Car Sought in Bus Crash Injuring One
State Police sought a green car involved in a bus crash east of Winchester that injured an Indiana woman. The incident damaged the bus and a trailer, with estimated total damages around $2,150. the Maryland car fled the scene before authorities.
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Winchester
Indiana
P. W. Foster
Acaig City Sp
Greyhound
David Crilley
Clarksburg
W. Va
Samy
Crilley
Maryland
Rt. 7
Panama Canal Opens as Ancon Makes First Voyage
The Panama Canal officially opened on August 15 1914 linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The S8 Ancon completed the first full voyage through the canal. Summer cooled quickly with temperatures dropping to 53 causing several furnaces to kick on while the forecast calls for warmer weather ahead.
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Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Injured Boy 6 Maintains Smile After Plane Crash Rescue
Kevin McKnight, six, Tulsa, Oklahoma, survived 27 hours in a wrecked twin engine airplane at 10 900 feet near Salida Colorado. His father Charles M McKnight 56 Mary Alice Wallace 38 Michael McKnight 12 Guy McKnight 9 died in the crash while Kevin endured injuries and hunger, asking for pork and beans with pepper.
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Salida
Colo
Kevin McKnight
Harold Thonoff
Kevin
Tulsa
Okla
Colorado
Charles M. McKnight
Mary Alice Wallace
Michael McKnight
Guy
Seid
Rockefeller Calls Special Session of Legislature
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller has called a special session of the New York Legislature for next Monday. The session will address measures about the city school system and its governance amid a backdrop of a bitter primary and disputed board leadership.
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Rockefeller
Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Take
Wagner
Catlon Allen Jr
Board of Education
State Board of Regents
W State
Arthur Levitt
City Democratic Organization
Two Teen Girls Shot Dead Near Carlsbad New Mexico
In Carlsbad area northwest of town two teenage girls Mattie Restline aged 13 and Patty Sue Pritz aged 14 were found shot to death. They had been missing since Friday. Patty Pritz was found clothed while Mattie Restline was nude. No weapon or shell casings found. Autopsy pending and investigators noted tire tracks and plaster casts from one girl.
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Carlsbad
N.M
Mattie Restline
Patty Sue Pritz
Patty Pritz
Ae Beth
Hearing Held On 1.7 Million Frederick County Budget
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors discussed a FY budget of 1,736,883 with a 2.80 per 100 tax rate. Receipts total 2,345,568, transfers reduce to 1,736,883. Expenditures include General County Fund 84,920 Public Welfare 213,629 Dog Fund 11,000 School Fund 1,378,305 Court House 46,000 and a 3,028 balance.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
General County
Court House
Police Probe Break In at Railway Express Co
Police investigated a break in with cash taken from a vending and soft drink machine. A door under the counter was forced open and a bundle of keys removed from a cash register. Entry occurred between Saturday and this morning with a report at 8 35 a.m. A broken window pane at Railway Express Co was found but not entered. Officers Warren Fogle and Fred Hildebrand handled the case.
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Railway Express Co
Warren Fogle
Fred Hildebrand
Kennedy and Thompson to Meet on Berlin Crisis
President Kennedy will summon Llewellyn Thompson, U S ambassador to Moscow, for talks on the Berlin crisis intensified by East German refugee restrictions. Secretary Rusk denounces the crackdown as a violation of four power accords and signals protests through appropriate channels.
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Washington
Kennedy
Llewellyn E. Thompson
U.S
Moscow
Berlin
Red
East Germany
West Berlin
Dean Rusk
East
Russia
Germany
State Department
Rusk
Soviet Union
White House
Thompson
Hyannis Port
Mass
Historic Eichmann Trial Ends in Jerusalem
The Eichmann trial closes after 17 weeks as defense attorney Robert Servatius calls for the court to close the case and judge no more. Justice Moshe Landau says a verdict and sentence will come in November. Servatius argues Eichmann acted under state orders and rejects the charges as proven, while the defense challenges the tribunal’s authority.
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Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Moshe Landau
Eichmann
Robert Servatius
Gestapo
Landau
Servatius
Iams
Argentina
Germany
Reuss Knights of Erin win junior drum title in Roanoke parade
The Reuss Knights of Erin, sponsored by Comrade-Hoover Post 21 Americal Legion, won first place in the state junior drum contest in Roanoke. The 45 member group received $75. Ralph Gaunt and Raymond Dick inspect members Bill Sardelis Becky Greene Donna Thompson Alice Smith Sandra Ritter Herbert Kline. Both groups depart at 5 pm today for the Famisen parade.
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Reuss Knights of Erin
Reuss
Comrad-Hoover Post 21
America Legion
Roanoke
Ralph Gaunt
Raymond Dick
Knights of Eriin
Bill Sardelis
Becky Greene
Donna Thompson
Alice Smith
Sandra Ritter
Herbert Kline
Knights of Erin
Sparky
Famisen
Aid Program Faces Storm In the House
Washington The administration’s foreign aid program faces House opposition after Senate approval. A five year 8.8 billion development loan fund financed by treasury borrowings is in dispute with amendments to limit or veto loans, while regular overseas aid remains at issue. Leaders predict House passage later in the week as fights over two year limits and funding levels intensify.
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Washington
Senate
House
Capitol Hill
Treasury
Sen
Leverett Saltonstall
R Mass
Harry F
West Berlin Clashes Over Refugee Clamp at Brandenburg Gate
West Berliners clash with East German forces at the Brandenburg Gate as East Germany closes the crossing and blocks travel. Riot police respond with tear gas, barbed wire, and armored units while 80 000 East Germans in West Berlin face new travel passes. US Army says it is monitoring the situation. Demoers call for German unity under a single government.
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George Boultwood
Berlin
West Berlin
People’s Army
Brandenburg Gate
Karl Maron
East Berlin
U.S. Army
East and
West Germany
Willy Brandt
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