Castro's Trade Opens Debate on Cuba Exile and Constitution
In an interview with the New York Times Castro says Cuba will withhold aid to Latin American revolutionaries if the United States ends support for subversive activity. He pledges a constitutional government by January 4 1969 and a socialist constitution. The piece notes his continued backing of revolutionaries, hinted openness to better U S relations, and ongoing communist influence in Cuba. The article argues the United States should not endorse Castro's terms and should support Cuban exiles who oppose his regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
Castro
Fifty Years Ago Items From The News-Post Files
Fifty years ago on July 9 1914 the News-Post reports a Confederate memorial marker unveiled at Monocacy Battlefield by the Fitzhugh Lee Chapter U D C with nearly 500 attendees. Mayor Fraley counsels curb on speeding east Patrick Street after a ball game noting cars at 30 mph. Fredrick City banks report deposits totaling 8 101 31997 at end of June a new high. Mr Norman W Hopwood son of William H Hopwood plans to depart Frederick for Chicago for a six week linotype course at The Inland Printer Technical school. he has worked as compositor and pressman at Marken and Bielfeld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monocacy Battlefield
Fitzhugh Lee
United Daughters of the Confederacy
East Patrick Street
Fraley
Frederick City
Norman W. Hopwood
William H. Hopwood
Frederick
Chicago
Inland Printer Technical School
Hopwood
Marken and Bielfeld
Johnsons Veep Poll Tests Humphrey Kennedy Running Mates
A confidential poll of 1600 probable voters tests President Johnson with possible running mates Hubert Humphrey and Robert Kennedy against a Republican ticket. Johnson leads in all pairings. 73 percent with Humphrey and 71 percent with Kennedy. Humphrey wins among Protestants Jews Democrats Republicans and independents while Kennedy leads among Catholics. The poll, supervised by Louis H Bean, suggests Johnson may favor Hum phrey or Kennedy to shore up weak areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Goldwater-Scranton
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Robert F. Kennedy
Louis H. Bean
Humphrey
Kennedy
Twenty Years Ago in the News Post Files July 9 1944
The Twentieth Air Force reports heavy bombing on five targets in its second strategic mission against Japan including three on Kyushu and two in China. County water supplies falter under a 13 day dry spell, with a heat peak of 98 degrees. Bill Hallar, son of Preston and Mrs Hallar, trombonist with Charlie Spivak, appears in the motion picture Pin-Up Girl at Tivoli Theater from tomorrow through Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Air Force
Kyushu
China
Bill Hallar
Preston Hallar
South Market Street
Charlie Spivak
Tivoli Theater
Local health updates and a Cape Kennedy missile note
Among The Sick Mr Wilbur Seeger returns from the Wilmer Institute in Baltimore to Magnolia avenue. Mr Tom Griffin of Tri State Electrical Supply improving at home near New Market after ten days in Fort Meade Hospital. Mrs Alice Ellis Frock Walkersville enters Washington County Hospital for major surgery Friday. Mrs Jack J Price Mt Airy returns home from Frederick Memorial Hospital and is getting along satisfactorily. Mr Raymond T Easton of Park Mills admitted as medical patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital. CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Polaris A2 missile closes test flight with three straight successes. John Adams submarine launched missiles 1500 miles downrange offshore for a 40 of 46 good shots. MARKET PRICES Corn 7 25 per bbl Wheat 1 25 per bu Barley 0 85 per bu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Seeger
Wilmer Institute
Baltimore
Magnolia Avenue
Tom Griffin
Tri-State Electrical Supply Company
New Market
Fort Meade Hospital
Alice Ellis Frock
Walkersville
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Jack J Price
Mt Airy
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Cape Kennedy, Fla
Cape Kennedy
John Adams
Legionnaires Installed At Thurmont Post 168
Carmel Kelly and Mrs Reva Fisher were installed as head officers of the Edwin C Creeger Jr American Legion Post 168 of Thurmont and its auxiliary at a joint installation meeting on June 27. Officers named include Howard Donnelly first vice commander Norman May second vice commander J E Prendergast adjutant Lee Fisher finance officer Edwin Carty service officer Harold Wantz chaplain Herman Shook historian Howard Lantz sergeant at arms and Mervin Green executive committee man. Auxiliary officers listed include Mrs Louise Fraley first vice president Miss Ethel Grimes second vice president Mrs Naomi Green secretary Mrs Maude Prendergast chaplain Mrs Gladys Wiles sergeant at arms and Mrs Katherine Lewis Miss Ethel Alexander and Miss Ann Fisher color bearers. Additional officers not present will be installed at the next meeting. Guests were introduced by Mrs Dorothy Alexander. Department and district leaders attended and praised the post for achieving a 4 star status with high membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmel Kelly
Reva Fisher
Edwin C. Creeger Jr
American Legion
Thurmont
Mervin L. Green
Legion
Howard Donnelly
Norman May
J. E. Prendergast
Lee Fisher
Edwin Carty
Harold Wantz
Herman Shook
Howard Lantz
Mervin Green
The
Legion Auxiliary
Fisher
Louise Fraley
Ethel Grimes
Naomi Green
Maude Prendergast
Gladys Wiles
Katherine Lewis
