Blaze Kills 7 Persons in Cumberland Rowhouse Fire
A fire fueled by strong winds swept a Cumberland rowhouse row, killing seven people including six children. Victims include Betty Prayer Knipple’s children Michael 11 John 6 Tammy 3 Kathy 1 and Grace Nery and her two children Michael Rhodes 5 Johnny Rhodes 3. Three firefighters injured. blaze started near the rear around 4 30 am and burned for nearly three hours. Neighbors heard an explosion. investigators suspect a gas water heater caused the blaze.
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Cumberland
Betty Prayer Knipple
Michael
John
Tammy
Kathy
Knipple
Grace Nery
Michael Rhodes
Johnny Rhodes
Jerry Snyder
Memorial Hospital
Byron Valentine
Jerry Diehl
Kmpote
Richer
Famiilies
Ridgeley
W. Va
Kripple
Meet Nominees For Board Of Education
Frederick County Parent Teacher Association announces a meeting next Wednesday at 7 15 p m at North Frederick elementary school to hear nominees for the May School Board vacancy created by Chase C Gove Jr. Nominated are Hallar Best Joseph D Baker and Dr W E Gladstone Thompson. The event includes PTA officers and representatives from city and county schools.
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Parent Teacher Association
Board of Education
Frederick County
Parent Teachers Association
North Frederick
PTA
PTA Council
Chase C. Gove Jr
New Market
Hallar Best
Walkersville
Joseph D. Baker
W. E. Gladsone Thompson
J. Millard Tawes
Belt fires blast at Cannon Plan tax study
Dr. Belt, a Democratic candidate for County Commissioner, denounces a tax study plan linked to fellow candidate C. Burton Cannon. He charges the proposal is an old idea revived to influence the upcoming election and questions the need for outside experts. Belt ends with a quip about voters vs. chickens.
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Norvell Belt
Cannon
Belt
University of Maryland
Dr. Belt
Car Overturns Injuring Passenger in Shepherdstown
A passenger, James C. Grafton, 24, was hurt when the car he rode in overturned on Park Mills road near Route 28. Grafton suffered possible fractures to the back and pelvis, left ribs, and scalp lacerations. treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition. Driver Betty Jean Hough, 22, Purcellville, Va., was treated for minor injuries and released. State Police report the car failed to negotiate a left curve, climbed an embankment and overturned into a field at about 8 p.m. Friday.
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Shepherdstown
W. Va
Park Mills
James C. Grafton
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Grafton
Betty Jean Hough
Purcellville
Hough
Robert W. McAfee inacHentad Athan Dateaile Ane
Ant
Science fair prize winners repeat at West Frederick
Eddie Nikirk wins grand prize in senior high and William Bullivant shares second prize with a trip to Seattle. Junior high winner Dewey Dykstra earns Groiber Encyclopedia set. Awards announced by county judges, with top exhibits titled Radar via Light and Electronic Organ.
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County Science
Eddie Nikirk I
West Frederick
Seattle
Washington
Eddie Nikirk
Frederick High School
Dewey Dykstra
Grober
Nikirk
Edwin F. Nikirk
Bullivant
Kenneth Bullivant
Myersville
Dykstra
Dewey I. Dykstra
Charles Bokesch
Clifford Henson
Middletown
Richard Piepoli
Frederick High
Marvin Lipford
Joint Engineers Group of
Frederick
Scientific American
Charles Yost
Frederick County Heart Association
Chemical Rubber Company
Stephen Kupferberg
Null Inc Sells Three Laundromats to New Firm
Null Inc sells three laundromats to H J Services Inc for about 70000 with total investment near 100000 plus 30000 in dry cleaning equipment. Laundromats at 67 South Market Street 808 Rosemont Avenue and 921 East Street house 20 automatic washers and seven dryers each. New owners plan renovations and attendant service with four dry cleaning units per site and a five minute car wash project at 1816 Rosemont Avenue opening this spring. Delbert S Null represents Null Inc. Harry J Leichert Jr heads H J Services with Mary Lebherz Sr Robert Owen and Weinberg and Weinberg as officers and counsel.
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Null Inc
H-J Services Inc
Harry J. Leichert Jr
HJ Services Inc
South Market Street
Rosemont Avenue
East Street
Leichert
Delbert S Null
Null Inc Is A Real Estate, Insurance and Business Agency. Mr. Leichert
H-J Services Incorporated
Mary N. Lebherz Sr
Robert Owen
Weinberg
Lebherz Jr
H-J Services
Ioau Ut
Castro Threatens Banks Purge in Cuba Crisis
Prime Minister Fidel Castro, in a televised address, condemned revolutionary leaders for abuse of power and urged sweeping changes to remove errors and abuses. He targeted revolutionary defense committees, warned that those deemed useless would be removed, and criticized rationing and food production shortfalls.
