Disarmament Talks at Geneva Face Inspection Barriers
East and West representatives meet in Geneva to pursue nuclear disarmament, aiming for talks through August or September. Progress hinges on on-site inspections uncontrolled by Moscow, as Khrushchev withdrawals complicate trust. The U S argues its nuclear arsenal remains essential to deter Sino Soviet aggression and protect the free world.
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Geneva
Moscow
Washington
Russia
United States
U. S
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Khrushchev
America
Free World
We Need A New School Now From The News
A student letter from Thurmont High School calls for a new school, urging citizens to back the demand with action. The piece condemns nostalgia and stresses urgent need for better facilities to serve northern Frederick County.
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Frederick
Maryland
Great Southern Ptg & MF
Great Southern
Sraderlek
Act
United States of America
Ifio
Sena Espereons
Frederick County
Ronnie Free
Thurmont High School
Thurmont
Two U S Firms Report Over 1.5 Billion in Profit for 1963
General Motors led with 1.592 billion dollars in profits on 16.5 billion sales for the full 1963 calendar year. A T T followed with 1.522 billion dollars in profits on 9.506 billion operating revenues for the year ending November 30. Both show taxes absorb more than half, with federal spending cited as 70 times their after tax net.
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General Motors
American Telephone and Telegraph
Letters To The Editor Urges Central High School Near Thurmont
A reader in northern Frederick County urges locating a consolidated high school near Thurmont for balanced population coverage and town access. The letter argues central geography and available town facilities, suggesting a site within or near Thurmont to serve Emmitsburg Sabillasville Foxville Catoctin Furnace Rocky Ridge and Creagerstown.
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Edito
Thurmont
Frederick County
Emmitsburg
Sabillasville
Foxville
Catoctin Furnace
Rocky Ridge
Creagerstown
Frederick County Blood Program seeks donors for yearly quota
The committee urges 18 to 60 year olds to donate annually to sustain county protection. With 3,000 donors at one pint per year or 6,000 pledge cards, scheduling can fit the quota and donors may appear when convenient. Non-responders by July 1, 1964 will be dropped from active files. Call Mrs. Barbara Burke at 662-5131 to join or visit any Bloodmobile as a walk in. James A. Grove, chairman.
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Frederick County
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Washington Regional Center
National Red Cross
Frederick
Washington
University Hospital
Baltimore
Red Cross
United States
San Francisco
California
Guantanamo Bay
Washington Center
Barbara Burke
James A. Grove
Frederick County Blood Program
Fifty Years Ago News-Post Items February 1 1914
Fifty years ago readers saw Company A preparing for summer maneuvers marking the 100th anniversary of the British attack on Washington. A runaway horse attached to a coal cart startled cadets on West Third Street as coal spilled, creating a “black snow” scene. William C. Neidig named foreman of the grand jury as the February term began with Chief Judge Urner presiding over nearly 100 cases. Marion S. Moberly appointed court usher and law librarian succeeding George A. Schroeder who served 16 years in that role.
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Washington
Markell and Ford
Rosenstock
West Third Street
Market Street
East Third Street
William C. Neidig
Urner
Marion S. Moberly
Erjier
George A. Schroeder
Twenty Years Ago Items From The News Post Files
Items from the News-Post files dated February 1 1944 note a Tokyo radio report claiming raids on the Marshall Islands details then unavailable. Frederick Hotel stockholders elected officers J H Gambrill Jr Holmes Baker and R E Delaplaine. Baltimore Mayor McKeldin spoke at the Middletown Fire Department banquet. State health stats show marriages down statewide with Frederick County down 38.6 percent. Autopsy lists Mrs Jane H Beaver’s death as acute alcoholism. body found in yard beneath a seven foot porch. Yellowstone Rangers report elk culling in a northern area due to limited browse supporting 5000 animals through 21
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Tokyo
Marshall Islands
Frederick Hotel Company
Francis Scott Key Hotel
J. H. Gambrill Jr
Holmes D. Baker
R. E. Delaplaine
Charles McC. Mathias
Jane H. Beaver
Charles V. Main
Yellowstone National Park
White fashions lead charity show for March of Dimes
About 250 attendees at the Francis Scott Key Hotel watched Haber and Company present spring and summer fashions in an all white theme. The event raised roughly $400 for the March of Dimes with decor by Mrs. Richard R. Kline and music by the Gloria Harp Trio. Models included Lynn Alt and Susan Keadle among others with hats by Mae Whitmore and shoes from Waters.
