Senator Gorman Rivalry Dominates Democratic State Convention
Fifty years ago the News-Post reports that Senator Gorman was poised to win a one vote majority for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination while Brunswick voters note Republicans voting in the Democratic primaries. The piece also covers local incidents from Shepherdstown visits by Col Towner Schley, hospital staffing changes, a high sunflower plant, construction at Honsom Selmer stables, rainfall and flood impacts, and a brewing water famine near Blue Ridge Summit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Post
Gorman
Brunswick
Towner Schley
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Reno
Antietam
Olive Delong
Fontevue
Philadelphia
Jacob Welty
North Market Street
Homas Sponseller
South Market Street
Lewis Mc Haller
Beicher and Sellman
Baltimore
Bentz’s Mall
Frank C. Hargett
Blue Ridge Summit
Wilsons Comet Flight Pilot Sighting New Star
Seattle pilot Stewart Wilson reports discovering Wilsons Comet from 29000 feet above the Pacific Ocean. The finding, designated on sky maps, inspires belief that every American child may see a star named for them.
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Stewart Wilson
Seattle
Pacific Ocean
Wilson
Economy Recovery Shortens Gap But Unemployment Persists
The Federal Reserve Board finds a quicker recovery with broader gains, and Commerce reports personal incomes at a July annual rate of 419 billion dollars. Yet growth remains limited as gains offset recession losses, and high unemployment continues to drain income and cap real prosperity. Congress faces pressure to revive jobs and reduce the jobless rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Board
Commerce Department
Congress
Brown Family Tour Highlights Gettysburg Helicopter Visit
Mrs Margaret Brown and family from Knoxville along with Margaret Hopper of Frederick traveled in August to North Carolina and then to Gettysburg Pennsylvania. They toured the battlefield Eisenhower farm and other historic sites by helicopter ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Brown
Lorraine
William
Carolyn Brown
Knoxville
Margaret Hopper
Frederick
North Carolina
Aug.a
Paul Gaither
Brunswick
Roy Cannon
David and
Gettysburg
Gettysburg Battlefield
Eisenhower Farm
Md U Rejects 144 College Park Applicants
The University of Maryland refused admission to 144 local high school graduates for next month’s freshman class for failing to meet entrance standards. President Wilson H Elkins called this a major step in tightening admissions. A separate accident report from Jessup says guard Garman J. O Quinn died after a car crash involving his son and a tractor trailer on Maryland 175.
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MD. U
College Park
University of Maryland
Maryland
Wilson H Elks
Elkins
University
Jessup
Maryland House of Correction
Maryland 175
Here
Garman J. O'Quinn
James R. O'Quinn
Wayne E Wilkins
Winchester
O’quinn
O'Quinn
Wilkins
THIRTY-ONE TO ENTER ARMY AROUND SEPTEMBER
Twenty years ago August 31 1941 reports note thirty one more men from here will be inducted into the army in September. The piece mentions tightened Japan shipment restrictions and relations with the Japanese ambassador and Hull alongside other brief items. It also covers a local executor sale and various community notices including a Delaware Road Cookout with attendees and prizes. A Baltimore tax arrest of a bookie in Brooklyn Park is reported with raid details.
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News-Post
Japan
Hull
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Moscow
Bradley P. Stitely
Johnsville
C. L. Leatherman
Frederick
Ira F. Ray
Lewis Leichert
John A. Cockerly
Ransom R. Lewis Jr
Charles
Lane 3d
Harry C Castle
Ralph H Fellows
G. Harrs Stauffer
Harry E. Pettingall
Middletown Men Sued Over Orchard of Stock Transfer
Samuel A. Wilson Jr of Route 2 Sykesville sues Rube A Reed and Renice L Reed of Middletown alleging failure to honor a 1961 agreement to transfer 200 shares to Middletown Motors Inc in exchange for 20000 cash and a note deduction. The suit seeks enforcement, stock delivery, and an injunction restraining asset disposal.
