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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1963
Page
2
The page lists publication details and pricing for The News of Frederick Maryland dated Monday August 5 1963. It notes distribution terms by mail and carrier, advertising rates, and Associated Press membership and reprint rights statements.
Frederick water pressure stands at 40 pounds as rainfall replenishes supplies. The Great Frederick Fair catalog is mailed to county readers. Officer John H. Adams buys property on West Fifth Street. Dr SolIers Maynard dies suddenly of anvina pectoris in his office. He served as bank president and banked in state societies. Frederick’s first Chaquauqua sessions open with an address by Milton G Urner. Yellow Springs boy Louis Twentey improves after lightning injury. Frederick Aerie members cancel Baltimore parade plans due to union-musician issues. Yellow Springs Band engagements are scrapped for the event.
The article notes rising job holders and growing seekers, with employment reaching a record 70 651 000 and two consecutive months above 70 million. It cites a Labor Department view of a strengthening economy while warning the rise may be exaggerated by factors.
A historical look at the U S Weather Bureau under Francis W Reichelderfer and successor Robert M White notes its growth from a small agricultural unit to a major government agency with thousands of employees and a large budget The piece also mentions future forecasting advances and a quip about blaming weather on the weatherman Meanwhile Calvary Methodist Churchs Leader Bible Class meets with notable readings and a planned August message The report includes attendance figures and member details
Scattered showers helped ease drought in areas including Glade Valley but light in Frederick. Navy observers in Washington predict Allies may destroy or capture most of Italy’s fleet, possibly about 100 ships. Pastor Kenneth E. Bishop of York Pa is extended to Jefferson Evangelical and Reformed Church. Miss Margaret A. Rathell escaped injury when a mouse caused a crash at Seventh and Bentz. Charlie Keller homered twice as the Yankees and Tigers split a doubleheader. Frederick City earned $1.70 from six former CCC buildings’ gate receipts at Fishing Creek. Beqaves Weirville car crash at Dill Ave and North Bentz, causing a severe scalp laceration and two cars damaged.
Philip L. Graham chief of the Washington Post Company died by a gunshot at his Virginia farm. He led major publications including Newsweek and the Post. Kennedy called his loss serious and personal. Funeral services were private with a public memorial at the National Cathedral. Survived by wife and four children.
About 1,300 delegates from Maryland and surrounding states ended their ten day summer conference in Catonsville Baltimore. They studied the Bible heard talks by church leaders and reviewed world events. Dr Winton Beaven urged members to seek salvation from sins noting many attend for health finances and status.
A 45 year old Michigan man Murot Lee Gregory of Trenton died while visiting a friend at Hood College Spanish House 271 Dill Avenue Frederick. An autopsy at Frederick Memorial Hospital was scheduled to determine the cause of death after he was stricken with an apparent heart attack and pronounced dead on arrival at 11 40 p.m.
Berliner, president of the Hockward Chemical Co., had been suffering from cancer and arthritis.
Major Jorge Gutierrez former assistant military attache at the Cuban Embassy opposition to the Kennedy Administration and CIA at a Montgomery Prince Georges and Frederick counties Republican rally. He cited Miro Cardona as an early Castro premier linked to executions and military courts while living in exile in Montgomery County. The exiled diplomat said most Cubans here reject Cardona and similar figures backed by U S agencies.
The Maryland District of Columbia AFL-CIO opens its four day convention in Washington with the president election as the main issue. Incumbent Woodrow F. Strong faces challenger Charles A. Della who has broad support. Civil rights resolutions favor Kennedy programs and a statewide equal accommodations bill covering Maryland counties.
Multiple death notices from Frederick area obituaries. Vernon Colliflower, 31, formerly Graceham, died in Lexington Park. Mary Elizabeth Kefauver, 70, of East Fourth Street, died after eight weeks illness. Pauline Kepler, (225 West Patrick Street) a nurse’s aide, died at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Virgie Staley, 88, Walkersville, died at Vindebona Convalescent Home Braddock Heights. Interments at Mt Olivet Cemetery and local burial homes. Surviving spouses, children, siblings listed. services and funeral home arrangements noted.
The notice lists numerous funeral services across Frederick area towns for Mrs. Mary Grace Coblentz Emma Olive Garner Robert Weston Grimes William J. Lee Virginia Leslie Benjamin L. Haish Manetta Gertrude Powers Leonard Albert Shuff and others with dates, burial sites, pallbearers and officiating clergy. Interments mark Mount Olivet Lutheran Cemetery Park Heights Brunswick Chapel and other local cemeteries.
Sharon Lee Spring and Paul Woodrow Lewis married in a double ring ceremony at St Luke's Lutheran Church Point of Rocks officiated by Rev. Bean Antero. Bride, Frederick High School 1962 graduate, works for the Atomic Energy Commission in Germantown. Groom, Myersville native, employed by Green and Daley Contractors in Hagerstown. Reception at the bride’s grandparents home, Niagara Falls honeymoon, plan to reside near Myersville.
London report notes continued actions in the wake of Dr. Stephen Ward's suicide after being linked to Britain's sex and security scandal. Ward was acquitted on three vice charges and convicted on two counts for living off the earnings of Christine Keeler and Marilyn Rice Davies. Legal experts foresee action against two witnesses who testified. public sympathy grows as Ward’s death is reported.
Henry Ford II and Anne Ford announce a legal separation after 23 years of marriage. The couple says they entered a separation agreement and will live apart, with Ford remaining in the Detroit area and Anne moving to Southampton with their three children.
Among the sick Wesley A Ward 21 month old son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Ward East Fourth Street entered Frederick Memorial Hospital Saturday morning in satisfactory condition Also listed Rosann Baker daughter of Mr and Mrs Baker Hamilton Avenue admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital on Monday for observation and further medical care at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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