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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1966
Page
4
A partial OCR fragment notes a person connected to the Associated Press and the Bureau of Circulation. The readable bits point to a media industry context, naming an AP association and circulation role, but the full details are missing.
A 1897 New York Sun piece replies to six year old Virginia O Hannon Douglas with Francis P. Church’s famous assurance that Santa Claus exists. The editorial extols faith, imagination, and the enduring value of childhood belief, suggesting love generosity devotion and wonder give life its beauty and joy.
The Ox Fibre Brush Co plans to move its manufacturing facilities from Frederick after serving the community since 1884. The firm employs about 1.5 million dollars in payroll annually and pays roughly 20 thousand dollars in county taxes. The move follows shifts in Frederick’s labor market driven by Ft Detrick research staff and growth of the Washington metro area, with about 20 percent of local workers already employed in D C. The community pledges to meet temporary dislocations as Frederick’s future, linked to science and development, remains bright.
The piece argues Mao may be in political danger and seeks survival by identifying true believers while forcing public reiteration of his ideology. It suggests he will weed out dissenters through purges and an intensified spy network, aiming to secure successors who share his view, though clever opponents may still undermine him.
A satirical tale in New York portrays a boy's plea for perpetual Christmas. Government and a charity foundation attempt to grant it via endless gifts from Santa, then the boy runs away, learning self reliance as the final Santa.
A handwritten note attributes a life philosophy to Joe Eisenhauer urging acts of kindness since one only passes through this world once and may not return to do good.
The News-Post staff echoes Christmas truth that customs endure despite Cold War pressures. The piece urges faith, love, and peace, recalling the Nativity and Wise Men following the Star. It stresses that Christmas cannot be killed and invites readers to deepen meaning, friendship, and hopeful joy this season.
Yesterday, Jacob Arthur Shoemaker, 16, ran away from his parents home in Shookstown and has not been heard from since. The large frame barn of J Oliver DeVries in Eldersburg, Carroll county, burned with 40 tons of hay, 125 barrels of corn, 2,500 bundles of fodder, 10 tons of straw, harness and farm wagons, total loss about 3000 dollars. The item notes the holiday season message of peace on earth and good will to men.
From The News Post twenty years ago, December 24, 1946 reports the mayor's advisory council urging a 25 percent water rate increase and extending city limits to a three mile radius from Square Corner. Magistrate Alton Y Bennett distributed holiday leniency, freeing most but violators with $1 costs. County commissioners asked to appropriate $57,000 to finish the five year Roads Board program.
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