Ethel Alexander
Ann Fisher
Ladies Auxiliary
Barbara Weddle Freeze
Janet Snurr
Dorothy Alexander
Kathleen Twigg
Hampstead
Beth Johnson
Mt. Airy
Western
Green
Thomas McCall
Baltimore
Clarence Harner
Taneytown
Maryland
William Eyler
This City
Frederick County
William H. &. Miller
Department of Rehabilitation Commission
Newman Twigg
Carroll County
Charles Harner
Emmitsburg
McCall
Lynn Wantz
Western Maryland
Buddy Deane
Child Welfare
Mrs Nicodemus Dies At Monrovia
Emma E. Nicodemus longtime Monrovia resident and community leader died at her Monrovia home aged 88 after illness. A Frederick Memorial Hospital board member and Chilrens Aid Society director she was widow of Vernon W. Nicodemus. Survived by son Allen W. Nicodemus and daughters Lucile Dorman and others. services set at her Monrovia home with Mt. Olivet Cemetery interment. Falconer funeral home in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma E. Nicodemus
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Monrovia
Children’s Aid Society
Nicodemus
Vernon W. Nicodemus
Jacob
Annie Roelke Shawbaker
New Market Methodist Church
WSCS
New Market Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Allen W. Nicodemus
Walkersville
E. Lucile Nicodemus
David Dorman
Winchester
Jessie Shawba
John F. Klipp
John Franklin Klipp
Bessie E. Koontz Klipp
East Patrick Street
Mr. Klipp
Shookstown
John William and
Hazel Pauline Mercer Klipp
John William Klipp
U.S. Army
Kentucky
Robert F
Richard W
Gary L
Darlene Linda
Bonnie K
Vichie Lynn
Terry Sue Klipp
James H. Kipp
Funkstown
Jacob Hildebrand
Walter Baker
Frederick
Edgar Showe
Baltimore
Frances Barxdell
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Klipp
Assembly of God
Shookestown
Loyal Order of Moose
East Church Street
Rocky Springs
M. R. Etchison & Son
Nixon’s political stock sinks amid two pivotal missteps
Washington correspondent Bruce Biossat outlines how June 1964 events shifted Republican leaders from viewing Richard Nixon as a likely 1964 contender to doubting his suitability. A Cleveland Governors Conference performance and a sharp critique of Pennsylvania Governor Scranton severed Nixon from party unity, leaving him seen as self-serving and no longer a leading compromise candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Biossat
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn. Washington
NEA
Richard M. Nixon
Republican Party
Nixon
California
New York
Barry Goldwater
Cleveland
Detroit
Goldwater
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Scranton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
Making New Judge's Quarters On the courthouse project
The project to create a new judge's quarters proceeds with hammering chiseling and debris clearing. Work stops until Monday to install a door with cost estimated near 200 dollars. Clerks anticipate painting furniture telephones and cleaning before occupancy, while Clapp notes closing a 30 year law practice takes time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Commissioners
Clapp
Old Time Revival to Be Held at Sears Bethel A.M.E. Church
An old time revival for all denominations and creeds is set for July 14 at 3 p.m. at Sears Bethel A.M.E. Church in Burkittsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears Bethel A.M.E
Burkittsville
Deaths in area claim five lives in Virginia and Maryland
Mrs. Leora Speicher Burnett 80 died at Partnership Nursing Home Poolesville after a long illness. She lived in Hyattstown since 1961 with her son Thomas. Her husband Charles Burnett died in 1960. Also named are Harl E. Compher 67 of Lovettsville, a retired Ox Fibre Brush Company worker. John F. Klipp 48 of Frederick died at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Perry C. Mentzer 81 of Leesburg died at home. Surviving relatives and funeral details follow for each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Burnett
Leora Speicher Burnett
Partnership Nursing
Poolesville
Tobias
Mary Kimmel Speicher
Somerset County
Pennsylvania
Hyattstown
Thomas
John
Front Royal
Virginia
Harl E. Compher
Ruth N. Newton Compher
West Patrick Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Lovettsville
Compher
Harry C
Ollie Williams Compher
Ox Fibre Brush Company
Quarter Century Club
Mt. Carmel
Mt. Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
Hope for Missing Girl in Baltimore Raised by Call
A 10 year old Baltimore girl Mary Ott has been missing since last Wednesday. A reported call demanded 20 000 dollars, warning not to involve police. Police did not confirm the ransom call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Tansom
Mary Ott
Mary
Mathew Engle
Mental hygiene chief warns against inter agency funding fights
AP reports Baltimore that Dr Isadore Tuerk the state commissioner of mental hygiene warned against inter agency fights to obtain more money for treating the mentally retarded. The Health Department has suggested taking control of the state hospitals for the retarded though they are run by Tuerk’s department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Isadore Tuerk
State Health Department
Tuerk
Two Suffer Injuries In Auto Crash
Frederick motorists received minor injuries in two separate accidents in Frederick. The first at Dill avenue and College avenue involved Lawrence A. Jacobs and George T. Shankle with $1,400 in vehicle damage and Shankle charged for failing to yield. The second on North Market street and West Church street involved Robert D. Oden and Earl H. Gue causing $30 damage with no charges.
