Fort Detrick Bids For Private Garbage Disposal
Fort Detrick seeks bids for private disposal of its waste as city dumps are at capacity. Bids open Friday and bidders may haul trash to offsite dumps or buy land for a private landfill, with health regulations and public agency supervision under state scrutiny.
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Fort Detrick
Frederick
Robert A. Whiteford
No. Whiteford
Robert Riddlemoser
Riddlemoser
Whiteford
State Health Department
Frederick City
Wolfsville Raritan Club
Health Department
Baltimore
Leesburg Priest Slain In Baltimore
A 39 year old priest Rev Harvey Harrigan assistant at St Johns Leesburg Virginia was shot in the back and died before aid arrived in a Baltimore South district apartment. A 20 year old man in custody admitted meeting the priest near City Hall and claimed a shotgun went off while he fixed it.
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Baltimore
Harvey Paul Harrigan
St. John’s Catholic Church
Leespurg
Elmer Z. Bowen
Southern District
Earl Williams
Williams
Father Harrigan
Bowen
Baltimore City Hall
Storm Damages Barns and Sign in Frederick Area
A violent thunderstorm struck Frederick last night with 0.72 inches of rain and winds to 35 mph. A large Howard Johnson sign valued at 14 thousand dollars was toppled and uninsured. Two dairy barns, one on Allen Shackleford’s Petersville farm, were damaged. Shackleford’s barn floor sustained about 500 dollars in damage and one barn was ignited by lightning. Fire crews from Brunswick aided by Middletown and Jefferson, plus an air truck from Frederick, responded. Tree limbs blocked streets, minor telecom outages occurred, and service was expected to be restored by morning. Rain totals for May reached 1.77 inches.
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Frederick
Howard Johnson
Iris Codner
Eugene Squillari
Allen Shackleford
Peters
Strine
George W. Martin
Potomac Edison Co
Carl V. Weakley
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Flash Floods Strike Texas and South Dakota
Severe storms triggered heavy rainfall across Texas and South Dakota. In Texas, hundreds evacuated as nine inches fell at Killeen and Ft. Hood, with Austin seeing two to three feet of water in intersections. Two tornadoes touched down near San Antonio and Frisco with no major injuries reported. In South Dakota, Black Hills rains caused floods, threatening communities along streams and rivers.
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Associated Press
Texas
South Dakota
Weather Bureau
New England
New York State
Killeen
Ft. Hood
Austin
Tex
San Antonio
Frisco
Black Hills
Army sergeants win diet prize in Operation Hippo
At Fort Sill Oklahoma two Army sergeants Conrad Tillick Jr and Press Young won the grand prize in Operation Hippo. They shed 332 pounds between them in eight months with Tillick dropping from 448 to a lighter weight and Young from 430. Their reward is another on duty tour.
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FT. Sill
Okla
Oklahoma
Conrad Tillick Jr
Press Young
Tillick
Young
City Zoning Board To Rule On Radio Tower
Frederick Citys board of zoning appeals will be asked Tuesday to approve a 45 foot antenna tower for an amateur radio operator on Center Street. The antenna would replace an older one on Victor Poor property and requires board approval as all residential antennas are conditional uses under the zoning law. The code also requires towers to be located as far from property lines as the height of the antenna.
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Frederick City
Board of Zoning Appeals
Center Street
Victor Poor
Robert A. Whiteford
Motorcyclist Breaks Ankle In Collision
A Baltimore motorcyclist Roger P. Myers, 22, suffered a fractured left ankle when his cycle hit a station wagon at the U S 40 and 40A intersection. Passenger George T. Gunther, 15, Baltimore, had minor injuries. Esterly, 55, of Frederick, was cited for failure to yield the right of way.
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Baltimore
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Roger P. Myers
George T. Gunther
Jack L. Forsythe
U.S
Carl S. Esterly
RFD
Frederick
Raymond Dulaney
Naples
Fla
Lon Seals
RFD 1
Monrovia
Seals
U.S. 40
Kemptown-Bartholows Road
Dulaney
Johnson Proposes Major Excise Tax Cuts to Congress
President Johnson asks Congress to cut excise taxes by nearly 4 billion dollars, with 1.75 billion in tax relief on July 1 and another 1.75 billion next January, plus a 464 million dollar spread through 1970. He asserts no current defense spending would derail the plan and urges businesses to pass savings to consumers. He outlines repeals on July 1 for handbags luggage toilet articles jewelry furs and various manufacturing taxes including machines sporting goods radios and more.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
The
Free World
Viet Nam
Industrial conference opens at Francis Scott Key Hotel
About 60 Westinghouse representatives from across the nation attend a two week conference on atomic, defense and space products at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. The event features cost improvement talks and workshops led by Westinghouse and Industry Inc. officials.
