Building Sale Affects North Market Street Business Property
A large city property on North Market street including Health Center Bowling Alleys sold for about $55,000 to Arthur Rickell who has leased the site for six years. The purchase covers five apartments and a street level sales storage area. Rickell plans remodeling with automatic pinsetters and new equipment, aiming to open new alleys by August 1 while tenant leases continue.
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North Market Street
Arthur Rickell
Charles FE. Hudson Sr
Fourth Street
Frederick Bottled Gas Company
Rickell
James L. Parsons Jr
Chevy Chase
Lee’s
Chevrolet
Willys Knight
Irving Weil
Weil Brothers
Marvin KE. Maddox
Parson
Charles Hudson
Paul Hildebrand
Killed As Bus Smashes Into Tree Near Centreville
A Trailways express bus left a rain slick highway near Centreville Virginia and crashed into a tree killing Mrs. Margie Biscoe 52 of Washington D C. More than 20 people were injured and six ambulances rushed patients to Fairfax County Hospital as physicians scrambled to cope with the rush. The Florida New York bound bus with 36 passengers had stopped in Danville Virginia for a 38 seat nonstop ride to Washington at 11 15 p m. The crash occurred about 4 45 a m two miles from Centreville on Civil War edge of the Manassas battlefield. Driver Wade Turner 37 of Danville said he touched his brakes and the rear end started to skid. The injured included Velma Farmer 37 of Baltimore. The other item reported Norbeck Maryland where Lawrence Johnson 45 died after a car crash into a utility pole on Muncaster Mill Road. The driver Allen Carter Jr Silver Spring and passenger Wade Davis Norbeck were treated for cuts and bruises. They were reported recovering at Montgomery County General Hospital.
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Centreville
Danville
Washington
Manassas
Wade Turner
Trailways
Velma Farmer
Baltimore
Norbeck
Here
Lawrence Johnson
Allen Carter Jr
Silver Spring
Wade Davis
Montgomery County General Hospital
Muncaster Mill Road
Prime Inc expands with new electronics department
Prime Inc of Buckeystown reports a fourfold boost in business due to a newly launched electronics division producing printed circuit boards. Under widow Ella K. Prime, the firm has doubled capacity to 700 boards daily, invested about $25,000 in equipment, and added space to its Buckeystown facility to serve major electronic industries from Maryland to Virginia and the East Coast. The founder, Admiral Nathaniel S. Prime, died recently after founding the company in 1966 following World War II service.
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Prime Inc
Buckeystown
Nathaniel S. Prime
Ella K. Prime
Adm. Prime
Maryland
Virginia
Admiral Prime
Buckerstown
Boy Held For Fatal Beating Of Girl
A 12 year old boy is held for juvenile court action after the fatal beating of a 4 year old girl in his Southwest Washington home. He punished two sisters for taking cake by punching the younger girl in the stomach and banging her head. The younger died. the older remained in hospital.
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Washington
James
Children's Hospital
Stand-By Inspection Marks Monthly Trooper Check at Frederick
Maryland State Police in Frederick conduct their monthly first Wednesday inspection of troopers and gear. Capt. W. W. Corbin and Sgt. C. E. Cook supervise lineups, car checks, and equipment on display, stressing cleanliness, safety, and readiness. A post-inspection conference includes a mock trial to rehearse presenting evidence.
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Frank J Keefer
E. Cook
Bob Harper
State Police
Frederick
C. E. Cook
W. W. Corbin
Maryland
Maryland State Police
Sgt
Cook
Corbin
Capt Corbin
Capt. Corbin
Sgt. Cook
William Hopkins
Quartermaster Division
Cpl
I. G. Unger
Rev Dawson Begins Urbana Methodist Charge Pastorship
Rev David Clifton Dawson, 34, now leads the four church Urbana charge formed at a recent conference. He succeeds Rev Roby H Eastridge, who moves to Louisville Tennessee. Dawson, a World War II veteran and Wesley Theological Seminary graduate, hails from Baltimore and is married to Patricia Dodson with one child.
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David Clifton Dawson
Urbana
Methodist Church
Western Maryland College
Roby H. Eastridge
Louisville
Tenn
Wesley Church
Urbane - Bethany
Flint Hill
Araby Methodist Church
Ijamsville Methodist Church
Milton Burdette
Mr. Dawson
Dawson
Wesley Theological Seminary
Washington
Baltimore
Baltimore City College
Lycoming College
Willamsport
Jesse P Dawson Jr
Grace Methodist Church
Cumberland
Blanche A Dawson
Connecticut Avenue
Paul
Shadyside
Marian Hall
Prince Frederick
Colesville Methodist Church
White Post
Phillippines
Japan
Crowds Revisit Route With MacArthur Manila Visit
Huge crowds braved monsoon rains to greet General of the Army Douglas MacArthur in Manila. The 81 year old returned to trace the WWII liberation route as Filipinos kept up a 10 day sentimental visit, with children shielding under banana leaves while cheering every passing car and calling out to the Americans as in 1945.
