Telephone Trapping Circuit Aids Tracing Threat Calls
Robert F. Pedrick an advanced development engineer has invented a telephone circuit to trap and trace nuisance calls while the recipient calls police on the same line. Patented by Stromberg-Carlson division of General Dynamics, it is in use by independent phone companies. The circuit lets a caller alert central and keeps switches from releasing until the source is located, enabling help requests on the same instrument. It could deter criminals including kidnapper threats and be standard equipment on devices prone to threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Pedrick
Stromberg-Carlson Division
General Dynamics Corporation
Bell System
Letters to the Editor Question in Movie Poll Sparks Debate
Frederick residents critique a Daystar Productions survey on sex and violence in films arguing the questions are loaded to favor sensational content. They urge cautious public involvement and warn against supporting Hollywood’s morally lax trends. A second letter calls for a Farmers Union to influence prices, citing milk costs and farm hardship. the writer urges collective action and notes an editor’s legal warning.
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Daystar Productions Company
Frederick
Chamber of Commerce
Hollywood
Frederick Post
Agricultural Extension Service
Charles W. Bollinger
Emmitsburg
Cold Weather Records Fall in Garrett County 1912
Fifty years ago in Garrett County all cold records were broken as the thermometer dropped to 39 degrees below zero. Frederick County also faced its coldest spell in years with readings from two to twenty below zero across the city. Monocacy ice measured 8 to 12 inches. The YMCA Junior Athletic Club received new gymnasium suits in maroon and white. William H. Kline, longtime green grocer on North Market street, was found dead in his 70s. The Board of Trade backed a 75000 bond issue to improve public school conditions. The house of Harry Conner near Park Mills was destroyed by fire. A steer belonging to Stern and Kolb blocked Market street when it fell on the tracks near Lowenstein and Wertheimer's store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Post- Files
Garrett County
UST
Frederick County
Y.M.C.A
William H. Kline
North Market Street
Board OF Trade
Harry Conner
Park Mills
Twenty Years Ago From The News Post Files
A January 13 entry recalls wartime events and local incidents:Hol lo way urges Bible basis for conduct. sugar feared hoard could trigger rationing. Singapore bombarded. Malaya reinforcements reported. ice on Culler Lake thawed. Allied artillery claims success against Japanese. a large steamship torpedoed near Nova Scotia with many lives lost. sledding accident in Emmitsburg leaves a boy in satisfactory condition. debris on the lake noted by City Engineer Walter. German forces mass for Malta attack. a Frederick lime plant roof fire controlled. a $400000 government synthetic rubber program announced. Joseph Nestor suffers a collarbone fracture skating on Culler Lake and recuperates in Philadelphia at Lumbermen's Association event.
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Nova Scotia
William Adams
Norman Adams
Emmitsburg
Culler Lake
W. Raymond Walter
Malta
Washington
Joseph H. J. Nestor
Philadelphia
G. Hunter Bowers
Mad-Atlantic Lumbermen’s Association
Thurmont PTA to host Doris Remsburg on January 16
Thurmont Elementary PTA meets in the school multi purpose room at 8 p.m with principal Doris Remsburg speaker on the history and activities of the handicapped training program. Parents may visit classrooms at 7:30 p.m. Gold Leaf award cited for 25 percent membership growth. Free PTA Magazine door prize and light refreshments after.
