Potomac River Flood Crest Fades After 23 Foot Peak
Potomac River crested late last night at 23 feet with seven feet above flood level but no homes flooded. Water began slowly receding this morning at Point of Rocks where flood stage is 16 feet. Harpers Ferry rose to 18.9 feet, Cumberland 11 feet, Williamsport 23.6 feet, Hancock 25.9 feet, all receding as rain subsides. Continuous river forecasts show no more rain today and Friday.
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Potomac River
M. R. Kerrigan
Point of Rocks
Potomoc
U.S. Weather Bureau
Kerrigan
Shores
Harpers Ferry
West Virginia
Potomac
Cumberland
Williamsport
Washington County
Hancock
Terrace Lanes seeks beer sales at Winchester public hearing
About 50 people attended a Winchester Hall hearing where Terrace Lanes asked for beer for on premises consumption. Edward P. Thomas Jr. led the proposal as president and general manager, with attorney David Weinberg representing the bowling center. The liquor license commissioner Louis V. Myers Jr. presided as testimony continued.
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Winchester Hall
Terrace Lanes
Edward P. Thomas Jr
Winchester Room
Louis V. Myers Jr
Thomas
David Weinberg
Terrace
City Reforms Water Billing Schedule in Frederick
Frederick City restructures water charges by dividing into three zones with staggered billing. East side residents north of West Seventh Street pay in March and September, central west residents between West Patrick and West Seventh Streets pay in April and October, and western residents west of South Market Street south of West Fatick Street pay in May and November.
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Frederick City
Market Street
West Seventh Street
West Patrick
West Seventh Streets
South Market Street
West Fatiick Street
Storekeeper Shoots Man Three Times in New London
A New London man, Charles E. Baker, 29, was shot three times by storekeeper Courtney Fox after allegedly breaking into and pursuing her through a store. Baker was treated and released from Frederick Memorial Hospital with wounds to the left foot, leg, and arm. He is jailed on assault trespassing and property destruction charges, with a hearing set for Friday.
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New London
Charles E. Baker
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Carl R. Harbaugh
Baker
Courtney Fox
Frederick County
Magistrade's
Tie. Harbaugh
FCC College Salary Scales Adopted by Board of Trustees
The Frederick Community College Board approves salary scales for four academic ranks from instructor to professor and senior admin posts, with top administrator salaries up to 17 200 yearly. Instructors earn 6 000 to 7 500, assistant professors 7 000 to 9 000, associate professors 8 000 to 11 500, and professors 10 000 to 14 500. Administrative roles such as business manager and registrar run 6 000 to 10 000, with dean 11 500 to 15 700 and president 13 000 to 17 200. yearly increments are not set for president or dean. Part-time faculty earn 100 to 250 per semester hour. New hires include Mrs Anna W Ford and Robert G Robertson, with Col Edith Sn appointed.
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Board of Trustees
Frederick Community College
FCC
Anna W. Ford
Robert G. Robertson
Col
Edith Sn
Vietnam War Weekly Casualties and Delta Offensive Initiated
The U S reports 1 167 casualties last week as heavy fighting and escalating attacks raise totals, with 232 killed and 1 381 wounded. Communists suffer 1 736 dead, and defectors flow under an amnesty program. U S forces begin major Mekong Delta operations with the 9th Infantry Division at Dong Tam.
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Saigon
U. S
Red Labs
Ia Drang Valley
South Vietnam
U .S. Command
Mekong Delta
U. S. 9Th Infantry Division
U.S
Dong Tam
Gov Agnew Warns of Cuts to 10 Million Capital Plan
Annapolis AP Gov Agnew expresses grave concern over reports legislators may cut the $10 million pay as you go capital improvement program. He urges immediate action to stop such thinking and promotes his plan for a graduated income tax of 2 to 5 percent, max at $4,000+. The proposal aims to save taxpayers millions in interest versus bond financing.
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Annapolis
Agnew
Burkittsville landfill plan eyed by county officials
Frederick County commissioners endorsed a proposal to take over operation of the Burkittsville dump after inspection with Burkittsville Raritan Club and Southey T Nottingham. County planner Wirgan urged a large shared facility with Frederick City to cut costs as city officials move to bar county waste from the city dump.
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Frederick County
Burkittsville
Burkittsville Raritan Club
Southey T. Nottingham
Charles §. Collins
Russell
Horman
Wallace E Hutton
Collins
Frederick City
John A Derr
Grand Jury Begins Probe Of Plot Against Kennedy
A New Orleans grand jury convened to probe the Kennedy assassination with a subpoena for lawyer Dean Andrews Jr who once represented Oswald. The inquiry aims to prove a conspiracy hatched in New Orleans leading to the Dallas shooting on November 22, 1963.
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Kennedy
New Orleans
Lee Harvey Oswald
Orleans Parish
Dean Andrews Jr
Dist. Adv
Jim Garrison
John F Kennedy
Dallas
Warren Commission
Oswald
Andrews
Clay Bertrand
FBI
Clay Bertrand Garrison
Clay L. Shaw
Bertrand
Shaw
International Trace Mart
Loussana
Criminal District
Crimnal
Bernard Bagert
Garrison
Bagert
David W. Ferrie
Ferrie
John F. Kennedy
Gunmen Hold Up Takoma Park Bank for $50,000
Two masked men with a submachine gun and a double barrel shotgun robbed the Suburban Trust Co. branch at 6950 Carroll Avenue in Takoma Park Md before opening, forcing employees to crouch as they took $50,000. They fled in a 1967 Lincoln sedan. car later found abandoned. Suspects described as young white men in blue ski masks.
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Takoma Park, Md
Takoma Park
Suburban Trust Co
FBI
Carroll Avenue
O'Brien authorizes Frederick Post Office expansion plan
The U S Post Office Department in Washington authorized a about 1 million extension and modernization for the Frederick Post Office. The plan increases the earlier $61000 estimate by $390000 and includes interim repairs funded by General Services Administration. Local officials and Maryland senators welcomed the move saying it will provide first class facilities and long overdue improvements.
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Frederick
U.S. Post Office Department
Washington
Charles McC. Mathias
R. Md
Maryland
Daniel B. Brewster
Joseph D. Tydings
Lawrence O’ Brien
Mathias
General Services Administration
O’ Brien
James A. Grove
Post Office Department
Grove
Brewster
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committees
East Patrick Street
Tydings
Ocal Post Office
TWA Jetliner Crashes Near Urbana With 25 Aboard
AP reports a Trans World Airlines DCO jetliner carrying 25 people crashed today about 30 miles from Sunday's fatal crash site where 38 died. Early word from the scene says there were no survivors.
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Urbana
Ohio
Trans World Airlines
Job Opportunity Fair Here Friday
The first Frederick County Job Opportunity Fair will be held Friday at the Armory on North Benty and West Second Streets. The fair opens to the public from 3 to 9 pm and will bring 26 local firms with displays and representatives ready to answer questions about jobs. Earlier in the day more than 1000 county high school seniors will attend the fair from area schools.
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Frederick County
North Benty
West Second Streets
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