Tydings Visited Frederick Post Office in Drive for Improvements
U S Senator Joseph D Tydings met Postmaster James A Grove to push for Frederick Post Office upgrades citing long delays and cramped space. Grove urged remodeling to create a downtown mail handling hub with a new facility near the freeway while noting 1937 interior and 1919 building lack updates. Tydings toured the facility and spoke at Gov Thomas Johnson High School about his Soviet Union trip.
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Frederick
Joseph D. Tydings
James A. Grove
U. S
Tydings
Maryland
Daniel B. Brewster
Brewster
Senate Post Office Committee
Post Office Department
Grove
Ideal Garage Co
Carroll Street
Post Office
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Soviet Union
Red World
One Thousand Volunteers Rally for Heart Sunday Campaign
Frederick County Heart Sunday campaign reaches peak as nearly 1,000 volunteers canvass homes for donations. Funds support research, education, and community service programs of the Frederick County Heart Association. Local leaders include Nevin S. Baker and H. Albert Dean.
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Heart Fund
Heart Sunday
Frederick County
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Frederick
Nevin S. Baker
H. Albert Dean
Harry H. Reid
Association
J. R. Ramsburg Jr
Nelson R. Bohn
Richard Martin
George B. Douglas
Frederick County Heart Association
Fimmert Bowlus
Elias 3B. Ramsburg Jr
City Heart Sunday Co
DeSalvo Boston Strangler Escapes Mental Hospital
Albert DeSalvo self styled Boston strangler escaped Bridgewater State Hospital with two other mental patients, Fred Erickson and George Harrison. Police hunted the trio after discovery at 6 20 am, following footprints in deep snow to a wall near construction staging. Officials said the men climbed over the outer wall using a tool or simulated key to breach reinforced doors in a building housing elderly and sick patients.
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Bridgewater
Mass
Albert DeSalvo
Boston
F. Lee Bailey
Bailey
DeSalvo
Massachusets
Bridgewaltz
Charles Gaughan
Gaughan
Hearing March 15 Hiking Trail Proposed Along Potomac
Senate Interior Committee to hear March 15 on a bill creating a national system of scenic trails led by the Heritage Trail along the Potomac. The route would connect the Chesapeake and Ohio towpath and extend from the Potomac mouth to Harpers Ferry with branches to Cumberland and Johnstown.
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Department of Interior
Potomac River
Senate Interior Committee
Chesapeake and Ohio
Johnson
Stewart Udall Schlang
Interior
Orville L. Free
Man
Chesapeake Bay
Washington
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Oiltown
Cumberland
Johnstown
Spruce Knob
Seneca Rocks
West
Yoernia
U S Opens With Long Range Artillery In Vietnam War
U S forces began using long range 173 mm artillery based in South Vietnam to shell North Vietnam for the first time, as 45,000 troops advance behind tanks in Operation Junction City. Casualties were light, with 19 Viet Cong killed and five U S helicopters downed but later recovered.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Junction City
North Vietnnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dwz
Collins Proposes New Catoctin School Site
County Commissioner Charles E. Collins urged finding a new site for Catoctin High School and redesigning to a single story, arguing the current location adds cost. Architect Nelson presented revised two story plans reducing space and preserving room for future expansion to 1,400 students, while citing water and sewage concerns and past water-supply issues.
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Charles E. Collins
Catoctin High School
Board of Education
Lowel E. Nelson
Collins
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Board of County Commissioners
Russel Z. Horman
SRC Awards Freeway Contracts
The State Roads Commission announced awards for the Frederick Freeway dualization. W. P. Campbell Construction Co. of Frederick won a $640,833.50 contract for 2.7 miles of roadway from Rosemont Avenue to Harmony Grove, including bridges over Rosemont Avenue and West Seventh Street to become the south bound lane. E. H. Nunn Company of Jessup won a $130,114 contract for a 40-foot-wide bridge at the ramps where Md. 26 joins the freeway. This marks the start of dualizing the remainder of U.S. 15 from Frederick to Emmitsburg after eight years of discussion sparked by accidents near Rosemont Avenue.
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Frederick
State Roads Commission
W. P. Campbell Construction Co
Rosemont Avenue
Harmony Grove
West Seventh Street
Emmitsburg
Three Killed In West Virginia Train Wreck
In Pennsboro West Virginia the Baltimore and Ohio National Limited derailed and overturned killing three people and injuring 25 to 30 others police said early today authorities reported the early morning wreck disrupted service along the line and prompted emergency responses
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W. Va
Pennsboro
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
National Limited
County Public Defender Sought In Byron Bill
Legislation to establish the office of Public Defender in Frederick County was introduced in the General Assembly by Sen. Goodloe E. Byron. The proposal follows a 1966 Harford County model, leaving setup details to county commissioners, with the appointee required to be admitted to Maryland Court of Appeals. The circuits court judges would appoint the defender. commissioners set salary and full or part-time status.
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Frederick County
General Assembly
Goodloe E. Byron
Byron
Harford County
Maryland Court of Appeals
Agnew proposes three new Bay bridges and harbor crossing
Annapolis AP report says Governor Agnew asks the State Roads Commission be authorized to begin land acquisition and preliminary engineering for four crossings: three Chesapeake Bay bridges and a Baltimore harbor crossing, with construction order to be determined by the commission.
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Annapolis
Agnew
State Road Commission
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore Harbor
Baltimore
Maryland
One Bay
Annapois
J. Millard Tawes
Tawes
Jerome B Wolff
State Roads Commission
Light Snow Briefly Damps County Roads
A storm front moved across the state dumping up to an inch of snow in parts of the county. By noon the sun cleared most of the snow and officials warned of slick roads earlier. Strong northwest winds 20 to 30 mph and frigid weekend ahead with highs in the 20s.
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Stock Market Edges Up In Quiet Early Trading
New York stocks moved modestly higher in early trading as investors paused for direction. Activity remained fairly steady with several moderate gains and a handful of decliners shaping an uneven start to the session.
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New York
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