Fort Detrick Year in Review Highlights Fort Detrick
Fort Detrick Public Information Office sums up a year of activity with thanks to partners including Frederick News-Post WFMD Chamber of Commerce and local groups. Highlights cover January to July events such as Open House for Kiwanis and a UNIVAC computer acquisition. Notable recognitions include Eicholtz Neufeld Schwimer Startt Wedum Hindman Warneck Berge Spero and Wedum roles.
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Fort Detrick
Public Information Office
Friends Land
Frederick
East Coast
Fort De‘trick
Carroll L. Eicholtz
Army Chemical Corps
Harold A. Neufeld
Frederick Civitan Club
Univac
Solid State 90
Sperry-Rand
Veronica Catrett
Zonta Club
Civilian Personnel Office Training Division
University of Maryland Extension Service
Maryland
State Junior Chamber of Commerce
John S. Herrick
Society For Advancement of Management
Winston-Salem
N_ C
Comptroller's Office
Iirs
Madeline Warnock
Detrick
David Berge
T. O. Berge
A. G. Wedum
Joseph Schwimer
Department of Army Reserve
National Press Club
Washington
Fred J. Delmore
Army Chemical, Corps Research and Development Command
Carlton E. Brown
England
Leonard Spero
France
Society of American Bacteriologists
Philadelphia
H. T. Bigelsbach
Armed Forces Day
Greg Hayward
Congressman Foley
West Point Military Academy
Research Society of America
Army Chemical Corps Advisory Council
Marshall Stubbs
George Blundell
Canadian and American Hospital Association
Milwaukee
Wisc
Harold Neufeld
Fort Rick
Washington County
American Association For the Advancement of Science
William G. Stanziale
Catholic University
Henry J. Hearn
LeRoy D. Fothergill
Rotary Club
The News Frederick Maryland Dec 30 1960
The Frederick News of December 30 1960 appears with listing details and subscription rates. It notes the paper is a member of the Associated Press and a second class mail publication.
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the News
Frederick
Maryland
Sregl Southern Pig
North Court
Frederck
Carter
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Republicahon
Nod
Coexistence at Moscow Congress Faces Cold War
The two weeks of meetings touted peaceful coexistence but show it as a test for the free world. It claims Cuba Congo Korea Laos are fronts for Communist influence. It warns that Africa and Latin America could see uprisings and calls for steadfast defense to keep Congo and global order.
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Moscow Congress of Communist Parties
Free World
United States
Cuba
Congo
Korea
Laos
Fifty Years Ago From The News-Post Files 1910
Shriner hosted a theater party at City Opera House for guests Dr D W Fetteroli and Mrs Fetteroli of Philadelphia followed by a dinner at City Hotel with many attendees. A large audience enjoyed The Man on the Box at City Opera House. W C T U members visited Montevue for Christmas. Dr R C Hume of Adams Town lost a horse to pleurisy. Hayes Meisling signed as a Heider for Scranton baseball. Richland Poultry Farm shipped coops to Madison Square Garden Show. A vaudeville act at City Opera House injured Millard Engle but no serious harm. William Buckhedier sold his Lime Kiln farm to George Almnutt at $130 per acre. Clifford Yixger broke his right wrist at Diamond Rink. Thomas Kline of Telegraph Street dressed and sold Christmas wilkys. About 300 fowls shipped to cities.
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Mmr
Edward Dear Shriner
City Opera House
D. W. Fetteroli
Fetteroli
Philadelphia
City Hotel
Jacob Rohrback
Edward Shriner
Samuel Dutrow
John N. Clary
Edward D. Shriner Jr
Etta Cramer
Roelkey
Harry Chapline
W.C.T.U
Montevue
R. C. Hume
Adams Town
Hayes Meisling
Scranton
Richland Poultry Farm
Madison Square Garden
New York
Millard Engle
William Buckhedier
Lime Kiln
George Almnutt
Clifford Yixger
Thomas Kline
Telegraph Street
Twenty Years Ago December 30 1940 Local News Roundup
A burned out transformer at Myersville cut power as Lutheran Sunday school held candlelight portions. Grossnickle Church of the Brethren near Ellerton postponed service a week. Children from Christ Evangelical and Reformed visited Hoffman Orphanage Littlestown with pastors and chaperones. London reports note ancient guild hall and Associated Press building damaged amid Nazi air attacks. Rev J H Schmitt of Centennial Memorial United Brethren improved after illness during a sermon. Sheriff Guy Anders surprised with a 41st birthday party at the jail. Frederick County delegation to the House elected Charles S Houck Jr as chairman. Saving by payroll deduction for E bonds promoted.
