Unseasonable Downpour Brings Lightning to Frederick
A heavy downpour with lightning caused lights to flicker in Frederick shortly after noon as colder air approaches. Rain totals reached about three tenths of an inch. A foggy, drizzly day followed with many residents experiencing a mix of showers and clear spells. The forecast calls for cooler, partly cloudy days ahead with little precipitation besides today.
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Frederick
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Hume urged to withdraw from Maryland Democratic primary
A Baltimore attorney urged David Hume to quit the Maryland Democratic gubernatorial primary to prevent a split vote that could yield a Republican victory in November. The letter cites George P. Mahoney's endorsement and warns Tawes could win with a divided field, leaving the race to the GOP.
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Associated Press
David Hume
Balimore
Hyman A. Pressman
Pressman
Hume
Maryland District of Columbia
George P. Mahoney
Gov. Tawes
Tawes
Mahoney
Hue
Gov
Maryland
Baltimore
Robbery at Elks Club Stole Cash and Liquor
The Elks Club was entered Sunday night with more than 252 dollars taken from a hidden place. Liquor was stolen and extensive damage done as rooms were ransacked after entry via an upstairs window reached from the roof. Police continue the investigation.
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Elks Club
Heavy Snow Closes Midwest Roads Amid Storm
Heavy wet snow blankets the Midwest from Kansas to Michigan with depths up to 15 inches in Muskegon and 8 to 10 inches elsewhere. The storm caused hazardous driving, three traffic deaths, three heart attacks while shoveling, and travel curtailments in several cities. Southeast regions saw heavy rains and thunderstorms with gusts up to 66 mph in Birmingham and warming trends in the Southeast.
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Associated Press
Dianketea
Midwest
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Hinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Muskegon
Mich
Chicago
Iowa
Illinois
Kansas City
Irinoiy
Indiana
Mississippi Valley
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Birmingham
Carolinas
Tennessee
Gulf Region
Florida
Two Brunswick Women Injured In Ice Crash
Two Brunswick women were injured when their car skidded on ice on Route 464. The vehicle rammed guard rails and tumbled down a 15 foot embankment. Mrs Eldred E Shank and Mrs Jo Ann Thompson were treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital for facial lacerations and abrasions. Shank also had a leg injury.
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Brunswick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Eldred E. Shank
Jo Ann Thompson
Carter
Richardson
Loeber
Two American Students Freed By East Berlin After Smuggling Case
Victor Searles Pankey and Gilbert Page Ferrey, both 20 from Tustin California, were released by East German authorities after serving a two year sentence for attempting to smuggle a girl out of East Berlin. Their parents Edgar Pankey and Mary Ferrey traveled to East Berlin and accompanied the brothers back through Friedrichstrasse checkpoint, where reporters observed them.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Victor Searles Pankey
Gilbert Page Ferrey
Tustin
Calif
Pankey
Edgar Pankey
Ferry
Mary i Ferrey
Friedrichstrasse
Frederick boy to undergo first Baltimore heart valve replacement
A one year old Frederick boy named Charles Allen will be the first in University Hospital Baltimore to receive a complete aortic valve replacement. The operation is planned for February 6 after the Frederick County Heart Association sought 35 A positive donors. Doctors emphasize the urgent need as the hospital would not perform the operation without promised blood. Allen, a standout Lincoln School student and junior council leader, has a history of rheumatic fever and recent heart failure that curtailed his schooling and activities.
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Frederick
University Hospital
Baltimore
Frederick County Heart Association
Charles Allen
Allen
Charlie Henson
Lincoln School
Mr. Henson
B. O. Thomas Jr
Dr. Thomas
Young Allen
Virginia Allen
Middle Alley
Quinn Amle
Bang
Board of Education
Henson
Ex-Fairchild Head Dies At 63 In Maryland
Richard S. Boutelle former president of Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Corp and owner of a 200 acre farm near Myersville died at Washington County Hospital at age 63 after a stroke. A WWI pilot he later led aviation safety work for the Civil Aeronautics Administration and worked with General Motors A C Spark Plug Division. He is survived by his widow and five children with funeral planned for Wednesday and burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Richard S. Boutelle
Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Corp
Myersville
Hagerstown
Washington County Hospital
Fairchild
Boutelle
A. C. Spark Plug
General Motors
Department of Commerce
Civil Aeronautics Agency
Arlington National Cemetery
Fun Shot Leads To A $25 Fine In Tavern Dispute
A 35 year old cabinet maker Edward Lantz was convicted in Magistrate's Court of discharging firearms after firing a blank pistol at a tavern patron on West Seventh Street. The incident left powder burns on Frederick Wallace 21 of Sjams ville and led to Lantz paying a $25 fine. Additional cases include Clara Jackson 40 of Ridgeville convicted of destruction of property and disorderly conduct at Ryan's Tavern, with fines. Joseph L Trout 18 Gaithersburg convicted of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle driving without a license and failing to stop, with fines. Maurice C. Kline Smithsburg convicted of improper passing with suspended fine. Walter J Caton Baltimore convicted of speeding with a $10 fine.
