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Cumberland Evening Times from Cumberland, Maryland • Page 8

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8--Cumberland, Maryland, Saturday, Two Men Killed In Plane Crash i 1 Three Fishermen Find Wreckage Two-Altoona men were today when theft" twin-engine Aero Commander plane crashedan the northerh part of Bedford County near Reynoldsdale a short'distance from Bob's Creek, and ten, miles north of Bedford. Fatally injured were James A. Lytle, 46, pilot of the plane and George Maj.er 55, while a third passenger, John, Curt 36, also of Al- tonna, was injured iHe is in 'fair' condition in Bedford Coun- ty Hospital. Mr. Lytle opeiated the Lytle Transfer and Storage Company while Messner is emplojed as a mechanic with the Marhofer Baking The men had left the Blair County Airport, at Martinsburg on a flight to Philadelphia earl- ier.

The crash occurred about 4:30 a. m. as Ira 'Moore; 'who resides in a trailer near the crash scene, heard the noise of what he thought were "hot-rodders" time. About 6- a. m.

three unidenti- fied fishermen came wreckage- and foiindf men dead and Messner As recounted by Messner, the plane developed engine trouble and Lytle was attempting to land in a level area when he Spotted Moore's trailer in the way. He zoomed the plane "which then plummeted to the 'ground in a pine thicket about SOO yards from the trailer. Thompson BackedFor Republican! Slate Central Unit Makes Its Recommendation WILLIAM M. THOMPSON Man Killed In Trailer Flash Fire A former local- man died in flash fire yesterday" at Ms trailer hpme in Waldorf. Police, said Burtis'Beverlin, 51 was found by 'a lirother-in-law, died in flash fire in the kitchen of the trailer'.

An is con- ducted to determine-, the cause of theJire. Death, was attributed to suffocation. Born in Salem, W. -victim was a son of the late Thomas. He had resided past year where.he was working with his son, Thomas Beverlin, operator of a service station He is.

survived-by. three sis-' ters, Mrs. Glenn'-Jsner. and Mrs. Anna Crosten, Mrs.

Stella li Green; three Noel Beverlin, city; Oscar Beverlin, Akron, Ohio, and Clyde Bever- lin, Porter Falls, Also 87-Degree Reading In Queen City Yesterday's Higli Was Just Under Record Set In'60 The temperature in Cumber: land yesterday, came within four degrees the hottest April day on At 4:15 p.m. yesterday an.of- ficial reading of 87 degrees was recorded by Keith Thomas," U.S. weather observer. The all-time-high was record- daughters," MrsS Paul A'daias, Mrs. Ronnie 'Indian Head; and sinith, Newburg: Harold James Beverlin.

Waynesboro, and Thomas and grandchild- ren. wfll be conducted Tuesday at the Huntt ariiTjRyari Funeral Home, ment-will be in Bethesda Ceme- tery, Indian Head. ed in April of "1960 the temperature hit 91 degrees. Lowest reading early today the was 69 degrees. The balmy weather made fishing conditions excellent for the the trout of ang- lers "flock'ed to area trout stream both Maryland and Pennsylvania, where the season resumed.

West Virginia's sea- son; does-not close the -V Hpme'o'wnefs also took tage! of -the warm weather'Jtp work in; gardens and -on The for highs middle- or 8ps-with- mostly sunny weather." "overnight, low "will xange from 48 and" The Allegany County Republi- can Committee last recommended that Governor -Spiro Agnew ap- point William manager of the Luke -Mill of the West Virginia Paper Company, to the Allegany Coun- ty Board 'of Education for a five-year term starting the first Monday in-May. Melvin Sloan of Lonaconlng, chairman of the GOP commit- tee, said the action was taken at a meeting of'the 'committee in Frostburg. committee also gave some consideration to the "special election on June 13-when Alle- gany County voters 7 will elect four delegates in the Maryland Constitutional Con- vention to start in He said the committee declin- ed to endorse a slate of candi- dates for delegates bill express- ed a willingness-to support any "good candidates" who file for position. Friday is' the deadline for-, filing with" the Allegany County Board of Election Sup- ervisors. If.

appointed by Governor Ag- new as he almost -certainly will Mr. Thompson would" sue-1 ceed Kenneth R. Malcolm, also of Westernport, the dean of the school board members. Mr. Malcolm, who has-been a school joard member ever since May 28,.

