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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1957
Page
2
The damaged OCR text appears from a historical newspaper page with inconsistent lettering and partial lines. It references a publication name and a northern court, but readable facts are minimal.
United Nations figures reveal inflation spreading through the free world and Communist countries. Chile reports 789 percent rise, Brazil 177 percent during a 1955 56 period, with 19 nations surveyed showing general increases. Economists note monetary restraint and government economy as common anti inflation strategies worldwide.
The new president Mrs. Leslie Masser called the county W C T U officers to order in the M C A reading room Friday afternoon. Discussions covered savings at personal and societal levels, wages and prices moderation, and subscriptions to the magazine Listen for youth work and expansion aims.
Salaries at the local post office are increased effective July 1 with Oscar Kefauver rising from 700 to 900 dollars Irving Biser and William Harley from 800 to 900 dollars and J W Himbury from 500 to 1000 dollars Carriers' pay increases from 50 to 90 dollars monthly. CLASS Day exercises at Girls High School in the Lutheran chapel featured welcome by Blanche Kefauver and several student speakers. A 30 year old colored inmate of Montevue was electrocuted by a live wire at Frederick Electric and Gas Co. The Temperance Union resolutions urged abstinence and stronger church programs to prevent alcoholism and juvenile delinquency and called for cooperation to end alcohol on airplanes.
Four boys entered Frederick Memorial Hospital Monday for tonsillectomies. Accompanied by their mother Mrs Raymond Hawkins near Gambrill Park she stayed with them. The boys Leona Lloyd Raymond and Byron Hawkins age 7 6 and 4 returned home Tuesday and are recovering well. The family said the operations were planned to help them eat more easily.
Dr. Alden K. Boor, Fort Detrick biochemist since 1948, retires from Civil Service. A former professor and researcher at Chicago and several universities, he authored 46 papers including work on anthrax and botulism toxin protection. He and Mrs. Boor will move to Lansing Michigan. they have four married children.
Mr and Mrs Robert L Shiple return from Norfolk Va to visit daughter and family. Miss Joan Lawy plans work at Samoset Hotel in Maine after Western Maryland College. Mr and Mrs Meynard W Wastler mark 21st wedding anniversary. Local birthdays include BR A Ranneberger G Ponton Sophie Schell Audrey Rice and Emily Hewitt. Niagara Falls trip planned for Rice Hewitt and Yeast party. Dr and Mrs Boor active in Calvary Methodist Frederick and professional societies.
Maryland officials seek to allow around the clock display of the Stars and Stripes at Key, alongside Fort McHenry and the Flag House in Baltimore. A committee aided senators and representatives to urge the President to sign a proclamation under the federal flag code. Fort McHenry received 1948 approval and the Flag House in 1954. Gerald Morgan indicated a prompt reply from the President.
June 20 1957 items note Roosevelt packing the Supreme Court blunder discussed by a Bellimore Sun Washington correspondent at a Boys High School Alumni reunion. W. Bartgis Storm elected president as rainfall reached 1.89 inches in about an hour, shaping the year’s heaviest. Laverne Schertz Belleville Ill married Niemann Brunk at the couple’s home with Brunk’s mother present. A funnel shaped cloud arced near Frederick County but caused no storm damage.
The Tuscarora 4-H club met at the Wilson home where Suzanne and Barbara Wilson led a hem gate demonstration. Twenty two members and two leaders attended as Sharon Murphy reported on the county council meeting.
Birth notices list numerous families welcoming new members between June 15 and June 17. Names include Terry Glenn Draper, Robert Eugene Hey, Dwight David Baker, James Ernest Mayhew, Theresa Lynne Lawson, Michael Glean Israel, Charles Atlee Jr., Thomas Jefferson Sargent, John Edward Beahm, Bruce Hodgson II, William Burns, and others with origins in Maryland towns such as Adamstown Lovettsville Key details note first or second children and sons or daughters. Also mentioned is Koontz named as Emmitsburg police chief starting July 15, and Kaas moving to Maryland State Penal Farm.
Miss Ethel Northam, R.N., director, announced the Frederick Memorial Hospital has been accredited for three years by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. The hospital will receive a Certificate of Accreditation and a commendation for maintaining standards and improving patient care. A survey visit occurred May 6 by commission representatives.
Frederick man Millard Min Rick appeared in Trial Magistrate court before Magistrate Wilbur F Sheffield facing failing to provide support for his family. He was ordered to find a home for his family or face four months in the House of Correction by July 3. The Children’s Aid Society had been keeping several children.
The 302nd Signal Battalion announces June changes under Col. James E. Bartgis Jr. Including new assignment Specialist Third Class James W. Willard and several six month active duty and reserve postings across towns such as East Eighth Street Knoxville Mt Airy Walkersville Sykesville and Middletown with multiple Soldiers promoted to Private First Class and Private E-2 across units in the area.
Frederic residents and relatives report steady progress after recent surgeries. Jamel Creighton Chesley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Chesley, has returned home from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and is recovering well. Mrs. Lela Kine, 20 East C Street, Brunswick, was readmitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital after minor surgery. Mrs. Peggy Lenhart, 42 East Fourth Street, has returned home from Frederick Memorial Hospital and is improving. Blanche A. Mills, from Bridgeport, Conn., staying with her daughter in Frederick, was moved to Frederick Memorial Hospital on Tuesday.
Lawrence discusses how the Supreme Court curbs congressional investigations. He cites fears that the court limits questioning of witnesses and constrains probes into Communist influence, racketeering, and subversion, warning of a weakened oversight system and potential impact on national security.
Side Glances examines a court ruling on organized activity linked to the Communist party and its impact on investigations, noting liberals’ mixed reactions and potential escapes for crooked labor racketeers. The discussion links Moscow’s approval to a strategic adaptation by U S Communist forces.
Frederick playgrounds open June 24 with leaders assigned to Mullinix Chapel Rosedale Linden Hills and other parks. Middletown activity starts first week in July under Miss Wanda Neller with Peggy Holter and Samuel Huffer leading six weeks of recreation. The season features sports games music drama arts and crafts and a Yellow Springs Band concert kicks off the program.
Pitching notes: Bob Buhl of the Braves earned his seventh win and extended the losing string of the rivals to three. Dick Drott of the Cubs won his sixth and struck out eight in a four hitter. A doubleheader sweep over the Phillies featured Ernie Banks and Walt Moryn with two homers each for the Cubs. Hitting notes mention Banks and Moryn powering a comeback in behind the eight ball to win game two. Market prices list wheat, barley, and corn with quoted figures.
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