New Market Set to Vote to Break Tie for Fifth Commissioner
The newly elected New Market town council will vote May 24 to resolve a two way tie for the fifth commissioner post. Incumbent Lloyd Boyer and Lawrence Brightful each had 52 votes, prompting the tie. Attorney Edward D. Storm says vacancies arise from ties and will be filled by majority vote of the elected council, per Section 89 of the town charter. The council plans no action until the May 24 meeting.
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New Market Town
New Market
Edward D. Storm
Lloyd K. Boyer
Lawrence Brightful
Storm
State Court of Appeals
Asilton
Bramble
Orphans Court
Kent County
Court of Appeals
New
Record high 1049 graduates in Frederick County
Frederick County high schools will graduate a record 1049 students next month, the first time over 1000. Frederick High 470 graduates, Middletown 137, Brunswick 86, Walkersville 110, Linganore 95, Thurmont 117, Emmitsburg 34, with 521 boys and 528 girls. Last year total 879 with 428 boys and 451 girls.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Middletown
Brunswick High School
Frederick High School
Walkersville High School
Linganore
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Blue Cross Seeks Higher Rates Over Low Reserves
Maryland Blue Cross officials urged the state insurance commission to raise rates for non-group subscribers to boost hospital plan reserves, claiming dire levels, while Baltimore’s City Comptroller argued reserves have grown nearly 70 percent since last year’s increase. Proposed hikes average 11.8 percent for individuals and families, with group plans unaffected. Regulators planned a decision in about 10 to 14 days as hearings concluded.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Blue Cross
Hyman A. Pressman
F. Douglass Sears
Insurance Department
Woman Hurt Badly In Rs. 40 Wreck
A Frederick County woman, Amelia Baer Cressman of Myersville, is in fair condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital with a broken right hip and lacerations after her 1958 station wagon left U.S. 40 six miles west of Frederick. Police said she swerved to avoid an unidentified vehicle turning into her lane, lost control, and struck a fence after crossing an embankment.
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Frederick County
Frederick Memorial Hospital
U.S. 40
Amelia Baer Cressman
RFD 1
Myersville
Tfc
Jack L. Forsythe
Frederick
Cressman
200 Die In Hurricane Hits Dacca East Pakistan
A hurricane in East Pakistan killed at least 200 people and injured 1,000, leaving tens of thousands homeless. Communications were not restored in the 20,000 square mile area and districts of Dacca were without water and power. The storm struck on Wednesday.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
Corncob Pipe Thief Gets a Day Term
Roy Everrett Parsons of Baltimore was found guilty of shoplifting a 39 cent corncob pipe from McCrory's in Frederick. He received a five day jail term after clerk Dorothy Lininger testified Parsons took pipes and concealed one in his trousers. Porter, the store assistant manager, led the case. police officer Shepley arrested Parsons who offered to pay and cited drinking.
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McCrory
Frederick
Baltimore
Roy Everrett Parsons
Stanley Y. Bennett
Parsons
Robert A. Porter Jr
Dorothy Lininger
Porter
Ofc
W. E. Shepley
Shepley
Bennett
Bond Hiked For Accused Robber
A FederalRockingham Frederick County case sees Kenneth Harding and Charles McDonald charged with burglary robbery and assault after beating William Grove and stealing 2500. Harding’s bond was raised to 3000 on deputy Bowers request while McDonald seeks court-appointed counsel. Harding waived preliminary hearing and remains jailed awaiting grand jury action. The youth accused of delinquency, the two men are tied to a Jan. 18 West Patrick Street home invasion.
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Frederick
Frederick J. Bower
Stanley Y. Bennett
Kenneth Eugene Harding
Harding
Bower
Bennett
William F. Grove
Charles V. McDonald
McDonald
East Fifth Street
West Fifth Street
Ellis G. Carty
Grove
West Patrick Street
Viet Cong Bite Mekong Delta Fight Netted 215 Killed
In Mekong delta near Bac Lieu government forces trapped five Viet Cong companies, killing 215. In the Da Nang area Viet Cong guerrillas hit two U S Marine patrols, killing one and wounding several. U S planes hit targets, 18 South Vietnamese dead, 77 wounded, four Americans hurt.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Bac Lieu
Mekong River
da Nang Air Base
U.S
Oriskany
North Viet Nam
Congressional Frogs Enter Calaveras Jubilee for The Cele brated Jumping Frog centennial
Members of Congress pledge entries for a May 2023 Calaveras County fair event honoring Mark Twain’s The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. A $1,000 prize awaits the sponsor of the world record jumper as Rep Harold T Johnson and others enter frogs and joke about rivalries.
