Two Deaths Highlight Frederick Police Case Run
A 63-year-old Frederick man Leroy Thompson died after tumbling from a second story window of his Middle Alley home around 4 am. Autopsy and investigation follow as another unrelated death near the Greyhound terminal is also reviewed. Thompson leaves a large family and is mourned as authorities plan services at Hicks Funeral Home with burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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Frederick
Leroy Thompson
Middle Alley
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Richard Courtney Wiles
Greyhound
B. C. Thomas Sr
Thompson
United Ambulance
Wiles
Joseph Stine
East Sixth Street
Wachter Brothers
East All Saints Street
Henrietta Posey Thompson
Albert
Mary Jane Tyler Thompson
Frederick County
Geraldine Faulkner
Dorothy L. Thompson
Doris I. Thompson
City
John E. Thompson
Charles D. Thompson
Herbert Thompson
James O. Thompson
Ella Mae Timpson
New York City
Irene Hurd
Helen Pearson
Hicks Funeral Home
West Patrick Street
Fairview Cemetery
C. E. Hicks
Route 550 bridge project eyed in Frederick County
Officials from the State Roads Commission and Frederick County meet to review a planned bridge over the Monocacy River on Route 550. The project, in the six year roads plan, requires further study to decide if Route 550 will be relocated and made a dual lane highway or simply altered for access to the new bridge.
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Monocacy River
State Roads Commission
Woodsboro
Creagerstown
Frederick County
States Roads Commission
Francis Scott Key
SRC
Baltimore
David H. Fisher
William B. Owings
Thomas G. Mohler
John A. Derr
C. Clifton Wirts
William M. Houck
Charles Collins
Joseph B. Payne
Earl E. Remsberg
Goodloe E. Byron
A. Irvin Renn
Lawrence A. Dorsey
Russell Z. Horman
Randolph B. Rosencrantz
Southey T. Nottingham
Donald C. Linton
Beard Named Assessor's Aide For Frederick County
Clyde W. Beard of Woodsboro is named assessor's aide by the Frederick County Commissioners. He will start within a month under a state created position, earning part of a 4800 annual salary and later becoming an assessor. Beard is a 1952 Walkersville High School graduate with Army service credentials and strong letters of recommendation. He is married with one son and active in local church and veterans groups. Stock market trading in New York showed slow gains in early afternoon.
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Clyde W. Beard
Woodsboro
Frederick County
Beard
State Department of Assessment and Taxation
Walkersville High School
U. S
Ft. Knox
Germany
U. S. Seventh Army
Clyde T. Beard
The
Church Council of
Grace Lutheran Church
Rocky Hill
Sch
Romney Balks At Bucking Goldwater
San Francisco AP reports Michigan Governor George Romney refused to align with Pennsylvania Governor Scranton on a stop Goldwater platform declaration insisting the new civil rights law is constitutional. The move aims to derail Goldwater’s bid by forcing a floor fight at the convention. Parliamentarian ruling gives Melvin Laird tight control over debate timing and speakers. Goldwater opposes the civil rights bill provisions as unconstitutional.
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San Francisco
Michigan
George Romney
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Katherine St. George
R-N.y
House of Representatives
Platform Committee
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
Laird
Goldwater
Senate
Campaign Begins September 28 for 1964 United Appeal
Former Frederick mayor Donald B. Rice and Miss Mayetta Hershberger are named campaign aides to General Chairman John R. Cheatham for Frederick city and county. The 1964 United Appeal campaign opens September 28 with Rice as city chairman of the commercial and manufacturing group, drawing on decades of public service.
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Donald B. Rice
Mayetta Hershberger
John R. Cheatham
United Appeal
Frederick
Cheatham
Rice
Board of Aldermen
United Appeal Service
Commercial and Manufacturing Group
Chamber of Commerce
The
Heart Association
Tossimasbes Clin Sad
City Considers Subdivision Rule Changes After Three Year Study
Frederick City Plan Commission proposes tightening land subdivision rules with security deposits for public improvements before final plat approval. Public hearing Monday at 7 p.m. in City Hall. Changes set wider street widths and extend new regulations to Frederick vicinity plus one mile.
