Snow Causes Hazardous Driving in Frederick Area
Snow and rain created hazardous driving last night with numerous minor accidents. A snow emergency began Friday 4 45 p m and was lifted today at 9 a m. Rivers rose then receded. Monocacy River crest reached 20 feet, now 19. Potomac at Point of Rocks rose about seven and a half feet above normal. many low roads remained flooded but passable. Roads flooded by Monocacy left several cars stalled. one Reichs Ford Road vehicle had its battery placed on top after being removed.
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Frederick County
Monocacy River
Monocacy
Frederick
Potomac River
Matthew R. Kerrigan
Kerrigan
Reich
Ford Road
Helfrich Named Manager of Arlan's Department Store
Leonard W. Helfrich, a Wilkes Barre native and Wilkes College graduate, is named manager of Arlan's Department Store opening this spring. He previously worked as buyer and assistant merchandise manager in ladies ready-to-wear and later in the discount field. He served two years in the army with the First Cavalry Division in Korea and Japan and will move his family to Frederick soon.
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Leonard W. Helfrich
Arlan’s
Helfrich
Wilkes Barre
Wilkes College
Fother Dick
Walker
First Cavalry
Korea
Japan
Frederick
Car Flips Skids 240 Feet On Top In Md. Crash
A 20 year old Boyd motorist Aubrey A. Claggett Jr escaped serious injury when his car overturned and skidded 240 feet on its top along Md 806 about 4 miles south of Frederick. He was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital for minor abrasions and lacerations. The 1957 hardtop was demolished and no charges have been filed.
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Boyds
Aubrey A. Claggett Jr
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Tfc. C
Ronald Twigg
Frederick
Claggett
Tie
Top E. Barnes
Brunswick High School Contract Extension Granted
The Frederick County School Board granted Lemuel J. Keller a 75 to 105 day extension to finish Brunswick High School citing change orders in tiling and other items. The board, noting it was granted reluctantly, set new completion goals of May 31 for special rooms and gym and June 30 for remaining classrooms, with the facility to open in fall. Keller cited sinking caissons, slab thickening, revised structural drawings removing terrazzo tiling, and social studies room plan changes as delays.
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Frederick County
Lemuel J. Keller
New Brunswick
Keller
Jefferson
Tolbert F. Sawyer
New Brunswick High School
John L. Carnochan
Brunswick High School
O-Negative Blood Drive Urgent Appeal at Mt. St. Marys
Postmaster James A. Grove urged O-negative donors during a bloodmobile visit to Mt. St. Marys College Emmitsburg. Fifteen pints are needed for an open heart operation on a Salisbury man at Walter Reed Army Hospital. If insufficient, the operation may be postponed. Donors encouraged from other areas, blood drawn 1 to 1 30 p.m. with regular collection until 5 30 p.m.
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James A. Grove
Mt. St. Mary’s College
Emmitsburg
Frederick City
Grove
Showell
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Red Cross
South Market Street
Jubilee To Be On School Grounds
The Frederick County school board granted use of Brunswick High School grounds for the Brunswick Diamond Jubilee but denied use of the baseball diamond area and adjacent zones including the road edge and the parking lot. Tolbert F. Sawyer was tasked with negotiating with Jubilee authorities on an adjacent area near the ball field. The ball field itself was denied because it would be freshly seeded during the jubilee window from August 28 to September 6.
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New Brunswick
Frederick County
Tolbert F. Sawyer
Sawyer
Coin Toss Wins Car Sale in London
London AP reports bookmaker Peter Mortimer advertised his car at 1260 dollars and offered a heads or nothing coin toss. Auto dealer William Costello accepted and won the car after Mortimer’s coin landed heads.
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London
Peter Mortimer
Dougie
William Costello
Costello
Mortimer
Inmates Debating Team Wins Lottery Showdown at Prison
Prisoners clinched a 3-1 split decision over the Baltimore Junior Association of Commerce in a Friday night forensic debate at the Maryland Penitentiary Auditorium. The question was whether a statewide lottery is necessary to meet rising state government expenditures.
