Frederick County Votes Set Record Registration in 1964 Election
Frederick County reports 31,584 eligible voters, with 17,974 Democrats and 12,903 Republicans and 708 independents. Turnout described as record and better than average. 3,086 first-time registrants and 2,511 net new registrants after moves or deaths. Five districts favor Republicans, while Frederick City accounts for 11,505 registrants with 6,915 Democrats and 4,322 Republicans.
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Frederick
Frederick County
Creagerstown
Haover
Thurmont
Woodville
Burkittsville
Frederick City
Liberty
Mugging Case Opens In Court
The Frederick circuit trial of four boys charged with robbery and assault in a summer mugging began before Judge Robert E. Clapp Jr. The defendants Preston A. Patterson James E. Boyce Lester E. Hoy and Melvin Eugene Boyce face charges in the Beall case. Beall testified he parked near Klinehart's Alley and West Sixth Street about 2:30 am when Hoy asked to be taken downtown for hamburgers.
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Frederick
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Obed Lansdale Beall
Browningsville
Preston A. Patterson
James E. Boyce
Lester E. Hoy
Melvin Eugene Boyce
Clapp
Robert S Rothenhoefer
Edwin F. Nikirk
Wilbur F. Sheffield
William E. Shepley
Beall
Klinehart
West Sixth Street
Hoy
Mehaffie Nominated for Handicapped American of the Year
Robert E. Mehaffie, a Navy veteran from Fort Detrick, overcame a Cuba mine explosion injury in 1962 in Cuba that led to leg amputations and long rehabilitation. By 1963 he began work as an automatic data processing operator, learning new skills and gaining independence with support from supervisor Dave White at Fort Detrick.
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Army
Robert L. Mehaffie
Fort Detrick
Robert E. Mehaffie
Guantanamo Naval Base
Cuba
Mehaffie
U. S. Navy
Philadelphia
Dave White
Civil War Ends Again in Maryland
Maryland marks the end of the Civil War centennial with a bronze plaque in the State House lobby honoring the 85,000 Marylanders who endured the conflict on both sides. Gov Tawes spoke of remembrance as about 3,000 Union and 22,000 Confederate veterans were named. The Civil War Centennial Commission returns 80,000 of 315,000 appropriated for the 1960 observance.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Gov
Tawes
State House
Civil War Centennial Commission
General Assembly
Johnson to Deliver TV Campaign Speech Wednesday Night
President Johnson will give his first nationally televised campaign address Wednesday night from 9 30 to 10 p m EDT on CBS The speech was taped at the White House and will be paid for by the Johnson for President Committee.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
George E. Reedy
Columbia Broadcasting System
Johnson For President Committee
Zoning Board Approves New Law Office at 17 West Second
The City Board of Zoning Appeals approved converting the former Reno Harp law office at 17 West Second Street into a law office for Warren S Browning. Browning, an attorney in Montgomery County, secured approvals after planning commission and mayor and aldermen rejected business zoning and required a waiver for conditional use. The waiver limits use to a law office and residence only while the Brownings own the property.
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City Board of Zoning Appeals
West Second Street
Reno Harp
Warren S Browning
Browning
Montgomery County
City Planning Commission
Board of Aldermen
Board of Zoning Appeals
Edward D Storm
Planning Commission
Appeals Board
Storm
Brownings
Mercury Dips Below Freezing in Frederick County
Last night temperatures fell below freezing in Frederick County with a 29 degree reading at Unionville and 39 degrees at the Frederick checking station. Frost is expected again tonight, reducing pollen and hay fever sufferers. Monthly totals show October starting wet with 1.06 inches so far and a need for 2.24 more to reach 3.3 inches.
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Frederick County
Unionville
Frederick
Weather Bureau
College Boy Charged In Sier Beating
A 20-year-old Mt. Saint Mary's College senior, Stephen Murphy of New York City, was released on bond after being charged with assault and battery and assault with intent to kill in the beating of Ronnie Lee Sier near Monrovia. Sier, 16, remains in critical condition at University Hospital Baltimore after a fight at the Frederick Fairgrounds last Thursday night involving Mt. Saint Mary's students.
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Mt. Saint Mary's College
Ronnie Lee Sier
Monrovia
James Caprio
Stephen Gerard Murphy
New York City
Lier
University Hospital
Baltimore
City Police
Sier
Frederick Fairgrounds
Mt. Saint Mary's
William Kraut
Whistlestop Tour: Lady Bird Johnson Presses Unity in the South
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson began a Southern whistlestop tour aboard the Ladybird Special urging Virginians to forget local civil rights frictions and unite. She cited Robert E. Lee, recalling his call to make sons Americans, and stressed equal rights as a joint duty of citizens and leaders across 180 communities in eight states over four days.
