Baltimore Fire Kills Nine in Rowhouse Blaze Anniversary Tragedy
A Baltimore fire killed five people and three of the Careys' children, with Donna Jean surviving after a heroic retrieval by Edward Carey. Phyllis Schrader and four of her children also perished in the two story rowhouse inferno amid freezing winds and ice coated equipment. The blaze started on the first floor and firefighters battled through heavy smoke to reach the skylight before flames exploded.
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Robert C. Carey
Robert Jr
Joseph
Donna Jean
Phyllis Schrader
Donald
Laura
Paula
Pamela
Debra
Eleanor Rhomada
Cpl
Jerome Ortt
Baltimore County Police
Ortt
Edward T. Carey
Carey
Donna
Richard Hilbert
Schrader
Louis Irvin
County Fire Department
Hilbert
Baltimore County
Here
Robert Carey
Justice Arm Sets Powell Case Probe
The Justice Department will quickly probe evidence in the Adam Clayton Powell case with possible prosecution. Powell remains at a Bahamian retreat as the committee seeks to seat him with severe censure and a $40,000 salary deduction.
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Justice Department
Adam Clayton Powell
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Department
Select Committee
Powell
Bimini
Bahamas
Bahama Islands
Huff Enterprises Ltd
Corrine A. Huff
House
Miss Huff
New York
Harlem Democrat
Cadets quit amid Air Force Academy cheating scandal
Air Force Academy officials disclose that 24 cadets resigned and 24 more are under investigation in a second wave of honor code violations. Cadet Lt Col Kruzel says the cheating had been ongoing for some time, with some resignations involving varsity athletes and others under scrutiny.
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AIR Force Academy
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Joseph J. Kruzel
Kruzel
Air Force
J. J. Kruzel
Pacific Air Forces
Hawaii
Thomas S. Moorman
Fire at Grant Place ends with no damage
Three fire companies responded to a fire at a home on Grant Place. The electric motor on the furnace at Martha V. Michel’s residence ignited but was extinguished before any damage occurred. Units included Junior Fire Co., Citizens Truck Co., and Independent Hose Co.
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Grant Place
Martha V. Michel
Junior Fire Co
Citizens Truck Co
Independent Hose Co
Catoctin Site Row Sparks Safety Critique by Collins
Commissioner Charles E Collins challenged the school board over the proposed Catoctin High School site claiming it hazards students crossing U.S. 15 from Thurmont. Dr John L Carnochan noted prior discussions with the State Roads Commission and Thurmont officials about a footbridge and warned changes would raise costs and delays. Collins urged selling the current tract and pursuing three Thurmont area sites, including a one story or two story design on a different location.
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Catoctin High School
Collins
Threeman Board
U.S. 15
Thurmont
John L. Carnochan
Board of Education
State Roads Commission
Commissioners of
Carnochan
Ruling Party Battered In India Voting
AP reports India General Election returns show Congress rallying yet losing ground as opposition nears a majority for the first time in 20 years. Indira Gandhi defends democracy while 411 of 520 seats counted place Congress at 224 with other parties securing 37 Swatantra and 30 Jan Sangh among minor results. Congress fails to win state assembly majorities in seven of seventeen states.
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India
Congress Party
Indira Gandhi
Congress
Swatantra
Jan Sangh
Kerala
Agnew Pushes Tax Reform Proposals At Lincoln Dinner
Gov. Agnew used a Lincoln Day Dinner in Pikesville Maryland to push support for his tax reform program. He said he did not expect every delegate to accept every detail of the tax bill as he addressed about 1000 people.
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Agnew
General Assembly
Boston Strangler Sightings Tracked Across Mid Atlantic
FBI joined the search for Albert DeSalvo, the self-proclaimed Boston Strangler, after his escape from Bridgewater State Hospital. A truck driver reported a hitchhiker resembling DeSalvo in Baltimore, with sightings also in Pittsburgh. An FBI flight-to-imprisonment charge carried a suggested $100,000 bail. Two escapees from the hospital surrendered to a legislative commission in Waltham, saying they had not seen DeSalvo since. Rewards totaling $15,000 were offered for information leading to his capture dead or alive.
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Boston
James Johnson
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Martin Fay
Waltham
Fay
Fred E. Erickson
Brockton
George W. Harrison
Westford
F. Lee Bailey
Boston Strangler suspect DeSalvo on the run toward Ontario
Bridgewater Massachusetts authorities said Albert DeSalvo escaped from a mental hospital and is believed armed and hitchhiking toward Williamsburg Ontario. Officer Donald Conn said investigators now have a direction. Ontario border points and customs offices were placed on alert. DeSalvo is thought to carry a .32 caliber pistol and about $130 in cash.
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Mass
Massachusetts
Albert DeSalvo
Boston
Williamsburg
Ontario
Donald Conn
DeSalvo
Cornwall
Tires Chalked City Cracks Down On Meter Feeder Parking
Frederick police tightened a campaign against meter feeder parking downtown using chalk marks on tires to enforce time limits. Major Charles V. Main said many violators have been ticketed, with fines for extending parking beyond posted meters. He promoted the South Court Street lot offering up to ten hours, noting it rarely fills, while detailing nearly a thousand two hour or less spaces citywide. Officials consider a Parking Authority to manage off street facilities.
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Charles V. Main
Main
South Court Street
Winchester Hall
City Hall
East Patrick Street
Women's Job Corps Aids Frederick Girls
Monna Peddicord a 21 year old Frederick girl who failed to find work after high school is praised as an outstanding student at a Women's Job Corps camp in Missouri Mrs arl Howard past president of the Frederick Council of the United Church Women notes she helped get Monna into the Job Corps through the Hagerstown office and now helps run a Frederick recruiting desk Volunteers from Women in Community Service and other groups supplement the U S Office of Economic Opportunity program by staffing recruiters and using school drop out lists to locate candidates for the corps.
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Frederick
Arl Howard
Women’s Corp
Howard
Women In Community Service
U. S. Office of Economic Opportunity
Council of Jewish Women
Catholic Daughters
Community Action Committee
Board of Education
Junction City action opens largest Vietnam offensive
Saigon AP reports U S infantrymen engaged a Viet Cong company in War Zone C marking the first sizable clash since Operation Junction City began. The VC force roughly 115 men melted into the jungle after a 1st Infantry Division battalion hit them. American casualties were light. enemy losses not known. The drive gains momentum as U S tank led troops tightening the vise. The latest report tallies 30 more Communist deaths in 24 hours, bringing total VC losses to 49 since the operation started.
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Saigon
U.S
Junction City
Hanoi Rejects Peace Feeler Pessimism on Vietnam War Outlook
Washington officials say North Vietnam’s hard line makes a peace conference unlikely, with settlements likely on the battlefield. Soviets show interest in Geneva style terms, but Hanoi’s influence limits any Moscow leverage. Debates arise in the Senate over 4.5 billion in war funds with differing views on bombing vs peace.
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U.S
Southeast Asia
Kremlin
Hanoi
Henry M. Jackson
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
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