United Appeal sets 1965 goal at 158000 in Frederick County
Frederick County Community Chest unveiled the 1965 United Appeal goal of 158000, up 11700 from last year’s 146300. Campaign opens September 27 and runs through October with plans to meet the goal within the month. Budget reviews by the United Appeal committee led by Lincoln Engelbrecht approved the 13 agency lineup including two new groups Fort Detrick Youth Activities Council and Frederick County Chapter of the National Epilepsy Society.
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Frederick County
United Appeal
Harry W. Harper
Dicanta
The
Budget Committee
Lincoln D. Engelbrecht
Collinus
Engelbrecht
Edward J. McGuiness
Guy W. Nusz
Manuel M. Weinberg
Charlotte Y. Yarroll
J. Vernon Summers
Carroll Hendrickson Jr
William D. Hammond
Community Chest
American Red Cross
Appeal
Federated Charities
Children’s Aid Society
Esther Grimage Kindergarten
Salvation Army
Boy Scouts | Girl Scouts
YMCA
United Service Organization
USO
Travelers Aid Society
Counselling Services, Inc
Fort Detrick
Russell Firm Assets Sold For 230000
Bids totaling more than 230000 for the assets of the T Edgie Russell contracting firm were received at a two day auction this week. James L Rimler court appointed trustee said 110000 was for heavy contracting equipment and the remainder for a 3000 ton capacity blacktop plant in Hagerstown owned by the Russell firm. The equipment sold included a 1961 automobile and a crane self loading scrapper motor grader road roller two base pavers tractors dump trucks and other items. The Tri County Asphalt Company of Leesburg Virginia purchased the blacktop plant in Hagersbaat at a cost of 70000. Rimler On Wednesday the six acre property located along US 15 between the old and new Routes 26 for storage by the Russell firm was sold to Allen Routzahn local businessman. This property along with all office furniture and equipment.
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T. Edgie Russell Contracting
James L. Rimler
Hagerstown
Russell
Tri-County Asphalt Company
Leesburg
Hagersbaat
Rimler
U.S. 15
Allen R. Routzahn
Woodsboro Motorist Charged With Drunken Driving
Charles H. Saylor, 57, was charged with drunken driving and two related offenses after an early morning crash on North Market Street in Woodsboro. Police report about 1:15 a.m. he struck a parked car owned by George R. Lanner Jr., then hit another parked car, jumped a curb, and collided with a porch at 915 N. Market St. Lanner’s 1952 car sustained $80 damage. Saylor’s 1954 sedan and Aumen’s 1961 car were demolished. Officers D. F. Abrecht and D. L. Travis investigated.
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Woodsboro
North Market Street
Charles H. Saylor
Saylor
George R. Lanner Jr
Lanner
Bruce M. Aumen
N. Market St
Aumen
D. F. Abrecht
D. L. Travis
Fort Detrick Suffers Major Water Line Break
Fort Detrick experienced a 16 inch water main rupture near North Market Street, northern of the 1.0.C.F. Home, affecting water supply. Col. Oliver J. Cejka said the post still has water from the second 12 inch line and an emergency hookup with Frederick water supply is available. repair timing was not known.
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Fort Detrick
Oliver J. Cejka
Col. Cejka
North Market Street
C.F
Monocacy
Worman’s Mill
Frederick Ans
Record Street Resurfacing Underway
Record Street resurfacing began this morning in Frederick. Superintendent Robert L. Strine said the street will be open to traffic this evening. N. W. Etzler Co. is repaving the entire length from West Church Street to West Second Street at a cost of 981.25. Crews plan to move to Fairview Avenue tomorrow to resurface from West Second Street to Rosemont Avenue, then Columbus Avenue from Catoctin Avenue to South Jefferson Street. City crews completed curb repairs, manhole relocations, and surface work.
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Record Street
Robert L. Strine
Frederick City
Married Men May Be Called Local Draft Boards
A Frederick County draft board member warned that a stepped up draft may soon include married men and those over 26. Only about a dozen locals are slated for induction next month, but a larger list may arrive soon. General Hershey said the monthly call could rise from 17 000 to 35 000, with tougher local board controls and no policy changes yet. President Johnson announced the increased draft to support Vietnam needs. the 35 000 target is expected by November.
