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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1964
Page
22
The weekend temperature drop into the 50s signals autumn’s approach. Katydids sound, frost rumors rise, days shorten, and schools prepare to open next month. Market shelves overflow with corn, tomatoes, beans, squash, and peaches as fall merchandise appears. Perseid meteors light the sky while auto makers push 1965 models earlier.
A letter from James W. Alexander of Frederick defends FBI and government efforts against communism and criticizes the John Birch Society. He praises press and public information channels while arguing against Birch tactics and “None Dare Call It Treason” as distortive. He urges unity in America and suggests joining the Democratic Party for patriotic engagement.
German city trial uses yellow flags at street crossings to signal cars and protect pedestrians. Flags stored at curb sides. walkers take a flag to cross and drop it in the opposite holder, prompting drivers to yield. The idea could improve safety and perhaps extend lifespans.
The writer critiques a Thursday letter about Patriots and suppression of patriotism. He condemns religious and political intolerance while defending honest expression of differences. Citing Senators Russell Ervin Dirksen Talmadge Taft, he argues against smearing conservatives and notes his thirteen years studying Russia and communism.
Official Brussels figures report German casualties at Liege with 1 000 killed 20 000 wounded and 9 700 taken prisoner. An Anti Saloon League meeting in Frederick county outlines voter classifications War Dry and Doubtful for the campaign. Rep David J Lewis enters Democratic renomination race for Congress in the Sixth Maryland District. A motorcycle accident on East Patrick street after a shower injures a woman and damages the bike.
Berlin radio reports eight ex officers were executed two hours after trial ending for complicity in the attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler. In other items Fredericksburg banks show deposits totaling 28.23 million dollars after year 1944. Allied air raids widen over France near Caen. Jaycee postwar plans show many veterans want their old jobs back. Col Douglas McNair, 37, son of Lt Gen Lesley J McNair, dies in Guam.
Members of the Lutheran Church Women of Mt Zion Lutheran Church near Feagaville met Tuesday evening at Mrs Harry E Young’s home with Mrs Young hosting and leading. Mrs Evelyn Zimmerman reported highlights from the Maryland Lutheran Church Women’s Convention held June 24 and 25 in Gettysburg PA and a committee was appointed to plan the October LCW Anniversary Dinner where Secret Sisters names will be revealed. The program theme Called To Be centered on what is Christian calling how we are called and how we answer God’s call in our lives. Refreshments followed.
A Smyrna, Delaware man identified as James O. Seager Sr., 67, died after the car his wife drove collided with a truck driven by Puerto Rican National Guardsman Juan Lopez at the U.S. 113 and Delaware 62 intersection near Georgetown. His wife was hospitalized in fair condition. Lopez was training in Bethany Beach.
Russell Hoffman of Boonsboro Maryland writes August 1 1964 defending belief in the U S form of government and responds to accusations of communist sympathy from critics including the John Birch Society. He says he has great confidence in the system.
Pope Paul VI flies 75 miles by helicopter from Castel Gandolfo to Orvieto for Mass and a Corpus Christi observance. It is the first papal helicopter trip and the longest since his Holy Land flight in January. The encyclical Ecclesiam Suam urges dialogue with the modern world amid global tensions.
UN says both Greek and Turkish Cypriots observed the ceasefire while U Thant orders UN police to deter further clashes on the northwest coast. Turkey vows jet patrols until enforcement and Greek Cypriots withdraw from recent gains. Cyprus government remains divided with Makarios’s political strength at stake as cabinet factions argue over Greece or the Soviet Union.
Under the city anti poverty fund a new emergency program pays youths $1.50 an hour. The first 200 youths were placed Friday but 26 are on the payroll immediately. Twenty four weed cutters on streets and two girls selected as clerk typists.
The report notes Red Chinese aircraft arriving in North Vietnam as officials discuss whether U S Navy planes have been deployed to monitor possible Chinese flights. Sylvester states no additional U S aircraft are needed, as contingency plans were prepared previously.
