California Finance Chief Kidnapped In 24 Hour Terror Ordeal
A 24 hour terror saga ended near Benton Station California as ex convicts Wilford Gray and Carl Bowles released Hale Champion state finance director his wife and baby daughter and were captured after a nationwide manhunt. The crime spree yielded one deputy killed nine kidnapping charges a 14000 bank robbery a motel robbery and a rape count against Gray. The chase involved hundreds of officers and drew in Governor Brown. Champion was singled out by the kidnapers amid a bizarre contrast with their courteous treatment of captives. The only injury was a minor pistol wound to Champion from a Tonopah dealer.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Hale Champion
Nevada
Portland
Ore
Mile High Desert
Benton Station
Sierra Nevada
Wilford
Wilfred
Marion Gray
Carl Cletus Bowles
Gray
Brunswick
Bowles
Lubbock, Tex
Oregon State Penitentiary
FBI
Champion
Tonopah
Nev
Drainage Delays Slow IN S Interstate 70S Project
State Roads Commission district engineer Thomas G. Mohler says underdrain work on the 36 mile Interstate 70S project by South Jersey Construction Co and A H Smith Co has slowed progress by adding 70 000 feet of drainage trenches. Mohler notes no open trenches at night and disputes claims of more accidents. Completion is targeted for next year.
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State Roads Commission
John B. Funk
Ee Aan
Thomas G. Mohler
South Jersey Construction Co
South Jersey
Mohler
Funk
A. H. Smith Co
Branchville
Riverside
N. J
Playground Week Events Spark Activities Across Frederick Parks
The coming week at Frederick playgrounds features Art Show preparations, garden club briefings, and multiple rhythms, story hours, and music sessions at Staley Rosedale Linden Hills Catoctin Harmon Maryland Monocacy Baker Mullinix and East Third Parks. A Friday badminton tournament determines the all playground winner.
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Rosedale
Staley Parks
Linden Hills
Catoctin
Harmon Field
Maryland
Monocacy Parks
East Third
Chapel, Baker and
Tiny Tot Town
Harmon Field Park
East Third Park
Mullinix Park
Staley and
Rosedale Parks
Babee
Mullinix
South Frederick
Chapel Parks
Baker and
Baker Park
Staley Park
McCurdy Park
South Frederick Park
Catoctin Park
Baker
Chapel Park
Chapel
Staley
Cattochin
Rosedale Park
Baughman
Babee Park
Maryland Park
Monocacy Park
N. Market
W. Second Streets
Storm
Shipley’s
Frederick Zonta Club
Linden Hills Park
McCurdy Field
Baltimore Impresario Is Indicted
Baltimore AP reports Harry Baernstein 3d, a theater promoter, was indicted on five charges including larceny after trust and false pretenses after his May disappearance disrupted four shows. Civil suits loom. bail set at 5000 dollars. Missing advance ticket sales and unpaid wages triggered cancellations and staged performances despite nonpayment.
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Baltimore
Harry Baernstein 3d
Baernstein
Central Ticket Agency
Lyric Theater
Victor Funetealba
Musicians Union
Royal Ballet of London
Moiseyer Dance Company
Dave Clark Five
Civic Center
Upper County Barbers Raise Haircut Price July 15
The PennMaryland Barbers Association will raise adult haircut prices from 1 to 125 dollars effective July 15 due to rising operating costs. The association has 12 members serving Thurmont Emmitsburg Fairfield Pa and Blue Ridge Summit. The United States produced 2,552,000 tons of aluminum in 1964.
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Penn-Maryland Barbers’ Association
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Fairfield
Blue Ridge Summit
Court Upholds Ban on Two Sex Movies
Baltimore AP judge J Gilbert Prendergast upheld the state censorship board ban on two films Doctor Sex and Cherry's House of Nudes. The ruling reinforces obscenity controls and cites explicit content. The decision follows a legal challenge by the film's distributors seeking relief from suppression.
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Baltimore
J. Gilbert Prendergast
State Censorship Board
Cherry
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Frederick
Frederick News and Post
Hometown News
DIAL
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Frederick, Md
Vipapi Rhachive
Linda Takenouchi
Lisa Saunders
World Congress of World Federalists
San Francisco
Linda
Lisa
Playground News
Garden Club of
Francis Gaither, Jr
Pennsy
Insylvanta
Ford & Int
C&c
Woodbine Auto Wreckers
Woodbine, MQ
Ren Cate
Baltimore Impresario
U.S
Upper County
U. S
Farmers and Mechanics
Borhood
Mamnber
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System and
Association of Military Banks
Db Citizens Office Market
Patrick Street
BO Frederick Shopping Center Bank Office
7Th St
Af Schley Ave
East Coast
Fort Detrick
Liberty Bank
Livertytown
Mount Airy Bank
Mount Airy
Peoples Bank
Srumwich
Farmers State Bank
Aerey Eerne
Walkersville
Union Bridge Bank
Union Bridge
Damascus
Europe
W. Indren Teura Deviset
Boyer Travel
S. Market
Southern States Grain Bank
Frederick Cooperative Commerce St
Middletown Valley Co-Op
Middletown
Woodsboro Cooperative
Woodsboro
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