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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1968
Page
5
The record notes Westminster Abbey as officially known as The Collegiate Church of St Peter and marks the first transatlantic cable message sent from Queen Victoria to President James Buchanan.
Boy Scout Troop 276 sponsored by Lutheran Church Men of Frederick held a Court of Honor on November 27 recognizing year long achievements. Scoutmaster Rodney Willard welcomed guests and parents, while Keith Koons and others explained ranks from Tenderfoot to Eagle.
Pack 798 held an awards night at the Parkway School with cubmaster Don Campbell presiding and Den two led by Mrs. James Whitttington. Attendance honors were earned for the second month in a row as awards were presented by Campbell with assistants Bob Saylor and a list of den members, including Webb leaders and various award recipients for wolf badge, gold arrow points, denner bars, Webelos awards, athletes and citizens. The next pack meeting is the Christmas program on December 10.
Baltimore AP reports Hyman A. Pressman urged a one way toll scheme for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to ease summer congestion. He cites San Francisco Golden Gate experiment success and notes lower operating costs. Current toll is 1 each way. proposal would charge 2 in one direction and 0 in the opposite, with officials praising potential efficiency.
Transcontinental television was inaugurated on September 4 in ISL as President Truman addressed the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco, marking a notable postwar broadcast milestone.
A computer based Avocational Guidance Program helps retirees pick hobbies by matching a 200 question test to 141 activities. It analyzes 17 000 factors to suggest five interest areas creative special physical competitive and restful and provides booklets with starter steps and sources for each chosen avocation.
After extensive research involving over 1,000 participants from diverse backgrounds, scientists found that trading could reveal a person’s leisure activity aligned to individual needs and interests similar to how an aptitude test fits a person to a suitable role.
A University of Maryland natural resources expert proposes a 14 foot oyster shell dike between the Brewerton and Craigs Hill channels near Baltimore to create a 109 million cubic yard dump area for dredged Bay materials. The plan stresses staying away from residential shores and shellfish beds, forming a basin to keep material stationary, and locating close to the dredging site to minimize transport costs.
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