Peoples Drug Store Expansion Plans in Frederick Center
Peoples Drug Store announces enlargement and remodeling at the Frederick Shopping Center. The second expansion since a March 1957 opening will annex an adjacent dress shop and increase size by about fifty percent, with E Robert Pemsel continuing as manager. The chain, begun in 1926 in Frederick, now operates 228 stores in six states and the District of Columbia, with fifty in Maryland.
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Peoples Drug
Frederick
C. B. Burras
E. Robert Pemsel
Burras
Peoples Drug Firm
States
District of Columbia
Maryland
Frederick Orchestra cancels 1965 66 concert season
Frederick Orchestra cancels plans for the 1965 66 season due to lack of public support. Only 25 of 500 brochures produced responses. $300 raised toward a $6 000 goal. Ticket buyers will receive refunds. Frederick Singers and Chamber Music Society plans remain unaffected.
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Frederick
Carroll Hendrickson Jr
Hendrickson
Frederick Singers
Chamber Music Society
Johnsons Spend Night At Mountain Retreat
President and Mrs. Johnson stayed overnight at Camp David in Thurmont Maryland traveling by helicopter from Washington. The 60 mile trip took 25 minutes. Johnson planned to fly to New York City for a dinner honoring Democratic contributors at the Waldorf Astoria hosted by the President's Club of New York.
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Thurmont
Johnson
Camp David
Johnsons
Catoctn
Washington
New York City
Democratic Party
Waldorf-Astoria
President's Club of
New York
Sabillasville youth leads high speed chase in stolen car
A 16 year old escapee from Sabillasville Forestry Camp led State Police at Rockville on a chase in a stolen 1964 sports convertible, speeding up to 120 mph on Md. 29 before a roadblock halted him. He was arrested Friday around midnight and charged with speed excess of 70 mph reckless driving unauthorized use of a motor vehicle failing to obey a police order and driving without a license. The youth had escaped the camp Wednesday evening.
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Sabillasville
Rockville
Stephen Gary Travis
Robert Spickler
Rockville Barrack
Victor E. Wolfe
Frederick City
Wheaton
Carl Hudek
Hyattsville
Wolfe
Montgomery County
Travis
Frederick Considers Second Largest City Bond Issue
Frederick proposes a 1.5 million bond issue, the second largest in city history, boosting total indebtedness to about 4.7 million. Plans divide roughly 930000 in general obligation bonds for street and public works and 430000 in revenue bonds for water and sewer facilities.
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Frederick City
Singapore
Stockade Escapees Captured After Ride With Stolen Car
Two young soldiers who escaped from Ft. Meade stockade were arrested in Rockville after a routine stop on U.S. 240. Staton 20 of New York and Martinez 18 of Philadelphia face unauthorized use and license charges. The 1954 station wagon they rode in was stolen from Arlington, Virginia, last night. Army detainers issued.
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Ft. George G. Meade Stockade
Rockville
Martin Staton
New York
Gregory Martinez
Philadelphia
Elmer D. Selby
U.S. 240
Bethesda
Staton
Ft. Meade Stockade
Arlington
Conklyn’s Inc
Army paratrooper to attend wedding after home return
Frank Briglia Jr of the 82nd Airborne was ordered home from the Dominican Republic just before his May 29 wedding to Jacqueline Zabbarro. Lt Col James McNab arranged the flight after a letter to the President. Jackie, 19, planned to celebrate with about 450 guests as invitations were issued.
