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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1960
Page
2
The Fort Worth tournament hands show four hearts as the NS contract failing when hearts split 50 percent. North bid two spades, South supported with three no trump and made with clubs and diamonds. East and West scored zero due to unfortunate card luck at their table.
Lovettsville correspondents note numerous social visits and family milestones. Kenneth R Schafer and family returned to Esther Belie Frye’s daughter’s home after a Navy posting in Yokosuka and Honolulu. The area sees multiple weekend guests from Frederick Arlington and Norfolk and a birth record for Kenneth Humphreys Settle Jr. plus various extended family visits.
Local families gather for birthdays reunions and visits as residents from Purcellville to Martinsburg host relatives. A parade of guests from Buffalo to Baltimore attends gatherings in Lovellsville and nearby towns. A dinner honors a 68th birthday. scout elections, veterans events, and hospital news populate the social page along with a Maryland medical grant and naval parade notes.
Virginia prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for Melvin Davis Rees in the slaying of Mrs Mildred Jackson and her daughter Susan in January 1959. Rees, a 31 year old Hyattsville Md musician, awaits U S District Court trial in Baltimore on related charges.
Fragmentary note indicates the case of Rees in Virginia hinges on authorities failing to impose the death penalty, prompting renewed legal debate and potential appeals.
Sen John F Kennedy announced campaigns to register eligible voters in Baltimore Maryland and Dade County Florida. A pilot project starts Friday August 19 in Baltimore directed by Rep Frank Thompson Jr with four experienced workers and over 100 Maryland volunteers canvassing six precincts. He estimates 260000 to 300000 Baltimore residents are unregistered and notes fewer than 450000 voted in 1958. Thompson says the goal is to boost registration and expand similar drives in other large metros.
Charles V. Main of the Frederick City Police Department has been named chairman of the Public Employes Division in a leadership appointment highlighting city governance and law enforcement ties.
Nicholas G. Fares named general chairman of the United Appeal for Frederick County with duties to recruit captains and a vice chairman for the Public Employees Division to solicit funds for ten agencies including the Frederick YMCA and Dren's Aid Society. Also reports a divorce granted to Leon C. Young from Reba E. Young and license reissuances to Bernard Naill and Sterling Sanders.
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