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Thurmont Pta
Doris Remsburg
Harmony Grove School
Thurmont Elementary Pta
Remsburg
Frederick
Lloyd Hoke
Lester Moser
Fe Ieeting
PTA
W S C Meets Buckeystown WSCS Deliberates On Social Drinking
W S C meets January 3 in the social hall with six teen members and guests. Devotions titled Alcohol and Christian Responsibility were led by Mrs Albert Snoots. Mrs Susie Nichols directed a program of two playlets on social drinking followed by Q A. Grenei presided over business and announced a February 13 study course at Mrs Nichols’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S.C
Buckeystown
Ws.c.s
Albert Snoots
Spiritual Life
Susie Nichols
George Hildebrand
Howard Hawthorn
Nenda Grenci
Russell Burns
Russ
Woman's Society Meets and Retirement Honor Highlight Lewistown News
The Lewistown Woman's Society met January 9 at the Church Hall with 24 members and one visitor. The program covered Alcohol and Christian Responsibility led by Mrs Green, with assistance from several members. Retired Charles T. Paugh of the U S Army Chemical Corps Engineering Command was honored at a luncheon with a plaque. He hails from Athens County Ohio and has worked at Buick, Remington Arms, U S Rubber, Nestle and more before moving to Jupiter Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society
Lewistown
Charles T. Paugh
BW Products
U. S. Army Chemical Corps Engineering Command
Fort Detrick
J. Fred Kreissig
Center
Paugh
Athens County
Ohio
Ohio Universiy
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Detrick
Army Chemical Center
Buick Motor Company
Remington Arms
U. S. Rubber Company
Nestle Chocolate Company
Frederick
Florence
Thomas Avenue
Jupiter
Palm Beach
Fia
Sidelights They Talk School in Frederick County
The Brake family of teachers in Frederick County, led by Warren G. Brake of Yellow Springs and including siblings Rosalee George B and Joan, illustrates Shepherd College's impact on local education. The article notes Postwar teaching paths, county service, and a Christmas recognition for local 4H members Pat Rosencrantz and Pat Bowlus, with praise from Dr Sensenbaugh and Beatrice Fehr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherd College
Wilson
Brunswick
North Frederick
Petersburg
C. G. Brake
1961 Year For Snow Record
The year 1961 brought unprecedented snow totals and notable weather extremes. Temperatures fluctuated with a 94 degree summer high and multiple below zero days in winter. Rainfall totaled 40.07 inches, below normal, while floods were limited and a rare Utica tornado caused only localized damage. The year is remembered for extreme snow and varied conditions.
To Open New Farm Mart In Frederick County
A farm machinery dealership featuring John Deere equipment will open at 900 East Patrick Street on January 17. Owners with over 25 years in sales and service say they understand farmers’ needs. Day, J B Dick, will manage the store with factory trained mechanics. Open house starts January 17 at 6 am. Six days a week hours 8 am to late evening. East of the Fairgrounds on the south side of East Patrick Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Deere
East Patrick Street
Damascus
Frederick County
J. B. Dick” Day
Wille
Fairgrounds
Village Tragedy: Peru Landslide Buries Ramahirca
A massive landslide from Huascaran swept nine miles down a canyon in Peru, killing nearly 450 residents of Ramahirca as families sheltered after dinner. Survivors describe a sudden, terrifying wall of earth and a graveyard of mangled bodies carried to a village court yard.
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Huascaran
Peru
Ramahirca
Manuel Melgarejo
Manuel
New Courses Offered At Junior College
The college announces new offerings including microbiology of food water and air analytic geometry with coordinate geometry locus problems conic sections and solid analytic geometry music appreciation tracing from early polyphony to modern symphonies and a three hour course in American government focusing on structure functions and constitutional development Schedules for the second semester are available at the college office.
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United States
Local Birthdays and Travel Note From Maryland Figures
Miss Audie Sue Hahn celebrates a birthday at 13 Kline Boulevard. Oliver Hoffman of near New Market returns home from Frederick Memorial Hospital where he was a surgical patient and will observe his 59th birthday Friday. Cathy Ann Mills of 216 Thomas Avenue marks her seventh birthday Monday. Dr Albert R Miller Jr, chief of Research and Special Studies at the Maryland State Planning Department, left Friendship Airport on Saturday January 13 to attend an Interstate Conference on Water Problems in Dallas, Texas. he resides in New Market.
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Audie Sue Hahn
Kline Boulevard
Oliver Hoffman
New Market
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Cathy Ann Mills
Raymond Mills
Thomas Avenue
Albert R. Miller Jr
Maryland State Planning Department
Friendship Airport
Dallas
Texas
Miller
Hospital patients reported improving in Frederick area
Among The Sick Mrs C Carroll Wickless of Woodsboro who was admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital on Tuesday is reported in satisfactory condition. She is awaiting surgery. Mr Charles F Ferrell Point of Rocks was admitted to the Skyline Building of the Vindo bona Convalescent and Rest medical patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital is continuing to improve. David Belew Wallvesville wi
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C. Carroll Wickless
Woodsboro
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Charles F. Ferrell
Point of Rocks
David Belew
Wallvesville
Diary recalls 1912 big freeze and local incidents
Frederick area notes list hospital patients and residents, recalls a stove fire from burst water lines, a Chicago style weather diary by Mr Null. It mentions chicken pox recovery for Billy Hopwood, school return to Saint John's, and long career moves ending with county school system maintenance.
