Fifty Years Ago News Briefs From the News-Post
Mrs Woodrow Wilson lies near death after four months of illness. A naval battle off the Atlantic Coast sees five British battleships and one cruiser sink two German cruisers pursuing the Lusitania. Roger A Harley of Yellow Springs elected Frederick M C A general secretary. Frederick lawyer Weinberg to speak at Creagerstown Rocky Ridge and Mt Airy events. Frank Doll and J E Kirk catch 19 bass at Catoctin along the Potomac.
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Woodrow Wilson
United States
Bright
Atlantic
New York
Roger A. Harley
Yellow Springs
Frederick County
Frederick
Rocky Ridge
Mt. Airy
Messrs
Frank Doll
J. E. Kirk
Catoctin
Potomac
Ho Chi Minh roots and North Vietnam power balance
The analysis traces Ho Chi Minh's origins and aliases, from Nghe An to Paris, and outlines his shifting roles from nationalist to Communist. It details North Vietnam's military estimates, internal factions, and the Sino-Soviet pressures shaping Hanoi's stance as Ho balances Beijing and Moscow.
Burns Seeks Annual Tax Cuts To Spur Growth
Dr. Arthur E. Burns former chairman of the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers argues for systematic yearly tax reductions if the economy grows, seeing them as best for expansion. He warns a possible 1965 recession could deepen deficits and favors modest increases in federal spending to support growth.
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Arthur E. Burns
Burns
Eisenhower
Council of Economic Advisers
Bonn Moscow summit eyed amid cautious Veto on reunification
Washington notes tentative Khrushchev Erhard talks may ease East West German strains. Aimed at signaling peaceful aims, the proposed Bonn Moscow dialogue could improve trade and culture between West Germany and the eastern bloc, while avoiding progress on German reunification.
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Washington
Khrushchev
Erhard
West Germany
Russia
Bonn
Moscow
East Germany
American tanks drive toward Rennes and Dinan in France
Twenty years ago reports describe American armor advancing near Rennes and Dinan as German resistance collapses. Captain George D. Paxson leads the 115th Infantry in the St Lo operation earning the Bronze Star. Frederick officials head to Philadelphia for Connie Mack celebration with Chamber of Commerce leaders. A post-war survey committee was formed by Mayor Gittinger to study improvements, naming Ramsburg Russell Schroeder Bowers and Walter.
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Brittany
Rennes
Dinan
France
George D. Paxson
Emmitsburg
St. Lo
R. B. Wolfe
Orville Amick
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Frederick
Philadelphia
Connie Mack
Hugh V. Gittinger
Jacob R. Ramsburg
T. Edgie Russell
Herbert S. Schroeder
Charles F. Bowers
W. Raymond Walter
Civil Rights Workers vanish after FBI search trip
FBI agents traced six hours in custody in a sleepy Mississippi town as three civil rights workers disappeared after a June 21 return trip to Meridian. Their car was found burned two days later twenty miles from the body site. Parents and a widow mourn while vows to continue activism rise nationwide.
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Philadelphia
Meridian
Mississippi
Jackson
Mereidian
Ben
James
Chaney
Robert Goodman
Andy
White House
Goodman
New York
Washington
Rita Schwerner
Charles William III Born to Shuff Family of El Paso
Mr. and Mrs. William Shuff Sr. of El Paso Texas announce the birth of their second child and first son Charles William III born Wednesday weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces Mrs Shuff is the former Penny Patton. Mr. Shuff is the son of Mr and Mrs William Shuff Sr of Frederick RFD 3
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SP-5
William Shuff Sr
el Paso
Texas
Charles William III
Shuff
Penny Patton
RFD
Frederick
Ben Blue Indicted for Tax Evasion in Los Angeles
Federal grand jury charges 63 year old comedian Ben Blue with six counts of income tax evasion for 1958 to 1960. Authorities say he failed to pay about 59334 in personal and corporate taxes.
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Ben Blue
Los Angeles
U.N. Debate on Vietnam Attacks and North Vietnam Invite
In a U N Security Council session, Morozov proposed inviting North Vietnam to discuss the Gulf of Tonkin incidents. Stevenson supported inviting Hanoi and Saigon participation, while Morozov dismissed U S officials as “flunkies.” Britain’s Jackling endorsed U S actions to prevent further ship attacks.
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Morozov
United States
Nielsen
Stevenson
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Southeast Asia
Johnson
Asia
U.N
Roger W. Jackling
Britain
Maryland clamming debate tests Potomac river limits
Maryland officials weigh clamming rules as the Potomac River Commission meets in Colonial Beach Virginia. Dammers urge no catch limits while opponents cite preserving Chesapeake Bay resources and market competition with Maine. Legislative delays aim to balance industry growth with conservation.
