Conviction Overturned In Maryland Court Action
Frederick County Maryland judge nullified a prior indictment and related burglary and robbery conviction of Kenneth E. Harding after ruling the grand jury was illegally constituted due to oath issues. Harding faced reindictment and potential new charges while jailed on a 5 000 bond. a rerun grand jury was tentatively planned for October 31.
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Frederick
Circuit
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Kenneth E. Harding
Harding
Maryland Court of Appeals
Robert S. Rothenhoefer
Frederick County
Rothenhoefer
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Maryland
West Patrick Street
Reb‘ye
Woman Treated For Stab Wounds In Frederick Incident
A 24 year old Frederick woman was released from Frederick Memorial Hospital after treatment for two back and chest puncture wounds. Police say Mrs Mary Weedon of West All Saints Street was stabbed twice with a penknife near Harley's Restaurant on South Market Street. No charges were filed.
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Frederick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Mary Weedon
West All Saints St
Harley
Union Postpones Strike Against American Airlines
The AFL-CIO Transport Workers Union postponed a 12 hour strike against American Airlines to 6 45 a m EDT due to progress in all night negotiations. The TWU represents 12000 nonoperating employees and would affect 28000 company workers if held. American said negotiations continue and all flights will depart as scheduled.
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New York
Afl-Cio Transport Workers Union
American Airlines
TWU
American
United States
Canada
Mexico
Eastern
National
Trans World
United
Northwest Airlines
Safe Robbery in Thurmont Hits Farm Equipment and Five and Ten
Thurmont police chase leads in two linked thefts last week. A 500 pound safe containing 300 dollars and 530 dollars worth of chain saws was stolen from Hershey's Five and Ten on Water Street. Chain saws were taken from Farm Equipment Center on Church Street earlier Thursday. Police say the same suspects may be involved, as three chain saws were missing and a rear window was broken at Farmers Equipment. No suspects yet.
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Thurmont
Farm Equipment
Church Street
Hershey
Water Street
Richard Howard
Howard
Honard
Farmers Equipment
Employment Survey Replies Target 200 For Local Firm Move
The Chamber of Commerce has about 150 replies to a survey for a noble homes firm considering locating at Point of Rocks. The survey aims to compile a labor roster in Frederick for interviews. Richard Hammond, chamber manager, says most respondents live in Frederick but commute to Washington or farther. Interviews are planned around Oct. 8 once about 200 responses are received, with potential employment for about 100 people if the firm locates in the county.
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Chamber of Commerce
Noble Homes
Point of Rocks
Frederick
Richard Hammond
Washington
Hammond
Stock Market Mixed in Dull New York Trading
The New York stock market moved irregularly in dull trading as investors weighed mixed economic signals. Analysts noted modest gains in some Industrials while technology shares lagged, with volume subdued and early gains fading by midday.
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New York
Attendance at Frederick Fair Dragged by Rainy Start
Persistent showers kept attendance down on opening day with only 71 at the Frederick Fair, far below last year’s 2,581. Gov. J Millard Tawes visited on Governor's Day, while harness racing proceeded as scheduled and decisions awaited on the grandstand show. 4 H livestock winners and future sales highlighted livestock events, with fair midway limited as rides and games remained mostly closed.
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Frederick
J. Millard Tawes
Frederick County
Tawes
Rotary Club
Francis Scott Key
Allen Shifflet
Market Lamb
Joe Cooper
Mr. Pleasant
Barrow
Steven Leatherman
James Patrick
Maple Dell Farms
Howard County
Ayrshire
David Patrick
Keifer
Paul E. Spurrier
Johnsville
Guernsey
Bruce Wachter
Friendly Viet village hit by errant bombs killing civilians
In Quang Ngai province two U S Marines missed their target and dropped 500 pound bombs on a village held by Vietnamese forces and families. The strike killed 28 soldiers and civilians and wounded 17, with about 100 huts destroyed. The incident comes as four new search and destroy operations begin in the Mekong Delta, where light enemy contact was reported. Casualty figures for July and August from similar bombing runs are cited as 146 civilians killed and 233 wounded.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Quang Ngai
Mekong
Delta
Rice Bowl
Quang - Ngai City
Rioting in San Francisco after shooting of youth
In Hunters Point and Fillmore districts bands of rioters smashed windows, started fires, looted, and overturned vehicles after white patrolman Alvin Johnson killed 16 year old Matthew Johnson as they fled a stolen car. Gov Brown called 2000 National Guardsmen and imposed a curfew as police and highway patrol fought the disturbance.
