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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1970
Page
4
Death notices for Amy L. Dinterman in Virginia and Fannie Wagaman in Maryland detail survivors and service plans with interment at Arlington National Cemetery and Mountain View Cemetery. William J. Day of Damascus dies at Holy Cross Hospital. Helen Arbaugh of Linwood passes after illness. funeral arrangements, call times, and memorials noted.
Spec 4 Pondexteur FE Williams, a 20 year old Black soldier killed in Vietnam on August 8, was to be buried today in an all white cemetery by order of a federal court after Hillcrest Memorial Gardens refused burial due to deed restrictions. Funeral services were held last Sunday and the body remained under guard at a funeral home while volunteers watched. Hillcrest manager James A Livesay said the cemetery is donating the plot.
Funeral services for Comdr Calvin E Levy will be held at 21 att Tuesday at the Ft De trick Chapel. There will be no viewing. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made by check to the Heart Association in care of Major Robert Kovatch Room 23 Building 812 St Detrick.
Funeral services for Gordon Leon Disney will be held at 2 p m Monday in Clarksburg at John Wesley Church. Disney 22 died from a selfcontained gunshot near Walter Pryor 20 who faces manslaughter charges. Pryor allegedly believed the pistol empty when it fired striking Disney in the right temple. Disney survived by his mother Amie E Gray and other relatives. Visitation is 6 9 p m Sunday at John Wesley Church. Snowden Funeral Home of Rockville handling arrangements. Interment in church cemetery. The casket will be closed at the funeral.
Mrs Caroline Rebecca Strewsburg of Union Bridge who died Wednesday was honored Friday at 1 30 p m at the Union Bridge funeral home D D Hartzler and Sons with Rev J H August Borleis, pastor of Winters Lutheran Church, officiating. She was the widow of John W Strawsburg. Nephews Truman Strawsburg Harris Frock George Dinterman Franklin Gaver Richard Boone and Henry Boone served as bearers. Burial followed in the Lutheran Cemetery Uniontown.
Vice President Agnew held talks in Bangkok with Prime Minister Thanom and Foreign Minister Thanathom focusing on principles over specifics. The discussions followed a State Department note that Thailand may withdraw most of its 12 000 troops from South Vietnam as U.S. aid faces congressional scrutiny.
Deliberations enter a fourth day in the Lonnie McLucas trial over conspiracy and kidnapping in Panther ally Alex Rackley's death. Jurors requested rereading of conspiracy instructions as demonstrations linger near the courthouse while co defendants including Bobby Seale await trial.
An Omaha Transit overheard quip notes a woman advocating protest by splashing her husband with cold water as he showered. The remark reflects satirical chatter on Women’s Liberation in Omaha Neb. AP report.
Three persons were hospitalized after a 1964 car driven by John Gilbert Hardy crossed the center line on Maryland 355 and struck two parked vehicles and pedestrians. Charles Lester Jackson and David Lee Harris, both from Adams Town, were treated for serious injuries. Harris and Jackson underwent or will undergo surgery for leg injuries, while other passenger White received minor facial lacerations. Hardy faced charges for failure to keep right of center.
Senate combat centered on a $2.1 billion plan for sharing production of 30 Navy destroyers between Litton Industries Ingalls and Bath Iron Works. Senator John Stennis defended the Navy choice in Pascagoula, while Senator Muskie and Senator Margaret Chase Smith urged competitive bidding and cautioned against undermining process integrity. Debated amid Espionage disclosures and ongoing Navy investigations with a vote set for Tuesday.
The Maryland Racing Commission reduced Hagerstown’s daily events from nine to eight while expanding the field from eight to 10 starters for the 18 day meet starting September 14. Three Saturdays will feature nine races. Racing secretary John P. Turner Jr. cites improved sport quality and a higher minimum purse from 1400 to 1600 to attract better horses.
Negotiations between striking farm workers and Interharvest Co. in Salinas Valley were recessed after Pie'n Pac Foods Inc. sought a San Francisco injunction to bar unilateral talks with the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee. Cesar Chavez said the national boycott pressured Interharvest to resume talks, as growers warned against breaking the united position. The strike disrupted lettuce and other crops, with about 70 percent of U.S. lettuce produced in the valley.
A collage of local ads lists Ducky's and Elsie's Rest on Main Street Woodsboro Md offering Sunday dinner specials Veal Steak Fried Chicken Baked Ham and more with prices, plus doors prizes. Salem Methodist Church Cedar Grove Route 27 hosts a Monday September 7 family style supper with carryouts and pricing. Piney Cove Gardens advertises plants and prices. Furniture auctions at Ponton’s Community Sale and various items. Mountain View Church hosts 1970 Sunday dinners with dates. Woodboro Fire Hall hosts a family style meal and carryouts. Card of Thanks from Glen Criswell expresses gratitude after hospitalization.
Public sale on Ward Kline Road Frederick Co Maryland September 19 1970 features beef cattle farm machinery and hay to be sold by Charles Martin with Vivian Wilt owners. Nearby events include 34th Annual Joy Reunion at Tabor Park Rocky Ridge with fried chicken supper. Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church hosted events. various advertisements for tile shops, home improvements, day care and a Mt Olive Orchards fruit sale. Community auctions include Septic Tank Cleaning and a William Altman farm sale with Holstein cattle. Multiple church suppers and a wide array of local vendors and services are listed with dates in September 1970.
Local business Rallaway's Rug Cleaner will suspend operations from September 4 to September 25. The issue lists multiple farm auctions in Frederick County Maryland, including Irven T. Long and Lee Brubaker sales with cattle, location details, and dates in mid September 1970.
A dense page of local events and shop ads lists fairs, church suppers, picnics, and rodeo style gatherings across Braddock Heights, Woodsboro, Mountaindale, and Frederick with dates in August and September. Featured items include homemade ice cream sales, turkey and oyster suppers, a Moose Club stag picnic, a strawberry festival, a firemen’s festival, and various fall promotions from local merchants and services. Persons and organizations named include Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, Moose Members, Richard D. Hammond, Walter E. Smith Jr., Sea Horse Stables, B. & W. Disposal, Ebler's Excavating, Sherwin Williams, Shepley’s, CBS Electric, Crocker & Little Builders, and local houses and suppliers.
In Montevideo the government orders all high schools closed for the rest of the year amid student disorders tied to the Tupamaro guerrilla kidnappings of a U S agricultural expert and a Brazilian consul. The note cites the winter term with three months left and recalls previous kidnappings and the killing of Dan Mitrione. A series of unrelated classified ads follow.
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