Frederick County towns push ahead with midcentury progress
Frederick County communities advance water and sewage planning zoning and fire protection while courting industry through economic planning. Officials warn against becoming a mere bedroom county as growth near Baltimore and Washington accelerates, urging sound development and regional cooperation. North Vietnam rejects UN probing of Tonkin incidents and aligns with China, signaling potential expanded conflict in Southeast Asia. US braces for possible retaliation and Chinese aid to North Vietnam.
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Frederick County
Baltimore
Washington
North Vietnam
United Nations
United States
Gulf of Tonkin
China
Southeast Asia
Peking
Laos
Vietnam
Cambodia
Red China
Korea
Frederick News Letter and Public Opinion Letters
The page reprints editorials and letters from August 1964 criticizing and supporting political figures. Edward Rice decries federal overreach and praises Goldwater while Marianne G Hughes defends balanced reporting and urges fair and informed voting. The letters reflect debates on federal power, judiciary influence, and the 1964 election.
Letters To The Editor On Safe Sound Government
A Letter to The Post criticizes extremism and praises moderate governance. It contrasts dissenters at the San Francisco Convention with supporters of Barry Goldwater and cites historical figures like Martin Luther and John Wesley as extremists in defense of liberty.
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San Francisco
Barry Goldwater
Martin Luther
Christ
John Wesley
Local Birthdays and Visits Highlight Small Town Notes
Wayne D Brachey of Yellow Springs turns 21 Thursday Elton Myers son of Boote Myers also of Yellow Springs reaches 31 today Cathy Staley of RFD 7 marked her fifth birthday tomorrow David A Staley of Raleigh NC celebrates his fourth birthday Saturday Grandchildren of Carl C Staley Jr of this city visit also Maurice Holbruner and Bertha Engle of Woodsboro spent Tuesday with foster daughter Mrs William H Burdette Marie Beall and others returned from the World’s Fair in New York City Mrs Claude Compher Ballenger Creek road left by train to attend the funeral of her cousin's husband in Chicago Meikle died Sunday of a heart attack.
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Wayne D. Brachey
Yellow Springs
Elton Myers
Boote Myers
Cathy Sue Staley
Thomas E. Staley
RFD 7
David Allen Staley
Carl C. Staley Jr
Raleigh
N. C
Carl C. Staley
Maurice Holbruner
Bertha Engle
Woodsboro
William H. Burdette
Holbrimer
Marie Beall
Allis
Dennmis Saylor
Gaithersburg
Jack Heller
New York City
Claude Compher
Ballenger Creek Road
John Meikle
Chicago
Ill
Meikle
Optimistic Update on Italian President After Stroke
Doctors issued another optimistic bulletin on President Antonio Segni in Rome. The report said he passed a tranquil night, slept for several hours, and that his general condition remains good with regular pulse and breathing.
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Rome
Antonio Segni
The
Republic
Fifty Years Ago Items From the News Post Files
Fifty years ago August 12 1914 items include Mrs Woodrow Wilson burial at Myrtle Hill Rome Ga beside her parents and Emperor Yoshihito racing to Tokyo amid rumors of Japan Germany war. Uncle Billy Hilton buried at Mt Olivet Frederick with final rites at the grave. German attack on Fort Seraing near Liege repulsed with heavy losses as a bridge crosses the fort line is shattered.
