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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1964
Page
4
In a January 1914 hearing on the Post Office Appropriations Bill in Washington Representative David J. Lewis of Maryland urged government ownership of telephones in a lengthy speech. The News-Post notes the period’s debate on public infrastructure and rural communications.
The Frankfurt proceedings target 22 former Auschwitz guards as part of a wider effort to purge Nazi accomplices. Courts have convicted 5426 such criminals, with 100 plus more convicted and 590 suspects under review. earlier Allied trials had 5,006 Nazis judged. Witnesses describe shocking acts of cruelty and dehumanization during the war.
The article notes Harry S. Truman, while strolling, citing his grandfather about doing favors. It reflects on Cuba’s independence from Spain and Panama’s independence linked to the canal and U S rent. It argues that favors breed demands.
Letters to the editor defend a lane’s poor condition and urge road improvements. The writer recalls high taxes, snowbound winters, slow help, and past fuel deliveries by oil companies. They praise residents for perseverance and urge the three families to receive the urgent road upgrade.
Frederick County officials announced the second rabid dog case in three months, found in Locust Valley near Sigler's Church and described as dumb rabies. The area saw an official minimum of two degrees below zero at the Frederick Weather Station, the coldest since December 1942. The Frederick City Hospital Nursing School received U S Cadet Nurse Corps approval, announced by Miss Davena A Somerville. Maryland State Police will oversee sounding air raid signals across 23 counties via the state police radio network.
Two automobile accidents were reported Thursday in Frederick. Betty Tobery 25 of RFD 2 Frederick reportedly rear ended James Smith’s parked Chrysler on East Church Street causing $30 damage to the Chrysler and $300 damage to Tobery’s 1963 Oldsmobile. No charges were filed. A second crash on Hamilton Avenue involved Marvin Heatherly 25 of West South Street striking William Ayler’s 1963 Chevrolet after turning from East South Street. Ayler’s car suffered $150 damage while Heatherly’s 1959 Ford had $100 damage. No charges were filed.
A Burkittsville motorist, Clifford B. Smith, 20, was charged with failing to yield after a crash on US 340 at the Md 17 intersection. Lloyd L. McKeever, 59, of Knoxville was driving north and collided with Smith’s car. Damages were $250 to Smith’s 1964 Buick and $200 to McKeever’s 1955 Buick. State Police investigator Jack L. Forsythe led the case.
Adamstown Maryland notes on January 16, 1964 highlighting earned recognition or achievement. Further specifics are not provided in the readable text.
Frederick J. Bower joins McSherry and Burgee asso ciate as the firm opens a new office in the Western Maryland Trust Company building on South Market Street. The native of Frederick County, by way of Emmitsburg and Thurmont, is a 1962 law graduate from American University and a former State Farm claims employee. He is married to Dorothy D Demming and has a daughter Jessica Elaine.
The January 13 15 report lists births to Don Bowins Patricia Scott Madison street first child a daughter Preena Valez. J Henry Wright Jefferson third child second son David Edward. Joseph L Hering Buckeystown third child second son Robert Neil. Charles G McCarley Linganore Road RFD 6 Frederick fourth child third daughter Charlotte Lea. Paul H Leaman South Market street first child a daughter Karen Lynn. Bernard Leon Rice East Williamsport third child second daughter Kristy Ann. Franklin C Smith RFD 3 Frederick fourth child second son Tuesday. Martin Keely Taney avenue second child second son John Mark. Walter H Baker RFD 1 Knoxville first child a son John Walter. Richard E Gladhill RFD 1 Woodsboro first child a daughter Melissa Rene. Patrice Moberly Frederick.
Westminster Elks Ladies group met January 7 at the VFW Post Poole road. They approved a Leap Year Dance on February 29 led by Mrs. Gordon Haines. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Herman Logue and Mrs. Grover Fritz. The next meeting is January 21 at the VFW. Members were asked to bring playing cards for the hospital on February 14.
Arnold B. Keller, 83, longtime executive and former International Harvester Co. official, died Thursday after a lengthy illness in Hopkinsville Kentucky.
Mrs. S Blair Luckie, 102, a pioneering suffragist, died Wednesday in Swarthmore Pennsylvania.
James Marlow notes President Johnson at 55 stands among 11 global leaders with an average age of 68. He highlights replacements and aging rulers including Adenauer Macmillan Nehru and Franco Tito Khrushchev Mao de Gaulle Sukarno and more, predicting a power transfer with Nehru and Sukarno facing potential departures.
Among the ill, Luther Stambaugh of Rocky Ridge is at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. H Clyde Davis from Frederick was moved Thursday from Frederick Memorial to University Hospital in Baltimore. Mrs. Charles Kehne of Buckeystown has returned home after two weeks as a medical patient at Frederick Memorial and is reported doing fine. Alex Arris, recently at Frederick Memorial, has returned home on Carroll Parkway and is improving. L Lewren Sibert of Fair View Avenue, admitted to Frederick Memorial two weeks ago, will undergo surgery today.
