Three Injured as Blown Brake Tractor-Trailer Flares on U.S. 40
A brakeless Diamond-T tractor trailer ran wild down Braddock Mountain and into a rear of a Fridinger panel truck on Route 40 near Hamilton's Restaurant. The rig pushed the truck 190 feet into guard rails and flipped. Driver Richard Fisher of Detroit was not hurt. William Orndorff of Hagerstown escaped with bruises. Benjamin Oliver of Hagerstown suffered scalp lacerations and fore head injuries. Police charged Fisher with unsafe vehicle operation.
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Braddock Mountain
U.S. 40
Hamilton's
Richard A. Fisher
Detroit
Mich
William Robert Orndorff
Hagerstown
Fridinger Plumbing
Benjamin Franklin Oliver
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Robert H. McClear
Orndorff
Frederick
Route 40
Oliver
McClear
Fisher
Frederick Auto Body Works
John S. Baggett
Fort Myer
Flash Flood Traps 2 In Cavern
State police divers search a narrow limestone cavern near Orleans Indiana for two young explorers Ralph S Moreland Jr 23 of Knox Indiana and Tom Arnold 22 of Peru Indiana who vanished after a flash flood trapped them in the underground passage They had entered Sunday around 5 pm as water rose blocking the cave mouth officials say the area 30 miles north of the Ohio River remains flooded with hopes of finding them alive.
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Orleans
Ind
Ralph S. Moreland Jr
Knox
Tom Arnold
Peru
Ohio River
Indiana
Bob Nicholl
Bloomington
Moreland
Arnold
Barrick At Meet On Aid Requests
State Senator Samuel W. Barrick sits on the Budget and Finance Committee of the Legislative Council meeting in Baltimore to hear bills increasing state aid to libraries. The library aid hearing is set for Tuesday afternoon at Baltimore City Hall with optimism for a favorable report and mentions a governor’s note on the bills.
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Samuel W. Barrick
Legislative Council
Baltimore
Baltimore City Hall
P. D. Brown
la Plata
Brown
Maryland Library Association
American Library Association
Cleveland
Ohio
Tawes
General Assembly
Gordon Boone
Baltimore County
Edward
Northrup
Chevy Chase
Montgomery County
J. Raymond Buffington Jr
Baltimore City
James A. Pine
Baldwin
Harry T. Phoebus
Oriole
Somerset County
Wiliam Randolph Harrison
Tilzhman
Talbot County
W. Dale Hess
Fellston
Harford County
Marvin Mandel
Perry C. Wilkinson
135 Enter Clothing Contest
Fourteen to twenty-one year old 4-H girls compete in the annual clothing project starting Tuesday with close-up judging and a public style revue Wednesday at West Frederick Junior High School. county and state winners will be chosen, with construction and fit counted heavily in scoring.
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West Frederick Junior High School
Frederica Russell
Russell
Elderly Denver couple obtains unexpected marriage license
William Wyness, 90, and Isabel Barker, 73, both of Denver, have secured a marriage license and plan ceremonies on August 4. The pair have known each other for 40 years and come from established, long acquaintance.
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Denver
William Wyness
Isabel Barker
Wyness
Wee Women See Mink Department After Purchase
A shopper voices a light moment about moving to the mink department after completing a purchase. The remark reflects a retail ambiance and a playful designer-store atmosphere.
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Mink Department
Winds Ripped Roofs at Frederick Fairgrounds in Storm
Severe summer storm hit Frederick last night causing extensive damage at the Frederick County Fairgrounds. Roofs on stables and the Ladies Household building torn, windows shattered, and seed storage damaged. Estimated building damage over 5000 dollars, insured. A tree fell on a barn at Dr. Charles Mullen’s farm. no damage estimate.
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Frederick Fairgrounds
John Best
Frederick County Agricultural Society
Fairgrounds
Highland Street
Husky Park
Ladies Household Department
Austin Younkins
Younkins
A. Irvin Renn
Household Department
Best
Charles Mullen
Pike
Two youths acquitted in disorderly conduct case
Two 17 year olds, Randolph Bryan and Alvin L. Fritz of Damascus, were acquitted by Magistrate Stanley Y. Bennett on the charge of disorderly conduct after a June 18 incident at a county restaurant. The defense argued the word used, damn, was not profane swearing.