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Ladybird Special
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert E. Lee
President Johnson
Alexandria
Lee
Arlington
Johnson
United States
Karnack
Tex
South
Thomas Jefferson
Dean Rusk
Goldwater Plans Ike Viet Nam Study Mission
Senator Barry Goldwater expands his White House bid by proposing to ask former President Dwight D. Eisenhower to lead a on site team to study the South Viet Nam situation. Eisenhower’s reaction appeared silent as Goldwater campaigns in Pennsylvania amid Scranton's GOP support efforts in New England.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
White House
Pennsylvania
Dwight D. Eisenhower
South Viet Nam
Eisenhower
Goldwater
Korea
Paul F. Wagner
Wagner
South
Viet Nam
Gettysburg
Philadelphia
William W Scranton
New England
Two Held For Circuit Court In Jewel Case
Frederick county authorities held Edwin A. Tyree and James R. Moore for Circuit Court action after preliminary hearings. At Remsbergs Jewelers on West Patrick street, a tray of seven diamond rings worth over 700 dollars was recovered. Moore was linked to Tyree who was apprehended nearby. attorney Alton Y. Bennett represents Tyree.
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Frederick
Bryan W. Thompson
Edwin A. Tyree
James R. Moore
West Patrick Street
Roger A. Wicks
Woodrow W. Smith
Remsberg
Smith
Tyree
Moore
Alton Y. Bennett
Vatican Council Approves New Ecumenism Program
The Vatican Ecumenical Council voted to promote common prayer and public meetings with other Christians. It urged a conversion of heart and self reform where needed to further Christian unity, endorsing declarations aligning Catholic teachings with unity goals and openness to others. Votes showed strong support across chapters and measures.
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Vatican City
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Council Fathers
St. Peter's Basilica
Christian Unity Movement
Red Cross State Conference Set With 300 Delegates
More than 300 Maryland Red Cross delegates from 30 chapters will convene Thursday and Friday at the Holiday Inn on West Patrick Street. The event features a panel of volunteers, a Thursday luncheon, and a banquet with remarks by Robert F. Shea. Capt Reuel B Robinson will MC the banquet. Shea served as vice president since 1955 with broad admin duties in nationwide service programs.
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Maryland Red Cross
Holiday Inn
West Patrick Street
Maryland
Dan Weinberg
Braddock Heights
Red Cross Volunteers
Truman Solverud
Red Cross
Robert F. Shea
American National Red Cross
Reuel B. Robinson
United States Navy
Shea
The
Marine Corps Chief Warns of Naval Gunfire Gap
Gen. Wallace M. Greene Jr says there is a deficiency in naval gunfire to support over the beach landings and that remedial action is essential. He notes ships have moved from 16 inch guns to missiles since World War II and Korea, and warns the gap could worsen without compensation for landing-force support.
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Washington (Ap
Wallace M. Greene Jr
Marine Corps
Associated Press
Navy
Korea
Greene
Russian Charges Rejected
Moscow accuses three U S military attaches and a British attache of espionage in Siberia. U S Embassy rejects the charges citing protests over immunity violations. Soviet officials say rooms were forcibly entered in Khabarovsk and belongings seized during a four hour search. The attaches, including Lt Cmdr Saville and Cols Liewer and Aubrey, plus Maj Smith, traveled by train and ship to Tokyo then Hong Kong with return plans to Moscow via New Delhi.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Syberia
Foreign Ministry
Washington
London
Khabarovsk
Cmdr
Nigel N. Saville
Karl R. Liewer
George A. Aubrey
James F. Smith
US State Department
Siberia
Pacific
Tokyo
Hong Kong
New Delhi
India
Local Airman Recovering From Injuries
Airman 1C Robert Wiegand 21 of Frederick Maryland is recovering from injuries after a traffic accident near the NATO base at San Vito dei Normanni Italy. Airman 1C Allen Head 23 of Oklahoma City was killed when struck by a car while riding a bicycle outside the base. NATO officials say no charge is filed against Wiegand and he is expected to leave the hospital late next week.
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San Vito Dei Normanni
Italy
Robert Wiegand
Frederick
Allen Head
Oklahoma City
San Vito
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Wiegand
U.S
Base
Brindisi
Head
NATO
Tshombe Kept Under House Arrest Amid Nonaligned Talks
In Cairo Moise Tshombe, Congo Premier, is held under virtual house arrest as the Conference of Nonaligned Nations debates his admission. The decision could affect Congo’s international status and Tshombe’s political future.
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Cairo
Moise Tshombe
Conference of Nonaligned Nations
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