Red China frees Bishop Walsh after 12 years in captivity
Bishop James Walsh, 79, walked across the border at Hong Kong in fair condition after nearly 12 years in Chinese custody. Beijing said American prisoner Hugh Francis Redmond, who died by suicide three months ago, is also reported under its account.
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Red China
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Hugh Francis Redmond
Yonkers
N.Y
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U.S
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China
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Vatican
United States
Hsinhua
Peking
Redmond
Red Cross Society of China
American Red Cross
Sister of Bishop Walsh Welcomes Release After 12 Years
In Cumberland Maryland the sister of Roman Catholic Bishop James Edward Walsh expresses joy at his release from nearly 12 years in Communist captivity. Mary Walsh says prayers answered and reflects on hope kept alive, with other Walsh family members named.
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Cumberland, Md
James Edward Walsh
Mary Walsh
Walsh
Margaret E. Walsh
Julia S. Werner
Cumberland
Mary Rosalie
the Sacred Heart
Towson
Mary Joseph
Sisters of Notre Dame
Hagerstown
Worst Rainstorm In Four Years Drenches Frederick Area
Torrential rains dumped nearly six inches on Frederick area prompting warnings of more today and Saturday. The storm flooded Sagner's Inc. on South Wisner Street and destroyed unharvested corn and wheat countywide. Three Sagner's employees were rescued from a collapsed section of the new South Wisner building. Power lines and trees fell, phone service was disrupted, and flash flood warnings were issued as the Monocacy rose and roads flooded.
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Sagner’s Inc
Wisner Street
Potomac Edison
Mercury
Sagner
Iho
Frederick Memorial Hospital
New South Wisner Street
H.L. Hart and Son
East Street
Grove Road
Weather Bureau
Maryland
Potomac
Monocacy River
Canada Hill Road
Flat Run
Emmitsburg
Buckeystown
WEMD
State Farm Insurance
P.E
Gas House Pike
Solons Seek Definite Viet Withdrawal Policy
Washington AP bi partisan antiwar conference with about 100 senators and congressmen urged a definite timetable for U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam. Sen Alan Cranston warned a slow pullback could provoke a major attack and force a dangerous choice between a Dunkirk style retreat or nuclear escalation. W Averell Harriman supported a fixed withdrawal.
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Vietnam
Nixon
America
Dimes March Scholars Named
The Frederick County March of Dimes Health Career Awards go to Patricia Jay of Lantz and Susan Lewis of Smithsburg. Jay will study nursing at Mount Sinai in Baltimore. Lewis will enroll at Lancaster General Hospital. Both are A students with strong activities in school music and clubs.
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The
March of Dimes
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Jefferson
Patricia Jay
Lantz
Catoctin High School
Susan Lewis
RFD 1
Smithsburg
Middletown High School
Lewis
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Lancaster General Hospital
Miss Jay
Kenneth Jay
Mount Sinai School of Nursing
Baltimore
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Catoctin
Middletown
Future Health Careers Club
March of Dimes’ County Executive Board of
National Foundation
Loma Long
March of Times Health
Iceland Premier Be nediktsson Dies in Fire at Cottage
Iceland's premier Bjarni Benediktsson his wife and a grandson perished in a Thursday night blaze at the Tingvellir summer home. A nearby priest spotted the fire in the government owned wooden cottage used by cabinet members and alerted fire crews who recovered the bodies.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Bjarni Benediktsson
Tingvellir
Reykajavik
Three Egyptian Planes Shot Down by Israel Over Suez
TEL AVIV AP Israeli warplanes shot down three Egyptian MIG21 fighter-bombers in dog fights over the Suez Canal. The Egyptian aircraft tried to intercept raids on northern sector targets earlier, felled by cannon and rocket fire per a military spokesman.
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Suez Canal
Sad
Fire log roundup of calls across Frederick area
Fire calls reported in 24 hours ending 10 am show multiple incidents. Houses in Independents Walkersville New Market Hyattstown near I 70S Urbana Interchange and Frederick area. trucks tractors and poles ignited. Units Independents Walkersville Hyatts Town Myersville Uniteds responded with ambulances on emergency and routine runs.
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Independents
Walkersville
MD. 75
New Market
Hyattstown
Urbana
South and
Center St
Pole
Uniteds
Jury To Hear Obscene Bumper Sticker Charge
Thomas V. D Antoni 23 associate editor of the Baltimore underground newspaper Harry was granted a jury trial by Magistrate Edward D. Storm on a charge of displaying an obscene bumper sticker on his car. He was arrested June 29 by State Police in a drive in parking lot near New Market. Bail set at 250 dollars.
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Baltimore Underground
Harry
Edward D. Storm
D’antoni
U.S. 40
New Market
D'Antoni
Frederick City
Storm
Stock Market Edges Up As Trade Hums In New York
New York stock market drifted higher in moderate trading. At 10 30 a m the Dow Jones industrial average rose 0 75 to 693 52 with gains spread across blue chips and smaller stocks amid cautious investor mood.
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