Boy Steals Car Turns Self In In Washington Youth
A 10 to 16 year old patient at a Washington mental hospital turned himself in to City Police after stealing a car in Washington and driving it to this city. He also stole four cars here as part of ongoing investigations by the Detective Bureau under Lt. Norman Die and Sou us G. Carty. Police found two soft drink machines and a Coca Cola bottle thown through a window as breakage notes. The youth admitted to the thefts and provided details about the cars and locations in the surrounding area. Authorities recovered batteries and other items from the stolen vehicles and shared that additional robberies targeted local businesses, including a Delco battery, a Smith car battery, and a Coca Cola machine at a nearby Esso station.
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Washington
Wington
City Poice
Detective Bureau
Norman Die
Souus G. Carty
Sido
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Wasington
M. B. Riley
Riley
Ciy Pi
Smith
Charles T. Bramisoner
James
Imesda
Ermant
Saimis
Esso
Patrick
Bentz
Pete the tortoise a century old in Baltimore rescue tale
In Baltimore AP reporting a tortoise named Pete, over a century old, survived near-freezing conditions after being rescued from a valley near its home in December 1038. The animal is described as thriving and living, with vague family memories noting a caretaker and age estimates from a two-year-old child at the time.
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Baltimore
Pete
Dirs
Fred Miley
Lopez Names Key Contenders For 1961 Title
Chicago White Sox manager Al Lopez pins their club as pennant hopefuls and marks the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees as teams to beat. He notes Gene Woodling’s absence for Baltimore and predicts Cal McLish will win about 13 of 14 games, citing past successes with Cleveland and Cincinnati.
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Chicago
al Lopez
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore
Gene Woodling
Lopez
Sox
Yankees
Isse Casey
Jengel
Cal McLish
Leatherman Case Before York Jury
In York Pa a jury of ten women and two men hears the unusual case of Frances Leatherman of near Lewistown charged with an unlawful act connected to the birth of a child in 1959. Ruth O. Rinker, the child’s mother, testified that Leatherman aided in arranging the birth and used Leatherman’s name at a hospital. Dr. Joseph Eshleman and other witnesses corroborate details. The defense contends no consent was given and notes prior miscarriages. The trial proceeded with the jury, while another note reports Arkansas affirming a $200 judgment over a finance company for keeping a car while a woman bathed.
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York Pa
Frances Dram
Near
Ruth O. Rinker
Commonwealth
Leatherman
Eatherman
Hampton
Leather
Rivker
Janet Abbt
Coeurt
Aii P
Jett the dog missed by Urbana family found dead then vanished
The Seickmann family recalls losing their Labrador Jett the Christmas season. After discovering him dead and frozen near Hyattstown, they returned to bury him, only to find his body gone. They warn neighbors to guard their dogs and stay vigilant for cruelty or mischief.
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Mommie
Jett
August E. Seickmann
Urbana
Hyattstown
Selekmann
Hope
Jet
Frederick News-Post
Fire Gut County Head Spring House Blaze Causes 500 Loss
A morning fire gutted an old stone spring house on County Commissioner Mehri H. Ramsburg’s Utica area farm near Thurmont, with about 500 dollars in damage. Sparks threatened adjacent buildings as Thurmont fire crews also tackled a second alarm car fire on Route 81.
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Mehri H. Ramsburg
Ramsburg
Utica
Thurmont
Thurmontt
Harry Miller
Route 81
Miller
Robert Grove
Grove
Spring House
Actress Joan Tyler Wins Divorce From Mexican Banker
Los Angeles actress Joan Tyler, 27, won a divorce on testimony that her husband Amamo Ruifo, 34, failed to provide a home or take her to La Paz Mexico due to her wish to keep the marriage secret from his family.
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Los Angeles
Joan Tyler
Miss Tyler
Amamo Ruifo
la Paz
Mexico
U.S. Faces Silver Shortage Threat to Treasury Price Control
A 1963 look at potential silver shortages as Treasury stockpiles dwindle. If stockpiles drop below current levels, Treasury could lose its ability to set prices, affecting coinage, jewelry markets, and imports while boosting profits for silver miners and prompting higher worldwide prices. The piece notes Japan and France buying silver, rising mint usage, and expanding industrial demand.
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Washington
U.S Treasury
Department
Treasury
Drs
France
United States
Cuban court sentences three Americans for spying
A military tribunal in Havana sentenced Eustace Danbrunt, Edmund Taransky, and Daniel Carswell to 10 years in prison for crimes against the state. Mario Nordic was ordered deported. Defense appeals followed. A separate note reports Ted Draper's missing cat found under a car hood in Newcastle, Wisconsin.
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HA Aapo
Red China
New China News Agency
Eustace Danbrunt
Baltimore
Edmund K. Taransky
New York City
Daniel E. Carswell
Eastchester
Mario Nordic
Cuba
Fernando Colomar
Minory
Stabiit
Is Ad
Newcastle
Wio
Ted Draper
Osage
Roy Jones
Maryland Hesitates on Savings and Loan Insurance Legislation
ANNAPOLIS AP Lack of liaison between two governor appointee commissions delays Maryland 1961 savings and loan insurance bills. Case Commission proposals omit insurance, while Tydings seeks moves via a separate insurance overhaul. Measures aim to cap single risks, bar unbacked ads, and create a state regulator for non federally chartered associations.
