No Decision on Go-Kart Race Course Plan in Frederick
Mayor Ramsburg said the Frederick Board of Aldermen is still considering a request to permit a go kart race course on the north side of the Singapore Filtration Plant Road. A 29 name petition opposed the plan, and no discussion occurred as officials noted ongoing deliberations.
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Jacob R. Ramsburg
Frederick
Singapore
Board of Aldermen
Ramsburg
William H. Bartgis
Freeded Hijacked Freighter Bahia de Nipe Court Ruling
The 4th Circuit freed the 3800 ton freighter Bahia de Nipe in a ruling that upheld sovereign immunity and stayed the order for five days to allow a Supreme Court appeal. The ship, seized by 11 crewmen seeking asylum, was sailing toward a Baltic port when taken near Norfolk. Coast Guard barred marshals from aboard to file papers as others disputed the ship’s fate and destination.
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Richmond, Va
4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Cuba
U.S. Supreme Court
Norfolk
Lynnhaven Roads
Circuit Court
Baltimore
State Department
United States
United Fruit Sugar Corp
Bahia de Nipe
Lynnhaven Inlet
Coast Guard
U.S
Presidential Advisor Named In Divorce
James M. Landis a 61 year old special assistant to President Kennedy was named a correspondent in a divorce suit filed by Joseph A. Todd a 45 year old public relations consultant. Todd accuses Pauline Landis of adultery with Landis between June 1 and July 29 1961. Todd's lawyer identified Landis as a White House adviser. Landis's office said he was in New York Thursday. White House press secretary Pierre Salinger said Landis resigned as of Sept 1 as a special assistant.
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Washington
James M. Landis
Kennedy
Joseph A. Todd
Todd
Pauline
Landis
Jean M. Boardman
White House
New York
Pierre Salinger
Presdent
Nehru Sees War Fears After Moscow Talks
Indian Prime Minister Nehru, after 22 hours of talks with Soviet Premier Khrushchev in the Kremlin, warned that the world faces renewed war and nuclear tests. He urged restraint as Khrushchev stressed peace while noting East West tensions. Also notes two Frederick County appeals permits for Berry Patch Antique Shop and Poole and Son office building.
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Moscow
Nehru
India
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Berlin
Soviet Union
United States
Belgrade
Kennedy
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Nkrumah
Black Sea
Frederick County
Apeals Board
Route 1
Middletown
U. S. 40
Reno Mountain Road
Poole and Son
Liberytown Contractors
Maryland
Libertytown
One-Car Crash Kills Man Near Spring Gap Maryland
Howard E. Isner, 44, of Ridgely West Virginia, died after his car struck a bridge abutment on Maryland 51 near Spring Gap Allegany County. He became Maryland’s 282nd traffic fatality of the year as of Wednesday night, with 361 highway deaths reported for the same period in 1960.
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Spring Gap
Maryland 51
Allegany County
Cumberland
Howard E. Isner
Ridgely
W.va
Isner
Maryland
Lightning hits three Montgomery homes and car crash injures one
Police report multiple lightning strikes damaged three Montgomery County homes including H. J Miller residence at 10001 Chapel Road in Potomac and a Grimsley home on Moxley Road. A weather related crash on Maryland Route 118 involved a 1954 Dodge truck and a 1957 Mercury. no injuries, but damages totaled about $225. A separate crash on US 15 left a 65 year old passenger with a fractured vertebra after a Pontiac sedan veered into a ditch.
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H. J Miller
Chapel Roads
Potomac
Rockville
Gue Road
Damascus
Maryland
Montgomery County
Boyds
Thomas Matthew
King
Robert Lee Shillingburg
Westernport
Harry Tannenberg
Gordon Hathaway
Ispeed
Montgomery County Peoples Court
Rocksville
Mercury
Lewistoun
Richard Poffenberger
Sterling Mayer
Drums
Blanche Elizabeth Mayer
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Houses Hit During Storm in Montgomery County
Montgomery County police reported four homes struck by lightning and several roads flooded during a sudden Thursday storm. Maryland 355 near Bennett's Creek flooded. a $1,575 crash with serious injury occurred near Urbana earlier. Damaging rain affected Damascus Potomac Urbana areas while Mosley Road flooded west of Maryland 80. A brick home on Black Rock Road Gaithersburg was struck by lightning at 2.59 pm.
