Brisk Holiday Sales Across Frederick Amid Rain
Downtown Frederick and the Shopping Center saw brisk sales on George Washington Birthday weekend despite rain. Shoppers lined up before openings, traffic was heavy, and many stores extended hours while some closed early. River levels along the Potomac and Monocacy were receding, with temps around the mid thirties.
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Frederick
George Washington
Basin
Focal
Buss
Edi
Monocacy
Potomac Rivers
Buckeystown
Potomac River
Joseph Therngan
Potomac
Weather Byreau
UN Katanga agree to troop freeze
United Nations and Katanga announced a halt to all troop movements that could lead to friction. President Moise Tshombe made the statement as a conference in Elisabethville, capital of the secessionist Congo province, faced pressure from a mobilization order he had issued earlier.
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Associated Press
United Nations
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Elisabethville
Congo
Tshombe
Gas Firm Clears North Market Explosions of Abnormal Conditions
The Frederick Gas Company reports no abnormal conditions in its facilities on North Market Street. Investigators found explosions occurred inside the storm sewer system where old tanks were connected to the sewer. Strong fumes from a petroleum product were detected at the Fourth Street northeast storm sewer catch basin.
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Frederick Gas Company, Inc
North Market Street
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Fourth Street
Fifth Street
Frederick
City Reports Snow Removal Cost At 11200
City Engineer Robert Whiteford reports total snow removal cost from mid December to date at 11200. Expenditures covered overtime, equipment rental, fuel and repairs with December costs at 35400 and January to date at 7800. Costs rose during February heavy snowfall and included contractor equipment.
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Robert Whiteford
Whiteford
Maryland employers face proposed emergency tax bill
The Maryland Legislature considers an emergency bill to block an automatic rise in employers’ contributions to the state jobless benefit fund. Sen. Frederick C. Markus proposes lowering the reserve floor to 2 percent, contingent on actuaries’ assurances, amid concerns about fund health and past benefit payments.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Frederick C. Markus
Ddorchester
Markus
Senate
Robert Bable
Department of Employment Security
Kimble
Wok
Senate Judiciary
House
Garst Heads Guernsey Association in Frederick County
Garst was elected president and will serve a three year term as director of the Guernsey Breeders and 4 H club association. Also elected were William J Wilcom Jr Paul Spurrier and Maynard Hawker as officers and directors. Steveson W Close of Cool Branch Farm Aberdeen spoke on rising farming costs and gradual changes needed for the 1960s.
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William J. Wilcam Jr
Urbana
Paul Spurrier
Libertytown
Garst
Wilcom
Maynard Hawker
Middletown
Close
Slain California Parents Linked to Class President Son
Daryl Moss, 15, sophomore class president at Weaverville High, killed his parents and shot at a family guest, then abducted $54 from sources and fled toward Redding. Police captured him within an hour and he admitted the killings. A Utah woman, Miss Jean Ann Taylor, was hospitalized in serious condition.
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Weaverville
Calif
Daryl Moss
Weaverville High School
Harold Wilson
Daryl
Wilson
Darin
Redding
Jean Ann Taylor
Orem
Utah
Weaverville Hospital
Leonard Adams
Bedhi
Heart Fund Army March On Sunday
The tenth Heart Fund Drive peaks Sunday as hundreds of volunteers call on neighbors in the Heart Sunday army. Bruce E. Crum leads the effort with area chairs for Frederick city and county. Volunteers wear official badges and collect donations in envelopes while distributing educational literature on heart disease.
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Isgi Heart Fund
City and Nix
Heart Sunday Army
Bruce E. Crum
Harmony Grove
S Fund
Charles H. Kehne
Buirman
Frederick City
Lawrence C. Willard
Leslie Burger
Heart Sunday
Orize
Heart
Heart Fund
West Church Street
Nevin Baker
H. Ainett Dean
Harry H. Reid
Heart Association
Neilson R. Bohn
George B. Douglas
Farmers and Mechanics Citizens National Bank
Marvn
American Heart Association
rocTam
Frederick Memorial
Interest in Civic Center Remains Strong in City
Interclub Council letter to Mayor Ramsburg confirms continued interest in locating a Civic Center at iWest reservoir site. C Lease Bussard is compiling reports from 21 centers to guide local planning, with findings to be published. YMCA seeks the reservoir site for a new building while city-owned property remains the focus.