City’s Big Freeze Of 1912 Recalled
Readings in 1912 plunged townsfolk into paralysis as icy air seeped into homes through walls and roofs. Livestock froze in fields and two chickens were found frozen on East Patrick Street while telephone wires snapped and trunk lines broke under extreme cold. Local weather data began in 1891 with record lows of minus 18 in 1935 and minus 12 in other years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Patrick Street
Frederick couple announce engagement of Carol Barnes
Mr and Mrs Robert L Barnes of this city announce the engagement of their daughter Carol Louise to Larry Eugene Shewbridge son of Mr and Mrs Donald Shewbridge RFD 6 Miss Barnes is a member of the Frederick High School senior class Mr Shewbridge attended Frederick High School and is employed at the Ox Fibre Brush Company No date has been set for the wedding
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Grayson Castle
Adamstown
Brenda Rebecca
Charles Thomas Smith Jr
Charles Thomas Smith Sr
RFD
Frederick
Miss Castle
Frederick High School
Smith
Floyd Frye
Thurmont
Janet Elizabeth
Gerald Winfred Brown
Carroll W. Brown
Miss Frye
Thurmont High School
Thurmont Shoe Company
Brown
Claire Frock Co
Clarence Fawley
Monrovia
Thelma Irene
Lawrence Q. Summers II
Lawrence O Summers
Airy Miss Fawley
Summers
Ox Fibre Brush Company
Charles W. Metzer
Myersville
Judy Elaine
Steven Eugene Keller
Amos R. Keller Jr
Middletown
Miss Metzer
Mr. Keller
Middletown High School
Robert L. Barnes
Carol Louise
Larry Eugene Shewbridge
Donald Shewbridge
Miss Barnes
Shewbridge
Lewis E. Krietz Sr
RFD 2
Mary Edna
James Edward Miller
Howard Miller
Miss Krietz
H. C. Toor Shoe Company
Miller
Emmitsburg High School
Blue Ridge Rubber Company
Albany Teads Debate on Making Six Spades Commentary
A letter from Albany argues over a bridge hand where six spades were reached. The writer defends a play of the three of clubs from dummy against East, claiming the method ensured the hand could be made despite heart lead and East holding four clubs to the queen jack.
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Albany
N. Y
East
East and West Holdings
Frederick Y M C A Meeting Postponed to January 16
The regular annual meeting of the Frederick Young Men's Christian Association membership, postponed from January 9, will be held Tuesday January 16. Ballots for the election of the Board of Directors may be cast during the designated hours.
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YMCA
Frederick Young Men's Christian Association
Board of Directors
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News-Post
Frederick G. Holloway
Western Maryland College
The
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Evangelical Reformed Church
Singapore
Malaya
War Department
Independent Hose Co
M. J. Grove Lime Co
Brake
Warren G. Brake
Yellow Springs
Liberty
Eugene W. Pruitt
Army
Charlotte James
North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Carol Ann
Blake
Helen Collins
Charles E. Collins
Urbana
Maryland House of Delegates
University of Maryland
W. Va
Rosalee Brake
West Virginia
George B Brake
Wyndham Barbe
Shepherd
Joan Brake
James Wilson
Jeffrey
Mr. Wilson
Chemical Corporation
Pat Rosencrantz
Beatrice Fehr
Pat
Utica l
New Farm Mart
Nains
Charles Fitez
West
Patrick Street
City Park
Billy Hopwood
Redwood Avenue
Saint John’s Elementary School
South Stret
A. E. Fisher
William Null
Mr. Null
Dickerson
Washington Street
William D. Bowers Lumber Company
Teeerues
WEA
Fan
Jacoby
Oswald Jacoby
NEA
South
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