1951,. declined this year to seek re appointment. -Mr. Thompson has: 22 years of experience with'--the- 'Westvaeo organization-- in- the fields of re- search, engineering, technical service and iterations. He join- ed the company'in 1945 as a chemical engineer- in "research at'Luke.

Later he was assigned to 'the Industrial 'Chemical Sales Division' at-Luke and at Covington, -Va. In 1952 he re- turned to head the mill's experimental coater pro- ject. ROCKY GAP WORK PROGRESSES These -four -pictures'-show work which being done PhoenJbc: Construction preparation for erection of a dam in the Rocky Gap State east "of; Cumberland off S. Route 40 several- miles'. iiorth of Martins picture-at top left shows timber which has-been cut on a portion of the area which will be "covered by the impoundment.

At top right is an area which has been cleared. is construction headquarters and some of the large equipment used in excavation and clearing work. The picture at bottom right is the sits for the earth-filled dam which will impound a lake'for boating, fishing and swimming. The project is a multi-million dollar program. Police Book Man Sought In Murder A man-booked as Robert John Braden alias Phillip Levy, 50, of 146'Independence Street was arrested last night by City Police and charged with being a fugitive, from Florida where he is wanted for murder.

Participating in his arrest about 9:45 p.m. were Detective Gapt James E. Van and Detec tive -Harry Iser. "Johnson was accused of kill- ing his common law wife on May 11, 1957. He.

was indicted advanced for murd er in August of that .1 vpar Wnpn np was nnf- nnnrp. be'fair and-warm with atures vthe Monday will be cloudy and milJE? Similar weather is forecast for-nearby West -Virginia Pennsylvania-points; to technical, service superinten- dent in 1955, promoted to general superinten- dent in charge of operations in 1957 and elevated to production manager in June 1962. He has been top -executive officer-since June bee'ause there wjgi'n'fJ mill manager when he assumed the production man- ager position. of Keyser and- a graduate of Keyser High School, Mr. Thompson attended Poto- College and West ax.

University where he and M.S. degrees in year. When he was not appre- hended, a federal warrant was obtained charging him with 'in- terstate flight to avoid prosecu- tion for murder. An FBI flyer with the missing man's fingerprints was circu- lated shortly after his disap- pearance. said the man who went by -the name of Levy here had! been in the Cumberland area about five years.

Presumably he had no local police record cause his fingerprints had file since the fugitive war- rant -was been working as an New Leader Local iConvention Is Elected a Set Jurists Churches A former Cumberland woman, JMrs. Jacqueline (Weber) Buff- Nicholas a layman SUte lle TM i ANNAPOLIS the First Christian of taU jurccl st nig o' fi a 6 DCar Charleston, W. was elected president of the State Conven- tion of Christian Churches (Dis- ciples of Christ) at yesterday's (AP) A 25- opinion- detailing its rea- for ruling that a Constitu- Convention could be held. his fall has been issued by the Maryland Court of Appeals ession at Christian couple had transfcrTcd i The court, a unique -ruling jChurch, Bedford Street. 'daughter, Alexandra.

2 to the' 1 51 nth a i the Gcn 1 Assembl was a mandate Polico said the ffi Mr. Roomy and the otherjcar of Mr. and Mrs. Jack CANDIDATE--Roy Craze, 54, of 601 Henderson Avenue, a veteran Celanese worker, is a candidate for delegate to the convention which opens September 12 in An- napolis to rewrite Mary- land's 100-year-old constitu- tion. elected officers Mrs.

Charles Nichols, Bluefield, first vice- president: Rev. James A. Dick- erson, of Calfee Memorial Chris- tian Church near- Bluefield, sec- ond vice president; Rev. Carl Johnson Jr. of Montgomery, re- corder, and David Lambert, Huntington, treasurer, will be (installed at the concluding ses- sion of the 98th State Conven- tion of Disciples Churches to- dav.

Christie Road, parents of to enact enabling legislation. Buffington, a short time beforei iThe court also ruled that Icgis- and were headed for their home I and a trip to Philadelphia. ilators could serve as delegates Area Man's Found In Potomac to the convention without violat- enl conslitu- which had ruling to clarify went ahead to enact Board To Meet The board and interested members of Operation Gateway, will meet tomorrow at p.m. in the Civic Clubhouse, 515 Washington Street, from''where they will leave for a--tour of points of interest in the county, according to Mrs. minger president.

