Glenn Glenn Signs Autographs At Cocoa Beach Church
Astronaut John Glenn Jr. attended Sunday services at Riverside Presbyterian Church in Cocoa Beach Florida before an orbit mission. He sat quietly, listened intently, and posed for autographs with dozens of children outside, using a car hood as a desk for signatures and sharing a hymn with the congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Benedict
Ocoa Beach
Fla
John HH. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Riverside Presbyterian Church
Cocoa Beach
L- Trabue
Frank A. Irwin
Arlington
James Fowler
Mr. Pfeiffer
Life Insurance Teaser for Seniors Born After 1881
Appeal offers a $1,000 policy up to age 90 from Old American Insurance Co. No calls, mail only application. Tear out and mail name, address, year of birth to 4900 Oak, Dept. LAlISE, Kansas City 12, Mo. No Obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OLD American
Pioneer Insurance
Old American Insurance Co
Oak
Dept. Lalise
Kansas City
America Today In History Highlights and Births
Highlights of historic anniversaries include the first postal route in America between New York and Boston in 1673, Wheeler commanding Confederate cavalry in 1863, Hog Island shipyard’s last vessel in 1921, Allied landings at Nettuno-Anzio in 1944, Pravda noting American policy hopes in 1961, and John Winthrop’s birth in 1588. Also listed is Griffith born in 880.
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America
New York
Boston
Joseph Wheeler
Middle Tennessee
Hog Island
Delaware Capes
Nettuno-Anzio
Rome
Pravda
Soviet Union
John Kennedy
John Winthrop
Massachusetts
Bay Colony
Suffolk
England
Winthrop
Charles I
Mass
Salem
David Lewelyn Wark Griffith
la Grange
Kentucky
Griffith
Hargrove Appointed Baltimore Peoples Court Judge
John R. Hargrove, 39, appointed by Gov. Tawes to the Peoples Court of Baltimore City. He succeeds E. Everett Lane, a retiring Negro Republican deputy U.S. attorney. Lane retired at age 70. Hargrove will serve under a term expiring Dec 31 with possible eight year re election.
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Hargrove
Annapolis
John R. Hargrove
Peoples’ Court
Baltimore City
E. Everett Lane
U.S
Lane
Tawes
Bar Association of
Jaycees To Give Distinguished Award During Week
Jaycee Week in Frederick January 21 to 27 features Bosses Night banquet January 23 at Town and Country Restaurant. Frederick Jaycee president Jim Powell says a Distinguished Service Award will be given to an outstanding local young man for community contribution. A Peace Corps speaker will address the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycee
Junor Chamber of Commerce
Frederick
Jim Powell
DSA
Peace Corps
Washington
U. S. Jaycees
America
Santa Monica
Calif
Bob Conger
Maryland Jaycee Contest Chooses State Top Five Men
The Maryland Jaycee contest will select five outstanding young men aged 21 to 35 in the state. State winners advance to the national competition which names the nation’s ten outstanding young men.
Kefauver Reelected Farm Bureau Head
Noah E. Kefauver Jr of Middletown was reelected to a third term as President of the Maryland Farm Bureau at a Board of Directors meeting. Charles E. Wise resigned as executive secretary and treasurer effective January 31. A Kenneth Miller became secretary and Edgar A Kalh treasurer. Ward Ferrow and Herbert Carter were reelected vice presidents. Fire call reported for Carroll Manor Fire Company at 11 40 a m Sunday to the home of R W Sannell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah E. Kefauver Jr
Middletown
The
Marry
Wise
A. Kenneth Miller
Easton
Edgar A. Kalh
Rolling Road
Baltimore County
Young D. Hance
Prince Fred
Carroll Manor
R. W. Sannell
Baker Valley Road
Fire damages Gaithersburg home in New Year blaze
The home owned by C. E. Becraft in Gaithersburg was involved in a recent chimney fire that caused no injuries. The prior New Year’s Day blaze in 1956, caused by an overheated stove, inflicted about $5,400 in damage.
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C. E. Becraft
Gaithersburg
Fisherman survives fall and is hauled aboard by net
Saved aboard after a fall overboard when a rope broke. Captain Péter Ince, knocked unconscious, sank but revived underwater and fought into a herring net, then was pulled back aboard by the fishing fleet in Fleetwood England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleetwood
England
Péter Ince
Ince
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Man
Lewis Monroe Hurst
East South St
Iis Home
Paul Mossburg
Frank Main Jr
Ray Dietz
Charles Sanner
Know
Woodbine Auto
Woodbine, Maryland
Sykesville
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Gardner Cox
Holyoke
Harold Sydney Geneen
International Tel. & Tel. Corp
Bournemouth
Leon H. Keyserling
Charleston
S. C
Joseph Seitz
Colonial Stores, Inc
Zurich
Switzerland
Ann Southern
Valley City
North Dakota
Jaycees
Paul E. Gaver
Third Telephone Monument
Maryland Industrial Finance
Kefauver
Farm Bureau
Warnaneweer
Charles E. Wiser
Praruenssenvens Annoees
Whitesell Pharmacy “Prescription Center
N. Market St
Hillside Coal & Oil Co
Melvin M. Engle
N. Carroll St
Penney's
Frederick County
Watkins - Burdette Motor CO
Frederick, Md
East Fourth Street
Ford
Crouse Motor Sales
Taneytown, MD
Maryland
Omac Trucks
Roney Motor Co
BEL Air
Pontiac
National
Ridgeville
Airy
Ford City
Squire
the Idea! Garage Co. Inc
E. Patrick St
Mercury
Monterey
Dr.h.t
Moyers
West South ST
Kenneth H. Stull
United
Hamilton Avenue
Dr. Hardtop
Ro & H
Pont
PS. P.B
Olds. S
Dr. Hardtop & H., PS. PB
St. Ch
Buick
AT. R. & Hey PS
Sedan
Dodge
Renn Pontiac, Inc
East Sixth St
New
Penney’s
Auto
Lawson Motor Sales Sales
Rambler
Rew Market
Dorge
Chevrolet
Jefferson & Patrick
West South Street
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