Court Is Last Resort In Fight Over Thurmont High Site
Emmitsburg residents challenge Frederick County school board’s Thurmont site for the new Catocin High. The State Board upheld the earlier decision, with circuit court actions pending and a similar suit filed in Carroll County to block a Mt. Airy Sykesville consolidated high school.
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State Board of Education
Frederick County School Board
Catoctin
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Frederick County
Board of Education
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Ralph G. Shure
State Board
Carroll County
Mt. Airy
Sykesville
Edward 0. Weant Jr
Carroll County School Board
Alleck A. Resnick
Emmitsburg Group
Frederick County Board of Education
Resnick
Board of Commissioners
County Board of Education
James A. Sensenbaugh
Carroll County Groups Have Been To the County and State Boards of Education
Thief Steals Shoes and Cash From Two South Market Stores
Thieves struck Thompson's Shoe Store at 83 South Market Street and the Blue Bird Restaurant at 81 South Market Street last night. Shoes worth several hundred dollars and about $30 in cash were taken from Thompson's. about $85 was stolen from the restaurant cash register and a cigarette machine was broken for change. Authorities say the break in occurred between 1 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. with no arrests.
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South Market Street
Thompson's Shoe
South Market St
Blue Bird
Thompson's
LeRoy Thompson
John Callas
Dect
Ellis G. Carty
Green to Speak at Hood College Commencement
U S Representative Edith Green will deliver the commencement address to Hood College graduates on a Sunday morning. She will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws as part of the exercises, with Hood listing 135 graduates this year including 122 A B degrees and 13 B S in home economics. Also to receive LL D is Dr Olive I Reddick, former Hood economics professor and current director of the U S Educational Foundation in India.
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U. S
Edith Green
D-Ore
Hood College
U. S. Educational Foundation
India
Theodore R. Rupner
Hood
Frederick County
Los Angeles County
California
Routzahn's Buys Moving Van Service Assets
Routzahn's Appliance and Furniture Stores acquire all assets of Carbaugh Van Service Inc and rename to Routzahn's Moving and Storage Inc. Allen R. Routzahn becomes president and moves the business office to On The Square. Austin Moser elected president, bringing traffic management expertise for regional moving services. Routzahn's will represent Greyhound Van Lines and Bekins Van Lines in Frederick, Hagerstown and surrounding areas.
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Routzahn
Carbaugh van Service, Inc
Allen R. Routzahn
Routzahn’s
Moving and Storage, Inc
Abrecht Place
Austin Moser
Carbaugh van
Fairchild Corporation
Moser
Routzahn's
Frederick
Hagerstown
Greyhound van Lines
Bekins van Lines
Rout
Memorial Day Plans Reached in Frederick
Memorial Day will be observed in Frederick with a small parade wreath laying ceremonies and speeches. The events are directed by Patrick J. O’Neill with a 1 50 p m start at the Post Home and a parade proceeding to Mt. Olivet Cemetery where O’Neill will speak at the World War II Memorial.
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Frederick
Samuel Dorsey
Patrick J. O'Neill
Francis Scott Key
Post 11
American Legion
O'Neill
Post
East Church Street
West Frederick
Mt. Olivet
Market Street
O’neill
Bids Sought for North Market Street School Fire Partitions
Bids for fire protection partitions in the front and rear stairways of North Market Street School will open on June 1 in the school board offices. The work, required by the state fire marshal, complements already completed upgrades including converting the furnace to gas and installing a vent and an auto-opening door on the second floor. Further basement remodeling and a fire door with a fire resistant ceiling are planned for the summer. The fire marshal had deemed the school a fire hazard and recommended closure.
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North Market Street
John E. Tritt
Benjamin R. Benson IE
Tolbert F. Sawyer
Pilot Richard Green Dies In Midair Collision Over Granite
Richard Green 43 of Walkersville, former Frederick Airport manager and FAA examiner, died in a midair crash near Granite in Baltimore County. He flew with Aaron Wikander 43 of Prince Georges County. a student Merle R. Tewksbury of Lutherville also died. Dr Frank Barthus 39 of Baltimore perished. both planes from Rutherford Field. The crash occurred about 4 22 p m at 4000 feet. wreckage strewn over a half mile area.
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Baltimore County
Merle R. Tewksbury
Lutherville
Eckenroad
Wikander
Frank Barthus
Baltimore
U.S. Public Health
Federal Aviation Authority
Thelma McNemar
Rutherford Field
Voting Rights Bill Clears Senate With Poll Tax Split
The Senate approved the administration voting rights bill 79 to 19 after five weeks of debate. A House version bans poll taxes and declares they discriminate against Negro voters, while the Senate rejected the polling ban 49 to 45, signaling a coming clash with the House over the issue.
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Washington
Senate
House
House Judiciary Committee
County Officials Ban All Day Parking at Winchester Hall Lot
County workers housed in Winchester Hall must not park all day in metered or county spaces. City Chief of Police Charles V. Main ordered the ban to free the lot for the public, with Rosencrantz coordinating enforcement and department heads assigning spaces to staff.
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Winchester Hall
Charles V. Main
Ers
Chief Main
Randolph B. Rosencrantz
Main
Rosencrantz
E. Paul Magaha
Frederick
Forbes H. Burgess
Health Department
Five Viet Cong killed in Da Nang area attack
US Army helicopters and Vietnamese troops struck a Viet Cong gathering about 24 miles south of Da Nang killing about five enemy combatants and capturing 25 suspects. One Vietnamese soldier was killed and three wounded. one American helicopter crewman was slightly injured.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
da Nang
Hanoi
Ben Quang
U.S
U.S. Navy
South Viet Nam
Binh Dinh
Binh Tuan
Phu Yen
Sommers
Hai Long
Summers
Jimmy C. Stinnett
Cartersville
Grocers Win Free World’s Fair Trip
At the Sheppworth Stores annual banquet held at the Peter Pan Inn James H. Feaga of Feagaville and John Droneburg owner of Johnny's Market on North Market Street received free all expenses paid trips for two to the New York World’s Fair. They were awarded tickets to the fair and hotel reservations plus $50 expense checks. Dr K Brantley Watson of the US Chamber of Commerce urged independent grocers and food wholesalers to value human relations in dealing with distributors retailers and customers as key to good management.
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James H. Feaga
Feagaville
John Droneburg
North Market Street
Shepworth
Peter Pan Inn
Hugh Simms
Kiam Simms
K. Brantley Watson
McCormick Tea Company
Baltimore
US Chamber Commerce
Rand
Stock Market Slump Deepens as Trading Surges
New York stocks moved lower in early Wednesday trading as the market faced renewed selling pressure. The session showed heightened activity with broad declines across major indices and notable trading volume.
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New York
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J. Rate Castleman
Point of Rocks
Charles A. Price
Price
Rep. Green
Newara
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Richard Green
Walkersville
Granite
MD. 97
Monocacy River
Westminster
Soupy George May
Grocers
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