Judge Raps Cashing of Bad Checks in Frederick Area
Chief Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer condemned check cashing practices after Charles Ross Kenney pleaded guilty to four forgery and false pretense counts. Kenney cited job loss and family needs, while store managers and local merchants testified. The case highlighted alleged altered checks and urged legislative action to hold both makers and takers accountable.
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Frederick
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Sehnauffer
Charles Ross Kenney
Near le Gore
Kenney
Keeney
Wilbur F. Shifield
Sheffield
Henry I. Stafford
Acme
Stafford
Paul Andrew Spurrier
Libertytown Bank
Daniel N. Coran
A and P
Wta. Dutrow
Walkersville Grocer
Youth Convicted in Car Theft Case
A juvenile offender was convicted in a car theft case. The court proceedings established the defendant’s involvement and assigned a sentence reflecting and documenting the legal process.
Property Owners Appeal Tax Reassessments in County Session
Two commercial property owners and a resident appealed before the County Commissioners to seek tax relief after a recent reassessment. C Lease Bussard objected to his West South Street storage property once the Optimist Boys Club home. Frances Kidwiler sought relief for a South Market and West All Saints corner property used by businesses and apartments. Louis Warner argued West Third Street home should be more equitably assessed. Officials will notify their decisions within two weeks.
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C. Lease Bussard
Old South Street
West South Street
Optimist Boys Club
Frances Kidwiler
South Market
West All Saints Street
Louis Warner
West Third Strect
Three Years For Break-Ins and Larceny
A 2 year old migrant worker, Himal Washington, was sentenced by Chief Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer to Maryland House of Correction totaling three years on three counts of breaking and entering and larceny. Washington admitted guilt with his attorney and implicated Chester Green. Evidence shows a gas station cash register theft, entry at the Washington House, and a laundromat juke box break in with minimal cash recovered. The sentence runs 18 months on two counts and one year on the third, with some terms to run concurrently and retroactive dating applied. A bench warrant was issued for Edward Smallwood after he testified for the state.
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House of Correction
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Himal Washington
E. Austin James
Ellis G. Carty
Washington
Chester Green
Chester Green. From Testimony, Apparently Little Cash Was Secured. Sgt
Carty
David Weinberg
Roy W. Grove
Charles Ford
Washington House
Edward Smallwood
Maryland House of Correction
Mysterious Object Sighted Over Utah
An unclear report describes a mysterious object sighted hovering above Utah. The fragment mentions a man and woman with garbled dialogue and a Harris estimate, suggesting a multiple times reference to unseen activity and an unexplained disappearance.
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Utah
Federal to fund one mile Manahan road upgrade to Camp David area
US to surface one mile of the Manahan road from Md 81 near Sabillasville to Md 77 Foxville with a federal grant. County commissioners approved the project authority while the State Roads Commission will perform the work. Improvements will pass through Catoctin Recreation area to serve Capehart housing for federal employees. Bids will be advertised soon for a two foot macadam surface.
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Foxville
Camp David
State Roads Commission
Manahan Road
MD. 81
Sabillasville
Catoctin
Capehart
Baker Kefauver Inc Forms New Insurance Company
Three form articles of incorporation filed with the State Tax Commission establish Baker Kefauver Inc to offer insurance and real estate services. Incorporators are Lewis R Dertzbaugh Joseph D Baker and Eugene A Kefauver. Offices planned at 3 West Church Street and operations at 5 West Church Street. Baker active in community groups including MCA YMCA Frederick Hotel Company and Home for the Aged board president and held various state and local welfare roles.
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State Tax Commission
Lewis R. Dertzibaugh
Joseph D. Baker
Eugene A. Kefauver
Baker-Kefauver, ‘Inc
Law Building
West Church Street
Dertzbaugh
Baker
M.C.A
Frederick Hotel Company
Home For the Aged
Maryland Junior Chamber of Commerce
Frederick County Welfare Board
Frederick County Tuberculosis and Pubic Health Associaton
Citizen's Office
Segrof Admits to Bad Cigarette Allegations in Wisconsin
A fragmentary report indicates Segrof admitted something about cigarrettes in Wisconsin. The item mentions the Meeks and a city or county setting, with limited readable details. Further context is unclear but implies a legal or regulatory angle connected to tobacco.
