Frederick Suffered Severe Storm Floods and Outages
A historic storm battered Frederick with 2.90 inches of rain, flooding streets and knocking out electrical power for about an hour. Crews worked to clear mud, restore service to 500+ customers, and address outages across the northwest and southeast city areas.
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Patrick Street
Baughman
Russell I. Morgan
Town Creek
West Patrick Street
Brigadoon
Linden Avenue
East Patrick Street
Carroll Creek
Frederick
Potomac Edison Company
Charles W. Poole
G. I. Baking Company
Carroll Street
Carl V. Weakley
Telephone Company
Mt. Airy
Emmitsburg
Brunswick
Freder
Man Pulls 800-Pound Red Wagon Across U S for Years
Dick Cook, 52, a Midland Michigan handyman, has pulled an 800 pound red wagon across the country since 1951 to treat a rare stomach ailment. He has logged about 38,000 miles to date, averaging 4,000 miles a year, and plans to reach Washington State next summer. He sleeps in the trailer, works odd jobs along the way, and avoids major roads to reduce traffic perils.
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Tle
Florida
Don Whipp
Dick Cook
Handy Man
Midland
Mich
H and R
Buckeystown
Florida Keys
New Jersey
Cook
Washington State
Tve
Acquittals in Attack Case Face Mixed Court Actions
Two local African American men, Francis S. Bowie 25 and Nathan L. Foy 19, were acquitted in Magistrate Court after key witness testimony faltered and police unable to identify them. Mary Jefferson testified they attacked migrant worker Theodore Peake and companion in Mullinix Park at about 3:30 am August 27. Peake could not identify the assailants.
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Francis S. Bowie
This City
Nathan L. Foydr
RFC
Mt. Airy
Theodore Peake
Canning Factory
Mullinix Park
Peake
A. Norman Tietz
Ellis G. Carty
Mary Jefferson
Carty
Foy
Bowie
Carver Apts
Staniey Y Bennett
William L. Ingram
Ingram
South Carroll Street
Pene Lot
Norman T. Trump
Nathan A. Dorsey
Blank
Frederick County
Five Navy Airmen Killed In Crash In Florida
Five Navy airmen were killed when a twin engine Neptune bomber crashed during a two week training mission on its last night flight. The aircraft went down at Lake George about 85 miles south of Jacksonville, killing five of the eight crew members aboard.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Lake George
Union Picketers Beat Own President at GM Plant
PITTSBURGH AP Striking pickets at General Motors Fisher Body Plant in West Mifflin assaulted United Auto Workers Local 544 president John McCarrell and Detroit personnel chief Charles Latham during an escort attempt. Two other unidentified pickets were roughed up. no medical aid required. A warrant was issued for plant manager Fred Hughes on charges of aggravated assault with an automobile and leaving the scene after reportedly striking John L. Jones in Connellsville.
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Pittsburgh
Fisher Body
General Motors Corp
West Mifflin
Detroit
John McCarrell
United Auto Workers
Fred Hughes
John L. Jones
Connellsville
R.D
New Breeders Enter Frederick Fair Livestock Show
New breeders sign up for the Frederick Fair livestock exhibition as entries close Monday at midnight. Secretary Wade F Hursey says many ind ications point to a record show with cattle swine and sheep divisions drawing strong interest. The fair runs September 26 to 30 with strict entry and removal rules and a front grandstand cavalcade on Thursday and Friday.
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Frederick Fair
Wade F. Hursey
Frederick County Agricultural Society Board
Hursey
John L. Shaw
Glenn Trout
Walter J. Hahn
Hahn
Clyde W. Smith
A. Irvin Fenn
Couple Found Slain in Guilford Maryland Home
Police say Mr and Mrs Riley Harris both 32 were shot to death in their Guilford Maryland home after a domestic dispute. The Harris children aged 3 to 9 were in the yard with an infant who alerted officers.
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Guilford
Riley Harris
Howard County
Harris
Khrushchev signals ready for talks with Kennedy
Soviet Premier Khrushchev told a friendship meeting with Indian Prime Minister Nehru that he is open to businesslike talks with President Kennedy on urgent world issues. He denounced Kennedy’s decision to resume nuclear testing and warned aggressive forces could trigger another military tragedy. He stressed a German peace treaty as vital and said the treaty would be signed if Western powers refuse to sign.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Nehru
Germany
Soviet Union
Maryland Press Association backs Gathland journalist monument plan
The Maryland Press Association expected to adopt a resolution today calling for a National Monument of Fame for journalists at Gathland State Park on the Washington Frederick County line. The plan includes a hall of fame with initial one per state and four added yearly, plus possible stone plaza and tower or two unfinished towers symbolizing a pen and pencil. The move, urged by Gov. Tawes, will be discussed at the MPA summer convention with the Chesapeake Associated Press meeting.
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Ocean City
Maryland Press Association
Gathland State Park
Washington-Frederick County
Gov. Tawes
MPA
Hall of Fame
Chesapeake Associated Press
State To Sample Air For Fallout Density
Maryland health officials began air sampling as a precaution after Soviet nuclear tests. Radiation specialist Howard E. Chaney said fallout would reach the state in weeks with density around one micro micro curie per liter. A state-wide take-cover drill was under consideration by Civil Defense Director Sherley Elling.
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Baltimore
State Health Department
Howard E. Chaney
Maryland
Civil Defense
Sherley Elling
East German Driver Bursts Through Brandenburg Gate Barrier
In Berlin a young East German rammed a speeding station wagon through Communist barriers, flashing into West Berlin. Splinters flew as Red guards leaped for safety while the vehicle forced through the gate above the bayonet-like wire and crossed the frontier.
