W Patrick Bridge To Be Repaired In Frederick
The West Patrick Street bridge over Carroll Creek will be repaired with a $3,500 SRC contract for sidewalk work. City may seek SRC payment if the preexisting agreement is ruled invalid by the attorney general. Masonry Resurfacing and Construction Co. of Baltimore to perform the repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Street
Carroll Creek
Frederick City
State Roads Commission
Market
Patrick Streets
SRC
Maryland Attorney General
Charles E. Fogle
Frederick
Police Department
North Market Street
Glen Burnie
J. T. Fritz and Sons Inc
College Estates Park
Fort Detrick
Tawes Orders Valid Bill On Redistricting
Gov. Tawes said he will not call a special session on reapportionment without the attorney general’s clearance that the plan meets the one man one vote standard. He may delay the October session to November or December if needed and wants a clear path before January. A 1966 election deadline looms under a Supreme Court mandate. Continued on Page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Tawes
Maryland Legislative Council
Supreme Court
Thomas B. Finan
Senate
House
Finan
Council
Maryland
Frederick W. Brune
Court of Appeals
Crim
Tuesday Hearing Plans Yellow Springs Shopping Center
Frederick County Commissioners will hear a rezoning case Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Winchester Hall to allow 13 acres along Md 73 west of Yellow Springs Elementary School to shift from B-1 residential to B-3 commercial use. The planning commission backs the 13-acre rezoning, while county planner Wirgan favors six acres and maintaining R-1 on a southern area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Winchester Hall
Yellow Springs
Thomas D. Kline
Kline Boulevard
Frederick
Frederick County Planning Commission
Robert W. Wirgan
Stock Market Opens Mixed as Gold Mining Shares Ease
New York AP report shows early trading sluggish in a mixed stock market with gold mining shares easing amid hesitant activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Downtown Cleanup Proposed in Frederick
The Downtown Frederick Association debates sidewalk and building improvement ideas. A committee led by Donald Hiltner will list buildings needing cleaning or painting. Members include Robert Russell and Julien Delphey. Russell urges new trash and cigarette receptacles and consulting the city architectural commission on construction style and signs and lights. He also suggests consulting the Historical Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downtown
Frederick
Donald Hiltner
Robert Russell
Julien Delphey
Russell
City Architectural Commission
The
Historical Society
Frederick firemen to practice on donated barn this weekend
Frederick City firemen return to drills this weekend at an old barn donated by Sagner Inc. adjacent to East Frederick Elementary. Captain Millard M. Mastrino coordinates the exercise with gas mask drills ladder evolutions ventilation and entry techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
King
East Frederick
Sagner, Inc
Millard M. Mastrino
United Fire Company
Mastrino
Eleven point seven million for Detrick project
The House Appropriations Committee recommended 11 771 000 for a new Fort Detrick biological laboratory and related facilities. Senate approval preceded this amount and earlier 9 2 million funded the laboratory alone. An extra 2 million covers utility plants and lab alterations at the post. Other Maryland appropriations include Naval Academy 16 68 million and Fort Meade 550 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Fort Detrick
U.S. Senate
Maryland
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Army Map Service
Edgewood Arsenal
Fort Meade
Fort Ritchie
Naval Radio Station
Naval Medical Center
Andrews Air Force Base
National Security Agency
Thurmont Parade Draws 5 000 For Fire Carnival Prizes
About 5 000 people lined Thurmont streets for the annual firemen carnival parade. Winners include Walkersville Fire Co with 75 for best appearing company, Harmony Band for top independent band, and Arcadia for longest distance. Other prizes went to Vigilant Hose Emmitsburg, Arcadia, Thurmont American Legion, Woodlawn's Woodlawnettes, Starliters Westminster, New Windsor Ladies Auxiliary, Rainbow Roller Rink Taneytown, Thurmont Grange, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmont
Walkersville Fire Co
Independent Hose Co of
Frederick
Harmony Band
The
Junior Fire Co
Damascus Fire Co
Vigilant Hose Co
Emmitsburg
Arcadia
Thurmont American Legion
Woodlawnettes
Woodlawn
Starliters
Westminster
New Windsor
the Rainbow Roller Rink
Taneytown
Thurmont Grange
Detrick Seeks Firefly Collections From Nearby Areas
Fort Detrick issues a call for firefly catchers to turn in collections next week at Building T-914 on Aug 13 from 8 30 to 11 30 a m and 1 to 3 p m. Each 100 flies earns 50 cents, with flies stored in a freezer upon arrival for research. Early collectors include Dale Starock 1400 flies Gary Miller 1000 flies and Pamela Sheetenhelm 595 flies from Frederick Thurmont Braddock Heights and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Detrick
Frederick
Braddock Heights
Hagerstown
Thurmont