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Woodrow Wilson
White House
Myrtle Hill
Rome
Tokyo
Japan
Germany
Emperor Yoshihito
Billy” Hilton
Frederick
Mt. Olivet
Potter’s Field
Seraing
Liege
Twenty Years Ago Highlights in Frederick County
Wartime notes from August 12 1944 record surgical dressings pause due to gauze shortage delaying 300000 more units. Frederick City Hospital reports July as busiest month with 477 treated 378 admitted 56 births. Miss Ann Lee Tipton to sponsor Liberty Ship S M Shoemaker for 4 H merit. Mullinix Park hosts 27 entries in flower and garden show judged by Esther Grinage Hallie Reid and Ricardo Whiting. Francis Scott Key Post 11 installs new officers with J Nelson Tribby presiding. Commander Thomas E Williams succeeds Lawrence Willard.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Frederick City Hospital
Board of Managers
Georgianna Houck
Esther Grinage
Hallie Reid
Ricardo Whiting
Francis Scott Key Post No. 11
American Legion
Legion Home
J. Nelson
Jack Tribby
Baltimore
Department of Maryland
Thomas E. Williams
Lawrence Willard
Local Health Notes From Frederick Memorial Hospital
Among the sick Mrs. Mary V. Morgan wife of Frederick restaurant owner has returned home after major surgery July 20 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She is confined but improving nicely. Mr. Merril Toms on West South street underwent surgery at Frederick Memorial Hospital last Wednesday and is improving satisfactorily. James A. Rollins on North Market street is a surgical patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Lawrence Powell operator of Agathas Beauty Shop underwent surgery at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore and is getting along nicely. Mr. Vernon J. Smith a surgical patient at University Hospital in Baltimore returned home near Central on Monday.
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Mary V. Morgan
Donald J. Morgan
Frederick
East Eighth Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Merril Toms
West South Street
James A. Rollins
North Market Street
Rollins
Pope Encyclical Signals Slow Road to Unity
Geneva AP report quotes Dr. W A Visser t Hooft general secretary of the World Council of Churches saying Pope Paul VI's encyclical shows Christian unity remains distant. He calls the document encouraging for ongoing dialogue among Protestants Anglicans and Orthodox groups representing 209 denominations.
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Geneva
W. A. Visser't Hooft
World Council of Churches
Paul
Kennedy Senate Bid Hurdles and Residency Talk
RFK Hat praises Kennedy as a potential New York senate candidate while not an outright endorsement. Kennedy’s eligibility has been challenged in some quarters but backers argue a residence in New York by election day would satisfy constitutional requirements.
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Kennedy
Senate
New York
U.S
Steers urges Black voters to back Goldwater civil rights record
Steers claims information shows many Negroes not hostile to Goldwater and cites Maryland General Assembly and House voting on civil rights. He asks Negroes to learn Goldwater's civil rights record and support him, even quietly.
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Steers
Goldwater
Maryland General Assembly
House of Representatives
Senator Goldwater
Maryland tax hike eyed to raise 325 million without new taxes
Analysts predict state revenues could reach 375 million for the next fiscal year starting July 1 1965 if current tax trends persist. An emergency 6 million deficiency fund remains, while governor Tawes could cover 38 million in additional spending without a tax increase.
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Goldstein
Tawes
Young
Taylor cites Tonkin crisis as warning to stay ready
General Taylor says the Tonkin Gulf crisis shows the need for readiness to respond to aggression at any level. He asserts U S forces are prepared with adequate surges and equipment for any scenario and notes no plans to use South Viet Nam bases against the Viet Cong, while dodging questions about Chinese stationing.
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Viet Nam
Taylor
Gulf of Tonkin
Washington
North
U.S
South Viet Nam
Fleming and Ian Fleming Connections Noted
The piece highlights Ian Fleming's role as head of the U S Central Intelligence Agency and his literary fame. It links his life to his hero Bond and outlines Fleming’s education and WWII service. It also mentions his marriage to Anne Geraldine and his brother Peter Fleming. Mrs Kennedy vacation news follows with Porto Ercole visits and royal greetings.
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U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Fleming
Anne Geraldine
Rothermere
Lord Rothermere
Peter Fleming
Ian Fleming
Eton College
Sandhurst
West Point
Munich
Geneva
British ‘Naval Intelligence
Reuters
Chile heads toward presidential vote amid expropriation debate
Chilean voters face a campaign over whether the state should seize U S copper companies. Salvad or Allende backs a strong anti American line while Eduardo Frei to date avoids expropriation. A major labor group vows nationwide retaliation after the Cuba break, which the OAS mandated. The United States welcomed Chile's move.
