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Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

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Jan 17, 1962

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Auto Death Suits Seek 177000 Damages

Three civil suits filed in Circuit Court seek 177000 total for Irene Gross and her 1 year old daughter Sally Fay from defendants Roger Bundy and William McGee over a U S 15 crash that killed Austin Bowers Gross. Bundy was later convicted of manslaughter and fined.

U.S. 15 Austin Bowers Gross Edwin F. Nikirk Irene Susan Gross Sally Fay Gross Roger Bundy Washington William McGee Bundy Gross

Frederick Federal Savings and Loan reports record assets

The Frederick Federal Savings and Loan Association held its annual meeting at 236 North Market Street and announced total assets of 2 658 252 74 a 30 percent year rise. Net savings reached 784 487 58, with total savings capital at 3 444 162 69 and mortgage commitments at 2 999 456 53. Directors Kenneth Devilbiss and Robert Leichert were re elected for three years.

Frederick Federal Savings and Loan Association North Market Street Norvell Belt Frederick Federal Savings and Loan Belt Savings and Loan Frederick

Survey Teams Inspect Frederick County Buildings For Fallout Shelters

Engineers from the Benjamin E Beavin Co Baltimore began a visual survey of public and semi public buildings in Frederick County to identify mass fallout shelter candidates. Civil Defense Director George J Stup says the effort aims to provide shelter for all by year end with owner cooperation voluntary and costs borne by owners for necessary changes.

Benjamin E. Beavin Co Baltimore Frederick County George J. Stup Civil Defense Civil Defense Director Stup Civil Defense Department Beavin Co Howard Carroll

Paralyzed Student Hurt In Auto Crash

A Walkersville High School student, Allen Charles Mason, 17, was listed in fairly good condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a head on crash south of Frederick Tuesday afternoon. Mason, paralyzed from the waist down from an earlier polio attack, suffered skull and ankle fractures, rib fractures and severe lacerations. He drove a hand controlled 1955 Ford, with charges pending as his condition was not stable. The other driver Cecil C. Brooks, 56, of Frederick, drove a 1958 Chevrolet.

Walkersville Frederick Memorial Hospital Frederick Allen Charles Mason RFD Adamstown Mason Cecil C. Brooks Little Farms Trailer Court

Freestate Savings faces receivership amid legal ruling

In Upper Marlboro Maryland Freestate Savings and Loan faces a receivership order as Prince Georges County Circuit Court judge Ralph W Powers upholds Maryland regulatory legislation. The judge sign the final order appointing a receiver dissolving the association after an extraordinary night session.

Upper Marlboro Freestate William E. Brooke Powers Brooke

Sit-Ins Seek Police Protection For Cambridge Action

The Civic Interest Group of Baltimore asks U S Attorney General Kennedy and Maryland Governor Tawes to provide adequate police protection for student sit ins and picketing planned in Cambridge on Saturday. Cambridge officials had warned of possible mob disturbances by organizers known as Freedom Riders and a state police report notes a busload of Negro patrons tried to order at a local restaurant.

Associated Press U. S Cambridge Caitlin Mowbray Kennedy Tawes Equal Opportunities Commission Civic Interest Freedom Riders

Six Juveniles Face Charges in Brunswick Court

Six juveniles appeared before Chief Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer in Juvenile Court. Donald Ault, 18, awaits criminal court on forgery. Four youths, Donald Greenfield, 17 Vernon Anderson, 16 Wilbur Keenan, 17 and Kenneth Stouts, 16, will have a hearing on unauthorized use of a car. Calvin Lester Stone, 17 had jurisdiction waived to Magistrate Court for assault and battery. A 16 year old in a disturbance case was placed on probation.

Patrick M. Schnauffer Donald Ault William L. Gross Brunswick Donald Greenfield Vernon Anderson Wilbur Keenan Kenneth Stouts Calvin Lester Stone

Five Day Temperatures Run Below Normal For Week

The forecast shows temperatures averaging four to eight degrees below normal with colder conditions from Thursday through Saturday and a chance of precipitation Sunday or Monday. Normal highs reach 38 to 44 with early morning lows in the 20s and teens in Garrett county.

Associated Press Garrett County

Poker Attack Case Heard

A 70 year old man was beaten with a stove poker in his North Market street home. Calvin L. Stone was charged with assault and battery after the January 4 attack. Meisling, who was partially paralyzed, could not explain the motive. Stone claimed he did not hit him with the poker and will undergo mental examinations at Spring Grove Hospital. Disposition pending. A separate case saw Paul L. Baugher found guilty of improper passing and driving with no license.

Spring Grove Hospital Calvin L. Stone Joseph A. Meisling North Market Street Meisling Byron W. Thompson Norman Dietz Lt. Dietz Stone Paul L. Baugher York Baugher Frederick Seaht V.B. English Jefferson

Area Phone Service Expands in 1961 Growth

The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company reports 1961 growth with more than 81,300 telephones in Westminster district, a 4,400 rise from 1960 and a 20,000 gain in five years. Eight in ten households now have phones, and peak calls reached 93,000,000 in the year. The company spent about 2.2 million on modernization and plans over 250 million in five years to expand Maryland service.

Chesapeake and Potomiac , Telephone Company New Market Thurmont Walkersville Braddock Heights Westminster Frederick Carroll Harford Cecil Counties BR. A. Robertson Robertson Maryland Piephene Apsiem

OAS Report Due Condemns Cuba Over Interventions

An inter American Peace Committee report due today or Thursday is said to condemn Cuba for subversion and political intervention, human rights violations, and ties to the Sino Soviet bloc. The investigation into Fidel Castro’s regime was requested by Peru.

