Brake New Principal At Liberty
The Board of Education appointed Warren G. Brake of Yellow Springs as Liberty elementary principal. He succeeds Harry C. Smith, now principal at Linganore, with William C. Tomlinson moving to Linganore as vice principal. Brake, a Shepherd College graduate, served in Frederick County schools since 1950 with prior postings at Foxville Urbana Parkway Jefferson, and Liberty Junior High. Tomlinson, a 1943 Sykesville High School alumnus, earned a 1958 Maryland master’s degree and has U S Air Force service, teaching general science and math before becoming Liberty vice principal.
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Board of Education
Warren G. Brake
Yellow Springs
Liberty
Harry C. Smith
Linganore
William C. Tomlinson
Ety
Linganore School
Smith
Brake
Petersburg
W. Va
Shepherd College
University of Maryland
Frederick County
Foxville
Urbana
Parkway School
Jefferson School
Singapore
Tomlinson
Sykesville
Washington College
Western Maryland College
Westminster
U. S. Air Force
Sykesville School
Mt Airy School
Air Force
Westminster High School
Liberty Junior High School
United Church of Christ backs plan for Protestant reunion
The United Church of Christ General Synod voted to support the Blake plan aiming at a broader reunion with Methodists Episcopalians and Presbyterians. The move invites Christian Churches Disciples of Christ into talks as part of a wider effort to unite multiple denominations into a single church.
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Philadelphia
United Church of Christ
General Synod
Amon
United Presbyterian Church
Eugene Carson Blake
Episcopal Church Convention
United Church
Christian Churches
Disciples of Christ
Laver Triumphs Over McKinley For Wimbledon Title
Rod Laver of Australia defeated Charles McKinley of St. Louis in straight sets 6-3 6-1 6-4 to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon.
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McKinley
Wimbledon
England
Rod Laver
Australia
Charles
Chuck) McKinley
St. Laws
Warneking Named Frederick County High Schools Supervisor
Glenn E. Warneking a Nebraska native with a Physics background has been appointed supervisor of science and mathematics for Frederick County High Schools. He will oversee grades 10 through 12 while Evelyn Davis handles grades 7 through 9, with Brown returning next year to resume overall supervision. Warneking’s career includes Wheaton High School in Montgomery County, executive secretary for the National Science Teachers Association, and advanced work at Maryland and Michigan universities. He and his wife live in Silver Spring with three children.
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Frederick County
Fred J. Brown Jr
Glenn E. Warneking
Wheaton High School
Montgomery County
Board of Education
Brown
Columbia University
New York City
Warneking
James A. Sensenbaugh
Evelyn Davis
Mr. Brown
Davis
National Science Teachers Association
Washington
Superior High School
Superior
Neb
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lincoln
University of Nebraska At Lincoln
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
University of Marland
Blair
Neh
Mid
University of Marylana
Association
University of Maryland
Silver
Spring
Thheir
Fight to keep Victor Cullen Hospital continues
The executive committee of the Citizens Committee for the retention of Victor Cullen Hospital held a meeting chaired by Francis M. Manahan. They discussed state and federal recommendations on care for tubercular patients, questioned health department plans to reassign the hospital, and noted Maryland’s rising TB incidence and drug resistance.
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Victor Cullen Hospital
Advisory Council
Citizens Committee
Francis M. Manahan
U. S
State Department of Health
Department of
Mt. Wilson
Vietor Cullen
Henryton Hospitals
Mt. Wilson Hospital
Maryland
Victor Cullen
Baltimore
Wall Street Journal
William Tucker
Veterans Administration
Springfield Hospital
Pepsi Truck Hits Manhole Breaks Cover in City
A soft drink truck backed into a curb and cracked a manhole cover near West South and South Market. Police identified the driver as Charles Tanner Houser. Officer John Wheeldon investigated. No charges were filed.
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West South
South Market
Charles Tanner Houser
John Wheeldon
Man With Fake DC Lawyer Arrested in San Francisco
FBI agents arrested Daniel J Oliver Wen dell Holmes Morgan a 50 year old Negro who impersonated a Washington DC attorney and handled about 100 cases. Three former clients on DC death row linked to him. Morgan fled Washington June 23 and had prior convictions for petty lar ceny robbery vagrancy burglary and weapons offenses.