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Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Revolutionary Defense Committees
Opposition mounts as Guatemala army seizes capital
In Guatemala City the army imposed near martial law after four days of clashes leaving about 20 dead and over 200 injured. more than 250 arrested. troops control key sites, curfew set, and antigovernment strikes spread as dissidents accuse fraud in December elections returning Miguel Ydigoras to power. Carlos Paz Tejada leads rebel bands in hills. Arbenz, exiled in Havana, is linked to Castro.
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Guatemala
Miguel
Ydigaras
Cty
Ydigoras
Congress
Carlos Paz Tejada
Jacobo Arbenz
Paz Tejada
Arbenz
Havana
Arch Fae
Fidel Castro
Five floating objects spotted along missing troop airliner route
A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation with 107 aboard is believed lost in the Pacific. Among the passengers are 93 Americans and three Vietnamese soldiers en route to South Vietnam, following reports of five floating objects along the probable path.
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Flying Tiger Line
Pacific
Israeli Syrians clash in Sea of Galilee air land battle
Israeli and Syrian forces engaged in a heavy air and ground clash on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. Each side claimed victory. Israeli officials reported dozens of Syrian deaths, multiple Israeli casualties, and the seizure of Syrian arms, while Syria reported fewer casualties and blamed Israeli aggression. The fighting followed alleged violations of a UN cease fire and included bomber strikes, tank and artillery exchanges, and incursions near Nuker and Ein Gev with both sides accusing the other of border violations.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Sea of Galilee
Tere
Syria
Nuker
Ein Gev
Nukev
U.N
Jordan Valley
Weather Drives St Patrick's Spirit In Mild Fredenck
Clear skies and gusty winds marked St Patrick’s Day in Fredenck as spring nears. Warmer Sunday and Monday forecast, though typical March winds keep temps in the 40s. Tonight’s lows 25 to 30 with a recent 31 at state patrol barracks. yesterday’s high was 7.
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Fredenck
Weather Bureau
Omniaenet
Debating Democratic Candidates For Federal Offices
Democratic candidates for U S Senate and House will attend a Thursday night debate at North Frederick Elementary, sponsored by the Inter-Club Council of Democratic Clubs. Executives said all major candidates plan to participate, with details on federal responsibilities to be addressed. Also reported are a fatal Essex fire killing a father and three children, a severely burned mother, and one arrest in the city for intoxication.
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U.S. Senate
House
North Frederick
Inter- Club Council of
Democratic Clubs
Goodloe E. Byron
United States
Blair Lee
Silver Spring
Daniel B. Brewster
Glyndon
Elbert M. Byrd
Riverdale
Andrew J. Easter
Near
Washington
Lee
Mahoney, Lee, Barrick and Sickles
Brewster
Tawes, Brewster
Congress-at
Perry O. Wilkinson
Hyattsville
Carlton R. Sickles
Lanham
William A. Albaugh
Rainer
John R. Foley
John H. Douglas
Edward J. Doyle
Sidney Silverman
Rockville
William Allen
Bethesda
Byron
Dorothy Handley
Madelyn Himes
Helen Eaves
Joseph C. Hemp
Amd
Helen Collins
Louise Fraley
George Hamilton
Baltimore
Essex
City Hospital
Destroyer Dispatched To Vicinity Of Missing Airliner
Search planes reported five partially submerged objects in the western Pacific along the doomed Airliner route carrying 107 aboard. The destroyer Brister was sent to identify the objects and reach the area by dawn Sunday. The mission includes a Sky Warrior jet overflight and photographic support from Guam.
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Manila
Pacific
U.S
Brister
Joint Rescue Center
Agana
Guam
Photographic Squadron 61
Sky Warrior
US. Air Force
Oe Air Force Base
Mania
Mahoney to Open Up Office Here in Western Maryland
Campaign offices for Mahoney's gubernatorial ticket will open next week at 16 South Court Street with a formal opening next Saturday. State Senator Samuel W. Barrick says Mahoney will spend most of the day in the county to rally votes and will be joined by Blair Lee and Carlton R. Sickles. Levine of Baltimore completes the ticket as Comptroller candidate. Sickles seeks the at large seat. Seventeen guerrillas slain in Saigon region during government operation reported by AP.
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Mahoney
Samuel W. Barrick
South Court Street
George P. Mahoney
Maryland
Barrick
Blair Lee
Carlton R. Sickles
Sickles
Marshall A. Levine
Baltimore
Levine
Harvard
Mac ‘Honey
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Castleman
Charles Yost Sr
Raps
Cannon Plan
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