Student dies in snowstorm crash near Emmitsburg
A Mt. St. Mary’s College student, William Raymond Doyle Jr., 21, of Mineola New York, died two hours after his car collided with a truck on Md 806 south of Emmitsburg. Passenger James B. Kelley 21 of Point Pleasant Pa., was treated and released. The crash, blamed on snow and worn tires, followed Doyle accelerating to climb a grade.
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Mt. St. Mary's College
William Raymond Doyle Jr
Mineola
N.Y
Annie E. Warner
Gettysburg
Emmitsburg
Doyle
Ralph W. Weagley
Lantz
James B. Kelley
Point Pleasant
William F. Davis
U.S. 15
Frederick Road
Dorothy V. Fogle
RFD 3
Frederick
Bethesa
Carlton N. Fraylick
U.S. Navy
Camp David
Rethemeyer Named New Manager at Farmers Co op
Rethemeyer named general manager of Farmers Cooperative Association and will be introduced at the annual meeting Saturday at Frederick High School. He farms between Frederick and Hagerstown and comes from a background in feed mills and plant management with Wirthmore Corp. J. K. Stern of the American Institute of Cooperation will speak, with Nelson Bohn as auditor presenting the financial report and Daniel J. Thomas delivering the operations overview. Lunch by M. J. Croghan of the Hotel Frederick.
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B. A. Rethemeyer
Farmers Cooperative Association
Co-Op
Rethemeyer
Frederick
Hagerstown
Virginia
Wirthmore Corp
Stickell
Missouri
Creighton University
Southern Methodist University
St. Louis
Nebrasa
Frederick High School
J. K. Stern
American Institute of Cooperation
Nelson Bohn
Daniel J. Thomas
M. J. Croghan
Snowfall Closes, Then Clears Roads in Frederick County
Eight inch snowfall blankets Frederick County prompting brief school closures. Roads were cleared by morning with city crews plowing all night and state roads crews working after midnight. Snow emergency lifted as rain and milder temperatures arrived. winds picked up and temps dropped tonight with a cool, cloudy Saturday forecast.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Thurmont
Foxville
Robert L. Strine
Strine
City Hall
Winchester Hall
East Patrick Street
South Court Street
Ray Hartman
State Roads Commission
Parents Pay For McCurdy Field Vandalism Damages
Police say 10 juveniles aged 9 to 14 caused about $700 in damages at McCurdy Field on Feb 27. No charges will be filed. parents will pay for the destruction including broken flood lights, locker room damage, torn signs, stolen plants, and vandalized vending rack.
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McCurdy Field
Charles V. Main
Main
Pickets Maintain White House Vigil
More than 30 college students from northeastern states held a chilly sit down vigil outside the White House in support of registering Negro voters. They sat in blankets ponchos and sleeping bags on the wet pavement near the fence along Pennsylvania Avenue in a sustained protest.
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Washington
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Truck Cab Destroyed By Fire Near Frederick
A fire likely from a backfire damaged the cab of a van truck on U.S. 40 three miles west of Frederick. Fire started at the carburetor around 6:25 a.m. and spread through the firewall. Driver Louis D. Costa, 43, of Baltimore, was not injured. Independent and Junior fire crews responded.
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Tfc. C
Ronald Twigg
U.S 40
Frederick
Twigg
Louis D. Costa
Baltimore
Statewide TV System Cut From Tawes Budget
Annapolis AP. Gov Tawes’s budget faces cuts as Ways and Means reports a 767 million spending bill with a major reduction in a proposed statewide educational television network. House and Senate panels struck 1,092,669 from Tawes plan, delaying the program amid expected costs up to 15 million, with broader general fund and federal cuts totaling about 1.8 million across agencies.
