Truck driver dies in U.S. 15 crash near Emmitsburg
A 42-year-old York Pennsylvania man, Harry Edwin Campbell, was killed when his tractor trailer crashed after trying to avoid a deer on U S 15 south of Emmitsburg. The truck carried 20 tons of brick and overturned pinning Campbell. the deer also died. The crash occurred about 5 45 a m four miles south of Emmitsburg and left 16 people dead on U S 15 north of Thurmont this year.
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U.S. 15
Emmitsburg
Harry Edwin Campbell
York
B. O. Thomas Sr
Campbell
Thurmont
Mt. Saint Mary's
Santa Cl aus Fl ies To Shop Center Festivities Start
Santa Claus will visit the Frederick Shopping Center by helicopter at 2 p m Saturday and return Friday Nov 26 for opening ceremonies. Tree lighting led by Mayor Magaha at 7 p m marks the holiday start with Santa Land photos and pins. Downtown Frederick Christmas lights switch is by Mayor Magada at 6 30 p m Nov 26 with school music ensembles.
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Santa Claus
Frederick
Santa
E. Paul Magaha
Santa Land
United Fire Company
Optimists Club
Russell Jones Jr
Thomas F. O'Toole
Evelyn Los Calzo
John Holmes
Boyd Hawes
Dan Buza
E. R. Pemsel
Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ
Magada
Frederick High School
Elm Street
United States pushes bid to bar Red China from UN
United States and nine others urged the General Assembly to uphold a 1961 two thirds rule for admitting Peking to the United Nations. The move came as the nine nation assembly closed its annual China question debate, with trading in New York markets easing after a busy start.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
China
General Assembly
Peking
City Hearing on Transients Housing Sparks Strong Opposition
At a 4 p.m. hearing before the city board of zoning appeals residents protest a Union Rescue Mission plan to open barracks style housing in its South and South Market Streets building in a B 3 district The mission says it will supervise residents provide showers and clothing aid rehabilitation and charge no fee funded by its store income and church donations William A Jenkins says several thousand dollars have been invested in improvements and that he will stay on site if supervision is lacking The board will decide whether the use falls under a permitted or similar general character use.
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Union Rescue Mission
Board of Zoning Appeals
Appeals Board
South Market
William A. Jenkins
Board of Appeals
Jenkins
Dakotas Brace For Heavy Snow Storm
Arctic air pushed into Montana and North Dakota behind a developing storm. Heavy snow warnings issued for central Montana with up to six inches expected. Snow totals included four inches at Great Falls and two inches at Lewistown, with one inch at Minot.
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Associated Press
Arctic
Montana
North Dakota
Havre
Cut Bank
Great Falls
Mont
Lewistown
Minot
Lake Superior
Sault St. Marie
Upper Michigan
Central Plains
Subdivisions Approved By Planners
The Frederick County Planning Commission approved two subdivisions with 86 new homes and a service station plus a snack bar in Jefferson at a Winchester Hall morning meeting. Catoctin Manor Estates on Sundays Lane at Biggs Ford Road totals 79 homes with 16 sold, and Mort Hills on Renner Road west of Johnsville adds seven lots. A Wiles Inn subdivision near Valley View Road and Middletown Myersville Road was held for later. A rezoning request by James I Ingram for five and a quarter acres at U S 340 and Mountville Road for a B 2 service station and snack bar was recommended despite access concerns.
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Frederick County Planning Commission
Jefferson
Winchester Hall
Catoctin Manor Estates
Richard P. Beckley
Biggs Ford Road
Southey T. Nottingham
Mort Hills
Robert E. Mort
Keymar
Renner Road
Johnsville
Nottingham
Wiles’ Inn
William McC
Annie Wiles
Middletown
Valley View Road
Myersville
James I. Ingram
Mountville Road
Ingram
Robert Wigan
Lander Road
J. Alfred Catsail
Pool Project at VFW Club Set for May Completion
The $75,000 VEW Swim Club at the VFW Country Club west of Frederick aims to finish within six months with a May 15 completion target. The project kicks off a five year expansion including a new clubhouse, golf pro shop, and expanded parking. Architect Claude Harmon in Bethesda finalizing designs. bid set soon.
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VFW
Frederick
Fred Lodge
Lodge
Claude Harmon
Bethesda
Baptist College Views Differ
Dr Melvin E Lea head of the Maryland Baptist College trustees says there is no organized opposition among Baptists to the college while some fear the cost Rev Cecil B Anderson calls on 600 delegates to back the project in Walkersville with a 140 acre site purchased for the college construction set to begin in spring He notes heavier support near Frederick and that all Maryland Baptists voted last year to establish the college with limited opposition expected
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Maryland Baptist College
Melvin E. Lea
Frederick
Cecil B. Anderson
Maryland Baptist Convention
Maryland
Baltimore
Walkersville
Anderson
Baptists
Glade Valley Farms
Dr. Lea
Lea
Aged Couple Robbed Of $30,000 In Cambridge
Cambridge police search for a slight gunman who beat an elderly couple in their home and robbed them of more than $30,000 in cash. The victims, William and Mrs Jones, operate an oyster dredgeboat and the crime echoes a prior Dorchester County daylight robbery.