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San Francisco
FBI
Washington, D.C
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Daniel Jackson
Oliver Wendell Holmes Morgan
Morgan
L. A. Harris
District Bar
District of Columbia
Birmingham
Ala
Los Angeles
Chicago
Hoover
Beaten and robbed foreman in city tavern crawl
Lester William McCall, 40, of Biggs avenue, was beaten and robbed of about 175 after a night visiting city and county taverns. He called police incoherent from the South Court cab phone and was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital with facial injuries. He was jailed for intoxication after collateral was forfeited. investigation continues with several suspects questioned. His last tavern stop was on West Patrick street before the cab phone call.
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Lester William McCall
Biggs Avenue
McCall
South Court Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
West Patrick Street
Tools Stolen From School Site Amid Overnight Break In
Thieves broke into L. J. Keller and Son’s building on the Singanore Junior-Senior High site and stole about 3750 worth of tools including two surveyors transits. A battery was also taken from a Frederick County Roads grader left on Woodville Road, with minor damage to the machine. Troopers Barnes and Newcomer investigate both cases.
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Singanore
Frederick County
Woodville Road
Top E. Barnes
L. J. Keller and Son
Barnes
William L. Newcomer
Soviet push for deadline on British Kuwait withdrawal
In New York the Soviet Union urged the UN Security Council to set a deadline for Britain to pull troops from Kuwait. Platon Morozov signaled Moscow would push to amend a British resolution seeking Kuwait's independence and rejecting Iraqs claim. Britain promised removal once Kuwait’s ruler considers the threat, while Kuwait urged independence and US membership. Debate split over Arab League handling, but a British vote was anticipated.
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United Nations
Britain
Kuwait
Sheik Abdullah as-Salim as-Sabah
Iraq
Sheik Abdullah
Abdel Aziz Hussein
Council
U. N
U. S
Liberia
Chile
Turkey
Kuwait- Iraq
Arab League
County 4 H Girls Win Four District Championships
Frederick County 4 H girls captured four of ten district championships in demonstrations at Hancock. Eleven year old Sarah Dorrell and thirteen year old Margie Craw won in home furnishings with Pamper Those Shoes. Sandra Derr and Chris Hagan won the general foods team with One Dish Meal. Mary Lynn Engelbrecht won dairy foods with Sour Cream Dessert Ring. Dianne Ahall won clothing with bound buttonholes. All will advance to Timonium State Fair.
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Frederick County
Hancock
Frederica Russell
es City +H
Sarah Dorrell
Margie Craw
Frederick City
General Foods
Sandra Derr
Chris Hagan
Mary Lynn Engelbrecht
Ballenger Club
Dianne Ahall
Middletown
Timonium
Dairy Foods
Dianne Ahal
Dems Discuss Issues At Hagerstown Meet
Maryland Democrats, led by Atty Gen Thomas B Finan and State Comptroller Louis Goldstein, met in Hagerstown with Central Committee members to discuss civil rights, reapportionment, and taxes. Finan urged stronger civil rights laws and a Negro advisory council, while Goldstein backed a modified reapportionment plan and defended the sales tax.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
Democratic State Central
Thomas B Finan
Baltimore
State Central Committee
Louis Goldsten
Goldstein
Price drop nips market as summer rally fades
The stock market opened with a modest decline and a light trading session in New York as prices slipped during a calmer mid afternoon, dampening hopes of a sustained rally. Investors watched recent gains shrink amid cautious sentiment from traders and analysts.
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New York
AEC expands Nevada tunnels amid nuclear test ban ongoing
At Yucca Flats Nevada the Atomic Energy Commission builds a vast underground tunnel network despite a 32 month nuclear test ban. Observers warn the site could host neutron bomb trials, with Livermore researchers suspected of ongoing work. Miners excavate around Rainier Mesa as firing vaults and ground zero markers take shape.
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Yucca Flats
Nev
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
AEC
Las Vegas
ABC
Commission
Radiation
Livermore
Calif
Soviet Union
Aviation-Space
Marvin Miles
Larry Sharkey
Los Angeles Times
Miles
Rainier Mesa
Dreams Shattered As Gallup Family Tragedy Strikes
In Gallup New Mexico on U S Highway 66 a Navajo couple Mrs Smith 35 and their six children Cecilia 6 Richard 5 Edward Lee 4 Wanda Ann 3 Loretta 2 and Virgil Lee six months were killed when Mrs Smith failed to yield at a left turn crossing a heavy grain truck. Charlie J Smith a newly promoted Santa Fe railway machine operator survived but faced a future of grief and separation as relatives prepared for the burial of seven family members.
