Mount St. Mary’s Tragedy: Fatal Emmitsburg Crash
Eight Mount St. Mary’s students and a Carlisle couple died when their car crashed near Emmitsburg. Police called the wreck the worst in Frederick County history, with six students among the dead. The victims, Fred Christiansen and Frank Cunningham, were popular sophomores and basketball players who had helped a freshman reach the campus curfew. The campus observed the tragedy with quiet, mourning, and a packed funeral Mass scheduled for the coming week.
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Mount St. Mary's
Gettysburg
Carlisle
Frederick County
Samuel R. Dorsey
Pikesville
Maryland
Robert Devlan
Upper Darby
Devlan
Fred Christiansen
Frank Cunningham
Frank
Goodby
Devlen
St. Bernard’s College
Alabama
the Mount
Christiansen
Cunningham
Emmitsburg
Tramura
St. Bernard’s
Jersey Girl Crowned Miss Teen-Age America
Colette Agnes Daiute, 16, of Paramus New Jersey, won the 1966 Miss Teen-Age America title in Dallas. Judy Jacob and Cynthia Anne Byrum finished as runners up. Daiute plans to use a $100000 scholarship for language studies at Syracuse University and travel as an interpreter.
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Dallas
Tex
Colette Agnes Daiute
Paramus
N.J
Colette
Abigail van Buren
Judy Jacob
Southfield
Mich
Detroit
Cynthia Anne Byrum
Charlotte
N.C
Syracuse University
New Jersey
New York
New York City
Luci May Seeks Marriage OK at LBJ Ranch
Eighteen year old Luci Johnson and boyfriend Pat Nugent visit the LBJ Ranch amid unconfirmed reports they seek president and Mrs Johnson's permission to marry. White House officials would not confirm the engagement claim while noting Luci often brings friends to the ranch.
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Johnson City
Tex
Luci Johnson
Pat Nugent
Waukegan
LBJ
Johnson
Austin
White House
Washington
Luci
Pat
Air Force
Beth Jenkins
Walter Jenkins
Sanitary Commission Faces Strained Capacity for New Districts
Frederick Metropolitan Sanitary Commission executive secretary Francis Cook says the agency may need to create three or four sanitary districts within years while current staff and facilities are stretched. A new Walkersville sewer petition triggers a three week public notice and a November 17 meeting at the Walkersville Fire Hall to outline plans and estimated costs. Additional district requests from Jefferson residents and Braddock are pending as plans develop.
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William i. Hopwood
Frederick Metropolitan Sanitary
Walkersville
The
Sanitary Commission
Cook
Jefferson
Braddock
Frederick area veterans back Viet Nam war effort
Frederick AmVets and American Legion posts plan a Veterans Day counter demonstration on November 11 with a 2 p.m. meeting at the AmVets Club to draft a support event. Leaders urge lawmakers to curb antiwar protests while Legion leaders promise unified support and formal ceremonies.
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Frederick Area
Frederick Amvets Club
Frederick Amvets
Francis Scott Key
American Legion
Amvets
George R. Lanner
Wesley R. Farr
Frederick
Frederick Legion
Dale E. Carter
Rand
Memorial Park
Courthouse Park
Hoover Warns Civil Disobedience Will Increase Crime
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover editorialized in the November bulletin that civil disobedience will worsen crime and push the nation toward anarchy. He cited youths and lawbreakers, noted civil rights and antiwar protests, and warned of a slippery slope from lawful dissent to felonies.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Tion
Bureau
Hoover
United States
Viet Nam
Martin Luther King Jr
Winter Bars Opposition To Local Appeal
The Frederick coordinator for the John Birch Society denied involvement in urging members to withhold donations from the United Appeal Campaign. W Paul Winter of Middletown said the society has no quarrel with UA and many members contributed, while Zelner Albritten of the Maryland Petition Committee noted 9000 letters were sent to Birch Society members and to a mailing list of contributors.
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Frederick Areca
John Birch Society
United Appeal
W. Paul Winter
Middletown
Maryland Petition Committee
Zelner— Albritten
Albritten
Six Mt. St. Marys Students Die In Frederick County Crash
A deadly early morning crash on U.S. 15 near Emmitsburg claimed six Mt. St. Marys students and a Carlisle couple. Two other students were injured. one critically. The seven killed were Cunningham Frank, 19. Brown John L., 18. Christiansen, 17. Considine, 18. and McCarthy, 18, plus John Marsh and his wife Barbara 40. Marsh lived in Carlisle area. The accident raised Maryland’s yearly traffic death toll to 570.
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Frederick County
Mt. St. Mary’s
Carlisle
Annie M. Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Buliui Eusance
Frank Cunningham
Newark
N.J
John L. Brown
Sen
Irvington
Bruce Ashland
Fred Christian T. Considine
Glen Cove
William J. McCarthy
Williston Park
N.Y
John William Marsh
Barbara
Carliste
William G. Bonish
Bendersville
Cunningham
Sait Cunningham
U.S. 15
Marsh
Daniel J. Metzger
Hi-Nella
Dennis M. Roman
Rahway
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Peters Funeral Home
Marshs
Robert Wharton
Bonish T
Christiansen
Consadine and
McCarthy
CAB probe of air crash continues
The Civil Aeronautics Board still investigates the August 4 two engine Piper Aztec crash near the Franklin Barrier farm between Union Bridge and Unionville that killed two Ohio businessmen Andre H. Burner 31 and Edward Eugene Potts 41 of Piqua. Debris spread for about half a mile.
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Franklin Barrier Farm
Union Bridge
Union‘ville
Ohio
Civil ‘Aeronautics Board
Edward E. Slattery Jr
CAB Public Information
Cfficer
Slattery
Andre H. Burner
Edward Eugene Potts
Piqua
Halloween Weekend Starts Here in Frederick
Halloween kicked off with a 72 hour set of trick or treating as towns varied on which night was official. Mayor Magaha and the City Council declared tonight as official trick or treat time, though Carrollton and Brigadoon had designated last night. Police reported little vandalism with many children already out, while some continued over Sunday for Halloween Day.
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Hallowe'en
News‘Post
Frederick
E. Paul Magaha
Anc
Carrollton
Brigadoon
Frederick Barracks
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Dennis M. Romai
Wight
Mount Saint Mary's College
Headon
Emmitsbrug
News-Post
Sala
Montgomery
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