Frederick to Set Up Monoocacy River Filtration Plant Opening
Frederick expects a definite opening date for the Monoocacy River Filtration Plant later this week after officials assess progress. Water demand rises due to bean canning shifts and widespread air conditioning use, though officials see no immediate shortage or ban, but warn of potential limits if hot dry weather persists.
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Frederick City
Monocacy River
Fishing Creek
William J. Davis
Antil
Davis
Weekend Police Report Details 8 Accidents and 6 Intoxication Charges
City police logged eight weekend accidents and filed six intoxication charges, one vagrancy case, and 11 for fostering. Accidents occurred Friday and Saturday on West Patrick Street, North Bentz Street, South Market Street, and South Street near Jefferson, with a range of vehicle damages from $25 to $400.
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West Patrick Street
Court Street
Howard J. Smith
RFD
Frederick
West Patrick
John L. Viall
Barberton
Smith
Charles Norris
East Second
North Bentz Street
Norris
Bentz Street
Cecelia Dowd
Detroit
Mich
Dowd
Aaron
East Second Street
South Market Street
All Saints Street
Arth
South Maron
L. Fogle
Richard K. Hevener
Travel Street
Gilmore W. House
Terry Miller
Edgar W. Larson
Fred
South Street
Jefferson Street
Miller
Larson
Charles M. Norwood
West
Fireside Chat Kennedy to Address Nation Tuesday Night
President Kennedy returns from Cape Cod to Washington to refine the Berlin threat address with advisers. The White House plans a radio TV address Tuesday night and a congressional message Wednesday, amid market talk of emergency measures and defense budget boosts.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
Kennedy
Washington
Berlin
Cape Cod
Moscow
National Security Council
White House
Congress
Heat Record Temp Hits Two-Year High in July
Hot weather clamps the region with 94 degrees Sunday and 92 on Saturday, the hottest July reading in two years. Humidity around 75 percent intensifies discomfort as forecasters predict evening storms and possible cooler air later in the week.
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Weather Bureau
Mercury
Frederick Chamber Picnic Draws Top State and Local Leaders
The Frederick Chamber of Commerce plans its annual picnic at Gambrill State Park with Governor J. Millard Tawes headlining. U.S. Senators John Marshall Butler and J. Glenn Beall, Congressman Charles McC. Mathias Jr., and local officials are expected. About 200 people will attend, 5:30 start with meals at 6:30, catered by Hotel Frederick, and music by the Little German Band. Tickets cover expenses.
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Frederick
Nicholas G. Fanos
A. P. Simmons
M. J. Croghan Jr
ROTC Officers Gain Academy Status
President Kennedy signed a bill giving regular Naval ROTC officers the same status as Naval Academy graduates for retention of their commissions.
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Washington
Kennedy
Naval Academy
Ocean City uses undercover beach patrol to curb teen drug scene
Ocean City Maryland police and state troopers in Bermuda shorts worked undercover on the boardwalk to trap teenagers suspected of drug use. Two Baltimore youths were arrested on July 15 for possession of stimulants and depressants, each held on $5,000 bond. A covert unit continued weekend patrols with officers posing as tourists and a city officer as a lookout.
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Ocean City. Md
Ocean City
Maryland
Washington Post
State
Charles W. Mazaha
W. Jack Phillips
Bermuda
Magaha
Phillips
Baltimore
Ronald C. Wilson
Ronald J. Americk
Americk
Soviet trawler sighted near Grissom recovery area
A Soviet trawler with radar was reported within 20 miles of the Atlantic Ocean landing area of Virgil Grissom’s suborbital flight. NASA officials noted no steps planned to block such sightings as Grissom and his family prepared for a Newport News vacation after his 16 minute flight.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Astronau
Virgil J. Grissom
Atlantic Ocean
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
John A. Powers
Astrailauts
James E. Webb
NASA
Washington
Webb
Grissom
Betty
Scott
Mark
Newport News
Air Force
Space
Navy
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Ball Of Fire Strikes Salisbury Coach In Storm
Salisbury coach Thomas C. Bailey aged 34 was struck by lightning as he stepped from his car into a puddle during a thunderstorm. Bailey, athletic coach at Wicomico Junior High School, was managing Wicomico Post 14 in a Junior American Legion baseball series against Bel Air. He remained in satisfactory condition at Peninsula General Hospital with doctors citing electrical conduction via his spiked shoes.
