Three Youths Injured In City Crash Near West Patrick Street
A 21 year old William Ed ward Shaffer drove a 1958 Chevrolet into the rear of a parked 1955 Lincoln on West Patrick street near Narva avenue at 1 15 am injuring three youths. Vickie Webber 16 suffered serious leg injuries Darlene Minnick 18 knee injuries and contusions and Wayne D Hood 16 a leg injury and headache. Webber admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital after ER treatment. The Lincoln was driven by Roland Turner Baltimore Jr of Middleburg Va none injured. Shaffer was charged with reckless driving. Police investigated a second minor crash at East Second street and Chapel Alley and several arrests for intoxication and speeding.
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Frederick
West Patrick Street
William Edward Shaffer
Dill Avenue
Vickie Webber
Taney Avenue
Darlene Minnick
East Fourth Street
Wayne D. Hood
Airy
Webber
Miss Minnick
Hood
Miss Webber
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Shaffer
Narva Avenue
Roland Turner Baltimore Jr
Middleburg
Baltimore
Patrick Street
Ralph Potts
Corp
Paul Mossburg
East Secomd Street
Chapel Alley
Daniel §. Landes
North Market Street
East Second Street
Evelyn
Brachey
RFD
Landes
Bernard E. King
James Hamilton Carroll Jr
Adamstown
South Street
Gordon W. Troxell
Charles Town
W. Va
East All Saints Street
Calvin Richard Kefauver
Baker Park
Claude Evans
James E. Schroyer
Rocket fails in Scout launch from Wallops Island
A Scout rocket destined to orbit a small satellite on a beer can satellite mission fizzled after its third stage failed to ignite following liftoff from Wallops Island Virginia. The four stage booster weighed 36 000 pounds and stood 62 feet tall as it attempted the seaside launch.
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Wallops Island
U.S
Olson brothers continue 3000 mile bike trek westward
The Olson brothers left home last Monday for a 3000 mile ride to California and spent last night in Columbus Ohio before continuing westward. Their mother Mrs. Alice Olson said the boys are tired but fine and brown from sun exposure. They slept at YMCA facilities and carry camping gear for emergencies while traveling through mountains and flat country toward the Rockies.
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Olson Brothers
California
Columbus
Alice Olson
Braddock
Workshops Complete for Frederick County Teachers
About 40 Frederick County public school teachers completed two weeks of workshops at the Board of Education office. Sessions covered elementary and junior high science, home economics, and music. Led by Mrs. Evelyn Davis, Mrs. Alice M Love, Mrs. Louise F Thompson, Mrs. Mary A Nuce, and James L Fisher, the program aimed to evaluate 1960 studies and improve teaching methods with input from education consultants and principals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Board of Education
Evelyn Davis
Alice M. Love
Louise F. Thompson
Margaret McKipben
U. S. Department of Education
Howard Owens
Prince Georges County
Lewin Wheat
Maryland State Department of Education
River Conditions Report for Buckeystown and Point of Rocks
Monocacy River in Buckeystown is cloudy with normal depth. Potomac near Point of Rocks is clear with normal depth and water temperature 78 degrees this morning.
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Buckeystown
Potomac
Death Goes To Work On Highways
The traffic death toll rose with two confirmed victims on Maryland roads during the holiday weekend. George Winfield Morgan Jr. and Columbus Farrington died in separate late Friday crashes on Lanham Seven Road and Jersey Road, Salisbury respectively, with other incidents and a train collision noted in Anne Arundel County.
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Associated Press
Maryland
George Winfield Morgan Jr
Seabrook
Clarence Blake House
House
Lanham Seven Road
Prince Georges County
Walter Lanier Wilson Jr
Jersey Road
Salisbury
Columbus Boyd Farrington
TFC
Leland Corbett
Farrington
George Albert Tull
Lycurcis Sinclair Cottman
Anne Arundel County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Benjamin T. Leman
Lake Shore
Leman
Jean
Melissa
Baltimore
C. Ellsworth Sauter
Baltimore County
Maryland General Hospital
Grace A. Klohr
Pikesville
Brandt Ties AL Batting Lead With Three Hit Night
Jackie Brandt of Baltimore collected three hits in four at bats to pull even with Detroit's Norm Cash for the American League batting lead. Cash went 1-for-4 as the two players shared a .367 average on Friday night.
