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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1961
Page
4
The August 5 1961 page discusses colored asphalt experiments in Washington with green for throughways yellow for medians and other colors offered by a local firm. The piece questions safety clarity and urges practical use over novelty while noting broader health and infrastructure references.
Fifty years ago in Frederick H G Dorsey and Co opened a new clothing store this morning. The piece also notes other local items including church meetings and a plan for a pistol range with police training at the city range and Maryland FBI programs.
A reader urges Frederick County to attract a basic research institute noting western growth and Salk's San Diego project. The letter defends laboratory science while touting local land availability, tax benefits, and industrial inducements, calling for inquiry into objections and highlighting animal testing in Me.
A compilation notes fierce Russian resistance near Smolensk but German attacks resume in Leningrad. Ukrainian plains host heavy battles while a Russian Japanese clash reported in Manchukuo. Britain reinforces Singapore base as a large Chinese army concentrates near the Burma border. US Navy announced Northampton and Saratoga arrived at Brisbane. Reginald Stewart named conductor at Peabody Baltimore. Rain shortage threatens sugar corn crop. Frederick City Packing cites potential loss. County commissioners confirm a state insurance letter condemning three floors of Montevue for inmate use. Dr Ernest Cory expects Japanese beetle menace to fade in 3-5 years. Local draft board begins mailing questionnaires to new 21-year-old registrants.
Local society notes record visits from Cincinnati to Taneytown and Annandale guests plus a coast guard training trip. A bridge column explains the suit preference signal, detailing how signaling guides lead choices and strategic outcomes.
Emmitsburg Mrs Charles B Shorb correspondent Troop 72 met with leaders Mrs Ralph Ohler and Mrs Charles Shorb. Karen Shorb showed camp pictures and an overnight trip and cookout were discussed with final plans to come.
West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Virginia Mae Brown ruled Friday that contracts with Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of New York City are void for a state plan covering employees of state operated universities and colleges. The firm is not licensed to do business in West Virginia and no immediate comment was available. The 1961 legislature authorized the supplemental pension plan to augment the state teachers retirement system.
The city announces bicycle inspections starting Monday with locations at North Market Street, West Patrick Street, and several schools and parks. Sessions run August 17 through August 24 with times from 8 30 a m to 3 30 p m and select noon to 3 30 p m slots at Police Headquarters and Linden Hills Park. The plan also notes a shift of 2 1000 men to ADC lists from the emergency program.
CIDELIGHTS recounts the dog days superstition and summer dangers near Muncaster’s Mill in the early 1900s. Elsie White Haines recalls Maria Dorsey watching over the White family and their neighbors, noting racial tensions and the relaxed relations of that era.
Avison Corp will open its new polypropylene plant in New Castle Delaware on September 21. The facility will produce up to 100 million pounds annually for use in package film fiber resin products and other industrial items.
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Jesse Thomas McDonald age 63 of 23 Taney Apartments died Friday at Frederick Memorial Hospital after months of illness. He leaves a wife Maude Smith McDonald, children Jesse T. McDonald Jr. and Charles Vernon McDonald, and siblings Ray, Vernon, Russell, Ada, Dorthy, and Annie. Interment in Mount Olivet. funeral by Robert E. Dailey and Son. William Robert Winstead 76 of near Brunswick died at home after a long illness. Survived by wife Anna Hershberger Winstead, son Robert H. Winstead, three grandchildren, three sisters. retired B&O engineer. funeral by C. H. Feete and Brother with burial in Pine View cemetery.
Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 p m at the C C Fuss funeral home in Taneytown for Mrs Jacob Strausberg who died Monday in York Pa Rev Arthur Grove officiated Pall bearers were Fred Shank Herbert Rowe James Rowe Melvin Miller Maynard Barnhart and Larry Barnhart Interment followed in the United Church of Christ Cemetery in Taneytown
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