Earl Collins Guilty In Slaying
Earl Collins is found guilty of manslaughter in the death of George Walter Hill in Frederick County Circuit Court. Judge Robert E. Clapp suspends the three year Maryland Correctional Institution sentence and places Collins on probation. The case arose from a September 12 incident on West All Saints Street after Hill and companions allegedly attacked Collins with a pick handle.
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Frederick County
Maryland Correctional Institution
Hagerstown
Robert E. Clapp
Collins
Collings
George Walter Hill
Hill
West All Saints St Collis
Colling
George Hill
Hil
Captain Describes Panic as Crew Abandoned Ship
In New York the ship's captain testified that 38 crewmen jumped into one lifeboat after the storm sinking. He said no order to abandon was given and called the event a panic.
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New York
Johnson
Group Demands Board Keep P-R School Open
A 40 member Point of Rocks delegation urged the School Board to keep the Point of Rocks School open and to poll directors on potential closure. Several speakers cited student success and community needs, while officials defended awaiting administration recommendations and potential future actions.
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P-R
Point of Rocks
John L. Carnochan
Carrroll Manor
Carnochan
Gordon Smyth
Clarence Co. C. Thomas
Hallar Best
Minnie Perry
House Democrats Expand Committee Power in Major Shakeup
Democrats redraw House committee lines to strengthen control, boosting Ways and Means to 17 Democrats and 8 Republicans and Appropriations to 34-16 while preserving a 15-10 Rules panel. The shift aims to advance health care, education, and immigration measures despite Republican concerns.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Rules Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D Mills
D-Ark
Mull
Appropriations Committee
Viet Nam Policy Seen As Temporary Measure
An Associated Press survey shows most U S senators favor keeping current Vietnam policy as a temporary measure while pushing for more effective backing and negotiations. Leaders like Hart Church Mansfield call for strength backed talks. Boggs proposes elections to guide future U S involvement. Tower urges North Viet Nam expansion and new moves to choke communist supplies.
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Viet Nam
Washington
South Viet Nam
U.S
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
United Nations
Special International Commission
Senate
Associated Press
North Viet Nam
J. Caleb Boggs
Delaware
Boggs
United States
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
John G. Tower
R-Tex
North
Tower
Maryland School Construction Planning Service Explained
Delegation Goodloe E Byron explained a state plan to create a school construction planning service. The bill, already law since June, charges the state board of education with reviewing preliminary and final school plans and establishing construction standards. He noted it preserves local control while updating Maryland’s approach since the 1916 statute.
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Western Maryland Commissioners' Association
Goodloe E. Byron
Byron
Maryland
del. Byron
State Board of Education
Poet Sandburg Celebrates 87th Birthday With Exercise
Carl Sandburg, the 87 year old poet and Lincoln biographer, lifts a heavy oak arm chair for daily exercise at his Flat Rock North Carolina home. Birthday telegrams arrived from President Johnson and dignitaries. Adlai Stevenson and Stewart Udall sent best wishes.
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Interior
Stewart Udall
Adlai E. Stevenson
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Chicago
Johnson
Sandburg
Edward Steichen
William Friday
University of North Carolina
Flat Rock
Golden
Carolina Israelite
9 Sandburg
Moses
Lincoln
America
Carl Sandburg
Quarry Near Buckeystown Won't Injure School or Property
Testimony from Dr John Carnachan Frederick County schools head and real estate agent Charles Jamison for Rockville Crushed Stone Co. argued the Buckeystown quarry would not harm Adamstown area school or nearby property values. Appeals Board heard more testimony. additional witnesses prepared for January 11 and 12 as the case stays in limbo before Circuit Court.
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Buckeystown
Frederick County Appeals Board
Pascal Renn
Adamstown
John Carnochan
Frederick County
Charles Jamison
Rockville Crushed Stone Company Inc
Rockville
Carnachan
Charles McC. Mathias
M. J Grove Lime Company
East Frederick School
Grove Quarry
Jamison
Mathias
Matas
Fredericktown Savings to Add Prospect Plaza Branch
Fredericktown Savings Institute plans a second branch at Prospect Plaza Shopping Center near South Jefferson Street. The colonial style building designed by Charles F. Bowers will include interior and drive in banking with completion expected by June. General contractor is Associated Contractors of Conneaut Lake, Pa.
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Sian Pe
Prospect Plaza
Fredericktown Savings Institute
W. Meredith Young
Fredericktown Savings
Jeferson Street
West Patrick Street
Charles F. Bowers
Frederick
Bowers
Fredericktown
Young
Associated Contractors
Conneaut Lake
Arlan’s
Soviets Oppose Indonesia Pullout From U.N.
Reliable sources say the Soviet Union opposes Indonesia's decision to withdraw from the United Nations and urged President Sukarno not to reconsider. China backs Lu Xuan’s move, with Peking's People’s Daily denouncing the UN as a venue for a few powers to share spoils.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Soviet Union
United Nations
Sukarno
China
Luxanno
Peking People’s Daily
Nikolia A Mikhailov
Minis
Northern California Floods Threaten Dozens of Communities
Flooded rivers from torential rainstorms and melting snows threaten Eureka Red Bluff and Blue Lake as Army and air force helicopters evacuate residents and ship feed to stranded livestock. Disaster officials warn continued rain through Thursday and urge evacuations in Fel delta areas.
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San Francisco
California
Army
Air Force
Eureka
Calif
Red Bluff
Norman Robertson
Humboldt County Civil Defense
Oregon
Nevada
Washington
Idaho
Oregon Coast
Fel
Delta
Blue Lake
Ruth Dam
Judge Clapp Calls For Control Of Firearms
Baltimore City officials push for statewide firearm registration and limits following Judge Clapp's call after recent shootings. The article notes a gun in the Morrison Lee case and cites self defense findings amid discussions on gun laws in Frederick.
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Clapp
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William Rollins
Point of Rocks Pta
Helen Fry
Helen Shry
Kerrigan
Point of Rocks Ruritan Club
New Brunswick High School
William Shelton
Titus
House Democrats
Fredericktown Savings Institution
Quarry
Bank
U.N
Ter Subandrio
Kremlin
Asia
Peking
William J. Hopwood
Baltimore City
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Charles E. Moylan Jr
Baltimore
Eugene Anthony Gray
Sjamsville
Thomas Edward Snowden
Iamsville
All Saints Street
Carlton Irving Lee
John Francis Morrison
Madison Street
William P. Larkin Legion Post
Lee
Legion Club
South Bentz Street
Morrison
Robert S. Rothenhoefer
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