Vacationers, 78, Killed in Air Crash Hearing Moves to Grand Jury
Edwin F. Nikirk waived a preliminary hearing in Magistrate's Court and sent the manslaughter case against City Police Officer J Frank Main Jr. to the Grand Jury. Main is accused of fatally shooting Marshall W. Allen Jr. after a knifing call. Allen, 22, died at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Main released on $1,000 bond.
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Edwin F. Nikirk
J. Frank Main Jr
Nikirk
Stanley Y. Bennett
Frederick
Robert S. Rothenhoefer
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Allen
Bennett
Main
Eleven Pittsburgh passengers board fatal plane in TWA crash
AP reports eleven of the 78 killed in the Hinsdale crash boarded the Constellation at Pittsburgh. Among them John M. Macosko a 55 year old draftsman from Pittsburgh en route to California to visit two sisters. Other local travelers included Anthony Skurcenski Englewood CA Donna Brodish Sharpsville PA and Woodrow Bevin Saltsburg PA.
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Pittsburgh
TWA
Hinsdale
John M. Macosko
California
Macosko
Blaw-Knox Co
Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Anthony Skurcenski
Englewood
Skurcenski
Donna Brodish
Sharpsville
Fred
Fred Brodish
Hickory
Woodrow Bevin
Saltsburg
Glenn Kraft
Charlerai
John Bartram
Erie
Emma Little
BR. Myers
York
S. Woods
Kraft
Donora
American Wire & Steel Division
U.S. Steel Corp
Newark
Calif
Bevin
Chicago
H. Lockhart
Parkersburg
W.va
Parkershore
Piedmont Airlines
Stock Prices Mixed in Quiet Trading on Labor Day Weekend
Wall Street opened the Labor Day weekend with mixed stock prices as traders took a quiet, early look at the market. The brief session saw modest moves with no strong directional trends as investors weighed recent economic data.
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New York
Wall Street
Cam Hare
Orioles appoint interim manager after Richards resigns
Baltimore Maryland AP reports manager Paul Richards resigns with effect immediate. Coach Lyman Harris named interim manager to guide the Orioles for the remainder of the season.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Orioles Today
Paul Richards
Lyman Harris
Incumbent Charlotte Yarrell Seeks County Treasurer Post
Mrs. Charlotte Yarrell announced her candidacy for county treasurer subject to the Democratic primary. She was appointed May 11, 1960 to fill the late James H. Falk’s term and is the county’s first female treasurer. Yarrell has long service in the office, previously deputy clerk, and active in Democratic Party affairs.
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Charlotte Whitmore Yarroll
Yarrol
James H. Falk
Falk
Women's Democratic League
Yarrell
Harold Reeves Yarroll
Central Presbyterian Church
Washington
Yarroll
Wrong Kind Of Fish In Court House Pool
The Court House Park pool was stocked with nine catfish by a culprit overnight. Some fish were alive, others dead. The attendant retrieved them. live fish were taken to the jail, then served at a fish fry.
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Court House
Court House Park
Court House Fountain Pool
Mt Airy Boy Dies In Route 40 Crash With Tractor Trailer
A car carrying two men collided with a tractor trailer on Route 40 near Bowers Road just after midnight. Timothy Xavier Kelly, 1, died en route to Frederick Memorial Hospital from a fractured skull. His passenger, Rhodell Burriss, 28, remained hospitalized with serious injuries. The truck driver, Grayson Barthlow, 51, unhurt, faced investigation led by Gordon H. Smith. The wreck blocked traffic for over an hour.
