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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1963
Page
7
Hospital officials announce liberalized visiting times across medical surgical pediatrics and obstetric floors. Hours aim to reduce crowding and spread visitors, allowing more access for friends and relatives with specific daily windows.
General D John Markey a former Frederick resident active in the Nations Guard ended his life by self inflicted tragedy at his Newcomb Talbot County home late this morning. Authorities learned of the death early this afternoon and noted he had ties to Frederick and Newcomb.
New York AP report states Nelson C. Drummond, a Navy yeoman, is found guilty by a federal jury of conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union. Drummond, 34, faces the death penalty with sentencing set for August 15 by Judge Thomas C. Murphy.
Negro leaders choose Hazel as the first Hollywood television series to be integrated. The program stars Shirley Booth as a rambunctious maid in the proposed arrangement.
Frederick Police report selective enforcement boosting motor vehicle arrests this year with 909 arrests for violations and 215 radar speeding cases. Chief Charles V. Main cites limited manpower, unmarked cars, and stepped up radar use to target areas with most complaints including West Patrick Street and West Seventh Street.
Mt Airy Fire Company prepares a week long carnival from Monday to Saturday with a 7 PM parade from Mt Airy Junior High to Park avenue and Twin Arch road. It includes the sixth Miss Fire Prevention contest and a line up of acts from New Dominion Barn Dance to Cathy Dee and TV stars.
About 140 people from Maryland and Delaware enrolled for the Maryland Synod summer school for Lutheran church workers at Hood College. The week long program, sponsored by the Maryland Synod Parish Education Committee, opens Sunday and runs through next Saturday with Rev David Blackwelder as registrar.
Local guards from Companies A and C of the National Guard left to Cambridge as 4560 fresh troops join a rotation with Towson and Baltimore units. Gov Tawes accuses integrationist leaders of hindering talks amid martial law. Attorneys mediating the dispute face slow progress. fourteen arrested last Tuesday.
Heavy showers last night brought .15 inch in Frederick County amid a hot spell with temperatures mid to upper 80s and low 90s. Rain aided wilting crops but did not replenish water supplies, while some towns issued small water bans and Mt Airy faced pumping equipment concerns.
Baltimore AP reports an 11 year fight over Gwynn Oak Amusement Park ends August 28 with owners James Price David Price and Arthur Price to end racial discrimination at Gwynn Oak on August 28 and drop charges against about 30 demonstrators arrested July 4 and 7. An ad hoc committee tasked with integration will halt demonstrations immediately.
Scientists, students, and the public await a solar eclipse across the continental United States with totality in Alaska and Maine. Observers stage cameras and rockets to study the corona, ionosphere, and atmospheric changes as the moon obscures the sun in a 100 second totality in Alaska and about one minute in Maine.
The South End Baptist Church selects John B. Hane and Son of Myersville as low bidders for the first unit an auditorium education building base bid 514 02 with total project cost near 260000. Contracts cover concrete work Arkla heating air conditioning and site grading while plans include a 207 seat Sunday School 154 preaching capacity and modern baptism facilities.
Baltimore figures Bill Jimeson and Tammy Davis predict American men and women will win the weekend international meet in Moscow. Davis, 16, and teammate hopes target success as the Lenin Stadium event opens amid warm weather and thunderstorms.
Premier Khrushchev told ambassadors at a Kremlin reception that nuclear test ban talks are going so well that an agreement is in sight. He spoke in the presence of UCadetsecretary of State Harriman, head of the three power talks delegation, for Janos Kadar, Hungarian leader.
A 1962 Mack tractor and 1959 Great Dane trailer spilled nine tons of coffee beans on Route 40 Braddock Mountain causing hours of closure. Levy Owen of Albany escaped injury as police rerouted traffic while wreckage cleared. A second crash nearby involved a Brown Trask watermelons tractor trailer with brake trouble, drifting over a guard rail and down an embankment. minimal damage reported and traffic diverted over Ridge and Hollow roads.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge adopted a one way traffic scheme today due to congestion exceeding one mile on the west side. Authorities say the measure aims to alleviate delays and restore flow as vehicles move through the toll area and approaches.
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