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Stanley Y. Bennett
Randolph Bryan
Alvin L. Fritz
Damascus
Agnes M. Bowman
Bryan
Fritz
Edwin ¥. Nikirk
Bennett
Lawrence T. Miller
RFD
Frederick
Clifton
Mt. Philip
Miller
Mt. Philip Road
Kerkering Named Production Head at Aerojet Atlantic Division
Stanley W. Kerkering is named manager of Aerojet General Corp Atlantic Division Production. He oversees overall manufacturing and two major projects: a parcel post sort system for the Biscayne Annex Miami Post Office and an automatic mail sack sort system for the St. Louis rail terminal. Contracts total about 335000 and two million dollars respectively. Kerkering is a retired Navy commander and Caltech Aeronautical Engineering graduate, with earlier service in the Bureau of Aeronautics and a Navy pilot training background.
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Stanley W. Kerkering
Atlantic
Aerojet General Corporation
Sheldon W. Brown
Mr. Kerkering
Biscayne Annex
Miami, Fla
California Institute of Technology
Kerkering
Aerobal Engineering Assie
Corpus
Airion
Bureau of Christi Craft
Aeronat Kerkering
Quincy, Jr
Quincy College
Naval Academy
Navy Post Graduate School
Annapolis
California Institute
US. Naval’ Pilot Training School
Pensacola
Fla
U.S. Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
Inglewood
Calif
Lightning Strikes Winfield Home Triggering Major Fire
A house on Salem Bottom road in Winfield suffered extensive damage after a lightning strike during a heavy storm. Fire crews from Mt Airy, New Windsor and Sykesville battled the three story weatherboard residence, saving first floor furniture as water and flames ravaged upper levels. Estimated damage ranges from five to ten thousand dollars with a rebuilt roof and second floor repairs needed.
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Winfield
Charles Hoff
Salem Bottom Road
Mt. Airy Company
Winfield-New Windsor- Westminster
ML. Airy
Hoff
Mt. Airy Fire Company
Sykesville Company
Mt. Airy
New Windsor
Defense motions to move murder trial of Melvin Davis Rees Jr
In Spotsylvania County Circuit Court the defense failed to move the murder trial from its current site or to change the jury locale. Trial set for September 18 in Spotsylvania. Rees, already serving a federal life sentence for kidnapping and slaying Jackson's wife and daughter, pleaded not guilty.
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Rees
Spotsylvania
Melvin Davis Rees Jr
Spotsylvania County
Jackson
Apple Grove
Louisa County
Janet
Kerkering Led Aircraft Production Roles in Navy Career
The obituary notes that in 1958 he headed Aircraft Production at the Bureau of Aeronautics and later held multiple technical production roles in the Navy. He previously served as assistant to manager Attack Projects at North American Aviation Columbus. He authored several professional papers. Mr. and Mrs. Kerkering have three teenage daughters and plan to move east to a nearby community.
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Bureau of Aeronautics
Aerojet-General
North American Aviation Inc
Columbus
Kerkering
Grissom Chosen For Space Shot
Virgil J. Grissom an Air Force captain was named as America’s next space traveler to fly Liberty Bell 7. the announcement came shortly before his 10 mile ascent, with John Glenn and Alan Shepard as other contenders. Weather looked favorable for Tuesday launch though clouds threatened recovery conditions. Mt Etna in Sicily erupted injuring five French tourists observing a fissure, who were treated and released.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Virgil J. Grissom
Air Force
America
Grissom
Mitchell
Ind
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Omar
Alan B. Shepard Jr
John H. Glenn Jr
New Concord
Ohio
Shepard
Soviet Union
Yuri Gagarin
John Powers
Etna
Catania
Sicily
Europe
Water Flows Onto Sidewalks In City Storm
Frederick suffered a cloudburst that drenched streets and sidewalks as 1.60 inches fell in total with 1.10 inches in ten minutes from 10:50 to 11.00. Minor damage reported at a house and stables, utilities mostly spared, and forecasts warn of more thunderstorms and high near 90s.
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Frederick City
Winfield
Weather Bureau
Frederick
Johnsville
Emmitsburg
Gambrill State Park
High Knob
Unionville
Potomac Edison Company
Middletown Valley
Hamilton Avenue
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Aly
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U.S
Oweppa
Arthas
Kansas
Kansas City
Barrick
Newark
Del
Pennsyvania Railroad
New York-to- Washington
Frank J. Neere
Aerojet
Powers
Caribbean
Virgil I. Grissom
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