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Montgomery County
Frederick
Maryland
Bennett's Creek
Urbana
Lewistown
Mosley
Damascus
Potomac
Rockvile
Gaithersburg
Monrovia
C. J Bishop
Black Rock
Storm floods cause brief chaos and livestock losses near Urbana
State police say no charges were filed as a storm moved through Lewistown area about 1 p.m. A second flash flood near Maryland 353 in Urbana sent two cows drifting 75 feet before reaching shore. they were unharmed. Maryland 355 water rose to 1.5 feet near Urbana at 6 p.m. and receded quickly. A lightning strike killed two cows at Floyd Moxley's farm in Clagettsville at 4 p.m. Thursday.
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Lewistown
Poffenberger
Maryland
Urbana
Bennett’s Creek
Maryland 355
Floyd Moxley
Clagettsville
Experiments Canceled By Space Agency Weather
The Space Agency canceled two sodium lithium vapor experiments planned for Thursday and early Friday due to unsatisfactory weather. Vapor clouds were to be released from NIKE-ASP rockets at Wallops Island Virginia to study atmospheric conditions. Re scheduling will be decided Friday afternoon.
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Washington
Space Agency
Wallops Island
Kindergarten Planned at Calvary Methodist Church Mt Airy
A weekday kindergarten will be offered at Calvary Methodist Church in Mt Airy. Sessions run Oct 2 through May each weekday from 9 to 11:30 a.m in the church's new educational building following Protestant tradition. Children turning five in 1961 are eligible. Pastor Rev. C. Roger Elgert at Mt. Airy 128 can provide info.
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Calvary Methodist Church
Mt Airy
C. Roger Elgert
Mt. Airy
Schools Merge in Frederick County Education Changes
Frederick County School Board at its regular meeting merged two county schools. New Market colored school joins New Market Elementary. Liberty Junior High becomes part of Singapore High. Principal and teacher assignments updated. Salary increases for daily substitutes approved. pay scales listed. Coal and fuel bids opened for Thurmont and other schools. Furniture bid awarded to Baird Seating Company for four campuses.
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Frederick
Robert Whiteford
Jefferson Street
South Catoctin Park
Juan Tarrant
Robert Clapp Jr
Francis Howard
O'Neil Jenkins
Charles Sanmner
Herbert Staley
Osborne Price Jr
RE. Daily Jr
Harry I. Gates
Free State Equipment Company of Baltimore
Frederick County School Board
New Market Colored School
New Market
Florence Awkard
Thomas Sterling
Liberty
Singanore High School
Singapore
James A. Sensenbaugh
Frederick County
John M. Creager Co
Thurmont
Thurmont High School
Coal and Oil Co
Sinclair Refining Co. F
Baltimore
Max Waller Company
Hess, Inc
Perth Amboy
New Jersey
Lewistown
Parkway
Linganore
Baird Seating Company
Dormitories Occupied at Annapolis Naval Academy
Two battalions of midshipmen about 1400 men began occupying two new wings of Bancroft Hall at the US Naval Academy. The dormitory, already billed as the world’s largest under a single roof, gained 550 more rooms. The addition was built by Baltimore Contractors, Inc. and cost 105 million dollars.
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Annapolis
Bancroft Hall
Naval Academy
Baltimore Contractors, Inc
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Camera Mart
Bennett's Creek Bridge
J Rolfe Castleman
Bush Creek
Kaempf & Harris, Ir
American Standard
Frederick, Md
Coblentz & Main
Exclusively Insurance
North Court Street
The
Cavetown Home Planning Center
North Market Street
R. BR. Rice
Dial MO
RAY Wachter Photo Center
South Market St
Hoover
Mays’ Hardware
Frederick Shopping Center
Economy Oil Co., Inc
Burner Service
Burner Insurance
W& S Blackinton
Stweramiths
Key Hotel
Bidg
Servic
Glass & Mirror
Eastern All Metal
Kehne Furniture Co
Monogram
Hendrickson
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