Plea Accepted in Lethal Crime Case
Robert LeRoy Keeney pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the stabbing death of his wife Mrs. Rachel Keeney. Judge Patrick Schnauffer sentenced him to seven years in the Mary Jeed House of Correction after viewing pained photographs and noting Keeney’s attempted suicide. Daughter Donna Jean Kasth testified of the attack at their Ges House Pike home on February 14.
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Robert LeRoy Keeney
Mary- Jeed
House of Correction
Cureut Court
Patrick Mr. Sehnauffer
Schnauffer
Il Keeney
Thomas 5
Glass
Rachel Emmaliine Kenney
Ges House Pike
Kenney
Novo
Keeney
Schnanffer
Schrauffer
Wld
Donna Jean Kasth
Bob
Robert Keener
Keener
Detbarn
E. A. Detibarn
Walkersville
Charlies W. Ma
Egerick Memorial
Furie
Henry S. Stafford
Tie
Keene
Merchants Crackdown On Shoplifters
Frederick Chamber of Commerce members announce a crackdown on shoplifters with clerks urged to watch for suspicious activity. The chamber offers tips to recognize shoplifting tricks and apprehension instructions. The Frederick Police Department pledges full cooperation in enforcing the crackdown.
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Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Frederick
Public Hearing On School Budget Set For Elm Street Junior High
The County Council of Parent-Teacher Associations schedules a public hearing on the school budget at Elm Street Junior High School beginning at 8 o clock. The session features Dr James A Sensenbaugh Superintendent of Schools and a panel of officials including Harry V Frosphour Quentin L Earnhart and Ruth R B Trout with David Stirling as moderator. The event aims to publicize budget matters and draw delegates from PTA groups and other interested members.
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County Council of
Parent-Teacher Associations
Elm Street
Sensenbaugh
Toltbert EF. Sawyer
Ruth RB. Trout
PTA
Thieves Enter Two Phone Booths In County
State Police reported two phone booths in county areas were entered during the night. A watch driver saw two suspicious persons leaving the New Market booth on U S 46 near Route 15 about 2 36 a m. A second booth near Becklexs Motel Route 15 north of Frederick was entered about 12 45 a m with an estimated ten dollars taken. Police continued investigations.
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Harry F. Frost
Watck
U. S. 46
Route 15
New Market
Becklex
Frederick
Douglas Rogers
Fishing Creek Water Level Drops Amid Sparse Rainfall
The Fishing Creek Reservoir water level has fallen to 14 feet 10 inches below the top, dropping about three inches daily. After a dry month with only 1% inch rainfall so far, temperatures hover in the 50s with a 57 degree high on Wednesday and a 42 degree low. Tonight will dip into the low 30s with rain expected tomorrow afternoon and a 46 degree Thursday high.
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Fishing Creek
Frank Weddie
Foley to Address Maryland Municipal League Convention
Congressman John R. Foley of Maryland speaks on Federal Programs and Local Government at the Francis Scott Key Hotel as about 399 municipal officials begin a three day Maryland Municipal League Convention. The event includes tours for wives, sessions, and a panel on subdivision regulations in Frederick.
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John R. Foley
Maryland
Maryland Municipal League
Foley
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Frederick
Wedgewood
B. Herman Adkins
Snow Hill
Charles F. Trunk Jr
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ramsburg
Alan Beals
League
Wilber Smith
American Municipal Association
Folex
Charles Ricc. Mathias Jr
Wesson Cook
Maryland National Capital Park and Planting
Francis Scott Key
Yallcy
J. Harold Grady
Baltimore
Frederick J. Richardson
Mount Rainer
Hugh T. Creaper
Ocean City
Hubert F. Ryan
Port Deposit
Jacob R Ramsburg
George M. Miller
Ta Koma Park
Winslow F Burhans
Hagerstown
Phillip Goodman
University of Maryland
College Park
Joan Reed
John DeKowzan
Market edges ahead in space age stocks
New York markets show space age stocks advancing while overall averages gain narrowly in early trading. Trading remains active and focused on technology driven issues. Carbon monoxide incident in Dallas sickens twenty five at a church prayer meeting on Wednesday night.
