Car Plunges Off 21-Foot Cliff Kills Harpers Ferry Man
A man identified as Edward J. Beaton 39 of Riverdale died after his car plunged from a 21 foot embankment into the C and O Canal near Harpers Ferry West Virginia. Beaton was found this morning by four workers on their way to work and pronounced dead at the scene. Deputy James Powers led the investigation as the car flipped over the rock cliff and into the canal.
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Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Washington County Sheriff’s Office
Edward J. Beaton
Riverdale
Beaton
Washington County
Edward W. Ditto
Sandy Hook
Sharpsburg
Washington County Sheriff's Office
James Powers
Washington County Sheriff's Department
New Market
Clarence Stottlemyer
Hahn Transportation
Ellicott City
U.S. 40
Howard County
Hyman Caplan
Benjamin Lebow
Pikesville
Turf Valley Country Club
Hann
Stofflemyer
Archdiocese census plans for Catholics in nine Maryland counties
Volunteers in Frederick County join about 50 000 participants for the Archdiocese of Baltimore Census of Catholics on November 17. The two part form covers household details and youth education while ensuring privacy and aiming to guide future church facilities and financing needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Archdiocese of
Frederick City
James Hogan
St. John’s Catholic Church
Alfred E. Smith
George W. Clendaniel Jr
Leo Sanders
Leonard J. Dobucki
John C. Dempsey
Gerald T. Eccles
Earl T. Rosensteel
Robert E. Boyle
Richard J. O’connor
Donald Rice
Ralph Wachter
William Duggan
Ted V. Levinson
James McSherry
Alton J. Lipps
Thomas F. O'Toole
William H. Garner
Col. Martin
Massaglia
Baltimore
Anne Arundel
Howard
Carroll
Allegany
Washington
Garrett
Harford
Frederick
Baltimore City
IBM
Archdiocesan
Fires Set on Road Near Md 75 Construction Site
State police report continuing investigation into two small fires Sunday night near Md 75 and Old Annapolis Road. Fires burned about two areas 30 feet square in straw used by the Roads Commission. They were extinguished by resident Paul Himes, 18, with a suspect picked up and further leads being checked. Trooper Robert Loun and Trooper Jack Forsythe assisting.
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MD. 75
Annapolis Road
State Roads Commission
Paul Himes
Robert Loun
Jack Forsythe
Kennedy Children Return to White House Visit
Fragmentary AP wire notes indicate President Kennedy at the White House with his children Caroline and John F. Kennedy Jr. under discussion, as the scene centers on family moments at White House residence.
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Washington
Pres- White House
Hell
Kennedy
Jan. Fa Jrson
Caroline
Ah. Kennedy
Thurmont Seeks Land For Sewer
An all male jury in Circuit Court considered a condemnation case in Thurmont over a 285 foot right of way for a sewer line. The town offered 140 dollars, while the Stam baughs seek a fair price, arguing the strip would forever affect their property and hinder construction. The jury toured the site and planned to resume deliberations after lunch with 12 named jurors listed.
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Thurmont
Patrick M. Schnauffer
C. Edward Stambaugh
Thomas S. Glass
Stambaughs
Charles A. Price
Glass
Stambaugh
Roger
Paul L. Althouse
Russell E. Eyler
Jesse A. Bussard
Edward W. Kefauver
J. Fred Groomes
James H. Baker
Ivan C. Stoulemyer
Charles I. Easterday
Roger F. Whalen
Oscar W. Keyser
Walter G. Clem
George W. Myers
Brothers Stabbed At Tavern In Emmitsburg
Two Pennsylvania brothers, John Arthur Dillon and Kenneth Dillon, were stabbed at Ohler's Tavern in Emmitsburg by Virl Hughes, a Westminster man. John received facial and chest injuries while Kenneth sustained a chest wound. both were treated at local hospital.
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Pennsylvania
Westminster
Ohler
Emmitsburg
Robert E. Snyder
John Arthur Dillon
RFD 1
Orrtanna
Kenneth
Virl Hughes
East Main Street
Snyder
Hughes
Kenneth Dillon
Annie E. Warner Hospital
John Dillon
Neil F. Bechtel
No Change In War On Commies
AP report covers Saigon upheaval after the Ngo Dinh Diem coup with U S backed operations against Viet Cong, junta plans a Buddhist led caretaker government, funeral arrangements for Diem and Nhu, and a noted horse to car transfer in Kentucky.
