passing significant laws when convened in Frederick as there is no evident necessity for the meeting location. It notes the attorney general’s office views such legislation may be unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jte
Frederick
Attorney General's Office
General Assembly
Barrick Calls for Action on Obscene Literature Near Schools
State Senator Samuel Barrick, a member of the Judicial Proceedings Committee, criticized obscene literature near schools after attending hearings on distribution in the Senate. He urged a workable bill to address the issue without being unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Barrick
Frederick County
Judicial Proceedings Committee
The
State Senate
Unemployment Security Bill Sees Early Senate Endorsement
Maryland Senator Barrick reports a first success for unemployment security legislation. The bill passed the Judicial Proceedings Committee unanimously with all amendments adopted. In other news, veteran newspaperman Thomas Davidson Mays dies at 63 in Charleston after a long career in Lynchburg and West Virginia papers. Survived by wife Mary Horan Mays and son Robert L. Mays.
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Barrick
Maryland
Judicial Proceedings Committee
Charleston
W. Va
Thomas Davidson Mays
Lynchburg. Va
Lynchburg
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U. S. 15
Mildred Willis
Artington
Swope
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Willis
E. F. Tracey
Hemier
Katy May Peters
Union Bridge
Ray Otha Peters
Johnsville
Jesse, Jenkins
Peters
Lester Franklin Grossnickle
Route 1
Charles R. Twigg
Peters Auto
Grossnickle
Billie Jo Crocco
Beacon
N. Y
Crocco
Callan
Twigg
Michael Ray Hollinger
Rocky Springs Road
Harold Circle Hollinger
Fred
Scolting
Pro Dee Et Patna
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
J Arthur Throne
Ray Wachter
Carroll L. Boyer
Sidney Miller
Stephen Carter
Ex Plorer Post
Casper Betson
C. Horton Peace
Fisher’s, Inc
Kaempf & Harris
American Standard
Frederick. Md
Ine
Joe’s
AUTO
E. Third St
Valentines Berger’s
N. Market St
Coblentz & Main
Exclusively Insurance
N. Court ST
Wachter Photo Center
South Market St
Weil Brothers
Hamilton Avenue
Sroken Auto Glass
Wadow Glass
Complete Glass Service Glass & Mirror, Inc
East Street
MO Hat fAest
Freeenck
Eastern All Metal
Kehne Furniture Co
Monument
Teppa PE
Steam
East South St
Fredericktown
West Frederick Branch
West Patrick and
West South Sts
Rist
AE Park Rigce
Rhins
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