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New York
Dallas
Tex
Blizzard Blankets Montana Paralyzes Plains Travel
A huge Canadian blizzard dumps heavy snow across Montana paralyzing transport and halting airlines at Helena Butte and Great Falls. One death reported near Laurel as Walter Hayes 33 of Billings dies in a car truck crash amid blizzard conditions.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Plains States
Butte
Great Falls
Walter Hayes
Billings
Laurel
Nebraska
South Dakota
Iowa
Great Lakes
Florida
Texas
Washington
Yuma
Ariz
Five Iranian Educators Visit Frederick for School Tour
Frederick hosts five Iranian educators and their interpreter arriving by Greyhound at 3:45 p.m. They meet county officials and attend a legislative dinner at the VFW club with state legislators and education representatives. They will study Frederick County schools and tour other states during their visit.
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Frederick
Washingston
Greyhound
James A. Sensenbaush
iHarry V. Frushour
Golam Reza Rehai
United States
VFW Club
Frederick County
PTA
Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers
Sensenbaugh
Iran
Pennsylvania
Iona
Utah
California
America
Shiraz
Hossein Derayer
Maryland
Frus' Shour
Frederick J. Brown Jr
Wee Women Open Your Eyes Line Sparks Mockery
A fragmentary line from a column mocks a group named Wee Women with a sharp insult about sugar and a conmina term, reflecting a sensational or satirical note in the page text.
Rockefeller Starts Tour Of West
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller tours the West in a fast moving four day swing. Fog delayed his Los Angeles arrival and his chartered plane landed at Burbank. He outlines a broader goal beyond battling Soviet aims and stresses a world built on freedom and human dignity. He will visit northern California Oregon Washington and Idaho.
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Los Angeles
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
United States
Soviet Union
Rockefeller
West
Californians - For- Rockefeller
CallRocks
Los Angeles International Airport
Lockheed Air Terminal
Burbank
Commonwealth of Nations
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Symington to introduce six point farm bill in January
Sen. Stuart Symington told the National Grange that he will introduce a six point farm bill when Congress reconvenes. The bill aims to deliver family-sized farmers a return on investment comparable to other parts of the economy, he said in Long Beach California.
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Long Beach
Calif
Fap
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
National Grange
Cranberry sales halted over insecticide contamination fears
Crops may have been contaminated with an insecticide linked to thyroid cancer in mice. Cranberry industry spokesmen insist canned and fresh berries are safe. The State of Ohio and the City of San Francisco have ordered a halt to sale of Washington Oregon cranberries for now.
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State of Ohio
San Francisco
Washington-Oregon
Customers To Forego Berries At Thanksgiving
A Maryland survey shows shoppers may skip cranberries at Thanksgiving though many stores still stock them. Grocers expect slow sales due to a federal report of weed killer residues on West Coast supplies, while Maryland households are assured cranberries from contamination free sources.
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Associated Press
Maryland
West Coast
Eisenhower Flies To Augusta for Rest Before Tour
President Dwight D. Eisenhower departed Washington for Augusta Georgia with a small White House entourage. Mrs Eisenhower will follow by train. The trip aims to rest before a 1 nation goodwill tour beginning December 4. Congress prep continues with Budget Director Maurice H Stans and Ezra Taft Benson in discussions on the 1961 budget.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Augusta
White House
George E. Allen
Augusta National Golf Club
Capitol Hill Club
Congress
Maurice H. Stans
Ezra Taft i Benson
Free State
Massachusetts
Angus
New Jersey
Cambridge
Frederick
Annapolis
State Health Department
Salisbury
Washington-Oregon
Cuban White Paper Ready on Cuban American Relations
Cuba will deliver a 29 page reply to U S charges that Fidel Castro aims to destroy Cuban American friendship. Official sources say Raul Roa and Osvaldo Corticos prepared the document, which also analyzes relations since the war of independence and accuses the United States of imperialistic policies.
