Disarmed Policeman Assault Triggers City Police Search
City and state police hunted a 35 year old man described as 5 foot 11 and about 200 pounds after he held City Officer William H. Crabill at gunpoint near St. Johns school in East Second street. The suspect, William E. Littles, formerly lived here and worked at Mt Wilson hospital near Baltimore.
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William H. Crabill
William E. Littles
Mt. Wilson Hospital
Baltimore
Littles
St. John’s School
East Second Street
Crabill
J. Frank Main Jr
East Street
North Market Street
Set
Main
Lutheran Sunday School
Union Bridge Opens Bids for Sewer System Project
Town officials in Union Bridge opened bids for a sewerage system and a Sewage Stabilization Lagoon. Apparent low bid for the sewerage system came from H Barton Elliott Company of Newark Delaware at 468 669. Other bidders included E and J Kibler Finksburg 384 849 W F Wilson and Sons Ellicott City 373 702 Marbra Beltsville 998 455. Lagoon bids from Thomas Bennett and Hunter Westminster 48600 Fontana Stone Galeton 51267 Maitland Brothers Littlestown 6790 E and J Kibler 7592 Weller Brothers New Windsor 75950 W F Wilson and Sons 110 con Mayor Edward L Wilbiar said the racoon will be due on five acres of a 15 acre tract west of the town. Specifications will be studied and an official announcement of the apparent low bidder will be made next Monday night. Whitman and Requarent engineers from Bulumere.
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Union Bridge
H. Barton Eliott Company
Newark
Del
E. and J. Kibler, Inc
Finksburg
W. F. Wilson and Sons Inc
Ellicott City
Marbra Company, Inc
Beltsville
Thomas, Bennett and Hunter
Westminster
Fontana Stone Company
Galeton
Maitland Brothers
Littlestown
E. and J. Kibler Inc
Weller Brothers Inc
New Windsor
W. F. Wilson and Sons
Edward L. Wilbiar
Whitman and
Requarent
Bulumere
Lilith Film Finishes Barnesville Shoot Amid Horse Flu
Colubia Pictures halted a four week Lilith production in Barnesville Montgomery County as twenty of thirty horses contracted a 103 to 105 degree fever and coughing. The cast includes Warren Beatty, Jean Seberg, Peter Fonda and Kim Hunter. Director Robert Rossen resumed after the flu scare while St Marys Church festival scenes and local extras supported the shoot.
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Lilith
Barnesville
Columbia Pictures
J. R. Salamanca
Montgomery County
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Hollywood Outfit
Dickerson
Maryland
Stonemont
Poplar Lodge
Lilith Arthur
Vincent Bruce
Warren Beatty
Jean Seberg
George Bernard Shaw
Saint Joan
Peter Fonda
Henry Fonda
Kim Huster
Robert Rossen
the Hustler
Darnestown Man Appointed Communications Operations Officer
James C. Esworthy of Darnestown has been named Communications Operations Officer for the Maryland Civil Defense Agency. Major General Rinaldo Van Brunt announced the appointment, saying it follows State Merit System procedures. Esworthy previously worked at the Waterloo Barracks of the Maryland State Police.
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James C. Elworthy
Darnestown
Maryland Civil Defense Agency
Rinaldo van Brunt
Esworthy
Maryland State Police
Waterloo Barracks
George C. Esworthy
Richard Montgomery High School
Rockville
Maryland approves lagoon sewage plan for Union Bridge
The Maryland State Health Department endorsed a lagoon type sewage system for Union Bridge after representatives met with local officials and inspected the area. The department must approve the lowest bidder before half the project cost is paid. A $367,000 bond issue has been accepted, with construction to start ten days after approval and a contract to be awarded within days of bid openings. Mayor Williar said bond money is held in trust for use as soon as possible.
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Union Bridge
Maryland State Health Department
State Health Department
Health Department
Williar
St AS Sonn
Frederick County Historical Society Elects Byron Goodloe Byron
Byron Goodloe Byron was elected president of the Frederick County Historical Society at a Tuesday night meeting on East Church Street. Officers include Benjamin B. Rosenstock as first vice president Charles Wood as second vice president Patricia Prime secretary Elizabeth Lewis Peters treasurer Katharine Wehler corresponding secretary and Commander Dudley Page director. The group honored Dr Dorothy Mackay Quyon for her contributions to multiple historical societies and medieval studies. A $1200 check acknowledged profits from a National Ballet presented with help from the Frederick Arts Council. The group also noted a termite problem at the Society House and planned extermination steps.
