Frederick Housing Authority Wins Preliminary Federal Loan
The Housing Authority of Frederick gains preliminary loan approval from the Public Housing Administration to start a plan for 200 new low rent homes. Fifty units will adjoin Carver Apartments at Madison street and Broadway, with 150 remaining for future locations including a 100 unit elderly housing phase. A city agreement funds utilities and site work, while federal payments support the project.
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Housing Authority of
Frederick
Public Housing Administration
Carver Apartments
Madison Street
Broadway
J. Frank Main
Housing Authority
Anl
Carver
John Hanson
Sixth
Bentz Streets
Taney
Bentz
Lincoln
South-Bentz Street
Fire Destroys Montgomery Country Club
A fire at Brooke Manor Country Club in Olney Maryland destroyed the 125 year old structure with an estimated loss of 500000. Cold weather and high winds hampered firefighters as only two walls remained standing. A nearby golf pro shop escaped damage as flames were driven away by the wind. Warren Lockwood saw smoke, entered the building and rescued records and the office safe. Officials said the blaze began in the kitchen during breakfast prep.
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Olney
Brooke Manor Country Club
Warren Lockwood
Silver Spring
Local Grocery Robbed in Night Break-in
City police seek thief or thieves after Johnny's Market on Market and Seventh streets was pried open last night. Cash from two registers and a money bag vanished, merchandise including cigarettes valued at about $100 taken, with damage to the rear door. Detective Bureau leads the case.
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Johnny’s Market
Charles V. Main
Market and
Seventh Streets
James Heffner
Ralph Smith
Smith
Bueau
Facts on drunken driving tests and implied consent law
State Police Lt. Carroll E. Cook cites 1963 Frederick County auto deaths from alcohol and notes 95 of 1963 offenders were tested. Maryland's 1959 chemical test law allows voluntary tests for blood breath or urine with implied consent being debated. About 25 percent refused tests last year. most who tested had high blood alcohol levels.
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Maryland
Washington
Carroll E. Cook
Frederick County
Trial Dates Set In Circuit Court Session
In Circuit Court Associate Judge Thomas M Anderson set March 11 as the trial date for Betty Jane Crampton and Leroy Gibbs both charged with serious crimes. Other defendants including Milton Boyce John Thompson and Joseph Sentini faced charges of grand larceny burglary and breaking and entering with trial dates scheduled or later determined. A Knoxville trio pleaded guilty to breaking into Potomac Wines and Liqueur Store. A fourth South Korean civilian death by an American sentry was reported in Seoul.
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Thomas M. Anderson
Anderson
Betty Jane Crampton
New Market
Leroy Gibbs
Miss Crampton
Gibbs
George M. Schmidt
East Fourth Street
E. Austin James
Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr
Milton Eugene Boyce
Brunswick
John William Thompson
Knoxville
Baltimore and Ohio
Virl Hughes
Fairfield
John Arthur Dillon
Kenneth Leo Dillon
Edwin F. Nikirk
Hughes
Wallace Reid Hite
Joseph Simon Sentini
New York
Farmers Cooperative
South Carroll Street
Samuel W. Barrick
Sentini
Mr. Barrick
Charles Town
W. Va
YMCA
Robert S. Rothenhoefer
Vernon Terry Anderson
Ellsworth L. Kennan
Gerald E. Taulton
Potomac Wines
William E. Deener
Richard Burgee
Kennan
Mr. Nikirk
Taulton
Deaf Annals Names Elizabeth E Benson Associate Editor
Dr Elizabeth E Benson dean of women at Gallaudet College Washington has been appointed associate editor of the American Annals of the Deaf The decision was made at a recent meeting of the Annals joint advisory board in Indianapolis Ind Benson a native of the city has long taught teacher training and is known for expertise in sign language and the manual alphabet. The action honors her contributions to deaf education and field knowledge. Trading moderate New York stocks edged up early in the afternoon in light activity.
