Aerojet Wins $835000 Post Office Contract at Culler Lake
The announcement notes Aerojet securing an $835,000 contract for a post office project at Culler Lake. The caption lists Susan Koontz aged 9 and Beverly Christine Murphy aged 4 from James Street and Fort Detrick, with J J Hahn, 4, and Jack Craw, 9, pictured. The event was sponsored by Am vets Posts 2 and 5 of Frederick.
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Aerojet
Culler Lake
Susan Koontz
James Street
J. J. Hahn
Fort Detrick
Beverly Christine Murphy
Adams
Frank J. Keefertown
Jack Craw
College Terrace
Amvets Posts 2
Frederick
Hagerstown
Applicators of Maryland, Inc
South Cannon Avenue
De Gaulle Rejects Soviet Berlin Settlement Pressure
President Charles de Gaulle warned in a television speech that the West will not allow the Soviet Union to decide Berlin's fate alone. He accused Moscow of threatening peace by unilateral demands and urged true cooperation among Washington London and Paris. He also announced France would speed up arms modernization and cut draftee service to fund it while Bonn insisted any German peace treaty must come with a freely elected government.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Berlin
de Gaulle
Washington
London
Moscow
Germany
France
West Germany
East Germany
Bonn
Red Cross Board Advances Blood Bank Study in County
Frederick County Chapter of the American Red Cross votes to continue feasibility studies on creating a county blood bank. A special meeting will decide the proposal. Mrs. H Albert Dean notes yearly donor quota, a bloodmobile schedule, and hospital blood transfer credits under Red Cross coordination.
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Frederick County
The
American Red Cross
H. Albert Dean
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
Washington
Washington Blood Center
Dean
Three Vehicle Crash Near Frederick Causes $1500 In Damage
A three vehicle collision on US Route 15 about three miles north of Frederick caused nearly 1500 in damage but left no injuries. A 1960 Chevrolet station wagon driven by Isador A. Greenacre stopped on the highway to let a driver switch, was rear ended by a northbound 1960 Buick driven by Frank M. Newberg. A Ford Coca Cola Bottling Co. truck could not stop and struck the Buick. Police say Greenacre was charged with parking on the traveled portion and Newberg with failing to reduce speed. Jones, the Coca Cola driver, was not charged with a major violation. The case involved a damaged bottle spill from a case of Coke.
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Frederick
Beckley’s
Albert G. Hedden
Isador A. Greenacre
Gardenia
Calif
Frank M. Newberg
Dunedin
Fla
Hedden
Newberg
Ford
Charles Paul Jones
Walkersville
Greenacre
Jones
Feel You Have Lived Another Life Study Probed
University of Virginia psychiatrist Tan Stevenson reports a decade long study suggesting evidence for reincarnation. He will travel to India and Ceylon under Parapsychology Foundation funding to pursue cases including a Philadelphia woman under hypnosis. He cites memory fragments and emotional scenes as clues.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
India
Ceylon
Tan Stevenson
School of Medicine
Parapsychology Foundation
New York
Stevenson
Pueblo
Colo
Bridey Murphy
Ireland
Gat
Europe
America
Driver acquitted of speeding charge in faulty speedometer case
A motorist named Dwight Linthicum was acquitted by Magistrate Stanley Y. Bennett after defense evidence showed the car speedometer lagged by about 30 mph. Trooper Richard W. Poffenberger had testified to pacing 70 mph, but the court ruled a device defect benefits the defendant. Earlier, Maurice B. Ray’s assault case was held open amid family issues.
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Stanley Y. Bennett
Dwight
Linthicum
Dickerson
Richard W. Poffenberger
Edwin F. Nikirk
Bennett
Maurice B. Ray
Tramsville
Ray
Mary Catherine Ray
Talk on Extremist Groups by Gordon D. Hall at Hood College
Gordon D. Hall of Boston spoke to Hood College Women's Guild on extremist groups and their impact in society. He described regional white groups and the threat of political capture in local schools, urging vigilance against censorship and biased curricula.