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Goodloe E. Byron
House of Delegates
Frederick County Historical Society
Society
East Church Street
A. Attee Radcliffe Jr
Byron Sere
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Charles Wood
Patricia Prime
Elizabeth Lewis Peters
Katharine Wehler
Dudley Page
Quynn
National Ballet
Friderick Arts Council
PTA Meeting on Split-Shift at Frederick High
The Frederick High School PTA hosts a town hall meeting at 7 p.m. to press for ending the split shift for tenth graders. Dr. Harold Schaden leads the effort, seeking signatures for a petition and possible mobile classrooms.
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Frederick High School
PTA
Board of Education
County Commissioners
Harold Schaden
Schaden
James A. Sensenbaugh
Fred J. Brown Jr
Commissioners’ Office
Pope John XXII Faces New Setback in Illness
Pope John XXII, 81, suffered a renewed, severe setback in his illness and canceled his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Basilica on doctors orders. He later appeared at his apartment window to bless about 15,000 people in St. Peter's Square.
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Vatican City
John XXII
St. Peter's Basilica
Vandas
St. Peter's Square
Enrollment Deadline For Summer School Courses Imminent
The Board of Education expects about 1200 participants as enrollment closes Friday for summer school. Programs include advanced, repeat and review courses across elementary to high school levels with a wide geographic reach and special interests to aid credit attainment and skills.
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Board of Education
Seis Ence
Endea
Irewrims
Studveteig of State and
Fortien Langiace
Adilie
Uae
Millions Cheer Cooper on Broadway Parade in New York
A ticker tape parade for astronaut Gordon Cooper drew an estimated two million along Lower Broadway as confetti swirled from buildings. The public celebration honored Cooper after orbiting the earth 22 times, with a luncheon planned at the Waldorf Astoria amid cheering crowds and police crowd-control efforts.
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New York
Gordon Cvooper
Broadway
Air Force
Earth
Lower Broadway
Waldorf Astoria
Cooper
Bowling Green
City Hall
Coop
Gerda
Memorial Day Parade Opens Woodsboro Programs Sunday
A Woodsboro Memorial Day observance occurs Sunday at 1 p.m. beginning at the fire hall and ending at the town cemetery with Mathias Jr. as speaker and Rev. Haas giving the invocation. The Woodshoro American Legion Post sponsors the parade with a wide volunteer turnout including the Color Guard and local agencies. the event lasts about one hour. Memorial Day services also planned in Emmitsburg and Brunswick with Legion and VFW participation.
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Woodsboro
Woodshoro American Legion Post
Mathias
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Donald Haas
Emmitsburg
Emmitsburg American Legion Post
VFW
Frederick
Francis Scott Key American Legion Post
Post
East Church Street
Mt. Olivet
Memorial Park
County Court House
Brunswick
American Legion Post
Legion Home
Knoxville Cemetery
St. Mark's
Petersville
St. Mary's
Jefferson
Point of Rocks
Furnace Mountain
Taylorstown
Lovettsville
Union Cemetery
Lovettsvile
Park Heights
Montgomery
Montgomery County
Board of Education
Montgomery Junior College
C. Taylor Whittier
Calen
Cumberland Residents Reject Fluoridation Plan
Cumberland, Maryland residents voted 3 827 to 1 503 against fluoridating the town water in a referendum held Tuesday. The issue had simmered for more than a decade since a 1952 vote by the mayor and council directing steps to fluoridate the supply.
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Cumberland
Maryland
G. Ray Light
District Realtors Meet Here
The Frederick County Board of Realtors hosts nearly 100 realtors, brokers and sales reps from Western Maryland for an All-Day Sales Clinic in the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Speakers stress education to raise competence, with panels on obtaining marketable listings and avoiding pitfalls in real estate forms.
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Eugene A. Kefauver
Frederick
Bert J. Graham
Cumberland Board of Realtors
Walter B. Stehl Jr
Hagerstown
C. W. Hammond
Maryland Association of Real Estate Boards
Carl F R. Sturges
Montgomery County Board of Realtors Inc
Amy Hicks Crane
Carroll County Board of Realtors
Samuel J. Cohen
Farmers reject Kennedy wheat plan in nationwide referendum
Wheat growers voted 53.7 percent against the administration proposal with 47.8 percent of ballots cast. Frederick County turnout was very heavy with 827 votes, 568 opposing, 45 for the plan, and 194 challenged. The referendum envisions a shift to lower price supports if production is voluntarily cut, with no option for those opposing acreage controls.
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Washington
Kennedy
Frederick County
ASC
Wischester Hall
Congress
Orville ‘L. Freeman
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ellender
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Shuman
Rious Ge
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Mary
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Kestern Shore
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