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News-Post
Myersville
Grossnickle
Guy Anders
Frederick County
House of Delegates
Charles $. Houck Jr
Fort Detrick Post Honors and Activity Ledger
Relief follows President appeal as Brigadier General Delmore presents the Award of Honor for Biological Safety at Fort Detrick ceremonies. Promotions, new commands, fellowships, safety awards, and social events fill the year from August through December, including a Major General keynote, the sixth Boy Scout summer swim meet, and the United Appeal Campaign ramping up. Changes in command, staff promotions, and professional conferences are noted, with community events such as tea, dances, and club meetings shaping post life.
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Fred J. Delmore
Army Chemical Corps Research and Development Command
Fort Detrick
Leonard Spero
Marseilles
France
Laverne A. Parks
Army War College
Carlisle
Carl S. Casto
L. A. Parks
Martha K. Ward
USA Medical Unit
U. S. Public Health Service
Navy
Women's Club
United Appeal
Francis Scott Key
Boy Scouts
Detrick
Charles RB. Phillips
Weisbaden
West Germany
Robert R. Freeman
American Chemical Society
New York City
Women’s Club
Second
United States Army Command
Armed Forces Chemical Association
Melvin M. Rathstein
St. Louis
Frederick County
Armed Forces “Forensic Sciences
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Washington
Fort George G. Meade
Paul H. Teare
Army
John Eterno
Per K. Frolich
Fort Myer
U. S. Army
East Coast
R. T. Nelson
Frederick
Circulation Of News Post At All-Time High
The Frederick Post and The News show record paid circulation in the annual ABC audit for the year ended September 30. Total paid circulation reached 19,052, up 765 from 1959, with The Post at 10,188 and The News at 8,870, largely distributed within Frederick City and the rest outside.
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Frederick Post
The
News
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Post
the News
ABC
Frederick City
Holiday safety and morality in highway tragedies
A reflective note warns that the holiday season often brings higher traffic fatalities due to speed drinking and weather. It stresses traffic laws reflect moral respect for life, cites Christian love, and urges citizens to change attitudes. It also honors local figures Bob Crothers Prof James Biehl and Anna Edwards amid Christmas sorrow.
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National Safety Council
George Selway
Michigan
Christ
Herod
Robert B. Crothers
James C. Biehl
Bob
Thorning Reviews Red Star Over Cuba in National Review
Dr. Joseph F. Thorning reviews Nathanie Weyl’s Red Star Over Cuba in National Review praising the work as research oriented and candid. The piece spotlights figures tied to Cuba policy and U.S. diplomacy, including William Arthur Wieland and Herbert L Matthews, alleged to have Soviet connections and leftist influence.
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New York City
Joseph F. Thorning
Cuba
Nathaniel Weyl
Devin Adair
National Review
United States
Thorning
Maryland
Wim
Castro Brothers
Fidel
Raul
Wes
William Arthur Wieland
Caribbean
State Department
U.S
Guillermo Arturo Montenegro
Thoming
Montenegro
U.S. Foreign Service
New York Times Bylines Shift Over Cuba Debate
The article notes American journalist Herbert L. Matthews faced criticism for campaign style Cuba coverage. It details Dr Therning and Matthews clashing over The New York Times dispatches during the Spanish Civil War and Cuba coverage. After August 18, 1959, Matthews’s byline disappeared from The Times.
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Fidel Castro
United States
Thorming
New York
Cal
Matthews
Thormning
New York Times
Cuba
Therning
Herbert L. Matthews
the Times
Body found frozen to death near Kenilworth embankment
A man, described as a 60 year old Negro, was found frozen on a snow covered embankment near Kenilworth Avenue south of Calvert Road by two boys walking to a frozen pond to skate. Police say death due to exposure, likely occurred before the December 11 snowfall in Prince Georges County.
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College Park
Kenilworth Avenue
Calvert Road
Prince Georges County
John W Null Auctioneer Dies of Heart Attack at 69
John W Null a Frederick county auctioneer for over 50 years died of a sudden heart attack at his home 13 East Ninth street Thursday around 730 pm He was 69 years old A longtime Maryland auction authority and frequent community figure he mentored son Debert S Null who now runs the family business Funeral services are set for Monday at 1 pm at 106 East Church Street with interment at Mt Olivet cemetery His survivor list includes his widow two sons four stepchildren three grandchildren and several local lodge and fire company affiliations.
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John W. Null
Frederick County
East Ninth Street
Mr. Null
Maryland
Luther M. Bready
Harvey R. Lease
John L. Dutrow
William =. Darner
Null
Brunswick
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Doubs
Homer Benn
Adamstown
Democratic State Central Committee
Joseph H. Eyler
Thurmont
Aliee Haines
Debert S. Null
Reppert Auctioneering School
Board of County Commissioners
J. William Ull Jr
Frederick Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
B. P. O. Ellis
The
Eagles
Railroad Veterans
United Fire Company
Luma Ponton Nuil
Clarence F. Miller
Grover R. Ponton
H. Gordon Shellenheim
Henry E. Ponton Jr
East Church Street
Mt. Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
George W. Bagent
Millville
Jefferson County
W. Va
Harpers Ferry
Daniel L
Virgie Virts Bagent
Standard Lime and Cement Company
Bertha E. Bagernt
Arthur Brown
Mary Silvious
Charles Town
Thomas Brown
Jack Elliott
Middleway
William Ott
Floyd
Winchester
Charles
Bunker Hill
George
Lester
Odom Myers
Nellie Kohne
Fairview Lutheran Cemetery
Bolivar, W. Va
FAA Awards Leesburg Center Contract to Jersey Firm
The FAA plans to award a 1 747 million contract to Arthur Venners of Westfield New Jersey for an Air Route Traffic Control Center to be built near Leesburg. Construction will begin next month and finish in about a year with a total project cost near 5 million including equipment. The 18 acre site lies 500 feet east of Leesburg. About 475 to 500 workers will be employed at the center.
