Walkersville Fire Company Parade Spotlight 5000 Applaud
The Walkersville Fire Company staged its annual parade drawing about 5,000 spectators. Prizes honored best floats apparatus lines and units from Frederick Hyattsville Lineboro New Midway Thurmont Union Bridge and other communities with winners in youth, drum majorettes, ambulances, and antique cars. Special judges included Delegate Charles E. Collins and local fire prevention officials.
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Walkersville Fire Company
Walkersville 4H Club
Hyattstown Fire Company
Independent Fire Company of
Frederick
New Midway Fire Company
Hyattstown Ladies’ Auxiliary
Lineboro Fire Company
Thurmont Fire Company
Union Bridge Fire Company
Rainbow
Twinbrook Tramps
Rockville
C.W. Spessard Jr
Hagersitown
Donald Heffner
Jefferson
Damascus
Damascus Volunteer Fire Department
Charles E. Collins
House of Delegates
Daniel Karsner
Thomas Slater
Montgomery County
Fire Buffs Chase Baltimore Hotel Blaze Thrill
Baltimore fire buffs rushed the Lord Baltimore Hotel assembly room as smoke guided them, the blaze breaking out during the International Fire Buffs meet. One firefighter, Morris E. Hunt, 34, died after battling the fire.
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Baltimore
Lord Baltimore
International Fire
Jack Robrecht
Philadelphia
Dover Valley
Maitland Weiss
Jersey City
N. J
Gong Club
Henry G. Nathan
International Fire Buffs
Nathan
Morris E. Hunt
Morris
Weiss
William Perkins
Boston
Boston Sparks Club
LBJ Weekend Texas Trip For Budget Planning
President Johnson arrived in Texas for a weekend at his ranch to begin work on next year’s budget and legislative proposals. He traveled by helicopter from Bergstrom Air Force Base to Lake Lyndon B. Johnson, where he piloted a speedboat and was joined by George Reedy and J. C. Kellam, with two Secret Service boats in tow.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Texas
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Bergstrom
Lake
Lyndon B. Johnson
Colorado River
George Reedy
J. C. Kellam
Secret Service
Housing Board Sees Approval For Policies
The Frederick Public Housing Authority reported no basic flaws in its policies after a tenants meeting. Authority vice-chairman Herbert Rollins noted 25 complaints among 262 tenants as a sign of overall satisfaction. NAACP Frederick Chapter President Samuel Hamilton praised the effort and urged periodic follow ups. Tenants formed apartment representative groups, with three from each unit, proposed to meet with the authority. discussions on quarterly talks were tentatively set. Rabbi Morris Kosman called the move a highlight of the meeting. Cardinal Shehan was appointed to the Vatican Ecumenical Council presidency, replacing Cardinal Meyer of Chicago, who died last spring. Francis Spellman remains the other American on the 12-cardinal body. Cardinal Shehan met the pope privately. Iran reports two salt deserts covering 25 percent of the nation’s land.
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Frederick
Hamilton
Morris Kosman
Cardinal Shehan
Baltimore
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Vatican
Albert Gregory Cardinal Meyer
Chicago
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Bloodmobile At Beallsville Monday For Rabies Serum Drive
The Monocacy Lions Club sponsors a Bloodmobile at Beallsville Fire House Monday from 3 to 7 45 p.m. Donors are urged to come and give. Donations from Pasteur treatment patients are especially needed for a new serum against rabies, said Benoni Allnutt of Dawsonville, club Blood Bank chairman.
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Monocacy Lions Club
Beallsville
Pope Names Shehan Ecumenical Leader
Pope Paul VI names Lawrence Shehan as ecumenical leader in Vatican City, announcing a key church appointment. The move signals a push for broader outreach and unity within the Catholic Church.
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Pope
Shehan
Vatican City
Paul VI
Lawrence
AEC Probes Race Barrier In Promotion
The Atomic Energy Commission in German town opened a hearing into a claim of promotion discrimination based on race. Mrs Georgetta C Blasingame 48 of Washington alleges three other research contract assistants with the same title are grade seven while she is grade six earning 6985 dollars since 1947. The hearing overseen by Allan M Labowitz will run about two weeks and be closed to public and press as an internal matter.
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Atomic Energy Commission
German
AEC
Georgetta C. von Blasingame
Washington
New Auto Licenses Set All Time High
Maryland Department of Motor Vehicles issued 807,549 automobile operator licenses in the fiscal year. Commissioner John R. Jewell announced a gain of 28,454 from the previous year. Montgomery County ranked second with 23,755 licenses. Licenses issued to women totaled 348,804 and to men 458,745.
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Maryland Department of Motor Vehicles
John R. Jewell
Montgomery County
Wagner To Marry At St Patrick's Cathedral
New York AP reports Democratic Mayor Robert F Wagner will wed Barbara Cavanagh at St Patrick's Cathedral on July 26. Wagner, 55, whose first wife Susan died of cancer in 1964, has two sons and will not seek re election to spend more time with family.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Barbara Cavanagh
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Wagner
Susan
Carmack Reunion Set for August at Staley Park
The Carmack reunion will be held on August 1 at 1 p.m. at Staley Park. Families are asked to bring basket lunches.
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Carmack
Staley Park
Montgomery Fair Records Set With Mills Sels as Chair
Norman Mills of Quince Orchard earns a fifth term as Montgomery County Fair chair, a new area record. The 17th annual Montgomery County Fair runs August 23–28 in Gaithersburg with 16 000 exhibits, 125 000 attendees expected, and features include area exhibits professional entertainment a carnival and a horse show for the 4H Clubs and Future Farmers of America.
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Norman Mills
Quince Orchard
Montgomery County
Gaithersburg
Future Farmers of America
Butt Saddle Mare Wins at New Jersey Show
The six year old American bred saddle mare Clipster's Melody owned by Mr. and Mrs. Raymond G Butt of Sea Horse Stables near Yellow Springs won multiple honors at the Middlesex County Horse Show in New Jersey and also earned awards at Lancaster County Horse Show in Pennsylvania. Shown by trainer Harry D Brinkley of Wood Gait Farm Reisterstown, the horse earned top placements across several classes in a three day event.
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Raymond G. Butt
Sea Horse Stables
Yellow Springs
New Jersey
Mansfield Sees Lodge Approval Debate on Viet Nam Policy
Washington AP Senate debate on Henry Cabot Lodge appointment as ambassador to Saigon is expected to be extended and vigorous. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana predicted Lodge will be confirmed as successor to General Maxwell D. Taylor without much difficulty.
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Washington
Senate
Henry Cabot Lodge
Saigon
Johnson
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Lodge
Maxwell D. Taylor
Prince Georges Desegregation Plan Approved for County Schools
Washington AP dispatch reports Commissioner Francis Keppel accepted Prince Georges County Maryland voluntary desegregation plan. The plan calls for desegregation of all grades starting this fall, continuing a process begun in 1955 amid Maryland school integration efforts.
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Washington (Ap
Francis Keppel
Office of Education
Prince Georges County
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