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Frederick
City Planning Commission
City Hall Board Room
Robert A. Whiteford
Board of Aldermen
Whiteford
Weatherman Forecasts Showers for Thursday Afternoon
The weatherman urges thundershowers Thursday afternoon and evening to aid farmers after weeks of drought. Forest Service reports small camp fires caused by careless campers, urges extreme caution. Md drought relief discussed as Gov Tawes seeks assistance for Frederick and five other counties. temperatures in the 90s with 96 as high on July 1.
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Area Forest Service
Forest Service
Agricultural Stablization Conservation Service
Maryland
J. Millard Tawes
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Post Office Adopts Federal Telecommunications System
Frederick Post Office implements a new step-by-step dialing system called the Federal Telecommunications System enabling official calls to any U S government office. Alton J. Lipps says the network uses leased long-distance circuits and ensures prompt, economical service. Installed by C and P Telephone Company with help from Baltimore crews, the project took four weeks.
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Federal Telecommunications System
Frederick Post Office
Continental
United States
Alton J. Lipps
Federal Telecommunications
C and P Telephone Company
Hagerstown
Telephone Company
Baltimore
Johnson Returns to White House After Texas Holiday
President Johnson resumes duties at the White House after a July Fourth holiday at his Texas ranch. He travels from the ranch to Washington, aiming to oversee ongoing policy work and return to normal duties.
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Johnson
Washington
White House
Texas
Sabillasville Wins $640,000 Sabillasville School Funds Approved
Frederick County Commissioners approve a $640,000 Board of Education request for a new Sabillasville elementary school after earlier denials. Votes in favor: A. Irvin Renn and Lawrence A. Dorsey. dissent: Russell Z. Herman. Previous bids and $24,000 in architect fees cited as cost considerations. new plan aims for a cost effective eight room facility.
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Sabillasville
Frederick County
Board of Education
A. Irvin Renn
Lawrence A. Dorsey
Russell Z. Herman
Board of Education Fund
Renn
Dorsey
Francis Scott Key Nominated For Great Americans Hall
Francis Scott Key, former Frederick resident and author of the National Anthem, is nominated for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University. A Baltimore committee and the Frederick DAR support his nomination as part of the Sesquicentennial celebration of the Star-Spangled Banner and the Battle of Baltimore.
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Francis Scott Key
Frederick
New York University
iKey
Francis Scott Key Memorial Foundation
C. Lease Bussard
Edward 5. Delaplaine
James A. Sensenbaugh
State Superintendent of Schools
Richard D. Hammond
Baltimore
Key
Hall of Fame
William Henry Pitcher
General Society of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
D.A R
Optimist International
Optimist Clubs
Optimist Magazine
Edward S. Delaplaine
A Look At Life In Soviet Union Versus America
Preston Grover reports from Moscow on life in the Soviet Union showing parallels and differences with the United States. He notes consumer stores, long lines, high prices, and drab daily life, with limited religious life, modest fashion, and police interference. He observes housing crowding, growing dissent, and a desire for personal space amid party discipline.
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Preston Grover
Associated Press
Moscow
Ife
U.ss.r
United States
Moscow University
America
Khrushchev
Arkady Raikin
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Woodsboro Road
Stock Market Report
New York
Romney
YMCA
Frederick Memorial Age Board of Associates
Frederick County Heart Association
Moose
Py Kennedy
Mayetta Mershberger
Tawes
Annapolis
National Guard
Cambridge
George M. Gelston
Carey Jarman
Milton A. Reckord
State Adjutant General
Attorney General's Office
Fidel Castro
Castro
New York Times
Cuba
State Department
Soviet Union
Taylor
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
New Sabillasville
Tey Ninh
O” Herman
Russia
Communist Party
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