Wave Of Vandalism On PE Equipment Report
Potomac Edison reports a wave of insulator shootings in Montgomery County centered on Dickerson Poolesville and Damascus. Over 3 000 customers faced outages with potential fire risk and life threats to nursing homes hospitals and schools. A substantial reward is offered for information leading to arrests and convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Montgomery County
Dickerson
Poolesville
Damascus
Potomac Edison Company
Entry Of Birds At Fair High
Nearly 200 birds were turned down as Frederick Fair entries peaked this year. Poultry superintendent Alton T. Williar praised expected top quality and noted strong egg displays. County and out of state entries boost attendance while H club displays fill space in the poultry building. The fair runs September 27 for five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Alton T. Williar
Poultry Department
Wilbiam
James L. Fisher
Board of Education
Frank C. Stauffer
Frederick County Agricultural Society
Elm Street Junior High
Robert Doster
West Frederick
Thomas Silliman
Brunswick
N. Linwood Seibert
Frederick High
Sperry Storm
Middletown High
James Marrone
Walkersville High
Howard Andrews
John T. Best Jr
Emmons C. Sanner
Irving E. Staley
Clyde W. Smith
One Dead In Shooting In Leonardtown Md
A man was killed and his brother critically wounded in a shooting on Leonardtown main street. Two Navy enlisted men, Merius Stephens and William Baker, were arrested on murder charges and held in St Marys County Jail. The victims were identified as William Sommerville and his brother Lawrence Sommerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Marys County
Almeruis Stephens
William C. Baker
Carl Hi Muchow
William Lanner
Mark Pratt
Stephens
Baker
Sommerville Brothers
William Sommerville
Lexington Park
Court declines immediate halt on Frederick radio station work
The U S Court of Appeals refused to halt construction of Musical Heights second station WMHI near Mount Phillip road while deciding later whether the FCC license decision remains in effect. WFMD officials voiced no immediate reaction and three local radiomen plan a music and news format from sunrise to sunset starting November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Court of Appeals
Frederick
Federal Communications Commission
Musical Heights, Inc
Standard Broadcasting
Washington
Monocacy Broadcasting System
WPMD
Richard F. Lewis, Inc
WFMD
Musical Heights
FCC
Leo Shank
Howard Fisher
John Staub
Staub
Mount Phillip Road
WEMD
WMHI
Primariy
Four Die in Texas Head-On Crash Near Dallas
A head-on collision between a trailer truck and a passenger car in Dallas left four people dead, two men and two women. The truck driver, Kenneth Hardy 20 of Amber Oklahoma, was treated for cuts and bruises. Police identified the deceased as Darrel D. Hoffman 26 John Wauqua 33 Ruby Bell Wauqua and Isabel Iva Eddy, all of Dallas, pending next-of-kin notification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas. Tex
Kenneth Hardy
Amber
Okla
Darrel D. Hoffman
John Wauqua
Ruby Bell Wauqua
John
Isabel Iva Eddy
Dallas
Prevent School Fire Disaster at Brunswick Elementary
A fire starting in the Brunswick Elementary School utility room Tuesday evening was contained by firefighters within about two hours. Apparent spontaneous combustion ignited cleaning supplies. the library and rest room were affected but books survived. Principal Lee Smith and volunteer firemen aided efforts. water damage minimal.
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New Brunswick
Jesse Jacobs
Insurance Company
Harwood Watson
Brunswick
School Board
Jacobs
Lee Smith
Brunswick High
Independents Begin Plastic Floor Coating at Fire Hall
Independents Hose company moves ahead with a $1,000 plastic coating for the cement floor of the fire hall. The project, separate from Ford Construction’s work, is expected to improve maintenance for the two engines while a 60 by 30 foot rear addition costing about $52,000 remains in use.
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Independent Hose Company
Jack Fleischman
Ford Construction Company
Fleischman
Farboll
Baltimore
Gibbons Corporation
West Church Street
Five Day Regional Forecast From The Associated Press
Temperatures will average near normal with a cooler Saturday and warmer Sunday. Cooler Monday and Tuesday. Scattered showers are likely Sunday and Monday with total precipitation between 1 and 1 inch. Normal highs range from 74 to 79 degrees. early lows from 56 to 62, mid-40s in Maryland mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Maryland
City Bus and Car Collision in Frederick
A Frederick Transit bus and a car collided at Rosemont avenue and Grove boulevard after eight this morning injuring no one. Bus driver Leonard Jacobs was charged with failure to grant right of way after the bus pulled into the car driven by Miriam Price Gunneay of Charles Town. Bus damage was $30 and car damage $150.
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Frederick
Rosemont Avenue
Grove Boulevard
Miriam Price Gunneay
Charles Town
W. Va
Gunneay
Leonard Jacobs
Guy Himes
East Street
East Fourth Street
Arthur Sessler
Kennedy Faults GOP for Inertia in Pennsylvania Speech
Senator John F. Kennedy told about 4000 Lebanon crowds that Republicans are content to do too little to keep America’s lead. He warned productive capacity is underutilized while pledging jobs for all who want them with decent wages in broader Pennsylvania stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Pennsylvania
John F. Kennedy
America
Lebanon
United States
Soviet Union
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Ait Reading
Lancaster
York
British speed ace Campbell Injured In Bonville Crash
Donald Campbell, racing Blue Bird at 300 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats, was injured as his car wrecked. The 4230 horsepower machine was badly damaged with fuel spilled around the scene. His wife Toma rode to the hospital in an Utah Highway Patrol ambulance. witnesses noted a helmet likely caused a head cut. Mechanics cited no fault in the car, which was checked after the first run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonneville Salt Flats
Donald Campbell
Bluebird Ir
Toma
Utah Highway Patrol
U.S. Air Force
Frostburg Teen Stricken by Polio in Iron Lung
An 18 year old Frostburg girl Maxine McKenzie was in critical condition in an iron lung today after contracting polio Thursday at home. She was treated at Miner's Hospital Frostburg and then Memorial Hospital there.