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Los Angeles
Ngo Dinh Nhu
U.S
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Mekong
Diem
Viet Cong
Doung van Minh
Nguyen Ngoc Tho
St. Paul’s Hospital
Defense
Tran Trung Dung
Ngo Dinh
Nhu
Maryland Music Teachers Elect Officers at MSMTA Meeting
H Emerson Meyers of Catholic University was reelected president of the Maryland State Music Teachers Association as the MSMTA opened its seventh annual convention at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. The group adopted a certification program for teachers and held panels on musical style with discussions led by Elizabeth Katzellenbogen Evelyn Swarthout and William S Newman.
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H. Emerson Meyers
Catholic University
Washington
Maryland State Music Teachers Association, Inc
Francis Scott Key
MSMTA
Nina V. Ingraham
Arnold
Allen M. Garrett
Gratia B. Woods
Takoma Park
Miriam K. Young
Towson
Robert S. Taylor
Bethesda
Elizabeth R. Davis
Baltimore
Louise Carlson
Virginia Carty deLisle
Braddock Heights
Maryland
Elizabeth Katzenellenbogen
Goucher College
Evelyn
Hoffberger Gains Control of Baltimore Orioles
Jerold Hoffberger, president of a beer brewery, has acquired control of the Baltimore Orioles with Zani vy Kreiger, according to the Baltimore News-Post. Hoffman will keep Lee MacPhail as president, while Kreiger and Joseph A. W. Ig Jehart arrange voting blocs. directors meet Friday and stockholders next month. Hoffberger’s brewery also sponsors Orioles and Colts broadcasts.
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Baltimore
Jerold Hoffberger
Baltimore Orioles
Zanivy Kreiger
Baltimore News-Post
Hoffberger
Bill Veeck
Cleveland
St. Louis
Detroit Tigers
Veeck
Maryland
News-Post
Lee MacPhail
Kreiger
Orioles
MacPhail
Billy Hitchcock
Joseph A. W. Ig Jehart
Colts
Baltimore Clippers
Hoffberger’s Brewery
Baltimore Colts
Milder Winter Forecast Tied to Animals and Almanacs
A whimsical look cites polar bears, squirrels and caterpillars as signs of a warmer winter, while almanacs predict mixed outcomes. Weather Bureau remains cautious, with meteorologist J. Murray Mitchell Jr. advising preparation as if cold weather lies ahead.
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Washington
U.S. Weather Bureau
Ralph Norris
National Zoo
Hagerstown
Weather Bureau
J. Murray Mitchell Jr
Mitchell
Soviet and U.S. convoy clash at Berlin autobahn checkpoint
Secretary of State Dean Rusk summoned Soviet chargé d'affaires Kornienko to protest delays on the Berlin auto road. In Berlin the Soviet side again blocked a U.S. Army convoy at Marienborn, demanding dismounts for counting, while Allied authorities resisted.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Georgi M. Kornienko
State Department
U.S
Berlin
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Kornienko
Rusk
Kernienko
Llwellyn Thompson
Kennedy
White House
Spiridonov
James H. Polk
Marienborn
John Lamb
North Augusta
S.C
Ivan Yakubovsky
East Germany
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C&o Canal
Jakarta
Indonesia
Kennedy Administration
Howard P. Jones
United States
Sukarno
Delaine Hoon
US. 40
Stottlemyer
Frankfort
Wallace Bramwell
Kenneth Schneider
Lyndon
Sonny Boy
Franklin County Clerk’s Office
State Music Teachers Meeting
Meyers
University of Toronto
Electronic Music Center
Music From Nature
David Stone
College of Music
Temple University
Philadelphia
National ‘Arts Foundation
Wedgwood
Mildred M. Gaddis
Esther W. Ballou
American University
the Weather Bureau
Norris
Winchester
Harry F. Byrd
Farmers Almanac
West Berlin
West Germany
New York
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