Facelifting Plans Revealed for Downtown Frederick
Frederick unveils Operation 62 Dow ntown showing a 57 property facelift plan. George B Delaplaine Jr chairs the committee with Gene Kefauver Jr and C Lease Bussard leading construction and publicity. Potomac Edison coordinates planning while architects Bowers and Urner draft designs. The effort includes beautification, flowers in the Square, window boxes on Patrick Street, and light pole baskets with a aim of 60 percent participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Delaplaine Jr
Winchester Hall
Gene Kefauver Jr
C. Lease Bussard
Potomac Edison Company
Frederek
Charles F. Bowers
Joseph H. Urner
Kefauver
Square
Patrick Street
John Larson
Potomac Edison
Magistrate Court Returns Guilty Pleas and Convictions
A Thurmont construction worker pleaded guilty to drawing $87 fraudulently from the Department of Employment Security. Traffic cases included James R. Bruchey fined $10 for speeding after radar sighting. Harvey H. Carmack Jr. was acquitted on improper passing. Lawrence A. Stitely received a suspended six month sentence for supporting his five month old twins. Clarence Smith convicted of drawing funds from the employment office and jailed 30 days in lieu of a $100 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Employment Security
Donald E. Rankles
Thurmont
State Office
Rankles
C. J. Nelson Shull Jr
James R. Bruchey
Bruchey
Ronald C. Lewis
Charles BR. Twigg
Harvey H. Carmack Jr
Braddock Avenue
Clarence Smith
East South Street
Killer sought after Bartlesville housewife shooting
An extensive manhunt is under way in Bartlesville Oklahoma for the killer who shot a local housewife on Wednesday as two of her children reportedly watched. Police describe the case as a deliberate act and are urging tips from the public.
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Bartlesville, Okla
Bartlesville Area
Unique School Planned
The Brunswick High School project unveils a compact two story classroom block with minimal exterior windows and interior glass at wall tops. Principal features include a central library and science block, skylights in the stairwells, air conditioning, and planned occupancy by the 1964 school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick High School
Board of Education
M. Lavenia Hood
Brunswick
James A. Sensenbaugh
Norman W. Etzler
Homemakers Meet 500 Attendees Mark 40th Annual Frederick County Event
About 500 members of the Frederick County Council of Homemakers Clubs gathered on Hood College campus for the 40th annual meeting. Officers elected included vice president Mrs J Rolfe Castleman and treasurer Mrs Kenneth Bullivant. A morning program featured time management ideas and idioms guiding efficient domestic work.
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Homemakers
Frederick County Council of Homemakers Clubs
Hood College
J. Rolfe Castleman
Kenneth Bullivant
Coffman Chapel
Fred Dienert
National Christian Women’s Club
New Sabillasville Elementary Hopes Face Big Ifs
A Sabillasville delegation told the Board of Education a new elementary school could start by next school year if land issues and highway routing are resolved. The four room current site serves 127 students with two grades per room, lacking cafeteria, library, storage, parking, and bus turnaround space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabillasville
Board of Education
James A. Sensenbaugh
Donald Manahan
Manahan
Roy E. Clever
Wellsville
Peare Ag
Part Of Body Found In Fire At Gutted Martinsburg Home
Berkeley County officials probe an early morning fire that gutted a two story stone house. a small portion of a male torso was found amid ashes. The Martins, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Martin in their mid fifties, were believed occupants. Sheriff Miller leads the investigation as relatives are not located.
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Coblentz Hall
Paul Wise
Lewistown Club
Benjamin Franklin
Allie Messer
Lewis Wisner
Bascom Neal
Herbert Staley
Palmer Snook
Wise
August Selckmann
Urbana Club
Bullivant
Martinsburg
W. Va
Berkeley County
Lewis E. Martin
Shenandoah Valley
Edwin W. Miller
Nell Baynham
Martin
Rezoning Decisions Announced by County Commissioners
The County Commissioners approved a 26 acre Quinn road rezoning from conservation to AT agricultural led by Henry A Groff Sr amid objections from Harold O'Brien and others. They rejected Kaempf and Harris 7 acre map amendment to B-3 in Eastview citing impact on the residential area and developer goals for equipment placement. Public hearings at Winchester Hall followed weather-related postponements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quinn Road
Kaerpf
Harris
Eastview
Shockstown
Winchester Hall
Henry A. Groff
Planning and Zoning Commission
Harold O'Brien
William Droneburg
Harry W. Windigier Sr
Bernard Droneburg
R. C Rooney
Chester Redman
Droneburg
Kaempf
Planning Commission
Kaempf and
Jackie Enchanted By Taj Mahal Beauty
AGRA India AP Jacqueline Kennedy viewed the Taj Mahal with wonder as she toured the white marble memorial to a 30 year love story. The First Lady walked the grounds in late afternoon admiring the gardens reflecting pools and delicate stone work.
