Reservoir Fill Ends Water Shortage After Thaw
Rushing rain and snow water has filled Fishing Creek Reservoir for the first time since last August, ending area water shortages. Potomac and Monocacy Rivers crest and recede as thaw continues. spillway overflow began around 7 a.m. with rapid inflow. Roads reopen as river levels drop, but lingering ice and pothole damage persist amid cooler, unsettled weather.
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Fishing Creek
Potomac
Monocacy
Frank Weddle
Joseph T. Kerrigan
Gas House Pike Bridg
Buckeystown
County Roads
Link
Testimony Recorded In Rees Kidnapping Trial
Testimony closed today in the federal kidnapping trial of Melvin Davis Rees Jr., a 32 year old Maryland musician charged with abducting two Virginia family members whose bodies were found in a shallow grave two years ago. Five government rebuttal witnesses testified briefly before the all male jury was excused until Wednesday. The judge said closing arguments would get two hours for each side and instructions would follow after lunch. Jury to return mid afternoon Wednesday for verdict discussion and possible deliberations.
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Baltimore
Melvin Davis
Rees Jr
Maryland
Virginia
Roszel C. Thomsen
Iaid
District Court
Explosions on Market Street Raise Smokes and Causes
A sequence of explosions on North Market Street tossed man hole covers 10 to 12 feet into the air Monday evening. City and gas officials investigated possible causes, with reports noting damage, a sidewalk lift, and shattered windows at a bowling alley. A flare pot at a sanitary catch basin was suspected.
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North Market Street
City and Gas Company
Market
Fourth Streets
Harry F. Schmidt
Fourth
Market Streets
Zod
Schmidt
Footer’s Cleaners
Health Center
Fourth and Market
Fifth Street
Frederick Gas Company
Demurrer Overruled in Maryland Trust Apartment Case
Chief Judge Patrick M Schnauffer overruled a demurrer in a mechanics lien dispute over College Estates apartments. The ruling centers on when work began and whether liens can be valid if started before or after the bank’s deed of trust was recorded. The decision allows mechanics to prove prerecording work or otherwise pursue claims for services and materials.
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College Estates
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Schnauffer
Maryland Trust Company
Christopher A. Rupp
Sidney H. Tinley Jr
Patrick M Schnanffer
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Fling Mechanics Lines
Kitty Hawk Sets Sail on Sea Trials as Navy’s Largest Carrier
The Kitty Hawk, a 60,000 ton super carrier, left New York Shipbuilding yard for four days of engine and systems tests on the Delaware River. At 1,047 feet long and unable to rely on conventional guns, the ship uses Terrier surface-to-air missiles and will join the Pacific 7th Fleet after shakedown ahead of its April 29 commissioning.
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Camden
N.J
Delaware
New York Shipbuilding Corp
Philadelphia
Navy
North Carolina
Wright Brothers
U.S. Navy
7Th Fleet
Pacific
Ambulance Called For William D Fisher Illness
The United ambulance transported William D Fisher from his South Court Street home to Frederick Memorial Hospital after he became ill this morning.
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United Ambulance
William D. Fisher
South Court Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Fisher
Market Irregular Trade Rumors Spark Early Churn
Market irregularities dominated heavy trading in New York as the AP reports a fluctuating session with uneven moves this afternoon. Traders watched for steady cues from earnings and economic data while volumes remained above average.
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New York
George Washington Birthday Sale Shoppers Return Big Bargains
Frederick merchants announce a large holiday sale with widespread price cuts on many items. City, county and state offices close Wednesday, stores stay open in the afternoon, some close at 1 pm, parking meters suspended, weather dreary but shoppers urged to come. One store offers a TV set for one cent with a larger purchase, many items at 99 cents.
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George
Frederick
City Hall
Court House
Department of Employment Security
West Church Street
Air Line Strike Hits U S Travel Hard
New York AP report shows flight engineers strike crippling air travel with three major lines closing and losses over 1 million dollars daily. Trans World American and Eastern halted operations and began large layoffs totaling about 64 000 workers. Pan American National and Western maintained token service as Goldberg and President Kennedy seek a quick return to work.
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New York
Trans World
American
Eastern
Pan American
National and Western
Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
White House
Kennedy
Goldberg
Ron Brown
Fight Engineers’ International Association
Labor Department
Goldbrg
Two Acquitted Of Driving Charges
In Magistrates Court this morning George Bernard Callan Jr. of Beechwood Drive was acquitted of driving at a greater than reasonable speed on slippery U. S. 15 near Harmony Grove where a February 12 crash occurred between a 1957 Plymouth and a southbound 1953 Plymouth. Trooper Twiggs noted icy conditions. Magistrate Edward Storm ruled the accident unavoidable. Garey Olin appears in the second case.
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Edward Storm
George Bernard Callan Jr
Beechwood Drive
U. S. 15
Harmony Grove
Callan
Charles JR. Twiggs
Storm
Garey Olin
Katanga Mobilizes Citizens to Oppose U.N. Forces
Katanga President Moise Tshombe ordered general mobilization of all able bodied people to resist U.N. peacekeeping actions. He described civil mobilization and urged citizens to stay at their posts despite foreign orders as Belgian-backed forces push to drive Baluba rebels from northern Katanga.