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West Seventh Street
J. Frank Main Jr
Edward Lantz
Frederick
Frederick Wallace
Sjamsville
Wallace
Byron W. Thompson
Laniz
Clara Jackson
Ridgeville
Mt. Airy
Jackson
Mary C. Ryan
Thompson
Joseph L. Trout
Gaithersburg
Trout
South Market
All Saints
Maurice C. Kline
RFD i
Smithsburg
Kline
Ronald C. Lewis
Braddock Mountain
Walter J. Caton
Baltimore
Balloon Crumbles In Space Test Over Atlantic
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP A huge space balloon called Big Shot broke apart hundreds of miles above the Atlantic during inflation. The 500 pound plastic sheeting assembly was in a Thor rocket, failed after launch, and pieces fell into the sea 600 miles southeast of Cape. NASA planned a repeat test after reviewing film footage and recovering a malfunctioning camera.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Cape
Thor
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
San Salvador
NASA
Dutch Sink Indonesian Torpedo Boat Hollanda West New Guinea
Dutch patrol vessels off New Guinea engage Indonesian motor torpedo boats. One Indonesian craft was sunk with unknown fate for others. Dutch spokesman and Hague dispatch confirm Sunday night clash amid Indonesia’s threat to seize West New Guinea by force. Dutch Biak reports note infiltrators killed in skirmishes.
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Hollandia
West New Guinea
New Guinea
Navy
Hague
Indonesia
Biak
Tariff Pact Agreed On Between U S And Common Market
United States and the six nation European Economic Community plan to initial a sweeping tariff reduction, about 20 percent on many industrial items, with agriculture to be addressed later. Howard Peterson and Jean Rey will lead talks, pending unanimous EEC approval and Geneva GATT review. France raised chemical import concerns, but progress noted as key agriculture agreement reportedly clears a major obstacle.
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Brussels
Belgium
United States
U.S
European Economic Community
Howard Peterson
Kennedy
Jean Rey
EEC
EEC Council of Ministers
Geneva
Peterson
Rey
Skindiver Survives Shark Attack Off Farallon Islands
In San Francisco a 29 year old Sacramento milkman Floyd Pair Jr. narrowly escaped a 14 foot shark while skin diving about 25 miles west of the Golden Gate. He surfaced after a 40 foot dive and fought the shark with his spear and shouted Shark while others assisted him. A helicopter airlift took him to the hospital.
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San Francisco
Floyd Pair Jr
Sacramento
Calif
Milkman
Pair
Farallon Islands
Golden Gate
Quiet Services Planned For Kovacs
Hollywood AP reports Ernie Kovacs 42 died in a car crash and will be buried today in simple Presbyterian rites at Forest Lawn Tollywood Hills. Widow Edie Adams arranged a brief church service and private burial with no eulogy. Active pallbearers include Jack Lemmon, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Billy Wilder, Dick Quine and Joe Mikalos.
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Hollywood
Ernie Kovacs
Ernie
Edie Adams
Forest Lawn
Tollywood Hills
Jack Lemmon
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
Billy Wilder
Dick Quine
Joe Mikalos
New System Helps City Save Water
Frederick's water use fell to 1 0754 billion gallons for the year ending 1961 from 1 1271 billion in 1960, aided by a new filtration plant and a leak fix. Linganore and Fishing Creek supplied most water, with Fishing Creek at 544.8 million and Linganore at 512.6 million. daily per capita use dropped to 141 gallons from 147. September 1 saw the heaviest day with 4.712 million gallons. An accompanying AP brief notes Robert D. Means, 25, of Baltimore, escaped custody from Sandy Point camp and was captured near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. he faces two 18-month sentences for forgery.
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Focal Canning
B and
C Avenue
William J. Davis
Frederick City
Davis
Monocacy River
Linganore
Fishing Creek
Singanore
Annapolis
Sandy Point
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Robert D. Means
Baltimore
Anne Arundel County
Woman asks Albany desk about Fourth Estate slogan
An Albany Times-Union reader questioned the paper’s slogan. She asked “What do you call it The Fourth Estate” and was told the term refers to the press. The exchange highlights ambiguity in newspaper lore and audience familiarity.
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Albany
N.Y
City Desk
Albany Times-Union
Mension
Gizenga Denounced By Congo Over Defiance and Surrender
In Leopoldville the Congo Parliament censured Antoine Gizenga by a 67 to 1 vote for defying the central government. Gizenga, under U N and Congolese siege in Stanleyville, agreed to end his exile and return by Saturday after his bodyguard surrendered. Up to yesterday 14 Congolese troops were killed.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Congo
Antoine Gizenga
Chamber of Deputies
Cyrille ‘Adoula
Gizenga
Stanleyville
Cormpa
Relieved engineers dispute prison labor at Patuxent
Three engineers in the Patuxent Institution boiler room were relieved of duty over a clash on inmate labor. Superintendent Col William J Keish ordered Edward McGuire off the job after six minutes. Earlier, Keish suspended chief engineer Edmund Schaefer and engineer Madison Sailors, amid objections to using prisoners from the nearby House of Correction during shifts, raising concerns of being left alone in emergencies.
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Madison H. Sailors
House of Correction
Patuxent
Schaefer
U S Plane Aid Reaches Eight Viet Nam Warfront
A U S Navy ship Breton arrived with two Army helicopters, several observation planes, seven jets, and a Neptune bomber to bolster Diem forces against the Viet Cong. Four Air Force jets landed at Saigon, while the Breton’s carrier deck sent others to Japan. the buildup follows a prior agreement. Annapolis marked the 178th Treaty of Paris anniversary with a flag hoist at the Statehouse, attended by about 100 people indoors due to weather.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Breton
Yokosuka Naval Air Station
Japan
U.S
United States
Annapolis
Tawes
Maryland Statehouse
Statehouse
Continental Congress
America
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Caton
Tfe
A. D. Carlsén
Kovacs
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Los Anhis
Whengeles
Skindiver
Hans Hass
Merrimac
San Frantisco’e Hoopita
U. S
Viet Nam
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