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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1962
Page
16
A heavy steam crane moves a wrecked box car aside while tracks from broken cars lie in the foreground. Railroaders expect the line to be clear for traffic some time Monday after 50 cars of a 92 car and 7 locomotive freight derail Friday blocking the line to Baltimore.
Woodville area dairy farmer Crummell P. Jacobs announced his retirement from farming on March 1 to pursue the Democratic nomination for Frederick County Sheriff. He operates two dairy farms totaling 250 acres near Old Annapolis Road and Central, is a National Holstein member, and plans a March 1 public sale to devote full time to public service.
State Police identify Ernest Clyde Hafner age 40 of Halethorpe Baltimore County as the victim. He died when a 100 ton crane toppled near a derailed B and O freight train while workers cleared a boxcar at Ijamsville. The crane operator is believed to have caused the accident prompting suspension of B and O operations after dark.
A crane accident on a single track near Baltimore killed special power inspector Hafner instantly from a fractured skull and brain hemorrhage. A replacement crane from Pennsylvania Railroad was secured to resume clearing the line, with completion delayed beyond this evening.
A fragmented report notes plans to reassign students from public to private schools. Officials discuss enrollment shifts and potential impacts on funding and access. No final decisions are recorded in the accessible text.
A mother frantically clung to a fourth floor ledge as flames tore a Clydebank apartment. Six children and a 38 year old woman died in the blaze on a Glasgow suburb housing estate. The woman, Margaret McGowan, and her children Andrew Robert Jr Franc is Linda and Mrs Strachan and two others were burned. Heads School Board William R. Thomas succeeded Harold F. Breimger as.
The Montgomery County Board of Education elected Robert E. Morrow as vice-president at its annual officers meeting. Both Morrow and Thomas joined the board in 1958 and will serve until November. Four seats on the seven member board are up for election in November, including two at large seats and district positions for districts one and three.
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