Col Elmer Munshower to retire after 40 years in public service
Col Elmer F Munshower will not seek reelection and will retire from public service at age 81. He has served 40 years in Frederick City politics including three terms on the aldermen board and two mayoral terms in 1931 and 1950. He cites age as main factor and thanks supporters as he plans to back successors.
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Elmer F. Munshower
Col
Munshower
Frederick City
Board of Aldermen
Col. Munshower
Maryland State Police
Baltimore County Police Force
Camp A.P
Jail Escapee Captured in Frederick County
James Robert Mercer, 19, who escaped from the Frederick County Jail on Saturday, was captured Monday evening. Police spotted him around 5:40 pm walking on East Fifth Street and he fled to Sagner's Inc. Officers cordoned the building and Mercer was found hiding in the basement. He was serving a 14 month sentence for auto larceny and other motor vehicle offenses.
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Frederick County
James Robert Mercer
Mercer
East Fifth Street
Sagner’s Inc
East
East Fifth Streets
Donald Tracey
Pfc
James Schroyer
Sagner
Tpr
Donald Bartgis
Riots threaten Saigon as Ky prepares troops
In Saigon, Premier Ky ordered the elite 7th Infantry Division on standby amid Buddhist protests and threats of hunger strikes. In Hue, a soldier fired on a U.S. helicopter carrying Maj. Gen. Cao and Brig. Gen. Platt, killing the gunner. no injuries aboard. Gemini 9 launch postponed after Agena failed to reach orbit. Stafford and Cernan delayed two weeks.
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
1St Corps
Hue
U.S
Huynh van Cao
U.S. Marine
Viet Nam
Jonas M. Platt
1St Army
Cape Kennedy
Fla
William C. Schneider
Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Stafford
Navy
Walter M. Sehirra Jr
Satelle
Cernan
States
Globe
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Atlantic Ocean
Mission Control
Houston
Agena
Funk Breaks Ground For Interstate 70
The State Roads Commission's ground breaking for the first 1.7 mile section of Interstate 70 between Hagerstown and Frederick took place with SRC Director John B. Funk and local officials in attendance. The project, contracted to Wolfe Brothers Construction Co., is part of a 21 mile segment costing 35 to 40 million dollars, with a vigorous 20 month plan to complete the Hagerstown to Frederick stretch.
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State Roads Commission
Hagerstown
Frederick
SRC
John B. Funk
Herman L. Mills
U.S. 40
Maryland 66
Wolfe Brothers Construction Co
Funk
George E. Snyder
D-Washington
Hagerstown-to- Frederick
Dels
Richard Grumbacher
Mildred Huyett
Washington County
Charles Collins
Frederick County
Frederick County Retarded Children Elects Glick President
Mrs. Charles Glick was elected president of the Frederick County Association for Retarded Children at the annual recognition dinner at Grace United Church of Christ. Todd Steel, Inc. received the Employer of the Year Award, first time for a local firm. Over 100 attendees heard remarks as officers were installed by David Kahn.
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Charles Glick
Frederick County Association For
Todd Steel, Inc
Grace United Church of Christ
Glick
Wilbert Wiggs
Theodore Wyatt
Edwin Hoffman
J. R. Ramsburg, Jr
Isaac Stevens
Warren P. E. Smith
C. Lease Bussard
William Wright
David Kahn
Maryland Association For Retarded Children
Frederick
Monocacy Village
Norman Todd
Red Cross To Host Families Of Viet Vets
Frederick County Red Cross Chapter hosts a social evening for families of men serving in Viet Nam on May 23 at 7 30 p m at the Amvets Home West Patrick Street. The program aims to survey local servicemen and includes slides from Vietnam and a returning veteran speaker with inviting recruitment officers from all branches. Families are urged to bring photos to share. Committeewomen Elizabeth Lundgren chair, Russell McCain and Frank Worthington listed.
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Frederick County
Red Cross
Viet Nam
Amvets
West Patrick Street
The
U.S. Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Elizabeth Lundgren
Russell McCain
Frank Worthington
Horine Elected to Bank Post in Frederick
Willard M. Horine of Frederick elected bank secretary of Western Maryland Company, to assume duties June 1. He previously held roles at Western Maryland Trust, Frederick Federal Savings and Loan, and Loyola Federal Savings and Loan, and since then has worked with a local contractor. He is active in the Evangelical and Reformed United Church of Christ and community service groups.
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Willard M. Horine
Frederick
Western Mary Company
Land Tru
Horine
Western Maryland Trust Company
Frederick Federal Savings and Loan
Loyola Federal Savings and Loan
Evangelical and Reformed United Church of Christ of Frederick
Market Starts Mixed as Averages Drift Early
New York AP reports a mixed stock market with indices showing slight declines in early trading. Traders weighed gains in some sectors against losses in others as sentiment wavered.
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New York
Baltimore Man Sentenced to Die in Gas Chamber
Samuel Veney of Baltimore was sentenced Monday to die in the gas chamber for the slaying of Baltimore police Sgt. Jack Cooper on Christmas Day 1984. The death sentence was imposed by Judges J Dudley Digges and Robert E Clapp Jr in Frederick County Circuit Court. No execution date set.
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Samuel Veney
Baltimore
J. Dudley Digges
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Frederick County
Sgt
Jack Cooper
Digges
Maryland
FBI agent killed probing kidnapping case in Pennsylvania woods
An FBI agent hunting for kidnapped Peggy Ann Brodnick and her abductor was shot and killed today in the woods near Shade Gap Pennsylvania. The assailant remains at large as authorities pursue leads in the high profile case.
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FBI
Shade Gap
Peggy Ann Brodnick
Grimes Named New Mt Airy Commissioner At Special Meeting
Ray Grimes was appointed to fill the unexpired term of former commissioner Ralph Williar at a Mt Airy town council meeting. Williar resigned seeking a public works post paying 3200 yearly, a campaign issue during May 2 election where Dr. Carl VanPoole won. VanPoole also named Paul Beall and R. Delaine to town positions.
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Ray Grimes
Ralph Williar
Mt. Airy Lown
Williar
Herman S. Beck Jr
Beck
Carl VanPoole
Grimes
van Poole
Paul E. Beall
R. Delaine
Insurance Companies Deny Discrimination Charges
Baltimore API A spokes man for 100 insurance companies denied charges they discriminate against Maryland motorists race age or paraplegic drivers. The hearing before Insurance Commissioner Francis B. Bur eh opened Friday with more than 26 attendees accusing the industry of discrimination in underwriting and renewals or premium pricing.
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BALTIMORE+ API
Maryland
James J. O'Doyle Jr
National Association of Independent Insurers
An Insurance
Marland
Francis B. Bureh
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Lewis W. Walt
da Nang
Ky Sunday
Fishing Creek
J. Rolfe Castleman
Retarded Children’s Association
W.M. Horine
Clapp
Benca
Charlemore City
Jr. Baltiattorney
Pennsylvania
Phare Moneax
Call
Montgomery County
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