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Elisabethville
Katanga the Congo
Katanga
United Nations
Security Council
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
U.N
Congo
Maryland bill would regulate savings and loan firms
Maryland lawmakers hear a governor drafted bill to regulate savings and loan associations with a seven member state board and a ban on multi stock firms using the savings and loan name after July 1 1962. New firms would face capital and bonding requirements and related borrowing limits. Maryland and Alaska are the only states without regulation amid a surge of 172 new associations last year.
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Annapolis
Maryland General Assembly
Savings and Loan Associations
Senate Banking Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
Savings and Loan
Baltimore
Richard W. Case
Baltimore City
Maryland
Alaska
Rice acquitted in speed charge from icy Holter Road crash
Rice and Bernard F Taylor were involved in a February 12 head on collision on Holter Road near Cherry Lane. Trooper A David Carlson noted icy conditions and drifting snow limited traffic to one lane. The Magistrate ruled the crash an unavoidable accident.
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Rice
Jefferson
Holter Road
Cherry Lane
Bernard F. Taylor
Middletown
A. David Carlson
Force Use In Congo Approved
United Nations Security Council approved a Asian African backed plan authorizing UN police action in the Congo amid heated veto politics. The Soviets abstained while France and others also abstained as Kinshasa Katanga and South Kasai centers faced scrutiny. Hammarskjold welcomed the resolution and urged more UN troops to support the Congo mission.
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United Nations
N.Y
Security Council
Congo
Katanga
Moise ‘Tshombe
Tshombe
United States
Dag Hammarskjold
Soviet Union
France
U.N
Hammarskjold
H- Nation
Patrice Lumumba
Kasai
Leopoldville
Joseph Tieo
U.S
South Kasai
Stanleyville
Britain
China
Turkey
Ceylon
Liberia
U-A-R
Yugoslavia
Lumumba
Hammarskjolid
U.N. Congo
Hospital Joins Statewide Group Purchasing Plan
The Frederick Memorial Hospital joined a state group purchasing plan with 23 other Maryland hospitals, aiming to save thousands of dollars. The first contract covers x ray film for one year at reduced prices, with potential procurement of fuel oil, dressings, and linens under study. Picker X Ray Corporation of Baltimore and White Plains won the x ray film bid.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Rudolf J. Pendal
Hospital Council of Maryland, Inc
Picker X-Ray Corporation
Baltimore and
White Plains
Hospitalized and jailed man found with injuries on street
Clarence Koontz of West Patrick Street was found Monday with an injured arm abrasions and contusions. He was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital for treatment and jailed on a charge of intoxication within the corporate limits. Cpl Paul Mossburgy investigated.
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Clarence Koontz
West Patrick Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Cpl
Paul Mossburgy
Three Astronauts Chosen for Manned Mercury Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP three astronauts Glenn Grissom and Shepard were selected to begin final training for the first manned Mercury mission within two to three months. Mercury project director Robert Gilruth announced the pick after a successful test firing of a space capsule.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
John Glenn
Virgil Grissom
Alan Shepard
Robert Gilruth
Mercury Project
New Concord
Ohio
Marine Corps
Anna
John David
Carolyn Ann
Grissom
Mitchell
Ind
Air Force
Betty
Scot
Mark
Shepard
East Derry
Navy
Louise
Juliana
Laura
Gilruth
Gordon Cooper
Walker Schirra
Donald Slayton
Scot Carpenter
Glenn
Southwest Storm Paralyzes Plains and Strands Towns
A severe winter storm swept the plains of west Texas and southeast New Mexico, isolating communities and causing traffic tieups. Snow up to 20 inches fell near Levelland, Lubbock was nearly paralyzed by a foot of snow, and roads were nearly impassable as National Guardsmen aided crews. In Hobbs NM snowfall reached nine inches, and buses stalled with students evacuated to a church as roads remained blocked.
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Associated Press
West Texas
New Mexico
Iowa
Mississippi
Pennsylvani
Alabama
Virginia
Maryland
Florida
Texaas
Atlantic
Texas
Clavene
Levelland
Lubbock
Lovington
N. ML
Hero
Woolforth
National
Plains
Denver City
Morton
Hobbs
Space capsule survives Atlas test and reaches Atlantic
Unmanned Mercury Atlas capsule returns through worst atmospheric conditions and is recovered in excellent condition 400 miles northeast of Puerto Rico. NASA reports peak altitude near 107 miles and speed about 12 850 mph. Capsule similar to the one used for Ham the chimpanzee but none aboard today.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Missile Test Center
Puerto Rico
Robert Gilruth
Man In Space Program
Donner
Atlantic Ocean
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Atlas
NASA
Ham
Sharp Eyed Helper Saves Man From Wrecked Car
Gallatin Missouri dispatch reports Paul Holcomb 38, a farmer, survived a six hour exposure after a wreck in freezing weather. He and Lewis Smith 41 were trapped while three companions Martin Boulton 41 Lucky Norris Holcomb 41 died. Archie Blackburn spotted tracks and led rescuers to the car two miles west of Gallatin. Sheriff Houghton said Holcomb was conscious but unable to speak.
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Gallatin
Paul Holcomb
Archie Blackburn
Holcomb
Martin Kenneth Boulton
Lucky Norris Holcomb
Lewis Lee Smith
Holcombs
Blackburn
Glen Sullenger
S. L. Houghton
Sheriff Houghton
Blackbur
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Young
Earl James Boston
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Bill Battle
London
Douglas Furber
Rangoon
Burma
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