Middletown High Urged to Expand Sports Program
A Middletown delegation led by Rev. George H. Klinefelter asked the Board of Education to broaden physical education beyond baseball soccer and basketball. They offered community help to develop land for new facilities including track field pole vault set putting and javelin with hard surface courts for wet days. The board agreed to study a master plan and use local volunteers to aid site development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown High School
Board of Education
George H. Klinefelter
Klinefelter
Middletown
Walkersville High School
Walkersville
Urbana
Thomas E. Carrol Company
Drummond and Company
Carrol Company
Drummond
James A. Sensenbaugh
World Series Opens As Pirates Lead Yankees Early
Pittsburgh roughs up Art Ditmar in the first four innings to take a 5 2 lead over the Yankees. Mazeroski turns double play on Lopez and Kubek to end a Yankee threat. Maris hits a homer as New York jumps ahead early before Pittsburgh answers with several timely hits and two fielding plays. Mantle flies out to end the frame with the score 5 2 in favor of Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Vern Law
Art Ditmar
New York
Yan
David Lawrence
Kubek
Mazeroski
Lopez
Stuart
Maris
Yankees
Mantle
Virdon
Pirates
Ditmar
Ditar
Groat
Berra
Fornter
Hoak
Skowron
Dale Lang
Boyer
Lang
Clemente
Richardson
Skinner
Polio Outbreak Worst In 10 Years In Baltimore
Baltimore Health Commissioner Huntington jpalbamis reported the city suffers its worst paralytic polio outbreak in ten years with 60 cases this year and 35 in the past month. He urged all city parents to complete the four-dose vaccination series for children immediately to drive down the current transmission rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Huntington Jpalbamis
Williams
One Killed In Blaze At Night Club
A four alarm fire in a downtown Baltimore night club, Club Tree, claimed one life. Firefighters found a man, identified tentatively as William Lewis, dead in the basement after hours of effort. The blaze forced evacuation of the Armistead Hotel and disrupted city traffic as 36 units raced to the scene.
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Baltimore
Club
Benny Trotta
Trotta
William Lewis
Ramsey Street
Lewis
Armistead
Property Owners Beat Tax Deadline
Several hundred property owners paid their real estate and personal property taxes on Friday and Monday to avoid interest after the 1960 tax deadline was extended due to the courthouse closure for the fair. County Treasurer Mrs. Charlotte Yarrell said Friday morning and Monday were busy as taxpayers settled bills. Friday receipts totaled about 48 dollars, while Monday receipts reached 46 197 dollars. Interest rates rise monthly from October through January, ending with two percent for January.
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Charlotte Yarrell
Memorable Old Town Hall In Adamstown To Be Razed
The old Adamstown Town Hall built in 1884 will be torn down by owner Mrs. Harry Thomas who plans to keep the lot. The two story frame building hosted county meetings, plays, fairs, school uses, and Chautauqua programs. Local residents recall community dinners, high school commencements, and traveling troupe performances held there.
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South County
Adamstown
Virginia
Potomac River
Harry Thomas
Jack Bowens
Sunnyside
Thomas
Jesse Krieg
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Lee
Robert E. Lee
Farm Bureau backs two amendments on ballot in Frederick County
The Frederick County Farm Bureau leads support for amendments 13 and 14 to protect bona fide farmers from higher assessments as land near development zones faces subdivision tax rates. The drive targets lands around Frederick Thurmont Emmitsburg Walkersville Middletown and Yellow Springs with party leaders urging a vote for passage to preserve agricultural land and farming operations. James O Montgomery presides. thousands of advocacy cards are being distributed to voters.
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Frederick County Farm Bureau
Court of Appeals
General Assembly
Farm Bureau
Frederick
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Walkersville
Middletown
Yellow Springs
James O. Montgomery
Presi
Waterford Home Tour and Crafts Exhibit Opens
The Waterford Foundation begins its 17th annual Home Tour and Crafts Exhibit Friday at 10 a.m. in Waterford Virginia continuing through Sunday. George E. Benney of Waterford and Washington serves as foundation president. Mounted Brunswick musketeers will perform while early American craftsmen display from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at venues including The Old Mall The Red Barn Country Store Weaver's Cottage Village Forge and the Pottery Shop. Authentic 18th century homes open 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. featuring Fairfax Meeting House Arch House Gower House and Parker Bennett House.
