Two men sentenced for first degree murder in Ridgeville case
John H. Garbutt and James Edward Jefferson received life sentences in Maryland penitentiary for the May 18 robbery slaying of Ridgeville grocer Earl L. Baker. Jefferson testified in his defense claiming he slept through the crime while Garbutt testified yesterday for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Garbutt
James Edward Jefferson
Maryland
Earl L. Baker
Ridgeville
Baker
Baltimore
Jefferson
Garbutt
Derwood Nike Center
NCO
Garbull
Pvt
Richard Steinbager
Donald Sponscher
Lee
Evek Garbutt
Sponselier
Thurmont Urges Water Conservation Amid Shortage
Thurmont Mayor Don ald L. Lewis urged residents to curb lawn sprinkling car washes and garden watering as schools reopen increase demand. He noted two alternating reservoirs and warned misuse could force reliance on hard water wells, stressing fire protection needs and a possible water ban.
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Thurmont
Donald L. Lewis
Lewis
Open Bids On Bridge Projects In County Bids Led By Humphries
The Humphries Construction Company submitted the apparent low bids on three federal aid secondary bridge projects at Winchester Hall. Woodville road call for a reinforced concrete box culvert 10 by 7 feet with approaches. Lander road for a single cell culvert. Bethel road for a two-span prestressed concrete bridge 61 feet long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphries Construction Company
County Roads Board
Winchester Hall
Calvert
Approaches
Woodville
Lander
Bethel Road
Humphries
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Flintkote Company
Wolfe Brothers
Myersville
Thomas, Bennett and Hunter, Inc
Westminster
Interstate Bridge Company
This City
Lander Road
M. J. Grove
Bay City Construction Company
Baltimore
E. H. Nunn
Jessups
Thomas, Bennett and Hunter
Unionville
Fritztown
Woodville Road
Jefferson
Lewistown
Injured Woman Hurt as Tractor Overturns on Farm
A 24-year-old woman, Wanda Hahn of South Market Street, was injured when a tractor overturned after striking a stump on the G. L. Thomas farm near Adams Town. She jumped free, suffered multiple broken ribs and a ruptured liver, was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital, then transferred to University Hospital in Baltimore. She works for American Tobacco near the air pork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Hospital
Baltimore
Wanda Hahn
South Market Street
G. L. Thomas
Adamstown
Hahn
Frederick Memorial Hospital
United Ambulance
American Tae Company
Airpork
College Expansion Is Favored And Planned
Frederick County Board of Education discussed long range plans for Frederick Community College. A temporary headquarters at North Market Street is planned with future land purchase in the Frederick area and state matching funds under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Community College
Frederick County Board of Education
Duval W. Sweadner
North Market Street
Frederick
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Ladislas Segoe
Associate of
Cincinnati, C
Sneadner
State Board of Education
Boards of Education
James A. Sensenbaugh
Frederick County
State Department of Education
Fredericks
Community College
New Market Fire Hall
New Market School
Tolbert F. Sawyer
Grange
Plane Victim Tied to Local Native Hero Died in 1959 Crash
Robert M. Aiken of Silver Spring 21 served as a Navy petty officer third class. He was among 78 aboard the TWA Constellation that crashed near Chicago on September 1. Aiken was grandson of Frederick natives Mr and Mrs Blumenauer, with family ties across greater Washington. Funeral services were held in Silver Spring.
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TWA Constellation
Chicago
Robert M. Aiken
Silver Spring
Thomas Blumenauer
Greater Washington
Blumenauer
Frederick
Mr. Aiken
Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
Alex Brown Low Bidder On Bond For School Construction
Alex Brown and Sons, investment bankers, were the low bidders on a $2.5 million bond issue for county school construction and site purchases. The average interest over 25 years will be 3.289 percent, with eight bidders and a next bid of 3.31 percent. Annual principal repayments of $100,000 are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Brown and Sons
Irvin A. Renn
New Market
Parkway
Singanore
Lewistown
Brunswick High School
Brunswick
Walkersville High
New Midway
Thomas Johnson High School
Rose Hill
Urbana
Lincoln School
Washington Street
Sabillasville
Smith, Sommerville and
Case
Baltimore
Farmers and Mechanics Citizens National Bank
City Edict Delays Monocacy Water Supply Start
City Engineer Robert A. Whiteford announced the Monocacy filtration plant will not pump water into the Loon system for two to three weeks. He added the plant could begin supplying water within two days in an emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Whiteford
Youths Convicted and Acquitted in Beer Theft Case
Four teenagers faced magistrate court on petty larceny and possession of alcohol charges after an ice box break in at Schley Inn Braddock Heights. One pleaded guilty to possession and two were acquitted. Gartner was acquitted on all charges. a juvenile paid a fine. The theft involved a case valued at $5.15 and proceeds led to a late night chase and car stop.