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Agra
India
Jacqueline Kennedy
Taj Mahal
Kennedy
Shah Jahan
Potomac Edison Proposes New Rates To Cut Commercial Bills
Potomac Edison filed with Maryland Public Service Commission revised commercial rates to cut electric costs. Effective April 14, the plan merges C and CC into a lower C rate and aligns CH with usage up to 700 kilowatt hours. Estimated annual savings reach 65 800 dollars for Maryland businesses.
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Potomac Edison Company
Maryland Public Service Commission
Maryland
PSC
R. G. MacDonald
Potomac Edison
MacDonald
Cancer Cells Used In Sweden Vaccine Trial
In Phoenix AP report Dr. Bertil Bjorklund states 120 Swedes aged 60 to 70 form the first test group for a potential cancer vaccine. The trial tests killed human cancer cell fragments to trigger antibodies and a cell killer, with five groups of 20 receiving varying doses and one group receiving none for comparison. If successful, as many as 12,000 participants could be involved before 1965.
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Phoenix
Ariz. AP
Sweden
Bertil Bjorklund
Stockholm
American Cancer Society
Bjorklund
Scientist Arthur Compton Dies at 69 in Berkeley
Nobel laureate Arthur H. Compton, renowned for his role in developing the atomic bomb, died at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley after a cerebral hemorrhage. The former Washington University chancellor, age 69, arrived in California as a professor at large and had given seminars across the state.
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Arthur H. Compton
Berkeley
Calif
Compton
Alta Bates Community Hospital
Washington University
St. Louis
University of California
Only Doctor Of Island Is Found Dead
SMITH ISLAND Maryland AP The only doctor on Smith Island Dr William M Heffner 49 is dead His body was found by a patient who went to his office Wednesday State Police investigating said there were no marks of violence on his body Heffner had lived on the island alone since his wife Helen 42 died last December 27 apparently after morphine injections Their daughters Patricia 12 Molly 14 survived though they had received similar injections The doctor s body was taken to Deershead Hospital Salisbury for autopsy The girls attended school in Salisbury Heffner returning home from house calls last December found his wife and step daughters unconscious Island Fire Department rescue squad helped revive the girls who were flown to Patuxent Naval Air Station hospital for treatment
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Smith Island
William M. Heffner
Hefner
Helen
Patricia
Molly
Chesapeake Bay
Somerset County
Virginia
Deershead Hospital
Salisbury
Heffner
CYCLIST SUFFERS CUTS IN RIDING ACCIDENT
An 11 year old boy was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital for minor lacerations after colliding with a parked automobile while riding his bicycle. Ronald D. Young, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Young, 103 Frederick Avenue, was released from the hospital after treatment at 5 15 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Ronald D. Young
Harold Young
Frederick Avenue
Rusk and Gromyko Clash at Disarmament Conference
At Geneva a clash opened the disarmament conference as U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko presented rival plans. Rusk urged a 30 percent cut in nuclear forces and a 55 ton transfer to peaceful use, while Gromyko demanded total disarmament within four years and a staged inspection regime. British Foreign Secretary Lord Home praised the imaginative proposals and urged agreement for a breakthrough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
U.S
Dean Rusk
Amdrei
Gromyko
United States
Rusk
Soviet Union
Gromykov
Lord Home
Mahoney Plans Western Maryland Tour For Gubernatorial Bid
Democratic candidate George P. Mahoney announces a March tour through Allegany, Washington and Frederick counties in Western Maryland, part of a statewide effort during the critical 1962 primary season. Campaign manager Judge Michael Paul Smith criticizes the 1962 General Assembly and Tawes administration, labeling it four years of leadership failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
George P. Mahoney
Maryland
Michael Paul Smith
Mahoney
Smith
Maryland General Assembly
Tawes
Baltimore County
Allegany
Washington
Frederick
Harford
Cecil
Howard
Carrol
Anne Arundel
Kennedy signs training bill for up to a million workers
President Kennedy signed a three year 45 million dollar program to train as many as one million unemployed workers for new skills. It targets workers displaced by automation and those whose current skills no longer command jobs.
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Frank J. Keeter
Lincoln Engelbrecht
J. Vernon Coblentz
J. Stolfe Castleman
Brunswick High
Jackie
Doctor
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Francis Scott Key Hotel
Frank J. Keeferman
Frederick County Civil War Centennial Commission
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