Trio Holds Up City Bank Then Fire Claims A Boy
A six year old boy, Anthony J. Downin, died as flames gutted his home at Ceresville on Md 26 near Md 194. The parents and a sister escaped. two dogs lost. Fire crews from Walkersville Independent Hose and Liberty tanker fought the one story structure. Cause under investigation by Fire Marshal Top Barnes and Trooper Thomas Lindner.
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Denis O'Brien
Ceresville
Anthony J. Downin
Ronald E. Downin
Jean
MD. 26
MD. 194
Walkersville Fire Company
Independent Hose Company
Liberty
John Poole Jr
Poole
Top E. Barnes
Thomas Lindner
State Police
Downin
Thomas R.reid
Jesse Brashears
Robert Roberts
Frederick Memorial Hospital
United Ambulance
Winds Stay Sharp as County Feels Frost Hints
Frigid air and gusty winds sweep Frederick Mountains area after a warm day. Forecast calls for chilly highs in the 60s and a possible frost by nightfall, with 10 to 20 mph winds and gusts above 20 mph likely.
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Frederick
VaRat
Mathias backs Maryland Department of Justice
Rep Charles Mathias told the Kiwanis Club of Baltimore that Maryland should create a state Department of Justice to centralize crime-fighting. He said crime is outrunning control and Maryland is number one in violent crime, urging action by the governor and General Assembly.
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Baltimore
Charles McC. Mathias
Wallet Returned From New Car
Curtis Gi more, an assembly line worker at the Chevrolet plant, received a package from Portland Oregon containing his wallet. Gilmore says the wallet likely slipped from his pocket at work and was found by the car buyer.
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St, Lous
Curtis Gimore
Chevrolet
Portland
Ore
TK Gilmore
Gilmore
Frederick Police Win Five Day Week For City Employees
Frederick officials approve a five day work week for city police and all city employees. Mayor Derr says no service cuts will result. Chief Main cites more staff to support the schedule effective before November.
Fire Log Entry From Cedar Falls County Streets
Fire call reported on Park Mills Road at 10 29 am a tree fire responded by Walkersville unit CERFSVILLE 7 32 am ambulance in walkerville area unclear text lists responders and times
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County
Park Mills
Cerfsville
Walkersville
Liber
United Ambulance
Communists Linked to Chicago Protests at Democratic Convention
Hearings reveal at least 21 Communists allegedly involved in clashes between antiwar protesters and Chicago police during the Democratic National Convention. Witnesses included Abbie Hoffman, Anita Hoffman, Brad Fox, and Robert Greenblatt, with testimony on infiltration by a Cook County detective and ties among Yippies, SDS, the Mobilization Committee, and the Black Panthers.
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Washington
House
Chicago
Richard Schord
Sec
Youth International Party
Abbie Hoffman
Cook County
Robert L. Pierson
Jerry Rubin
Rubin
Pierson
Yippies
Students For A Democratic Society
Naonal Mobilization Committee
Viet Nam
Black Panther Party
City to Dig Garbage Trenches at Frederick Dump
Frederick Aldermen in executive session plan trenching at the city dump between Frederick Municipal Airport and Gas House Pike to dispose of Diusaping area waste. Mayor Derr says a termination date for six independent haulers dumping at the site will be set soon and rock outcroppings may require a larger bulldozer.
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Frederick
Gas House Pike
Board of Appeals
Reich's Ford Road
Bandits Rob Fredericktown Bank In Early Morning Hold Up
Three white male bandits in dark glasses robbed the Prospect Shopping Center Branch of Fredericktown Savings and Trust Co. this morning. They fled in a late model green Chevrolet as state police set up roadblocks and pursued possible leads. Bank personnel cited police for information. figures on the haul were not disclosed.
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Prospect
Fredericktown Savings and Trust Co
Tha Cnann
Mu UN WY Kang Ae WU
Charles V. Main
Malin
Heavy Fighting Near Cambodian Border Kills U S. Troops
Allied reports say 150 enemy troops were killed in fresh clashes near Saigon as 400 Vietnamese irregulars and 800 to 1,000 enemy fighters engage along the Cambodian frontier. A U S helicopter was shot down. four Americans died and two wounded. An earlier collision of a Chinook and a Caribou near Hue killed 24 Americans with no survivors.
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Saigon
U.S
Air Force
Hue
School Board FCTA Clash Over Teacher Orientation
Tension flares at a county School Board meeting as the FCTA and district discuss a plan to hire new teachers a month early with a formal orientation. The board approves the concept, but its inclusion in the 1969 70 budget hinges on mid year negotiations and policy limits remain disputed.
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FCTA
Russ Edmons
Gr Fs
Donald Koons
Hessely B. Corlun
Corun
John L. Carnachan
ECTA
FOTA
Mary C. Hodgson
Coran
Koons
Wallace LeMay ticket fuels nuclear debate in third party bid
Wallace campaigns with Gen Curtis LeMay as running mate drawing sharp criticism over nuclear weapons. LeMay defends use in select cases while opponents urge civilian control and reject nuclear warfare. Agnew warns third party voters while Wallace maintains backing LeMay despite ballot hurdles in several states.
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Associated Press
George C. Wallace
Curtis E. LeMay
Campaiy
Ia LeMay
Air Force
LeMay
Vietnam
Richard M. Nixon
Atlanta
le May
Hess
Hubert H. Hem
Phray
West Virginia
Humphrey
Sen
Edmund’ S
Muskie
Wallace
Spiro T. Agnew
Missouri
Agnew
Bat Wallace
Teagarase LeMay
Coorgia
Marvin Griffin
Florida
Tennessee
Humphreys
Louisiana
Late Supree Court
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