Sidewalk Days Set Next Month
Sidewalk Days, an annual downtown Frederick merchants sale, will be held June 24 25 and 26. Robert P Marendt overseeing for the Downtown Frederick Association said North Market Street block from Patrick to Church Streets will close to traffic June 24 during business hours with rides and flower displays on the sidewalk. Merchants will display and sell merchandise outside then move goods back inside for the final two days.
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Frederick
Robert P. Marendt
Downtown
North Market Street
Patrick
Church Streets
Marendt
New Market to Settle Tie Friday in Town Election
The fifth council seat tie between Lloyd Boyer and Lawrence Brightful, both with 52 votes, will be resolved Friday after legal guidance from town attorney Edward Storm. Mayor Smith announced sewer district construction could start by June 1, taking seven to nine months, with Emory Stull defeated and Franklin Shaw elected.
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New Market
Paul A Zimmerman
Edward D Storm
Lloyd K. Boyer
Lawrence Brightful
New Market Town
Zimmerman
New Town Council
W. Franklin Smith
Franklin Shaw
Emory Stull
Smith
County Sanitary Commission
Health Department
What Happened To Kissing Lane
Richmond city officials found a right of way check reveals 2,599 streets instead of 2,600. The missing street is Kissing Lane, and Chalkley DuVal promises to locate it while city records are updated.
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Kissing Lane
Richmond, Va
Richmond
Chalkley DuVal
Mister Frederick Memorial Hero of Frederick Hospital
Arnold DeLauter long serving head orderly at Frederick Memorial Hospital is a local legend praised by doctors and nurses. He has devoted 37 years to patient care, earning a hero’s title from administrators and clinicians for patience, skill, and quiet humanity.
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Arnold DeLauter
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Raymond O
Lefty Kreh
Arnold
Tommy
Frederick
Frederick Memorial
Melvin Lea
David Youngdahl
Youngdahl
Presbyterians Name First Woman Minister
Dr. Rachel Henderlite, 59, became the first woman minister of the Presbyterian Church U S in a ceremony at All Souls Presbyterian in Richmond. The ordination united a mixed race congregation of about 300, spanning white and Negro members, with Henderlite being a white woman.
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Richmond, Va
Rachel Henderlite
Presbyterian Church
All Souls Presbyterian
Henderlite
Employment Service Says Jobs Plentiful in Selma
Civil rights leaders claim hundreds of Negroes were fired for taking part in voter marches in Selma Alabama. The State Employment Service reports ample job openings across classifications though applicants decline. Monroe Quinney says 200 fired workers are not supported by records and many unemployed seek work elsewhere.
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Selma
Ala
State Employment Service
Monroe Quinney
Employment Service Office
Martin Luther King Jr
Federal Community Relations Service
Fred Miller
Miller
Quinney
Fourth Boy Charged In Statue Case
Warrants served on the last of four boys charged with mutilating a Christ statue on Palm Sunday. William D Brittain, 19, surrendered at the Frederick police barracks after returning from college. Also charged were William Evans, 19, Joseph Moline Jr., 19, and Paul Simmons, 17. A 16-year-old girl was placed on probation. The Resthaven Memorial Gardens statue, carved from Carrara marble and valued at 7,000, had its lower jaw blown off.
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Henry I. Stafford
William D Brittain
Brittain
Stafford
Frederick
William R. Evans
West 14Th Street
Joseph Moline Jr
Fairview Avenue
Paul E. Simmons
East Third Street
Simmons
Patrick M Sehnauffer
Schnauffer
Christ
Resthaven Memorial Gardens
Helicopter Rescues Youth From Potomac Rapids
A junior college student, James Murphy, 19, of Silver Spring, Md., was plucked from a midstream rock in the Potomac near Great Falls after a rubber raft with him and companion Mark Nash ripped apart. Nash swam ashore and alerted the fire chief, who called in an Army helicopter from Ft. Belvoir for the rescue.
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Washington
Potomac River
Great Falls
James Murphy
Silver Spring
Mark Nash
Ft. Belvoir
Johnson Proposes Consolidation of Weather, Survey Agencies
President Johnson proposed merging the Weather Bureau and the Coast and Geodetic Survey into a new Environmental Science Administration. The plan, Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1965, aims to improve environmental data and warning systems for hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and other hazards while boosting services to agriculture, transportation, industry, defense, and space exploration.
