Driver Jailed In Fatality
A 27-year-old Washington, D. C. truck driver, Roger Bundy, was convicted in Magistrate's Court of manslaughter by automobile and sentenced to one year in the Maryland House of Correction plus a $250 fine. Bundy, who was acquitted on the driving under the influence count, swerved across the center of Route 16 north of Frederick on December 16, striking a 1953 Pontiac driven by Austin B. Gross, who died from skull injuries. Evidence showed crossing the center line and prior alcohol presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Maryland House of Correction
Roger Bundy
Route 16
Frederick
Austin B. Gross
Charles Street
Gross
Bundy
Frederick Memorial Hospital
James B. Thomas
Tfe
Richard E.alderton
Byron W. Thompson
Model Convict Kills Man Rapes Woman in Escape Spree
Charles F. Fields a 30 year old inmate described as a model prisoner for 15 years escaped for about 90 minutes committing a murder and rape. The spree included a $94 robbery and theft of three trucks and a car before his recapture near the state prison farm by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucker, Ark
APJ
Charles F. Fields
Fields
Lee Henslee
Harold Norton
Mercury Hits 30 Below In Montana Cold Snap
The mercury plunged to 30 degrees below zero in Montana and reached the plains and Mississippi Valley. Belgrade and Bozeman reported 27 below. Two deaths were blamed on shoveling snow in the extreme cold after a broad winter storm swept Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Montana
Indiana
Rockies
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Drummond and Lakes
Belgrade
Bozeman
Mont
Salisbury Bank Helps Rebound From $21000 Shortage
FBI arrested William E. Savage, 44, assistant cashier at Farmers and Merchants Bank of Salisbury, on a Federal Reserve Act violation after a $21000 shortage tied to July 31 1961 withdrawals. Depositors were protected. Savage resigned January 9 and faces a January 22 preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
FBI
Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Edward J. Powers
Baltimore
William E. Savage
Savage
W. Tracy Holland
Powers
John B. Robbins
U.S. District Court
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Federal Reserve Board
Fidelity
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
John D. Hespelhorn
Maryland Bank Commission
Hospital report shows rising patient load at Frederick Memorial
Frederick Memorial Hospital reports a higher patient load for 1960–61, with more admissions births and procedures, but fewer deaths 216 versus 234. Daily in patient average rose to 130 from 125 and laboratory exams surged to 59 926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Fragmentary Notice of Wee Women Slogan Confusion
A damaged OCR fragment notes a phrase about smashing and fragility with unclear context. It contains stray words like Suman and increace and lacks coherent event details or identifiable names.
Brunswick to issue bids for High School site work
The Board of Education invites bids for site preparation on the Brunswick High School project including clearing topsoil stripping grading and storm drainage. Bids open at noon February 1 at the Board office. The purchase involves 68 acres for about 500 per acre with 117 acres to Brunswick and 50 acres to the Board of Education in a three party deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
New Brunswick
Court House
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
James A. Sensenbaugh
Brunswick
Sensenbaugh
Thomas Johnson
Linganore
Sensembaugh
Cab Explodes Wounding Woman in Baltimore Crash
A Baltimore woman, Virginia Greer, 45, was severely burned and later hospitalized after the gasoline tank exploded in a taxicab crash on U S 40 near Baltimore. The taxi driver Kennard Rubright, 55, and a tractor trailer driver Ronald Yates, 22, helped pull her from the burning vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Virginia Greer
Johes Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore County
Kennard E. Rubright
Essex
U.S. 40
Ronald D. Yates
Aberdeen
Rubright
Yates
Mrs. Greer
Pilot steered jet away from children before crash in Florida
In Oviedy Florida a Navy pilot diverted a jet bomber to avoid a crowd of about 2000 children at a school playground. The plane crashed several hundred yards away, killing Lt. Charles Hodgate Jr. and two crewmen. A fourth man, Belton E. R. Wilson, 33, of Sanford, parachuted to safety. Hodgate leaves a widow and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oviedy
