Great Frederick Fair catalogs mailed for 103rd edition
Four thousand two hundred fair catalogs were mailed to potential exhibitors. About eight hundred premium lists remain available from Wade F. Hursey, secretary of the county Agricultural Society. The 103rd autumn fair runs Sept 28 to Oct 2 with drawings of exhibit classes on the cover by James Pearl. Entries close Sept 13 for livestock and dairy, Sept 27 for household, art, pomological, and farm and garden. Midway attractions include Amusements of America. Frank Wirth Revue handles grand stand shows on weekdays. harness racing daily except Saturday. Jack Kochman Auto Thrill Show on Saturday.
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Frederick
Wade F. Hursey
County Agricultural Society
Hursey
James Pearl
Amusements of America
New Jersey
Frank Wirth
Jack Kochman
Workshop Dedication Sept 19 at Frederick center
The Jeanne Bussard Training Workshop dedication will be held Sept 19 on West South Street. Warren P. E. Smith, president of the Frederick County Association for Retarded Children, announced open house will follow. The center, opened last February with six trainees, now employs 20 and handles steady sub-contract work. Mrs. Charles Glick chairs the event with Mrs. Helen Nussear as director and other committee members listed.
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Jeanne Bussard
West South Street
Warren P. E. Smith
Frederick County Association For
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Frederick
Charles Glick
Helen Nussear
Edgar Enrich
Wilbert Wiggs
William Wright
John Pee
Charles Coreli
New Greek Premier Tsirimakos Sworn In Amid Crisis
Premier Eli Tsirimokos and his cabinet were sworn in as Greece grapples with political turmoil. Ten of fourteen cabinet members split from George Papandreou's Center Union, and Tsirimakos faces a fragile majority as Parliament votes of confidence loom. Rioting in Athens renewed, thousands of Papandreou supporters clashed with police, signaling ongoing tension.
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Athens
Elias Tsirimokos
Greece
George Papandreou
Center Union Party
Tsirimakos
Constantine
NATO
Papandreou
Tsirimokos
Stock Market Quiet Start As Prices Drift Lower
New York stock market opened subdued with prices irregularly lower as traders awaited cues. Analysts noted modest turnover and hesitant sentiment across industrials and utilities while financials showed limited early movement.
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New York
Letter Delivered 103 Years Late
A letter mailed from Prince Frederick Maryland has finally reached its destination 103 years later. The note from William Mac Daniel to Dr Bela Stevens is dated August 62 and bears a stamp first issued in 1861. Stevens was an assistant physician at St Elizabeths Hospital, the government mental institution.
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Washington
Prince Frederick
William MacDaniel
Bela Stevens
Draft Call Increase Aids Cupid Draft Call Increase Aids Cupid
A Baltimore youth cited marriage as a reason to avoid the Army after receiving a license at Frederick County Courthouse. Clerks say several have wed to dodge the draft but Frederick County licenses this month lag behind August 1964. The figure shows about 40 licenses issued this month, roughly half to Frederick County residents, with the average groom age around 24. The deputy clerk notes heightened discussion of enlistment and the war, yet local rates remain low compared with other cities.
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Baltimore
Frederick County
Viet Nam
Associated Press
Weakley Quits City As Advisor
The head of Frederick City's advisory group on community improvement resigns as chair and member. Carl V Weakley offers no explicit reason, cited by officials as unclear duties since 1963 formation. Mayor Magaha says the group’s tasks depend on FHFA guidance for workable program funding.
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Frederick City
Carl V. Weakley
Weakley
E. Paul Magaha
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
No Decision On Light Plant Bids
City officials have not yet decided on selling the light plant at East and East Second Streets. Bids opened earlier this week were kept confidential and discussed by the board of aldermen. Mayor Magaha, recovering from eye surgery, said a decision would be announced shortly and the city may reject all bids and readvertise if prices are inadequate.
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East Second Streets
Paul Magaha
Rain showers fail to ease Frederick crops and fire danger
A twenty minute shower dumped a quarter inch of rain across city and county but did little to improve crops in Frederick County or reduce forest fire risk. August precipitation remains well below normal, with forecasts calling for sunny skies and 80s. Local growers report uneven rainfall and dry pastures while forest rangers cite a medium danger level and risks of underground fires. Page 5 continues.
