Hood College Opens Academic Year With 633 Students
Hood College begins its 72nd year with 633 enrolled students including 208 freshmen and 14 transfers from 22 states and four foreign countries. Faculty, trustees, and associates attend two buffet social functions, while juniors prepare to guide new students during registration and orientation ahead of the Monday convocation and Tuesday class start.
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Hood College
Hood
Lucille G. Norman
Board of Associates
Randle Elliott
Democrats Backing Goldwater Organizes for Goldwater Campaign
A group of 60 Democrats and independents formed Citizens For Goldwater in this city to run an all out campaign for Barry Goldwater. The group, led by Benjamin and Mrs. Palmer, has a county coordinator, materials chief and officers, with an open meeting at the Goldwater headquarters Monday. Republicans are invited but expected to support their party. The article also notes irregular stock market movement in New York.
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Citizens For Coldwater
Barry Goldwater
United States
Benjamin Palmer
New Market
Palmer
Goldwater
North Market Street
Marianne Hughes
Donald R. Lynch
Robert Dailey
Grenn Main
Ae Cneena
Unions Discuss Strike Over Railroads Across Nation
Washington AP reports new strike talk threatening rail labor peace. About 150,000 members of six AL CIO railroad shop unions may walk out Monday unless terms are agreed. They seek job protection amid declining employment due to tech changes, with leaders pledging a united stand.
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Carlough
Boston
Johnson
Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association
Rail
J. E. Wolfe
Pate
Railway Labor Act
White House
Sheet Metal Workers
International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers
International Association of Machinists
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers
City Installs First Radar Controlled Light on Jefferson Street
Frederick opens its first radar controlled traffic signal at Pearl and Jefferson to manage flows for Prospect Plaza, Prospect Park apartments, and Howard Johnson's. The system cost about 9000 with 5000 from developer Joseph Riviere and 4000 from the city. operation expected by early October.
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Jefferson Street
Pearl and
Jefferson Streets
Robert A. Whiteford
Frederick
Prospect Plaza
Prospect Park Apartments
Howard Johnson’s
Prospect
Boulevard
Whiteford
Jefferson
Pearl Street
West Seventh Street
Joseph Riviere
Prospect Park Plaza Apartments
Blood Unit To Visit Ft Detrick
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Fort Detrick Field House in Frederick for military and civilian personnel on Friday. Appointments were mailed to 236 civilian Fort Detrick employees. 155 replies received, 135 affirmative. Thirteen asked to reschedule and seven asked to be removed from files. Fort Detrick has met its quota in each of six prior visits.
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Red Cross
Frederick
James A. Grove
Frederick County
Fort Detrick Field House
Fort Detrick
Grove
Lawyers Division surpasses United Appeal goal in Frederick
Edwin F. Nikirk, chairman, reports the Lawyers Division exceeded its $2200 goal by over $100 with 99 percent participation. The average gift of more than $70 ranks among the highest for communities of Frederick City size. Division chairpersons are James McCanner and Miss Mayetta Hershberger.
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Edwin F. Nikirk
United Appeal
Frederick City
Frederick
James McCanner
Mayetta Hershberger
Baltimore teen held in death of Mary Ott
In Baltimore a teenager is in custody over the killing of Mary Ott whose body was found buried under a basement floor near her South Baltimore home. The 11 year old girl had been missing since July 1. A wooden shaft protruded from her chest and identification was provided by her father. Police earlier pursued a tip from a New Jersey woman about a cellar near the Ott home.
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Baltimore
Mary Ott
New Jersey
Florence Sterniels
Edgewood
William J. Rawlings Jr
Mary
Rudiger Breitenecker
Herschel Ott
Wif
Rezone Land For Restaurant Near Dragstrip Approved
Frederick County Commissioners approved rezoning three acres on the south side of Maryland Route 80, about three quarters of a mile west of Route 75, from agricultural to commercial to allow a restaurant. Daniel B Smith and wife Mary proposed the project, citing local economic changes spurred by nearby dragstrip and AT&T facilities expansions. The plan includes a 75 to 100 seat restaurant, possible second floor banquet room, and a potential residential apartment above. Smith and Mary Smith, with Mary as Comus Inn manager, aim to operate with table service and a menu of sandwiches and hot meals.
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Frederick County
Daniel B. Smith
Mary
County Planning and Zoning Commission
Smith
American Telephone and Telegraph
Ford Motor Workers Set Strike Deadline at Ford
AP reporting United Auto Workers set a 10 a.m. Friday EST strike deadline at Ford Motor Co amid unresolved wage inequities, relief time, and production standards while Ford matches Chrysler terms. Chrysler faces a separate threat as salaried employees threaten walkout if a national contract isn’t reached by Friday.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Ford
Chrysler
Douglas Fraser
Tool and Die
Rouge
Dearborn
Malcolm Denise
City Zoning Variances Approved
The city Board of Zoning Appeals approved two variance requests at Tuesday's session. LeCoast Mack seeks a smaller side and rear yard for a home addition on Madison Street with an alley yard rule already granted to adjacent owners. The board also allowed resubdivision on Frederick Avenue to align development with existing lots.
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City Board of Zoning Appeals
LeCoast Mack
Madison Street
Robert A. Whiteford
Mack
Frederick Avenue
Crocker and Little
Edward D. Storm
West Second Street
Storm
Second Street
Planning and Zoning Commission
Mayor and Board of Aldermen
Makarios Proposes Five Point Cyprus Peace Plan
In Nicosia AP Makarios outlines a five point peace plan for Cyprus including lifting the economic blockade, removing armed posts from both communities, aiding Turkish Cypriot resettlement, granting amnesty to Turkish rebels, and accepting UN suggestions that do not affect a political solution. A Turkish Cypriot spokesman urged caution. UN relief sent nine tons of food to Kokkina, but locals refused it, shouting anti Makarios statements.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Makarios
Cyprus
Turkey
U.N
Kokkina
Thurmond to bolt Democratic Party for Goldwater
Sen Strom Thurmond of South Carolina plans to switch to the Republican Party tonight and back Sen Barry Goldwater for president. He is to announce in a Columbia television speech at 6 15 p m, with ads in South Carolina and North Carolina promoting the event as history in the making.
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Columbis
S.C
Sen
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Democratic Party
Barry Goldwater
Thurmond
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
States Rights Party
Columbia
North Carolina
Republican Party
Columbia Broadcasting System
South
Viet Nam Coup Head Surrenders
Brig Gen Lam Van Phat, former interior minister who organized last Sunday's abortive coup, surrendered in Saigon. He joined other rebel officers who withdrew to My Tho after the coup collapsed. Col Nhan Minh Trang was also expected to surrender soon. Six officers are detained or under arrest as authorities declare the crisis in Saigon temporarily over.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Lam van Phat
Phat
My Tho
Duong van Duc
4Th Corps
Huynh van Ton
7Th Division
Duong Hieu Nghia
Duong Ngoc Lam
Thieves Take 22 Guns From Gun Shop
Police seek culprits who stole 21 revolvers and pistols plus a rifle and a hunting coat from Maryland Gun Exchange over the weekend. Investigators Tfc. Forsythe and Cpl. Davis say the break in occurred about 11:30 a.m. at OS 40 West, near the barracks, with entry gained through a rear window where an air conditioner was removed.
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Maryland Gun Exchange
Tfc
Jack L. Forsythe
William Davis
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New York
Ft. Detrick
Daniel Smith
Iamsville
Ford Motor Company
Caroline
Caroline Kennedy
Convent of Sacred Heart
New York City
Sydney Lawford
Jacqueline Kennedy
Pat Lawford
Victoria Lawford
Bolt
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