Frederick Community College adds secretarial curriculum
Frederick Community College announces a new terminal secretarial curriculum with about 40 percent transfer‑able general education courses toward a bachelor’s degree. The program leads to an associate in arts and includes courses in typing, shorthand, business law, accounting, and office procedures. An introductory botany course is also added.
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Frederick Community College
Duval W. Sneadner
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Jackpot Sales Report Mystery Boosts Downtown Trade
Downtown merchants reported Thursday's jackpot sales as a success, but Friday morning showed slower turnout. While some shops drew crowds, others noted few customers and cautious optimism, with several shoppers entering to sign up for free prizes. Weather was seen as a potential influencer on weekend turnout.
Vandals Hit 50 Mail Boxes in Lewistown Area
State Police lead investigation into about fifty destroyed mail boxes in the Lewistown area over the past several nights. Affected roads include Putman Stevens and Harvey Ramsburg. Police report boxes torn from posts and some posts ripped out. some residents reset them without calling authorities.
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Harvey Ramsburg
Reconstruction of Old Annapolis road near new high school
County Roads Engineer O. Wilson Runkles announced a one mile stretch of Old Annapolis road near the new Linga nore Junior Senior High School will be rebuilt with grading drainage and new paving. Work by Richard F. Kline contracting aims for completion within two months.
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Linganore
O. Wilson’ Runkles
Richard F. Kline
Runkles
Central
Howard Huffer
Baill
Black Rock
Draftees Inducted Today in Maryland Ceremony
Six Maryland draftees inducted at Ft Holabird in Baltimore as part of the largest draft ceremony since the Korean War. Inductees from Frederick and surrounding areas join 176 volunteers slated to enter service, with a total Maryland draft figure rising after Kennedy’s defense build up. Inductees leave for Ft Jackson, S. C. to begin two-year active duty and reserve terms.
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Maryland
Ft. Holabird Armed Forces
Kennedy
Five Day Forecast With Weekend Warmth Ahead
Five day forecast says temperatures will average near normal with warmth this weekend and cooler days early next week. Showers possible Saturday Sunday and possibly Monday total around a half inch. Normal highs 80 to 88 and lows 65 to 71 with higher mountain readings in the mid 40s. Vatican City AP Nicola Cardinal Canali 87 in grave condition bronchial pneumonia circulatory issue prevents speech.
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Vatican City
Nicola Cardinal Canali
Cardinal Canali
Administration Commission
Milk Strike Shuts Chicago Area Supply As Talks Continue
Chicago AP report on a strike halting 96 percent of the city’s fresh milk supply with 3,200 inside workers and 3,200 drivers walking out. An overnight City Hall conference produced a provisional agreement as parents fear weekend shortages and seek alternatives like canned milk and juice.
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Judy McGregor
Hazel Crest
McGregor
James Saxon
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Saxon
James
Matthew
Kelly Crump
Des Plaines
Delverines
Tawes Brewster To Lead Maryland Democratic Ticket
Reports say Governor Tawes plans to seek re election with Representative Daniel Brewster for U S Senate as part of a Democratic slate including Attorney General Finan and Comptroller Goldstein Brewster reportedly agreed after a meeting of admins Dems He may choose to stay out of the gubernatorial race to avoid splitting the party Other rivals include David Hume and George Mahoney with a statewide at large congressional seat open awaiting nomination
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Daniel Brewster
U.S
Thomas B. Finan
Louis L. Goldstein
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George P. Mahoney
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Mahoney
Italy Seeks Unmarried Girls in Frattoli Plea
In Teramo Frattoli appeals to provincial authorities to send unmarried women to balance a male dominated village. Bachelors number 107, desiring beauty and virtue with or without money. The town's men lament crowded farms and failed wireless tillage as no responses have been received.
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Teramo
Italy
Frattoli
Britain's Position on Common Market Unclear
Britain sidestepped a definite stance on joining the Common Market at an EFTA conference. Prime Minister Macmillan to outline policy in the House of Commons, while officials signal possible alignment with concessions to Commonwealth trade. Austerity plan cleared Parliament but sparked wage-earner anger as teachers, miners, and engineers plan pay protests and overtime bans loom.
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Polio Rate Low Nationally
The Public Health Service reports a record low polio rate nationwide with eleven cases in the latest weekly CDC morbidity and mortality update. The week ended July 22 shows a drop from 28 cases the prior week, including 18 paralytic cases.
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Atlanta
IS Public Health
Three Women Injured in South Mountain Collision
Three Springfield, Va, women were injured when a panel truck driven by Carroll H. Warfield of Frederick rear-ended a car stopped in traffic on Route 40 near South Mountain. Passengers Freida Ernstes, Joyce Long, and Margaret Cox were treated and released at Washington County Hospital. Charges pending against Warfield.
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South Mountain
H. V. Smith
Carroll H. Warfield
Frederick
Freida H. Ernstes
Joyce V. Long
Margaret H Cox
Washington County Hospital
Smith
Warfield
Bourguiba Pressure Grows as Tunisian Unity Pushes Evacuation Goal
Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba intensifies appeals for popular support to sustain nationalist efforts against France. Mass rallies spread across towns while telegrams back the drive and councils vow to press for Bizerte's evacuation until victory, despite limited UN aid and De Gaulle's praise for French troops.
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New Constitution Party
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Bouguiba
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Bizerte
Dag Hammarskjold
Piano tuners in short supply sparks national warning
A national shortage of piano tuners worries musicians as the Piano Technicians Guild notes only about 4 500 fully qualified tuners for 12 million pianos and estimates 60 to 70 percent are untuned. The four day convention ends tonight with emphasis on expanding the workforce to avoid widespread tinny pianos.
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Los Angeles
Soviet Union
Piano Technicians Guild Inc
AMA
Kennedy Aides Hold Berlin Crisis Action Plans
Washington reports that the Kennedy administration is keeping a wide range of military and diplomatic options in reserve as the Berlin crisis develops. Secretary of State Rusk heads to Paris to push allied proposals, with a Big Three meeting in early August and potential summit talks involving Khrushchev.
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Germany
Blind Camp Lets 29 Children Gain Experience in Camping
Twenty nine children ages seven to twelve attend Mar La Ridge camp near Jefferson on Catoctin Mountains. Operated by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland the event is interdenominational and inter racial. Children from the Maryland State School for the Blind and Columba Lighthouse participate Enjoying nature walks craft periods swimming and cookouts while learning tree bark textures bird calls and rock collecting.
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Mar-La-Ridge
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Maryland
Jefferson
Catoctin Mountains
Maryland State School For the Blind
Overlea
Columba Lighthouse
Washington, DC
Phil Brahawn
Ann Chapman
Columbia Ligthouse
Emma Minturn
Mar- Li-Ridge
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