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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1960
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR reveals a 1960 notice mentioning a private mail subscription option and second class matter status. The date indicates Friday July 15 1960, with references to mail payment and office copy details amidst unclear names and terms.
The American Bankers Association Social Security Administration and the Institute of Life Insurance show a record rise in savers during the decade with 115 million insured by life policies last year. Mutual banks hold 93.5 million depositors, savings and loan investors reach 26.4 million, and credit unions 12.3 million. Retirement programs add 27.5 million participants, with savings and reserves near a third of a billion dollars. Thrift rises as capital behind jobs and growth.
A compact roll of anniversaries and birthdays noting events from 1787 to 1960s. Highlights include the 1787 equal Senate vote concept, 1863 Union cavalry victory at Shepherdstown, Lincoln’s death in 1882, Roosevelt’s 1940 third term stance, Khrushchev’s 1959 pledge, and notable birthdays such as Mary Baker Eddy and Ginger Rogers along with figures like Barbara Stanwyck and Stuart Saunders.
AP says French authorities freed about 1000 North Africans from prison camps in Algeria while keeping around 7000 as political prisoners. Algerian nationalists contest the figure, claiming the total exceeds 100000.
Groceries target outdoor cooks with barbecues and picnics offerings. Meats include cuck shoulder rib and cube steaks along with ground beef and frankfurters. Prices drop on lamb leg and loin veal. Fish features along the Eastern Seaboard. fruits and vegetables show strong supply with New Jersey tomatoes rising.
A recreation item notes the Primitive Methodist or Mary department picnic at the Fairgrounds. The issue also lists local incidents: Mr Luther Coblentz cut four fingers at Ox Fibre brush works. Alexander Hagner of Hagerstown is a strong compromise GOP congressional candidate. Alexander Neill Sr a leading lawyer died July 14 at Blue Ridge Summit aged 66. mail delay due to a freight wreck near Baltimore. Willie Green William Sadth returned to town after six months in Pennsylvania. Dr Horine nominated for Brunswick mayor. council nominees listed. Leslie Lease, YMCA boys secretary, to lead a camping trip with 15 to 20 youths along the Monocacy at Kelmar near Frederick Junction.
A 1840 review notes Prime Minister Churchill ill and vowing to see London ash before yielding to Nazis. London weighs peace concessions to Japan to keep the Orient calm. The Twenty Ninth Division Maryland National Guard unit could be mobilized early for extended training. Frederick homes may host child refugees from war-torn Europe.
Babson discusses looming railroad mergers and consolidation across major lines including Norfolk & Western, Virginian, Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio, Atlantic Coast Line, and Seaboard. He notes labor opposition and investor stakes, plus hints at Florida east coast negotiations and broader regional impacts. Also reports a weather warning withdrawal and a Brunswick mayoral filing.
Washington district imposes a night loitering rule for youths to 18 banning idling from 10 p m to 5 a m with a youth file in the Police Youth Aid Division. Three offenses in 17 months trigger court action while parents face fines up to 300 dollars or 10 days in jail. Editorials question due process and compare to apartheid, urging home, school, and church as remedies.
AP writer Hal Boyle argues pipe smokers embody calm and culture, praising the pipe as a timeless companion and a source of contemplation. The piece includes letters from readers and notes on public notices and a brief cultural reverie on tobacco.
In Rome a vampire style chorus act caused a customer to be stabbed when a performer with a knife tripped and fell into him during The Dance of Dracula. Doctors reported the man would be hospitalized for six days.
The column recaps a rubber bridge hand where West misleads in bidding, leading to a seven spade make after a complex ruffing sequence. It also reports six building permit approvals in Winchester Hall totaling 13 100 for six projects including a Reid’s Ford Road brick house and a Hope Hill Road Urbana home.
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