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Cambridge
Brice Kinnamon
William Jones
Jones
Chesapeake Bay
Dorchester County
Carl Tyler
Hoopers Island
Ike No Longer Under Oxygen
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower's doctors announced he is no longer under oxygen at Ft. Gordon. They said he was not under oxygen Sunday or Monday and had been in and out of the oxygen tent since a heart seizure a week ago. The report added he spent a very comfortable night and remains in steady progress and excellent spirits.
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FT. Gordon
Reds Launch New Venus Probe
The Soviet Union announced it launched its second space shot toward Venus within five days. Tass said Venus 3, an unmanned automatic space station, was launched similar to Venus 2 last Friday.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Venus
Tass
Mine Blast Kills Army Reserve Expert in Blacksburg
Gerald D Baldwin 25, an Army Reserve demolition expert and U S Forestry Service employee, was killed when a home made mine exploded at his Blacksburg Virginia apartment. His wife was injured. he had recently moved there from Frederick Maryland and was a 1959 Frederick High School graduate.
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Army
Frederick
Gerald D. Baldwin
U. S. Forestry Service
Blacksburg
Baldwin
Frederick High School
Charles Baldwin
Braddock Heights
United Appeal Drive Tops 158000 Goal in Frederick County
The Frederick County United Appeal surpassed its 158000 goal by 470.20 with later contributions expected to push the total about 1000 over. Major Charles V. Main led the effort and cochair Miss Mayetta Hershberger thanked volunteers. six of eleven divisions exceeded quotas, including the industrial and building trades groups.
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Frederick County
Frederick
United
Harry Harper
Lester Feaga
Albert Cohen
Ralph Austin
Thelma Todd
Donald C. Linton
Edu
Princess Meg Plac es Wreath On JFK Grave
Princess Margaret of Britain placed a wreath on President John F. Kennedy's grave at Arlington National Cemetery in a solemn ceremony with the Earl of Snowdon. The royal couple arrived in a motorcade and were greeted by Maj. Gen. Curtis J. Herrick as overcast skies hung over the day. A separate report notes city firemen responding to a gas leak at Frederick Memorial Hospital Nurses Home with no fire or damage.
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Washington
Margaret of
Britain
Arlington National Cemetery
John F. Kennedy
Earl of Snowdon
Curtis J. Herrick
Washington Military District
Hospital City
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Russell calls for Haiphong harbor strike in Vietnam war plan
Sen. Richard B. Russell urged broad U. S. action to cripple Haiphong, a key North Vietnamese port. The Georgia Democrat and Armed Services Committee chair said the harbor should be mined and the fleet moved in, with a naval blockade to sever military supply lines. He emphasized avoiding bombardment of civilians in Hanoi or Haiphong.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
U. S
Haiphong
North
Viet Nam
Russell
Georgia
Senate Armed Services Committee
South Viet Nam
United States
Gulf of Tonkin
Hanoi
Students Send Gifts to Vietnam Troops Under Operation Thanks
Thousands join effort to mail gifts and 130,000 messages to U S servicemen in Viet Nam. Pepperdine and other Southern California students pack 1500 boxes of goodies while the Tennessee Air National Guard plans to fly the items. Dr and Mrs Richard Ornsteen of Gladwyne lead the drive in Philadelphia and aim to deliver 290 cartons of treats to Saigon Friday. The initiative, backed by Marine transport and possibly a trip for students to Vietnam, criticizes draft protests and celebrates national pride.
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Associated Press
Santa Claus
Viet Nam
Air National Guard
Philadelphia
Pepperdine College
Southern California
Tennessee Air National Guard
Richard P. Ornsteen
Gladwyne
Saigon
Ornsteen
Defense Department
U.S. Marine Corps
Johnson
Dave Balsiger
Mike Maier
W. H. Krulak
Hawaii
Krulak
Marine Corps Air Station
el Toro Calif
Ia Drang Battle Report: 869 Communists Counted Dead
In the Ia Drang Valley, U S 1st Cavalry repels two new NVA assaults amid high ground fighting. A military spokesman confirms 869 enemy killed, American losses described as moderate. two MIG fighters engage US recon planes with no damage. Lt Sisson from New York calls for fire as Myron Diduryk commands a steel wall response.
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Drang Valley
South Viet Nam
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
Viet Nam
Ia Drang
Cambodia
North Viet Nam
1St Cavalry
William Sisson
New York
Myron Diduryk
Somerville
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Edward Joy
Small Creek
Ernest Spangler
Baptist College
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Gerald Baldwin
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Raphine
Wiliam Hess
John L. Carnochan
Princess Meg
JFK
Sen. Russell
Viet Harbor
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