Time To Stop Dropouts In Washington Public Schools
Washington DC launches a Kennedy backed dropout outreach using 7900 dollars to reach 3518 students. Counsellors and administrators briefed to act as education missionaries, gathering data on family background and welfare status to tailor outreach and encourage return to school. Aiming to reclaim tens of thousands of potential students for their future benefit.
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Washington
D. C
Kennedy
Hau
Fifty Years Ago From The News Post August 13 1913
Former city register Ed Ward Gittinger on West Patrick Street was knocked down by an automobile at Patrick and Court Streets but suffered no serious injuries. An auto was impounded for five hours in front of the United Engine house without a light. A horse believed stolen from a Frederick-area farm had not been recovered. Governor William Sulzer, elected in 1912, was impeached by a 78 to 45 vote. Workers blasted a large rock from Rosenour building basement at Church and Market streets. Jacob Engelbrecht diary notes a severe winter with persistent snow and mud. A stable fire at Black Horse Tavern destroyed the building. A mysterious accident felled John C. Clowder at Braddock Heights after alighting from a Frederick car. Oscar B. Coblentz denied hiding Braddock Heights Water Co information amid Baltimore reports.
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City Register
Edward A. Gittinger
Patrick Street
Patrick
Court Streets
Holman
United Engine House
George Aluman
Frederick
William Sulzer
New York
Rosenour
Market
Jacob Engelbrecht
Jacob Schmidt
Black Horse Tavern
Braddock Heights
John C. Clowder
Burkittsville
Braddock Heights Water Co
Oscar B. Coblentz
Baltimore
Public Service
Timanus
Time for Showdown in Poultry Trade With Common Market
Washington threatens higher tariffs on a broad range of Common Market imports if Europe does not rescind its tariff rise against U.S. poultry. The dispute could cost U.S. poultrymen about 46 million dollars annually and may extend to wines, brandies, trucks, buses, and photographic film and paper. Washington insists on action, not threats, to compel concessions.
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Washington
U.S
Common Market
Europe
Letters to the Editor on media, faith, and community stance
A letter praises The News for its positive editorials and urges clear issues. It recalls a National Education Association convention in Detroit with thousands of delegates and attendees debating media as character building versus censorship. The note condemns perceived censorship by a rival clique and calls for moral standards, followed by a church group report on Leader's Bible Class at Calvary Methodist, noting attendance, leadership, music plans, and upcoming speaker.
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National Education Association
Detroit
Abelone
NEA
Amail Clique
Calvary Methodist Church
Charles A. Dixon Jr
Joseph H. Wolfe
Miland Crum Sr
Forward Mantz
Charles W. Lockard Sr
Raymond Ford
Bruce T. O'Hara
Gass
Louis Kinsey
Sik
Dixon
River Condition Report from Backeystown to Point of Rocks
Condition of rivers shows a cloudy morning with low water levels from Backeystown through Potomac area near Point of Rocks. Debris and slow currents observed. travel advisories not yet issued.
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Momncecy
Potomac
Twenty Years Ago Items From The News Post Files
The August 13 1943 items include the Independence Hose Co called to Point of Rocks for a field fire threatening ten homes near the B and O tunnel. Citizens and fraternal groups in Frederick County boost morale for overseas armed forces with gifts of “smokes.” Clerk Ellis C Wachter swore in 62 Camp Ritchie Army men as US citizens with Chief Judge Delaplaine noting duties and rights. William Preston Morsell of near New Market dies at Frederick City Hospital, born 1857 in Macedon Center NY. German evacuation from Sicily to the Italian mainland reportedly underway. Japanese broadcasts claim air attack on northern Kurile approaches to Japan. Official max temperature near 98–100 expected amid heat wave. The Yankees vs Browns game yields only one hit, Charlie Keller’s homer.
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William Preston Morsell
Near New Market
Frederick County
Frederick City Hospital
Macedon Center
New York
Sicily
Kurile Island
Japan
Yankees
St. Louis Browns
Charlie Keller
Pipeline Work Brings Westminster Economic Boost
An army of workers descends on Westminster Carroll County Maryland to lay a 159 mile petroleum pipeline from Houston to New York. Tulsa Williams crews operate from Route 140 as base for three months with most staff hired on site boosting local business while some workers relocate to the area for construction.