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March of Dimes
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Francis Scott Key
Haber and Company
Frederick
Richard R. Kline
Gloria Harp Trio
Lynn Alt
Susan Keadle
Robert Rothenhofer
Charles Crum
Dud
Ley Glick
Donald Yost
Barbara Macrum
Ruth Janssen
Alvin Hylton
Robert C. Fischel
Elizabeth Davis
Mae Whitmore
Wachter and Hildebrand
West Patrick Street
Waters
Spring fashion notes embrace slimmer lines and suede coats
The era favors long slim silhouettes for formal wear while hides bulges with box jackets and blouses. Suede coats in greens and blues appear with fur trim and woolen fabrics. Skirts stay just over the knee and hats show wide brims as light wool and linen dominate suit materials. Evening wear stays cool in white silk chiffon and acetate.
Weaving QuinnWed: Kathleen Mary Quinn and W Timothy Weaver Married
Kathleen Mary Quinn daughter of Mr and Mrs George F Quinn of Mt Airy and W Timothy Weaver son of Mrs Joseph E Short and the late James E Weaver were married January 25 at 11 am in St Peter s Catholic Church Libertytown Fr Martin W Flahavan officiated The bride wore a two piece ivory wool suit with a white crown veil The maid of honor Michelle Robert wore a blue green wool jersey dress and carried yellow pompons and chrysanthemums The best man Michael Hooton and usher David Quinn attended The couple reside in Gaithersburg and plan education and careers in Maryland
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Weaver— Quinn
Kathleen Mary Quinn
George F. Quinn
Old Annapolis Road
Mt. Airy
W. Timothy Weaver
Joseph E. Short
Rowlesburg
W. Va
James E. Weaver
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Libertytown
Martin W. Flahavan
Michelle Robert
Fairview Avenue
Michael Hooton
West Hills
Heart Time At Frederick County Heart Fund Drive
The Frederick County Heart Association seeks support in its annual drive to fund heart research and public education. County and city chairs Garland Feaga and Harry Reid will mobilize volunteers to contact residents and encourage giving to speed breakthroughs in heart science. A related note discusses happiness and marital quarrels, citing university studies on sources of happiness and patterns of family conflict, urging mindful behavior before meals and suggesting restraint in Leap Year 19%4.
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Frederick County Heart Association
American Heart Association
Heart Fund
Garland Feaga
Harry Reid
Columbia University
Britain's first Negro policeman sworn in Gloucester
Astley Blair age 27 was sworn in as Britain's first Negro policeman in Gloucester serving as a special constable after five years on the Jamaica police force.
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Britain
Gloucester
England
Astley Blair
Blair
Jamaica
Farmer Dies After Tractor Accident Near Keymar
Earle Filmore Keefer a 62 year old Frederick County farmer near Keymar was killed when a tractor overturned on a frozen hillside at 9 am. A Mehring Company crane removed the tractor and body. He died of a crushed chest and multiple injuries per Frederick County Medical Examiner Dr. B O Thomas. Survived by wife Matrona and several siblings. Services Monday at 1 30 p m at Mt Zion Haughs Lutheran Church Ladiesburg with interment in Rest Haven Gardens Hansonville.
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Earle Filmore Keefer
Keymar
Mehring Company
Frederick County
B.O. Thomas
William F
Amanda (Stoner) Keefer
Matrona (Leatherman) Keefer
William J. Stonesifer
Taneytown
Glenn S. Keefer
David R. Stoner Sr
Johnsville
Grace E. Cotterer
Union Bridge
Clifford Leatherman
Bernard T
Truman F. Keefer
Ethel F. Keefer
Rockville
Mt. Zion Haughs Lutheran Church of
Ladiesburg
D. D. Hartzler and Sons
H. Edward Fisher Jr
Rest Haven Memorial Gardens
Hansonville
Deaths of Mrs. Elva M. Davids and Others in Local Obituaries
Mrs Elva M Davids 65 of Damascus died yesterday in Suburban Hospital Bethesda born in Virginia daughter of William and Hosanna Walker widow of Robert L Davids member of Montgomery Methodist Church Clagettsville survived by three brothers and three sisters calling hours at Olin L Molesworth Damascus funeral Monday at 2 pm Little Church at Ft Lincoln Bladensburg interment in church cemetery also noted Catherine Magdalene Lingg 92 died at home in Hagerstown born Emmitsburg widow of Joseph F Lingg survived by five daughters one son and many grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren Edward Ogostalik 63 died at Tryconnel Farm Knoxville cerebral hemorrhage born in Austria survived by no known relatives funeral Tuesday Feete Funeral Home Brunswick interment Arlington National Cemetery Charles P Sealley aka Charles Patrick Sealley noted as a separate item with limited detail.
