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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1961
Page
9
A quirky 20th century etiquette roundup lists courtship rules and behaviors for gentlemen and ladies, including manners in calling, carriage, and conversation. The piece cites a Valentine mood and notes the era's social expectations amid curious misprints and era context.
In a bridge column Oswald Jacoby recounts a game where he employed a gambling double against a three no trump contract. He explains the heart lead strategy and the sequence that followed the club heavy defense, noting his wife Mrs Jacoby followed a convention yet misled the outcome.
President Kennedy asked Congress for more than 12 billion dollars in aid to the unemployed via three bills. One bill would extend unemployment benefits and aid roughly three million workers. another would provide temporary help to families with unemployed fathers. a third would boost the minimum wage. A separate item notes American Optical selling Hanau Engineering to Willhiam Geez Corp of Chicago, with no production or sales changes expected.
The Frederick County Grand Jury meets for the February term in the Circuit Court and is to conclude deliberations by evening. It has eight cases including assault with intent to kill arson larceny and sodomy as well as a bastardy count. five were finished earlier Monday. Jurors will inspect the Frederick County Jail Monticello Home and County Chronic Hospital before presenting indictments and a report to Chief Judge Paulrick Schnauffer later today.
Fourteen cars of a 83 car Baltimore and Ohio mixed freight derailed in Baltimore blocking the main passenger line west and three yard tracks. A spokesman said passenger service would not be delayed thanks to an alternate route. Cause of the derailment was not yet determined.
David B. Reifsnider of Keymar aged 84 died Sunday evening in Brookfield Manor Nursing Home Middleburg after a long illness. He helped organize Detour Bank as its cashier for 20 years and was a founding director of Key Grain and Feed. Survived by three children, six grandchildren, two great grandchildren and his Grace United Church of Taneytown affiliation. Funeral Thursday 2 pm Fuss Funeral Home Taneytown with interment at the church cemetery.
Optical firm American Optical Company of Southbridge announces a contract with William Geiz Corporation of Chicago for sale of its wholly owned subsidiary Hanau Engineering Company of Buffalo. Hanau will be directed by William Getz. No changes in production or sales are planned due to the transfer of ownership.
An item notes that the word telephone derives from Greek roots meaning far sound, citing the Excyclopedia Britannica as the source.
New York AP reports Jane Fonda argues that following a parent's path in show business comes more from neurotic drive than inherited talent. At 22 she is a Broadway and film star making her TV debut in NBCs A String of Beads. She says actors risk self insecurity and exhibition during creation, and parental influence can be misleading. Henry Fonda is seen as an exception to her theory. CBS contemplates its programming after recent cancellations.
The Ed Sullivan broadcast schedule changed as clarinetist Pete Fountain was announced not to appear on Sunday night, then appeared on air despite earlier disclosures. The decision followed tensions related to a taped show viewed by several vice presidents.
The News listings note NBC programs for February 7 1981 including Time Remembered with Edith Evans and Christopher Plummer airing 7:30 to 9 p.m. EST and a 10 11 p.m. adaptation of a Somerset Maugham short story starring Jane Fonda.
Montreal AP reports two holdups at a midtown service station on Sunday. Attendant Charles Duttle was forced to surrender $53 at 2:15 am before a second robber two hours later escaped with $20 after slapping Duttle as he questioned the small take.
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