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Pickett
Baltimore
Westminster
Carroll County
Maryland
Houston
New York
Tulsa-Williams Company
Colotial Pipeline
Woodbine
Cosowingo
J. Howard West
Westminster Chamber of Commerce
John Eckard
Conowingo
Tan Mile
Samaritan Rebekah Lodge Meets and Picnic News
Samaritan Rebekah Lodge No al held its August 9 meeting at West Seventh Street hall with Miss Pearl Skeggs presiding. Twenty seven members and eight visitors attended. Events announced include a Taneytown games party on August 15 and a birthday party at IOOF Home for Past Noble Grands. A Thela Rho State Assembly session is set for August 16 to 18 at the 100F Home. A September 1 card party and a September 13 initiation were planned, followed by a watermelon party. The next meeting is August 23. Mt Zion Lutheran Sunday School Feagaville held an August 10 picnic at Gathland State Park with family and friends attending and games ending in a peanut scramble.
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Samaritan Rebekah Lodge No. al
West Seventh Street
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Taneytown
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Mt. Zion Lutheran Sunday School
Feagaville
Gathland State Park
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Judy
Linda
Elmer Etzler
Martha
Mark
Keith
Stevie
Scott Moreland
Roger Fulmer
Edward Gray
Eddie
Ann
Oscar Wise
Larry
Gloria
Brenda
Joseph Zimmerman
Kenneth Zimmerman
Samuel Zimmerman
Darlene
Bonnie
Married couple weds at Pilgrim Lutheran Church Sumner
Miss Karla Frances Krabuke and Thomas Hampton Goodridge were married at Pilgrim Lutheran Church Sumner with Dr. Martin C. Poch officiating. The bride wore a silk gown with Alencon lace and carried white stephanotis. reception followed at the church hall. The groom is a Dartmouth and GW medical student. couple to reside in Silver Spring after a honeymoon.
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Karla Frances Krabuke
Wilson Norris Krabuke
Greenacres
Chevy Chase
Mr. Krabuke
Thomas Hampton Goodridge
Noah Goodridge
Chevy Chse
Pilgrim Lutheran Church
Sumner
Martin C. Poch
Milton E. Akers
Wilson Norris Krahnke Jr
Sally Berman
Betty Goodridge
Joan Summers
Marjorie Turner
Betty Ann Fletcher
Walter Goodridge
William Harris
Robert Braden
Robert Hamp
World in Brief New Delhi Arms Spain Portugal Japan US China
AP dispatches report on world events including Argentina’s Congress confirming Arturo Illia as president and Carlos Perette as vice president, a US Japan cultural and trade talk in Tokyo, Britain’s inquiry into the Great Train Robbery, Salazar pledging to defend Africa while granting local control, and India facing a no confidence motion in Nehru’s government with opposition parties proposing debate.
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Mosday
Arturo Illia
Carlos Perette
Lisbon
Portugal
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
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Sovet Union
Africa
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India
Nehru
Congress Party
Third Buddhist Burns Self To Death
In Saigon a Buddhist novice monk burned himself to death in protest against the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem. It marked the third Buddhist suicide by fire reported and followed an earlier suicide attempt by a woman who tried to cut her arm with a hatchet. The incident occurs amid tensions in Viet Nam during the war era.
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Rosie Sweeney
West Fifth Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Richard Federline
Lewstown
Janes Marrone
Fairview l Avenue
Earl M. Lowell
Raymond Martin
Ladiesburg
Saigon
Viet Nam
Frederick Memorial
Pital
U. S
Woman named head of Denver Veterans Regional Office
Dorothy L. Starbuck, assistant manager of the Baltimore regional office, is appointed administrator of the Denver Regional Office. She becomes the first and only woman to head one of the 67 VA regional offices.
