County Backs New Market Bond Issue
The county commissioners vote to back a 100000 New Market sewer bond with county credit. The measure passed two to one, Democratic members split as Lawrence Dorsey opposed, A Irvin Renn and Russell Horman supported. Renn said sewer and water facilities drive county growth and that repayments come from users in the New Market District. He noted state and federal aid needs and bank loan terms. Dorsey argued for a citizen study on future water and sewer needs and a possible government unit to manage facilities, stressing cooperation with business groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence A Dorsey
A. Irvin Renn
Russell
Horman
Dorsey
Frederick Metropolitan
Renn
New Market District
Girl Hurt by German Shepherd Near Potomac River
Four year old Eileen Denise Moose of Hanover Pennsylvania suffered multiple back lacerations from a German Shepherd as she played near a cabin along the Potomac River three miles east of Brunswick. She was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital with five stitches required for one wound. Police said the dog’s owner Samuel G Bennett has a cabin along the river and investigators are unsure if the injuries came from a bite a claw or a fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsyvania
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Eileen Denise Moose
Richard Moose
Hanover, Pa
Hileen
Potomac River
Brunswick
Samuel G Bennett
Eileen
John Brown Farm Backed For Park
U S Rep Charles Mathias urges the National Park Service to buy the John Brown Farm near Harpers Ferry to join Harpers Ferry National Historic Park. The site served as Brown headquarters in 1859 where he recruited men and planned an attack on the Harpers Ferry post. Mathias calls for prompt action and wider historic land acquisition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Charles McC. Mathias
John Brown
Harpers Ferry National Historic Park
Harpers Ferry
Brown
National Park Service
Mathias
China to Conduct Third and Fourth Nuclear Tests
Tokyo AP reports Mao Zedong told an Indonesian official that Peking plans a third and fourth nuclear tests, signaling continued nuclear development amid Cold War tensions. Kyodo cited the disclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Communist Chinese Party
Mao Tzetung
Peking
Kyo- Do
City Begins Resurfacing Streets
Frederick plans a seven street blacktop resurfacing project costing about 25000 dollars. City engineer Robert Whiteford says work includes curb and gutter replacement and raising manhole covers for a one inch asphalt layer. Streets listed include Chapel Avenue Record Street Linden Avenue Walnut Street Taney Schley Avenues Military Road and Fairview Avenue. Work to start mid next week.
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Frederick Streets
Robert Whiteford
Chapel Avenue
East Fifth Street
East Sixth Street
Record Street
Second Street
West Church Street
Linden Avenue
West Patrick Street
Poplar Street
Walnut Street
East Linden
Taney
Schley
West Seventh Street
Rosemont Avenue
Military Road
International Outlook At Episcopal Church Conference
Approximately 300 attendees join the Episcopal Province of Washington six day conference at Hood College focusing on The New Shape of the Christian Mission. Canon Douglas Webster from Great Britain and chaplain Wadim Z Haddad of Jordan lead lectures as Rev. Warren Mace directs the event with Rev. William Sydnor as dean and Robert D. Owen as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Province of Washington
Hood College
Warren Mace
Washington
Douglas Webster
Church Missionary Society of
William Sydnor
Christ Church In
Alexandria
Robert D. Owen
Braddock Heights
Sarah W. Moore
Redwood Avenue
Bank Barn Destroyed By Fire Near Mt Airy
Sterling Roberts of Buffalo Road near Mt Airy saw his bank barn burn this morning after 9. A backfiring combine is blamed for the blaze that also destroyed about two tons of hay and straw not part of this year’s crop. No livestock were harmed and the combine was saved. Firemen from Mt Airy and Lisbon fought the flames for just over an hour. Damages were not yet estimated and the barn was insured per the owner’s wife.
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Sterling Roberts
Buffalo Road
Mt. Airy
Lisbon
Polio victim walks at Baldwin Wallace graduation
Nancy Malinosky 21, confined to a wheelchair for 15 years, walked the Baldwin Wallace College stage as valedictorian aided by President Alfred Bonds Jr. She described practicing since January and noted a 3.87 GPA. She plans to enter Drew University Theological Seminary for a Bachelor of Divinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, Ohio
Nancy Malinosky
Nancy
Baldwin - Wallace College
Baldwin-Wallace
Alfred B. Bonds Jr
Dr. Bonds
Raymond Malinosky
Geneva
Ohio
Mrs. Malinosky
Hood College Names New Secretary and Emeritus Professors
Hood College trustees elected Philip S. VanHook as secretary of the college corporation succeeding Catherine A. Thomas who retired after nearly 39 years on the staff. Dr Frances C. Cutujian and Miss Marion G. Smith were named emeritus professors as they retire from Hood after long tenures. VanHook, 1961 Hood staff, has taught German and English and holds a Dickinson College degree with further study at Temple Harvard and Boston universities. He also teaches at Frederick Community College and serves on Calvary Methodist Church board. NEW YORK AP stock market opens higher in moderate trading.