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Frederick County
Walter G. Crowther
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Johnson
Pentagon
Associated Press
Frederick
Crowther
Maryland Draft Board
Baltimore
Reds Plan Sunken Wall Around Berlin
East Germany aims to enclose West Berlin with a sunken border by 1970 removing barbed wire and the existing wall. Refugee East German soldiers report the plan and West Berlin police confirm no official word yet.
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Reds
Berlin
West Berlin
Mars Craters Point to Moonlike Mars in White House Report
AP reported that Mariner 4 photos suggest Mars hosts up to 10 000 craters, many 3 to 75 miles wide, making the planet moonlike and possibly 2 to 5 million years old. Scientists say no oceans or life evidence, and erosion would be evident if water once existed. President Johnson commented on life prospects.
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Washington
Mars
Moon
Earth
Space Agency
White House
Mariner 4
Robert Leighton
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Red Planet
Mariner
Johnson
Leighton
Regular Army Buildup Signals 300,000 More Troops
Washington AP reports the Defense Department will seek a draft and volunteer increase totaling about 300000 regular troops to about three million. The plan centers on expanding the Army with another division, likely mechanized infantry, and more independent infantry brigades. Johnson aims for a longer Viet Nam buildup, avoiding reserve calls though up to 50,000 more reinforcements may arrive this year.
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Washington
Defense Department
Congress
Johnson
Viet Nam
U.S
South Viet Nam
United States
Swedish Woman Delivers Quintuplets After Hormone Treatment
A Swedish woman treated with hormones to induce multiple pregnancy delivered quintuplets at Falun. Two of the five babies died before noon. the survivors, three girls and two boys, were born around 6 am and moved to incubators. The births followed reports of similar sets in Auckland and Melbourne linked to the same hormone research by Prof. Carl Axel Gemzell.
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Falun
Sweden
Samuel Lawson
Auckland
New
Zea
Land
Expressen
Carl Axel Gemzell
Uppsala University
Sydney
Australia
Sun
The
Lawson
National Women's Hospital
Living Costs Surge Driven by Food Prices in June
The Labor Department reported a five tenths of one percent rise in living costs for June, led by a two percent jump in food prices, especially meat and poultry, pushing the consumer price index to 110.1 for the month. The index indicates June costs equaled $1101 at current prices for goods that cost $10 in the 1957-59 base period.
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Washington
Labor Department
Stock Market Advances as Steels and Motors Lead
New York stocks rose in early trading with Steels and Motors pacing the advance. Aerospace and defense shares fell, while Little Electronics edged up gradually amid cautious trading.
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New York
Hood College opens Coblentz Memorial Hall dormitory
Hood College completed Coblentz Memorial Hall and turned it over to the college. The $630,000 facility, funded in part by an HHFA loan, will house 129 students and is to be dedicated October 8 after the trustees fall meeting. Students begin arriving September 15 with use of the top floors of older dormitories reduced.
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Coblentz Memorial
Hood College
Hood
Frederick Construction Company
Housing and Home Finance Agency
HHFA
Coblentz Memorial Hall
College Board of
Oscar B. Coblentz
Edward P
Paratroopers land as B52s pound Viet Cong positions
In Saigon, 101st Airborne’s 1st Brigade lands 3700 men at Cam Ranh Bay 180 miles northeast of Saigon. B52 jets from Strategic Air Command drop 300 tons on Viet Cong near Se Saigon area. Objective is to secure 2500 engineers building a port and airstrip while 1st Division troops reinforce. Ambassador Maxwell Taylor II attends. President Johnson announces force buildup to 125,000 troops.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
101St Airborne Division
Normandy
Bastogne
101Sts First Brigade
Cam Ranh Bay
Strategic Air Command
173Rd Airborne Brigade
France
Maxwell D Taylor II
Taylor
Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Thomas
Johnson
U S
U.S
Oakland
Calif
le Roy L. Eltinge
James Timothy
New Orleans
US Army
White Boy Killed In C R Vigil in Americus
In Americus Georgia a white teenager died after a shot from a passing car during a late night civil rights vigil at the Sumter County Courthouse. Police arrested Eddie Will Lamar and Charlie Lee Hopkins of Americus in connection with the shooting.
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Americu. Ga
Cnil
Sumter County
Eddie Will Lamar
Charlie Lee Hopkins
Americus
Andy Whatles
Albans
Whatley
Crvd
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Ft. Detrick
Frank J. Keefer
Cynthia Maria Mathews
Russell Mathews Jr
Farm Bureau
Myralee Garst
John H. Garst
Walkersville
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