Frederick County Rebuilds Three Historic Covered Bridges
Frederick County Roads Department completed repairs in six weeks on three of its historic covered bridges. Commissioners Renn and Horman toured the sites and praised efforts to preserve the Utica bridge area as a future park or picnic spot while exploring the possibility of placing all bridges as monuments. The Loys Station and Roddy Road bridges received siding, roof work, and repainting, with total restoration costs at about 5000 dollars.
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Frederick County
County Roads Department
A. Irvin Renn
Russell Z. Horman
Utica
Renn
Maryland
Crummell P. Jacobs
Roads Department
Loys Station
Roddy Road
Thurmont
Southey T. Nottingham
Frederick youth fined for loitering at drive-in incident
Edward Gunneau 18 of Wilson Place Frederick was charged with loitering after allegedly leaving a police car and walking to Safeway following an incident at Red Top Drive-In on Sept 22. Judge Byron Thompson fined Gunneau $20 while two other youths Hess and Stevens were fined $10 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Edward Gunneau
Wilson, Place
Red Top Drive-In
Gunneau
Safeway
Byron Thompson
James Hess
West Patrick Street
Daril Stevens
RFD
Senate Approves $3 Billion Foreign Aid Bill
The Senate passed virtually intact $3.143 billion foreign aid package in a 59 to 21 vote after one day of debate. It funds $1.973 billion in economic aid and $1.17 billion in military assistance, plus $714.188 million for Peace Corps and related programs. The measure preserves military aid to India and Pakistan amid tensions from the Kashmir conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Congress
John O Pastore
D-R.i
India
Pakistan
U.S
Kashmir
United Nations
City opens bids for water meter installation plan
City plans 150 meters in first phase of uniform water meter system opening Oct. 9 with bids. City Engineer Rothenhoefer says about 3,800 meters will be installed in a year ending flat rate payments. Area includes three blocks around North Market Street and Frederick Freeway. Two meter types vault and read-omatic will be used with meters placed outside or indoors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J Rothenhoefer
North Market Street
Frederick Freeway
Governor Thomas Johnson High School
Staley Park
North Frederick Elementary
India Charges Pakistan With Kashmir Cease-fire Violation
India asked the United Nations to investigate after alleging Pakistani troops crossed into Indian Kashmir near Jhergar and began trenches. The move followed a UN request for both sides to halt gunfire pending a settlement, as leaders warned of wider conflict if Kashmir is not resolved.
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New Delhi
India
Pakistan
Kashmir
United Nations
U.N
Indian Defense Ministry
Indian Kashmir
Jhergar
Jammu
Defense Ministry
Mohammed Ayub Khan
China
Peking
Himalayas
Walkersville Elementary Faces Grade Mergers Amid Growth
Frederick County officials cite rising child population as cause for combining first and second grades, second and third, and fourth and fifth at Walkersville Elementary. Principal Wilfong remarks on adjustments while Dr. C Edward Hamilton notes overall district changes and future building plans to relieve overcrowding.
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Walkersville
C. Edward Hamilton
Hamilton
Frederick County
Dr. Hamilton
Arnett M. Wilfong
Wilfong
Frederick City
Braddock
Yellow Springs
Lewistown
Thomas Johnson High School
Viet Cong Repulsed In Fierce Regimented Assault North East Of Saigon
U S and Vietnamese forces repelled a Viet Cong regimental attack 300 miles northeast of Saigon with heavy Viet Cong losses. The clash near Bong Son in Binh Dinh Province involved 58 air sorties and one downed F100. Casualties were reported as moderate on the Viet Cong side.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Qui Nhon
Bong Son
An Khe
Binh Dinh
U S
Hue
da Nang
Iron Triangle
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Bien Hoa
LBJ Orders Changes In C R Programs
President Johnson ordered a sweeping reorganization of federal civil rights programs to achieve greater coordination in eliminating discrimination. The move follows Humphrey recommendations aiming to reduce intergroup friction. The report notes a later unrelated stock market downturn with irregularly lower trading.