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Chile
U.S
Cuba
Salvador Allende
Eduardo Frei
Frei
Central of Workers
Havana
Organization of American States
Washington
OAS
Gemini Flight Schedules Unmanned Test Amid Delayed Timeline
The Gemini program remains on the original timetable despite delays, with unmanned first flight planned for the third quarter of 1964. Dr. Gilruth and Mathews reiterate no change to the announced schedule as work continues at Cape Kennedy to prepare the launch pad and Titan II vehicle for the December flight.
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Manned Spacecraft Center
Mathews
Robert Gilruth
Gilruth
Virgil Grissom
John W. Young
Cape
Cape Kennedy
Two Found Dead In Washington Apartment
A 66 year old salesman and his 63 year old wife were found shot to death in their Tow ers apartment in Washington. Police described the scene as murder suicide with a typed note predicting the husband would send his wife to her maker and would follow. Their son Herbert Wilson Jr. arrived after telegrams and found the bodies. The elder Wilson sold carports and home construction items.
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Washington
Herbert R. D. Wilson
Madora
Towers
Nunzio Bonacorriy
Bonaccorsy
Wilson
Golf money leaders on PGA tour top ten thousand
Forty golfers earned ten thousand dollars or more in the first six months of the current PGA tour. Analysts note that such a total would have led the money list in previous years.
Deaths of Mrs. Rippeon and Mrs. McDonough notable local deaths
Mrs. Gertie Ellen Rippeon, widow of Raymond P. Rippeon, 70, died Tuesday at Springfield State Hospital Sykesville. Surviving relatives include son Reginald T. Rippeon and several siblings. services Friday at 1:30 p.m. at Union Bridge funeral home. Burial in Mt. Union cemetery. Mrs. Nellie Hunichen McDonough died suddenly in Ocean City while visiting her daughter. Born near Frederick, she leaves a son, daughter, four grandsons, a brother, and nieces and nephews. requiem mass today at St. Helena Church Olney. Burial in Philadelphia.
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Raymond P. Rippeon
Gertie Ellen Rippeon
Millers
Springfield State Hospital
Sykesville
Mt. Union
Union Bridge
Frederick County
Frank C
Lillie Baugher Hiltabridle
Reginald T. Rippeon
Walter Boone
Westminster
Charles F. Hiltabridle
Edgar Long
Rocky Ridge
Harry Hiltabridle
Maurice Stover
Woodsboro
Murray Hiltabridge
D. D. Hartzler
Uniontown
Mt. Union Cemetery
Nellie H. McDonough
Nellie Hunichen McDonough
Ocean City
Frederick
Albert S. Hunichen
Philadelphia
Thomas McDonough Jr
Charles W. Retter
Lafayette Hill
George W. Hunichen
Hagerstown
St. Helena Catholic Church
Olney
New Cathedral
Margaret H. Wheeler
Brunswick
Walter Wheeler
Frederick ‘Memorial Hospital
Feete Funeral Home
Guy P. Brady
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Pall
Stanley Virts
George Wenner
Woodrow Lauder
Herman Albert
Orion Virts
Robert Engle
Cora R. Schroyer
Myersville
Washington County
Bittle Funeral Home
Charles H. Cameron
C. Basil Grossnickle
St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
Harry H
Robert E. Harshman
Elmer D. Leatherman
Multiple Funeral Services Reported Across Area
Funeral services were held for Melvin F. Anthony Sr. in Unionville with interment at Linganore Cemetery. Gertrude Karn of Knoxville, formerly Baltimore, will be buried in Union Cemetery Burkittsville after services in Frederick. Ketelsen of Woodsboro, Wheeler of Brunswick, and Ricketts Sr. of Taneytown also mourned with services and interments in local cemeteries. Billowing notices list pallbearers and pastors, detailing interment sites and funeral homes across Carroll and Frederick counties.
