Fire trucks deemed inadequate after United 859 crash
Denver officials clashed over emergency equipment as United Airlines DC 8 crashed at Stapleton, killing 17 and injuring many. Officials said three trucks were ready but more were not called, while the mayor defended the response and investigators began probing the disaster.
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Denver
Colo
United Air Lines
Henry C. Blom
Najeeb Halaby
Federal Aviation Agency
Robert T. Murphy
Civil Aeronautics Board
John M. Schooley
Stapleton Airfield
Dick Batterson
Allie Feldman
Batterton
George Aguste
Omaha
Milton Reynolds
John H. Gelston
Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Earl Darling
Aurora
John Grosso
Dick Martin
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Chicago
Ellerton and area notes include hospital visits and gatherings
Kathy Hawes had a tonsillectomy at Frederick Memorial Hospital last week. David Gaver will be admitted today for X rays and minor surgery. Larry Stenswick and Chip Edstrom from White Bear Lake Minnesota are staying at the Howard farm near Brierton. Diane Alexander visited her Kensington grandparents. A watercolor class meets at the Alexander home with instructor Mrs. Margaret Bean. A July fourth weiner roast at the Moser home included several relatives. Eddie Moser visits relatives near Wolfsville. The Frushours and Turner family visited Chesapeake Bay sites and Kutztown Dutch Folk Festival. Roger Stenersen of Cockeysville is the house guest of Mr. DREHIVE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Gaver
Larry Stenswick
Chip Edstrom
White Bear Lake
Minnesota
Jack Howard
Brierton
Larry
Howards
Diane Alexander
Kensington
Fredlexander
Fred Alexander
Alexander
Margaret Bean
RFC Middletown
Allen Dakan
Harald Boesch
Marian Ronsanville
Merkle Moser
Mary Kendall
Paul Reeder
Halph Kendall
Daynah
Frushour
Gene Lewis
Mercersburg
Kutztown
Roger Stenersen
Cockeysville
I Drehive
Community gatherings honor July birthdays and anniversaries
Salisbury area residents gather at family homes in Myersville and Locust Valley for picnics and dinners. July birthdays and anniversaries are noted for local families including Leatherman, Grossnickle, and Moser clans. A separate note mentions Bill Turner fainting in Blackburn England after a 6 month sentence for burglary.
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Blackburn
England
Bill Turner
Turner
Lightning strike kills eight in tobacco barn collapse
In Clinton North Carolina a bolt of lightning struck a tarpaper tobacco curing barn during a rainstorm. Eight of nine sheltering inside were electrocuted and one survived with shock. The sole survivor, 16 year old Eugene Daughtry, described hearing a thunder flash as he sat with his head against a cover. The tragedy shook Sampson County residents as deputies and medical staff treated the injured and mourned the loss.
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Clinton
N.C
Eugene Daughtry
Polio Immunization Clinics Meet County Goals and Funds Report
Montgomery County reports 1 834 polio immunizations before peak season after May and June clinics. Dr. William Peeples notes collaboration with the Medical Society and clinics in Poolesville Clarksburg Burtonsville Damascus and Sandy Spring. County funds from licensing mostly go to the county with Emmitsburg Walkersville and Middletown receiving specified shares.
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Rockville
William J. Peeples
Montgomery County
Health Department
Montgomery County Medical Society
The
Poolesville
Clarksburg
Burtonsville
Damascus
Sandy Spring
Citiwane Im Athar Srane
Conti
Frederick County Receives 27196 From Alcohol Licenses
Frederick County collected 27196.37 from beer wine and liquor license fees for six months ending July 1 1961. Clerk Ellis C Wachter issued licenses and funds were sent to County Accountant Donald A Woods who announced the totals at Winchester Hall. Part of the distribution went to Frederick City and five county towns with Frederick City receiving the largest portion. Brunswick earned 1212.50. Thurmont
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Frederick County
Ellis C. Wachter
Donald A. Woods
Winchester Hall
Frederick City
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Ellerton
Roger Moser
Myers
Kathy Hawes
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Thomas Monroe
Grayson Cline
Earl Grossnickle
Highland
Cline
Elwood Green
Myersville
Samuel
Douglas Leatherman
Cyrus Grossnickle
Church Hill
Ethel Cleary
Frederick
George Summers
Summers
Evangeline
Ruth Marie
Charles
Roscoe
Carroll
Jacob Loveless
Locust Valley
Ray Gifft
Elvis
Candy
Dave
Glen Beachley
Arlene
Joan
Arthur Travis
Helen
Lois
Richard
James
Romer
Beverly Minnick
Linda Alden
Ruth Jackson
Charles Warrenfeltz
Wolfsville
Oscar Fisher
Harold and
Judy
Ruth Marie Charles
Roscoe and
Carroll Summers
Grossnickle Church of the Brethren
Washington Monument State Park
Clyde Grossnickle
Joe Grossnickle
Raymond Needy
Paul
Robert G. Grossnickle
Karen
Tommy
Donald Schroyer
Randall
Sharon
Donna
Emory Doyle
Emory Jr
Linda
David
Deborah
Maynard Grossnickle
Gary
Wayne
Donald
Ernest Leatherman
Douglas
Michael
Francis Moser
Diane
Denny
Gaither Leatherman
Stevie
Marian
Robert Lee Grossnickle
Sara
Millard Leatherman
Middletown
Woodrow Wolfe
Harry Pryor
Maurice Wolfe
Hagerstown
Ruth Dotterer
Union
Bridge
Gene A. Leatherman
Harold Neel
Barbara Harshman
George R. Marker
Treena Funk
Joseph E. Lerch
Ronald Harshmen
Paul Harshman
Grayson Cartee
Lee Wolfe
Delbert Null
Clarence Leatherman
Betty Jane Leatherman
Clair Lee Leatherman
Benny Runkles
Stevie Steverson
Merrie Moser
Albert Brandenburg
Noreen
Robert McGaha
Marvin Brandenburg
Lita Sue
Benjamin. Runkles
Chris
Matt
Kurt
Baker
Huskey Park
Mr. Runkles
California
L. C. Peak
Daughtry
Emmitsburg
Walkersville
Woods
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Mee
Edward C. Wald
Niagara River
la Salle Yacht Club
Havana
Yuri Gagarin
Laro Cardenas
Mexico
Ciary
Fidel Castro
Uae
White House
Routzahn
Select
East Patrick Street
Patrick Street
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