Washington Inter- American Peace Committee Cuba Organization of American States Fidel Castro Peru Castro

Arctic cold grips Midwest as subzero lead spreads east

Subzero temperatures dominated the Midwest and pushed toward New England as cold air expanded from North Dakota and Minnesota. Reading reached 40 below in International Falls and 37 below in Bemidji, with warnings across New York, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire.

Midwest New England Texas Gulf Coast Fargo N.D Bemidji Minn Boston Weather Bureau New York Vermont Maine New Hampshire North Dakota Minnesota International Falls Canadian Arkansas Tennessee North Carolina Georgia Alabama Central Plains Mississippi Valley Great Lakes Region Duluth Minneapolis Minot Alexandria Bismarck Eau Claire Wis Ohio Pennsylvania Weather Bureau Ohio Valley Middle Atlantic States Chicago Joliet

Robbers of First Presbyterian Church Hit During New Members Night

Two gunmen in business suits robbed the First Presbyterian church of more than $1,000 during a new members night. They forced the business manager Robert Bruce Young Jr. to open the safe as about 200 people watched. The attackers wore gloves and used automatics with a lookout at the doorway. In Birmingham, Alabama, dynamite blasts damaged three Negro churches causing minor injuries to two police officers. no one was inside the buildings at blast time.

Hollywood Calif First Presbyterian Church Robert Bruce Young Jr Birmingham Ala A. Rosenfeld

Frigid Canadian air to push temperatures below 20

The weather bureau forecasts a blast of frigid air dropping city temperatures below 20 degrees after a brief warm spell. Today high around 39, tonight expected 12 with little warming Thursday to 20. no precipitation or storm in sight though the county braces for its harshest stretch through early March.

Weather Bureau Del

Bethel Road Bridge Under Construction by County

Progress continues on Bethel Road Bridge the first prestressed concrete bridge in the county roads system. Herbert Humphries Construction Co. won a about 26000 dollar bid under a federal aid project with work including 500 feet of Bethel road surfacing and abutment and pier completion.

Bethel Road Fishr Hatchery Road Herbert Humphries Construction Co Jack P. Mause Fishing Creek Mause

Ex Senator Radcliff Speaks to Frederick Historical Society

Former U S Senator George L Radcliff president of the Maryland Historical Society drew a standing room crowd at the Frederick County Historical Society meeting in the Society Home on East Second street Judge Edward Delaplaine introduced him noting previous speeches at the Steiner Home dedication and the Society’s 100th anniversary Radcliff praised Frederick for its rich history and the local Society’s leadership in Maryland historical work highlighting the Maryland Historical Society e long life and its national influence as a community asset.

U.S George L. Radcliff Maryland Historical Society Frederick County Historical Society Historical Society Senator Radcliff Edward §. Delaplaine Steiner West Patrick Street Frederick Frederick County Frederick Society County Historical Society Maryland

Artillery Firing Shakes Northern Virginia

An artillery firing demonstration at Quantico Marine Base rocked Northern Virginia Tuesday night at about 7 30 p.m. The routine event, including artillery mortars and other weapons, was heard as far north as Hagerstown Maryland triggering hundreds of calls to media and police. Winds and weather were cited as carrying the sound without impacting Quantico.

Quantico Quanlico

Pravda Attacks Molotov Over Peaceful Coexistence Policy

Pravda accuses former Foreign Minister Molotov of dogmatic opposition to Khrushchev’s peaceful coexistence policy. It cites his anti party group leadership and claims Leninist foreign policy views are being distorted. Molotov recently returned from Vienna amid party expulsion speculation.

Moscow Pravda Today V. M. Molotov Khrushchev Communist Party Bolshevik Jan International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna Molotov Lenin Pravda Lazarus M. Kaganovich G. M Malenkov Soviet Communist Party Foreign Ministry

Chimney Fire Damages Lime Kiln House Briefly

The Carroll Manor Fire Company tamed a stubborn chimney blaze in a Lime Kiln house owned by the Alpha Portland Cement Co. Firemen battled the flames for about two hours starting around 10:30 am. Leroy Layton was moving into the house today. Tax aid for state home taxes available March 19 to April 16 at Winchester Hall.

Carroll Manor Alpha Portland Cement Company Leroy Layton Winchester Hall Ellis C. Wachter Circuit Court

Slain in Algiers as clashes flare across city

Four more persons die today in clashes between nationalist rebels and European settlers in Algiers as authorities consider a state of siege to curb the fighting. A reported total nearing thirty killed Tuesday by grenade, gunfire, and knife as Muslims seek independence while Europeans push for Algeria remaining part of France.

Algiers Algeria

New Junta Takes Power in Dominican Republic

Washington denounces the Dominican Republic’s new civil military junta as a step backward and weighs withdrawing recognition. In Santo Domingo, President Balaguer resigned after deadly rioting that left at least four dead and many wounded as air force troops fired on civilians. The four civilians and three military officers in the junta replaced Balaguer’s 13 month civilian council, promising to yield to elections by February 27, 1963.

Washington United States Dominican Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Joaquin Balaguer Caribbean National Palace Air Force Balaguer Pedro Rodriguez Echavarria Rodriguez Echavarria Change State Council Rafael L. Trujillo National Civic Union Civic Union Antonio Bonilla Atles Radio Caribe Wilfredo Medina Nata Neil Rafael Seija Adm Enrique Valdez Vidaurre Trujillo Armando Oscar Pacheco Huberto Bogaert

Quiz Show Winner Charles Van Doren Suspended Term

New York AP Charles Van Doren winner of a rigged TV quiz show pleaded guilty to second degree perjury and received a suspended sentence. He admitted taking answers and lying to a grand jury related to Twenty-One and had won $129000. He is a Columbia University instructor and son of poet Mark Van Doren amid 10 other contestants on court docket.

New York Charles van Doren Edward F. Breslin Columbia University

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