Alan Shepard Chosen For Final Three To Be First Man In Space
Alan B Shepard, East Derry New Hampshire native and Navy captain, is named among the final three candidates for the first U.S. manned spaceflight. Project Mercury director Robert Gilruth says selection reflects performance in training. Shepard, known for wit and scientific curiosity, emphasizes mastering survival and mission science over racing the Soviets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Benedict
Cape Canaveral
Louise Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard
Navy
Robert Gilruth
Project Mercury
Shepard
Gines
Partic Llarly
Ronsci
Laura
Juliang
Tut Shepard
East Derry
N. H
Naval Academy
Astro
Space Ravy
Res
Aews
Scottish Pacifists Blockade Stirs Holy Loch Visit
Scottish pacifists attempt to obstruct a Polaris submarine base at Holy Loch as Proteus anchors offshore with 260 crew. British Exmouth guards the loch while raiders and anti nuclear groups stage demonstrations and distribute leaflets.
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Cumbrae Island
Holy Loch
Exmouth
Lochside
Proteus
Pena
Haly Loch
Scotland
U.S. Navy
Jone Guard
Clyde
Isinge
Hagerstown
Harold
Macmillan
U. S. Information Agency
Navy
Anacostia
Clydeside
Public Education
Reconstruction plans for Hager house village project stalled
Article discusses Cottingham's plan to fund and open the Jonathan Hager house and a colonial village reconstruction near Walnut Lane as part of Civil War Centennial tourism. It notes a funding stalemate, a need for skilled stonemasons, and the suggestion that students building the site could add local meaning. It mentions Hager’s town name and the house as a historic landmark with investment potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Id T. Cottingham
Denothen Heger
Bin
Hiv Be
Mitch
Washington County
Plenner
Elizabethtown
Jonathan Heger
Walnut Lane
Mentha Ege
Jonathan Hager
Femresants
Hager House
Cartelniy
Stana
Walters serves in Exercise Long Pass near Clark Air Base
Army PFC Charles F. Walters of Hagerstown Maryland participated with the 2d Airborne Infantry Group in Exercise Long Pass at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. After training he was assigned to a different unit and returned to the United States, having joined the Army in 1958 with overseas service starting June last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okinawa
Charles F. Walters
June Baughman
HSD
Main St
Tmagerstown
2D Airborne Nyttle Group
503D Infantry
Clark Air Base
Siolsenberg
Philippines
Little Rock Hall
Walters
Okil Central
Hall, Nowa
Infantry
Tucker
South Hagerstown High School
Case Commission To Decide Today On Savings Loan Bill
The Case Commission and Senate debate over Maryland's new savings loan bill and unemployment benefit funding. William G. Ewald cites tax increases for small businesses if the measure passes, while Stephen Cromwell urges swift passage to aid business during the recession. Critics warn the fund reserve has dwindled and tax rates could rise without the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Case Commission
House
PTA
William G. Ewald
Council
Senate
Maryland
Prince
Westminster
Georges
Howard Counties
Judiciary Committee
Stephen Cromwell
Department of Employment
Robercrease
Mary-Yb. Kimble
Jamd
Cromwell
Sen
Frederick C. Markus
Little Rock School Board Urged to Speed Integration
The U S circuit court ruling kept the Arkansas Pupil Placement Law intact while nudging Little Rock toward faster integration. The court said the board used the law to limit integration to token steps, and jurist Miller had previously ruled the program progressed in good faith. Everett Tucker Jr. welcomed the decision, noting it did not strike down the placement law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Iap
Tucker
Lion
Orval Faubus
Arkansas Legio-1
M. U.S. Circuit Court of Nature
St. Louis
Arkansas
U.S. Supreme Court
John E. Miller
Fort Smith
Miller
Everett Tucker Jr
Little Rock Central High School
Plans Sa Of Skills Here Continues On Page One
Mack seeks workers for heavy precision parts and moving assembly lines at a 1,000,000 square foot plant in Hagerstown. The company schedules varied registration days for machinists, assemblers, foremen, and maintenance staff with re‑registration urged and a fall operation target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doring
Primariy
Mack
Hagerstown
Hearing Set For April 4 On River Compact Case
Maryland voters face a potential legal test over the Potomac River compact as hearings are scheduled for April 4. Attorney ee Aaalsson and others challenge the joint commission agreement, arguing it cedes legislative power and may violate state referendum rules. The dispute centers on where Marylanders would be tried for violations and the legality of the compact in permitting cross state enforcement.
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Maryland
Jdt
Potomac River
Constat
Potomac
Ian A. Pressman
Balti
Watermen
Baltimore City
Mainy Yepees
Pressman
Local Woman Appointed to Savings League Committee
Mrs. Mildred Heste, secretary treasurer at First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Hagerstown Maryland, named to the 1961 Committee on the Federal Home Loan Bank System of the U S Savings & Loan League. C Elwood Knapp, president of the league based in Pittsburgh, announced the appointment. The committee reviews the Federal Home Loan Bank System operations and policies including director elections and regulatory effects.