Local attorneys and their wives attend a dinner dance at 7:30 p.m. at the Sheraton-Belevedere Hotel in Baltimore. The event marks the final day of the Maryland Bar Association Mid-Winter meeting which began with a reception at the hotel. Governor and Mrs J Millard Tawes hosted a wives’ reception at Government House in Annapolis.
Miss Ann Delaney daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph William Delaney and Howard Walker son of Mrs Vivian Walker and the late Elmer Walker of Portsmouth Va were united in marriage at St John’s Catholic Church Rev Fr John L Lippold officiated The bride wore a satin brocade gown with chapel train and a crown of pearls Her sister Miss Dorothy Kay Delaney was maid of honor Best man was William Jones Ushers included David Shaffer and Edward Delaney After a honeymoon the couple will reside in Fayetteville NC
Miss Razia K Choudhury will join Hood College as a part time physics instructor at the start of the second semester. The Pakistan native will teach modern physics and assist with introductory physics, replacing part time instructor Norma Cummings. She has studied and taught in the United States since 1960 at the University of Massachusetts and Northern Illinois University, earning a masters from Northern Illinois with a radiation specialty and B S and M S degrees from the University of Karachi. She previously taught physics at Central Government College in Karachi from 1956 to 1959.
United States farmers earned about $1.05 per hour for farm work while factory workers averaged roughly $2.30 per hour, highlighting a wide wage gap between agriculture and manufacturing jobs.
Benedetto Prato a 69 year old Charles Town resident and Bowie Race Track employee died Thursday night at Frederick Memorial Hospital from injuries after a Tuesday collision on U S 40 near Ridgeville. State Police reported his pickup struck the rear of a tractor trailer driven by Kenneth C Miller aged 49 of Everett Pa. Prato died about 7 p.m. after transfer by Mt Airy ambulance. no charges reported. William M Holley investigated.
Funeral services were held for Emma Grace Long at Trinity Methodist Church Emmitsburg with interment in Mountain View Cemetery. Annie Belle Wetzel of Union Bridge and George B Humberson of Frederick also memorialized with services and burials. Cordelia B Pyle of Baltimore died in Baltimore and was buried in Woodsroe Hope cemetery after services in Walkersville.
Rescue teams resumed the hunt for T. Sgt. Melvin Wooten of Tohatchi New Mexico after a B2 bomber crash near Cumberland. A parachute and twisted tail section signal ongoing efforts in Savage River State Forest as two crew members are confirmed alive and two dead.
The 4th Circuit ruled that rural carriers for Baltimore papers are not employees, overturning an NLRB finding. The decision affects 232 Sun and News American carriers, arising from a 1961 union organizing effort. The court labeled the carriers as independent business operators.
In Vatican City Pope Paul VI urged Roman Catholics to pray for Christian unity. He described his Holy Land meeting with Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras as a first step toward a united church. He urged bishops to call for unity prayers during Unity Week, an eight day octave.
Miss Eliza Rakestraw 9 percent former Union Bridge resident died Thursday at 4 30 a m in the Taylor Home 4608 Roland Avenue Baltimore where she had lived 17 years She was born in Stark County Ohio daughter of the late James and Maria Harris Rakestraw Unmarried last of her immediate family survived by nieces and nephews Retired school teacher taught in Union Bridge Virginia and Baltimore She was a Quaker attending Pipe Creek Meeting Society Union Bridge The body is at Union Bridge Funeral Home D D Hartzler and Sons with services Thursday at 2 p m Cremation Monday at Fort Lincoln Washington D C Interment Mountain View Cemetery near Union Bridge Friends may call after 7 p m today.
Ruth Lynne Briggs and Roy Kenneth Briggs wed January 2 at Frederick Court House with Ellis C. Wachter officiating. The bride is Ruth Lynne Briggs of Rockville, daughter of Chester Liven good and wife, and the groom is the son of Wilbur Briggs. They will reside with the bride’s parents.
Salisbury native Brig. Gen. Amos W. W. Woodcock, ex U S attorney for Maryland and former director of the Prohibition Bureau, died at home at age 58. WWII prosecutor of Japanese war criminals, he later led St John's College Annapolis and served as Salisbury National Bank director. Funeral plans pending.
William Raymond Brown Jr. 22 of Mr. Airy was found guilty of license fraud and operating on a revoked license in a Magistrate Court hearing. He received 30 days in jail and $150 fines on each charge. The arrest was January 3 near the Md 75 and U S 40 intersection. Brown entered nolo contendere with attorney Edwin F. Nikirk.
Miss Gloria Lee Jones of Hood College will attend regional meetings of the College Entrance Examination Board and the College Scholarship Service at Lafayette College Easton Pa this Monday and Tuesday. About 150 attendees will participate with talks by education counselors and panel discussions. Tours of the Lafayette College Library will be offered.
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