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Brandt
New York
Jackie Brandt
Baltimore
Detroit
Norm Cash
Cash
Moslems Clash With Police in Algiers Over FLN Call
Hundreds of Moslems flooded Algiers in an anti-French outburst. Reports say three Moslems were shot dead and two wounded, with one policeman and a French lieutenant hurt. Demonstrators backed by rebel FLN chants shut streets and docks as clashes spread from the workers quarter.
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Algiers
FLN
Front de Liberation Nationale
Blida
Oran
Mohammed Ya
Evian-Les-Bains
France
Algeria
Firemen's Parade Set For Walkersville Monday Night
Arrangements completed for a large Walkersville Firemen's Parade featuring five bands five drum corps and numerous floats and fire apparatus. Parade forms 6 45 pm 7 15 pm moves west on Maple north on Pennsylvania east on Main and south on Frederick disbands at carnival grounds with awards at 10 pm. Rain date July 5.
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Walkersville
Maple Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
Main Street
Frederick Street
Maryland State Firemen’s Association
Charles Stuil Jr
James Mercer
Robert, Campbel
James Geisinger
Boy Survives Sea Ordeal After Raft Trek
Fourteen year old Terry McClelland recounted a three day ordeal at sea aboard a flimsy raft after his companions Russell Bradford and Alvin Hartman died. Rescued 90 miles south west of San Diego, he described thirst, hunger, heat, and the sun as they drifted, before being brought to Balboa Naval Hospital in fair condition.
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San Diego
Calif
Terry McClelland
Huntington Beach
Russell
Bradford
Huntington , Beach
Alvin Hartman
Santa Ana
Mexico
Hartman
Newport Beach
Terry
Grandad
Algo
Pacific
Ruth Marie
Tescuers
Diodon
George McClelland
McClelland
Salinas
Balboa Naval Hospital
Fishing At Culler Lake Opens With Eighty Degree Sun
Eighty degree temperatures draw about 75 youths to Culler Lake for the first day of fishing. George King, 9, nets a 16 inch bass to lead catches. other youths named include Bernard Wills and Phil Bohn with multi inch bass. The season runs July 1 through August 31 with fishing allowed Monday Wednesday Friday and Saturday from 7 to 1 am and 3 to 7 pm. Daily limit five fish per person.
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Culler Lake
James W. Stockman
George King
West Sixth Street
Bernard Wills
East Second Street
Phil Bohn
Lee Place
Wayne Fritz
East Church Street
Edwin Gerart
College Avenue
Eddie Cook
East Fourth Street
Bobby Fisher
Record Street
Warren Stockman
Wilson Place
Hank Chase
West College Terrace
Winners of 4 H contest announced at West Frederick High
The Extension Office announced the 4 H Home Demonstration contest winners yesterday at West Frederick Junior High. Margie Craw, Sarah Dorrell lead in home furnishings. Mycabe Garst, Mary Lynn Engelbrecht, June Dudrow, Kathy Huffer top individual categories. Chris Hagen, Sandra Derr and JoAnn King among district and clothing contest victors. District winners advance to Timonium Fair in September.