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Rube A. Reed
Renice L. Reed
Middletown
Reed Motor Company
West Main Street
Samuel A. Wilson Jr
Route 2
Sykesville
Middleown
Motors, Inc
W. Jerome Offutt
James H. Pugh
Montgomery County
Reeds
Wilson
Middletown Motors Corporation
Middletown Motors, Inc
Middletown Motors
Reed
State Department of Assessments
Middletown Ford, Inc
Offutt
Mr. Offutt
Renice Reed
Renice and
Aube Reed
Frederick
Rube
Weekend Guests and Dinners Across Mt Airy And Nearby
Damascus Dennis and Jerry Baker with grandparents Mr and Mrs Raymond Kemp. Weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Earl Pope include Carlton Bazil Tommy from Annapolis and Mrs Effie Pope from Baltimore. Raymond Snapp hosted dinner with Paul Watkins Hart Brown ing Roger Poole and Elsie Gue. Guy Howes hosted dinner with Herman Howes of West Friendship. Everett Hawkins of Gaithershire santo Matthew and Jeanine and Cora Miller of Lima Ohio visit the Howes. Colvids host Ellos Shepard family from Lima Ohio. Molly Gladhill hosted George B Delaplaine Sr and N Wilson Schley of Frederick. Dr Eunice Chapman of Boston spent a week with Kinsey Plummer. Plummer’s nephew Philip von Breteu and Sue Ann Walker also stayed. Mrs Ira L. Plummer of Blytheville Arkansas visited mid summer.
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Damascus
Dennis
Jerry Baker
Mt. Airy
Raymond Kemp
Earl Pope
Carlton Bazil
Tommy
Annapolis
Effie Pope
Baltimore
Raymond Snapp
Paul Watkins
Hart. Browning
Roger Poole
Elsie Gue
Guy Howes
Herman Howes
West Friendship
the Howes
Everett Hawkins
Gaithershire
Plummers
Philip von Bretze
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Sue Ann Walker
Plummer
Ira L. Plummer
Blytheville
Arkansas
Eye problems and the importance of annual eye check ups
The article explains cataracts glaucoma and optic nerve inflammation causes and signs. It notes cataracts can be treated surgically if caught early and stresses annual eye exams for adults over 40, especially with diabetes or smoking. It warns about risks from pupil dilation drops and mentions miotics as a preventive measure.
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United States
Local Patients Moved Between Hospitals
Mr. Stanley Wachter of Clifton Road was relocated from Detrick Hospital to the U S Public Health Hospital in Baltimore where he remains a patient. Mrs. Harry Shafer of Burkitts ville is hospitalized at Frederick Memorial Hospital and is reported as being as well as can be expected.
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Stanley Wachter
Clifton Road
Detrick Hospital
U. S. Public Health Hospital
Baltimore
Harry Shafer
Burkittsville
Frederick
Memorial Hospital
Senate OKs two year Civil Rights Commission extension vote
The Senate approved a two year extension of the Civil Rights Commission by a 72 to 21 vote. Democrats supporting the measure included Byrd and Randolph of West Virginia. Republicans for the measure were Beall and Butler of Maryland.
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Washington
Senate
Civil Rights Commission
Byrd
Randolph
West Virginia
Beall
Butler
Maryland
Deaths Bush Ainsworth Bush Ainsworth obituary in Laytonsville
Bush Ainsworth 64 Olney died Wednesday at NIH Bethesda. Survived by wife Grace, daughter Margaret Montgomery, sister in West Virginia, and two grandchildren. Services Saturday 2 p.m. at Francis H. Barber Funeral Home Laytonsville with interment in Laytonsville Cemetery.
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Bush Ainsworth
Olney
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Grace W. Ainsworth
Margaret A. Montgomery
Laytonsville
Owen Johnston
West Virginia
Francis H. Barber
Laytonsville Cemetery
Funeral Services for Mrs Fairy D Henning at Thurmont Church
Funeral services for Mrs Fairy D Henning widow of J Fred Henning of Thurmont were held at the United Brethren Church on Wednesday at 2 30 pm Reverend Elmer K Andrews officiated. Interment followed in Blue Ridge Cemetery. Pallbearers were Russell Boljer Harry Fisher Emory Stoulemeyer Lawrence Ricketts Clarence Long and Benjamin Seis.
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Fairy D Henning
J. Fred Henning
Thurmont
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Thurmont United Brethren Church
Elmer K. Andrews
Blue Ridge Cemetery
Russell Boljer
Harry Fisher
Emory Stoulemeyer
Lawrence Ricketts
Clarence Long
Benjamin Seis
Kennedy calls Soviet nuclear test plan a world hazard
President Kennedy warned that the Soviet decision to resume nuclear testing endangers humanity by increasing fallout risks and exposes hypocrisy in disarmament rhetoric. He noted the move comes as Geneva talks continue and described the issue as a potential trigger for renewed Cold War tensions over Berlin.