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Gordon D. Hall
Boston
Mass
Women's Guild
Church of Christ
Hood College
Mr. Hall
White Citizens Council
Frank
Communist Party
George Lincoln Rockwell
PTA
Market Sags in Slow New York Trading
The stock market slid further in slow trading this afternoon in New York as investors kept cautious amid ongoing economic concerns. The AP report notes continued weakness across major indices with little momentum to push prices higher.
School Board weighs bidding fire insurance costs
Frederick County Board of Education considers competitive bids to insure school properties and contents instead of multiple insurer shares. A plan includes replacement value with a deductible, state advisory services, and a supervisor of insurance to guide local districts. The board will decide after committee input.
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Frederick County
Gaddis
State Department of Education
Fires Claim 4 In State
Fires in four Maryland locations killed four people and caused substantial damage. In Gilmore a frame two family house fire killed three children under supervision of a 16 year old babysitter. Bel Air saw an elderly resident suffocated. Southern Maryland blaze damaged a tobacco warehouse and sheds. Baltimore six alarm fire destroyed equipment at a laundry firm with no serious injuries.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Gilmore
Cumberland
Pamela Marie Buskirk
James Robert
Linda Kay
Bel Air
Harford County
Alice Chambers
Charles County
Baltimore
South Baltimore General Hospital
Mrs. Esther Chambers in Critical Condition in Gettysburg
Esther Chambers 60 widow of Whittaker Chambers remained in critical condition at Annie M Warner Hospital Gettysburg after a complete physical breakdown following her husband's death. Doctors noted possible pneumonia or severe cold with unconscious transport from Westminster. The couple lived on a farm near Westminster.
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Gettysburg. Pa
Esther Chambers
Whittaker Chambers
Gettysburg
Chambers
Alger Hiss
Annie M. Warner Hospital
Westminster
May
Raymond F. Sheely
Sheely
Fast-Draw Desperado Hunted After Colorado Shootout
A large manhunt, with about 100 officers including with submachine guns, pursued a gunman after he killed two officers and wounded two others in northwestern Colorado. The suspect, in his early 20s, fled into mountain terrain after a clash near State Bridge.
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Kremmling
Colo
Colorado Mountains
Hiram Short
Craig
John Clark
Eagle County
Chancy van Pelt
Grand County
Robert Hoover
Grand Junction
State Game and Fish Department
Denver
Sioux City
Iowa
Delmar Dean Spooner
Storm Lake
Spooner
State Bridge
Piney Creek
Clark
Hoover
Highway 40
van Pelt
Short
Aerojet General lands major Post Office parcel system contract
Aerojet General wins a contract worth about 835000 dollars to install an advanced parcel post sorting system at the Biscayne Annex Miami Post Office. The project aims for completion by late summer 1962 and boosts Aerojet employment by about 15 percent at its Atlantic Division.
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Coupy Fra Vo Reet
Aerojet-General Corporation
Miami, Fla
Post Office Department
Francis Scott Key
Aerojet
Frederick
Michael Monroney
Arthur Day
Biscayne
Beecher
S. W. Brown
Atlantic
Aerojet General
United States
Harry Boswell
Maryland Economic Development Commission
James A. Grove
Focal
Irving Weil
Delbert
Null
Board of County Commissioners
C. Burton Cannon Jr
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Goodloe E. Byron
Mr. Beecher
E. R. Kolsrud
Joseph M. McNeal
A. F. Bruns
St. Louis
Mercury Moves Toward Humid Eighty With Showers Ahead
The region climbs toward 80 degrees as humidity rises and showers and thunderstorms are forecast for the rest of the week. Rain at the airport station measured 0.20 inches between 3 and 4 am, while the State Police barracks saw 0.12 inches. Wednesday’s high reached 78 degrees with a low around 65, easing after a frigid 31-degree spell earlier in the week.
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David W. Beecher
Mrs. Chambers
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