Plane Crashes Near Waterhole In Mountain Woods
Pilot Raymond C Cunningham 0, a resident of Elwood City, escaped serious injury after his single engine Piper Cabin crashed in the treetops near Fishing Creek Reservoir while en route to Shade Gap Pennsylvania to aid in the search for a kidnapped girl. He was found nine hours later by Edward Hale and treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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Catoctin Mountain
Raymond C. Cunningham
Shade Gap
Fishing Creek
Glenn L. Bowman
Cunningham
Washington
Elwood City
Weddle
Mountaindale
Rattlesnake Rock
Search For Kidnapped Pa Girl Called Off
In SHADE GAP Pennsylvania state police ended the large wooded search for 17 year old Peggy Ann Brodnick and the suspected abducting Mountain Man after a week without results. Officers will keep a command post and interview residents but the foot search is abandoned. The girl was taken Wednesday while walking home with her five younger siblings. The Mountain Man is tied to several local sniper shootings over the past two years.
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Shade Gap
Peggy Ann Brodnick
Mansfield Urges U S Troop Withdrawal From Europe
Senator Mansfield calls for drastic U S troop reductions in Europe as NATO faces France’s exit plan. He urges European nations to assume defense duties while seeking compromise with Charles de Gaulle. Senate hearings on Europe policy are anticipated amid calls for updated U S strategy.
Gemini 9 Astronauts Await Flight
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Healing and eager on the eve of a bold space adventure Gem in i 9 Two astronauts bowed up an intricate detail of their com ples nent today as preparations for Tuesday's launch continued. Air Force 11 Col Thomas P Stafford and Navy Lt Cmdr Eugene A Cernan have the toughest job ever handed an axtranaut crew one official said. Stafford and Cernan planned to discuss the right plan for the final time with project offi ce Sundax. ines got their atlas of rest before their Veu Aominur weaie: duce dispitated today and meteorolo gists forecast salis in class con ditions at Cape Kennedy and in recovery areas around the world for Tuesday. Stafford and Cernan are to blast off at 1224 pm EDT an hour and 34 minutes after the scheduled liftoff of their Agena target roce. There had been some concern about a Weak east wave that had been creeping toward an area 573 miles southeast of Ber muda where the recovery air craft carrier Wasp will be sta tioned in the event of an abort. The space agency said today the storm offered no threat.
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Air Force 1
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
Eugene A Cernan
Stafford
Cernan
Project Office
Sundax
Ines
Agena
Bermuda
Wasp
Space Agency
Stock Market Closes Higher in Irregular Trade
New York shares edged up in uneven trading as market participants mulled mixed economic signals. The session showed modest gains amid moderate volume with notable activity in select banks and tech names.
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New York
Veney Sentencing Set for Today in Frederick County
Samuel J. Veney, 27, convicted of slaying Baltimore policeman Jack Lee Cooper during a liquor store holdup, is to be sentenced at 3 p.m. in Frederick County Circuit Court. Veney was found guilty April 16. jurors urged no mercy and the maximum penalty is death. Veney's older brother Earl was convicted earlier this year on related charges.
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Samuel J. Veney
Baltimore
Jack Lee Cooper
Frederick County
Veney
Frederick
Dudley Digges
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Cooper
Earl
Jail Escapee Gets 6 Month Prison Term
Mount Airy man Andrew Leroy Smith was sentenced to six months in the Maryland House of Correction after escaping from Frederick County Jail. He had been sentenced to three years for petty larceny and panicked when jailed, with police recapturing him on February 7.
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Maryland House of Correction
Frederick County
M. Alexander
Andrew Leroy Smith
Smith
Wallace Hutton
Hutton
Robert S. Rothenhoefer
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Spring Arrives as Warm Weekend Sparks Hopes
After a week of frost the area looks to enjoy spring with highs in the 70s to 80s. Sunday reached 75 and overnight 45. Tuesday forecasts show partly cloudy skies with a chance of rain and temperatures around 70s. Rain over the past two days brings monthly total to 0.55 inches, below normal May precipitation of 2.49 inches.
Baptist College Board UKs Construction Work
The Board of Trustees of Maryland Baptist College Walkersville met and voted to begin construction as final drawings are secured. Architects will finish Rosenstock Chapel for 500 seating and a music wing. gates memorial to G Frank Thomas and a main roadway will start. All electric campus with underground wiring planned. main academic building of 32,000 plus square feet to front Route 194. Construction to start by late fall. engineer talks ongoing with Potomac Edison. President search ongoing.
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Walkersville
Rosenstock Chapel
Samuel H Rosenstock
Frederick
G. Frank Thomas
Orze
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Johnson Leaves Camp David for Washington
President Johnson departed Camp David in Maryland by helicopter at 10 02 a m after an overnight stay at the presidential retreat in the Catoctin Mountains heading to Washington.
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Thurmont, Md
Johnson
Washington
Camp David
Catoctin Mountains
British Seamen On Strike Endangers Island Economy
AP reports British merchant crews from tramp steamers to liners walked off the job in a wage strike. Prime Minister Harold Wilson reviews emergency plans as 63,000 seamen of the National Union of Seamen walk out, with about 300 ships idled at midnight and a national broadcast warning against panic buying.
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Harald Wilson
National Union of Seamen
Nation
Wilson
Collins Announces Candidacy for County Commissioner
Delegate Charles E. Collins announces his bid for county commissioner, choosing the race over re election to the State Legislature after long consideration and direct requests. He joins incumbent Lawrence A. Dorsey and former Frederick Alderman Lloyd Stup as official candidates. Collins has eight years of service in Frederick County's House of Delegates. He was appointed May 10 as a member of the (Continued On Page 5).
Walkersville Post Office Bids Requested
The Post Office Department seeks competitive bids to build and lease a new Walkersville post office. Postmaster General Lawrence F. O'Brien cites economy goals under President Johnson to obtain the best postal service at lowest cost. Bids due by 2 pm June 16. Site on the northwest side of Fredericks Street to be assigned to the winner.
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Post Office Department
Walkersville
Lawrence F. O’brien
Fredericks Street
Brewster backs Sickles for governor in Maryland
U S Senator Daniel Brewster endorses Carlton Sickles for Maryland governor, praising his intellect and vision to tackle state issues. He says Sickles is best qualified for modern state leadership, citing expertise in education conservation pollution planning transportation and fiscal policy.
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U.S
Daniel Brewster
Dmd
Carlton R. Sickles
Maryland
Brewster
Sickles
Carlton Sickles
Democratic Party
Temporary AAU Track Meet OKed with Portable Facilities
State health officials approved a temporary trailer facility and use of existing restrooms at Governor Thomas Johnson High School stadium for the National AAU Women's Track Meet in Frederick. A written agreement with local schools was requested to ensure permanent sanitary facilities by the football season, with minimum stadium upgrades planned by mid-September.
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Frederick
Governor Thomas Johnson High School
William J. Peeples
Forbes H. Burgess
Peeples
Burgess
John L. Carnochan
Warren Evans
Central Office
School Board
Donald Evans
Buddhists Ready to Die Threaten Da Nang Clash
Saigon Buddhists led by Thien Minh demand immediate withdrawal of Da Nang troops as unrest deepens the North South split. Eight killed or five reported in Da Nang fighting, while Viet Cong attacks disrupt suburbs and strikes threaten power and port. Thieu defends Da Nang seizures as anti communists exploit turmoil. U.S. warns Ky regime to prevent civil war.
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Nguyen Cao Ky
da Nang
Thien Minh
Minh
Ton That Dinh
Nouth
United States
Buddhist Institute
Johnson
Ma Geng Ton
Dinh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Hue
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