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Annapolis
Gov. Tawes
Maryland
Richard W. Case
Baltimore
Del
Joseph D. Tydings
D-Harford
Case
Tydings
Harford County
Case Commission
Trains Hit Two Autos Killing 12 in Missouri
Missouri Pacific passenger trains collided with two automobiles in separate Missouri crashes killing 12. All occupants perished. both trains were moving about 75 mph. Eight died near Strasburg, including two young mothers and their three preschool children of each family. Four died at Harviell. engineer James Smith stated drivers appeared to cross into the path.
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Kansas City. Mo
Missouri Pacific
Missouri
Strasburg
Kansas City
Harviell
Poplar Bluti
Fire damages North End apartment in morning blaze
A chair caught fire from a cigarette in the Harlans apartment, with a rug catching fire and smoke damage to the unit. Mrs. Fairy Ward smelled smoke and alerted building superintendent Donald Eckenroth, who evacuated nearby apartments. Firemen from five companies used water to extinguish the fire, which did not spread to the building.
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Stewart Manor
Ronald Harlan
Fairy Ward
Harlans
Eckenroth
Harlan
East Coast Relay Center
U S Planes Delivered In Vientiane
Four armed observation planes and helicopters from the United States arrived in Vientiane Laos prompting fears of a widened arms race in the Laotian civil conflict. Planes with two machine guns each may be used to spot rebel units near Luang Prabang and support a government offensive in the Plaine des Jarres. Helicopters already shuttle supplies and evacuate the wounded. The delivery is seen as authorized under the Geneva accords and provokes protests from Communist powers aiding Kong Le’s forces. Soviets and China may respond by supplying similar aircraft.
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Vientiane
Laos
United States
Luang Prabang
Plaine Des Jarres
U.S
Geneva
Kong le
Soviet Union
China
Injunction Blocks Vandiver From Closing UGA
Federal Judge W A Bootle bars Gov. Vandiver from closing the University of Georgia or cutting operating funds. Hearing set on permanence as Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes seek admission. Vandiver warned of using state funds to end integration. Attendance drops after midnight news of potential shutdown.
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Atlanta
Ernest Vandiver
University of Georgia
W. A. Bootle
B. E. Thrasher
Bootle
Boodle
Charlayne A
Jack Greenberg
New York
Cook
Vandiver
Directors Of Banks Elected
The annual election of bank directors and officers is under way with Frederick County National Bank first to announce its list. Directors include Glenn E. Biehl Warmer L. Brittais G. Richard Bucheimer J. Walker Carty Howard A. Gross Amos A. Holter L. Homer Miller Arthur V. Myers Pascal H. Renn and Robert L. Warfield. Officers to be named after this afternoon’s organization. Farmers and Mechanics Citizens National Bank also conducting elections this afternoon. The Birnie T. Company Tanestown stockholders elected directors James C. Baumgardner Calvin W. Binkley Thomas L Devil Mervyn C. Fuss Harry Haines George J. Harner Robert S. MccVaugh Harry M. Moloney James C. Myers and named Mervyn C. Fuss president George L. H. president? Charles R. Arnold cashier-secretary Murray Baumgardner assistant cashier Emma L. Devilbiss assistant cashier Grace A Smelser branch manager Donald R. Layer teller Anne C. Breth teller Donna L Eyter bookkeeper Ethel Ray teller and bookkeeper. Trading heavy in New York stocks with market above last August’s recovery peak. Dashiell Hammett, renowned detective story writer, dies at 67 in Lenox Hill Hospital after a long illness. Cause of death not immediately released.
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First City Bank
Frederick County National Bank
Glenn E. Biehl
Warmer L. Brittais
G. Richard Bucheimer
J. Walker Carty
Howard A. Gross
Amos A. Holter
L. Homer Miller
Arthur V. Myers
Pascal H. Renn
Robert L. Warfield
Farmers and Mechanics- Citizens National Bank
Birnie T. Company
Tanestown
Mor
James C. Baumgardner
Calvin W. Binkley
Thomas L Devil
Mervyn C. Fuss
Harry H. Haines
Robert S. MccVaugh
Harry M. Moloney
James C. Myers
George L. H
Charles R. Arnold
Murray
Baumgardner
Emma L. Devilbiss
Grace A Smelser
Donald R. Layer
Anne C. Breth
Donna L Eyter
Ethel Ray
Teller
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Arkansas Supreme Court
Pat Maddox Brewer
North Little Rock
Will
U.S. 240
Dr. Perry Road
Forrest Roberts
Edwin Roberts
Tive Autos
Fort Lauderdale
Fila. AP
Frederck Kennedy
Wisner Street
Frank J. Keefer
North End
Blaze
Sherman
GIANT
AL Sherman
New York Giants
Jim Lee Howell
Giants
Howell
Dashiell Hammett
Lenox Hill Hospital
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