City Street Project Nears Completion in Frederick
Frederick prepares to finish its annual street improvement program if the weather stays fair. Mayor E Paul Magaha notes reconstruction of West Church street from North Court to North Bentz should wrap by Wednesday. City Engineer Robert A Whiteford reports four streets resurfaced: Pearl, Catoctin, Madison and Winchester. A spring survey will decide remaining needs.
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Frederick City
E. Paul Magaha
West Church Street
North Court Street
North Bentz Street
Robert A. Whiteford
Pearl Street
Jefferson Street
Carrollton Drive
Catoctin Avenue
Patrick Street
Madison Street
Center Street
South Market Street
Knifing Reported By Police In Myersville Area Fight
A 48 year old man from Myersville suffered about 12 knife wounds in a fight early today. More than 50 sutures were needed to close the wounds. Clarence R. Early of RFD 1 Myersville was treated and released. Continued on Page 4.
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Myersville
Clarence R. Early
RFD 1
Middletown mock vote tallies GOP Johnson tops Goldwater
In a Middletown High School mock election Friday Democrats sweep three of four offices. Johnson wins president 350 to 198 over Goldwater. Tydings defeats Beall 344 to 191. Mathias scores 334 to 201 over Hanson. Sickles beats Scull 344 to 189. 548 students voted, Middletown known as a Republican stronghold.
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Middletown High School
Lyndon B. Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
U.S
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Congress
Royce Hanson
Joseph D. Tydings
Louis L. Goldstein
Downing
J. Glenn Beall
Carlton R. Sickles
David Scull
Mathias
Middletown
Goldwater
Tydings
Beall
Hanson
Sickles
Scull
Socialist Leader Norman Thomas speaks at Hood College conference
Norman Thomas, famed American socialist, gave the keynote at Hood College's second annual Perspective conference. He cited race relations, the war on poverty and eliminating war as key grassroots education fields, urging students to fight bias in themselves and push for creative and service jobs amid automation. Other speakers include Congressman Mathias, Art Buchwald, and senatorial candidate Tydings, with events in Brodbeck Hall.
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Norman Thomas
Hood College
Thomas
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Art Buchwald
Joseph D. Tydings
Brodbeck Hall
Sam Cole King of Hoboes Visits Frederick Again
Sam Cole, age 74, known as King of the Hoboes and King of the Newsboys, visits Frederick. Born Samuel H. Cole in Hagerstown, he left home at 13 to travel, claims nearly a century on the road, and cites extensive print and official introductions from across the United States. He describes hobos as working travelers, not bums, and expresses strong faith in America and its moral direction.
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Sam Cole
King of the Hoboes
Newsboys
Frederick
C. Millard Eiler
Matt
Santa Claus
America
Samuel H. Cole
Hagerstown
Sam
Atlantic
Pacific
Japan
China
Korea
Hawaii
United States
Louisiana
Washington
Hobo News
New York City
Schools Apply For Poverty Aid War on Poverty program funds 50 student jobs
The Frederick school system seeks federal aid under the Anti Poverty Act to keep unemployed high school students in school. Fifty part time positions would be created in schools and local agencies with 90 percent of costs covered by the Labor Department via the Office of Economic Opportunity. Jobs include hospital aid at Frederick Memorial, assistant librarians at C Burr Artz Library, and clerical and maintenance roles in county government. Dr John L Carnochan said the program aims to prevent dropouts while teaching work habits for future employment.
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Labor Department
Office of Economic Opportunity
Frederick Memorial Hospital
C. Burr Artz Library
John L. Carnochan
Frederick Memorial
C. Burr Artz
Commissioners Office
Carnochan
McKeldin In Johnson's Camp
Baltimore Maryland AP Theodore R McKeldin Republican mayor of Democratic Baltimore will introduce President Johnson at a rally tonight in the 5th Regiment Armory. His greeting speech is not expected to endorse Johnson. He will meet the President on arrival at Patterson Park then join a motor caravan to the armory. McKeldin has distaste for Goldwater and hinted he will probably vote for Johnson.
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Baltimore
Theodore R. McKeldin
Johnson
5Th Regiment
McKeldin
Patterson Park
Barry Goldwater
Welcome Mat Rolls Out For Virginia Couple Along Route 15
The Frederick Junior Chamber of Commerce staged a Welcome Mat event for Mr and Mrs Edward W Cohoon of Annandale Virginia after a 12 30 p m stakeout in the southbound lane of US Route 15 north of the city. The couple, surprised by the gesture, toured local sights and dined at the Francis Scott Key Hotel before attending a Halloween party as honored guests. In a separate incident, Zelda M Wooten, driving a 1959 car, failed to stop for a stop sign on US Route 15 at the Old Frederick road intersection near Emmitsburg and was treated for minor injuries along with her husband at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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Frederick
Edward Cohoon
Annandale, Va
Charles Rhoades
Chamber of Commerce
Cohoon
Washington
U.S. 15
Zelda M. Wooten
Richard E Cook
Frederick Road
Emmitsburg
Cook
Rioting Prisoners Halted At Maryland House Of Correction
Defiant inmates at the Maryland House of Correction rioted Friday night, damaging property and freeing some inmates before state police halted the disturbance. About 200 inmates remained involved in the most serious actions, with 50 women at the adjacent reformatory having rioted previously.
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Jessup
Maryland House of Correction
Vernon L. Pepersack
State Commissioner of Correction
George Davidson
Maryland State Police
Pepersack
Two Hours Like A Lifetime To Guard During Prison Riot
Charles Whitaker, a 35 year old guard with seven years on the job, describes two hours of terror during a Maryland House of Correction riot. He and 11 other guards hid in cells as hundreds of inmates set fires, smashed furniture, ripped radiators, and flooded tiers, after a disturbance began when a guard removed a disorderly inmate.
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Pepersack
Davidson
House of Correction
Maryland Reformatory For Women
Jessup
Charles Whitaker
Whitaker
Maryland House of Correction
Baltimore
Washington
Suslov vanishes from view amid peace mission speculation
Moscow AP dispatch reports Mikhail Suslov, the Soviet Union’s leading ideologue, disappeared from public sight amid rumors he is leading a potential peace mission to Beijing. Analysts note his health concerns and his central role in Kremlin decision making, including the Khrushchev era purge history and Sino-Soviet tensions.
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Moscow
Mikhail Suslov
Soviet Union
Peking
Suslov
Mao Tze-tung
Red Square
Sergei S. Biryuzov
Biryuzov
Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Anastas I. Mikoyan
China
Khrushchev
Red Professor
Joseph Stalin
Lithuania
Central Committee
Stalin
Russia
United States
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