Kelly Union meetings will-be held "by Local 26, Rubber Workers Union' tonight, according, to Alva-CV- president. annual meeting of the Local.26/Homeowners AssoQia- fion will-be held at 6:30 p.m.;ih visiting committee of the College -of Engineering -at 'WVU and a member'of that school's Alumni Association. He is a member of Iheiexecutiye board of the Coun- Fund; the official Trinity Methodist Piedmont and a meni- Cumberland Cham- He belongs professional associa-" tiotis "the Association of Paper Meeting Set The Board of Directors of the Allegany County Mental Health Association will meet Monday at 8 p. m. in Room 506 of the ''The association holds title all 'of the union's eluding the union hall contents, and plans for are presented at the annual meet- ing.

Trustees of the union are in charge assets the rest of the year. A membership meeting will be held at-7 p.m. A vote will be taken to. change the Memorial Day observance from May, 30 to May 29 at the Kelly ing congregation with the Chris- tian Churches of 'West Virginia. The Buffingon car was headed ij? he sla north on the highway when a a provision agarast-Holding car operated by James A.

cs IS. of Altoona, headed ln cgls careened into the Buffingtonl ufiht hc car's path. The Post car 5 SIt been forced off the roadwav he enabling legislation calling a car driven bv an unidentified 9 eclal election June 12 and the convention itself to start jSept. 13. Chief Judge Hall Hammond, iost 6 control of "hTcar 110 wrotc th maj orit Some 1.200 registered for the 0 convention which opened here Thursday.

(Continued on Page 2) in front of lhe QKOmtitg Buff on issued said dele- are se- The body of-Ray Kinney, 26, a' attendant on a used car lot here. Bative of Frostburg, who'drown-i man was -lodged in -thej April 1 in the Potomac River! County Jail. be takeni ar Great Falls was recovered! in Circuit Court here for: aiyesterday. determination as to whether The body has been returned wishes to waive extradition the Durst Funeral Home Florida. A warrant was friends will be received! night by Trial Magjs- trate-F.

Allan Weatherholt. Four Sought Bv vehicle, according at lhc11CO VC nhtion D0 jj ce jlected directly by the people and is reported in! orcforeI are direct agents of satisfactory condition at Mercy! 11 0 plc al er lhan agent5 Hospital in Altoona as is the! 01 Ulc sta Post vouth I woul(J -eliminate The win be 1 Funeral Home. of Mrs. Buffi gton! an I lha Dance Tonight TM today froni 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 p.m. A service will be conducted DAVIS, (AP)-Eour there tomorrow at 2 p.m.

by! runawa J' from State Fores- Rev. J. Henry.Kersch, Camp for Boys here are he- A dance will be held at. P'astor of St. Michael's Church.

i in sought by State Police. 9 p.m. by Cumberland Aerie iFrostburg. Interment will' be in! state Police communications the American -Eagles in the ballroomithe parish cemetery. Algonquin Hotel, Woodrow Springfield Tire plant to give Gurley, president, announced, long weekend, Mr.

Lewis said. Town Country Head Dies Today In Keyser Dominick (Mickey) two daughters. Rosalie, a 44, a a of Town at West Virginia Univer- Country Department Store injsity, and Anita, a student at White Oaks Shoping.Center forjpotomac State College; a son, several years, died at home; a brother, this morning shortly after being Frank Calemine, Keyser. and admitted to Potomac Valley'two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Borgen Hospital, Keyser.

jand Miss Mary Calemine. He and his family resided-at member of the faculty at Fort 124 Maple Avenue, Keyser, but Hill High School, both of Keyseri Mr. Calemine was very active! The body is at the MarkwooiV in Cumberland civic affairs. He Funeral Home, Keyser, where tute and Association gArts. '-'a Olie James Street, Key- late M.

-E. Thomp- Mrs. Thompson, the termer MVbel Lyons of Piedmont, live on Horse Rock Road in iWesternpqrt. They have a daujter, Sara. Joy, 8.

