Purse Snatcher Strikes Twice In Local Groceries
Two county women were robbed of their purses within two hours while shopping. Police link the events to a single suspect. About $100 total lost. Keyser of RFD 7 Frederick and Bidle of RFD 1 Middletown affected. First theft at Food Fair on West Seventh Street at 6 45 p.m. Keyser left purse in cart then shopped, later purse taken with about $80 inside. At 8 29 p.m. Bidle’s purse was snatched at A and P on West Patrick Street as she kept close to the cart.
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Kay Keyser
RFD
Frederick
Mitchell Bidle
Middletown
Food Fair
West Seventh Street
Thurmont mock election favors Democrats in LBJ Mathias race
Frederick County high schools report a decisive Democratic ticket victory in Thurmont sessions. Johnson Humphrey leads by 396 votes, while the sixth district race favors incumbent Mathias over Royce Hanson by about four to one. Over 700 students voted amid debates on social security education civil rights and foreign policy.
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Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Frederick County
Thurmont
Johnson-Humphrey
Maryland
Royce Hanson
Mathias
Frederick
Smoking Warnings In Frederick County Schools
County health officials and school administrators agreed to post warnings about cancer and respiratory and heart disease in all elementary and junior high schools in Frederick County. The posters were obtained from State Health Commissioner Perry Prather and will be placed with permission from Superintendent John L. Carnahan.
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Frederick County
Forbes H. Burgess
East Church Street
Burgess
Herman A. Hanver
Hauver
Warren R. Evans
Winchester Hall
Smok
Where to vote in Frederick County election precincts listed
Frederick County voters are urged to check registration and precincts for Tuesday’s election. Polls open at 7 a m across 74 locations including Buckeystown Fredericksburg area towns and multiple fire halls churches and schools with dozens of precincts and route numbers.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Frederick County
Buckeystown
School House
Point of Rocks
Carroll Manor
Adamstown
Frederick
South End Civic Association
Key Chevrolet Sales
Armory
Independent Hose Company
Junior Fire Company
Staley Field House
Middletown
Middletown Fire Company
Creagerstown
Luthern
Emmitsburg
Vigilant Hose Company
St. Anthony's
Catoctin
Wolfsville
Urbana
Liberty
New Market
Hauvers
Sabillaville
Foxville
Woodsboro
Peters
Office Furniture Stolen From Wolfe Construction Company
More than $1,000 in office furniture and equipment vanished overnight from Wolfe Construction Company west of Frederick. State Trooper Richard E. Cook said thieves loaded items into a large truck after loosening the front door lock. Entry occurred before 7:30 a.m. as the business opened. Items included a leather sofa valued at 450 dollars, two chairs at 100 dollars each, a typewriter 140 dollars, an electric adding machine 120 dollars, two five gallon cans of paint 53 dollars, a television set 50 dollars, a radio 40 dollars, and a wall clock 20 dollars. Evidence consisted of truck tire marks. no arrests reported.
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Wolfe Construction Company
Frederick
Richard E. Cook
Cook
Election Day Expected to Be Clear and Busy in Frederick
Fair skies are forecast for election day with temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s and abundant sun. Officials anticipate record turnout as city and county offices close and schools help voters.
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Frederick
Department of Employment Security
Frederick County
Fredericksonians
Weather Bureau
Buses Collision in Rawalpindi Leaves Several Dead
In Rawalpindi area, two buses collided 350 miles south of the town killing seven people and injuring eleven, according to The Times of Rawalpindi. The crash prompted rescue efforts and an investigation into the cause.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Times of
Goldwater Ends Campaign Swing With Southern Stops
Sen. Barry Goldwater continues his 80000 mile presidential bid amid rough travel and angry crowds. He schedules a Phoenix rally, then San Antonio and a Columbia South Carolina finale beamed to 13 states. A fuel truck ran out in Cheyenne and a helicopter interrupted a Los Angeles rally.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Barry Goldwater
Arizona Republican
San Antonio
Goldwater
Johnson
U.S
Senate
Columbia
S.C
Cheyenne
Woo
Los Angeles
Johnson vows war on waste in government tour
President Johnson campaigns in Dover and Wilmington Delaware to drum up votes for Governor Elbert Carvel, promising to declare a war on waste in government. He notes opposition to wasteful spending and recalls voting alignment with Eisenhower while criticizing Barry Goldwater.
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Dover
Del
Johnson
Northeast
Wilmington
New York
Nassau County
Madison Square Garden
Delaware
Elbert N. Carvel
Senate
John J. Williams
Williams
Bobby Baker
Midwest
Chicago
Madison Street
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Barry Goldwater
Eisenhower
Man Charged With Misuse Of Telephone
A 34 year old Frederick man John Stillions of East Fourth Street was arrested Friday around 6 15 p m on East Patrick Street and charged with misuse of a telephone. Police said he threatened a local family and their home during a seven week investigation. Bond set at 500 dollars. he remains jailed awaiting trial.
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Frederick
John
Stillions
East Fourth Street
East Patrick Street
City Police Detective Bureau
Two Army Planes Collide Killing Six Near Augusta Georgia
During maneuvers south of Augusta two military planes collided and six airmen died. Three bodies were found in each crashed transport, which burned after plunging into a field eighteen miles south of Augusta. Army authorities sealed the area and newsmen were restricted.
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Augusta
State Patrol
Georgia
Ann Walker
South Carolina
East Germans guard Wall as thousands visit West Berlin
East German authorities tighten security along the Berlin Wall during a 14 day visiting period for West Berliners. About 40,000 were checked at Sandkrug Bridge Gate within three hours as gaps remain open. Wall passes are issued under a West Berlin East German agreement allowing four visits in the next year and a second period for Christmas and New Year.
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Berlin
Sandkrug Bridge
Johnson cites widespread compliance with civil rights law
President Johnson said a survey covering 53 cities in 19 states without public accommodations laws shows broad desegregation. In most cities two thirds of hotels theaters parks libraries and many schools and colleges are desegregated, with minimal violence or notice this year.
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Washington
Johnson
Chicago
Leroy Collins
Florida
Collins
Seven Youths Die in Wichita Auto Wreck
Kansas Highway Patrol reports seven high school students, all 15, killed in a two car crash Friday night near Wichita. Six died at the scene at a county road intersection 11 miles east of Wichita. the seventh died shortly after. One survivor injured in the same car. two others injured in the second vehicle.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas Highway Patrol
Riots in India threaten Shastri government in Orissa
Rioting students backed by leftists crash through Bhubaneswar looting and arson. Police stations and government buildings attacked as Communist and Samyukata Socialist backs mobilize across six districts. Four battalions deployed. Cutack sees troops on streets. three dead in early clashes.
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New Delhi
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Bhubaneswar
Orissa
Samyakata Socialist Party
Cuttack
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