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Jacob R. Ramsburg
Inter
iWest
Ramss
C. Lease Bussard
Coum
Interclub Council
MCA
Ramsburg
Ymca Committee
YMCA
Enterclub Council
Durell
Bussard
Francis Scott Rev
Ellis Yonik
Rebercer
Wooinb
American Association
Lions
America
Jaycees and Breakfast
Marken Diaster
Austin
Andeberger
Red Cross
After
Civil Defense
Partial success for two satellites launch at Cape Canaveral
The double header satellite mission from Cape Canaveral yielded a qualified success. Officials said the two Transit navigation satellites failed to reach a near circular orbit, remaining in a highly elliptical path with detachment not achieved and likely a life of only several weeks. Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory supervised the project and noted the impact on radioed data.
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Washington
Cape Canaveral
Fla
J. Richard B. Kershner
Applied Physics Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University
John Hopkins University
Model Homes Contest Extends Entry Deadline at Armory Show
The Blue Ridge Homes division of Bowers Lumber Company sponsors the model homes contest linked to the Home Show March 22 to 25 at the armory. Entries for juniors and seniors are extended to this Friday due to recent snow storms. over 200 dollars in prizes await winners.
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Bowers Company
Jaycees
Donald C. Whitworth
Tt Wis
The
Mathias Introduces Land Purchase Bill for Chesapeake Land
Rep. Charles McC. Mathias Jr. introduces a bill to allow the secretary of the interior to buy or rent about 1500 acres along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canals and to establish a 4800 acre national park through which the canal passes Great Falls and Cumberland Maryland. The land includes the former national monument designated by President Eisenhower. The measure permits construction of flood control or hydroelectric facilities on the park land if Congress later approves.
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WASHINGTON +API
Secretary of the Interior
Chesapeake and Ohio Canals
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Great Falls
Here
Cumberland
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mathias
Congress
Six Killed In Explosion At Borger Gas Plant
A blast at the Phill refinery gas plant in Borger Texas shook the city sealing the area as officials reported multiple casualties and unknown numbers of injured. Local authorities and company spokesmen cautioned that counts were not yet confirmed amid fire and debris. Borger lies in the Texas Panhandle near the Oklahoma and New Mexico borders about 35 miles northeast of Amarillo.
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Borger
Tex
Alamost
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Amarillo
Big Phill
Churches Extend Call To Minister In Two County Churches
The Utica and Creagerstown Lutheran congregations extend a call to Charles Pollard a Gettysburg Seminary senior to serve as minister. A parsonage contract was awarded to E W Ausherman Inc with work to start soon and occupancy hoped by June. The $22700 brick three bedroom parsonage will sit on Old Frederick road near the Lewistown and Creagerstown roads funded equally by both churches. The land was donated from the Raburg and Davis estates. The two churches totaling about 500 members have been without a minister since 1960 with Rev Dr F E Reingberger supplying until Pollard begins. Edwin Free and Mayor Jacob Ramsburg lead church councils.
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Utica
Creagerstown
Charles Pollard
Gettysburg Seminary
Washington
E. W. Ausherman Inc
Frederick Road
Lewistown
Elsie A. Raburg
Henry L. Davis
Walkers
Geitrsburg Seminary
Pollard
Edwin Free
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Detrick Employees Receive Five Cent Hourly Raise
About 661 workers at Fort Detrick will gain five cents an hour starting March 8 under an Army Air Force Wage Board plan. The local area also includes 131 workers at Fort Ritchie. average increases run about five cents per hour and are locally limited.
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For. Detrick
John Mail Butler
Army Air Force
Fort Detrick
Fort Ritchie
Sen
Five Day Forecast Warns of Warmer Temperatures Ahead
Five day outlook shows average temperatures 6 degrees above normal with warmer conditions on Thursday and Friday and cooler weekend. Rain tonight and Thursday with showers later in the weekend. Normal highs 41 to 47 and lows 20 to 32 across regions. Ambulance crews respond to High's Dairy on East Patrick Street at 10 45 AM to remove an employee to Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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T! United Ambulance
High
East Patrick Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Mathias Advocates Fair Redistricting Across Maryland
Maryland congressman Mathias argued against an extra seat for Howard and Prince Georges counties without equal per capita representation. He warned the Sixth District risked population disparities, citing 1960 census figures and future growth projections for Montgomery and Frederick counties. He stressed that district lines should reflect people, not political advantage.
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Howard
Prince Georges
Mathias
Hi of Representatives Iict
Maryland
Frederick County
Picard
Congress
Slick Holdup Solved Bandit Returns Loot
Eugene John Snyder a 33 year old Fort Lauderdale salesman surrendered the stolen funds after robbing a Flagler Federal Savings and Loan office. He claimed he needed money for groceries and medical bills and returned $4 577, saying he had spent only 20 dollars for the spree. He wept and confessed on Tuesday.
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Eugene John Snyder
Fort Lauderdale
John O'Keefe
Flagler Federal Savings and Loan Association
Snyder
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Belgium
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Haines
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