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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1963
Page
2
Freterick Maitland Protas page fragment from The News Weekly. Advertisements and subscription pricing shown, with mis-spelled and garbled text indicating a late-19th or early-20th century newspaper fragment. Mentions Associated Press content and postal entry details.
The piece laments spectators seated during flag passes at parades and urges greater respect for the flag as a national symbol. It condemns lax ceremony in educational settings, calls for stronger emphasis on proper conduct, and notes related items on national institutions and science experiments.
The article traces US patent history from 1841 with a salt patent to the modern rate of about 1,000 patents per week. By 1961 total patents reached 3 million, with 35 percent to individuals and 65 percent to firms. It notes continued invention as a driver of economic change and mentions concerns about employment impacts from new technologies.
AP film The Greatest Story by director Cicorne Stevens wraps a costly production with an estimated $19 million price tag. Cast includes Max von Sydow as Jesus, with desert scenes and a lengthy production schedule described amid varied backstage details.
Precipitation notes July rainfall above normal. A severe storm struck with lightning hitting a water tower at Ox Fibre Brush Works and causing damage to machine shops. A cat was decapitated by a trolley near West Patrick Street. An extra westbound freight man from Thurmont died after being struck by a train. Dr. Kefauver accompanied him to hospital. Plus reminiscences of Frederick figures and local events past and present.
A fragmented archive notes items from August 2 1943 including social themes and agency mentions. It references Romania news and historical notes with terse summaries and partial phrases from the period.
A patient at Frederak Memorial Hospital is under observation and receiving treatment. Further notes mention Braddock Hrechis and a Turpidy operation at Freerac Memorial Hospital, with improvement described as satisfactory.
Culver resigns from Washington Tyelone Janiers firm to join Washington Technological Association Inc in Rockville. He succeeds Harold MooBrates as head and oversees engineering, research and development. Culver, a Georgia Tech and University of Virginia alumnus, lives in Gaithersburg with wife Josephine and two sons Eugene Barton and William Hart Culver.
James Warlow analyzes the China Soviet split and Western plans for a nonaggression treaty and limited nuclear test ban. Kennedy faces De Gaulle's stance on Polaris and Western cohesion as China’s nuclear potential grows, with uncertainty about a belligerent or restrained new generation of Chinese leaders.
Frederick Memorial Hospital reports multiple birth notices including Mark David Nichols Germantown James Walter Hunger ford Jr Joel Alan Quelette Kevin Stewart Gregory Ignatius and Joel Alan among others. Names and locations include Frederick Germantown Middletown Monroe Avenue and Grant Place with fathers and mothers listed for each birth and several noting sons.
Florence E Hartsock sells the Harmony area farm of late husband Foster C Hartsock to Mero and Mrs Charles S Mentzer. The 65 acre property along Fisher Hollow Road has an eight room dwelling barn and outbuildings. George T Keech Baltimore broker arranged the sale for immediate possession and planned improvements.
In a terse notice the death of Edward Ho Etchison, chief taker, is reported while Frederich, chief, and District of our erener Richard Lo Welton are named in connection with the incident, details remain unclear and official records show a sacre in office.
Leonard A. Shuff 38 died Thursday at Frederick Memorial Hospital at 12 20 p m He was owner and orator of Monocacy Oil Company Surviving are two brothers and his wife Lorraine Woerner predeceased him Funeral services planned at Monocacy and Mount Olivet Cemetery Interment and funeral directors named Kevin Wright nephew of J Robert Edwards died at age four in Savannah Funeral services held at Irving Henderson Funeral Home in Savannah.
Funeral services were held for Lewis E Reds Brightwell at 2 pm Thursday at 1201 North Market Street with Captain Thomas E Woodcock officiating. World War I honors were given by Fort Detrick personnel under Sp 5 David C Simpson. Interment followed at Frederick Memorial Park Linden Hills. Other services included Thomas Milton Darby in Laytonsville, Rebecca Miller Hagan in Frederick, Marion Sylvester Ridgley in McKaig, and Catherine Seidbach in Martinsburg area with Pallbearers listed and local churches represented.
A chaotic scene at the East German border left multiple casualties as a man and an elderly individual were shot while attempting to flee to the West. A woman was also struck by bullets and wounded, amid gunfire near the border. The incident prompted international attention and an official investigation.
AP reports Pope Paul VI will relocate to Castel Gandolfo, the papal summer residence southeast of Rome, early next week. The plan was announced Thursday. The item notes other brief items from Paris and Washington, including appearances of Edmund G. Brown and Richard Nixon, and a Peace Corps appointment in Washington.
U S scientists plan Stormfury trials to test if seeding clouds with silver iodide can reduce hurricane winds. Navy and Weather Bureau teams will seed over Caribbean and Atlantic waters through November 1, building on 1961 results that hinted wind reduction from ice crystal formation. Eleven airplanes will participate, seven Navy and four Weather Bureau.
The Jefferson Raritan Club sponsors the eighth annual carnival opening Saturday at Jefferson Elementary School grounds with parking in a lit adjoining field. The event runs through August 10 with nightly games booths rides and food. Instrumental acts include Hyg Keene Out Band Ink Spots The Bohellis Flames Little German Band Happy Johnny and the Middletown High School Band. Richard F. Hale is general chairman with a team of volunteers handling food and games.
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