Frederick News Briefs Apr 6 1964
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1964
Page
4
Local Frederick paper notes circulation details and access to Associated Press content. Subscription rates listed for 1 month to 1 year. Mail and carrier services described. address and contact details included.
Gen Douglas MacArthur the longtime commander and statesman who shaped US military history has died. His career spanned World War I World War II and Korea guiding battles and occupation reforms. A new space radar complex at Eglin AFB Florida promises to monitor satellites and missiles from thousands of miles up enhancing national security.
Among The Sick Mr. Charles Edward Young of Ladiesburg remains a patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital admitted Thursday after a heart attack. He is improving but not allowed visitors. Bobby DeGrange, son of Mr and Mrs Walter DeGrange of this city, was admitted Sunday morning for observation and treatment with a satisfactory condition. Frank E Harper, Mayor of Mount Airy, will attend his first Town Council meeting in two months tonight after recovering from pneumonia.
Easter visitors at Miss Katherine Nusbaum house on East Patrick street included Victor Clay and Wava Clay from Pittsburgh and Paul Lowman with Mrs. Clay from Mt. Airy. Helene Harley returned home from a ten day visit with relatives in Gross Pointe and nearby cities. Mrs. Irving Shuffler received a wedding cake slice from the Dover Kent wedding of Noah Eeny and his bride. A group from this city, including Glenn Olson and daughter Peesy, Oran Irvin and son W. P. Irvin, Mrs. Frank Garrett, and Mrs. Dorothy Wenger, recently spent a month in Florida Clearwater and nearby areas. Also included are culinary tips for lobster and shrimp hors d oeuvres with marinated lobster and pineapple.
Rev J W Gentler to leave Middletown Lutheran for a Lancaster County church. Union Manufacturing Co directors named for the year. Union Chapel at Bartholows shows wreckage after service with 38 broken panes. Two suspected smallpox cases in Brunswick reported by doctors. Frederick Brick Works elects directors. Woodsboro pike improvements begin with culvert replacements and grading. John Best oversees work.
April 6 1944 Frederick records third straight chilly dawn with a 27 degree low. An Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co truck wreck blocked the Emmitsburg Thurmont road near Mt St Marys College for about an hour. Rotary luncheon honors officials for waste paper drive. Maryland needs over 25 000 farm workers for 1944 production. Wendell Willkie exits GOP race after Wisconsin primary verdict favors Dewey.
Judith Ann Himes and Gary Warren Phillips were married March 21 in the Christian Missionary Alliance Church in Brunswick. The couple, now of Hagerstown, plan Washington and Williamsburg, with both spouses employed locally.
A rubber bridge scenario shows how a bold king of hearts lead can disrupt declarer plans after four spades by decisive bidding. The West hand, with three small trumps and one ace in diamonds, may set up dummy’s suit and aim for heart ruffs. The text humorously notes the risk of becoming a hero or a bum.
Edward Dawson Groveard son of Mr and Mrs Edward D Grove Sr Rockwell Terrace is back on three weeks leave after completing his second winter with the U S Navy Antarctic Research Program Operation Deep Freeze Nine Navy Seabees in the Mobile Construction Battalion left November 1 for Antarctica They erected a 131 foot antenna at the Soviet Vostok Station paving the way for a major U S Soviet cooperative research effort Grove and the others built similar towers at other locations on the polar continent
Funeral services for Raymond, a singer from Johnsville, who died Thursday at Frederick Memorial Hospital, were held Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at D. D. Hartzler and Sons Funeral Home in Union Bridge. Elders George Stansbury and David Benedict led the service. Burial followed at Beaver Dam Cemetery near Union Bridge. Pallbearers included Martin Flagle, David Bohn, Earl Bohn, Clarence Singer, Marshall Singer, and Elmer Singer.
James Marlow analyzes General Douglas MacArthur noting brains courage and charisma paired with egoism that led to disobedience to President Truman. He traces MacArthur’s mythic rise and fall from World War II to Korea, ending with his dismissal and the end of a storied career.
General MacArthur died after surgery for gall bladder spleen and intestinal removal. His wife Jean Faircloth and son Arthur 26 were at his bedside as mourners recalled a career marked by retreat and the vow I shall return. A motorcade carried the family from Walter Reed toward New York amid torches and honors.
Police report the death of 18 year old Edna Irene Harlow of Aspers Pa was ruled carbon monoxide poisoning with no alcohol in her blood. An Emmitsburg man was questioned after her body was found in his son in law's car and authorities said no charges would be filed.
A Brunswick girl and her Leesburg husband near Fort Richardson felt the quake impact as downtown Anchorage suffered extensive damage. Reports describe collapsed buildings, fires and heat and water shortages while residents, including Barbey, recount aftershocks and concern for structural safety.
Anna May Clark 72 widow of James Clark died Saturday after long illness at home of son James Avery Clark on East Eighth Street. Surviving son, two brothers, two sisters, three grandchildren, and several relatives. James Franklin Hann 58 of near Union Bridge died Sunday after extended illness, survived by wife, stepchildren, grandchildren, siblings, and many nieces and nephews. Cerelia Edith Thomas 68 Brunswick died Friday at Windobona Nursing Home, survived by son George W., sister and four brothers, various affiliations, funeral at Feete Funeral Home Brunswick with rites today. Funeral details and interment at Mount Olivet and Haugh’s Cemetery listed.
A 19 year old Frederick man Robert David Miller was acquitted of failing to slow for a collision after magistrate Byron W Thompson heard he claimed the other vehicle backed into him. Miller faced a rear end crash with Richard Nelson Stride on East Fourth Street. Stride testified there was little damage to his truck and about 15 dollars damage to Miller s foreign sports car. Grimes found guilty of disorderly conduct with suspended 50 dollar fine and costs after police arrested him for hot rodding and loud language in Mt Airy. he remains in custody on detainers.
The First Baptist Church hosted the April wedding of Connie Dianne Mehaffie and David Leroy Boone in a double ceremony at 2 pm. Elders officiated, attendants wore pink and blue, and a reception followed in the church hall. The couple plans to reside on East Church street after a Washington trip, with the bride a 1963 Frederick High School graduate and the groom a 1963 alumnus employed by the State Roads Commission.
Keith was arrested Saturday by Officer Ray N Dietz and Jacob Nathan Mines 40 of Doubs was found guilty of intoxication within city limits and given a suspended $25 fine plus costs. Mines was arrested Sunday on Motter avenue by Tfc. Harry J. Frost.
Congressman Charles Mathias Jr. reported a raincoat stolen from his car parked behind the Hotel Alexander in Hagerstown. Police said the left wing window was jimmied and the door pried, with the coat taken from a hanger in the rear of the vehicle during the 9:30 to 10:30 p.m. window.
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