Traffic Toll Sets Record for Independence Day
Traffic deaths reached a record high during a four day Independence Day holiday with 538 killed 588 reported in some accounts. The National Safety Council warned 550 to 650 deaths were likely and blamed avoidable errors speeds alcohol and failure to yield. Graveside services were planned for Freddie W. Harvey Jr. and other victims were listed among the holiday fatalities.
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TWE Associated Press
National Safety Council
Toney
Howard Pyle
Associated Press
Paul
Mowen
Hter
Mary Vera Mowen
Freddie Harvey Jr
Atte Rie
Luke, RD
Freddie W. Harvey, Jr
Woel- Pifant
Freddie
Viola Deats
Arnold Harvey Af Hancock
RFD
Sharpsburg Parade Planned for Saturday Evening
Sharpsburg residents plan a Bi Centenial parade Saturday at 7 pm with route changes to daylight marchers. The event honors local veterans and features Harmony Band and Miss Sharpsburg candidates, followed by Boy Scout Order of the Arrow.
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Harmony Band
Myersville
Sharpsburg
Boy Scout Order of the Arrow
Carnahan
Service Army PFC Lang tied to Kennedy visit honor in Germany
PFC Roger L. Lang 18 son of Mrs Glydis Sprecher Route 2 Williamsport served in a massive display honoring John F Kennedy during a visit to Halleyer in Germany June 25. Other soldiers referenced include Long, McGuire, Campany, and Norman Watson along with State Police, Fort Jackson, and Fort Jn. The text blends Army and Air Force mentions with several local ads and notices.
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Army
Roger L. Lang
Glydis
M. Sprecher
Williamsport
Ares
John_F. Kennedy
Hallyer
Jau
Germany
Lorder
Signal Battalion
J.J. Campany
3Rd Armored
McGuire
Tle
Sher
Jeiff's
Fort Jn
Ether State Police
Gordon, Ga
Long
C. C. Nittinger
Fort Jackson
D.C
Obituary notices for Crabil Crabill Reightler and others
Death notices from Hagerstown area papers report Silas D Crabill of Baltimore area dying Saturday. Surviving are Fern R Carle Merlin D Glenn B and Blaine M Crabill. Funeral at MacNabb Son Funeral Home Catonsville with complete announcements later. Also Joseph Reightler 98 longtime Molller Organ Co employee died in Long Beach California. Surviving daughters Isabell Bowman and Carrine Butterbaugh among six grandchildren and many greats. Funeral at Church of Our Fathers Forest Lawn Cypress California.
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Boonsboro
George Carlton
Catherine KR. Milier Snyder
Hagertown
St. Paul's Eub Church
Busy Men's Bible Class
Woodmen of the World
Woodmen’s Circle
First Hose Fire Co
Kelen Kreps
Silver Spring
A.K
Silas DB. Crabill
Silas D. Crabil
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Fern R. Carle
Belmont E
Merlin D
Glenn B
Blaine M. Crabill
MacNabb and Son Funeral Home
Fredavick Rd
Catonsville
Joseph Reightler
Lakewoul Eld
Long Beachy
I Calif
Hagers- Fane
Long Beach
The
Moller Organ Company
Isabell Bowman
Carrine
Butterbaugh
Church of Our Fathers
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Cypress
Calif
Walter Blank Appointed to NASA National Committee
Walter Blank of 1705 Cathedral Ave Maryland is named by Goddard Space Flight Center to join a national NASA panel at Washington DC. The group, drawn from nine centers, will study time and cost issues in the space program and Blank will represent Goddard as senior coordinator on the Syncom II Advanced Communications Satellite project.
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WHAG
A. Earl Mentzer
WAG
Regional Broadcasting Co
Mentzer
Alexandria
Hagersown
Earl
Mesitzer
Maryland Department of Forests
Parks
Annapolis
General Assembly
Mentner
Halfway
Walker E. Blank
Cathedral Ave
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbell
NASA
Washington
D.C
Blank
Goddard Space Plight Center
Goddard
Gov't
Antietam Auto Parts
Attietam
Boundary dispute with Mexico heads for settlement
Washington reports a century old Rio Grande border clash may end with U S ceding land near El Paso as negotiators resolve compensation for affected U S buildings and resident moves. A tax cut is also anticipated with Treasury Secretary Dillon forecasting legislative action despite civil rights focus.
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U.S
United States
Fi Faso
Rio Grande
el Paso
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Congress
Dillon
CBS
Washington Report
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kennedy
Maryland antique importer Roger Beckley built a career on rare period pieces
Roger Beckley, Maryland’s largest importer of Colonial Georgian antiques, expanded his trade by funding overseas acquisitions and boosting U S antique stock. Since 1958 he faced dwindling Revolutionary War era pieces, prompting a pivot to post Civil War and turn of the century items while maintaining his lifelong passion for fine antiques.
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Jackie Kennedy
White House
Roger Beckley
Moe. Keredy
Maryland
Roger
U. S
Washington County
Perio
China
Englan
Middle Atlantic
Prade School
Don
Beckley
Williamsport Pike
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Bethel Sub
Hasterday
Fountain Hd
Rohrersville
Elmer C. Koontz
Col
Joseph Chapline
Mountain View Cemetery
Chapling
Boy Scouts
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Page T. Otto Co
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Hagerstown Loan & Thrift Corp
Washington St
Brethren Mutual Insurance’ Company
Judy Corrigan
Dance
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BAER
Sears Roebuck and Company
Long Meadow Shopping Center
Walter Blank
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Maryland Metals, Inc
W. Church
John Hi
Glee Shoal Sree
Senate
Glenn
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Young
Ohio
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Sherman Ave
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New York
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Canada
Caribbean
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HECKS
King St
Cannon Ave
Little League
Cross Roads
Ruritan
Hays, Inc
Kodak Factory Labs
Hays
Penna.Ave
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Glasgow
Fabric Center
Lincoln Way
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