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Washington
Congress
Calaveras County
Calif
Mark Twain
Harold T. Johnson
Dcalif
Johnson
Nual
Capitol Steps
Murphy
Kentucky
Queen Elizabeth dedicates JFK memorial at Runnymeade
On the sacred Magna Carta site near Runnymede Queen Elizabeth II dedicated Britain's memorial to John F Kennedy. She called the acre "bequeathed in perpetuity" to the American people as crowds and leaders paid tribute. Mrs Kennedy attended with grace as the ceremony honored a modern fighter for freedom.
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Runnymede
England
Elizabeth H
John F. Kennedy
Britain
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John-John and Caroline Near Fight in London Park
John Kennedy 4 nicknamed John-John skinned his knee playing in Regent's Park and cried as a Secret Service agent assisted. Sister Caroline 7 taunted him, provoking a scowl and a tentative advance toward her. Mrs. Kennedy and the children stay with Princess Radziwill in London.
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London
John Kennedy
Regent’s Park
Secret Service
Little John
Caroline
John
John F. Kennedy
Two Deer Ram Truck Kills One, Injures One on U S 40
A tractor trailer collision on U S 40 early today left one deer dead and another injured after dashing from a median into the side of John T Kerns 45 of Stephens City Virginia s eastbound truck. The dead deer was turned over to the State Roads Commission. Damage to the 1962 truck was about 5 dollars. No charges were filed.
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U.S. 40
Tfc
Edward W. Lennox
John Thomas Kerns
Stephens City
Frederick
Kern
Lennox
State Roads Commission
China claims second atomic test to counter U S nuclear threat
Peking Radio announced that Communist China exploded its second atomic bomb aimed at developing nuclear weapons to cope with nuclear blackmail and U S threats. The test, said to be in the western mainland near Sinkiang, followed its October 1964 first detonation and was hailed as strengthening national defense and world peace.
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Tokyo
China
United States
Peking Radio
Peking
Tempte Sinkiang
Red China
World
London
Red
Welfare Checks Below State Average in Frederick County
Frederick County residents received less public welfare on average in March than many Maryland counties. The state report shows 163 receiving old age assistance averaging 51.75, second lowest in the state. 92 disabled persons averaged 51.71, with 44 residents receiving 2,358.36 under general public assistance for an average of 53.60 per person.
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Frederick County
Kerr-Mills
Congress
Maryland
Somerset
Baltimore City
OAA
Charles County
Garrett
Cecil
Frederick
Restoration Week at Frederick Visitation Academy Observed
Frederick Visitation Academy marks Restoration Week May 16 to 22 with a High Mass at 10 15 a m broadcast from the cloistered convent the first such radio broadcast in 120 years Homecoming Day for alumnae follows under Mrs J Tyson Lee chairmanship A full program continues Tuesday with further academy activities
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Frederick Visitation Academy
J. Tyson
Lee
Academy
U N Calls for Dominican Republic Cease Fire
The United Nations Security Council unanimously urged a cease fire in the Dominican Republic and asked Secretary General U Thant to appoint a personal representative. The session followed a rebel bombing and growing calls from Jordan Ivory Coast and Malaysia for fuller council action.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Dominican Republic
Jordan
Ivory Coast
Malaysia
Council
Santo Domingo
Francisco Caamano Deno
Organization of American States
Jostin Cury
Cury
United States
OAS
Whites Give 8 To Rebuild Negro Church
In Oxford Alabama white citizens and the Anniston Star raised 2000 to rebuild Pine Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Friendship after a dynamite bombing. Rev W W Thomas of Bessemer said plans would be laid out at a Monday meeting. church members intend to do most rebuilding themselves.
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Oxford
Ala
Anniston
Quicksy
Anniston Star
Alabama
Pine Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Friendship
Here
W. W. Thomas
Bessemer
W. 5. Westbrooks
Stewards
Little Negro Church
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R-N.y
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