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Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Joe
Shifting Of Students Discussed In Frederick County
Frederick County school officials are addressing crowding by relocating students to temporary quarters until new facilities open. Plans include moving seventh and eighth graders from New Market to the old Urbana building and housing Urbana seventh graders in the new Urbana school until Linganore opens. Transit adjustments and space at Woodsboro and Walkersville sites are being arranged.
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Frederick County
Singapore
Board of Education
Lewistown
Wolfsville
Quentin L. Earhart
Foxville
Sabillasville
Thurmont High School
Yellow Springs
Walkersville
Woodsboro
Earhart
Glade Valley
Singanore
New Market
Urbana
Linganere
Frederick County and 11 towns share state income tax revenue
Frederick County and its 11 incorporated towns received 306,561.44 as their share of Maryland income tax revenue for fiscal year 1960 61. Comptroller Louis L. Goldstein released the report listing payments to counties and 161 municipalities and taxing areas including Frederick City which got 65 100.89. Other towns followed with varied sums such as Brunswick 7 267.60 Burkittsville 246.24 Emmitsburg 2 221.73 Middle Town 3 371.88 Myersville 819.63 New Market 833.22 Rosemont 183.61 Thurmont 5 075.84 Walkersville 3 538.21 Woodsboro 1 176.85.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Louis L. Goldstein
Baltimore City
Frederick
Frederick City
Brunswick
Burkittsville
Emmitsburg
Middletown
Myersville
New Market
Rosemont
Thurmont
Walkersville
Woodsboro
Man Fined For Assault In Buckeystown Picnic Case
Addison G. Layer, 40, was found guilty of assault and battery after a July 1 Buckeystown picnic incident. Veronica C. Ingram, his sister-in-law, testified Layer struck her in the eye. Layer denied it but admitted pushing from a car. He paid a $25 fine. Russell Fisk, 41, Falls Church, Virginia, was fined for failing to stop at a railroad crossing after he failed to observe blinking lights while pulling a trailer on a 1958 Ford.
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Flint Hill
Stanley Y. Bennett
Addison G. Layer
Veronica C. Ingram
Buckeystown
Layer
Russell Fisk
Falls Church
R. E. Alderton
Alderton
Lime Kiln
Fisk
Bennett
Burning Cross Seen At Williams Home In Wheaton
Police investigate a cross burning on the steps of Mary Williams’s new home in Wheaton Maryland. Williams, her husband Adolph a Rockville dentist and their two daughters had just moved in June 16 as the neighborhood’s only Black family. Neighbor Carge Lyman and others stomped out the flames after pulling the cross away.
Hood Buys Warehouse on Carroll Street in $47,500 Deal
William S. Hood announced the purchase of the D C Winebrewer and Son warehouse on South Carroll Street for about 47 300. The three story brick building, with basement and freight elevator, was sold by D C Winebrewer Inc led by Mayor Jacob R. Ramsburg. Possession became effective yesterday as Hood consolidates warehouses.
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William S. Hood
D C. Winebrewer and Son
South Carroll Street
D. C. Winebrewer Inc
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Hood
South Court Street
East South Street
Carroll Street
U S Judge Egan Dies Of Stroke
U S District Judge Thomas C. Egan, 66, died of a stroke in St Mary's Hospital Philadelphia after being stricken as he left a court, fourteen hours after arraignment of a case. He had been appointed to the federal bench for Eastern Pennsylvania on August 7, 1957 by President Eisenhower.
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Philadelphia
U. S
Thomas C. Egan
Egan
St. Mary’s Hospital
Pennsylvania
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Caroline Kennedy Rescued by Matron in Pool
A young matron, Mrs. William Saltonstall, jumped into a Bethesda pool fully clothed to rescue three year old Caroline Kennedy from drowning at a birthday party on River Road. Caroline expressed surprise at the incident and remained unaware after being pulled from the water.
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Washington
Evening Star
Caroline Kennedy
Betty Beale
William Saltonstall
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Caroline
Ivan Steers
Newton I. Steers Jr
Steers
Nina Auchincless
Hugh D. Auchincless
John F. Kennedy
River Road
Bethesda
Secret Service
Maud Shaw
John Jr
Mrs. Saltonstall
Weather records show near inch rain in Frederick area
Nearly an inch of rain drenched Frederick city with .95 of an inch at the airport weather station. July so far reports 1.69 inches, potential for no summer drought if conditions hold. skies may clear after more rain.
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Frederick City
Weather Bureau
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Market Street
Coutin
Center
Richard E. Alderton
Stephen Riland
Rev. Dawson
Methodist
Cross
Wheaton
U.S
Bank Call
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Howard D. McOdrom
John B. Wheeldon
Patrick Street
Silver Spring, Md
St. Bernadette's
Raymond G. Decker
Blave Rway
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