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Washington
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Handicapped Parley Draws 50+ Western Maryland Business Leaders
More than fifty Western Maryland businessmen attended the Western Maryland Regional Conference on employment of the handicapped at Fort Detrick. Hosted by the Frederick County Committee to Promote Employment of the Handicapped, the session was presided over by Charles E. Collins. Speakers included Lloyd Ambrosen of the Maryland School for the Deaf, William C. Hill, Doris Remsberg, and Helen Nussear. Remarks began with greetings from A. Irvin Renn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Maryland
Fort Detrick
Frederick County
Charles E. Collins
Frederick Conty
Lloyd Ambrosen
Maryland School For the Deaf
Wiliam C. Hill
Doris Remsberg
Harmony Grove
Helen Nussear
Jeanne Bussard
A. Irvin Renn
Eight-year-old bicyclist in Adams town hit by car
An eight year old boy from Adams town is in critical condition at Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown after a Doubs Road accident. He suffered severe head injuries possible brain damage leg fractures and a possible pelvic fracture after riding a bicycle into Miss Margaret Lawson’s car. The car suffered minor damage and the crash remains under investigation.
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Adamstown
Washington County
Hagerstown
Donald Frederick Kline Jr
Donald Kline
RFD 1
Tfc
Stephen P. Riland
Doubs
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Worker Falls Through TJ School Floor
A Baltimore man survived a 20 foot fall at the Gover nor Thomas Johnson High School field house during construction. Williams Edwards, 51, admitted for x rays after the fall, was uninjured externally. The incident follows a fatal and a serious injury at the same site earlier in the week. Donald R. Davis of Hollywood, Florida, was killed when a 7000 pound concrete slab crushed workers. Another worker, Charles H. Scott, 36, of Brunswick, sustained leg fractures and thigh lacerations and was hospitalized in fair condition.
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Baltimore
Frederick Memorial Hospital
William Edwards
Edwards
Frederick City
Ewards
Donald R. Davis
Hollywood
Fla
Charles H. Scott
Brunswick
Seven Year Old Boy Dies After Storm Door Accident
A seven year old New Market boy, Walter Eugene Harmon Jr., died at University Hospital Baltimore after a glass storm door cut his chest. He was injured Wednesday evening while playing at home, rushed to Frederick Memorial Hospital, then transferred to Baltimore. He underwent major surgery overnight and died at 6:40 a.m. Doctors attributed death to the chest injuries.
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New Market
University Hospital
Baltimore
Walter Eugene Harmon Jr
Walter E .Harmon
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Harmon
Baltimore Hospital
Remarkable Spurrier Sets Police Range Mark in Secretarial Rank
Frances Spurrier, secretary for the City Police, scored 92.8 of 100 on the pistol range, placing her among top shooters as 36 officers qualified. A former Army sergeant, she attributes skill to practice and family lineage of law enforcement. Her grandfather James A Jones led Frederick police in 1907 and served as sheriff later.
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Police Department
Frances Spurrier
Spurrier
Frederick County
Frederick
James A Jones
Montevue
Walter L. Elkin
Surf City
Merril Smith
Chicago
James Elkin
Long Island
N.Y
Frederick High School
Philadelphia
George May
Monocacy Village
Soviets Demand U.S. Pullout From Viet Nam at UN
Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko condemned U.S. actions in Viet Nam at the United Nations General Assembly. He urged a U.S. withdrawal as a path to peace, accusing Washington of aggression and backing the Viet Cong, while calling for a return to the 1954 Geneva accord.
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United Nations, N
Soviet Union
United States
Viet Nam
Gromyko
U.S
Washington
Gollberg
Pekin
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William J. Hop
Jacobs
Ray
Phote
W . Hopwood
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Walkersville Elementary
LBJ
Stock Market
New York
Donald F. Kline Jr
Hagerstown Hospital
W. E. Harmon Jr
Mrs
City Police Department
Reds
U. S
Viet
Noewepa
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