Sparton Club Robbery Suspects Bonded and Appealing
James Charles Toland, one of four men convicted in the Sparton Club gambling den robbery near Maryland 355, was released on a $50,000 appeal bond after an 18 year sentence. The quartet, all African American, included Wil Charles Williams and Charles Graves of New Jersey. Benjamin Grier illness delayed trial. They face mid April appeal hearings as State’s Attorney Rothenhoefer and others prosecuted.
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Sparton
Maryland
James Charles Toland
Howard County
Glen Crum
Sparton Club
MD. 355
Toland
Benjamin Grier
James MacGill
Attornor
Robert S. Rothenhoefer
Wil Charles Williams
Newark
N. J
Johnnie Dougali
Tar Har Abu Suleiman
Williams
Bord
Charles Graves
East Orange
Howard Court
Rothenhoefer
William Wenner
Hunt Mayfield
Flood fears ease as rains fade across the Deep South
The Weather Bureau predicted lighter rainfall than feared in Louisiana and Mississippi with showers likely in most areas. Northern Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee faces moderate rain as the Pearl River crest shifts and inland floodwaters recede toward the south. About 500 Jackson residents may be displaced as waters fall. In a separate note, Britain and Iceland reach a compromise ending the fishing war. Britain will accept a 12 mile limit but trawlers may fish six miles offshore for three years pending parliamentary ratification.
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Southland
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Atlanta
Tennessee
Pearl River
Jackson
London
API
Britain
Iceland
Auctioneer Of Lantz Dies At 85
George W. Wilhide aged 85 retired farmer and auctioneer of Lantz dies at Washington County Hospital Hagerstown he earned the nickname potato man for growing prize potatoes His wife Anna Adelsberger Wilhide died January 25 Surviving children include Lloyd Thurmont Chester Waynesboro Albert Lantz Calvin Thurmont and Mrs Charles Wastler Graceham one sister Nora Wilhide Sykesville body at M L Creager and Son funeral home Thurmont services Friday 2 pm at the home burial Blue Ridge Cemetery Thurmont
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Wilhide
Lantz
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Josiah
Julia Freeze Wilhide
Anna Adelsberger Wilhide
United Brethren Church of
Lioyd Wilhide
Thurmont
Chester Wilhide
Waynesboro
Albert Wilhide
Calvin Wilhide
Charles Wastler
Graceham
Nora Wilhide
Sykesville
M. L. Creager and Son
Thur Mont
Blue Ridge Cemetery
Minister Not Guilty Of Speeding
A Magisterial Court acquitted Earl K. Harris of RtG Frederick of petty larceny and cleared Rev. Melvin D. Hughson of traveling at speed greater than reasonable on U S 40. Harris was reprimanded for taking equipment at night but not for malicious intent. Hughson said roads were poor. no accident occurred and he was acquitted. Smoke filled a home on Urner and Winchester streets due to a stove fire with no stove pipe connection, causing no damage. An overheated stove at 101 West Fifth Street prompted a brief fire call with no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Vale
Earl K. Harris
Rt. G
Haris
Harris
Harrist
Paul Mossburg
Ofc
Guy M. Himes
Thompson
Melvin D. Hughson
U. S
L. W. Pfeltz
South Mountain
Hughson
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Citizens Truck Company
George Smith
Urner
Winchester
Smith
Junior Fire Company
West Fifth Street
Kenneth Morgan
Church To Build School On Shookstown Road
The Seventh Day Adventist congregation plans a brick one story parochial school for grades one through eight on a four acre Shookstown Road site, with two classrooms, gym, offices, kitchen and restrooms. Enrollment is about 25 and expected to rise. the project costs about 40 000 and is funded by church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Day Adventist
Shookstown
Donald Eckenroth
Congregation Church Building Fund
North Market Street
Mt. Ema
Hagerstown
Takoma Park
Baltimore
Eckenroth
Board of Education
Ronald Senseman
Silver Spring
J. Thomas Summners
Meadows van and Storage Company
Seventh Day Adventists
H. J. Harris
New York State
January Living Costs Dip Slightly in 1961
Washington AP reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a 0.1 percent drop in the consumer price index for January, led by lower clothing, used cars, eggs, milk, and produce. The index falls to 127.4 from 127.5 in December, with January prices 1.6 percent above a year earlier. Robert J. Myers cites weather and demand as factors. auto workers face no wage changes.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Despie
Robert J. Myers
BLS
Rauch
Dangerous Prisoner Escapes Arundel Jail
ANNAPOLIS AP A prisoner at Anne Arundel County Jail escaped Monday night by climbing out a third floor window and sliding down bars to the ground level. Sheriff Joseph W. Alton Jr says William Campbell 20 was left unguarded for a few minutes after a guard let him out to shower. Campbell and a friend are believed armed and extremely dangerous. Campbell 5 4 150 pounds with black hair and grey eyes was held for trial on breaking and entering larceny and safe robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Anne Arundel County
Joseph W. Alton Jr
William Campbell
Campbell
Alleged Sex Killer Captured in New Jersey Farm Arrest
New Jersey State Police reported the capture of a man using the name Fred Thompson at a chicken farm near Lakehurst after he applied for work. The spokesman said the man admitted killing 4 year old Edith Kiccorius in a New York tenement room last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toms River
New Jersey
Edith Kiccorius
Fred Thompson
Lakehurst
New York
Chesapeake and Potomac Toggles $458000 For Frederick Area Upgrades
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. plans $458,000 in outside cable and central office equipment for Frederick, Walkersville, and nearby areas to expand new telephone services. The 12 month total approved sums near $50 million, with other allocations in Baltimore Metro and Eastern Shore regions for network re centering, additional lines, and future dial operation changes.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Frederick
Frederic Walkersville
