U.S. Revises Trade Forecasts Amid Shifting Deficit Outlook
AP reports US firms revise January forecasts on international trade. The National Foreign Trade Council now pegs this year’s balance of payments deficit at about 800 million dollars, the smallest in eight years, with exports at 26 billion and imports at 20.4 billion. Private overseas investment is down and government outflows up, while Fortune casts doubt on a return to large export surpluses.
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National Foreign Trade Council
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Fortune Magazine
Lipstick Dilemma for a 13 Year Old in 8th Grade
Dorothy Dix responds to a 13 year old girl seeking advice on starting lipstick. The letter notes peer pressure and parental limits, contrasting attitudes across generations and suggesting that mothers and grandmothers held different views, while modern teens show varying acceptance of lipstick among ninth and eleventh graders.
Lipstick Dilemma Shows Teens Defer to Parents
A guidance letter discusses whether a girl should wear lipstick as a sign of growing up. It urges honesty about maturity, suggests consulting literature from beauty shops, and recommends involving parents and school to avoid teasing. The piece cites Greenville, South Carolina, where eighth graders begin with a light touch the day before Christmas.
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Greenville
S.C
FHA girls host national meet with future homemakers
The Future Homemakers of America gathering in Frederick featured Ella Dee Kessell as guest of honor. Two Frederick High seniors hold state offices while a third will assume local chapter president next year. Mrs. Linda Achenbach and Mrs. Mary Stultz serve as advisors. Norm Masters then announced retirement from the Green Bay Packers after eight seasons and a prior stint in the Canadian League.
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University of Connecticut
Carlfred B Broderick
Pennsylvania State University
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Ella Dee Kessell
Homemakers of America
United States
Frederick High School
Linda Achenbach
Mary Stultz
Doctor Nosebleeds Tied to High Blood Pressure, Says MD
The commonest cause of spontaneous nosebleeds in the elderly is high blood pressure. Other factors include dry indoor air and removing dry crusts. Treatment ranges from quiet sitting and neck ice to nasal packing, injections, and in stubborn cases hospitalization. A new method uses a balloon in the nose with cooled alcohol solution for an hour, then 24 hours retention, with high success.
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W. G. Brandstadt
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Local Girls and Advisor Attend FHA Meeting
Frederick youths Donna Jean Plunkard Connie Oden and Bonnie Oden joined about 1,500 teen delegates at the National Future Homemakers of America meeting in Philadelphia. The four day event themed Building Blocks for the Future featured keynote by Mrs. Orville Freeman and sessions with Mary Steichen Calderone and Dr Frances Nolan among others.
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Connie
Bonnie Oden
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Future Homemakers of America
Philadelphia
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Donald Plunkard
Norva Avenue
Beauford A. Oden
Grant Place
Orville Freeman
Secretary of Agriculture
Mary Steichen Calderone
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Francena L. Nolan
The
Doctor replies to readers on general interest topics
A newspaper note states readers should contact Wayne G. Brandstadt M D for questions and comments though he cannot answer individual letters. He will address letters of general interest in future columns and urges readers to schedule thorough physical checkups to detect any underlying disease.
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Brandstadt
Lodge Hosts Guests From Gaithersburg
Six guests from Oak Grove Lodge No 34 Gaithersburg attended the Samaritan Rebekah Lodge No 51 IOOF meeting held Friday at the Lodge Hall on West Seventh Street. Twenty seven members attended the meeting presided by Miss Doris Jean Ramsburg noble grand. Resolutions on the death of Lillian Nelson were read by Elsie Stone. An annual lodge picnic is planned for Thursday evening at the Odd Fellows Home at 6:30. Members are invited to a wiener roast at Taneytown Memorial Park on Wednesday evening. The Theta Rho Girls Club Assembly will be at the Odd Fellows Home on August 20–21. Samaritan Rebekah Lodge members will prepare meals for the girls during the assembly. The next meeting is August 13 at the Lodge Hall.
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Taneytown Memorial Park
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Shankle on Okinawa joins medical group
SP5 R C Shankle, husband of Sarah Shankle and Frederick, is assigned to the US Army Medical Service Group on Okinawa. July 15 last stationed at Fort Jackson SC. A Frederick High School graduate, he entered the Army in January 1946. Parents Mr and Mrs C W Shankle live at 13 Winchester St.
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Winchester St
Efforts Begin to Remove Blackbirds in Delaware Cornfields
The US Fish and Wildlife Service starts small scale poison testing to kill blackbirds in Delaware without harming mammals. WW Dykstra notes field searches will map habitats while initial tests avoid cornfields. A University of Delaware biologist reports limited success from Newark area cornfields last week.
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Fish and Wildlife Service
Delaware
WW Dykstra
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Wildlife Service
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Newark
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Alleghany Parkway eyed as high value federal project
West Virginia senator Robert Byrd released a preliminary cost benefit view on the 632 mile Alleghany Parkway proposal. He sees strong tourist potential for West Virginia and Appalachia with a route from Hagerstown Maryland to near the Tennessee border via Harpers Ferry and the Eastern Panhandle. Estimated cost stands around 210 million dollars.
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West Virginia
Appalachia
Robert C Byrd
W Va
Hagerstown
Harpers Ferry
Eastern
Population Growth Reported in Poland
WARSAW AP reports Poland's population has risen to 315 million per PAP. A 1960 census placed the population at 297 million, highlighting a notable increase in recent decades.
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Warsaw
Poland
PAP
Baltimore Truck Driver Held on Seven-Alarm Fire Charge
Paul Helfrick, 26, a former Tate Engineering employee, was ordered held without bail by Judge Joseph L Broccolino after appearing in Baltimore Municipal Court. Helfrick allegedly admitted setting four separate fires in two Tate Engineering buildings after returning a borrowed truck from a company picnic. Fire damaged both structures in the seven-alarm blaze.
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Tate Engineering Co
Paul Helfrick
Joseph L Broccolino
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Helfrick
Wiliam Rawlings
Maryland Senators Back Coleman Circuit Court Nomination
Senators Daniel B Brewster and Joseph D Tydings joined the majority as the Senate confirmed former Mississippi Governor James P Coleman to the 5th U S Circuit Court of Appeals by 76 to 8. Delaware’s John Williams and Caleb Boggs and West Virginia Democrats Jennings Randolph and Robert Byrd also supported the nomination amid civil rights concerns.
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