Fla
APIA
Netley
Charles Hodgate Jr
Belton E. R. Wilson
Sanford
Hodgate
Boy Admits School Fire in Chicago 1952 Tragedy
A 12 year old boy allegedly confessed to starting the Our Lady of the Angels School blaze that killed 95 people in 1952. Police Sgt Drew Brown of the Bomb and Arson Squad said the claim is under verification. The boy’s identity was not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Drew Brown
Our Lady of the Angels
Brown
West Side
Khrushchev Blasts Byelorussian Farmers Over Hog Losses
In Minsk Khrushchev scolded Byelorussian farmers for letting hog losses rise to 151 percent of herd, citing fodder shortages and poor livestock care. He noted 516,000 hogs and 395,000 pigs died, and farmers sold 499,000 underweight cattle to the government, per Pravda report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Khrushchev
Byelorussia
Pushkin
Minsk
Tass
Pravda
Communist Party
Water Nears Spillway at Frederick Fishing Creek Reservoir
Frederick City's Fishing Creek Reservoir nears spillway level as heavy rain raises inflow. caretaker Frank Weddle notes water is six feet below the spillway with weeks of precipitation contributing to the rise. Local rainfall totals and warming trend affect the drought-prone area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
Fishing Creek
Frank Weddle
Weather Bureau
Balaguer Surrounds Himself With Troops
Dominican air force troops and armored vehicles occupied the National Palace grounds. Visitors must be escorted by armed guards under new orders, as President Balaguer and his military chief face mounting opposition. A tank and three armored cars were stationed inside, while about 50 protesters gathered beyond the fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
State Council
U S Airlift Test Moves 6000 Troops To Germany
Frankfurt hosts the first group of 6000 U S soldiers arriving from McChord Washington by C135 airplanes for Long Thrust 11. General Palmer greets Lt Col Grimsley as NATO partners prepare a four day field exercise in eastern Bavaria with 87 transports and Stratolifter jets involved. The operation aims to prove rapid troop deployment to Europe amid the Berlin crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
United States
4Th Infantry
Rhine-Main Base
McChord Base
Washington
James Grimstey
Florence
S.C
Greenland
Europe
Charles D. Palmer
U.S
Grumsky
Grimsley
Berlin
US European Command
Pierre Jacauaut
NATO
Wiliam F. Train
Bavaria
Mannheim
Cleator Prophesy Claims Feb 4 Disaster In Mining Town
Understanding Inc. leases Bradshaw Mountain camp Cleator 50 miles northwest of Phoenix predicting world catastrophe on Feb 4 due to a planetary conjunction. Spokeswoman Tahahlita Mantzuamni says 22 adults foresee storms tidal waves and earthquakes while Henry Gidas of Lowell Observatory downplays the threat noting only a barely perceptible gravitational effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleator, Ariz
Understanding Inc
Bradshaw Mountain
Phoenix
Henry Gidas
Lowell Observatory
Two Deacons and Elders Elected at Evangelical Reformed Church
At the annual meeting of Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ two deacons and two elders were elected for three year terms. Elders are John Ed Schell and Marione Cline. deacons are Charles Huffer and Leonard Blumenauer. The church also approved a constitution amendment removing the denominational name. Marion D Boyer was elected chair and presided. audits were named to Gwynn X Kinsey, Edward DB Shriner Jr, and Jesse Anders. A purse theft was reported nearby as Anna Bennett was robbed on North Court Street by a colored male, about 17 or 18, around 6:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical
United Church of Christ
John | Ed. Schell
Marione Cline
Charles Huffer
Leonard Blumenauer
Evangelical Reformed
Paul L.althouse
Marion Boyer
William Rhoads
Robert Emege
Gwynn X. Kinsey
Edward DB. Shriner Jr
Jesse Anders
Christian Education Committee
Elsworth Watkins
James B. Ranek
Marion D. Boyer
Kinsey
Anna Bennett
Taney Apartments
North Court Street
Bennett
Terrorism Tides Rise in Algeria Amid Clashes and Bank Heist
In Algiers and Oran, violence spikes as Europeans and Moslem groups clash. French officials discuss possible siege powers while a daylight bank holdup nets about 18 000 dollars, with attacks blamed on both sides in multiple cities.