Beforefjoining Westyaco; Thojaipspri was a. member of the sraff-S'ogthe Petrochemical De- yelopnient Division of the Cel- of America from, to 1955 and worked and at Corpus Chris- that he work- ed "briefly with the Gulf Oil Corporation at Brooklyn, N. Y. the Aliminators Orchestra pro- viding'the music I Kinney, 1705 Quincy Meeting Changedj3 Wpl Va foririerly headquarters in "Elkins said to- is the son Mrs. Nedl a Stephen Myers, 17, of Wes- Frostburg, and the hus- ton escaped from the camp Fri- band of "Margaret (Pressman) day night only a few hours after Sht hereto the Stein ftes might be holding Iwo of- fices if they were already state officials.

He noted that legislators and other officeholders have been among delegates to other con- Istilutional conventions, including one that drew the.U.S. Con- istitution. Judge Wilson K. Barnes was the only dissenter from the ma- jority opinion. A Keyser Elementary teacher was killed yesterday when he was pinned under a tractor at his farm home in Maysville.

Gary Wayne Howell, also 17, Hc was William "Henry Cook, Charleston Tan away. Also being sought were Kcn- 54, who was pronounced dead on arrival at Grant Memorial Orphans Court "of Alle- gany County will meet from 9 a. m. to noon on Wednesday instead of Tuesday next week, ai Also surviving are two chil- ncth E. Nutter, 18, of Keyseriu nit i i I a I i i dren, Dwayne and Tammy Paul Hmes, 18.

of a g. 3Q vcstcr( av ney: three brothers, Ernest left the camp Thursday- Thomas Kinney, Arlington, -z Robert Kinney, According to authorities, Mr. msieao or mesaay next weeK, Robert Kinney, Police said all four of the boys said James M. Roby, a Debbie Kinney, also.ofiwere white and -dressed in khakil of wills. i and have been! to hook it to a I plow when the tractor overturn- "JO i wearing' black jackets or blue cd and-rolled down an cmbank- i ALDRIDGE Mrs.

a daughter of the late Charles Area VI El til formerly of Lonaconing. Fannie (Davis) Lambert. ANDREWS Frank 68, of She was the widow of Isaac sweatshirts with "Forestry Camp" written on the front. They were believed to be headed toward their homes, police said. Hines was sentenced for negli- gent homicide and the rest were confined for violation of proba- tions.

114 Utah Avenue. Rosenbaum. BARRY Mrs. John Surviving are two sons, Sol Frostburg. BLUBAUGH Chester 61, Rosenbaum, Uniontown, Morgan- DOWNTOWN Yesterday READINGS Today belonged to the South Cumber- the Rosarv will be recited land Business and Civic Asocia-jtomorrow at 8 p.m.

Requiem will be celebrated Monday A native of Keyser, he.was a at 9 a. m. in the church of the graduate of Keyser High Assumption, Keyser, and inter- Potomac Stato College and will be in St. Thomas Virginia University. He held a i Cemetery, Keyser.

bachelor of science degree in! sociology JIIeacLs Committee Mr. Calannnc served in World War II and became a major-in Air Force. He a native of Keyser, Ihc son of Mrs. Calemine, Keyser, the laic Louie Calemine. Hc is survived his widow, Mrs.

Colleen (London) Cale- Thomas Cloonan, Baltimore, a native of here and LaSalle High School graduate, is chairman of the special promotions com'-' inittce organizing the Maryland Health Fair scheduled Novem- ber fl-21 in the Civic Ccnlc'r iri Baltimore. 1 p. m. 2 p. m.

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m. Noon 68 67 73 72 71 71 72 73 76 80 81 82 Richard Rosenbaum, Eckhart. and four grandchildren. BURKETT Charles 51, of Services and interment will 30 West First Street. CONDON--Miss Margaret Ann, 89, native of Eckhart.

FORECASTS Allegany, Garr'ett Counties Low tonight 48' to 55. Sunday mostly sunny and 'mild, high in the 70s. Monday cloudy and mild. Winds westerly 5 to 10 tonight. West Virginia Fair and mild' tonight and Sunday, high in Low to- night 52 to 60.

COOK-William 54, Mays- ville. (See Separate Story). NELSON'-- Mrs. Abraham. 79.

Dorcas, W. OURS Mrs. Emory, 77, Cross, W. Va. RICHARDS Mrs.

Thomas 73, of 84.3 Ml. Royal Avenue. ROSENBAUM Mrs. Isaac, 74, native of Cumberland. JROUNDS-Charlcs 76, Pied- mont.

