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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1964
Page
6
Partial newspaper masthead shows Associated Press affiliation and rebroadcast rights. Mentions publication date January 30 and postal entry at Frederick. Text is truncated with garbled names and year, offering little substantive news content.
Orley R. Bourland Jr of Walkersville argues for stronger leadership and citizen participation as Frederick County contemplates establishing a Metropolitan District to relieve small communities from utility burdens, coordinate water and sewerage, and standardize systems amid past rejections of Glade Valley and Braddock Heights proposals. He cites the district’s 1961 charter and references nearby sanitary authorities to illustrate potential benefits and challenges.
Nation's mayors urge White House aid on urban problem coordination and urban renewal funding. Rural electric leaders push a national power pool to cut electricity costs and spur rural development while warning against bloated anti poverty spending.
Khrushchev Castro and Mao back Soviet aligned moves as East African mutinies in Kenya Uganda and Tanganyika prompt British troop calls. Zanzibar revolt Congo guerrillas target central authority and missionaries while Libya’s king Idris restores order. Cold War powers watch.
A reader discusses options for suburban governance including annexation central city services and special districts. He outlines advantages of a Sanitary District such as circumventing legal debt and tax limits and preserving political boundaries while noting it has no broad political power beyond its defined purpose.
Mrs Clifton W Brannon will speak Friday at 7 30 p m at South End Baptist Church Scholls Lane and Burek Street in an evangelistic meeting led by her Longview Texas based husband who serves as meeting evangelist through Sunday. The first service centers on her life story with the topic From Club Woman and Civic Worker to Crusader for Christ.
A surprise birthday party was held for Mrs. Geneva Brachey on West South street hosted by Mrs. Jacqueline Goode and Miss Doris F. Blank. The event featured a This Is Your Life charm gift and a decorated birthday cake shared with many sisters and friends. Gifts came from several attendees unable to join. TOP WOMAN DIES WASHINGTON AP Mary Anderson 91 longtime head of Labor Department Women's Bureau from 1920 to 1944 dies Wednesday.
A Middletown area summary notes 10 983 92 dollars collected by the county treasury from mortgage and judgment taxes Last Sunday Rev S A Hedges preached temperance at Utica Church Plans surface for an electric road from Williamsport to Harrisonburg amusement and possibly Washington D C A 16 year old Ralph E Schroeder wins a large spelling bee at Hood College President J H Apple returns from a fund drive to plan a new administration building The famed Grand Daddy chestnut tree of Frederick County dies at age around 300 Plans for a new county road along Broad Run near Middletown are released
The local draft board released a list of 78 registrants, mostly from the city and county, who will travel to Baltimore soon for pre induction physical examinations. The Eighth Air Force sent over 800 heavy bombers in a major attack on Frankfurt as Berlin endured a second RAF assault. Frederick Fair plans were finalized for the last week of September by the Frederick County Agricultural Society directors. Independent Hose Company officers were elected without contest led by President Emeritus Thomas A. Chapline and President Benjamin B. Rosenstock.
Semitic workmen in the Sinai peninsula probably created the first alphabet. In 1280 B C the Hittites and Egyptians formed the first nonaggression pact through Ramses II's marriage to a Hittite princess. The Mitanni held early horse races and produced Kikkuli’s breed guide, pioneering domestication and chariot warfare. Indo-Europeans trace ancestors to Mitanni in Asia.
Market prices show corn at 7.00 dollars per barrel and wheat at 1.95 dollars per bushel with additional quotes around 1.20 dollars per bushel. Traders note small fluctuations in grain futures across the session.
Palm Springs California AP star Alan Ladd died at age 50 found dead in his master bedroom after a nap a servant alarmed by his failure to wake. Police say natural causes likely a heart attack an autopsy ordered Ladd had been alone at home for 10 days his wife Sue Carol later became his agent and wife famed for 23 years in films and the star of This Gun for Hire received up to 20000 fan letters monthly with eight secretaries answering them
Frederick Community Concert Association plans a TV preview of The Romeros prior to their February 22 Frederick appearance. The Romero family, dubbed The Royal Family of the Guitar, will appear on NBC Tonight Show this Friday and perform the first guitar recital at Lincoln Center’s Philharmonic Hall on February 7.