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Jersey
Low Leesburg
Federal Aviation Agency
Arthur Venners
Westfield
N. J
Robert Brown
FAA
Giti
Leesburg
Deaths of George W Bagent Ode E Frye Windsor and Gill
Reports of deaths in West Virginia and Virginia list George W Bagent 54 of near Millville Jeffer son county W Va died after a three year illness. Ode E Frye 68 near Lucketts Va dies, survived by seven sons and ten daughters. Robert J Windsor 69 of Damascus dies at home after WWI service. Michael D Gill 25 chosen as housing liaison in Washington for the HFA with a 13730 yearly pay. Interments and funeral details follow.
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Gill
Jor
Washington
Michael Doud Gill
Mamie Eisenhower
Housing and Home Finance Administration
Congress
Funeral notices for Anderson Crouse Duvall Rentsel Thompson
Funeral services were held for Alvin A. Anderson in Sabillasville with burial in Blue Ridge cemetery. Irvin F. Hill Crouse of 700 East Patrick Street and Sharon Elaine Duvall of Gaithersburg were also mourned in services with interments at Mount Olivet and Parklawn Cemeteries. Additional services carried out for Elsie M. Rentsel of Fairfield and Osborne L. Thompson of Centerville with interment in local cemeteries. The reports note pallbearers and officiants, roles of family members, and the churches and funeral homes involved.
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Wilson Funeral Home
Fairfield
Elsie M. Rentsel
William Rentsel
RFD
Wolford Bible Convalescent Home
Otto Kroeger
Charles Coffelt
Fairfield Union Cemetery
George Steinberger
Glenn Sanders
Louie Watson
Dale Shuitz
Harper Hiner
Thomas Newmar
Editor's Wife Dies in Upper Marlboro County
Mrs. Samuel A. Wyvill aged 69, wife of the Enquirer-Gazette editor and publisher, died at her home near Upper Marlboro. A Prince Georges County native, she was daughter of the late John Andrew Schultz, former chief judge of the county's orphan’s court. Survivors include her husband and two sons.
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Upper Marlboro, Md
Samuel A. Wyvill
Weekly
Enquirer - Gazette
Here
Prince Georges County
Wyvill
John Andrew Schultz
Orphans Court
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Hos Cotanloteen
Father Thorning
U.S.A
Latin America
Dr. Therning
Mr. Matthews
Sec
Ode E. Frye
Virgie Mae Fre
Lucketts
Chapel Presbyterian Church
iLucketts
Muse and Reed ‘Funeral Home
Robert 3
Windsor Robert I. Windsor
Damascus
Urbana
Hany W
Catherine Cain Windsor
Lucinda Windsor
Robert Waltick
Forest Heights
Doris Horton
Edward White
Arlington
Harry F. Windsor
Clarence E. Windsor
William E. Windsor
Frank F. Windsor
Glenelg
Molesworth
Danis
Arlington National Cemetery
Salisbury
Richard M. Nixon
Rosa Humphreys
Nixon
Kennedy
Miss Humphreys
Alvin A. Anderson
Sabillasville
M. L. Creager and Son
William E. Ervin
Raymond Hahn
Edgar DeLauter
Rose Flaugher
Donald Manahan
Francis Manahan
Paul Iry
Blue Ridge Cemetery
Irvin Franklin Hill Crouse
East Patrick Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Robert F. Woodward
the Baptist Church
Austin Murray
Willard Koogle
George Layman
James Capino
Robert Burall
Horace M. Alexander
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Sharon Elaine Duvall
Montgomery
Sharon
John Lefebure
Lefebure
Henry P. Lefebure
Hutton Street
Gaithersburg
George Washington University Hospital
Gaithersburg High School
Girls’ Athletic Association
Garner W
Billy) Duvall Jr
Barbara
Alden Avenue
Osborne L. Thompson
Fort Howard V. A. Hospital
Eberweever Methodist Church
Centerville
J. A. William
Alonzo Graham
Roland Thompson
Charles C. Thompson
William Thompson
Phillip Thompson
Lenard Thompson
Frank Thompson
Church Cemetery
C. E. Hicks Hi
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