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Joseph A. Bear Jr
East Patrick Street
Gartner
Schley
Maryland Avenues
Fischer
Frederick
Richard W. Poffenberger
Robert L. McAfee
Schley Inn
Miller
Baer
Frederick County
Shier
Edwin F. Nikirk
Nikirk
Stanley Y. Bennett
Auto Strike Called Off At General Motors Plants
DETROIT AP The United Auto Workers called off a strike set for 10 a.m. today at GM plants after a company offer appeared to clear the way for a settlement of key benefit demands. UAW President Walter P. Reuther announced the strike extension to 7 a.m. Monday after substantial progress overnight on broad economic issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Navy
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Brush Fire Responded At Park Heights Cemetery
The Brunswick Fire Department answered a call at 2 30 a m to extinguish a brush fire at Park Heights Cemetery in Brunswick.
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Brunswick Fire Department
Park Heights
Brunswick
Heat Wave Persisting Through Early September
Frederick County endures a prolonged hot spell with six consecutive days at or above ninety degrees. August recorded multiple 90s, including 93 on August 31, while September opened with 92 degree highs. Thunderstorms on several afternoons brought light rainfall totaling about 0.32 inches, and normals remain above average as the heat trend likely continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Frederick Countiang
Baby dies in Bowie crash on Route 3 Maryland
A 10 month old Bowie girl Lora Ann Queen died when the car she rode in struck a plac tion wagon on Maryland Route 3 in Anne Arundel County. Seven others injured including Daniel Griffin 30 of Bowie who was listed in critical condition at South Baltimore General Hospital.
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Baltimore
Bowie
Maryland
Barrick and allies file for Maryland primary
Annapolis AP The Mahoney Lee Barrick ticket filed for Maryland Democratic primary next May with family members watching. George Mahoney 59 seeks governor for the third time. Blair Lee 45 runs for U S Senate in first statewide bid. Samuel Barrick 37 seeks attorney general in his first statewide race. They posted fees of 290 each with the secretary of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Mahoney-Lee-Barrick
Maryland
George P. Mahoney
Baltimore County
Blair Lee WI
Montgomery County
House of Delegates
U.S. Senate
Samuel Barrick
Frederick County
Mahoney
Baltimore City
J. Millard Tawes
Louis L. Goldstein
Thomas B. Finan
Daniel Brewster
David Hume
Charles County
Secretary of State
Lee
Mimi
John
Ape
Phillip
Frederick
Christopher
Joseph
Pete
Blair
Georgetown Preparatory School
George Jr
Perry
Baltimore
Market Rebounds As UAW Ends GM Strike
The stock market rose sharply in moderate trading as the United Auto Workers ended the strike against General Motors. The recovery followed the auto labor action, with investors reacting to the news and shifting toward gains across major indices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Storm Carla Aims For Gulf After Crossing Yucatan Channel
Weather officials warned that tropical storm Carla could reach hurricane force by night as it moves from southwest of Cuba toward the Yucatan channel and into the southeastern Gulf. Recon planes placed Carla 180 miles south of Cuba and 440 miles southwest of Key West with top winds 60 to 70 mph. Betsy remained distant in the Atlantic posing no US land threat as it tracked northeast of Bermuda.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Yucatan
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Carla
Key West
Yucatan Channel
Gordon Dunn
U.S. Weather Bureau
Florida Keys
Northwest Caribbean
Gulf
Center
Pinar del Rio
Betsy
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Yucatan Peninsula
Bermuda
Nonaligned Nations Seek Peace Talks After Summit
At Belgrade the 25 nation nonaligned conference appeals to the United States and Soviet Union to halt war preparations and begin negotiations to avert nuclear conflict. The communique urges decolonization steps and calls for French forces to leave Tunisia and Angola’s independence, while Cuba’s sovereignty is noted over Guantanamo Bay.
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Moscow
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
India
Nehru
Khrushchev
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Ghana Airways
Kennedy
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Sahara Desert
France
Tunisian
Portugal
Angola
Eastern
Europe
Tibet
Kashmir
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Dean Sweadner
Alex Brown
Kenneth Hurt
Berlin
Hurt
Sinsheimer
Heidelberger Strasse
Barrick
Fee
Fila
133 Elm
Arphive
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