Brunswick
Walkersville
J. Paul Thomas
Dale Starock
Gary Miller
Pamela Sheetenhelm
Booing at Labor Banquet Targets Maryland Congressman
The AFL-CIO president in Maryland refused to apologize for boos aimed at Rep. Charles McC. Mathias at a Washington banquet. The boos followed Mathias’s vote against Taft-Hartley Act section 14bh. Rep. Clarence D. Long urged an apology, citing his own pro labor vote on a related provision and urging respect for Mathias’s conscience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
District of Columbia
Afl-Cio
Frederick
Washington
Charles McC. Mathias
R-Md
Clarence D. Long
D-Md
Mathias
Long
Johnson signs landmark voting rights bill in Capitol
President Johnson signs the voting rights bill in the Capitol Council Room pledging to strike away the last major shackles on Negroes and announcing lawsuits to challenge Mississippi poll taxes. He outlined actions in Texas Alabama and Virginia and expected federal examiners to begin voter registration in 10 to 15 counties within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Capitol
Nicholas Katz
Enbach
Mississippi
Texas
Alabama
Virginia
Justice Department
Senate Chamber
Lincoln
White House
South
Capitol Hill
Selma
Congress
Special Viet Message On Way To LBJ
Ghana's President Kwame Nkrumah sent a special Viet Nam message to President Johnson via Foreign Minister Alex Quaison-Sackey after a Hanoi meeting with Ho Chi Minh. U.S. officials doubt it paves a peace talks breakthrough as Hanoi presses four points and seeks a settlement under Communist terms. Maxwell D Taylor briefed NSC as Saigon ambassador in his final White House session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Hanoi
Southeast Asia
National Security Council
Maxwell D Taylor
Saigon
White House
More Than Half of U.S. Men Rejected in Draft Examinations
Washington report cites Army surgeon general statistics from 1964 showing 847,511 pre induction examinations with 47 percent accepted and 53 percent rejected. Of rejections 22 percent medical, 16 percent mental, 4 percent training ability, 14 percent both medical and mental, and 17 percent for administrative reasons described as morally unfit. The piece notes shift in combat fitness criteria reflecting changing warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Surgeon General's Office
Local Draft Inductions Reported for 1964 in Frederick County
Frederick County draft boards report statistics for 1964 unavailable locally. A spokesman said only four men were inducted here last month while 27 were sent for pre induction physical examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
County Blood Program Misses Quota in Frederick County
Frederick County blood program trails its annual goal by 103 pints after a Red Cross bloodmobile visit yielded 106 pints. The 153 pint daily quota was part of a 3 048 pint yearly target. At the Evangelical Lutheran Church yesterday 125 people came, 19 deferred, 8 scheduled donors, 37 walk-ins. A 2 gallon pin and several one gallon pins were awarded to donors and organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
James A. Grove
Red Cross
Frederick
Grove
Evangelical Lutheran Church
James Schaffer
Gladys Wisner
Warren Bvxars
Leona Toms
Rose Mare Willard
Willam A Kennedy
William R Situs
Resmond H Larsen
King predicts 900000 new voters registered by end of month
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr pledges to double Negro registration with over 800 workers in six states and 34 counties covered by the voting rights bill. He told AP that at least 900,000 Southern Negroes would register by month’s end, as his civil rights collaborators intensify efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Crippled B57 bomber crashes on Nha Trang street
A U S air force B57 Canberra bomber crippled and derelict crashed explosively today on a main street in Nha Trang Viet Nam. At least 12 Vietnamese civilians were killed while 4 Americans and 63 Vietnamese were injured. The death toll was expected to rise as more bodies were believed to be in the debris. Four bombs exploded while demolition teams searched for the remaining ordnance. The two crewmen bailed out after setting autopilot to sea and landed safely. The deputy commander labeled it an accident in a combat area with the aircraft headed out to sea before returning over land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Viet Nam
API
Air Force
Nha Trang
U.S
South China Sea
2Nd
U.S Air Division
Gilbert L. Meyers
Viet Cong Suffer Heavy Casualties In July
AP reports US military spokesman says Viet Cong casualties in July were the war’s heaviest for a month, possibly a division’s worth. Viet Cong killed 3,950 and 500 captured. government losses 3,450 with 1,233 killed. Defectors reached 4,150. overall Viet Cong losses may total as high as 14,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Duc Co
Pleiku
Also Mentioned on This Page
State
J. Rolfe
Castleman
Baker Park Carillon
Dion Harris
Raymond, Whiten
Lynn Brooks
Keith Palmer
Junior Weedon
Charles Jones
Tormmy Jones
Michael Moser
MD. 73
Sagner
Fredera Memorial Hospital
Detrick
Viet Town
Lbj
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!