Two Shot In Pool Room Fight Leaves Men Injured
A 21-year-old New London man was charged with assault and battery and assault with intent to kill after a pool hall shooting at 2 30 a m during an argument. Victims Donald Eugene Lyles 26 and Andre Hyatt Van Ravensburg 19 of Mt Airy were treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Richard C Dorsey 23 of Mt Airy remained jailed on similar counts.
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New London
Donald Eugene Lyles
Andre Hyatt van Ravensburg
RFD 1
Mt. Airy
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Richard C. Dorsey
Frederick County
Byron Hubble
U.S. 40
Lyles
Hubble
Ravensburg
Swindlers Foiled By City Woman
A Frederick resident foiled a swindle by two women and a man who targeted her as she entered a downtown bank. The group offered a sham envelope, talked of a Cuba address, and proposed a $3,000 payment from her account in exchange for $6,000 of purportedly in the envelope. Police report identities and ages of the suspects and say the case is under investigation by the detective bureau.
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Frederick
Cuba
Detective Bureau
Frederick City Bells Ring Across the Town
Residents describe the city bells as a defining sound. Baker Park and Westminster chimes mark time while St John’s Church bell and the Trinity Chapel clock add hourly notes. A silent 1893 Mt Olivet bell recalls funeral processions once rung from its third floor perch.
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North Market Street
Usde
Baker Park
Westminster
St. John’s Catholic Church
Trinity Reformed Chapel
Visitation Convent
Non
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Robert A.kline
Kline
McShane Bell Foundry
Baltimore
Peters Farm Rezoning Request Headsed For City Planning
The Frederick City Planning Commission will review the largest rezoning case in city history on Monday night. The 216 acre former Peters farm, now owned by Baer and Morse, would be split into 60 acres for R-2 single family homes, 90 acres for R-3 and R-4 types, with 45 acres set for a public park and seven acres for a future Morocacy Village Elementary School. A private sewer line valued at $230,000 would be installed if annexation fails. The site lies near Fort Detrick Disposal Plant, the Odd Fellows Home, and Monocacy Village, with frontage on the Monocacy River.
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Frederick
Zimmerman
Peters
Fort Detrick
Odd Fellows
Peters Farm
Frederick City
Phone Rate Reduction Announced by C. and P. Company
The C. and P. Telephone Company unveils an 1.8 million dollar rate cut to take effect April 15, aided by changes in separation procedures recommended by the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners and approved by the FCC. Public Service Commission study to review new toll schedules. People’s Counsel Harrison Robertson Jr. says the cut is insufficient and plans a petition for an additional 3 million reduction. This marks the second reduction by the company in fourteen months, following a 2 million cut in January 1968.
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C. and P. Telephone Company
National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners
Federal Communication Commission
Public Service Commission
People’s Counsel
Harrison Robertson Jr
Governors Meet Johnson to Discuss Viet Nam at White House
President Johnson hosts all 50 governors for informal talks at the White House. Moyers says no topics off limits though no major policy decisions will be disclosed. Rusk and McNamara to outline Southeast Asia developments as a war focus dominates the session. some governors could not attend. House Appropriations backs $13.1 billion in Viet Nam war supplemental funding, heading to the House floor Tuesday.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Viet Nam
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Southeast Asia
House
Senate
Rusk
McNamara
John Connally
Texas
Appalachian
House Appropriations Committee
Gemini 8 Team Set For Flight
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The Gemini 8 team and astronauts Armstrong and Scott in fine shape meet with project officials to review all major factors for next week’s flight. They rehearse in a spacecraft simulator and focus on docking with an Agena and Scott’s 20 hour space walk. Atlas Agena to launch at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Titan 2 crewed launch at 11 41 a.m. for the 14 day pursuit.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Neil A. Armstrong
David R. Scott
Scott
Food Rioters Toss Bombs In Calcutta
New Delhi AP reports Calcutta area mobs burned railway stations and hurled bombs as food riots entered a third day. Death toll tops 25 and leftist leaders threaten larger demonstrations. A State bus near Tala Bridge was trapped with three passengers wounded.
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New Delhi
India
Calcutta
West Bengal
Tala Bridge
Pension Bill Grants Maryland Lawmakers 2400 Salary at 55
The Maryland House approved a bill to pay pensions equal to 2400 dollars at age 55 after 20 years of service, for eight years of tenure. The measure passed 95 to 17 in the House and 21 to 5 in the Senate, with cheers and a recorded vote reversal by Delegate John W. Hardwicke. It would take effect June 1 unless vetoed or placed before voters in November.
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Annapolis
House of Delegates
Maryland
Senate
John W. Hardwicke
R-Harford
Tawes
Alan M. Resnick
Dbalto, &K
Army Chief Suharto Takes Firm Control
Singapore reports Lt Gen Suharto, Indonesia's army chief, dissolved and outlawed the Indonesian Communist party in the name of Sukarno. Sources say Suharto solidified control while Sukarno remains a figurehead. Subandrio reportedly dismissed or present at meeting. thousands of troops deployed in Jakarta as a force show.
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Singapore
Suharto
Indonesia
Sukarno
Subandrio
Abdul Haris Nasution
Nasution
Jakarta
U. S
Marshall Green
American Broadcasting Co
Indone
Viet War Slowed By Weather
In Saigon South Viet Nam allied ground and air offensives stalled by jungle cover and dense weather in the north. U S Marines infantry air assault and allied units could not rout Viet Cong from guarded areas after two weeks of attacks. Air Force Navy carrier planes limited to radar guided drops. bomb damage assessment hindered by overcast conditions.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
U. S. Air Force
Navy
North Viet Nam
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Montgomery County
Saterday
Robert A. Kline
Elmer
Marke Howell
Tony Marrone
William H. Norwood
West Fifth Street
Marie Howell
Tritter
Clarence A. Welty
Davis Avenue
Welty
Margaret Kefauver
West Third Street
Communist Party
LBJ
Solons
Ane Pega Memo
Niewera
Hanhivf
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