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Melvin F. Anthony Sr
Unionville
Waltz
Liberty Road
Winfield
Gordon Bankert
Francis Reese
Francis Staley
Jacob Young
G. Plitt van Fiff
Robert Clingan
John Johnson
Linganore Cemetery
Gertie
Gertrude) Karn
Baltimore
RFD
Knoxville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
East Church Street
Union Cemetery
Burkittsville
M. R. Etchison and Son
Bernard Rathburn Ricketts Sr
RFD 2
Taneytown
Union Bridge
D. D. Hartzler and Sons
Don Snider
Evergreen Memorial Gardens
Finksburg
Roy Miller
Clyde
Funeral Notices From Fuss and Son Taneytown
Revered services were held for Kathryn V Topper and Samuel Arthur Myerly with interments at local cemeteries. Nephews and family pallbearers served as escort during ceremonies officiated by area pastors. Kathryn Topper died in Gettysburgs Annie Warner Hospital. Samuel Myerly died at Wilhide Mobile Homes Park near York.
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Samuel Arthur Myerly
Taneytown
Wilhide Mobile Homes Park
York
C. QO. Fuss and Son
Leon Hess
Keysville Union Cemetery
Ray Myers
Merle Wilhide
Samuel Wood
James Myerly
Harold Cluck
Martin Betchel
Weddings Yeager Clemm and Sahebi Wolford wed in two ceremonies
Beatrice Clemm of Yellow Springs married Charles L. Yeager of New Market in a double ring home ceremony performed by Rev. Clark S. Rist. Gladys Yeager served as matron of honor and Joe M. Yeager was best man. A luncheon followed on the groom’s lawn. Separately, Hazel Harbaugh announced the marriage of her daughter Lucille Wolford to Habib O. Sahebi of Tehran with a Leesburg Virginia ceremony conducted by Rev. Robert Stith. The bride co-owns Mar-Lu Lunch on East Patrick Street and Sahebi has worked in travel offices in Iran, England, and the Netherlands. The couple will reside on East Patrick Street.
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Yeager
Clemm
Beatrice P. Clemm
Yellow Springs
Charles L. Yeager
New Market
Clark S. Rist
Gladys Yeager
Joe M. Yeager
Fort Detrick
United States
BOAC
England
KLM
Holland
East Patrick Street
Helicopter action amid Viet Cong firefights in Vietnam
U S pilots handle heavy fire as troop carriers unload under jungle canopy. An American paratroop adviser notes hidden VC could be large in number while antiaircraft batteries continue firing. In Saigon, a government outpost near Dinh Truong loses 11 defenders and 19 rifles are seized.
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Saigon
Estes
Mekong
Dinh Truong
Viet Cong
Go Cong
Racial disturbances in Paterson and Elizabeth cause property damage
Police controlled outbreaks after 12 incidents in Paterson and several fires and looting in Elizabeth. About 200 Negroes dispersed, one man arrested in Paterson, four in Elizabeth. Authorities cite crowd unrest tied to housing projects and dance crowds amid tensions.
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Graves
Elizabeth
Paterson
New York City
Patterson
Pioneer Homes
Governor Street
Makarios vows Cyprus fight with or without Greece
In a nationwide speech President Makarios warned Greek Cypriots would defend rule of Cyprus in isolation or with allies setting a rift with Greece. Athens radio reported Greek Cypriots began an offensive in northwest Cyprus on August 5, while Turkey conducted four days of air strikes without Greek approval.
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Makarios
Cyprus
Greece
Athens Radio
Turkey
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Marianne G. Hughes
West College Terrace
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Lee Radziwill
Yugoslavia
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Julia
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Sweden
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Wolber
Frank Weant
Hanover
C. O
Edmund Waltman
Hartford Times
Fuss and Son Funeral Home
Herman Koontz
Brethren Church
York, Pa
Keysville Cemetery
Howard
Richard
Earl Weant
Norville
Claude Welty
Kathryn V. Topper
Annie Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
St. Joseph’s Church
Emmitsburg
Louis Storms
New St. Joseph’s Cemetery
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Quinn
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Louis Topper
U. S
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Turk Jets
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