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Algiers
Algeria
Oran
Louis Joxe
Rocher Noir
Asiers
National Liberation Front
Bone
Ine Mostaganem
Nuclear Talks Abandoned in Geneva Move
The United States and Britain abandon the three power nuclear test ban talks and transfer the issue to disarmament negotiations set to open in Geneva next March after Soviet rejection of a Western draft treaty. Deputy negotiators Stelle and Wright announced the decision at the 350th session, with Russia demanding a moratorium on tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seneva
United States
Britain
Geneva
Charles C. Stelle
Sir Michael Wright
Soviet Union
France
Tariff Cuts Agreed Between United States and Common Market
A mutual twenty percent tariff reduction on industrial goods and some agricultural products was reached by the United States and the European Common Market. Howard Peterson and W. Walton Butterworth announced after meeting Jean Rey, pending submission to GATT, the Council, and the U.S. Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Belgium
United States
Common Market
Council of Ministers
U.S. Congress
Army Plans To Streamline Its Commands
President Kennedy approved a plan to reorganize Army technical services and streamline general staff operations. The plan creates a Material Development and Logistics Command and a Combat Developments Command to handle procurement, equipment needs, and support across varied terrains while preserving combat structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Army Ordnance, Quartermaster
Congress
Secretary of the Army
Elvis J. Stahl Jr
Defense
Robert 8. McNamara
White House
House
Senate Armed Services Committees
Transportation, Chemical, Signal, Ordnance and Quartermaster Corps
Army General Staff
Continental Army Command
Army
Corps of Engineers
Army Engineers
Army Planners
Combat Developments Command
Banquet Set by Men's Bible Class and Churchmen
Rev. Roy C. Snyder and Dr. Randie Elliott are among guests at the first annual banquet of the Men’s Bible Class and Churchmen's Brotherhood of the Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ. Invocation, remarks, officer introductions, and entertainment are listed with a 6 30 p m dinner. Market takes dip as trading opens in New York with light volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy C. Snyder
Potomac Synod
The
Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ
Randie Elliott
Hood College
Churchmen’s Brotherhood
Paul Ju. Althouse
George T. Schroeder Sr
Robert P. Marendt Jr
Kenneth Crampton
Killings in Katanga as Congo turmoil widens
Eighteen Roman Catholic missionaries were killed near Kongolo in north Katanga on January 1 as Congo central government troops attacked. Reports say Gizenga loyalist forces blamed. Premier Adoula's government prepares to move against Gizenga amid fears of wider unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
the Congo
Kongolo
Katanga
Associated Press
Bukavu
Kivu
Congo Central
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Central
Stanleyville
Gizenga
Congo
U.N
Victor Lundula
Lundula
Byrd Urges Inquiry Into Federal Spending
Sen. Harry F. Byrd D Va called for a sweeping inquiry into U S finances as President Kennedy seeks a 10 billion dollar increase in the national debt limit from 298 to 308 billion Byrd heads the Senate Finance Committee and said the panel would examine all spending and taxation before acting on the boost Secretary Treasury Douglas Dillon urged a 2 billion increase by March 1 and 8 billion for the new fiscal year to cover peak debt of about 304 5 billion by next December and maintain operating room Byrd signaled tentative support for a temporary rise to 300 billion after a personal assurance from Kennedy that it was needed to pay the government’s bills
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Kennedy
Byrd
Virginia
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Dillon
City Employee Treated After Illness in Upper College Terrace
Clifford L. Hughes, a city employee, became ill around 11 a.m. while working in the Upper College Terrace area. He was transported by United Ambulance to Frederick Memorial Hospital, treated, and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CITY
Clifford L. Hughes
Upper College Terrace
Frederick Memorial Hospital
United Ambulance
Hughes
Ital
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Robert &.Rothenhoefer
Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr
Albert G. Hedden
Jackie L. Forsythe
Suman
Ask
B and O
New High School
Nikita
Balaguer
Washington St
Polar Cap
Cleator
Ariz
London
Scotland
Glasgow
Dumfrieds
Dentes
Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
West New Guinea
Achmad Jani
New Guinea
Dover
Del
Delaware Bay
William Borris
Little Creek
Robert Seward
Michael Scott
Post Mahon
New York
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