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Kennedy
Moscow
Russia
Washington
Soviet Union
State Department
Geneva
Dean
White House
Dean Rusk
Tass
Rusk
United States
Berlin
Frederick Dentist Dr Hamilton Dies at 72
Frederick dentist Sherman J Hamilton 72 died suddenly at Frederick Memorial Hospital. He practiced 49 years, 35 in Frederick, retired a year ago. Survived by wife Helen Ordeman Hamilton son Myron B Hamilton sister Grace Elizabeth Hamilton and two grandchildren. Private funeral Friday 11am at 106 East Church Street with Mt Olivet Cemetery interment. Memorials to charity.
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Charles F. Hahn
Charles Francis Hahn
Keymar
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Virtie
Hahn
James
Susan Hahn
George Hahn
Lancaster
Vernon Reed
Litlestown
Mary Cramer
Ella Yingling
Ladiesburg
Walter Smith
Bertha Shank
Rhoda Hahn
Woodsboro
Beatrice Clem
Florence Hahn
Littletown
Jacob Hahn
Taneytown
C. C Fuss & Son
Arthur Garvin
H. Edward Fisher Jr
Haugh’s Church Cemetery
New Midway
Frederick
Sherman J. Hamilton
Hamilton
Shookstown
Frederick Dental Association
Lutheran Church
T. Thomas
Lillian Jenkins Hamilton
Helen Ordeman Hamilton
Myron B. Hamilton
Pittsburgh
Grace Elizabeth Hamilton
Wiliamson
N. Y
East Church Street
Mt. Olivet
M. R. Etchison
Minnepal Directora
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Delaware Road
Monocacy Village
Edward Akers
Ray Spurrier
M. E. Akers
Mid Pontebriand
Ray Laraski
Stanley Sadowski
Walter Roney
Akers
Walter Elkins
Joseph Ignasiah
Raymond Loraski
Karen
Frances
Stephen
Richard Pete
Eugene Clark
Mary Karen
Janet
Maurice Alexander
Wayne
James Coniff
Patrick
Mid Péntbriand
Paul Kepler
Judy
Brooklyn
James Langelotta
Langelotta
Marshall Flood
Yellow Springs
Walter III
Dale Wayne
Phyllis
Tony
Pamela
Randy
Kenneth
Kenneth Jr
Roxanne
Elin Flook
Warner
Charles Willard
Charles Jr
Verh Murphy
Kathy
Sharon
Grayson Flook
James Blumenauer
Wesley
Daan
Tanya
Walter Bidle Jr
Grace
Arthur Kay
Jerry
Cheryl
Nancy Geisbert
Grayson Bide
Vickie
Paul Fogle Jr
Stevie
Mike
Dreénel Bidle
Bridgelie
Arthur Flock
Jane
Jimmy
Johnny
Jeffery
Melvin Stine
Hiram Flook
Mehri Flook
Lillian
Eddie
Merril
Ellsworth
John
Gary
Larry
Donald
Elmer
Eugene Love
Ann
Terry
Dreama
Ronald Miss
Gloria Jean
Robert
Douglas
Yolanda
Raney
Charles Greer
Marshall Flook
Farmers Co-Operative Association
Mt Olivet Methodist Church
Lovettsville
Margie Louise Shugars
Adrian Shugars
Bernard Lee Fleming
Alvin Fleming
P. Stanley Brown
Fred Lee George Sr
Shirley Mentzer
Dacron Batiste
Thelma Mentzer
Peggy Muny
Walter Fleming
Wayne Shugars
Stanley Frye
Pureilville
Fleming
Lovettsville Game Club
Betty Fleming
Hillsboro
Lurene Saunders
Leesburg
Anna Wigington
Joyce Jackson
Louise Fleming
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Leesburg Court
Alexandria
Y.M.C.A
Y Had
Ted Coluin
Main Street
New York City
Ruby, Mos
Harold Thomas
Hyman, M.D
The
Luther A. Hahn
Ida Emma Hahn
RFD
Emmitsburg
Charles and
Sarah Lyle Jacobs
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Sabillasville
Noel Skoski
Luther J Hahn
Aberdeen
Paul M. Hahn
Havre de Grace
Clarence W. Hahn
Harry S Hahn
Albert A. Hahn
George E. Hahn
Lloyd J. Hahn
Joseph L. Hahn
U. S. Marines
Parris Island
S. C
Clyde McClain
Fairfield
Pay
James H. Hahn
Dorothy M Hahn
Ronald P. Hahn
Mary C. Hahn
JFK
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