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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1961
Page
9
Bolivar area notes recount hospital visits, homecomings, and church events. Memorial services honor Walter Costello, with survivors listed, while locals celebrate visitors, stork shower guests, and a Webb reunion scheduled at Braddock Heights. Flocks of birds draw area curiosity as late summer social activity continues.
Detroit reports outline how auto contract negotiations influence wages and living costs nationwide. The piece notes automation advances, cost-of-living escalators, pension plans, SUB benefits, severance pay, and mobility options for workers facing plant relocations. It highlights the auto industry’s broad employment impact and cross-cutting effects on wages and benefits.
Community calendar items include the Bolivar Methodist Sunday School picnic set for August 20 at Braddock Heights, the Friendship Fire Company carnival August 14 to 19 with a parade on August 16, and local visits by families to relatives in Bolivar and Cumberland. Also noted are hospital visits for Carroll Rockenbaugh, a Charles Town reunion for a 1936 graduate, and Maryland land condemnation creating part of the Harpers Ferry monument area, with social visits from Washington and New York residents.
Howard County trucker Donald H Angle escaped injury in a Tuesday crash at the Maryland 255 Maryland 468 intersection near Galesville. Car driver John H Ream, 70, Pasadena California, died and five passengers were severely hurt in the collision. Red China opens an exhibit in Accra Ghana with 3300 classes including buses tractors and harvesters. The Soviet Union and East Germany also display products. a U S trade fair is planned for November.
The Maryland Delaware Crop Reporting Service says William Redapples and Golden Jubilee and Triogem peaches near peak in Hancock area this week with Sunhigh and Halehaven peaches at full swing in about a week. Field crops show excellent progress as 80 percent of corn is in as ses and 65 percent silked. alfalfa second cut nearing completion. Eastern Shore third alfalfa cut underway. 25-30 percent of Kent County Delaware potatoes harvested. heavy rains added moisture to Delmar Peninsula while soil moisture remains low in Southern Maryland and Somerset County. Cantalarup harvest nearing peak in Wi comico County and about 30 percent of watermelon picked.
The Evening Star found only one of seven top Washington area Civil Defense officials actually has a fallout shelter. G. Roy Hartwig, retired rear admiral and Montgomery County Civil Defense chief, has had one for three years. The others plan to build shelters or have other plans.
Democratic National Chairman John M. Batley announced Matthew A Reese of Huntington West Virginia as special assistant and director of operations with charge of a voter registration drive. Reese previously served as executive director of the Kennedy primary campaign in West Virginia. Bailey also named William Logue of Towson Maryland as comptroller of the committee.
The Bowlus Reunion will be held Saturday at Gapland State Park starting at 2 p.m. The event gathers Bowlus descendants and friends for an afternoon gathering at the park.
Princess Alexandra, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and noted goodwill emissary, adds Aden to her fall tour. The 24 year old royal previously planned visits to Hong Kong Japan Burma and Thailand during the itinerary.
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