Emmitsburg Gets New Post Office
Emmitsburg will get a new Post Office with 3000 square feet of space on an acre lot on the east side of South Seton Avenue near Potomac Avenue. The current facility will be abandoned as the town aims to upgrade to improve efficiency and service for Mt. St. Marys and St. Josephs college student mail flows. Postmaster Lewis Stoner heads a team including clerks Earl Gelwicks James Adelsberger Gerald Ryder with substitutes Everett Chrismer and Arthur Elder.
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Emmitsburg
Daniel B. Brewster
Carlton Sickles
Post Office Department
Gerald Ryder
Seton Avenue
Potomac Avenue
Ryder
Senator Brewster
Brewster
Mt. St. Mary’s
St. Joseph’s Colleges
Ryler
Lewis Stoner
Earl Gelwicks
James Adelsberger
Everett Chrismer
Arthur Elder
Senate Panel Approves Appalachia Aid Program
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a 352.3 million dollar appropriation to launch the 1 billion dollar Appalachian Regional Development Program. The funds are part of a 2.258 billion dollar money bill, with most support planned for the remainder of fiscal 1965 through June 30.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
League of Women Voters Banquet and Election at Peter Pan Inn
The Frederick County League of Women Voters will host its annual banquet and officer election Tuesday at 6 30 p m in Urbana. Samuel W McCart will speak on the jury system and his book Trial By Jury recently joined the C Burr Artz Library as a gift from the league.
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League of Women Voters
Frederick County
Peter Pan Inn
Urbana
Samuel W. McCart
Washington
McCart
C. Burr
Anthony White
Buell Floyd
Frederick
Howard Ross
Silver Spring
Maryland League of Women Voters
State League
Lyle Kelly
Edgar Stedman
Sidney Halle
Paul Martin
Richard Reynolds
Stanley Nagle Jr
League
Charles Mayhew
Turn Clock AHEAD Tonight For DST
Daylight Saving Time goes into effect Sunday at 2 pm official hour. Many turn clocks ahead before bed Saturday night to start fast time for six months. An hour of sleep is lost this Sunday but regained in October when clocks fall back to Eastern Standard Time.
Four Vehicle Mishaps Investigated by Local Police
Frederick area traffic incidents over 24 hours include a hit and run in Emmitsburg at about 2:30 a.m. injuring a parked 1961 sedan owned by Ro bert S. Kaiser of Philadelphia a Mt. Saint Marys College student. Kaiser said unknown vehicle struck the car unattended on Main Street causing about 450 dollars in damage. At 7 a.m. a single vehicle left Md. 78 three miles south of Frederick when Larry L. M. Whiten 24 of Carver Apartments drove into a drainage ditch damaging his 1964 sedan valued at 1 200 dollars and he was charged with failing to keep to the right. Whiten was treated for a lacerated lip. About 10:15 p.m. Friday two motorists sustained minor injuries in a separate collision reported on page 5.
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Frederick
Emmitsburg
Tfc
Charles F. Mades
Robert S. Kaiser
Philadelphia
Mt. Saint Mary’s College
Main Street
Kaiser
MD. 78
Larry L. M. Whiten
Carver Apartments
Whiten
Tre. Mades
Frederick Memorial Hospital
County Denies School Poverty Grant Delays Boys’ Aid
Frederick County's request for OEO war on poverty funds to place underprivileged high school students in jobs was bypassed for Appalachian areas and Baltimore. A second phase in fall 1966 may include the county with 100 students planned to be employed in schools, public buildings, and at Frederick Memorial Hospital, aiming to prevent dropout and possibly provide summer work.
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Frederick County
Office of Economic Opportunity
Appalachian
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Baltimore
Eugene F. Wood, Jr
Wood
Neighborhood Youth Coins
Frederick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
South Seeks Amendments To Voting Bill
Senator Sam Ervin Jr proposed 14 amendments to Johnson era voting rights legislation in a first round of debate. The bill would auto apply to states with low registration and nonwhite populations, suspending literacy tests and allowing federal examiners in covered areas including Alabama Georgia Louisiana Mississippi and South Carolina plus parts of six other states.
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Washington
Johnson
North Carolina
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Supreme Court
Ervin
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Douglas Leads C O Canal Hike
Justice William O Douglas leads a 12 mile hike along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from Potomac River Dam No. 4 to the James Rumsey Bridge with about 300 followers. The annual event supports designating the canal as a national historic park with involvement from conservation leaders and officials including Richard Goodwin and Stewart Udall.
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C. & O. Canal Association
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Goodwin
Johnson
Conservation and Urban Affairs
Potomac River Dam No. 4
Hagerstown
James Rumsey
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Interior
Stewart Udall
Justice Douglas
Potomac River
Potomac
Federal Mediator Seeks Solution To Steel Dispute
AP reports in Pittsburgh that federal mediator William E. Simkin seeks common ground to avert a national steel strike by May 1. He aims to identify areas of agreement to return both sides to bargaining on better terms. The United Steelworkers union seeks 17.9 cents an hour in wage and benefit hikes while companies offer 5 to 7 cents.
