Westminster Begins 200th Celebration
Westminster marks its 200th anniversary with a week of events led by R. Sargent Shriver and George Winchester. A commemorative coin goes on sale October 4 with 500 serially numbered coins, while a full program costs about 10 000 dollars and includes parades, fireworks, a booklet, and a special train.
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Peace Corps
George Winchester
William Winchester
Frederick County
Civil War Centennial Commission
Francis Scott Key Hotel
C. Lease Bussard
City Hall
NE Sires Carn
Westminster
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Western Maryland Railroad
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Key
Keysville
Carroll County
Winchester
Historical Society Hall
East Main Street
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Westminster Municiple Band
Waynesboro
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Scott §. Bair
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Gladys M. Winnert
Helen Byers
Russell Morgan
School Board To Meet Wednesday In Frederick County
The Frederick County School Board will hold its regular meeting on Wednesday in the Board of Education offices on East Church Street. No plans beyond resignations and assignments of new teachers are mentioned. A morning session is expected with a school officials report on Montgomery County inspections possibly extending into the early afternoon.
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Frederick County
Board of Education
East Church Street
Montgomery County
Route Elimination Urged By Bureau
The Bureau of Economic Regulation urged the Civil Aeronautics Board to end Allegheny Airlines Wilmington Delaware to Pittsburgh service. Counsel William L. Howard Jr argued only two Wilmington passengers daily would benefit, while over 100 Wilmington travelers use the 16 Pittsburgh nonstop round trips from Philadelphia Airport 21 miles away. Howard noted Pittsburgh is 50 minutes closer via Philadelphia Airport.
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Bureau of Economic Regulation
The
Civil Aeronautics Board
Allegheny Airlines
Wilmington
Del
Pittsburgh
William L. Howard, Jr
Philadelphia
Howard
Grounding during Wilmington Airport trip on weekend boat run
A 33 foot pleasure craft used in a weekend Wilmington trip ran aground while a CAB examiner proposed actions. The report highlights multiple stops and the Philadelphia boat service context with Pittsburgh connections mentioned.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Wilmington
Veteran Captain Guides Deep Draft Vessels Through Shallow Mississippi
NEW ORLEANS La. AP Capt George S Vincent Sr has piloted ocean going ships through the shallow muddy Mississippi channels for years with no trouble on the bridge. The veteran pilot took his own vessel through the treacherous water.
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New Orleans
George S. Vincent Sr
Mississippi
Vincent
Coast Guard helicopter fans burning boat away from gasoline tank
A Coast Guard helicopter pilot used the rotor wash to push a burning 18 foot boat away from a gasoline storage tank in Savannah. Three men aboard were burned seriously as the craft maneuvered the craft toward a marsh where the boat burned completely.
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Savannah
Coast Guard
Golf legends and a water line incident cited
The text recalls a water line incident where a pilot Lt Cmdr C W Swickley recovered injured men. It also notes golfers Bob Jones in 1930 Gene Sarazen in 1932 and Ben Hogan in 1953 winning the USGA and British Open championships.
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Cmdr
C. W. Swickley
Bob Jones
Gene Sararazen
Ben Hogan
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