Frederi Buckeystown
Myersville
Trarmont
L.M. Smith
Baltimore
Sparrows Point
Dundalk
Essex
Chestertown
Ontide
Rock Hall
Queenstown
Junior Music Festival Planned Here
The first annual Junior Music Festival, sponsored by the Maryland Federation of Music Clubs, will be held March 18 in the social room of Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ. Entrants are rated on merit by qualified examiners, with no head to head competition, promoting young musicians under 18 with past success by artists like Richard Cass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Federation of Music Clubs
Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ
David Dorman
Focal Festival
Dorman
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Baltimore
National Federation of Music Clubs
Maryland Federation
Congo Pact Binds Three Regimes Amid UN Tension
In Leopoldville a three way military pact unites the central Congo government Katanga and Kasai to present a united front against leftist rebels. Tshombe Kasai and Ileo signers promise to resolve issues internally while UN pressures continue over violence against staff and reduced rebel forces near Luilabourg.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Antoine Gizenga
Patrice Lumumba
Stanleyville
Joseph Ileo
Joseph Kasavubu
Elisabethville
Tshombe
Albert Katoni
Kasai
Katanga
United Nations
Congo
U.N
Leopoldville-Matadi
Luiuabourg
U. N
Algerians Burn Two European Women To Death In Oran
A mob in Oran's Arab quarter burned two European women to death inside their car after overturning the vehicle and setting it on fire. Police dispersed the crowd amid further attacks on four more cars, with a Moslem officer killed and a European rider injured. Tensions between European and Muslim populations have run high in Oran for months.
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Oran
Algeria
No Charges In Axe Hacking Case Reported
State Police said no action will be taken in an axe hacking incident that sent 64 year old Ora Fogle to Frederick Memorial Hospital with a gash to the left hand. Fogle of Evergreen Point was cut by a friend during a dispute, though Fogle claims it was an accident. Trooper E W Reith Jr assisted the investigation.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Ora Fogle
Evergreen Point
Tfe
Henry I. Stafford
Fogle
E. W. Reith Jr
Lumumba Faction Advances in Congo Amid Taken Kasai Region
Lumumbist troops marching toward Leopoldville from Stanleyville report bloodless Kasai victories and have seized Luluabourg and Port-Francqui, threatening central government as Katanga massed at Bukama for Manono operation. The force controls about half the Congo, with a march across the border toward Ikwir.
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Leopoldville
Kasai
Arrow
Ikwir
Patrice Lumumba
Stanleyville
Luluabourg
Port-Franequi 133
Katanga
Bukama
Manono
Congo
Sleet and Snow Forecast Dulls Frederick Weather Outlook
Weather bureau notes chance of several inches of wet snow tonight due to a disturbance amid cold air. February ends with snow as snow flurries possible on Thursday in the mountains, with rivers easing after weekend rainfall. Potomac crested at 16 feet 9 inches Monday and is now rapidly falling. Monocacy back in bank, no danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Frederick
Potomac
Monocacy
Kennedy Proposes Tax Formula For Superhighways Aid
President Kennedy today urged a pay as you go plan to finish 41 000 miles of express roads by 1972 by shifting more taxes onto trucks and heavy fuels while avoiding a general gasoline tax increase He warned Congress not to reduce the existing 4 cent per gallon tax and outlined heavier levies on trucks diesel fuel tires and retread rubber If trucker taxes fail to pass he suggested raising gasoline taxes for all users The plan would require about 900 million more annual revenue after June 30 to keep the program on track and would raise tolls and license fees for heavy trucks and increase tire and diesel taxes while sparing general fund use except in recession or winter road repair needs.
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Washington
Kennedy Taday
Congress
Kennedy
Treasury
Dwisht D. Eisenhower
Potomac Edison Seeks 150ft Right of Way In Land Condemnation
Potomac Edison files in Circuit Court to condemn 150 foot wide strip over 1,471 feet on Linthicum farm near Slate Quarry road Thurs ton for a high voltage line from Lime Kiln to Clarksburg. It seeks perpetual easement to construct, operate, and maintain poles and wires, with 30 day notice for damages and payment of all losses. promoters say negotiations exhausted. Castro assails Kennedy in Havana. Castro government accuses U.S. plot to topple Castro.
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Potomac Edison Company
James McSherry
Clarksburg
Hamilton Linthicum
Sophia Linthicum
Thurston
Edwin C. Keith
Eva Lyn Keith
Linthicum Farm
John R. Wood
Robert R. DeMass
Surrey Station
Power Company
The
U S Officer Slain In Laos Report Sparks Denial
Moscow based Tass dispatch from Hanoi says an American officer was killed in Laos near Van Vieng recently. The U S State Department denies any Americans are involved in the fighting.
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Moscow
Tass
Hanoi
Laos
van Vieng
U.S. State Department
Birthday twins emerge from Leap Day, 63 years apart
In Manchester England Jean Holland Kelsall celebrated her 21st birthday today while her twin brother Jimmy will reach the same milestone 63 years from now. Jean was born Feb 28 1940 at 11:20 p.m. and Jimmy arrived three hours later on Leap Day Feb 29.
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Manchester
England
Jean Holland Kelsall
Jimmy
Kelsall
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Arundel
Central Congo
CAP
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Hammarskjold
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Leacayane Boy
Ratar
Comtroller
JFK
Castro
Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
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South Korea
National Assembly
Taegu
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Piarch
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