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Maryland Commission
Potomac River Commission
Colonial Beach
Maryland
Potomac
New England
Harrison
Legislative Council
Fletcher Hanks
Maine
Hanks
Chesapeake Bay
Local Health Notes From Dickerson and Nearby
Among the sick Mrs Ada Ford convalesces at her North Bentz Street home after leaving Frederick Memorial Hospital on July 24. James A Stull of Dickerson admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital with blood poisoning of the left hand. He works for Bowell Tile Company in Rockville. Mrs Julian Matthews returns home to Dickerson after a surgical hospital stay. W K Matthews of Dickerson remains in medical care. Margie Streams of Dickerson is a surgical patient at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda for three weeks. George Moxley, long in a nursing home, now living with son and daughter in law George Moxley Jr. of Dickerson. Austin Shepley moved from Middletown to Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown for major surgery. Transfer made by Gladhill ambulance.
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Ada Ford
North Bentz Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
James A. Stull
Dickerson
Bowell Tile Company
Rockville
Julian Matthews
W. K. Matthews
Margie Streams
Suburban
Bethesda
George Moxley
George Moxley Jr
Austin Shepley
Middletown
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Gladhill
U S Military Buildup Tensions In Gulf Of Tonkin Crisis
The United States plans to respond to North Viet Nam attacks with air power and reserves ground forces at 5 000 max while delaying troop expansion. Ambassador Taylor, 16 300 to 16 500 U S personnel in South Viet Nam, and gray alert precautions followed two Saigon bomb incidents. Premier Nguyen Khanh calls for national unity amid the crisis.
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Hey
United States
North Viet Nam
International Control Commission
Viet Nam
U.S
South Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
Gulf of Tonkin
Gulf of Tonin
Ba Ring
Ba Xuyen
Saigon
da Nay
Nguyen Khanh
Warwick boys entombed in tunnel cave in rain
In a tunnel cave in during heavy rain in Warwick, Michael J. Kasek Jr and Frank J. Laprochina Jr were buried and died. Bruce Charon, 15, escaped after sand poured over him while William E. Underwood Jr, 13, was buried up to his chest and survived after two hours forty minutes of rescue before returning to watch the bodies a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Charon
Michael J.kasek Jr
Frank J. Laprochina Jr
Warwick
William E. Underwood Jr
Lalso
Kasek
Laprochina
Underwood
Milk War Reported By Alaska Farmers In Trouble
Local farmers in Anchorage engage in a milk war amid no meat market for calves and milk dumping. News sent by Sp. Ellis H. Hardendorf from Fort Richardson, Alaska, to Frank A. Main and Doris L. Main in Lewistown describes widespread farm distress.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Frank A. Main
Lewistown
Ellis H. Hordendorf
Fort Richardson
Hardendorf
Doris L. Main
Deaths List Across Area Claims Multiple Local Figures
The obituary page reports the deaths of Mrs. Linnie E. Eyler widow of Owen W. Eyler aged 91 of Waynesboro also Harvey M. Houck farmer of Liberty Road Sykesville Floyd W. Louden of Martinsburg W V Mrs Lillie Gertrude Miller Martinsburg Pamela widow of Clarence Snider etc. Details include birthplaces daughter survivors funeral arrangements and interment locations in Green Hill Pipe Creek Rosedale Mount Olivet and Frederick Memorial Park among others.
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Owen W. Eyler
Linnie E. Eyler
Waynesboro
Carroll County
William F
Mary Catherine Six
Taneytown
William F. Six
Walkersville
Nora Adams
Middletown
Funeral for Mrs Estie Irene Umberger
The funeral of Mrs Estie Irene Umberger widow of Harry Lee Umberger who died Sunday at Frederick Memorial Hospital was held Wednesday at 10 30 a m from the funeral home 106 East Church street Rev Dr Raymond E Wil helm of Grace United Church of Christ officiated Members of the Samaritan Rebekah Lodge No 51 the Ladies Auxiliary of the Jr Fire Engine Co and the Faithful Circle Bible Class attended as an honor guard Pallbearers Harold K Staley William Kolb Lloyd Hoover Karl Zimmerman Sr William Westerdale and Ira Ray Interment was in Mount Cemetery
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Estie Irene Umberger
Harry Lee Umberger
Frederick Memorial Hospital
East Church Street
Raymond E. Wilhelm
Grace United
Church of Christ
Samaritan Rebeccah Lodge
Jr. Fire Engine Co
Faithful Circle Bible Class
Harold K. Staley
William Kolb
Lloyd Hoover
Karl Zimmerman Sr
William Westerdale
Ira Ray
Mount
Federal Housing Units in Maryland Segregation Noted
The Urban League cites 78 John Hansen Homes units with 42 occupied by Negroes and 36 by whites and notes that projects built before November 21 1962 were exempt from integration under the old policy. It lists Maryland cities Annapolis Baltimore Cumberland and Hagerstown with remaining all Negro or all white projects and urges swift compliance without immediate federal aid cutoffs. The National Urban League describes its mission in equal housing health education and employment access.
