22 Oct 1968
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1968
Page
1
Seasonal fall events grip the west and east hills as the fair village pageant builds. Downtown maples shed leaves while observers await the bustling display shaping city life this autumn season.
Martinsburg West Virginia crowds watched salvage crews remove 11 derailed cars from an eastbound Baltimore and Ohio Freight train near the Martinsburg station. The 83 car run, ore plywood coconut oil and bulk corn cargo, caused extensive track damage and long delays. no injuries reported.
The Community Action Council CAC approved a new seven member committee structure led by President Ronald Criss to improve anti poverty work. Committees will cover public information membership bylaws projects personnel house rules and a steering group. The CAC also filled two board vacancies naming Evan Crossley and Fred C Wantz Jr and discussed relocating CAC offices to the former post office basement at Antietam Street and Summit Avenue now vacated by Soil Conservation Service.
A circuit court jury awarded $200 to Mrs. Katie Virginia Hart after a collision at Baltimore and Locust Streets. Joyce E. Betts of Moonsboro Rt. 2 and Robert Lee Harr of Williamsport were found contributory negligent. No damages to another party.
Maryland Correctional Institute guard required 34 stitches after an inmate attack Friday night. Maurice Washington, 20, allegedly struck Captain Gene Dale Shives with a razor blade hidden in his fist as Shives attempted to extract him from a cell. Shives received treatment at Washington County Hospital and remained hospitalized until Saturday morning.
City and county law enforcement launch PR drive with an open meeting at City Hall to discuss approaches. Hagerstown Junior College faculty members and administrators, including Ethel Grace Allison and Mrs Meien Zland State Freykenbohm, attend a four day conference in Williamsburg Virginia on patterns for education and community college cooperation.
In Clear Spring residents debate new Main Street meters installed for all day parking from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays. A five merchant survey shows mixed effects with some praising the meters for easing parking and others reporting sales declines up to 30 percent.
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