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Baltimore
Jackson Ehatt
Maryland Penitentiary
Jaycees
Charles McKinney
Johnnie J. Smith
Smith
Ehatt
Maryland Senate OKs Sheriff Salary Hike in Frederick County
The Maryland Senate passed a bill to raise the Frederick County sheriff salary to 7500 dollars. The measure by Sen John A. Derr would add three wardens at the Frederick County Jail, totaling six. Current sheriff compensation includes a 5400 dollar salary, plus an automobile and a residence. wardens and turnkeys earn at least 1320 dollars annually.
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Frederick County
Maryland Senate
John A. Derr
R-Fred
Whites To Demonstrate In Selma
Members of a group calling themselves the Concerned White Citizens of Alabama gathered in Selma for a march denouncing what they call intimidation of Negro voter applicants. An afternoon procession planned to Dallas County courthouse featured Rev Joseph Ellwanger of St. Paul's Lutheran in Birmingham as leader.
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Selma Ala
Alabama
Selma
Dallas County
Joseph Ellwanger
St. Paul's Lutheran Church of
Birmingham
Ellwanger
Huntsville
Tuscaloosa
Auburn
Montgomery
Peaceful Policy May End U S Russia Relations
U S officials anticipate worsening ties with the Soviet Union amid the Vietnam war crisis. Russia may suspend peaceful coexistence, while Red China backs North Vietnam. US aims more air strikes and holds to defending South Vietnam until Hanoi halts aggression. Secretary Rusk briefed Latin American ambassadors on the stance.
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U.S
Russia
South Viet Nam
Red China
North Viet Nam
United States
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Dean Rusk
State Department
Britain
France
India
Child Treated After Drinking Kerosene
A one year old girl, Zina Lynn Blackston, daughter of Ann V. Blackston, West Fifth Street, was treated in the Frederick Memorial Hospital emergency room about 5:20 pm Friday after drinking kerosene. She is reported in good condition.
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Frederick Child
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Zina Lynn Blackston
Ann V. Blackston
West Fifth Street
Fulbright proposes joint US Soviet aid and canal venture
Senator Fulbright suggests cooperative aid programs and joint operation of a Central American canal with the Soviet Union to ease tensions and foster settlements on disarmament German unification and UN peacekeeping issues. He warned such cooperation carries both promise and risk in a divided world. He spoke at Penn State but bad weather forced cancellation of the trip.
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Washington
J W .Fulbright
Arkansas Democrat
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Pennsylvania State University
Middle East
Congo
Police Force On Full Alert
In Saigon a police alert rose amid mock bombing drills by air force units and rumors of anti American demonstrations. Officials noted battleground activity near Da Nang and a Viet Cong ambush that killed a regimental commander. A US Army officer was wounded by a grenade trap near Saigon as rangers were deployed to a major battle zone.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Air Force
Nguyen Khanh
da Nang Air Base
Here
Ho Dac Hanh
Quang Nam-Quang Tin
da Nang
Wilson Visits West Berlin First since split city in 16 years
Prime Minister Harold Wilson arrived in West Berlin for a historic visit that marks the first by a British head of government to the divided city in 16 years. He was greeted at the airport by West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt and Britain's ambassador Sir Frank Roberts, with Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart also in attendance. Talks in Bonn with Chancellor Ludwig Erhard planned for Sunday could raise disputes over maintenance costs for the British Army of the Rhine.
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Berlin
Harold Wilson
Wilson
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Frank Roberts
Bonn
Ludwig Erhard
Subscription Firm Denies Naming News
The Civic Reading Club, a Frederick based magazine subscription seller, states it has not used the News-Post name in sales promotions. The Frederick News-Post reports persons are using its name in a telephone subscription survey. The papers are not connected with the campaign.
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Civic Reading Club
Frederick
News-Post
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