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Frederick
Francis Scott Key
Westinghouse Corporation
California
Westinghouse Atomics, Defense and Space Products
W. B. Baker
Pittsburgh
Roy E Fountain
Value Programs For Industry, Inc. Corporation
Schenectady
N.Y
Six Die as Stadium Stand Collapses in Cameroon
In Yaounde Cameroon AP reports six people were killed and 34 injured when a stadium stand collapsed during a football match as fans crowded the covered section amid rain. Authorities investigate cause and safety lapses.
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Yaounde
Cameroon
Stock Market Edges Ahead With Cautious Early Trading
The New York market opened with cautious moves and small changes across most stocks. Trading remained active as investors weighed early signs and awaited direction.
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New York
Blasts at Bien Hoa Air Base Kill and Injure U S Personnel
Demolition experts blew four 500 pound bombs at Bien Hoa Air Base near Saigon with detonation devices that could not be disarmed. At least 27 Americans were dead or missing and 103 wounded as 40 aircraft were destroyed or damaged. A preliminary inquiry found an accidental explosion on a bomber triggered the chain reaction.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Bien Hoa Air Base
Joseph H. Moore
U.S. Air Force
Viet Nam
Thailand
Moore
U.S
Air Force
Dominican Junta Pressured to Resign as Battle Rages
In Santo Domingo heavy fighting continues between junta forces and rebels amid rain. U S troops suffer minimal casualties while three paratroopers are wounded. A White House mission pressures Brig Gen Antonio Imbert Barreras to resign, aiming for a peaceful settlement with constitutionalist rebels.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
United States
U.S
82Nd U.S. Airborne
Ozama River
White House
Washington
Antonio Imbert Barreras
Imbert
Thomas C. Mann
McGeorge Bundy
Cyrus C. Vance
Jack H. Vaughn
Teachers Return To Classrooms In South Bend
In South Bend Indiana 360 union teachers returned to public schools after a boycott ending. Former Marine George T Bull led the return as teachers officially reported to principals and resumed their regular assignments.
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South Bend
Ind
Fomer Marine
George T. Bull
Polish Officer Defects in West Berlin Defection
Wladislaw Tykocinski a Polish minister-corresponding to a major general defected in West Berlin and sought political asylum in the United States. A U.S. Air Force plane flew him to West Germany for asylum consideration. He was the senior foreign diplomat in West Berlin and had served five years there. A bystander reported the incident while shopping near military HQ.
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West Berlin
Tskocinski
Rome
International Armistice Commission
Korea
Tykocinski
Myron H. Tomlinson
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Tomlinson
US Berlin
State Department
U.S
Frederick Post Office to Undergo 610000 Modernization Project
The Post Office Department approves a 610000 modernization and expansion plan for the Frederick Post Office. The project aims to double floor space triple platform area and double parking, plus complete renovation and air conditioning for a modern facility. A postal substation at the Frederick Shopping Center will ease crowded conditions and move some carriers from the main office.
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Post Office Department
Frederick
U.S
Daniel B. Brewster
D-Md
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Brewster
Mathias
James A. Grove
Tyler Abell
East Patrick Street
Grove
South Carroll Street
Bloodmobile Stops in Woodsboro for Red Cross Drive
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will stop at Woodsboro Fire Hall on Wednesday from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm for the first time since the program began in the county. James A Grave, chairman, cites donor numbers as crucial to Grove’s success and notes a prior Woodsboro visit was canceled due to bread donations. Residents are urged to donate and contact the Red Cross for transport details.
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Red Cross
Woodsboro
James A Grave
Charman
Tre Hall
Dem New Midwas
Wsit
Pete
Taal Red Cross
28 Miners Trapped By Explosion In Welsh Coal Pit
A gas explosion trapped 28 miners underground at the Cambrian colliery in Rhondda Valley Wales. The mine employs 818 men on the day shift and most workers were underground when the blast occurred.
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Tony Pandy
Wales
Ina Wal
Rhondda Valiey
Cambrian
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U.S. 340
Steiners Hill
Luther D. Cluck
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James
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