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San Francisco
Hunters Point
Fillmore
Edmund G. Brown
Mission Emergency Hospital
California
Thomas Cahill de
Third Street
Newhall
Oakdale
St. Peter’s Baptist Church
Shipyards
Candlestick Park
San Francisco Giants
Matthew Johnson
Alvin Johnson
Boy flies 2000 miles home in jet wheel well
A 17 year old Mexican stowawayPara Francisco Cuevas Garcia survived a 2000 mile flight from Colombia to Mexico in the wheel well of a jet. He said he was scared at times but determined to reach Queretaro and be home quickly.
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Mexico City
Queretaro
Colombia
Francisco Cuevas Garcia
Francisco
Mexico
Passenger Survives Wheel-Well Flight From Bogota
A man rode in the wheel well of a Colombia to Mexico City flight for over four hours, enduring extreme cold and darkness. He sneaked aboard from Bogota, hid as the wheels retracted, and was later found unharmed by mechanics in Panama. Mexican immigration later processed him and he left for Queretaro.
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Bogota
Ramon Watkins
Mexico City
Colombia
Avianca
Watkins
Tion
Queretaro
Panama
Francisco
GE Accused of Fixing Light Bulb Prices
The Justice Department filed a federal antitrust suit against General Electric Co accusing it of fixing light bulb prices. The government says GE maintained artificially high prices via agency agreements with wholesalers and retailers. GE responds that the practice is legal and serves the public.
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New York
Justice Department
General Electric Co
Mrs. Bryson Wins Court Battle in Maryland
Anne Arundel County Circuit Court ruled in favor of Mrs Mary B Bryson of Westminster nullifying a part of the 1965 reapportionment act. The judge held that the residence requirement barring two candidates from the same party in a multi county district is unconstitutional due to population variance between Frederick and Carroll counties. The ruling blocks certifying any Republican primary winner for the Frederick Carroll senatorial district.
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Annapolis
Anne Arundel County
Westminster
Mary B Bryson
Bryson
Joseph Hahn
Boards of Election Supervisors
Carroll
Frederick
Hood College Receives NSF Grant for Computer Study Program
Hood College has been awarded an 8110 grant by the National Science Foundation to run an experimental computer science program in cooperation with the National Bureau of Standards in Gaithersburg. Participating institutions include St Joseph College in Emmitsburg Mt St Agnes College Baltimore and Hood will administer the grant. Dr Phillida M Wallis of Hood directs the program comprising an academic year course Introduction to Computer Science and a subsequent 10 week summer apprenticeship session.
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Hood
Department of Physical Sciences
Thief Loots Walkersville Firms In Night Break-ins
State Police seek a single thief after two Walkersville businesses were entered late last night or today. At Farmers Supply Company and Glade Valley Milling Company doors were forced open and soft drink machines pried loose. The Farmers Supply loss totaled about 50 dollars including 15 in change and a 25 dollar cash register take plus a 20 dollar radio. Glade Valley Milling Company saw about 30 dollars in vending-machine change taken. Readings showed the larcenies were discovered at 6 and 7:30 am by local employees.
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Walkersville
Farmers Supply Company
Glade Valley Milling Company
Carl R. Harbaugh
Farmers Supply
Paul Green
Ralph Zimmerman
Tawes Refuses Comment On Governor Election Support
Baltimore governor J Millard Tawes declined to comment on reports he would back George P. Mahoney for governor in November. He said he would speak only after court actions conclude and official votes are tallied as he addressed the Rotary Club of Frederick at noon.
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J. Millard Tawes
George P. Mahoney
Tawes
Rotary Club of
Frederick
Sickles to concede Democratic Maryland governor nod
Rep Carlton R Sickles will concede the Democratic nomination to George P Mahoney at a 2 pm Washington news conference. Officials say Sickles trails Mahoney by about 1600 votes statewide outside Baltimore City and he has not clarified support for the general election.
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Associated Press
Carlton R. Sickles
Maryland
George P. Mahoney
Sickles
Mahoney
Baltimore City
Washington
Tawes Backs Mahoney After Primary Victory Speech
Maryland Governor Tawes, who led eight years in Annapolis, defended his administration against critics in a Rotary Club address at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. He asserted the state’s progress in education, highways, industry, and reforms while questioning claims of a tired or unimaginative regime. Tawes planned a Governor's Day tour at the Frederick Fair with Mahoney's campaign supporter Finan.
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Mahoney
Tawes
Thomas B. Finan
Rotary Club Today
Francis Scott Key
Maryland
Govenor
Annapolis
Rotary Club
Frederick Fair
Vandals Strike Wayne Loan Company Office
Vandals destroyed a window screen and smashed two windows at the Wayne Loan Company office in the West Patrick Street Shopping Center. A paint can was thrown through a restroom window. Police detectives stated there was no attempt to re enter the business.
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Wayne Loan Company
West Patrick Street
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Bydl Rolfe Castleman Renn
Gov. Tawes
Fair
Viet Village
Miami, Fla
Francisca
Mrs. Bryson
Finan
Vandals Attack Loan Co. Office
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