Three Die In Headon Crash In Middletown Valley
A head on collision in Middletown Valley last night killed three people including a three year old girl. Two others are critically injured. The deceased were Elmer F Bussard 46 of West Fifth Street Brenda Elaine Bussard 3 also of West Fifth Street and Gilbert Wilson Kidwell 25 of Burkittsville. Mrs Anna Evelyn Bussard 47 wife of the Frederick driver remained in critical condition with chest injuries. Judy Ann Kidwell 22 of Burkittsville wife of the other driver was in fair condition with multiple injuries. Police said the Kidwell car went south on Md 17 at high speed crossing the center line and colliding with the Bussard car headed north from Burkittsville. Both cars were destroyed. No charges were filed due to the deaths.
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Middletown Valley
Frederick Memorial Hospital
B. 0. Thomas Sr
Elmer Franklin Bussard
West Fifth Street
Bussard
Brenda Elaine Bussard
Gilbert Wilson Kidwell
Burkittsville
Tone
Anna Evelyn Bussard
Frederick
Judy Ann Kidwell
Kidwell
Middletown
Burkitt
Elmer F. Bussard
Mt. Zion Lutheran Church
Kay Construction Company
Sagner Inc
Anna Matthews Bussard
Elmer F. Bussard II
USN
Torpedo Blast Destroys Snoopy. Eight Die Off North Carolina
A dredged torpedo exploded aboard the Snoopy 45 miles off the Outer Banks, killing eight crewmen and leaving others missing or critically injured. Survivors were rescued near Currituck Sound as Coast Guard vessels and fishing boats circled the wreckage. Captain Edward Berry reported the blast after warning Snoopy’s crew to clear and remove the torpedo. The ship was a scallop trawler and the tragedy echoes WWII dangers in the region.
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Portsmouth
North Carolina
Coast Guard
Norfolk
Currituck Sound
N.C
U.S
Edward Berry
Fail River
Mass
Geraldine
Edward Doody
Portland
Maine
Nuclear Test Blast Set Off In Nevada
Washington AP reports an underground nuclear test blast at the Nevada test site. The 15th weapons test announced this year yielded between 20 000 and 200 000 tons of TNT.
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Nevada
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Brish Backs TV For All Maryland Schools
Dr William M Brish superintendent of Washington County schools testifies to a Legislative Council committee praising educational television. He says it has increased efficiency and allowed better organization of the school day while costing less than duplicating with teachers. The plan aims to create seven ultra high frequency stations for Maryland schools and public programming with an estimated first year cost around one million six hundred thousand dollars and total program cost near five million including federal funds.
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Baltimore
Legislative Council
Maryland
William M. Brish
Brish
Washington County
United States
State Department of Education
Maryland General Assembly
Police Seek American For Slaying Of AID Official
Washington AP report notes police pursue an American in the murder of an AID official as officials evaluate defenses and the Vietnam draft. President Johnson, at Camp David, remains in discussions with McNamara Rusk and Bundy. Draft calls linger at 17 000 while generals weigh needed forces for South Vietnam.
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Washington
Armed Services
Johnson
Camp David
Maryland Mountains
Billi D. Moyers
Robert 5. McNamara
Dean Rusk
McGeorge Bundy
United Nations
Supreme Court
Arthur J. Goldberg
Girl Born 39 000 Feet Up
A baby girl was born aboard a Lufthansa jet flying over the Atlantic between Labrador and Newfoundland. The birth occurred Friday to Mrs. Albert A. Herzog of Warehouse Point Connecticut, while 55 passengers applauded and champagne was ordered for all except the newborn. Stewardess Ria Bernbach delivered the infant following radio guidance from Dr. Peter Bulle aboard a nearby Lufthansa plane.
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New York
Albert A. Herzog
Warehouse Point
Conn
Lufthansa
Atlantic Ocean
Labrador
Newfoundland
Pforzheim
Germany
Ria Bernbach
Hamburg
West Germany
Peter Bulle
Washington
Camp David retreat favored by presidents for decades
The Shangri La Mountain Retreat near Thurmont has drawn presidents for 35 years due to cool peaceful surroundings and proximity to Washington. Thurmont ex mayor Donald L. Lewis notes Republican residents’ welcome aids visits. five presidents, four Democrats, have used the site since the 1930s. Roosevelt chose the site and named it Shangri La, Eisenhower renamed Camp David, and Kennedy era visits grew after Jackie Kennedy warmed to the locale.
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Camp David
Thurmont
Donald L. Lewis
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Shangri-La
Dwight David Eisenhower
White House
Harry Truman
Lewis
Truman
Chesapeake Bay
Missouri
Eisenhower
Ske
Mamie Eisenhower
Kennedy
Jackie Kennedy
Pool Pouring For Frederick YMCA Building
Concrete for the Frederick County YMCA pool pours this morning in a continuous 125 cubic yard pour from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. The $700,000 project on North Market Street is added to by 20 workers and Thurmont Construction Company as general contractor. The indoor pool measures 75 by 31 feet and will be part of a facility including dressing rooms, showers, and exercise areas with a social administration wing. The building, targeted for completion April 1, 1966, carries a base cost of $614,503 with total outlay expected above $700,000 after equipment, furnishings, and site work.
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Frederick County Ymca
North Market Street
Thurmont Construction Company
Merril Groelle
Frederick County
Groelle
Requiem For W. H. Haller At St. John's
Funeral services for W. Harry Waller Sr. were held Friday with prayers at MR. Etchison and Son Funeral Home, then a Requiem Mass at St. John's Catholic Church. The Rev. James J. Hogan celebrated the Mass. Bearers included Louis Azrael, Harvey Lee Thomas, G. Hunter Bowers Jr., Dr. Charles H. Conley Jr., Joseph F. Eisenhauer, and U.S. Rep. Charles McC. Matthias Jr. Honorary pallbearers were Gov. J. Millard Tawes, Lt. Gen. Milton A. Record, and other officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Harry Waller Sr
Frederick
J. Millard Tawes
Milton A Record
USA
Edward B. Bunn
J. Chan
Subordinate Shoots Boss in Saigon Slaying Case
Saigon police hunted Robert Kimball a 36 year old Utah native after he allegedly killed his boss Jack E Ryan 44 head of the U S aid mission Public Safety Division and Vietnamese employee Mrs Nguyen Thi Hai outside Ryan’s villa. Vietnamese police released photos as a nationwide dragnet extended through Saigon slums.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Robert Kimball
Utah
Jack E. Ryan
U.S. Aid Mission
Nguyen Thi Hai
Ryan
FBI
Southeast Asia
Washington
Hai
Kimball
Seven young ladies enter Frederick County Farm Queen contest
Seven young women entered the Frederick County Farm Queen Contest on the last entry day. The winner will serve Frederick County for one year and compete in Maryland Farm Queen at Timonium opening of the State Fair. Judges include two women and one man with a simple sport dress required for entrants.
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Frederick County
Timonium
Frederick County Farm Bureau
Herbert Duvall
West Seventh Street Pike
University of Maryland
Kitty Lee Metcalfe
Charles Metcalfe
New Windsor
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Headon
Berry
5Th District
Ocracoke
Viet Nam
DR. King
Martin Luther King
AP Wirephale
Chicago
City Hall
YMCA
Rolfe Castleman
W. H. Haller
St. John’s
Jack Ryan
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