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Havana
Cuba
U.S
Philip Borsal
Fidel Castro
Washington
Castro
Raul Roa
Osvaldo Corticos
Revolucion
Spain
United States
Castra
California Artist Kills Wife and Daughters in Pebble Beach
In Pebble Beach California artist Charles Richard Gardner 38 killed his wife Bette Lavine Gardner 38 and daughters Randy Lee 12 and Diane 8 with a sledgehammer. He then apparently died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a case investigators call a triple murder and suicide. The coroner noted the lack of notes or explanation and links Gardner to an art teaching job prospect in Wellington New Zealand.
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Pebble Beach
Calif
Hungary
Bette Lavine Gardner
Randy Lee
Diane
Christopher Hit
Gardner
Wellington
New Zealand
Kimecla
Monterey Peninsula Country Club
del Monie Forest
Orange County
Whittier College
Junior Toastmasters of America
Richard M. Nixon
Fill
Nixon
Patricia McCaig
Gardners
Patricia
Mitchell Urges End to Name-Calling in Labor Clashes
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell told Boston University alumni that the labor management feud over steel and other disputes is fueled by outmoded slogans. He warned the class war rhetoric harms both sides and cited Emil Mazer of the United Auto Workers accusing the Taft Hartley law as a political payoff in the 1956 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
James P. Mitchell
Boston University
Mitchell
Emil Mazer
United Auto Workers
Repair Ship Heads For Cable Break Spot
A repair ship heads to a point 20 miles off Newfoundland where a transatlantic cable was damaged on Monday, knocking out 36 telephone circuits to France and Germany. Five breaks in the same area last February prompted an onboard probe of a Soviet trawler, with Navy scouts seeking vessels in the area.
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Sydney
Newfoundland
France
Germany
Wes Dezan
Vis
Argentia
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Unl
Three Albuquerque Nurses Found Safe After Getting Lost
In the Jemez Mountains north of Albuquerque, three nurses Jean Yelvington 21 Margaret Burke 35 and Maxine Stephens 33 were found unharmed after their car stalled in freezing conditions during a picnic trip. They exited the vehicle to seek help and reported the engine failed from ignition trouble.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Jean Yelvington
Margaret Burke
Maxine Stephens
Jemez Mountains
Here
Yelvington
Horse Show Scheduled At Hood College
Hood College will host its annual Fall Horse Show on Saturday at 1 p m at the Hood College riding ring. The event features jumping and horsemanship demonstrations in advanced classes such as forward seat balance seat and hunt seat. Accedited judge J Carroll Tischinger of Baltimore will oversee the events with 38 students training under master Krebs BenChoice. Maryland entrants include Gail Meredith Annapolis Margaret Murphy Gaithersburg Mary Ann Fleetwood Denton Sally and Susan Henson Baltimore Judy Nelson Bethesda Sue Loeffler White Hall Judy Payne Bonnie Schnebly Silver Spring.
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Hood College
J. Carroll Tischinger
Baltimore
Krebs Benchoi
Maryland
Gail Meredith
Annnapolis
Margaret Murphy
Gaithersburg
Mary Ann Fleetwood
Denton
Sally
Susan Henson
Judy Neson
Bethesda
Sue Loeffler
White Hail
Judy Payne
Bonnie Schnebly
Silver Springs
Mass murderer Werner Heyde surrenders in Germany
German police report that Werner Heyde, accused of directing mass murder of mental patients for the Nazi regime, surrendered today in Flensburg where he had been living under the alias Dr Sawade after a weeklong manhunt.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Werner Heyde
Hitler
Beccame
Flensburg
Sawade
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Elm Street Junior High
Rep. Foley
Symington
George Miller
Seale
Wash
Office of the
Federal Drug Administration
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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