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Gallup
Charlie J. Smith
Santa Fe
Smith
Smiths
Brace Convicted Of Desertion By Court Martial
At Quantico a six member court martial found Capt Ernest C Brace a 29 year old decorated Marine Corps pilot guilty of desertion for disappearing after a January trainer crash on Maryland's Eastern Shore. He was also convicted of concealing his whereabouts to permit an unnecessary search. The court recessed until 2 pm EDT to deliberate on punishment.
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Quantico
Ernest C Brace
Marine Corps
Brace
Maryland
FBI
Baltimore
Strangled by fence ends life of Pa woman Diane Gilbert
Diane Gilbert, 22, of Forty Fort near Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania, apparently attempted to climb a wire fence behind her home and was strangled Thursday night when she slipped and her neck became caught in the wire strands according to AP.
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Wil Barre
Diane Gilbert
Forty-Fort
Wee Women price and power claim in vintage ad
An old advertisement touts a 308 horsepower item priced at $3000 with a quirky line offering a “bargain” at one dollar per horse. The text mixes sensational pricing with exaggerated horsepower claims, reflecting period marketing language.
Youth Guilty Of The Theft In Thurmont Court
Thurmont youth Harry D Harbaugh twenty pleaded guilty to stealing automobile tires and accessories from a local garage where he once worked. The judge imposed a fifty dollar fine, citing leniency for a first offense and no prior record, with a warning that future convictions would carry stiffer penalties.
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Thurmont
Stanley Y. Bennett
Harry D. Harbaugh
Cpl . D. Hasenbubler
Harbaugh
Cpl. Hasenbuhler
Richard P. Boone
North Wisner Street
Boone
Neva R. Shipe
Columbus
Ohio
Miss Shipe
Vernon L Rhoderick
Frederick
Sand Pit Claims Second Victim Near Baltimore
A sand pit at Pumphrey in Anne Arundel County claimed a second life after Bernard Grosse, 30, Baltimore, drowned while attempting to help the 16 year old victim Lamont Garrett. Firemen dragged the pit for ninety minutes before recovering Grosse's body.
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Baltimore
Bernard Grosse
Pumphrey
Anne Arundel County
Grosse
Lamont
Garrett
Atlas Sets Record Flight in Longest Military Rocket Test
Atlas missile flight from Cape Canaveral covered 9,050 miles to the Indian Ocean, marking the first long range success for the Atlas E TM series. The 85 foot tall, 100 ton rocket reached 1,000 miles high, 17,000 mph, then the nose cone separated and the payload landed near 1,000 miles southeast of Cape Town after 53 minutes.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Indian Ocean
Air Force
Brazil
Union of South Africa
Cape Town
South Africa
General Dynamics Astronautics
United States
Dedicate New Midway Parsonage
The Grace-Mt Zion Lutheran Parish will dedicate its new parsonage in New Midway Sunday at 3 p.m. Rev. H Edward Fisher Jr. serves as pastor. Rev. Dr. J Frank Fife will be the main speaker.
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Grace
Woodsboro
Grace-Mt . Zion
Crocker and Little
Russell Wachter
Tohn Rice
Donald Hahn
Farl Mveriv
Charles Donsherty
Richard Trout
Traine
Mussel Blocksten
Lylvester Whitmore
John Renner
John Laki
Russell Grehill
Paul Baker
William Kline
Clyde Beard
Charles Lease
Monroe Feeney
Tommy Moerly
Mr. Lease
Nevin Staley
Mr. Hahn
Russell Martz
Loyalty Pays Off for Secretaries Long Service Bid
In Newton Massachusetts Charles W Abbott a 67 year old former personal secretary to widow Maude B Kimball retired two years ago on Social Security. Kimball died recently and her will was admitted in probate court granting Abbott a share of 1 295 500 to be paid after legal proceedings conclude.
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Newton
Mass
Charles W. Abbott
Maude B. Kimball
Kimball
Abbott
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