Youth Jailed For Larceny In Maryland Case
An 11 year old boy was sentenced to six months in the Maryland House of Correction and 60 days in the Frederick County jail after being found guilty of two counts of petty larceny. He stole 77 dollars from Frostie Bottling Co and 2.50 from John F. Stone. He confessed to both incidents and to taking 27 cents from a piggy bank. He spent the Bottling Co funds on softball gear and cigarettes. The youth faces further charges including theft from a Realtors office and possible breaking and entering cases.
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Maryland House of Correction
Frederick County
Stanley Y. Bennett
John E. Walters
East Fifth Street
Frostie Bottling Company
John F. Stone
West Seventh Street
Abrecht Place
Stone
Norman Dietz
Ellis G. Carty
Stone House
Reuben A. Darby
East Third Street
Walters
Daniel E. Wight
JFK May Freeze 6 Guard Units
President Kennedy reportedly planned to ask Congress to freeze six National Guard divisions on active duty and seek authority to raise the Army manpower cap from 875000 to 975000. The six units face extended training at camps from July 15 to August 6, with locations in Massachusetts Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas Kansas Missouri Indiana.
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New York
Kennedy
Congress
Berlin
Warren Rogers Jr
Washington
New York Herald Tribune
National Guard
26Th Infantry
Massachusetts
Camp Drum
N.Y
28Th Infantry
Pennsylvania
Grayling
Mich
Bandit Robbery Hits Westminster Trust Bank at Union Mills
A bandit robbed the Westminster Trust Company branch in Union Mills eight miles north of Westminster, escaping with about $3000. A white mare wearing a dark suit entered the bank at 10 30 asking to change a $100 bill then ordered the vault opened. Police set roadblocks on all exits as a yellow car with Pennsylvania plates fled south on Route 140 toward Westminster. Union Mills residents learned of the crime as police and photographers swarmed the town. the burgled bank has a second floor director’s room and an active burglar alarm that apparently did not sound. The same bank was held up in February 1957 by two bandits. one suspect lived nearby and the other in Hanover.
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Westminster Trust Company
Union Mills
Westminster
G. Leroy Smeak
Smeak
Pennsylvania
Rt. 140
E. Leroy Kindig
Kindig
Hanover
Penn
Fighting Rages In Bizerte Streets
In Bizerte clashes erupt as Tunisian and French forces clash in the city. President Habib Bourguiba orders seizure of the pipeline at Skhira and calls for volunteers from allied nations to aid the conflict.
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Bizerte
Tunis
Habib Bourguiba
France
Sahara
Bourguiba
Skhira
Tunisia
Edjele
Tunisian
Mediterranean
Radio
Neo- Destour Freedom Party
Five Day Forecast Near Seasonal Norms With Weekend Rain
The forecast calls for temperatures near seasonal normals with warm weekend weather followed by cooler Monday and warmer again by mid next week. Rain totals will be about three quarters of an inch from thundershowers over the weekend and again mid next week. Normal highs range 80 to 88 and lows 65 to 70 except the middle 50s in the fountains.
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Associated Press
Detrick Receives 334000 in Military Construction Bill
The House Appropriations Committee approved an 886,768.00 million military construction bill allocating 334,000 to Fort Detrick and funding other projects at Aberdeen Proving Ground Meade Sugar Grove Naval Radio Research Sugar Grove West Virginia Dover AFB Annapolis Naval Academy and more. The panel also called for better management to trim 148.8 million from Kennedy's request, citing need for a realistic program and removing useless items like unused club facilities and trailer courts. Area men join reenactment of the First Battle of Manassas with Company A First Maryland Infantry C.S.A. under Robert J. Zentner leading about 30 volunteers.