SMITH Ambrose, Baltimore. WOOD-Mrs. Charles, 29, Glen Bnrnic, a native of Midloth- ian. WHITE Walter, 80, Parsons. WRIGHT Lloyd 71, form- erly of Swanlon.

MRS. ISAAC ROSENBAUM be held tomorrow in Uniontown, CHESTER A. BLUBAUGH Chester A. Blubaugh, 61, Eck- Applications For ACC Said Ahead Vf'66 Although the fall semester at Allegany Commun- hart, died today in Western it College is five months away, Maryland State Hospital at Hag- applications at ACC are running erslown. A construction worker, he had been ill since December.

A native of Lonaconing, he was a son of the late James and Eleanor (Thrasher) Blu- baugh. He was a member of the Frostburg Moose Lodge. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Viola (Wilt) Blubaugh; (wo sons, Charles Blubaugh, Valpariso, and Kenneth A. Blubaugh, at home; two daugh- ters, Mrs.

Jean- Austin, West- minster, and Miss Debra Ann Blubaugh, at home; two sisters, Mrs, John Fazc'ribaker, Knapps Meadow, and Mrs. Roy Clark, Mrs. Cla'udine Rosenbaum, i Unionlown, died yesterday -in Pa brothers, University Hospital, Morgan- town. Bo'rh in Cumberland, she was Blubaugh, Gil- more; Joseph Blubaugh, Ml. Savage; James Blubaugh, Eck- (Continued.on Page 2) five lo six percent higher than last year.

Wayne urged students planning to en- roll at the college next Septem- ber lo file their applications as soon as possible. Last year the- school register- ed 598 sliKlenls, 425 ftilltime and 173 parltinic, and based on ap- plications received thus far this figure will increase nearly six percent in Scplcmbcr 1967. Prc-registratio'n for students attending lhe college is sche- duled April 17, while registra- tion for new students will bn held in July, Mr. Roush said. Mr.

Roush noted that "ACC is really growing" with many ap- plications being received from both onl-of-counly and out-of- state 'Students. mc-nt. The victim was thrown under the tractor and sustained a crushed chest and other in- juries. Grant County Sheriff Jerome (Continued from Page 8) Marks New Head Of Lions Club Lawrence I. Marks'is the new president of the 1 Cumberland Lions Club.

Other new officers are Carl McAloose, first vice president; William Holt, second vice pres- ident; Wayne -Roush, third vice president: Al. C. Warhaft, sec- retary; Brace Lee, treas- urer. Carl Vandegrift, Lion Tamer; James W. Webster, twister; Glenn K.

Davis and Michael Beerman, two-year directors, and Charles M. See, Leonard Schwab and Paul Fisher, one- year directors. A bill to regulate strip mining operations in Maryland was signed into law yesterday by Gov. Spiro T. Agnew.

Introduced as House Bill 51 by the Allegany and Garrctl county delegations, the legisla lion was a product of a confer- ence between strip mine oper- ators and natural resources of- ficials and strengthens existing law lo prevent operators from laying waste to tracts of land and then forfeiting nominal bond rather than backfill the open holes. The new law would penalize Ihose who open strip mines without a license or fail io com- p'y with lhe suite's precondi- tions lo a fine of up lo $5,000 or-imprisonment. Also signed was House Bill 439, by the Allr-gany delegation, which personal property to be taxed to help pay for sewage system bonds. A Garrclt County proposal, House Bill 768, II. prohibits those holding igns Bills Counties or organization license from selling in case lots in excess of 10 per cent above costs to the county's liquor control board.

House Bill 770, by Del B. 0. Aiken, of Garrctt County requires the Board of License Examiners of Garrctt County to give more careful scrutiny to license applicants. House Bill 772 will provide for raising the salary, of lha clerk -of lhe Garrcll County Commissioners from to $5,000. A Garrclt proposal, House Bill 774, will raise tho salaries of Garrctt County depu- ty sheriffs to $3,900.

House Bill 87S ra'movcs the limit of 32 ounces on containers of beer in Garrctl County and House Bill 880 limits restaurants and holds to charging 10 per cent over cost for CKSC lots. House Bill 902'provides for (he gradual exemption of livestock and farm implements from properly taxation in Washington County..

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