Leaks Halt Gemini 8 Spaceflight 24 Hours
The Gemini 8 mission was postponed 24 hours after liquid oxygen leaks in an Atlas rocket and a cooling-system issue in the spacesuit circuit were found during prelaunch checks. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott will review flight plans as teams fix the problems ahead of a 10 am Atlas launch and 11:41 am Gemini liftoff.
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Cape Kennedy
Atlas
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Neil A. Armstrong
David R. Scott
Space Agency
Armstrong
Scott
County Asked To Give 20000 To Hospital Expansion Drive
Frederick Memorial Hospital's expansion fund drive urged the county commissioners to contribute 20000 and to pay a 4000 balance from a 12000 pledge made in 1960. Officials cited a 3 million cost for the addition, with 875000 from prior drives and 800000 sought from the public, to be borrowed the rest.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Tarl V. Weakley
Frederick
Weakley
Baltimore
Washington
A. Irvin Reno
Frederick City
Jacob R. Ramsburg
W. Meredith S. Young
NAACP Leader Calls Out Segregated Housing in Frederick
Frederick NAACP vice president Leonard Green told the League of Women Voters that public housing shows token integration and urged an Open Housing Law. He cited segregated waiting lists and discriminatory practices by landlords, urging a housing code with punitive powers and broader access to available rentals.
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Frederick
Middle Alley
Watkins Acres
Stewart Manor
Green
Annapolis
League
Maryland House approves pay hike for county attorneys
The Maryland House passed a bill granting a 2500 salary increase for the Frederick County state's attorney and a 400 raise for the deputy. Rothenhoefer would rise from 5000 to 7500 and Fred J. Bower from 3600 to 4000. The measure, introduced Feb 22, aims to align county official pay with other heads. The Frederick County Bar Association urged higher pay and even abolition of the deputy role, with a ban on private practice as a condition.
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Maryland House of Delegates
Frederick County
House
Robert
Rothenhoefer
Fred J. Bower
Bower
Frederick County Bar Association
Viet War Profiteer Executed in Saigon Market Square
Ta Vinh, 34, a wealthy businessman of Chinese descent, was executed at dawn in Saigon to curb graft amid inflation. His trial, led by Premier Nguyen Cao Ky, followed embezzlement charges tied to economic sabotage. His wife and children witnessed the scene as Da Nang commerce restarted after protests over Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chanh Thi’s removal.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ta Vinh
Nguyen Cao Ky
Dang Cao Sach
Treasury Service
Dalat
Sach
Vinh
da Nang
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Thi
Unseasonal Warm Spell With Scattered Showers In Maryland
The region saw a 66 degree high Sunday with a 42 degree low, while Frederick County and Central Maryland report drought impacts despite rainfall in February. Weather forecasts call for cooler, cloudy days with scattered showers and highs in the 50s midweek.
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Frederick
Maryand
Frederick County
Maryland
Ashau Camp Aftermath Heaviest Fire Yet From Jets Over Camp
U S Air Force and Marine fighters hit Ashau Special Forces camp on Laos border as part of the second day of air strikes on the North Vietnamese unit. They reported the heaviest antiaircraft fire seen in South Vietnam, destroying one building, five mortar positions and neutralizing the camp’s air defenses with no plane losses. A downed L19 spotter plane nearby injured its pilot and killed the observer.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ashau
U.S
Ashan
Saigom
North Viet Nam
Man Fined 200 for Drunk Driving in Magistrate Court
A Kasisas man was fined 200 in Magistrate's Court for driving under the influence of alcohol. James L. Peterson of Leavenworth was fined 25 for operating a motor vehicle in an improper manner on March 12. W. W. Smith testified he stopped Peterson's car on South Market Street after hearing wheel skid noise. Peterson consented to a breathalyzer test but was too intoxicated to finish. Magistrate Stanley Y. Bennett heard the case.
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Kasisas
James L. Peterson
Leavenworth
W. W. Smith
Peterson
South Market Street
Smith
Stanley Y. Bennett
Prison Labor Barred Too Much Booze at Ocean City
Maryland corrections chief Vernon Pepersack questions using convicts as trash collectors in Ocean City saying danger of rape or crime could hurt the department. Atlantic City mayor Hugh Cropper Jr. urges continuing prison labor to aid rubbish pickup citing staffing shortages in the resort town. Pepersack notes groups scattered and risk of trouble when guards patrol one end of town.
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Baltimore
Vernon L. Pepersack
Ocean City
Pepersack
Maryland
Correction
Hugh T. Cropper Jr
Atlantic Ocean
Mount Airy Plans By-Pass Outlined by State Roads Unit
Maryland State Roads engineers outline a two and a half mile by pass north of Dorseytown to U S Highway 40 as a limited access two lane route. The plan aims to relieve Route 27 Main Street and sets rights of way for future dual lanes with grade crossings at existing streets.
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Maryland State Roads Commission
Mount Airy Town
Dorseytown
Mount Airy Town Limits
U. S. Highway 40
Leonard E. Sherman
Ing
Mount Airy
Westminster
Damascus
Ridgeville
Jess Ryan
Twin Arch Road
Firemen’s Park
Waterville Road
Mount Airy High School
Frederick County approves Walkersville Sanitary District
The Frederick County Commissioners vote unanimously to create the Walkersville Sanitary District despite Frederick City opposition. James H. Grove cites lack of feasible city alternatives and urges prompt survey of subsurface work while five months of reports support system viability and effluent discharge at the Monocacy River intersection.
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Frederick County
Walkersville
Frederick City
James H. Grove
Sanitary Commission
Grove
Glade Valley
Monocacy River
Lawrence A. Dorsey
State Health Department
Russell Z.herman
A. Irvin Renn
Horman
Walkersville Sanitary District
Kern
State Department of Health
ST Just
City of
Frederick
Woman Shot in Leg in Domestic Dispute at Party
State police report a Frederick County woman, Bernice Pryor, 32, was shot in the left upper leg by her husband Charles during an argument at a party Saturday night. She received treatment at Frederick Memorial Hospital early Sunday morning. No charges were filed by Mrs. Pryor.
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Frederick County
Bernice §. Pryor
RFD 1
Mt. Airy
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Charles
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Gemini Launch Complex 19
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Frederick League of Women Voters
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Ewepapre
New York
Pang Cao Sach
Ashau Camp
17Th Parallel Frontier
Diet Bien Fhu
Cape Ron
Man
By-Pass
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