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Frederick
Dill Avenue
College Avenue
Lawrence A. Jacobs
East Fifth Street
George T Shankle
East Highth Street
Jacobs
Shankle
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Paul W. Mossburg
North Market Street
West Church Street
Robert D. Oden
White Oak Place
Church Street
Earl H. Gue
Boyds
Gue
Oden
Ford
Cpl. J. Mossburg
William E. Shepley
Farmers Can Get Federal Aid For Drought Relief
Maryland farmers facing drought have exhausted winter roughage as pastures fail. Drought aid is available through the County Agricultural Stabilization Committee and runs until November 1.
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Maryland
County Agriculture Stabilization Committee
Rep. Long
Refugees Arrive As Cuban Boats Reach 7 000 Mark
Cuban refugees arrive in Miami from Havana in five small boats, boosting the total to seven thousand escapees since June 1961. Coast fortifications described include concrete, wire, trenches, cannons, machine guns, and tanks along about 100 miles of the north coast. Police officer shot in Washington after an attempted disarmament, with details of his family and anniversary. River conditions report Monocacy and Potomac levels at Buckeystown and Point of Rocks.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Havana
Funeral notices from Union Bridge area obituaries and services
Funeral services were held for Paul Rufus Fuss near Union Bridge, with interment at Pipe Creek Friends Meeting Cemetery. Blanche Wachter Peterson died in Towson. funeral at Brooks Funeral Home with Baltimore National Cemetery interment. Lester Lee Reynolds, 41, died in Albany, with full military honors at St Marks Cemetery Petersville. Viola Baker Slusher died in Fredericksburg. services at First Baptist Church. interment Mount Olivet Grace. Miss Biehl Straw of Taneytown, widow of George Straw, funeral at Fuss and Son. interment Mountain View Cemetery Union Bridge. survivors listed.
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Paul Rufus Fuss
Union Bridge
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Pipe Creek
Blanche Wachter Peterson
This County
Maryland
Cockeysville
Brooks Funeral Home
Towson
Lester Lee Reynolds
Brunswick
Albany
New York
Feete
Wade Hampton
Steadman-Keenan
American Legion of Brunswick
St Mark's Cemetery
Petersville
Viola Baker Slusher
Hamilton J. Slusher
Grace Biehl Straw
C. O. Fuss and Son
Taneytown
Clifford Richmond
George H. Carpenter
Aterment
Mountainview Cemetery
George Straw
Lewis M
Martha Johnson Biehl
John Whitmore
Baltimore
Wales Jack
Chevy Chase
Jessie Eichelberger
Cumberland
Middleburg
Acquitted of Hit-Run Charge in Maryland Case
Thurmont resident Thurston E. Metz 40 was acquitted by Magistrate Robert K. Kennedy on a hit-and-run charge. The ruling said police filed the wrong charge, with Metz’s attorney Edwin F. Nikirk present. Metz was arrested June 19 after a fence at Tiny Tot Town was struck near North Bentz Street and Abrecht Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurston E. Metz
RFD 1
Thurmont
Robert K. Kennedy
Metz
Kennedy
Edwin F. Nikirk
Reed T. Thompson
Tiny Tot Town
North Bentz Street
Abrecht Place
Thompson
Charles Fitez
Nikirk
Maryland
Mount Saint Mary's College Receives $25,000 Grant
Rt. Rev. Robert R. Kline Ph.D president of Mount Saint Mary's College Emmitsburg announced the college has received a 25000 dollar grant from the Frank J. Lewis Foundation of Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Kline
Mount Saint Mary’s College, Emmitsburg
Frank J. Lewis Foundation of
Chicago
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News-Post
Veep
Bethesda
Joseph Jay Bumm
National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases
Bunim
National Institutes of Health
Charles Town
Woodrow Ambrose
Shenandoah Junction
Charles Town General Hospital
Independent Fire Company
Holiday Inn
American Motors Inns
Brehive
Ck Taetie
Troh
Kirk
Rangers
Jubal Early
Confederate States Army
J. R. Braithwaite
Early
Raymond T. Easton
Park Mills
Rudy Carroll Orchestra
Perry C. Mentzer
Leesburg Va
Edna M. Mentzer
George D. Mentzer
Dorothy Affleck
Virginia Mentzer
Thomas R. Mentzer
Muse and Reed Funeral
Leesburg
Union Cemetery
Washington
Martin J. Donovan
Betty
Teresa
Byattsville
Buckeystown
Potomac
William L
M. Leslie Harwetel
Baltimore National Cemetery
Michael J. Croghan, Jr
John T. Croghan
John A. Derr
C. Edward Winpigler
W. Eugene Sanders
Johns. Rubeck
Edward L. Baker
William E. Bookhultz
Mount Olivet Cemetery
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