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Route
Frederick
Timothy Xavier Kelly
RFD
Airy
B. 0. Thomas Sr
Frederick County
Kelly
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Rhodell Burriss
Burriss
Grayson Franklin Barthlow
Bowers Road
Tfe
Gordon H. Smith
Barthlow
George Kelly
Tfe. Smith
Maryand Transportation Company
R. and F. Transportation Company
Baltimore
Goulart Rides Time to Edge Brazil Border Clash
Vice President Joao Goulart nears the Brazilian border in Montevideo as rival military chiefs mount a joint operation to subdue pro Goulart forces in Rio Grande do Sul. Goulart calls his position promising amid a week of crisis following President Quadros resignation. A separate report notes King Matthews of Kenilworth Md. disappeared after diving for a rubber ball near Oyster Harbor.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Joao Goulart
South America
Montevideo
Odylio Denys
Annapolis
King Matthews
Kenilworth
Oyster Harbor
Here
Labor Day Hovering as Heatwave Centers the Weekend
The Frederickson area braces for a hot Labor Day weekend with temperatures around 93 degrees and several days of high heat. Stores close early Monday and offices, banks, and postal services observe a holiday. Traffic safety officials warn motorists to drive defensively amid heavy holiday travel and possible patrols.
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Department of Employment Security
James A. Grove
National Safety Council
Carey Jarman
Labor Day
Fire Destroys Hay Barracks on Lundgren Farm
Fire destroyed a frame hay barracks and its contents on the Lundgren farm on Linganore road. The 30 by 60 foot building was fully engulfed on arrival, with a sizable hay and straw crop loss. Cause under investigation. loss not estimated. insured building. Independent Hose Company responded.
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Edwin Lundgren
Linganore Road
Lundgren
Independent Hose Company
Glade Valley Grange enters $70,000 contest
The Glade Valley Grange submitted its annual Community Service report for the National Grange Sears Roebuck Foundation contest. It lists 2,009 hours of community work, including cemetery restoration near Walkersville, youth scholarships, summer camps, and health and safety drives.
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Glade Valley Grange
Grange-Sears, Roebuck Foundation
Austin P. Renn
Bruce Crum
the Grange
Walkersville
Tsreal’s Creek Methodist Meeting House
Edgar Allan Poe
The
Grange
Methodist Church Board
Agricultural Fair Board
Chamber of Commerce
Montevue Home Auxiliary
Sears- Roebuck Foundation
Herschel D. Newsom
No Screams Heard After Midwest Plane Crash
In Hinsdale Illinois a Trans World Airlines Constellation crashed in a cornfield killing 77. Chester Wadley nurses papers to the dead as police coroner James Clark notes bodies must be tagged before removal. Witnesses recall a fiery explosion and a night of discovery.
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Hinsdale
Chester Wadley
U.S
Wadley
Trans World Airlines
Constellation
Chicago
James Clark
Cook County
Josephine Broz
Grace Mouche
JFK and Dean Clash Over Atomic Crisis
Ambassador Arthur H. Dean and President Kennedy condemned Soviet plans to resume nuclear tests as terrorizing humanity. The meeting also touched on McCloy talks with Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin and push for a new U S disarmament agency. Khrushchev’s approach drew direct comparison to Hitlerian tactics.
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Washington
Arthur H. Dean
Russia
Soviet Union
Dean
Kennedy
Geneva
John J. McCloy
U.S
New York
McCloy
Moscow
Valerian Zorin
Zorin
United Nations
Khrushchev
Airliner crashes near Chicago. 78 dead in worst single U.S. loss
A four engine TWA Constel lation carrying tourists from Chicago to Los Angeles crashed 10 miles west of Midway, erupting in flames in a cornfield. All 78 aboard were killed, including several children, with witnesses noting a dramatic ground fire and no in air explosion. Local residents and emergency crews rushed to the scene as investigators began work.
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Chicago
Midway Airport
Los Angeles
U.S
Ted Treiber
Hinsdale
Civil Aeronautics Board
Midway
Las Vegas
Nev
TWA
Weeden
William Payne
Downers Grove
Payne
William Moudhe
Dan Heidenreich
United Air Lines
New York City
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Timothy Kelly
Frank J. Keefer
Mt. Airy
Buckeystown
Mercury
Route 40
Glade Grange
JFK
Dean Cenfer
Echive
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