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Fort Detrick
House Appropriations Committee
Maryland
Army — Aberdeen Proving Ground
Army Chemical Center
Ft. Detrick
Ft. George G. Meade
Navy
Indian Head
Annapolis
Annadio
Whi
Naval Ordnance Laboratory
Air Force
Andrews Afb
Camp Springs
Delaware
Dover Afb
West Virginia
Sugar Grove
Associated Press
Kennedy
Naval Radio Research Station
W. Va
Manassas
First Maryland Infantry
C.S.A
Robert J. Zentner
Washington
Bull ‘Run
Areca
Sharpsburg Rifles
Richard Leatherman
First Countian Chosen for Peace Corps Education Role
Miss Ethel Jeanne Gardner of Cullen is the area’s first Peace Corps selectee. The Mary land graduate and Goleta teacher will train in the United States and be assigned as an English teacher in the Philippines starting after late September, with further training at Rutgers planned.
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North County
Kennedy
Peace Corps
Ethel Jeanne Gardner
Donald J. Gardner
Cullen
Goleta
Calif
Santa Barbara
Hagerstown
Philippines
Miss Gardner
The
State University
Western Maryland College, Westminster
University of Florida
University of California
Northrop Enters Judgeship Contest in Maryland
Baltimore AP reports Sen Edward S Northrop a Democrat from Montgomery entered the race for one of Maryland two new federal judgeships. The announcement names Northrop among candidates seeking the position.
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Baltimore
Edward S. Northrop
Dmontgomery
Maryland
Mathias Urges Swift Action to Extend Federal Aid to Education
Congressman Mathias and Brad Morsey-Massini urge Chairman Powell to fast track legislation extending Federal aid to impacted school areas for two more years. The effort follows a defeated bill and highlights funding for Frederick and Montgomery Counties facing tax-dollar shortfalls if aid lapses.
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Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Mathias
Brad Morsey-Massini
Adam Clayton Powell
House
Education and Labor Committee
House Rules Committee
Frederick County
Montgomery County
O Day
GOP
Mathias-Morse Otier
Powell
Grissom's Capsule Sinks After Suborbital Flight
Astronaut Virgil Grissom survived a high speed space suborbital run but his capsule sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Loss of the $2 million spacecraft will not delay Project Mercury and no recovery effort is planned. Grissom reported sea water in his head but escaped unharmed aside from that.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Virgil T. Gus Grissom
Atlantic Ocean
Grissom
Robert C. Gilruth
Project Mercury
Space Agency
Gilruth
Randolph
Grissom Swims to Safety After Capsule Sinks
Astronaut Gus Grissom escaped a sinking space capsule Liberty Bell 7 in the Atlantic by blowing the hatch and swimming about 70 feet. A Marine helicopter recovered him within two minutes as the capsule sank to 280 fathoms, while reports clarified buoyant suit and brief underwater exposure.
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Uss
Randolph
Gus Grissom
Atlantic Ocean
Grissom
Space Agency
Group To Wash Cars For Church Fund
The Trinity Methodist Church plans a car wash fundraiser at Carroll H Kehne service station at West Patrick and Jefferson for the church building fund. Volunteers will use Kehne’s facilities including an automatic three minute wash. Richard F Burgee chairs the building committee with 200 tickets already sold.
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Trinity Methodist Church
Carroll H. Kehne
West Patrick and
Jefferson Streets
Kehne
Westbrook
West Second Street
Richard F. Burgee
Grissom completes suborbital flight lands in Atlantic
Gravely thrilling dash ends when Air Force captain Gus Grissom rides the Redstone to a splashdown in the Atlantic 305 miles down range from Cape Canaveral. He emerges smiling aboard the USS Randolph after a 11 minute journey, reports of instruments clear and condition excellent.
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America
Atlantic Ocean
Grissom
Air Force
Grand Bahama Island
Randolph
Redstone
Cape Canaveral
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Associated Press
Mitchell, Ind
United States
Young Couple Attacked on Remote Maryland Road
A white girl and her escort were assaulted after stopping on Batson Road near the Patuxent River in Montgomery County. Stewart Foster, 21, says three Black assailants dragged them from the car, knocked him unconscious, and took the girl into nearby woods. Local police investigate.
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Spencerville
Montgomery County
Stewart Lee Foster
Laurel
West Hyattsville
Batson Road
Patuxent River
Laud M. Whalen
Sparen Hrdhive
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Alan B. Shepard
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Japan
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Basneh
Union
Studio Mills
Rarhive
Bandit
Detrick
Northrop
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