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Hood College Board of Trustees
Hood
Philip S. VanHook
Catherine A. Thomas
Thomas
Frances C. Cutujian
Marion G. Smith
Miss Smith
van Hook
College
Greer School
New York
Dickinson College
Temple University
Harvard
Boston
VanHook
Frederick Community College
Calvary Methodist Church
Frederick
Vietnamese Battalion Wiped Out
In the Dong Xoai area Vietnamese rangers found about 100 government troops dead, the 7th Airborne Battalion among them, with helicopter wreckage and an identification tag nearby. U.S. forces moved to Phuoc Vinh to protect airfields as a 10 member committee under Maj. Gen. Nguyen Van Thien formed to oversee a new government.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Dong Xoai
7Th Airborne
U.S
U.S. Airborne Brigade
Phuoc Vinh
Nguyen van Thien
Nguyen Cao
Thieu
Phan Khac Sun
Phan Huy Quat
Quat
County rejects apartment project at Butterfly Lane site
County commissioners vote unanimously to deny rezoning 43 acres at Butterfly Lane and Mount Philip Road for a 430 unit apartment complex proposed by Wilbur Hargett and Howard Fink. Health officials cited previous percolation test failures and inadequate sewage capacity, while WFMD and the Frederick County Health Department opposed the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butterfly Lane
Mount Philip Road
Wilbur Hargett
Howard Fink
WFMD
Frederick County Health Department
Frederick County Planning Commission
Forbes H. Burgess
Morton M. Seigel
George Sanner
Ballenger Farm Sold For 174000 In Maryland Land Deal
International Investments Inc. bought 145 acres along Ballenger Creek Pike from Mr. and Mrs. Harlen A. Wiles for 174000. Attorney Charles McC Mathias Sr. said the Virginia firm plans future development but has not revealed specifics. The land traces to Pairponts Discovery. directors include John J. Hall of Alexandria and Margaret Wright of Montgomery County. In a second sale, Verna A. Boteler transferred 34 acres at Buckeystown to Robert L. and Verna Harper for 60000.
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Alexandria
Margaret Wright
Montgomery County
Maryland
Verna A. Boteler
Buckeystown
Robert L. Harper
Four Die in Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel Crash
A collision on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel near Norfolk Virginia caused a fiery wreck that killed four people. The victims were not identified at once but were said to be occupants of a car with Connecticut plates.
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Norfolk, Va
Chesapeake Bay
Connecticut
State Convention Here Amvets Elect Officers
Two Fredericktonians were elected to top Amvets posts at the Maryland American Veterans of World War II state convention. Wesley Farr of Frederick Post 2 became state commander, replacing A Lec Anderson of Rockville who was endorsed for national vice commander in charge of membership. Polly Garber was named president of the state auxiliary as resolutions urged re employment rights for veterans, a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, renewal of National Service Life Insurance, and defense of Civil Service status for veterans bureaus.
Astronauts White McDivitt to be honored in Chicago
Chicago civil rights groups threaten another protest amid the city welcome for astronauts Edward H. White II and James A. McDivitt. President and Mrs Humphrey will greet them as crowds gather for a ticker tape parade and student Q&A sessions. Demonstrations claim to disrupt traffic already led to hundreds of arrests.
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Chicago
Edward H. White II
James A McDivitt
O'Hare International
Houston
Tex
Hubert H. Humphrey
Washington
White
McDivitt
Richard J Daley
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Albert Raby
Dick Gregory
Col
Jack Reilly
Daley
Benjamin C Willis
Annbor
University of Michigan
Youths Plead Guilty To Larceny In Parked Car Theft
Two Frederick youths, Donald Oden Jr. and Eugene Chipley, pleaded guilty in Circuit Court to stealing 245 dollars worth of equipment from a car parked behind Sears Roebuck. They admitted taking a chain saw motor and two tool boxes from John Landis’s vehicle on March 1. Arrest followed March 3. Landis asked for leniency as sentencing was postponed pending background checks.
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Frederick
Donald Leonard Oden Jr
West South Street
Eugene Chipley
RFD
Walkersville
John Landis
Sears and Roebuck Company
Landis
Patrick M. Schnauffer
No Major Business At Town Meetings Tonight
No major business is expected to be transacted at town meetings in Walkersville Woodsboro Middletown and Burkittsville with officials outlining routine agenda items and community updates. Inevitable discussions may cover local services zoning and budget matters though no major items are anticipated.
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Walkersville
Woodsboro
Middletown
Burkittsville
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C Rights Group
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