Boy Accused of Barn Fires Goes On Trial Here
In Circuit Court at Mt. Pleasant 19 year old Robert Altie Fouche faces two counts of arson for three fires at farms owned by Darwin Barker and Charles Zasther Main. He testified his confession came after hours of police custody. State and defense opened with witnesses from the Main and Barrier farms as jurors were selected and a crowd gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Mr. Pleasant
Robert Altie Fouche
Fouche
Edwin F
Nikirk
Darwin Barker
Mt. Pleasant
Jbarn
Burrer
Charles Zasther Main
Burner
Main
Albert Creek
Robert S. Rothenhoefer
Rothenhoefer
Charles Mann
Burrier
Barrier Farm
Creek
Lions Donate 500 Toward Frederick County Blood Program
Frederick Lions Club contributes 500 toward the county blood program which aims to raise 3600 pledges and 2700 pints this year. James A. Grove chairs the effort, outlining recruitment through service clubs and civic groups and distributing pledge cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Lions Club
Frederick County
James A. Grove
Board of Education
Grove
Red Cross
Nught
Raymond O. Dart
Washington
Lillian K. Throckmorton
Francis O'Connor
Alexander
Ellsworth McGaha
Middletown
William Wallace
Frederick
Gene
Gene Ramsburg, Frederick: Lt. Ernest L. Wineholt
American Legion
Brunswick
Donald Carr
Bruce Crim
Pomona Grange
T. J. Allen
Allen R. Gaddis
Walkersville
Gladsone Thompson
Frontiers of America
E. H. McBride
John £. Schell Jr
Charles V
State Police Cruiser Overturns On Rt 40
A police cruiser overturned on Route 40 near the 404 intersection after skidding on ice at 4 10 a m. Driver Tie Victor L Fuel ming suffered a lacerated hand needing 19 stitches at Frederick Memorial Hospital and was released after treatment. Damage to the cruiser was listed at $200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Route 40
Tie
Victor L. Fuelming
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Robert T. Storer
Tre. Guilmino
Wee Eat
U S Copter Down In Red Infested Region
In Saigon area 23 Communist guerrillas were killed in a Mekong delta operation. A U S Army helicopter with engine trouble was downed in a red infested zone near Kien Hoa Province while government troops surrounded the area awaiting a replacement engine. Diem ordered five battalions to flush out a Viet Cong stronghold in Anp Tan Long as another major operation was delayed by bad weather.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Mekong River
Kien Hoa
China Sea
Dam Doi
An Xuyen
Anp Tan Long
U.S
Ngo Dinh Diem
Two Drivers Injured In East Patrick King Ave Crash
At 6 am two cars, a 1955 Chevrolet and a 55 Dodge coupe, collided at East Patrick street and King avenue. Mercer 1955 Chevrolet eastbound tried to turn into King avenue, hit by Howard 55 Dodge going west. Mercer charged with failing to yield right of way. Both drivers hospitalized then discharged. Market moves forward New York stock update follows.
