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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1960
Page
1
Major Jacob Ramsburg reports a suit against Frederincz city officials over a police pension plan. He declines details, says facts will emerge in Circuit Court. Chief Judge Patrice M Schnauffer orders show cause by July. Byline notes 31 police officers filed the action.
Frederick City was honored by the American Automobile Association for pedestrian safety work and remaining free of pedestrian fatalities for three years. Maryland and 12 other cities shared awards in the National Pedestrian Program, with Maryland placing second among 11 states reporting.
A three hour blaze damaged a two story house near Woodsboro owned by Ray Tregoning. The fire began in a bedroom clothes closet and damaged multiple rooms. No injuries were reported as companies from New Midway and Woodsboro battled the flames from 8:45 p.m. to midnight before bringing it under control.
The local Junior Red Cross summer school welcomes 205 teenagers for a week of learning by doing. Delegates from multiple states and the District of Columbia will be trained by 27 staff under Delbert J. Pugh. The program includes water safety demonstrations, group meetings, and a formal dinner with folk dancing.
About 200 members of the local National Guard joined thousands of guardsmen this morning for a two week summer encampment at Fort Bragg North Carolina. Companies A and B from the First Battle Zrom Histh Infantry 2d Division were led by Capt Paul Crum and Capt Richard Fox respectively.
The Urbana Methodist Circuit receives the Rural Church of the Year award for the Washington West District at the Rural Life Dinner in Westminster during the Baltimore Annual Conference. The circuit includes Araby Bethany at Flint Tyamsville Wesley Chapels in Urbana and Koontz Chapel, with notable progress in finances, attendance, and property improvements across all member churches.
Frederick hosts a public hearing of a Legislative Council committee to examine the state Employment Security program. Senator Barrick and Delegate Smelser chair the Judicial Committee with area officials invited for views. Meetings also set for June 29 in Baltimore and July 1 in Salisbury.
The state weighs Frederick County as a potential location for a new penal institution. Rumors cited farm acquisitions eastern Frederick County and a Linganore High School area site, but legislators say no definite site has been chosen. Transportation cost concerns favor a location nearer Baltimore, with an Eastern Shore site also discussed by officials.
A car rammed a fence on East South street at about 1 am injuring three people and causing $200 in damages. James William Fogie of East South drove east on East South, skidded 60 feet, hit a curb and struck Frederick County Products property, with car damage of $150 and fence damage $0. No charges were filed. Police Lt. Ralph Potts Cpl. Paul Mossburg investigated. Three hospitalized for injuries. Also: South Korea PM says Rhee’s plan for unification by force is abandoned.
Thirteen people died in automobile accidents in Frederick Carroll Howard Montgomery and Washington counties during May per Maryland State Police. Frederick led fatalities with five, while Montgomery and Washington had three each and Howard had two. Carroll had none.
AP reports on the Korean War anniversary with North Korea demanding U S troop withdrawal from South Korea and Asia while U S and UN forces deter further aggression. Gen White defends freedom in Korea. Pyongyang draws 300000 in rallies. Sinchun museum cites alleged atrocities. Maj Gen Joo Chang Joon pushes for immediate withdrawal near Panmunjom. Also Miss Maryland winner Jerri Fiorelli of Baltimore with 36 24 36 stats and trip to Miami Beach.
Nearly 3,000 pickets marched past the American Embassy toward Parliament as 11th straight day of left wing protests faced a police wall. Demonstrators organized by the Communist party and labor unions urged pullout of U.S. troops from Japan and Korea. A separate rally of 3,000 pro Red Korean residents marked the Korean War anniversary.
Destructive funnels struck Pennsylvania New York and Vermont with roofs torn from buildings and power lines down. An emergency was declared around Schenectady Rot terdam and Woodlawn where wreckage filled streets. The Weather Bureau noted colder air ending alarms though some fringe turbulence remained.
Fidel Castro declares willingness to wager a million tons on Cuban sugar output in 1961 and swap quotas with the United States if production falls or rises accordingly. He accuses the American public of being misled and warns of seizing American property in response to quota cuts while pressuring refiners over Soviet crude oil.
An airliner with 3 aboard including at least one American crashed into Guanabara Bay near Rio de Janeiro while approaching Santos Dumont Airport. Navy crews found wreckage and body parts but no survivors. Passengers included Newton B. Thompson of Waterville Maine and other Anglo names. one congressman Jose Gomes Talarica survived.
Senator Wiley defended Eisenhower era foreign policy and dismissed charges of foresight failures over the Paris summit. He argued Khrushchev would have torpedoed the talks regardless of the U2 incident and criticized fellow critics like Mansfield as misplacing blame on bureaucrats.
State Police investigated an automobile accident around midnight on West Fourth Street extended near city units. Tfc. Robert C. Snyder was assigned to the case. Details of the accident were not available.
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