Planners To Study Home Sites
The Frederick County Planning Commission will review five preliminary subdivision plans for 192 home sites and three rezoning requests at Winchester Hall. Highlights include Mount Prospect Estates in Lewistown with 42 lots and Skyline Manor on Penn Shop Road with 63 lots developed by Gaithersburg firms. Other preliminaries cover Poplar Knob, Buffalo Hills, and Windsor Estates. Final review covers Wiles Estates. Rezoning requests involve Montgomery County developers seeking an apartment project after changing from R-1 to R-3, plus changes near Yellow Springs Elementary and a major industrial rezoning recommended from industrial to commercial use.
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Frederick County Planning Commission
Winchester Hall
Mount Prospect
Hubert Brown
Lewistown
Skyline Manor
Penn Shop Road
MD. 355
William Watkins
James Decades
David Smith
Arthur Wetzstein
Gaithersburg
Planning Commission
Poplar Knob
Francis Siess
U.S. 15
Thurmont
Buffalo Hills
Ednal, Inc
Carroll County
Windsor Estates
120 Realty Company
Ballenger Creek Pike
Frederick
Montgomery County
Thomas D. Kline
Yellow Springs
Indus
Trash Junk Auto Problem Tackled
Frederick county commissioners seek solutions for disposing of trash and abandoned autos along roads. They plan sessions with roads and planning officials to discuss options, consider legal steps, and study approaches used by other counties in Maryland.
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Frederick
A. Irvin Renn
Lawrence A. Dorsey
County Roads and Planning Commission
Renn
Maryland
Frederick County
William M. Houck
Two Harpers Ferry Brothers Drown in Potomac River
Two brothers from Harpers Ferry aged 12 and 13 drowned Monday near the Potomac Shenandoah junction west of Sandy Hook. Their bodies were recovered after a four hour dragnet, with eye witness Grant Norris reporting the youths went under and did not surface. Funeral arrangements are by Euckles Funeral Chapel Harpers Ferry.
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Harpers Ferry
Potomac River
Sandy Hook
Charles L. Fowler
Miles P. Fowler
Fowler Brothers
Bakerton
W. Va
Shenandoah River
Phyllis Swope Fowler
Grant Norris
Hagerstown
Norris
Frederick
Howard M. Weeks
Washington County
Carroll Manor
Brunswick
Charles Town
Glenn L. Bowman
Stephen P. Riland J
Tpr
J. E. Snyder
Sacramento
Calif
Jeffrey
Appeal Issued For O Positive Blood Needed
The Frederick County blood program issued a special appeal for 12 pints of O positive blood for an open heart operation in Washington on Wednesday. Donors should report Wednesday at 1 p.m. to the bloodmobile at the Evangelical Lutheran Church East Church Street. Blood must arrive in Washington by 3 p.m. The bloodmobile operates 1 to 5 30 p.m. The goal for all blood types that day is 165 pints.
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Frederick County
Washington
Evangelical Lutheran Church
East Church Street
James A. Grove
Grove
No Arrests In Shooting Of City Man
City Police report no arrests in the shooting of John Francis Smith 47 of 126 Ice Street Sunday night. Smith is in satisfactory condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital with a bullet wound to the abdomen from a .32 caliber pistol fired by an unidentified person in a passing car. Detective Lt. Ellis G. Carty said the shooting followed an argument at the Elks Club on West All Saints Street.
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Ice Street
John Francis Smith
Ice St
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Smith
Ellis G. Carty
Elks Club
West All Saints Street
One share of fair stock sells for 1625 at auction
A Frederick County Agricultural Society share brought 1625 dollars at a public morning sale. C F Pete Hartman bought the life membership owning the Frederick Fairgrounds and the Great Frederick Fair. Walter T Dunbar purchased most estate offerings from E x pectors Glenn E Biehl and Charles M Mathias Jr, including 421 and 423 South Market St for 12900 dollars and 17 and 19 West South St for 9000 dollars. Roy Baker acquired 6 and 8 Water St for 7600 dollars. 23 East Patrick St from the Jesse B Anders estate was withdrawn after two bids failed to exceed 12600 dollars and was left for private sale. Emmett R Bowlus was auctioneer.
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Frederick County Agricultural Society
Mornig
Frederick Fairgrounds
Frederick
C. F
Pete) Hartman
Jesse B. Anders
Walter T. Dunbar
South Market Street
Glenn E. Biehl
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Dunbar
South Market St
West South St
Frederick Realstate
Roy Baker
Water St
East Patrick St
U.S
Charles McC. Mathias Sr
Emmett R. Bowlus
House Passes Military Pay Bill Raises 2.6 Million Servicemen
The House approved a bill to grant a $1 billion annual pay raise for 2.6 million uniformed personnel. The raise averages 10.7 percent, with enlisted ranks up 13 percent and officers about 7.2 percent, while the Senate has not acted.
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Washington
House
Senate
McNamara Says Vietnamese Situation Has Deteriorated
Missouri faced severe floods as 12 inch rains swamped towns near Kansas City. A boy’s body was found on Highway 131 near Holden, with several residents missing or stranded. Homes washed away in Smithville, Holden, Riverside, and Edgerton while Mosby residents were rescued by boat. Bridges washed out and lines of communication disrupted as Little Platte rose to record levels.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Kansas City
Clay County
Edgerton
Blackwater Creek
Platte River
Little Platte
Smithville
Aero space issues rise on mixed market start
New York stock activity opened with a mixed tone as aerospace shares advanced while overall trading moved slowly. Most major stocks posted small fractional gains or losses, reflecting cautious sentiment early in the session.
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New York
Johnson taps Goldberg for U N ambassador
Washington AP Johnson named Supreme Court Justice Arthur J Goldberg to be the United Nations ambassador succeeding the late Adlai E Stevenson. The White House ceremony featured Goldberg pledging to push for the rule of law in international relations. Goldberg, a Chicago native, was Kennedy's first Supreme Court appointee and former labor secretary.
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Goldberg
U.N
Johnson
Arthur Goldberg
White House
U.S
AP Wirronato United Nations
The
Supreme Court
Adlai Stevenson
Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
White House Rose Garden
Adlai E. Stevenson
UN. Post
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
State Department
Presi
Dent Kennedy
Labor
Stevenson
London
Bloomington
Johnsons
Gabriel or Gabrielle on the 5 cent Gabriel stamp
A Post Office announcement identifies the winged trumpet figure on this year’s five cent Christmas postage stamp as a female Gabrielle rather than Gabriel. The debate centers on the design’s apparent feminine features with experts offering theories on anthropomorphic depictions of angels. Printing orders for 1.2 billion stamps have been issued, with officials stating they will continue to call the stamp the Gabriel stamp.
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Washington
Lucille Lotta Chabot
National Gallery of Art
Gabriel Weather Sane
Newbursport
Mias
Gabriel Moris- Gordon
Biulgeport
Lonn
Postmater
John A. Gronousi
Golden
Gronousk
Menpursport
TvMnen
Catholic University of America
Louis Hartman
God
Gabriel
McNamara cites Viet Nam dark spots but not doom
Defense Secretary McNamara said the Viet Namese situation has deteriorated in many aspects over 15 months, yet the picture is not all black. He declined to promise a sizable US troop increase and noted intensified Viet Cong activity, despite US and Vietnamese officials urging possible force growth. A major Viet Cong attack on Bu Dop garrison near Saigon produced heavy casualties.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Robert
McNamara
Johnson
Maxwell D. Taylor
Bien Hoa
Taylor
Washington
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Henry Cabot Lodge
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Bernard McFrederick
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