The 13th Coast Guards District handled 105 cases over a weekend but faced unguarded moments. Rescue efforts included pulling 76 year old Mrs. Josephine Bruening from mud near Deppe Bay Oregon after she and another woman became stuck while digging for clams ten miles south of Newport. Authorities recovered a body in the surf.
In Baltimore AP: The Public Service Commission rejected a government bid to dismiss Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co of Maryland rate increase. Government lawyers warned the hike would raise federal Maryland phone costs by about 250000 this year while the overall Maryland bill runs near five million dollars annually. Hearings resumed on a 40 cent monthly rise for private lines 25 cents for party lines and 10 cents for extensions.
In recent weeks Barry Goldwater has kept speeches appearances and press comments tight as in California with taped television appearances and written questions. Rhoderick says Goldwater is making his ideas clear but supports a debate with President Johnson though Goldwater has shown lukewarm interest lately.
Beall calls a compromise bill the best effort to balance national interest with local government needs. He notes Rep Rogers Morton introduced a similar bill in a bipartisan move to end controversy over federal development. Brewster warns urban growth will shrink places for fishing swimming camping and wildlife on Assateague Island.
Am bus h, 29, was stopped at a traffic light on East Saints Street heading west when he reversed at high speed and struck a telephone pole in front of the Greyhound Bus Terminal. Officers Shepney and Ashbaugh investigated. 52 feet of skid marks appeared as brakes were applied before impact. In Morgantown, 95 year old William Virts, a Swanton sheep farmer, is WVU Hospital’s oldest patient, near his 96th birthday awaiting cataract surgery. his niece Blanche Lowell resides on East Church Street.
Obituaries note the deaths of Mrs. Mary Florence Creeger 74 of Thurmont and Knoxville resident Joseph D. Dorsey 75, plus Mrs. Gertie Karn and Horatio Leese. Services and interments planned in Thurmont Petersville Burkittsville and Manchester areas with family survivors listed.
Outdoor cooks claim cooking hamburgers near white hot coals and searing both sides may reduce patty shrinkage.
Funeral services were held for Paul Franklin Clark in Knoxville with interment at Mount Olivet. Also noted are services for Mrs. Bessie Neal Snider in Knoxville, Cora R. Schroyer of Myersville, Harvey W. King of Purdum, and other local departures with details on locations, officiants, pallbearers, and cemeteries.
Mrs. Steven Geisbert of Frederick Junction known as Aunt Cornelia marks her 93rd birthday today. Little Rebecca Jean Ritter daughter of Mr and Mrs Nicolas Ritter near Walkersville will celebrate her first birthday on Wednesday.
Frederick residents recall Revolution era sites as descendants from Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia Ohio Tennessee Kentucky and Missouri attend a national reunion. Judge Edward Delaplaine lists Barracks Trinity Chapel as oldest public buildings while noting Prospect Hall Rose Hill and a Bentz Street house once owned by Roger Brooke Taney.
General facts include Alaska state employees earning the highest weekly pay at 147.99 dollars in October while Tennessee is lowest at 65.08 dollars. California’s second highest weekly average is 124.69 dollars. A coal fire in Australia’s mountains burns for about 800 years, origins unknown. The Great Lakes formed 10,000 years ago from melted glaciers. Ny Alesund on Spitsbergen is the northernmost town. Mt. Washington linked to 231 mph winds remains the strongest recorded on Earth. Antarctic blizzards reach extreme 100 mph winds with gusts near 200 mph.
The Wolfsville Picnic proceeds go to St Mark's Lutheran Church Cemetery Corporation. Miss Peggy Schultz faces minor surgery at Children’s Hospital in Baltimore after a Sunday School rescue. The event, at Smith’s Woods near the church, features cakes crafts and refreshments with music by the Wolfsville Concert Band and tables provided by the Wolfsville Lutheran Club.
A Frederick man said he was blinded by oncoming headlights and wrecked his 1956 sedan on Md. 26 near here around midnight. Floyd W. Haines escaped injury, left road, struck guard rails, investigation by Sgt. Jack L. Forsythe found no charges filed. Copters Expected. The Core carrying helicopters for U.S. forces in Thailand due Thursday.
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