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Annapolis
Tawes
Maryland
Ways and Means
House
Senate
Education
Welfare Department
State Welfare
Raleigh C. Hobson
Health Department
No Projects Eliminated From School Building Plan
School system maintains a seven million dollar construction program through 1970 totaling 7 050 000 including buildings and additions. National architects and contractors list only partial projects. remaining items await architect selection or are excluded due to separate approvals. Legislation caps bond funding at five million, leaving some costs to be funded later or as separate efforts such as a college site and equipment additions.
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Arrchitec Tractors and Architects Service
National Service
National Architects and Contractors Service
Governor Thomas Johnson
Urbana
Catoctin
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Frederick Community College
Contractors Service
Frederick High School
Civil rights march gains court backing in Alabama
Civil rights workers welcomed a federal judge clarifying a 50 mile Selma to Montgomery march and setting parade rules in Montgomery. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr praised police protection for demonstrators and urged Gov. George Wallace to honor the order as leaders signed an agreement for peaceful demonstrations. Willie Ricks announced 2000 Tuskegee Institute students planned a march in Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Selzna
Alabama
Martin Luther King Jr
King
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Montgomery City
Willie Ricks
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Tuskegee Institute
Montgo
Building Code Proposed as Alt to Subdivision Rules
Thurmont resident Shafer Bailey urged Frederick County officials to adopt a county building code as an alternative to subdivision rules. He argued the Planning Commission rules regulate lot width and homes on farms but not construction quality. Welfare officials have pressed for a code since state policy requires reporting unsanitary and dangerous conditions in welfare homes.
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Shafer Bailey
Thurmont
Winchester Hall
Planning Commission
Bailey
Health and Welfare Departments
State Welfare Department
Geneva Barthel
Frederick County
Katzenbach Seeks Voting Rights Act Action in 1965 Push
Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach told a House subcommittee that courts have failed to guarantee Negro voting rights and urged swift congressional passage of a new Voting Rights Act. He said past laws were insufficient and the bill would translate intentions into ballots, targeting barriers to Black enfranchisement. The hearing occurred in Rayburn Building. Stock Market: Cigarette shares edged lower in a mixed early market as trading remained active.
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Washington
Nicholas Katzenbach
Katzenbach
Rayburn House
Congress
Soviet Cosmonaut Stages Space Walk From Voskhod 2
Tass reported Lt Col Alexei Leonov and Col Pavel Belyayev launched aboard Voskhod 2 and entered a high Earth orbit. Leonov spent 10 minutes outside the capsule tethered by a cable while performing observations and maneuvers. The mission aimed to test docking techniques for future lunar flights and featured the cosmonauts in autonomous life support suits observed by television and ground stations.
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Moscow
Tass
Alexei Leonovy
Voskhod 2
Moon
Pavel Belyayev
Leonov
Outer Space
Earth
Soviet Union
United States
Belyayev
Alexei Leonov
Col
Egypt's Ex King Farouk Dies In Rome Restaurant
Ex King Farouk of Egypt collapsed in a Rome restaurant and died en route to San Camillo Hospital. The 45 year old playboy had been exiled after the 1952 revolution led by Gamel Abdel Nasser. He left Egypt aboard the royal yacht Mahroussa and was dining with a woman when he slumped after a meal. A pistol, sunglasses, and 97 000 lire were found on his person. He was married twice and his son was later proclaimed king Fuad II.
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Rome
Farouk
Egypt
San Camillo
Gamel Abdel Nasser
Mahroussa
Farida _Zulfikar
Narriman Sadeki
Cosmonaut Leonov's First Space Walk Watched By Moscow
Moscow television aired footage of Lt. Col. Alexei Leonov performing the first manned spacewalk from Voskhod 2. The six minute sequence showed him emerging from the hatch, tethered, and performing several deliberate somersaults against a backdrop of Earth and space.
Viet Nam Peace Parley Fails to Halt War
London reports reveal Britain and the Soviet Union failed in secret talks to agree on joint action to stop the Viet Nam war. Foreign Office officials disclosed the outcome today.
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London
Britain
Soviet Union
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Frank J Keeter
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