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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1963
Page
2
A letter from Ray Recifer of Myersville Md criticizes voters for party loyalty and urges tax reform. He argues schools churches and personal details should not influence voting and calls for abolishing personal property tax with replacement by sales or real estate taxes.
President Kennedy announces a partial end to steel price controls after a year, allowing selective price adjustments in flat rolled products amid strong auto demand. He cautions industry and labor to seek competitive prices and job security, noting over 100,000 steel workers remain unemployed.
The article explains a tightening of income tax regulations requiring most people to have a social security or identifying number. Adults and children with interest earning assets must obtain numbers. Children can apply with Treasury form 327. Registration is mandatory even for trivial earnings.
A Frederick Church of the Brethren group commends The News for front page religious information. The letter discusses tax assessor politics, local county party alignment, and personal experiences with county offices.
Rain drenched the city with two inches by nine this morning while clouds lingered. The Peoples Supply Co of Middletown was incorporated with directors Cobleniz Remsberg Holter and others. Frederick decorator Henry Frederick Ru Precht died at his East Third Street home. Women voted in the Evangelical Reformed church meeting with 127 ballots. elders A C McCardell and H Milton Kefauver and deacons Fred Oberlander and Fred Cramer elected. Lord Baltimore Motor Car Co officers met Frederick Board of Trade officials, signaling potential local industry. Jacque de Molay Commandery Drill Corps plans May 4 ladies night under Dr A A Radcliff E L Beckley and W C Kolb.
War price board requires about 130 food and drink outlets in Frederick county to file price lists by May 1 for items sold April 4 to 10. Pvt Francis S Gaither Jr returns from 45 days at the Tunisian front writing home and noting rest and first bath since January. OPA introduces a new markup pricing system for fresh vegetables as steps toward lowering cardon produce costs. A new multiple siren system will signal air raids and blackouts in Frederick city sections, independent of police. In Tunisian battle reports Axis defense sees two hills captured. Siuisart raid by British continues with heavy losses. Baseball: Baltimore Orioles beat Syracuse Chiefs 9-2 at McCurdy Field in six innings due to cold weather.
Fragmented report notes a county saving bonds sale with figures and totals. It mentions a chairman and divisions, plus percentages and amounts like seven hundred forty four dollars and 174 percent in unclear context.
Theresa Bates a 22 month old from South Gate California wins an adult art show prize her father Albert Bates shares credit while some adult entrants pull their works in protest Judge Robert A Chuey notes child art can outshine adult pieces Pat S Brown president of the South Gate Art Association bars further children’s entries for next year
Maryland residents may submit an essay on improving law enforcement to the Maryland Crime Investigating Committee by May 17 at 623 Edmondson Avenue Baltimore 28. A Diebold Home Document Safe worth 835 pounds will be awarded to the winner at the International Crime and Punishment Exposition on May 26.
General Delmore Ix, formerly at Fort Detrick and now commanding general of the Chemical Historical Agency in Edgewood, attended the annual convention at the Edgewood Officers Club in April. Colonel Frank McArthur welcomed the group as post commander of Edgewood Arena.
A report from Los Angeles describes Chaplin Jr facing a court after a dramatic testimony. The proceedings touch on a dispute over custody and a lump sum awarded earlier in the year. The case lists parties connected to Merment Apelit and notes the claimant’s age as 33.
In Pikesville Maryland two boys found the purse of Allene Carol Replane a 25 year old Laurel schoolteacher whose body was found near Ellicott City on February 6 Capt Charles W Magaha said the boys discovered the purse while playing near Maryland City and later turned it over after a charge plate was removed State troopers recovered the purse and police began reviewing the find as part of the ongoing investigation into the disappearance and death which has stumped investigators
Miss Helen Davis daughter of Mr and Mrs William E Davis of Schley Avenue has been named to the Dean's List at Radford College where she is a junior majoring in psychology. To qualify she must reach a 3 point average.
A Philadelphia court ruling involves multiple newsmen facing penalties tied to a dispute over reliance. The case references payments of about 14 dollars each and names figures such as Robert Palit and Earl Pyeet in connection with the matter.
Maryland Governor Tawes plans to sign bills by early May after a lengthy legislative session. The redistricting act faces a clash with the League of Women Voters over a new congressional seat drawn from Prince Georges and Howard counties. The plan would create a southern Maryland fifth district and shrink overall state tracks, moving races from four quaint venues to Pimlico Laurel Bowie and Timonium.
A garbled OCR passage outlines street names and a few readable items including North Macket street and Ned VW, suggesting a fragmented local notice or timetable with no clear event or entities. The text resembles a historical street directory or notice page with mixed legibility.
Death notices report Mrs. Edna Anna Frye Butts of RFD 2 Williamsport and three other local individuals, including William Walden Davis of 411 West Patrick Street and Carl R. Hicks of Winchester, along with Clarence Edward Markle of Martinsburg and Hubert F. Trussell of Silver Spring. Surviving family members, funeral details, and burial plans are listed for each.
The Maryland Association for Adult Education hosts its seventh annual conference at Loyola College Baltimore on Saturday. Dr Genera Ely Flickinger chairs. keynote by Dr George Boas on What Is the Self An historical sketch. Afternoon group meetings cover spiritual values cultural activities vocational competence and civic responsibility. Nathan R Jerald serves as association president.
Frederick County Health Officer Dr. Forbes H. Burgess said no shipments of a canned tuna named Darin White Tuna Kosher for Passover bearing codes WYz and WY have been received locally. Staff are checking area groceries for the product amid concerns of potential Botulinum Type E contamination.
A collision on the 10, 404 area halted traffic as responders arrived to assist. Witnesses and officers described the incident and noted damage on the roadway while securing the scene and directing detours.
Funeral rites were held for First Lieutenant Michael F. Wasilifsky 23 of the United States Marines killed in a Alabama plane crash, with a Requiem Mass at St Joseph’s Church Emmitsburg and interment at St Anthony’s Shrine Cemetery. Color guards pallbearers and firing squad members from Emmitsburg American Legion VFW assisted. Other obituaries note services for Mrs Fannie Virginia Basford William Edward Boyer and Mrs William A Fraley and Roscoe Maynard Rhng with local clergy and pallbearers listed.
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