Derailment Halts Baltimore to St Louis Train Near Weverton
Thirty seven cars of the St Louisian freight derailed Friday near Harpers Ferry West Virginia sending some cars into the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. No injuries were reported and an investigation continues as crews work through freezing temperatures to clear tracks.
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Baltimore To St. Louis
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Weverton
Sandy Hook
Tional Park Service
St. Louis
J. Relfe
Castleman
Maryland
C & O Canal
Local Public Notice Clarifies Dial-In Results
An OCR fragment outlines a county information line showing a phone number 948-5145 and days Monday through Friday with morning and afternoon availability. The readable text emphasizes fast results and a dialing option for inquiries.
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Poe
Three Men Held for Grand Jury Over Carmack's Robbery
Three men from Washington and Deanwood were bound over for Grand Jury action after a preliminary hearing in Magistrates Court. Ted L. Johnson 23 Gerald T. Taylor 22 and Charles L Canty 21 faced $1500 bonds. Prosecution presented store witnesses who did not testify to seeing the trio commit the theft of 385 dollars from Carmack's Supermarket.
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Carmack
Ted L. Johnson
Gerald T. Taylor
Washington
Charles L Canty
Deanwood
William R. Leckemby Jr
Carmacks
Charlotte Rollison
Charlotte Blank
Johnson
Larry Smith
Miss Rollison
Fire calls log from 24 hours ending 10 am
Fire log reports responses in multiple towns including CITY HUSKY PARK and WALKERSVILLE. Entries note a Christmas tree fire, a grain fire on Biggs Ford Road, and a fire in the Middletown Senior High School incinerator with respective fire companies responding.
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Walkersville
Biggs Ford
Walkersville Fire Company
Middletown
Middletown Fire Company
Y Plans Winter Activities at Frederick County YMCA
The Frederick County YMCA winter program starts January 10 offering courses for members and non members. A free special course invites all county women. Jogging for Women runs 12 weeks on Mon Wed Fri mornings with nursery care for 2 to 5 year olds. A Fitness for Living course for boys and girls in grades through six begins January 13 on Saturdays. Activities include trampoline ping pong football gymnastics archery air riflery soccer hockey and more. A 50 Mile Club for adult Y members promotes a regular swimming schedule.
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Frederick County
YMCA
Local residents pursue 12000 year old Indian relic hobby
Staff writer Larry Heslin reports Frederick County residents Geasey and Feaga have built sizable collections of arrow heads bone tools axes and pottery from ancient Native American cultures. Geasey describes searching river sites mountains and quarries including Catoctin Mountain for artifacts while Feaga adds finds from rivers and plowed fields.
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Larry Heslin
Frederick County
George Washington
Spencer C. Geasey
New Market
Wayne E. Feaga
Pine Avenue
Geasey
Hig
Catoctin
Feaga
U S Jets Downed In North Vietnam Raids Reach 1000 Mark
U S commands report four more American aircraft lost in raids over North Vietnam, lifting total U S combat plane losses to 1 003 among operations in North and South Vietnam. Hanoi claims five U S jets shot down Friday as border raids near Red China continue.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Red China
North
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S. Command
U.S. State Department
Moscow
Soviet Union
Robert J. McCloskey
Saifon
Pranksters Set Fire To Yule Trees
Pranksters set fire to a large pile of discarded Christmas trees in Husky Park last night. About 50 firemen battled in near zero temperatures for three hours. alarm at 12:11 a.m. Nearly half of the evergreens were destroyed while about 200 trees were saved for tonight's annual burning directed by Troop 261 of the Presbyterian Church and the Covered Wagon Patrol with William Roessler as scoutmaster.
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Husky Park
United and Independent
Presbyterian Church
William Roessler
Frederick County to hire Building Engineer and establish Personnel Department
Frederick County Commissioners moved to create a County Personnel Department headed by a director with an ordinance draft by Carl Richards of the Maryland Technical Advisory Service. A $10,000 budget was set to establish job classifications, salary scales, and a retirement plan for 250 county employees, with final approvals by the commissioners after department and director recommendations.
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Frederick County
Carl Richards
Maryland Technical Advisory Service
Richards
Roads Department
Charles E. Colling
Freezing Maryland County Faces Snow Sleet Weather Alert
Cold wave continues as Frederick County residents bundle up. Snow mixed with sleet expected this evening with no snowfall amount given. Snow on ground already four inches, melting by day then freezing at night. Temperatures may reach only the 20s with a stiff wind and colder Sunday forecast. The morning low was 3 degrees, rising to 11 by 8 a.m.
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Frederick
Weather Bureau
NAACP Seeks County Wide Open Housing Initiative
The Frederick County NAACP plans to meet with county commissioners on open housing after a city council session where Mayor Derr questioned the proposal’s legality. Leonard Green says he will keep working with the city, arranging meetings with commissioners to pursue county and city bills, calling it the ideal situation. He accuses the mayor of delaying tactics following a Montgomery County ruling.
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Frederick County
NAACP
John A. Derr
Leonard Green
Derr
Montgomery County
Green
No Passing Lines Added Along U S 15 North of Frederick
The State Roads Commission finally marked no passing lines on a dangerous stretch of U S 15 north of Frederick after resident and police complaints. Since 1964, eight fatalities have occurred near Beckley’s Motel area, with a Canadian youth killed this week at Devilbise Bridge Road. Officials say driver error caused most wrecks, and changes aim to curb the highway slaughter.
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State Roads Commission
Frederick
Charles Hesson
SRC
Beckley’s
U.S
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U.S.15
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Neson Brooks
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