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Elizabeth E. Benson
Gallaudet College
Washington
American Annals of the Deaf
Annals
American Instructors of the Deaf
Conference of Executives of American Schools For the Deaf
Indianapolis
Ind
Benson
Harry Benson
Mary A. Benson
Maryland School For the Deaf
West Twelfth Street
Hugo F. Schunhoff
California School For the Deaf
Berkeley
Gallaudet
Jury pool grows as Ruby case sees more dismissals
Five more jurors were dismissed for cause in the Jack Ruby murder case, bringing the total rejected to 21 as candidate No. 22 was excused due to illness. District Judge Joe B Brown rejected defense motions to move the trial.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Melvin Belli
Texas
Dist
Joe B. Brown
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Ruby
Oswald
Interstate 70 route viewed with cautious support along Route 40
Local business interests along Route 40 express cautious thankfulness for the I-70 B-1 alignment from Frederick to Hagerstown. They note interchanges positions are crucial and await final details while citing two years of advocacy and cooperation with state planners.
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Frederick
Hagerstown
Cyril Klein
Braddock Mountain
Klein
Cooperative Community Action
Butterfly Lane
Clifton Road
Education lobby backs Tawes tax plan for school aid bill
Maryland education lobby pushes for Gov. Tawes proposed 42 million tax boost to fund a 16.2 million school aid program. Testimony argues tax rise to 4 percent of net income affects most filers modestly, with a minority facing higher costs. Lawmakers hear that surplus could cover aid without full tax increase.
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Annapolis
Tawes
Robert Y. Dubel
Maryland State Teachers Association
Dubel
Senate
House
General Assembly
Maryland
Alaska
Washington's Birthday Saleextends to two days locally
Local merchants sponsor G. W. Birthday Specials with an unusual array of bargains. Shoppers are offered an extended two day sale this year to combine weekend shopping with George's birthday promotions.
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Washington
Student steals Rubens painting to demand ransom
A 19 year old Belgian student confessed stealing Rubens Negroes Heads from the Brussels Museum of Ancient Art. He planned to extort 850000 francs as ransom while making the call from a public booth. police traced the number and arrested him. Experts valued the work at 200000 to 1 million dollars.
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Brussels
Belgium
Andre Beugnies
Brussels Museum of
Cyprus Peace Talks Amid London Troop Reinforcement
United Nations diplomats adjourned a Security Council discussion on Cyprus as Britain started flying nearly 2 300 troops to the eastern Mediterranean. President Makarios backed by Greece pressed for safeguards while Soviet delegate Fedorenko denounced Western measures and warned of partition.
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United Nations, N.Y
Cyprus
Britain
Mediterranean
Security Council
Adlai E. Stevenson
Council
Stevenson
Turkey
Greece
U.N
U Thant
U.S
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Makarios
Fedorenko
Atlantic Alliance
Fishermen Returning To Cuba
Twenty nine freed Cuban fishermen boarded four trawlers to sail home but faced a delay from mechanical trouble. Coast Guard cutters Cape Darby and Cape York plus a patrol boat escorted the trawlers into international waters. The Cuba bound boats were seized 18 days earlier for poaching in US waters. Czech diplomat Frantisek Telicka paid $500 fines for four captains on behalf of Fidel Castro's government. captains received suspended sentences. Judge Thomas Caro dismissed similar charges against 25 crew members, saying they acted on orders.
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Key West
Fla
Coast Guard
Cape Darby
Cape York
Frantisek Telicka
Washington
Fidel Castro
Thomas Caro
Eastern Shore Seeks Statehood Over Redistricting
Maryland State Senator Harry T. Phoebus proposed the Eastern Shore secede and form the 51st state to avoid changing the all shore congressional district. He urged the attorney general to study the legality while noting the Shore’s 243 000 residents versus 711 000 in the largest district.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Harry T. Phoebus
Somerset County
Chesapeake Bay Shore
Phoebus
Supreme Court
Robert S. Bourbon
Bourbon
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