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West Frederick Junior High School
East Church Street
Margie Craw
Sarah Dorrell
Frederick City
Mycabe Garst
Walkersville
Mary Lynn Engelbrecht
Ballenger
June Dudrow
Buckeystown
Big Star Club
Kathy Huffer
Middletown
Wide Awake Club
Chris Hagen
Sandra Derr
Joyce Grove
Donna Baumgardner
JoAnn King
Dianne Ahalt
Maryland adopts uniform cigarette tax and new budget
Maryland implements a six cent per pack cigarette tax uniform across counties and cities along with a record $520 million budget. The reform funds local government aid and expands the sales tax for education and welfare, while keeping cigarette revenue unearmarked. Nine members of a Las Vegas family perish when a speeding pickup drives the wrong way on U S 91 and collides with a station wagon, an accident Nevada calls the worst in state history.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Baltimore City
Baltimore
Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada
Nevada Highway Patrol
U.S. 91
Los Angeles
Monday Work Day Amid July Fourth Holiday Echoes
The Fourth of July split this year, with Independence Day on Tuesday, keeping residents busy over the weekend and returning to work Monday. Firework rules require permits for displays. four Frederick juveniles were warned for fireworks in Sixth Street Park. Police remind it is unlawful to possess or discharge fireworks in Maryland. Weekend weather looks favorable for outdoor plans as temperatures approach the 80s. City and county offices will be open Monday, though many other offices close for the holiday.
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Frederick
Sixth Street
Charles V. Main
Maryland
Department of Employment Security
West Church Street
Guyton Named Assistant Zoning Inspector for Frederick County
The Planning and Zoning Commission of Frederick County unanimously selected Garland B. Guyton of Burkittsville to succeed Arthur Brice Jr. as Assistant Zoning Inspector. The appointment, announced by Daniel E. Wight, commends Guyton’s prior service with the Agricultural Stabilization Program and his leadership as Burkittsville mayor. He will remain on the Planning and Zoning Commission during the interim term to fill Noah Kefauver Jr.’s vacancy.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Frederick County
Garland
Guyton
Burkittsville
Arthur T. Brice Jr
Daniel E. Wight
Agricultural Stabilization Commission
Noah E. Kefauver Jr
Sanitary Commission
Variety Show At Red Cross Center Showcases Talent
A Red Cross Leadership Center at Hood College hosted a variety show with delegates performing dancing singing skits and instrumentals. A Water Safety demonstration highlighted life saving techniques and training aimed at junior and high school Red Cross members for leadership roles. Francis Meade Tompkins 52 of Chevy Chase Maryland died in a crash near Church View Virginia when the 1961 American built sports car struck a tree, operator name Elanor Mendoza is listed by police.
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Red Cross Leadership Center
Hood College
Hngh School
Red Cross
Churchview, V. A
Francis Meade Tompkins
Chevy Chase
Elanor Mendoza
Kuwait Responds to Iraqi Threat with Allied Military Aid
British forces aboard the carrier Bulwark landed in Kuwait at the ruler's request to defend against a potential Iraqi invasion. Saudi troops were deployed, and Kuwait called an emergency UN Security Council meeting to assess threats to its independence. Bedouin tribes massed near the border as Kuwait fortified Naif Palace amid a border closure.
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Kuwait
Bulwark
Iraq
Abdulla Mulla
United Nations Security Council
Arab League Council
Saudi Arabia
Few Nation League
Cairo
London
Sheik Abdullah As- Salim as-Sabah
Foreign Office
United Nations
Persian Gulf
Britain
Naif Palace
Sheik Abdullah as-Salim as-Sabah
Abdel Karim Kassem
Kassem
Man Kills Self After Slaying Wife
Towson Maryland police found James Lengaris 56 dead from a self-inflicted gunshot in his car near a Towson diner after officers were alerted by three youths who witnessed a stabbing of Letty Lengaris 52 on Warren Road. The couple lived apart in Baltimore.
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Towson, Md
Baltimore County
James Lengaris
Towson
Pollice
Lengaris
Warren Road
Cockeysville
Letty Lengaris
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Jack Hill
Reese Poffenbarger
Thurmont
Joseph Walker
Brunswick
Harry Jenkins
Frank J. Keefer
Louise Lyles
Evelyn F. §. Davis
Beatrice Stup
West Frederick
Edward Kearns
Elm Street
Grprive
Olsons Beach
Castro
Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuba
Red Cross Center
Saudi Arabian
Damascus
Syria
Baghdad
Radio
Iraq News Agency
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