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Berlin
Brandenburg
West Berlin
Radioactive Soviet cloud to cross northern U S by weekend
Government fallout expert Dr. Lester Machta of the U S Weather Bureau said the cloud of radioactive debris from the first of four recent Soviet nuclear tests will cross the northern United States by weekend. He noted debris from the later tests unknown in timing but likely pass over the country while the cloud circles Earth.
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Washington
United States
Lester Machta
U.S. Weather Bureau
Machta
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Bering Sea
Alaska
Canada
Montana
Idaho
Atlantic
Europe
Allied powers warn Soviets over West Berlin air corridors
Washington reports that the United States Britain and France delivered identical notes in Moscow warning the Soviet Union and East Germany against interfering with Allied air corridors between West Germany and West Berlin. They stated rights derive from the joint defeat of the German Reich and have existed for 15 years through open practice and agreements.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
West Germany
West Berlin
Kremlin
Moscow
Berlin
U.S.S.R
East Germany
East Berlin
Reich
Germany
Girl Scout Training To Start Sept 12 in Winchester Hall
Frederick Girl Scout Association launches annual training for new Brownie and Intermediate troop leaders starting September 12 at 9 30 a m in Winchester Hall Scout offices. Twenty two hours of instruction run Tuesdays and Thursdays through September and into early October with Mrs James A Stickell and Mrs Franklin Wastler as instructors. Both are volunteer trainers, and the course welcomes new leaders assistants committee members and interested volunteers.
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Frederick
Businessman Picked As Brazilian PM
BRASILIA AP A balding businessman with conservative aims was chosen for prime minister by the Social Democrats who ally with the National Democratic Union in a 200 vote bloc. Tancredo Neves, 51, awaits formal posting as President Joao Goulart, a rancher and key player in the 14 day crisis, shapes Congress.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Tancredy Neves
Sovial Democrats
Congress
National Democratic Union
Joao Goulart
Janio Quadros
Quadros
Gouart
Five Day Forecast From The Associated Press
Five day forecast notes temperatures hovering about five degrees above normal with normal highs near 76 to 81 and lows around 59 to 66. Daily changes are expected to be small with showers possible on Monday or Tuesday near the mountains.
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Associated Press
Wagner Wins N. Y. Primary
New York AP reports Mayor Robert F Wagner’s anti bossism platform victory over Tammany Hall leader Carmine DeSapio. Wagner defeated state comptroller Arthur Levitt by 451,458 to 291,672 in a record Democratic primary turnout of 743,130, setting a new high over 1937. He faces Republican Louis Lefkowitz in November. DeSapio also lost his Greenwich Village district leadership to James Lanigan, signaling a political eclipse for the Tamanny chief.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Lold Line
Democratic
Tammany Hall
Carmire G. DeSapio
Wagner
Arthur Levitt
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Tammany
Manhattan
Democratic Organization
DeSapio
Greenwich Village
James S. Lanigan
New York County
Linden Hills store hit by flood damage after council water drain clog
Herman Brown Jr. of Linden Hills Food Market reported heavy rains caused flooding in his basement. He said city drains clogged with mud and silt, requiring pumping out water about five feet deep. Equipment including refrigeration and oil burner motors were damaged. Debris and mud forced clearance on U S 40.
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Linden Hills
Herman Brown Jr
Linden Hills Food Market
Brown
U. S. 40
Seal dies at Woodland Park Zoo from copper poisoning
Frank Vincenzi, zoo director, told the Seattle Park Board that a postmortem showed a seal died after ingesting a cache of coins totaling 2 pounds 2 ounces. The coins, including 321 pennies and 12 nickels, caused copper poisoning and death, plus a swallowed button, meal washer, and 16 pebbles.
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Seattle
Wash
Frank _ Vincenzi
Woodland Park Zoo
Seattle Park Board
Hurricane Carla Threatens Gulf Coast and Cuba
Hurricane Carla neared Louisiana shores with winds around 110-114 mph, threatening a three mile coastal belt and Gulf oil operations. Forecasts warned of escalating gale force winds along the northern Gulf from Louisiana to Apalachicola while Betsy and Debbie remained distant. Carla slammed Cuba previously, injuring ten and causing crop damage as it moved toward the Gulf of Mexico.
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Miami
Fla
Carla
Lousiana Shores
Isands
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Lone Star State
Louisiana-Texas
Mississippi
Alabama
Apalachicola
Mississippi River
Gulf Coast
Weather Bureau
Betsy
Atlantic
Cape Cod
Mass
Debbie
Cape Verde Islands
West African
Cuba
Caribbean Sea
Salvation Army to Hold Clothing Day Monday
Captain Thomas Woodcock announces a Salvation Army clothing day Monday for those needing clothes for school children. Clothes have been collected in recent weeks and will be distributed between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Those in need may apply during the distribution hours.
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Thomas Woodcock
Salvation Army
Woodcock
Woman Dies in Upper Marlboro Crash on US 301
Mrs Anglini Manderacchi forty four of Norristown Pa died in a two car collision near Upper Marlboro Md on US 301. Her husband Frank and 16 year old Pauline were hospitalized in serious condition at Prince Georges County Hospital. The other car’s driver Chief Petty Officer Louis J Ferroni thirty one of Washington was also in serious condition at Andrews Air Force Base Hospital. Maryland traffic death toll for the year reached two hundred eighty four, down from three hundred sixty three a year ago.
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Upper Marlboro
Anglini Manderacchi
Norristown
Here
Frank
Pauline
Prince Georges County Hospital
Louis J. Ferroni
Washington
Andrews Air Force Base Hospital
Manderacchi
Maryland
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Gathland
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