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Frederick
Kenneth E. Shifflet
Michael G. Misulia
Libertytown
Donald Kendall
Kendall
Lewistown
Gambrill State Park
Middletown
Farm Bill Passes House Amid Stormy Debate
The House approved a sweeping four year farm bill 221 to 172 after three days of debate. It covers wheat, feed grains, cotton, wool and dairying with major reforms to cotton and wheat, a new dairy program, and a long range land retirement plan involving about 40 million acres. The bill now faces Senate opposition and potential revisions.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Poverty War Funds Get Senate OK
The Senate passed a 1.65 billion measure for the second year of President Johnsons war on poverty after four days of debate. The vote was 61 to 29 with Republicans opposing more strongly than on earlier Great Society bills. The bill awaits House conference amid a 1.9 billion authorization in the House. Democrats defend the program as expanding opportunities for about 35 million underprivileged Americans. Senator Dirksen derides it as wasteful and disorganized.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
House
Congress
Everett M Dirksen
Maryland Legislative Council Works On Final Redistricting Plan
The Legislative Council is set to finish action on a reapportionment plan that could trigger a special session this fall. Gov Tawes requires court tests of one man one vote and strong legislative support before issuing a call. The plan expands the Senate to 44 seats and reshuffles House districts to emphasize metropolitan areas, aiming for passage and court approval.
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Annapolis
Legislative Council
Maryland
Supreme Court
Tawes
Senate
Klan attorney killed in Alabama crash near Tuscaloosa
Ku Klux Klan attorney Matt H Murphy Jr of Birmingham was killed in a car truck collision near Tuscaloosa. Coroner Rufus Strickland said the crash occurred about 4 am on US 11 six miles north of Cottondale. Murphy, 51, had gained national prominence defending a Klansman charged with murdering Virs Viola Liuzzo.
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Birmingham
Ala
Matt H Murphy Jr
Tuscaloosa
Rufus Strickland
Cottondale
Murphy
Victor Cullen Hospital to aid Tawes on overcrowding training schools
Governor J Millard Tawes says converting the Victor Cullen Tuberculosis Hospital at Sabillasville into a training school will ease crowding at Maryland’s four training schools. About 200 boys can be housed there after conversion. 50 are present now. He favors longer rehabilitation for juveniles and discusses entrance requirements for universities and funding for local governments. He backs an educational television network and notes cautions from Comptroller Goldstein. He also supports firearms sale controls and a revised revenue-sharing formula.
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J. Millard Tawes
Victor Cullen
Sabillasville
Cullen
David L. Curran
Tawes
University of Maryland
del. Samuel R. Dilton
D.washington
House Education Committee
Maryland
del. Dillon
Louis Goldstein
Cooper Commission
Nixon Predicts Johnson Defeat in 1968 Rally Speech
Nixon told a Gettysburg audience that Johnson will lose in 1968 due to domestic failures not Viet Nam. He warned against concessions with Communists, and said Republicans will defeat Johnson three years from now based on policy outcomes. Nixon praised restrained Viet Nam escalation but opposed coalition gov with Communist control.
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Gettysburg
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Viet Nam
Republican National Finance Committee
Dwight D Eisenhower
Nixon
Eisenhower
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Eisenhower backs UN funding stance on Viet Nam policy
White House and Republican leaders debated origins of US Viet Nam policy. Eisenhower, after private talks with GOP finance chiefs at Gettysburg, called reports of his rift with Johnson over Viet Nam unfounded and said supporting the UN peacekeeping payments was the right move.
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Washington
White House
Viet Nam
Dwight D
Eisenhower
United Nations
Soviet Union
House
South Viet Nam
Gettysburg
Pa. Farm
Johnson
Equipment Troubles Halts Gemini 5 Launch Attempt
CAPE KENNEDY Fla late Thursday the Gemini 5 mission faced electrical glitches and a storm that forced a countdown halt ten minutes before lift off. Engineers replaced a telemetry computer, repaired a cable fire, and prepared for a Saturday launch amid hopes of completing the eight day mission. Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad Jr expressed patience as earlier postponement notes and weather concerns lingered just before prep.
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Cape Kennedy
Space Agency
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Donald K Slayton
Piat Conrad
Cooper
Guardsmen Ordered Out For State Fair
DES MOINES IA AP The 107th Iowa State Fair opened with a Boy Scout bugle call and three planned aerial bombs as armed National Guardsmen were called out by Governor Harold Hughes to ensure peace amid persistent rumors of civil demonstrations and rioting during the 10 day exposition. No incidents have occurred.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harold Hughes
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