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Chicago
Mildred Heste
Pederak Savings & Loan Assis
Hagerstown
U.S. Savings & Loan League
C. Elwood Knapp
Pittsburgh
Federal Home Loan Bank System
FHLB
Federal Home Loan ‘Bank Board
Freed Fliers To Talk With Newspapermen
Two Air Force captains will answer reporters for the first time about the downed jet mapping mission over the Barents Sea. They were rescued after being held for months. missing crew include Maj. Eugene E. Posa and others. The United Nations denied access to the guards guarding the Congolese airport.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Topeka
Kan
Airir
United Ttheir
Lad
Barents Sea
Pune Pues
T.t
Joseph
Ooly
Kasavubu
Freeman B. Olmstead
John R. McBone
Rajeshwar Dayal
Congo
Dayal
Stanleyville
Air Force
Olmstead
McKane
Eugene E. Posa
Visalia
Calif
Dean B. Phillips
Sacramento
Oscar L. Gorsforth
Sardis
Okla
William. A. Palm
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Forbes Air Force Base
Local Girl Elected President of Chesapeake Youth Council
Bald Burt Carole Mullendare of Hagerstown Rt. 3 was chosen president at the Chesapeake Area Christian Youth Council annual meeting. The group, covering Maryland Delaware and the District of Columbia, plans faith witness fellowship citizenship and outreach for 1941.
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Carole Mullendare
Hagerstown
Rt. 3
Chesapeake Area Christian Youth Council
Burt Lancaster
Newtown
York Film Critics
Ing
Debbest
Formance
el Christian
Actress Asks Court To Help Save Marriage
Actress Judi Meredith petitioned the Superior Court to aid reconciliation with her husband Robert Westbrook who seeks an annulment. A reconciliation hearing was ordered for March, with Westbrook and Meredith's aunt and husband required to attend. The couple reportedly separated on December 1 after a Las Vegas wedding, with Westbrook claiming separation while Meredith seeks separate maintenance.
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Angeles
API
Judi Meredith
Superior Court
Robert Westbrook
Miss Meredith
Westbrook
Katherine M. Fairshila
Peter Fairchild
Las Vegas
Nev
Lafayette College Student John Colton Named to Dean List
John M. Colton, a student at Lafayette College, was named to the Dean's List for the first semester of the current year. To qualify, students must attain a grade of at least 5 to be included on the list.
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John M. Colton
Lafayette College
Ieast
Bertha Adkins To Head School Foxcroft For Girls
Washington news reports Undersecretary of Welfare Bertha Adkins to lead Foxcroft School for Girls in Midlburg Virginia. She succeeds Wit Santvoord Merke-Smith who resigns to join Union Theological Seminary. The 47-year-old administrator is noted for ties to prominent figures including Mr Windsor and Mrs Rockefeller.
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Washington
Abs — Fremer
Bertha
Arkin
Foxcroft School
Middlburg
Adkins
Evsk
Windsor
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Foxcroft
Muskrat Taken On Chestnut Street By Dutrow Incident
Orvin Dutrow of 1145 Corbett Street reported sighting a muskrat on Chestnut Street near Wilson Boulevard last night. He kicked the animal, it disappeared under a curb cap, a motorist flashed headlights, and the muskrat was dispatched.
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Chestnut St
Wilson Blvd
Orvin Dutrow
Corbett St
Dutrow
Dutton
Prayer and public life cross paths in fragmented clipping
A garbled notice mixes a religious supplication from Steubenville Ohio with scattered AP captions about President Kennedy’s mother and a Paris trip. The readable bits show a church minister, a personal blessing, and hints of travel plans.
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Paris
NEW York
Kennedy
Soxeph
P. Kennedy
Nesdiseran Cate
Jas Cuera Eas
West Palm
Fla Heme Surishiegs
Tava, Gitty
Beaaac
Amarh Telbcaoss
Harry Tard
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Alan Shepard
U.S. Polaris
Ile Stud
Lil
Ovns
Pope
Trion Matin
Childeen
Centeast
Enders Hemi
Humber
Pau
Coloe
Fort Knox
Army
Albert E. Williams
Roman EB
Williams
Williamsport
Mel
Forces Ac
Dipnet
Knox
Wil-Fidel Wilee Orcing
Lamsport Nigh School
Wolfe
Michelle Keith
Cleveland
Ohio
Rave
Frederick W. Brune
Savings League
U.N
Youth Council
Court
John Colton, Til
Bertha Adkins
George A. Martin
Steubenville, Ohio
First United Presbyterian Church
Luna
Ani
Hagerstown Loan & Thrift, Corp
W. Wash, St
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