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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1961
Page
11
In East Berlin the idea surfaces that foreigners including Western garrison members may be barred from visiting. Residents differ on Western powers reacting, while a taxi driver laments the city’s division and predicts tighter controls ahead.
A visitor notes split opinion in East Berlin over whether the East German regime will strike against Western flights before or after a peace treaty Khrushchev promises. He forecasts a late November or early December treaty and cautions the West will act if air corridors are troubled, risking unknown outcomes. The observer wanders East Berlin, changes money, buys theater tickets, and questions access if a show becomes unavailable.
Walter J. Schafer of Hagerstown was named director of engineering for the Aircrafts Missiles Division of Fairchild Stratos Corporation. Edward G. Uhl, the firm’s president, called him one of the country’s outstanding men in the field.
Timonium attendance sets record at Maryland 1961 State Fair with 202,032 visitors over 12 days. Track crowds reach 90,786 races, 1,378 more than 1960. Schafer, 33, formerly GE space vehicle manager, named to lead site and space-vehicle engineering. NYU grad with B.S. and MLE degrees. helped develop Discoverer nose cones and satellite vehicles. previously NYU missile boosters and sustainers researcher. He is married with three sons.
Baltimore mayor J Harold Grady predicted that city solicitor Harrison L Winter would be appointed to a Maryland federal judgeship. Grady noted earlier talks with top administration leaders and vouched for Winter as the most qualified candidate, saying no one else fits the post better.
A Maryland lawyer, 40, among 12 recommended by the Maryland State Bar Association, appears likely for the lifetime federal judgeship. In Texas City, AP reports floodwaters from Moses Lake brought by a 10-foot tide after Hurricane Carla, driving rattlesnakes into streets. Civil Defense Director Kirby Smith says snakes are everywhere as the city battles the flood.
Three people were killed and three others injured in a foggy accident at the Reading-Lancaster Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The victims were from Brooklyn and riding in a car that exited, then tried to re-enter the turnpike and collided with a parked tractor trailer. The director warned evacuees to be extremely careful when returning home.
A passing truck ran over a pedestrian after a parked truck halted on a Frederick street. The victim was hurled to the pavement in the September 12, 1961 incident reported by The News.
Prime time listings show Brighter Day and Secret Storm with Channel 2, plus Burns and Allen and Edger of Night. Cartoons Robin Hood Popeye and Mickey Mouse segments fill gaps. Local news, sports, and a movie titled Shopworn Angel are scheduled amid detective and wildlife features.
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