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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1964
Page
4
Ballet program details from Michel Fokine and Anna Pavlova influence appear in the Frederick paper. An editor cites Balanchine and Beaumont while noting a farewell scene for Odette and Siegfried and a reference to the Dying Swan ending for context.
March upheaval as President Joao Goulart seeks to bend the army, grant illiterate voting, and blunt inflation while allies press for a plebiscite. The military marches on Rio, Goulart flees to Porto Alegre, Ranieri Mazzilli assumes leadership, and the United States notes a constitutional change rather than a coup.
Africa's Zanzibar now allows confiscation of immovable property without compensation after nationalization of land. President Abeid Karume wields power to seize houses or business premises with no appeal, echoing Cuba's early leftist moves. The Indian Ocean island near Kenya and Tanganyika risks romantic misperception as politics darkens.
A reader disputes a Frederick News review by Don Wilson of the National Ballet. The letter clarifies that Swan Lake was performed in a four act version and that the dying swan routine cited by the critic does not belong to the One Act version.
April 7 1914 notes report discussion on widening Carroll street versus Bentz street in Frederick and mention a Carroll Creek wall break near Carroll Park being repaired under Street Superintendent Best. The United Fire Company plans a new front with two arch and vestibule entrances. Harry Tritapoe of Mountain City Lodge K of P earned a $400 piano prize for recruiting members in the state.
German forces rush special units to defend Odessa from favorable lagoons and lakes as battles intensify near the Black Sea port. Locals 18 to 26 years old leave for Baltimore for pre induction exams, while Sgt Francis L Brightwell trains in Montana. Patsy Runkles earns bronze medals for skating form and dancing. The Army reaches 7,700,000 troops but draft pace remains rapid. A golden anniversary party honors Clifford L Davis and his wife on their March 26 anniversary.
AP analyst James Marlow recounts MacArthur as romantic yet tough, eloquent yet sentimental, and finds him a true believer in himself. The piece notes clashes with Pershing Eisenhower Truman and Bradley, and details Whitney's defense of MacArthur amid intrigue and a 1932 bonus army confrontation.
Robert Willman of New York analyzes an off-beat opening lead for a bridge hand. He contrasts intelligent play with book leads, detailing sequences where West can discard to force declarer into club finesse and how dummy and South track entries to maximize tricks.
Two day youth fellowship rally in Baltimore includes speeches by George B. Delaplaine Jr and Mr Dawson, a hootenanny with Towson State College students, elections for new officers, devotions, skits, mass media defense program, and overnight stays at Grace Church and local homes. Activities feature Hood College students leading discussions, a noon luncheon, and a closing worship. Market prices are listed at the end.
The speaker links poverty and unemployment to defense industry shifts in Western Maryland. He cites the Fairchild Aircraft Plant disruption as the result of obsolete equipment and argues for studying disarmament’s economic impact and pursuing peaceful industrial shifts such as oceanography to maintain employment. He introduces H. R. 10648 to study these consequences and aid conversion.
Ulysses G Daily of West All Saints street was in a three car crash on U S 40 west of Hagerstown Sunday afternoon. William F Wild of Ellicott City stopped in traffic then Daily slowed and was rear ended by Avna I Sobotor of Hagerstown whose vehicle hit Daily and pushed him into Wild. Daily’s car sustained 800 dollars in damage, Wild 300 dollars, Sobotor’s car demolished.
Obituary notices list Mrs. E Mabel Creeger of Thurmont dying at 76 after two days in Waynesboro Hospital. Also Ernest L Fraley of Gaithersburg, James I Renner of New Middle, and Harry E Tritapoe of Baltimore die, with funeral details, survivors, and service locations in Thurmont, Laytonsville, Woodsboro, and Baltimore.
A memorial service is set for R Samuel Dillon Jr and Mrs Edward W Hepburn of Hancock with a rosary at Grove Funeral Home and a requiem mass at St Peter's Catholic Church Hancock officiated by Rev Charles H Quinn. Pallbearers include Charles A Faith and others.
Mrs. Sarah Frances McAvoy Anthony a Hancock resident and widow of George A. Anthony died at her Main Street home after a long illness. Born October 3, 1883 in Woodlawn she was daughter of John Joseph McAvoy and Theresa Harvey McAvoy and aunt of Col. Charles Harvey. Her husband led Anthony and Company and aided Hancock bank and town council. the family operated Hancock’s first telephone exchange. Surviving include many nieces and nephews with sister R Samuel Dillon Sr. predeceased her by four days.
Funeral services announced for Clifford L. Davis of Woodbine Stella E. Gray of Gist D Frank Haifley of Taneytown Emily M. Hurst Liberty Town Jesse M. Pittinger Libertytown Cerelia Edith Thomas Brunswick Remains interred in local cemeteries. pallbearers named. funeral homes listed. services held in Mt Olive, Waltz, Fuss and Son, Maryland Odd Fellows, and Feete facilities.
Among the sick Mrs. Lester Frushour of South Market Street returned to her home Monday after a two week medical stay at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Vicki Easterday, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Hamrick of West South Street, is confined to her home with the weasels.
Little Paula Kay Kolb daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul R Kolb Jr of RFD 4 Frederick will observe her first birthday Wednesday 7.
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