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Salisbury
Peninsula General Hospital
Thomas C. Bailey
Bailey
Wicomico Junior High
Wicomico Post 14
American Legion
Bel Air
Ranger I mission to test lunar probe in high orbit
NASA plans the Ranger I craft on a million mile space flight from Cape Canaveral to test orbit, flight, and impact concepts. The 675 pound spacecraft will reach a 37 500 mile altitude before possible destruction upon reentry or earth escape, guiding future moon landers and planetary probes.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Cape Canaveral
Fila
Atlantic Ocean
Moon
Earth
U.S
Surveyor
Prospector
Get Well Wish From Astronaut Lifts Baltimore Boy
A Baltimore boy, Charlie Schumacher, hospitalized with kidney disease since June 17, received a telegram from astronaut Virgil Grissom. The message lifted his spirits as he awaits treatment, with his mother and father linked to the connection through local Martin Company staff and a Cape Canaveral friend.
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Baltimore
Charlie Schumacher
America
Virgil T.gus Grissom
Charlie
Ernest Schumacher
Martin Company
Schumacher
Cape Canaveral
Grissom
Tragedy Strikes Lowell Tenement Family Fire Kills Five
A Lowell fire killed a mother and five of her ten children in a three story tenement. Fire started on the third floor and spread rapidly trapping victims in the upper level. The father and several siblings were injured as about 30 residents were affected.
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Lowell. Mass
Mattie Maryland
Maryland
John J. Maryland
Gee
Ivy
Linda
Pamela
Willie James
Bobby Ray
John M. Jr
Dale Lee
Mattie Ruth
Christine
West Texas family massacre shocks small town
A 15 year old girl fled 242 miles in mud to a neighbor after reporting her father Kinsey and four siblings shot dead at the Fred Milton Kinsey home near Midland. The four children J D Kinsey 17 Johnny 18 Jay 8 Lilly 7 died in the heart and Kinsey 58 in the forehead. Louise 15 wounded. Police say the killings occurred around 2 am and the girl escaped through a bathroom window in nightclothes to raise the alarm.
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Midland
Tex
Fred Milton Kinsey
West Texas Oil Center
Kinsey
Fort Worth
J.D
Johnny
Jay
Lilly
Louise
Midland County
Four Die After Car Strikes Truck in Lancaster
An automobile slammed into the side of a truck near Lancaster Pennsylvania, killing four people. Police report the crash occurred in the afternoon and involved multiple occupants. Investigators are probing the cause and identifying the victims.
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Lancaster. Pa
Aps
Students explore biology projects at North Frederick Elementary
A science class at North Frederick Elementary features a frog dissection along with insect and flower studies. Students watch the dissection with Candy Shoemaker Petra Dannenberg Mac Maxfield Herry Brown Tommy Sheler and Thom named in the photo lineup.
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Candy Shoemaker
Petra Dannenberg
Mac Maxfield
Herry Brown
Tommy Sheler
Thom
Phofe
Frank J. Keefer
Mohler
Ralph Wachter
Maxfield
Master Brown
Meade Felton
Plane Hijacked to Cuba From Miami Flight
An Eastern Air Lines prop-jet Electra carrying 33 passengers and five crew was hijacked on a Tampa bound flight. The pilot W E Buchanan was forced to divert to Jose Marti Airport near Havana after last contact with Aeronautical Radio in Key West.
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Miami
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Tampa
Cuba
Jose Marti
Havana
W. E. Buchanan
Aeronautical Radio, Inc
Key West
Buchanan
Employment Office To Be Relocated In Baltimore
The Department of Employment Security plans to relocate its clerical and professional offices to rent more downtown space by October to better serve employers and applicants in the city.
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Baltimore
Department of Employment Security
Department
War of words as Tunisians clash with French around Bizerte
The dispute escalates after a four day battle around Bizerte. Tunisian civilians evacuate areas amid U.N. cease fire tensions while French forces reinforce the casbah and widen their perimeter. Dag Hammarskjold heads toward Tunisia to mediate. 70 dead and 1,400 wounded reported.
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Tunisia
Cap Blanc
Bizerte
Paris
France
Tunis
U.N. Security Council
Hammarskjold
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Habib Bourguiba
Zurich
Rome
Pier Pasquale Spinelli
Italy
Direcor
U.N. European Office
Middle East
el Aouina
Growth Of Summer School Reaches Nearly A Thousand In Frederick County
Frederick County public schools report 978 students enrolled this summer up from 538 in 1958. Most study driver education or typing with plans to boost science and mathematics offerings. Elementary students participate in new classes including instrumental music as enrollment expands.
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Frederick County
Board of Education
Avay
James A. Sensenbaugh
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Andrew T. Hatcher
Hatcher
Caroline
Nantucket Sound
Mongi Slim
Jeff
Habib Bourguiba Jr
Dag Hammerskjold
NEA
United Nations
Ithe
Security Council
North Frederick
U. S
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