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Washington
Johnson
Weather Bureau
The
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Environmental Science Service Administration
Congress
House
Senate
Bureau of Customs
Two Trucks Collide on U S 15 in Pennsylvania
State Police report a collision at U S 15 and Bowers Road at about 7 50 p m involving a northbound stake body truck driven by William E Thoman 40 of RFD 1 Brodrecks Pa and a tractor trailer driven by Larry Kessler 25 of RFD 2 Millville Pa The Thoman truck turned left on the wrong side of the traffic island while Kessler attempted to pass The resulting damage totaled 1400 with 700 to the 1953 truck and 750 to the 1950 tractor trailer Thoman was charged with failing to drive to the right of a traffic island.
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U.S. 15
Bowers’ Road
U.S 15
William E. Thoman
RFD 1
Brodrecks
Larry Kessler
RFD 2
Millville
Bowers
Summer concert series and teen dances in local parks
27 concerts and teen dances are planned at Baker and Mullinix Parks this summer. The West Frederick Junior High School Band opens June 13 at Baker Park Bandshell, followed by Dante and the Noblemen at Mullinix Park on June 24. Major acts include the U S Navy Band on July 18 and the U S Army Field Band on August 29, with Harvey A. Harrington Jr. coordinating. Funding comes from the Frederick City Board of Aldermen and Frederick County Commissioners.
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Baker and
Mullinix Parks
West Frederick
Baker Park
Dante and
Harvey A. Harrington Jr
Frederick City
Spy Thompson Sentenced To 30 Years For Russia Conspiracy
Robert Glenn Thompson a former Air Force enlisted man who confessed to spying for Russia for six years was sentenced to 30 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to conspiring with two former UN personnel to steal U.S. military secrets after a years long espionage started in West Berlin in 1957.
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NEW York
Robert Glenn Thompson
Air Force
Russia
Long Island
U.S
Babylon
N.S
Thompson
U.N
West Berlin
Viet Cong fight broad heavy action near Bac Lieu
In a major clash along the Mekong delta near Bac Lieu, 16 South Vietnamese soldiers and one American were wounded, while 16 Viet Cong were killed and 10 captured. A U S spokesman said government forces were pinned for an hour before air strikes hit back.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong River
Bac Lieu
U.S
Thu Duc
Bien Hoa
da Nang Air Base
Central Highlands
North
Viet Nam
Song Be
Lindsay Seeks New York Mayoralty
Rep. John V. Lindsay of Manhattan announced his bid for the New York mayoralty to oppose incumbent Democrat Robert F. Wagner. Lindsay pressed for the Republican nomination and appeared assured as party leaders backed him.
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Lindsay
New York
John V. Lindsay
Manhattan
President Johnson
New York City
Robert F. Wagner
Thurmont Bank to Pay for Parking Lot Costs
Thurmont town commissioners unanimously bill The Thurmont Bank for the unpaid balance of 160.62 on a parking lot project near Water Street. Bank director Manuel Weinberg and council member Cal yin Wilhide spoke at a special meeting after a heated election controversy.
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Thurmont
Thurmont Bank
Manuel Weinberg
Commissione Cal
Yin G Wilhide
Water Street
Roy. W. Lockingbill
Atty. Weinberg
Weinberg
John Doll
Johnson repeats peace talks offer as Vietnam war persists
President Johnson in a White House broadcast pressed unconditional discussions to end the Vietnam war. He warned Communist China aims to erode America's Asia influence, insisting the goal is not victory for Viet Nam alone but Asia, and pledged not to abandon South Viet Nam. The speech outlined three faces of the conflict including military action, political settlement, and humanitarian effort.
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Washington
Johnson
China
America
Asia
Viet Nam
White House
South Viet Nam
South
NATO Ministers Avert Split Over Viet Nam Policy
In London NATO foreign ministers ended their annual spring meeting a day early after clearing a rift over American Viet Nam and Dominican Republic actions. A communique urged peace and self determination while balancing endorsing policies with de Gaullist reservations.
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London
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
NATO
Walasia
Domincant Republic
Diay
Dean Rush
Lone Idon
U.S
Sesson Rusk
Ministe
Maurice Couve de Murville
Charles de Gaulle
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Brightful
Lefty Kreh Cooper
Sandy Hook
Cooper
Mister Frederick
Presbyterians
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Potomac
U.S.15
FBI
Fedor Kudashkin
Boris V. Karpovich
U.S. State Department
Detroit
Germany
Lab
Tudor
United States
Innterviews
Bayshore
George
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