Holiday Traffic Toll Sets Record
The three day Fourth of July weekend set a record national traffic death toll of 542 as final figures neared. California recorded 50, Missouri 9, New York 36, Ohio 36, Texas 27 while Rhode Island Delaware Alaska DC reported none. Boating accidents added 35 lives with 119 injuries during the weekend. Howard Pyle urged driver improvement programs amid high speed travel risks.
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Associated Press
Howard Pyle
National Safety Council
Pyle
California
Missouri
New York
Ohio
Texas
Rhodeland
Delaware
Alaska
District of Columbia
Lehigh Cement Strikes Split as Workers Return
Lehigh Portland and Lehigh Lime Kiln plants report diverging actions as Union Bridge workers return after a two day strike while Alpha Cement plant at Lime Kiln continues. Negotiations set for Thursday at 10 a.m. to address wage scales and sympathy factors. State police note peaceful picketing outside Union Bridge with no incidents as broader Lehigh Portland workers resume duties after firm meeting. Meanwhile New York stock market eases into a slow trading session after the Fourth of July break.
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Alpha Cement Company
Lehigh
Portland Cement Company
Union Bridge
Franciscout Key
W. Heineck
Alpha
Catskill
N.Y
R. E. Twigg
Afl-Cio
Heineck
Lehigh-Portland
International Union of Cement, Lime
J. Frank Kennedy
Lehigh - Portland Cement Company
County taxes offer two percent discount through July
The County Treasurer's office announces a two percent discount on tax bills for the new fiscal year, valid until the end of July. Tax bills were mailed to area residents last week.
Congress Back At Work After Holiday Disability
Congress resumes work amid a fierce interparty clash over a voting rights bill. The Senate and House debate provisions on poll taxes and literacy tests while aiming for a final vote by week’s end, with support for enforcement under the 15th Amendment. The plan includes court tests on poll taxes and federal registrars in seven states.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Selma
Ala
Senate
Congress
Texas
Alabama
Mississippi
Virginia
Georgia
Louisiana
North Carolina
South Carolina
City Sued For 100000 Over Icy Street Hazard
Gladys A Cramer of Sacramento California filed a $100000 suit against Frederick City in Circuit Court alleging sidewalk ice on December 24 1962 caused her to slip at 106 W Second St fracturing her elbow losing use of her right arm. She claims the city failed to keep sidewalks free of smooth ice causing wage loss pain and mental anguish.
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Frederick City
Gladys A. Cramer
Sacramento
Calif
Rockville
Glenn J. Goldburn
Second St
California
43 Die In Plane Crash In Oxfordshire Field
An RAF four engine transport plane carrying 43 people crashed in a field near Dorchester Oxfordshire. Fire officials said there were no survivors and described the aircraft as having disintegrated. The accident occurred about 40 miles west of London.
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London
Royal Air Force
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire Fire Brigade
RAF Transport Command
Dorchester
Firework Displays Draw 10000 For Fourth of July Festivities
Fireworks attract more than 10,000 spectators across Frederick and Walkersville over a three day Fourth of July period. About 5,000 attended Walkersville carnival's first full day and another 5,000 at Frederick Shopping Center. Complaints totaled five about illegal firecrackers with one cherry bomb incident injuring no one. State Police reported a cherry bomb destroyed a mailbox on Mountville Road near Jefferson. no arrests made.
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Frederick
Walkersville
Jefferson
Taney
Frank Main
Joseph B. Pearson
Mountville Road
Cold Wave Hits Great Lakes Region
July temperatures plunge across the Great Lakes with Madison Wisconsin at 36 degrees, setting a new low for July as record cool air grips the area.
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Great Lakes
Associated Press
Great Lakes Region
Madison, Wis
Youth Riots Spur Call for Tougher Penalties in Five Resorts
Officials urged harsher laws after Fourth of July rioting by beer drinking youths in Geneva on the Lake Ohio and RusSELLs Point on Indian Lake. Mayor Finley of Geneva on the Lake proposed higher fines and revamped ordinances to curb disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Senator Lausche urged prosecutors sheriffs and judges to back strong enforcement to deter future disturbances. The crowd consisted of teens college students and voters.
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Associated Press
Wilson W. Finley
Geneva - On - the - Lake
Ohio
Finley
Geneva-on-the- Lake
Lake Erie
Russells Point
Indian Lake
Frank J. Lausche
Fireman Tales From Frederick City Life On The Line
Charles E. Miller Jr a driver for United Fire Company recalls the lighter side of firefighting in Frederick City with paid and volunteer crews. Stories include a missing date with a girl for a ride on a siren run an icy street due to hose spray and a stubborn emergency brake that trapped the truck.
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Charles E. Miller Jr
United Fire Company
Frederick City
Miller
Muller
Market Street
Freman
Millerays
Americans Missing In Jungle War Report
In Pleiku Province and Ba Gia area, American troops and Vietnamese and Australian forces joined in a second jungle operation against the Viet Cong. Reports say two Americans and 26 Vietnamese mountain troops were missing, four Vietnamese killed, with five hundred pounds of bombs dropped and helicopters delivering troops to D Zone. Casualty details vary by source, with ongoing fighting reported elsewhere in the region.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Pleiku
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Royal Australian Regiment
D Zone
Strategic Air Command
Guam
Due Co
Ba Gia
Mies
Quang Ngai
Woman's Hiccups End After Two Years
In Atlanta Lucy McDonald ends two years of hiccuping after a Friday operation that severed a nerve to stop the hiccups. She has three children and faces recovery and work challenges after divorce and a long period unable to hold a job as a waitress.
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Atlanta, Ga
Lucy McDonald
McDonald
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