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John Hansen
Main
Maryland
The
Urban League
Annapolis
Baltimore
Cumberland
Hagerstown
League
Johnson
America
National Urban League
New Director Leads Puffenberger In YMCA Training Plan
Puffenberger becomes director of Cumberland Y M C A day camp and leads a new director room and practical skill training for physical education. He will coordinate with the counselor program and build leagues using YMCA and community facilities until the new building opens in 1966.
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Y.M.C.A
Puffenberger
Cumberland Y.M.C.A
Cumberland
Fort Hill
Annapolis
Mt. Tabor Methodist Church
Oldtown
Frederick
Frederick Sagner Bequeaths $5000 to YMCA and Hospital
Frederick Sagner a local manufacturer of men's clothing bequeathed $500 to the YMCA and $500 to the Frederick Memorial Hospital. He died July 16 in Puerto Rico. The estate, estimated above $1 million, was probated yesterday in Baltimore.
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Stanley Sagner
YMCA
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Sagner
Puerto Rico
Baltimore
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Northiet Nam
Ho Chi’ Minh
Nghe An
North Annam
Cook Escoffier
London
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Paris
League For the Rights of Man
French Socialist Party
Leon Blum
Marcel Cachin
Nguyen Ai Quoc
Cachin
French Communist Party
Indochina
Chungking
China
Chang Fa-kwei
Lien Viet
United National Front
Lao Dong
Communist) Workers’ Party
North
Vo Nguyen Giap
Dien Bien Phu
le Duan
Sumit
FBI
Harvey M. Houck
Liberty Road
Sykesville
Freedom
Carroll County General Hospital
Westminster
Milton
Fanny Houck
Gladys Knox Houck
Marvin K
Robert R. Clark
Margaret Buckingham
Buckeystown
DeWitt Kemp
Charles
Mount Airy
Winfield
Walter Zabel
Wesley Freedom Methodist Church
Pipe Creek
Floyd W. Louden
Floyd William Louden
Martinsburg
W. Va
Charles Oden Louden
Charles Louden
Ruth Smalley
Charlotte Abshire
Nancy Lewis
Russell LaFage
Roda Myers
Bertie Louden
Hedgesville
Charles T. Miller
Lillie Gertrude Miller
Charles Turner Miller
Maple Glen
Thomas Herr
Louisa Mason Russell
Harry T. Miller
Edith Jennings
Mildred Harrison
Brunswick
Lottie Hasson
Emma Miller
Louis Markett
Burkittsville
Brunswick - Knoxville
Italy
Markett
Ida Lucma Markett
Mary Lou Smith
C.h.feete and Brother
Ralph Miller
Union Cemetery
Clarence M. Snider
Bessie Neal Snider
Inlaw
Catherine M. Snider
Adam Road
Penn
William Luther
Annie Saylor Neal
G. Thornton Snider
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Alton Putman
Knoxville
Clarence A. Neal
Chambersburg
Snider
Evangelical Lutheran Church
North Market Street
Carroll L. Boyer
Good Shepherd Lutherans Church
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Robert E. Dailey and Son
John L. Stanley
Inez Stephens Stanley
Norfolk, Va
City Recreation Bureau
Norfolk
Professor Linwood
Mary Snyder Stephens
John
Leonard Stanley
Epworth Methodist Church
Senior Citizens Club
Dorothy 5. Gurganous
Betty D’allessandro
Brooklyn
Joseph S. Stanley
John Leonard Stanley Jr
Harrisburg
Thomas F. Kennedy
Joseph Stephens
Donald Stephens
Frank Weant
Granger Street
Hanover
Penna
Hanover General Hospital
Holland and
Pheebe Markle Weant
May Lookinghill
Brookfield Manor
Middleburg
Brethren Church
York
C.C. Fuss and Son
Herman Koontz
Keysville Cemetery
Harry W. Wilt
Mary Cecelia Wilt
Lovettsville
Charles and
Rosa Wade Baker
Zion Lutheran Church
Alma Wilt
Arlington
Estelle Rust
Homasassa Springs
Fla
Lloyd Wilt
Purcellville
Thornton Wilt
Alexandria
Rachel Stone
Brown Funeral Home
Lutheran Cemetery
Martin L. Wachter Jr
Nellie F. Wachter
Trail Avenue
Wachter
Charles M
Ida May Hamilton Winpigler
Lewis Burall
Robert G. Kettells
East Orange
George Edward Walters
Clark Rist
Mt. Carmel Methodist Church
Preston Long
Edward Shade
Walter Clem
Roy Grave
Jesse Clary
William Kenny
Memorial Park
Linden Hills
M. R. Etchison and Son
Ross Lewis
Milwaukee Journal
Federal Housing
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