Germantown Growth Boom Forecast Raises Local Hopes
Germantown along Interstate 70S near Rockville is eyed as Maryland's next growth hub with a 60,000 population forecast by 2000. IBM and Fairchild plants loom, land prices spike, and Kingsview Knolls plans 100 homes plus a shopping center as developers expect rapid zoning and bus service for government workers. Locals question where all the people will come from as farms sell for future development.
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Rockville
Germantown
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning
Washington
Montgomery County
Atomic Energy Commission
National Bureau of Standards
International Business Machines
Fairchild & Hiller Co
IBM
Kingsview Knolls
Schaeffer Road
Robert Varnon
Kingsview Knolls Development Corporation
Luci Johnson Visits Waukegan for Weekend Stay
Luci Baines Johnson, daughter of the President, spent a second weekend in Waukegan Illinois visiting the home of Mr and Mrs Jerry Nugent. She has been seen with Nugents son Pat and attended Marine Lt Girard Nugent's wedding to Phyllis Carr of Waukegan.
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Waukegan, Ill
Luci Baines Johnson
Waukegan
Miss Johnson
Jerry Nugent
Medicare Plan Focuses on Hospital Care For Aged
Medicare and Social Security health coverage centers on hospital care for those 65 plus. Benefits cover up to 90 days per spell, with 40 dollar deductible and daily co pays after 60 days. Outpatient X rays and diagnostics receive limited coverage with initial 20 dollar deductible every 20 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Troanner
Medicare
Christian Science
First Church of Christ
Boston
Utah towns rally to help escaped killer turn himself in
Tilton James Hall 59, living in Grantsville and Wendover under aliases, confessed to escaping from the West Virginia Penitentiary in 1948 after 16 years among Utah communities. Residents urge letters to officials seeking parole or clemency for a man described as honest and steady, who spent 18 years of a life sentence before fleeing.
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Tooele
Utah
Tilton James Hall
Western Pacific Railroad
Hall
Melvin J. Hurley
Grantsville
Wendover
West Virginia
War Eagle
W. Va
Elko
New
Spanien
Utah –Nevada
Darius Lowe
Ketterman Reunion Held In Waynesboro
The thirteenth Ketterman family reunion gathered over 190 members and guests at Cold Springs near Waynesboro Pennsylvania. A basket lunch followed a opening scripture by Jack For row of Hagerstown and plans were set for the next meeting on the third Sunday in July at Cold Springs Park. Elected officers included Mrs J Raymond Tosten president and Mrs Elzie Forrow vice president both of Hagerstown plus other posting officials.
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Ketterman
Cold Springs
Waynesboro
Jack Forrow
Hagerstown
Cold Springs Park
J. Raymond Tosten
Elzie Forrow
Hagers
Local Volunteers Award Social Club Prizes in Chambersburg
In Knoxville RFD 1 assistant treasurer event prizes were given for oldest man John Carey 78 and oldest woman Mrs John Carey 75 both of Chambersburg Pa and youngest girl Tina Hughes six and a half months, youngest boy Joseph Ketterman 32 weeks. Married longest couple Mr and Mrs John Carey and married shortest Mr and Mrs Barry Lautenslager of Chambersburg. Largest family doubles with Albert Robinson and John Carey and Carl Knaub of Manchester winning traveling the farthest. Other prizes went to Steve Stopper Teresa Ashbaugh Loretta Carey and Steven Stoppard Sherry Karen Randy and Wendy Knaub John Carey Tammey Fleshman Franklington Pa Steve Pearson Knoxville Pa.
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RFD
Knoxville
John Carey
Chambersburg
Tina Hughes
Joseph Ketterman
Barry Lautenslager
Chambersburg Pa
Albert Robinson
Carl Knaub
Manchester
Steve Stopper
Teresa Ashbaugh
Frederick
Loretta Carey
Steven Stoppard
Sherry
Karen
Randy
Wendy Knaub
Tammey Fleshman
Franklingtown
Steve Pearson
World War I Conscientious Objectors Hold 27th Reunion
Conscientious objectors from Maryland and Pennsylvania met at Union Bridge for their 27th annual reunion. About 76 members from Mennonites Friends Church of the Brethren and Jehovah’s Witnesses declined the draft for World War II due to religious principles. John D. Roop of Linwood chaired and praised Union Bridge hospitality and the Legion’s nonpicket stance. A panel discussed the question If I were 18.
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Union Bridge
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Mennonites, Friends
Church of the Brethren and
Jehovan’s Witnesses
John D. Roop
Linwood
American Legion
Triple Fatal Tip Wins Top Award
A tip about a triple fatal accident near Middletown topped the Frederick News-Post July contest. Prizes ranged from 5 to 1 dollars for tips on a double drowning, a Frederick street shooting, and various local incidents including a train wreck and a tractor trailer crash.
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Middletown
Frederick News-Post
Harpers Ferry
Frederick Street
Emmitsburg
Linwood
U.S. 40
Frederick
Tip
Deaf Man Perfects Midget Transistor Hearing Aid
A hard of hearing inventor unveils a tiny transistor hearing aid that makes whispered speech clear. The device, described by the creator who has ten years of hearing loss, promises no-cost information upon writing HEARING at 2% E. 9th St., Erle, Pa.
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Erle
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Federal Depot Drive-In
SEA Pet
Frederick, Md
Oarchive
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Heart of Plan
United States
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Poin
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Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
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Terry Road
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U.S.C.A
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IER Company
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