Courts Treat Alcoholism As A Crime Not Disease
The article argues alcohol addiction has been treated as a crime for 25 years, with alcoholics jailed or fined rather than received rehabilitation. It notes jail conditions, limited medical care, and rare use of mental institution confinement for rehabilitation, plus a discontinued Baltimore counseling project.
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Don Whipp
Horace M. Alexander
West South Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Magistrate's Court
Springfield
Maryland House of Correction
Harvey &. Baugher
House of Correction
Frederick County
Baugher
Baltimore
State Department of Health
New Market Rewinds to 1800s For Day of Historic Return
On Columbus Day October 12 New Market Frederick County will re create 19th century life with 16 antique shops demonstrations of weaving apple butter making chair rushing quilting butter churning and ceramic demonstrations. Traders in old costumes host a town museum farm exhibit and meals at local inns.
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Elsie White Haines
Columbus Day
Frederick County
New Market
Ohio Country
Baltimore
Fire House
Grange
Measey's
West New Market
Eigh
U S Plans Nuclear Rocket for Manned Interplanetary Flights
NASA official Harold Finger outlined a five year timeline for a nuclear engine rocket test with RIFT development aiming for flight testing in 1966 to 1967. The plan envisions Cape Canaveral launches on Saturn first stage with tests ranging from high speed Earth orbit to in orbit reactor startups to enable practical manned missions.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Harold B. Finger
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
International Astronautical Congress
NASA
Atomic Energy Commission
Finger
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Mars
Tivoli Theaters Robberies Net $150 In Week
Two break ins at Tivoli during the past week net about 150 in cash and merchandise. The most recent entry occurred early Monday morning when the office safe was battered but not opened. Damages include two soda machines pried open and a damaged ice cream case.
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Tivoli
Dan Weinberg
Weinberg
Auto Workers Strike Ford as Talks Stall Nationwide
The United Auto Workers began a 120000 member walkout at Ford Motor Co after negotiators deadlocked on key contract terms. UAW leaders ordered locals nationwide to honor a 10 am strike deadline as marathon bargaining continued to avert a crippling stoppage.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Ford
UAW
Company
Iand
School Bus Collision injures 12 year old in Shookstown
A 12 year old boy, Bobby Lee Roberts, suffered a scalp laceration and was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a 1960 Ford school bus collided with a 1956 Pontiac near the Shookstown Bowers road intersection around 7:30 AM. Bus driver Ralph Pulman faces charges for failing to yield. The bus carried about 14 students. only Roberts was injured. The Pontiac was totaled. Pulman’s bus sustained minor damage.
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Shookstown
Bobby Lee Roberts
Millard Stockman
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Young Roberts
Ralph A. Putman
Rosemont Avenue
Tic
Harry J. Frost
New Drug Keeps Cancer Affected Children Alive
Chicago reports three terminal cancer patients, given a new synthetic drug, survived months beyond expected. Doctor E. Gordon, speaking at the 47th annual American College of Surgeons, notes all three would have died without treatment. Details mix with unrelated market mentions and garbled text.
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Chicago
API
E. Godrman
American Colere of Surgeons
Gordan
Bani Sed
Goximan
Omer
Armed 11-Year-Old Terrorizes Havre de Grace School
An 11-year-old pupil at Havre de Grace High School armed with a .22 rifle and a .32 revolver held three police officers at bay during a noon shooting spree. No injuries were reported as the student was disarmed in the library after firing into a partition and windows. he was jailed pending psychiatric evaluation.
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Havre DE Grace
Havre de Grace High School
John Rimel
Robert
Rimel
Wesley Tyson
Earl Walker
Dreary Weather Prolongs Gloom Across Local Area
Weather outlook remains dreary with forecast for more rain today and tonight. The area has seen only light precipitation so far with limited accumulation expected as temperatures hover near average.
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U. S
New Insurance Company
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Tony
Vastineart
Baldhame
Neu Morkey
Washington AM
Defense Department
Ian
Ford Co
Ford Motor Ca
Stanley
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