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Robert L. Davids
Elva M. Davids
Main Street
Damascus
Bethesda
Virginia
William and Hosanna (Puckett) Walker
Montgomery Methodist Church
Clagettsville
Hayes H. Marshall
Columbus
Ohio
C. C. Marshall
Shadeyside
William C. Marshall
Silver Spring
Norma Ashford
Greenbank
W. Va
Viola Wimner
Ethel Miller
Durbin
Olin L. Molesworth
Little Church
Ft. Lincoln
Bladensburg
Church
Joseph F. Lingg
Catherine Magdalene Lingg
W. Church St
Hagerstown
Emmitsburg
John W
Mary M. Burtner Bentz
M. Madeleine Peer
Ruth Lantz
Bernadette Bower
Beatrice Smith
Chicago, Ill
Jane Stover
Greencastle
Joseph W. Lingg
Marie Gelwicks
Edward Ogostalik
Allen Shackelford
Tryconnel Farm
Knoxville
Austria
Pennsylvania
U. S. Army
Feete Funeral Home
Brunswick
Arlington National Cemetery
Point of Rocks man dies after illness at 51
John Scalley of Point of Rocks died Friday at 7 a m at Veterans Administration Center Martinsburg W V after several months illness aged 51 He was son of the late Joho land Mary R Haskell Scalley and a World War II veteran Survived by two sisters Mrs Mary A Brown Mrs Charles Colbert and brother Thomas P Scalley all of Point of Rocks Also nieces and nephews The body is at 106 East Church street funeral directors M R Etchison and Son Funeral arrangements to be announced
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East Church Street
M. R. Etchison and Son
Local Health Notes From Windsor to Frederick
Among the sick Mrs. Raymond Brown of New Windsor enters Carroll County General Hospital Westminster for surgery due to a broken hip. Mr. Luther Stambaugh returns home to Rocky Ridge after four weeks as a Johns Hopkins patient in Baltimore with improving condition. Charles K Harris RFD 2 Boonsboro admitted to Windsor Nursing Home Brad dock Heights. Michael D Kaufman Jr brother of Mrs. Rosenstock near this city ill since last fall and a Cedars for Lebanon patient returns home to Los Angeles for convalescence. Mrs. John Crum moved from Frederick Memorial Hospital to her daughter’s Woodsboro home. Mrs. Charlotte Grimes moved Lib ertytown to Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mr. Harry Filler moved from his home to Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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Raymond Brown
New Windsor
Carroll County General Hospital
Westminster
Luther Stambaugh
Rocky Ridge
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Windobona
Braddock Heights
Charles K. Harris
RFD
Boonsboro
Michael D. Kaufman Jr
Samuel H. Rosenstock
Libertytown
Frederick Memorial Hospital
G. C. Barton
Harry Filler
Birthday milestones for Thomas and Poole mark festive day
A party is set today for Master Christopher Boyd Thomas on his first birthday, son of Mr and Mrs J Paul Thomas of Pontiac avenue. Miss Sandra Louise Poole of West Patrick Street celebrates her 18th birthday today. Mr and Mrs T R Borda of Silver Spring announce the birth of their first child Andrew Philip born Wednesday evening, Mrs Borda daughter of the late L Ray Burgee and Mrs Burgee of Dill avenue.
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Christopher Boyd Thomas
J. Paul Thomas
Pontiac Avenue
Sandra Louise Poole
West Patrick St
T.R. Borda
Silver Spring
Andrew Phillip
Borda
L. Ray Burgee
Burgee
Dill Avenue
Monocacy Village 4-H Club Receives Charter Certificate
The Monocacy Village Boys 4-H Club received the National 4 H Club Charter Certificate at January meeting hosted by Thomas Whitesell. Twelve members attended and Kenneth Mills joined. Thomas Whitesell and Larry Heim demonstrated “How To Build A Bird Feeder.” New officers are Dennis Smith president James Delauter vice president Frederick Glick secretary Dennis Mills treasurer Larry Heim reporter. Leaders are Howard Smith and Melvin Heim. Next meeting at Larry Heim’s home February 25.
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Monocacy Village
Thomas Whitesell
David Eigenbrode
Kenneth Mills
Larry Heim
Veteran yachtsman Lowery dies at 66 in Tilghman Md
Funeral services for Capt. James E. Lowery a private yachts pilot along the Atlantic coast for 30 years will be held today at Tilghman Methodist Church. He died Wednesday at his home in Tilghman aged 66. After retiring nine years ago he and his wife ran the Talbot Guest House in Easton Md.
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Tilghman, Md
James E. Lowery
Atlantic Coast
Tilgham Methodist Church
Lowery
Talbot Guest House
Easton
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News-Post
Robert Rothenhoefer
Frank J. Keefer
Joe Eisenhauer
Andrew Chapman
Charles P. “Sealley
Charles Patrick Sealley
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