Frederick Fire Prevention Parade and Events Planned
Frederick firemen announce a Fire Prevention Week lineup capped by a October 3 parade with about 30 area companies and 100 pieces of equipment. A September 24 hypnotist fundraising show at Frederick High School features Tracey to aid parade prizes and expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
Armory
Frederick High School
Tracey
Bridey Murphy
Frederick
George Baker
Independent Hose Company
Robert Whitmore
Robert Haller
Grayson Abrecht Je
Uniteds
Charles Handley
Gerry McConnell
Jack Fleischman
Martin Walsh
Clarence Rinehart
Russell Rinehart
Citizens
Tawes Marshall
J. Millard Tawes
327Th Army Band
Aberdeen
Drum and Bugle Corp
Handiey
Jack Reckner
Earleigh Heights
Maryland State Firemen’s Associ
Paul FL Bitile
Myersville
Irs
Ruth Forward
Barbara Mackley
Baltimore Fire Department
Fort Detrick
Buddy Codors
Gettysburg
Circus Balloon Drops Promoted by Thurmont Lions Club
The Thurmont Lions Club sponsors Mills Brothers Circus balloon drops using a plane to advertise the show. Balloons with free passes will fall over Fred enck Thurmont Emmitsburg Walkersville Woodsboro Highfield and Blue Ridge Summit between 9 and 11 a.m. Saturday with a rain date Sunday. Performances are at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Rolling Acres field in Thurmont with ample parking.
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Trurmont Lions Club
Mills Brothers Circus
Richard Green
United Fiying Service
Fredenck
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Walkersville
Woodsboro
Highfield
Blue Ridge Summit
Rolling Acres
East Main Street
Nixon Outlines Farm Plan for Surplus Reduction
Vice President Richard Nixon outlined a four point farm plan to reduce a $10 billion surplus. The program includes a domestic food reserve, expanded foreign shipments, payments in kind to retire land, and converting grain to protein foods for the hungry and school lunch programs. He aims to cut surpluses within four years and would seek higher farm appropriations initially.
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Guthrie Center
Iowa
Richard M. Nixon
Farm
Nixon
Sioux Falls
S. D
Ezra Taft Benson
Eisenhower
Protest Over Stamp Dedication in Baltimore
Oliver W. Singleton regional AFL-CIO director and former Baltimore mayor Thomas D Alesandro protested the city dedication of a new postage stamp. They criticized two speeches by Postmaster General Arthur E Summerfield as partisan and called for an accounting of federal funds spent on the observance. They urged the Republican National Committee to refund 1500 dollars the city allocated for celebrating Francis Scott Key stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Oliver W. Singleton
Afl-Cio
Thomas D Alesandro
Singleton
Arthur E. Summerfield
Democratic National
Fire Kills 2 Children In Baltimore
Two children died in a row house fire in downtown Baltimore as their mother Sylvia Moseley, 20, left to hang laundry and returned to find the door locked with the keys inside. Cynthia Moseley, 13, and infant Sylvia perished. Mrs. Moseley survived shock. Firemen found a gas stove on in the ruins and the cause was not determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Cynthia Moseley
Sylvia
Sylvia Moseley
U S Embassy Secretary Held in Cuban Jail
Fidel Castro's secret police detained Marjorie Lennox a 26 year old U S embassy secretary in Havana arresting her without清 charges ambassador Bonsai called the move illegal and protests were ignored. Cuban DIER officials held Lennox then questioned her for hours before taking her to DIER headquarters. she was described as hysterical by an embassy observer.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
U.S
Marjorie Lennox
San Francisco
Philip Bonsai
Foreign Ministry
Mrs. Lennox
Dier
Lennox
Castro
Cuba
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Eisenhower Completes First Part Of Routine Checkup
President Eisenhower finished the initial phase of his yearly medical examination at Walter Reed Army Hospital and prepared to drive to Camp David in Maryland for the weekend. He will work on his UN General Assembly speech next Thursday at the Catoctin Mountains retreat.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Maryland
White House
Camp David
Catoctin Mountains
United Nations General Assembly
Mobutu Seizes Lumumba Staff as Parliament Is Blocked
In Leopoldville mobs under Mobutu arrest Patrice Lumumba staffers and attempt to detain Lumumba himself. Mobutu seals Parliament with armed guards while Kasavubu protests to the United Nations over Ghana protection of Lumumba forces. Lumumba is reported hidden as the crackdown widens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
the Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Patrice Lumumba
Congo
Lumumba
Mobutu
Kasavubu
United Nations
Ghana
Leopold
Kili
Farmer Not Guilty In Auto Collision Case
A Woodsboro farmer, Harold A. Young, was cleared in Magistrate Court of failing to yield to an oncoming car on Route 7a. Mrs Helen Lee, an expectant mother, said she braked as Young’s stalled vehicle entered her lane. Trooper Ronald Lewis reported Young’s car demolished and Lee only shaken. In the same report, a cautious New York stock market moved irregularly above its 1960 bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodsboro
Harold A. Young
Alton ¥. Bennett
Young
Renner Road
Byron W. Thompson
Helen Lee
Lee
New York
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Frederick Fair
Hhohive
Texas
Gop
Gov. Tawes
Col. Mobutu
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