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Dorothy L. Starbuck
Baltimore
Veterans Administration
Denver
In-Service Training Held For County Library Workers
County library workers from Emmitsburg Thurmont and Brunswick attended a bees in-service training at Burr Arta Library conducted by Mrs. Robert Broderick. The session reviewed reference tools and dictionaries as the first module and will continue with instructors Warthen Austin Brachey and Mrs. Lee Layman and Mortman Pot es. Residents of the Wee Middletown area saw a 77 percent rise in July books borrowed compared with the six month average. Adults borrowed 1, books and children 518 for a total of 2p more than prior period.
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Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Brunswick
Ederick County
Burr Arta
Robert Broderick
Warthen
Austin Brachey
Lee Layman
William D. Mortman
Elizabeth Potes
Funeral Rites for James B Colson Held at Woodbine
Funeral services for James B. Colson of Woodbine were conducted at Morgan Chapel Methodist Church with Rev. Maurice Vineyard presiding. Interment followed in the church cemetery. pallbearers were co workers of the B&Q Railroad: Mifflin Pickett Donald Condon Morris Mills James C Sier Emory Cain James C Shipley.
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Woodbine
University Hospital
Baltimore
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B&q Railroad
Mifflin
Pickett
Donald Condon
Morris
Mills
James C. Sier
Emory Cain
James C. Shipley
C. "M. Waltz
Widow Mrs Clarence Anderson of Point of Rocks Dies
Mrs Lillie Elizabeth Anderson widow of Clarence Anderson died at her home in Point of Rocks Monday at 11 20 am after a year long illness. Aged 71 she was daughter of Charles E and Ruth A McCutchen and a member of Assembly of God Church Point. Surviving: four children Charles J Clarence W and George H Anderson all of Point of Rocks and Mrs Thomas Bates of Lucketts VA. one granddaughter Margaret Elizabeth Anderson and several nieces and nephews. Body at funeral home 196 East Church Street, friends may call after 7 pm today until Wednesday.
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Lillie Elizabeth Anderson
Point of Rocks
Charles E
Ruth A. Young McCutchen
Assembly of God Church
Charles J. Anderson
Clarence W. Anderson
George H. Anderson
Thomas Bates
Lucketts
Margaret Elizabeth Anderson
East Church Street
Rex Biddinger
Bertha Elizabeth Biddinger
Union Bridge
Rex’ Biddinger
Annie Warner
Gettysburg
Carroll
John and
Fillen Crabbe Rowe Herband
Annie C. Smith
Bark Hill Church of God
D. D. Hartzler and Sons
Harry Angle
Keedysville
Church of God
Mt. Hope
Woodsboro
Pola Negri to Receive Monthly From Friend's Estate
In San Antonio Pola Negri aged 64 will get 1250 dollars a month as chief beneficiary in the will of Mrs Margaret West, filed for probate in Texas. The deal adds a notable film star’s financial arrangement amid a string of laws and personal notices across the country.
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San Antonio, Tex
Pola Negri
Margaret West
San Antonio
Tex
Strawsburgs Return From Williamsburg Vacation
Mr and Mrs Herbert Strawsburg of South Market Street return home with granddaughter Abbie Lynn Strawsburg after a Williamsburg trip. They stayed at the Motor House. The Moore family announces the birth of a son, Donald Calvin Moore Jr., born August 1 at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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South Market Street
Abbie Lynn Strawsburg
Williamsburg
SPS
Donald C. Moore
Donald Calvin Moore Jr
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Sps Moore
Claude EF. Moore
RFD 5
Frederick
Italy
U.S. Army
Save Strength Is In Self-Government
Houston AP dispatch quotes Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson emphasizing self-government as the foundation of American strength, declaring the core source of national vigor lies in citizen self-control and civic duty.
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Save
Houston, Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Foundation of America
Man Dies While Fighting Fire in Emmitsburg
Russell Benjamin Ohler, 68, of E Main Street Extended Emmitsburg, died of an apparent heart attack yesterday afternoon while trying to extinguish a trash and brush fire that spread from his yard. Firemen found him at the scene. resuscitation failed. He was a retired farmer and electrical contractor, survived by wife Edith Baumgardner Ohler, four sons, one grandchild, and two brothers. Funeral services planned at Tom's Creek Methodist Church with interment at Keysville Cemetery.
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Ohler
Sterling White
Emmitsburg
Martin Case
Keysvila Ceme
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