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Conn
Frank Briglia Jr
Jacqueline Zabbarro
Jackie
Frank
82Nd Airborne Division
Dominican Republic
James F. McNab
Office of
The
Army Chief of Staff
John S. Monagan
D-Conn
Briglia Senior
Monagan
Briglia
McNab
UN Seeks Extended Cease Fire in Dominican Crisis
The United Nations sought to extend a 24 hour truce in the Dominican Republic into a lasting cease fire as fighting between the civilian military junta and rebels subsided in northern Santo Domingo. U Thant said his envoy Mayobre would push for another 24 hours while the United States began withdrawing about 1 700 troops amid a plan for a coalition government until a permanent one is elected.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
United Nations
U.S
Red Cross
U Thant
UN Security Council
Jose Antonio Mayobre
Jordan
Security Council
Washington
United States
Organization of American States
Caribbean
Gun Bill Faces More Hearings
Washington AP report notes a disputed administration bill to curb mail order gun traffic may face a second Senate committee review after Judiciary completes work. Commerce Committee plans an extensive, not cursory, examination, with hearings potentially rescheduled near June 2 as Sen. Thomas Dodd sponsors both this year and last year’s measure.
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Washington
Senate
Commerce Committee
Judiciary Committee
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Dodd
National Rifle Associaton
Youth Shoots Self While Attempting Robbery Of Father
In West Palm Beach Florida 20 year old John Freeman Walden wearing a silk stocking mask tried to rob his father Ira Walden owner of a paint store. He fired three times wounding himself in the head then fled. Police captured him later at a friend’s home after he was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital. Walden is jailed under $20000 bond on two counts of armed robbery.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
John Freeman Walden
Ira
Young Walden
Good Samaritan Hospital
Walden
US Air Force strikes near Hanoi in major barrage
Massive force of 90 US jets bombed Quang Soui military barracks 55 to 6 miles south of Hanoi, destroying 37 buildings. The operation extended to Phuoc Qui depot and a naval station, with 75 tons of bombs dropped and no planes lost. Vietnamese, Navy, and air force units also participated or supported.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Quang Soui
Hanoi
U.S
Quang Soui Barracks
Phuoc Qui
Midway
Gulf of Tonkin
Laos
Ton
Ba Don
Fountain in Courthouse Park Transforms Into Wishing Well
Frederick's Courthouse Park fountain was repaired with a rebuilt inner wall and reinforced cement. Water was added to cure leaks, and the basin will be painted, drained, refilled, and stocked with goldfish once purification completes.
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Courthouse Park
Frederick
Randolph B. Rosencrantz
Rosencrantz
Jesuits Elect New Leader Pedro Arrupe Chosen
The Very Rev. Pedro Arrupe a Spanish priest and medical doctor was elected general of the Jesuits at a secret conclave. Arrupe 57 a Basque who steered the Japan province for seven years was selected at the Society of Jesus headquarters near Vatican City.
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Vatican City
Pedro Arrupe
Father Arrupe
Japan
Society of Jesus
GOP Urged To Support Redistricting Plan
Maryland Republicans are urged to back a modified reapportionment that grants more Senate seats to large counties while preserving one seat per county. State Chairman Newton J. Steers warns against pure population-based reapportionment and emphasizes considering geography and economics for suburbs. He advocates a one-senator minimum per county as soon as possible.
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Annapolis
Newton J. Steers
Maryland
Senate
Young Republicans
Steers
Republican
Mont
Confession Of Faith Ponders Bible Changes In Presbyterian Meet
In Columbus AP reports the United Presbyterian Church in the USA debates a new contemporary confession that says the Bible is not infallible when read literally It notes the confession adds 5000 words to the Westminster Confession and argues scriptures reflect human language and culture with God still speaking in a changing world.
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Columbus
Ohio
United Presbyterian Church
USA
Eugene Carson Blake
Blake
Proval
Newsmen
Assembly
William Phelps Thompson
Wichita
Kan
Two Frederick Juveniles Accused of Robbing Cleaners
Two Frederick youths ages 16 and 12 allegedly stole between 550 and 750 dollars from Footers Cleaners on North Market Street. They entered pretending to pick up clothes, one took money from a box behind the counter. Police recovered 54 dollars and the boys led officers to hidden money before being released to their parents.
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Frederick
Charles V. Main
Footers Cleaners
North Market Street
Fadar
Maia
Humphrey Joins Girl Scouts
Vice President Hubert Humphrey was sworn in as a Girl Scout during a one hour tour of the National Girl Scout headquarters in New York. He expressed delight and said he would tell the President about the event.
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New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Girl Scout
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