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Pittsburgh
William E. Simkin
United Steelworkers Union
Democrats Plan May 4 Dinner at Peter Pan Inn Urbana
Maryland Attorney General Thomas B. Finan will headline the Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner on May 4 at the Peter Pan Inn in Urbana. State and local Democratic leaders organize the event with Moylan Jr. as master of ceremonies, social hour at 6, banquet at 7, and music by GIs orchestra for dancing.
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Maryland
Thomas B. Finan
Peter Pan Inn
Urbana
Frederick County
Charles E. Moylan Jr
Baltimore
Moylan
Lyndon Johnson
Tomsville
Supreme Bench
Charles E. Moylan Sr
M. Austin Young
The
Jeffersonian Democratic Club, Inc
Shirley Moss
Ruby V. Hahn
Democratic State Central Committee
Charlotte W. Yarrell
Sperry Storm
Jane Bollinger
Democratic New Frontiers Club
Emmitsburg
Gis
Mary Condon Hodgson
Marion N. Kehne
Glade Valley Womens
Democratic Club
Mississippi River Flood Rages Past Iowa Illinois
The Mississippi River crested at Prairie du Chien Wisconsin and surged past Iowa and Illinois towns. Dubuque and Guttenberg faced rising waters with sandbag defenses as Red Cross workers aided shelters. Federal disaster status sought. Illinois asks for $1 million aid as property damages reach tens of millions.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Dubuque
Guttenberg
Red Cross
Ray Childs
Minnesota
East Dubuque
U S Seeks Support For Viet Policy
State Department seeks to bolster public backing for Viet Nam policy and dispel what Dean Rusk calls nonsense about the war. Targeted are professors and students who have protested or demonstrated against American military actions. A new white paper and more government speakers are planned to explain the U S position.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Rusk
American Society of International Law
Mills College
Oakland
Calif
U.S
GOP Spring Dinner Set at Peter Pan Inn in Frederick County
About 300 people are expected to attend the Republican Party spring dinner at Peter Pan Inn on Wednesday evening starting at 6 30. Mrs Maisie Schindel is general chairman with William H Browning assisting Rep Robert J Dole of Kansas will be the speaker, Harry F Rhoderick presides. Musical piece by Mrs Donald Leather man with Mr Leather man to sing the Star Spangled Banner. Senator John A Derr and Rev Ralph M Sharpe to give introductions and invocation. Dinner is sponsored by county GOP groups with Miss Helen A Remsberg in charge of tickets and decorations by Mrs Edward Widmayer and Mrs Browning Sr attendees.
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Republican Party
Frederick County
Peter Pan Inn
Maisie Schindel
William H. Browning
Robert J. Dole
Kansas
Harry F. Rhoderick
G.O.P. Club
Donald Leatherman
Leatherman
John A. Derr
Ralph M. Sharpe
Calvary Methodist Church
Helen A. Remsburg
Edward Widmayer
William H. Browning Sr
Robert S. Hughes
Mary B. Kline
Wade Hursey
Francis C. Harshman
Mehr F. Wachter
Cecil Keller
Merhle H. Duvall
Glenn Lenhart
Paul A. Zimmerman
Naomi D. Remsberg
Creal Lutman
Eyster
Mr. Petroleum of Frederick Retires From Sinclair Oil
Fredericksburg honors G Raymond Shipley, 65, longtime Sinclair director and Frederick area sales rep, with a silver bowl on his May 1 retirement after 46 years in oil. He started Sinclair operations in 1926, was branch manager from 1949, and served as sales representative since 1954. Continued on Page.
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Richard Carter
Frederick
Sinclair Refining Company
Harry Weller
Maryland
Sinclair
Baltimore
Righ
J. Rolfe
G. Raymond Shipley
Shipley
Montgomery Counties
Petroleum
Frederick County
Pennsylvania
New York
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Sinclair Products
Richard
Gulf Oil Corporation
Frederick City
George William Shipley
North Market Street
Bombing Raids Hit North Viet Nam Around Clock
In Saigon, a U S Air Force armada of 66 jets pressed 24 hour raids on road convoys and a ferry site in North Viet Nam. Six B57 Canberra bombers struck an anti aircraft site and a truck convoy on Friday night, with all planes returning safely. Daylight operations continued in two missions.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
North
Johnson Grants Tax Exemptions to Viet Nam Servicemen
President Johnson announced tax relief for non commissioned personnel serving in the Viet Nam area and awarded officers there a 200 dollar monthly exemption. Ground fighting intensified as Viet Cong overran a government post near Saigon and naval air power prepared a major strike capability with A6 Intruder jets set to deploy aboard the carrier Independence.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
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Appalachia
South
Douglas
C&o Canal
Supreme Court Justice
North Viet
Miss
Iowa, Ill
U. S
G. R. Shipley
Oil Co
Mekong
U.S. Navy
North Viet Nam
7Th Fleet
Independence
Rooms
Bath
S. Jefferson St
Sala
Montgomery County
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