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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1961
Page
2
A collection of humorous Q and A snippets from a Boyle column featuring office snoring, inheritance questions, burial preferences among spouses, a gravity remover invention pitch, retirement finances, PTA concerns, and a humorous note on ear pings despite a playful tone and witty solutions.
The piece contrasts radio and television coverage of a major snowstorm. It notes network TV offering distant views from Laos to outer space while radio provides nonstop local storm updates, road conditions, emergency tips, and safety instructions as winter weather worsens.
Legislative Sidelights reports Maryland lawmakers proposed exempting individual bomb shelters from state property tax if built to Office of Civil Defense specs. A new higher education council for Maryland was recommended, shifting U education powers from the State Board of Education. A gun sales bill seeks stricter controls including a 43 hour waiting period and background checks, barring convicts from ownership.
Miss Patricia Ann Bianchi a Saint Joseph's College student trained at Frederick County Health Department in 1959 expresses gratitude in a letter to Dr Forbes H Burgess. Now a public health nurse with Prince Georges County Health Department she credits the program for her competence in school nursing clinics and home visits noting the orientation was similar to hers and thanking all involved.
A compact English lesson notes common usage errors and mispronunciations. It highlights phrases such as I should have waited for her and the word stentorian meaning extremely loud. The text lists synonyms and stresses correct accent and spelling while urging daily vocabulary growth.
Venus shines brightest in the western sky after sunset and even in daylight with knowledge of its position. Mars remains prominent in Gemini high in the southern sky, with Orion Betelgeuse Rigel and Aldebaran among bright nearby stars, and Sirius outshining Mars. The map guides view times from about 10 p.m. to 8 p.m., detailing constellations and notable stars, including Regulus, Ursa Major, Polaris, Cassiopeia, and Perseus with Algol.
Recife reports most European passengers of the Santa Maria begin return aboard the Vera Cruz to Lisbon as U.S. planes and destroyers tracked the rebel held Portuguese ship. About 450 of 600 passengers, mainly Spaniards and Portuguese, resume a trip halted by Henrique Galvao’s seizure. The Vera Cruz travels via Cape Verde, Tenerife, Madeira, Vigo with a strong guard aboard to prevent a repeat incident.
In Yokohama Japan two cargo ships the American Alcoa Pioneer and the Danish Laust Maersk collided Sunday night sending the Danish vessel to the bottom of Tokyo Bay. Five crewmen from the Danish ship were missing. Forty three others and four American passengers were rescued with thirteen injured. The Alcoa Pioneer, a 6759 ton vessel, was damaged in the bow but reached Yokohama port under its own power.
Aboard the American vessel, none of the 43 crew members were reported injured after an incident at sea. Authorities have not released further details about the event or its location.
NASA said a hydrogen engine test from Wallops Island Virginia met its main objective. No rocket reached four miles as seas prevented recovery of a camera pack in the nose cone. the payload parachuted into the Atlantic as planned.
William D. Keller Jr. 36 was found dead in the wreckage of a Cesena 195 light plane after disappearing on a flight from Salt Lake City to Brigham City. He was technical director of Allegany Instrument Co. of Cumberland Maryland and was in Salt Lake City for an American Rocket Society convention. He departed around midnight in a flight believed to lack a filed plan as a snow squall developed shortly after takeoff.
In New York a special report shows a new non surgical method shrinking hemorrhoids and stopping itching while relieving pain. Cases noted actual reduction with gentle relief, claiming piles ceased to be a problem. The discovery centers on a bio dyne healing substance now in suppository or ointment as Preparation HE available at drug counters.
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