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East Patrick Street
King Avenue
East Patrick
Charles Edward Mercer
Mercer
Patrick
Robert LeRoy Howard
Howard
United Ambulance
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Guy Himes
James Schreyer
Suspect Jailed After Break-In and Disorderly Conduct
A 92 year old farm laborer Lloyd R. Roberts was convicted of destruction of property disorderly conduct and resisting arrest and jailed for 130 days after a breaking and entering at Scotty's confectionery 300 North Market street. He jumped from interrogation and threatened officers on the way to police headquarters. Roberts had prior convictions and was fined 150 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd R. Roberts
East Seventh Street
Scotty
North Market Street
Stanley V. Gaver
Third Street
Gaver
Roberts
Magistrate’s Court
James Schroyer
Donald E. Tracey
John B. Wheeldon
Tracey
Schroyer
William Wenner
Stanley Y. Bennett
Maryland House of Correction
Leg lawmakers listed for SRC legal work in Maryland
ANNAPOLIS AP Ten Maryland delegates and eight senators were paid last year for legal work for the State Roads Commission. Atty Gen Thomas B Finan released a list of attorneys with business for the commission after a request by W Lee Harrison. The Towson firm shared by three officials earned 11416.25 for title searches settlements and condemnations. Other fees ranged from 30 to 8700 dollars for various delegates and senators, including Virts from Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Maryland
State Roads Commission
Commission
Thomas B. Finan
W. Lee Lee Harrison
State Senate
Baltimore County
Finan
Harrison
Towson Law
Roads Commission
Daniel 1B
Brewer
Flood Waters Sweep Into Streets Of Baltimore
President Kennedy plans rapid action on requests from Maryland New Jersey and Delaware for major disaster designations. Federal agencies will aid in emergency repair rescue and relief as governors seek rapid federal assistance after a severe winter storm along the Atlantic coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Maryland
New Jersey
Delaware
White House
Pierre Salinger
Atlantic
Pay TV Upheld by Court in Hartford Trial
The U S Court of Appeals upheld FCC authority to run a three year pay television trial in Hartford via RKO Phonevision on WHCT. Devices attach to home sets with installation costs from 750 to 10 and weekly rental 75 cents. Programs priced 7 cents to 1 50, no ads during 40 hours weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
Federal Communications Commission
Henry W. Edgerton
Commission
Walter M. Bastian
Warren B. Burger
Edgerton
Connecticut
Stanley Warner Management Co
Loew's, Inc
Connecticut Theaters
Manchester Drive- In Theater Corp
Outdoors Theaters
FCC
RKO Phonevision Co
Hartford
Conn
RKO
WHCT
Phonevision Isysem
New York
National Broadcasting Co
Atlantic Coastline Is In Ruins From Storm
Coastal areas of seven Mid-Atlantic states endured a brutal winter storm with record high tides and mountainous waves. At least 29 deaths were reported from North Carolina to New York as power lines and communications failed. Virginia and New Jersey reported extensive damage, with governors requesting disaster declarations and National Guard aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mid- Atlantic
North Carolina
New York
New England
Delaware
Elbert N. Carvel
Kennedy
Carvel
Virginia
Wallops Island
H Dumont
Coast Guard
Chun
Dry Ice Distributed Supports Power Restoral Efforts
Frederick County rush to normal continues as Potomac Edison crews restore service and roads crews clear snow. About 36 local crews plus additional helpers from Virginia and Pennsylvania work to reopen lines. Officials praise workers for long hours and public cooperation as plans for further weather events loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Weather Bureau
Potomac Edison Company
John W. Morgan
Potomac Edison
Ebert Ice Cream Company
Morgan
Richmond
Monongahela Power Company
Fairmont
W. Va
West Penn Power Company
Greensburg
R. G. MacDonald
Carl V. Weakley
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
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U. S
Ford Motor
Paris
France
Ministry of Defense
SRC
Cratic
A. Gordon Boone
John N. Maguire
James A. Pine
Del
Alger Y. Barbee
Montgomery
J. Raymond Buffington
D-Balto
del Clarence H. Corkran Jr
Dorchester
Walter B. Dorsey
St. Mary's
Morton H. Getz
D-Harford
Sen
Harry R. Hughes
Caroline
Ridgely P. Melvin Jr
Herry G. Machen
D-Prince Georges
Frederick C. Milkus
Richard M. Matthews
D-Dorchester
John Hanson
Ocean City
Baltimore
Bay
Kent Narrows
Queen Annes County
Grasonsville
Chester River
St. Georges Island
St. Marys County
Solomons Island
Calvert
Cobb Island
Charles
Hoopers Island
Wingale
Tilghmans Island
Talbot
Crisfield
Somerset
Dorchester County
Berlin
74Th Street
Guy Tawes
Beac
Po Hoe
James Wile
Queean City
Buckingham
Chesapeake
Norfolk
McCormack
John W. McCormack
House
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Missouri
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