Wednes day transfers include Mr Imer Roderick of New Market moved home from Monocacy Hall Nursing Home by M R Etchison and Son ambulance. Clinton Eckard of Walkersville hospitalized after surgery at Frederick Memorial Hospital, listed in fair condition. Virginia Stang of West Fourth street admitted to Frederick Memorial for surgery. employed at Francis Scott Key Hotel Coffee Room. Larry T Campbell of Lee Place underwent surgery at Frederick Memorial Hospital and is in satisfactory condition. Dorsey Nichols and wife remain under doctor care at Hyatts town home. Marian Nicodemus, secretary to City Engineer, moved from Washington County General Hospital Hagerstown to University Hospital Baltimore.
The article outlines Maryland politics as Gov. Tawes pushes a 326 million general fund budget, funded partly by 16.2 million in new school aid tied to new taxes, and a proposed 1 percent income tax increase to support ongoing spending and reduce surplus reliance. Critics doubt need for more than school costs. session dynamics run to March 5 with tax battle shaping public costs. Also reports motorists Carmen Tiberio and James Decker faced traffic court verdicts with fines.
PE outlines a new high voltage power corridor to support industrial growth in the Potomac River Valley and keep rates low. Seventeen 138000-volt lines would equal one 500000-volt line, with more lines under construction nationwide. Officials claim no new hazards and note radio reception was considered in design. The project links Ft. Martin to Keystone near Pittsburgh and interconnects Washington and Baltimore regions with New York and Philadelphia, expanding regional reserve power for crises.
Obituaries list Howard C Bowman 72 farmer formerly of Silver Run died in Baltimore City Hospital. Surviving children and relatives are named with funeral plans at Little Funeral Home Lit tlestown. George Harry Craig 81 died after three weeks illness. services at Hicks Funeral Home with interment at Fairview Cemetery. Allen E Jones 60 died Frederick Memorial Hospital. services at Woodsboro church, burial Mt Hope. George W Lowry 73 of Gaithersburg dies at Springfield Hospital. services at Laytonsville Church, interment in church cemetery. Marvin P Shepley 51 died at home from heart attack. services at St Johns Church Frederick with Mass.
Mrs Effie Thomas widow of William H. Thomas Sr. died Wednesday at her Harmony Grove home at age 91. She was daughter of John E. and Ellen Hargett of Frederick County and survived by four children, six grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 10 30 a.m. at the Evangelical United Church of Christ in Harmony Grove with interment in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. She was a member of the Harmony Grove Homemakers Club.
Funeral services were held for Lula B. Basehear at the C. O. Fuss and Son Funeral Home in Taneytown with interment in Union Chapel cemetery near Libertytown. Alice Marie Davis of Bartonsville died Sunday. services were at Jackson Chapel Methodist church with pallbearers named and burial in Fairview Cemetery. Funeral for Carrie M Morningstar occurred at Creager Funeral Home in Thurmont with interment in Graceham cemetery. William Lee Stull’s rites followed at Feete Funeral Home in Brunswick with Mt. Olivet cemetery burial. Richard Neal Wolfe died at Clifton. services were held at the Church of the Brethren with Resthaven Memorial Gardens burial.
Pearl, a Philadelphia native now based on South Market Street, is profiled for his World’s Fair county exhibit work, Francis Scott Key memorial and Gettysburg stamps, wartime design efforts, and self taught path. He emphasizes authentic site study and artistic liberty to engage the public, living with his wife and two daughters on Magnolia avenue.
The FBI announced the arrest of Bernard John Dorn Jr., 20, of Spring Valley New York in a $7700 armed robbery at the Premier Building Association in Baltimore on November 6. Two other unnamed suspects were also arrested and Dorn faced a later U.S. commissioner arraignment.
Mead L. Bricker, 78, once a Ford Motor Company vice president and a leading production executive, died Tuesday in Royal Oak Michigan. Bricker was renowned for his impact on Ford’s manufacturing organization and industry practices throughout a storied career.
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