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Waterford Foundation
Waterford
George E. Benney
Washington
Brunswick
Village Forge
Pottery Shop
Fairfax Meeting House
Gower
Parker-Bennett
Fourth Driver Convicted In Drunk Case
The fourth driver in two days was convicted of drunken driving in court this morning. The magistrate outlined a stiffer policy for convictions without Breathalyzer evidence. Bernard May, a Frederick groceryman, was fined $150 with an exception to the standard rule, as Breathalyzer results were unavailable.
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Bernard May
Frederick
Edward D. Storm
May
Delphey
Patrick Street
J. Frank Main
Bain
Norman Trump
Claude Evans
Moose Club
Main
Wilbur Sheffield
William Wenner
Storm
Joseph May Sr
Elmer Riddie
Riddie
Aiom
Samuel Barrick
Army Signal Engineering Agency
Australia Attacks Khrushchev as Hypocrisy Stirs UN Debate
Australia’s prime minister Gordon Menzies denounces Khrushchev at the United Nations, accusing him of hypocrisy and warning against emerging African independence becoming pawns in a global contest. Nehru and Macmillan push for a Geneva Big Four path amid talks on East-West approaches to negotiation.
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United Nations
N.Y
Australia
Khrushchev
U. X
General Assembly
Gordon Menzies
Eisenhower
Nehru
India
U. S
Britain
Macmillan
Geneva
Menzies
Soviet Union
Mendies
Man Arrested Near UN. Fire Bomb Claim Linked to Khrushchev
Richard Hogan 22 of Queens was arrested near the United Nations after climbing a wall from East River Drive into a parking lot. He carried a homemade bomb and told police he wanted to attack Soviet Premier Khrushchev with a Molotov type device. He had recently been treated at Bellevue Hospital after psychiatric evaluation.
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NEW
Khrushchev
United Nations
East River Drive
U. S
Richard Hogan
Queens
New York City
Bellevue Hospital
Squirrel Hunting Season Opens in Frederick County
Frederick County game officials report a light but successful opening day for squirrels with good weather and a strong crop of gray, black and fox squirrels. Daily bag limit is six per hunter with 12 in possession. red squirrels have no limit. Deer bow season runs Oct 20 to Nov 12, followed by small game and other deer hunts in December.
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Frederick County
Nixon Kennedy Clash in New York and Indiana Campaigns
Vice President Richard M. Nixon opened a New York campaign push with a claim that victory requires GOP support independent voters and 20 percent of Democrats. Senator John F. Kennedy counterattacked in Evansville asserting Nixon policies caused mass job losses and criticized Nixon for saying you never had it so good. Indiana campaigns mark a key battleground as Nixon and Lodge visit repeatedly while Kennedy plans stops in Anderson Muncia Terre Haute and Louisville.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
New York City
New Jersey
Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Herry Cabot Lodge
Dick Nixon
Cabot Lodge
America
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Evansville
Ind
Indiana
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Anderson
Muncia
Terre Haute
Louisville
Tragic Electra Crash Kills 61 of 72 Aboard
A Boston Eastern Airlines Electra plunges into Boston harbor after takeoff killing 61 of 72 aboard with 11 survivors all injured. The crash spurs calls for congressional inquiry and FAA action as rescue operations continue and a missing secret document is reported.
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Boston
Eastern Airlines
Federal Aviation Agency
Carl Larsen
Air Force Office of Special Investigation
Boston Harbor
Civil Aeronautics Board
Steven B. Derounian
Aln-Y
Vance Hartke
D- Jind
E. R. Quesada
Federal Aviation Administrator
Logan International Airport
Philadelphia
Charlotte
N.C
Greenville
D.C
Atlanta
Marine Corps
Parris Island
S.C
Cmdr
Everett Cook
USNR
Winthrop Yacht Club
Donald Regan
Miami
C. W. Fitts
Calloway
Malcolm M. Hall
Memphis
Tenn
Joan Berry
Prentice
Miss
Eee Davies
Jacksonville
Miss Berry
Coast Guard
Fire Day Forecast From The Associated Press
Temperatures will average about three degrees above normal with a warmer Thursday and a bit cooler Friday and Saturday. Warmer Sunday and Monday with scattered showers likely Thursday or Thursday night. Precipitation may total one-fourth inch or less. Normal highs 67 to 73 and early lows in the 40s and low 30s except in Western Maryland mountains.
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Associated Press
Maryland
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Middletown Group
Education Board
Brunswick Musketeers At Crafts
Frank J. Keefering
Nikita
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