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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1963
Page
2
Classified page from a 1963 edition with brief notices and ads. Reads like a local rundown of services and public notices. Contains scattered names, dates, and small business references typical of a community newspaper.
The Maryland Bankers Association opened its convention at the Blue Mountain Home. Gettysburg already has six thousand four hundred tents for the 50th anniversary Blue and Grey reunion. Contractors plan concrete work on the Washington street school to replace the South street school. The Central Restaurant owner reported a letter from Nick Elephantis about the two Greeks who left Frederick to fight Turks. Mayor Fraley noted unusually heavy water on the mountain during his visit with city officials. Bearded wheat stalks from Creagerstown showed five inch heads of high quality. A plan may propose city wide electricity beyond street lighting for the new administration. County attorney George R. Dennis Jr. supports abolishing Montevue and reforming county institutions for the unsafe.
An American Museum of Natural History exhibition honors 73 years of museum and National Geographic Society backed expeditions. It spotlights Adm. Robert E. Peary’s 1909 North Pole reach, Roosevelt in Brazil, Roy Chapman Andrews in the Gobi, and Admiral Byrd’s polar flights among others.
The town of Flint Michigan is known as the place Mott built it with his股份 in General Motors. His wealth funded a major foundation for Flint public schools revealing a longstanding motto that what a man does with his worth matters more than wealth.
A new long distance rate of $1 per minute from 9 p.m. to 4 30 a.m. prompts a nationwide change in calling patterns. Many people delay calls until 9 p.m. as the cheaper rate reduces daytime use. The rate for 6 to 9 p.m. is not as favorable, so overall call volume changes are modest.
In 1963 Central Maryland Girl Scouts sold 699950 boxes of cookies. The sale supported 13 Troops with profits of 34997.50 and additional funds of 142749.00 for activities and camp development. The paper applauds volunteers and participants aiding Scout programs and civic projects.
A short fragment reports a flying object sighting near Witham involving a renter from Michigan. The record notes a beacon named Echo satellite and a Perth connection, with timing around 04:00 p.m. and a dispute proceeding today.
A Los Angeles dispatch claims at least nine Japanese submarines were sunk off California and Oregon by Navy and Coast Guard units since Pearl Harbor. Frederick city officials hear airport aid plans, curfew proposals, and hospital administration delays as wartime measures unfold amid lawn sprinkling bans and victory garden schemes. Nessina in the Straits faced the largest Flying Fortress raid of the Mediterranean theater with fires blazing in harbor and rail facilities.
A fragmentary French report claims France never doubted Kennedy and mentions France’s stance on Kennedy’s policy through an unnamed spokesman. Other lines note a US forces captain killed in Saigon during the war, with unclear details and attribution.
Carrollton resident IC. M. Murray died at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a long illness at 9 30 this morning. He was 63 and formerly worked about 40 years at the Community Hardware Store on North Market Street before retirement. Survived by wife Lucy M. Murray and brothers Roscoe and Lee Murray, service at the funeral home Saturday at 2 pm conducted by Rev. Ralph M. Sharpe, with interment Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Contributions to cancer fund. Funeral director Robert E. Dailey.
Two Mt. Airy women Katherine Slade Ward and Betty Virginia Sigler were found guilty of assault and battery. They received suspended fines and court costs in a hearing before Substitute Magistrate Robert K. Kennedy. The charges stem from an incident at Shields Trailer Court where Ward allegedly slapped Shields and tore his shirt, then Sigler struck him after Ward's provocation. The defense was led by attorney Samuel Barrick with testimony from Lois Gadberry, manager of the trailer park.
A New Castle Delaware woman gave birth to a five pound girl aboard a Greyhound bus on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near the Bedford interchange. Driver Victor Bacher from Pittsburgh assisted the delivery as the bus stopped at a turnpike restaurant. Both mother and baby were reported in good condition at Bedford County Memorial Hospital.
A Soviet news release in Pravda indicates no surprise in today’s statement from the Communist party organ about the Potomac region conditions and general circumstances.
At the talks opening here on July 15, commentator Yuri Zhukov outlined the Soviet stance on enforcing a ban on underground nuclear explosions. He stressed detection by national sensing networks and a limited set of robot black box installations in signatory countries.
Assigned to the 9th Infantry June 4 at Fort Wainwright Alaska, Pvt Neviel L Plumley 22 son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Plumley RFD 2 Lan drum Ga. He entered the Army January 1963 and last stationed at Fort Gordon Ga. A Blue Ridge High School Greer South Carolina graduate.
AP correspondent William L. Ryan reports that Communist media seize U S racial violence to attack American democracy. Soviet and communist outlets use images of Birmingham and other civil rights tensions to claim U S leaders suppress minorities and prove capitalism’s failings. A North Korean officer cites a police dog scene as the true face of American civilization.
The article reports Negro workers in northern cities facing barriers to high paying jobs, with employers and unions debating causes and remedies. It cites Chicago and Philadelphia clashes over access, while noting disparities in apprenticeships and licensed trades and calls for stronger procurement and equal opportunity measures.
Mrs William Barnes of Alry died yesterday aged about. She leaves daughters Evel Barnes Wilkinson and others. Prayers at Chambers Funeral Home Riverdale tomorrow at 3 pm. Funeral at Linganore Methodist Church Unionville Saturday at 2 pm. Burial in cemetery. George Delaney Clabaugh 67 of Taneytown died at Annie E Warner Hospital Gettysburg after nine days as patient. Survived by wife O Hara Keefer Clabaugh four children Theron Vaughn Spangler and Raymond Clabaugh and two daughters in law. Also survived by siblings. Requiem Mass Saturday 9 am at St Josephs Taneytown. Interment Lutheran Cemetery Harney. Burial service at local funeral home Friday evening.
Curtis S Smith of Taneystown is improving at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a week’s stay. Virginia Heffner, 14, of DeGrange Street, was admitted for observation and treatment. Mrs John D Biddinger of Woodsboro has returned home from surgery at Annie E Warner Hospital in Gettysburg and is improving. Ruth Shelton of Liberty Town entered Frederick Memorial Hospital and had surgery, now progressing well.
Mrs. Bonnie Sue Schroyer of West Third Street is marking her 20th birthday today with friends and family in a local celebration.
Colonel Herbert M. Bloom of Frederick accepts a civilian general engineer post at Fort Detrick after resigning as executive engineer of the Frederick Metropolitan District Sanitary Commission. He started the new role this week after about 1.5 years at Fort Detrick as Lt. Colonel.
Funeral services were held for William Robert Hood at 11 am at 106 East Church Street with Rev. F. P. Brose officiating. Leroy B. Jones died at Frederick Memorial Hospital with services at the First Baptist Church Brunswick. Agnes Mullen family observances at Gladhill Funeral Home Middletown. Noland L. Stone remembered at Creager Funeral Home Thurmont. Interments followed at Mount Olivet Boonsboro and Lewistown cemeteries. Pallbearers named for each service included local residents and lodge members.
Mary Louise Jones of Hagerstown and Gerald Lee Shumaker of Lovettsville married at New Jerusalem Lutheran parsonage Lovettsville Saturday June 15 at 2 pm Rev Michael W Kretsinger officiated The bride wore an oyster white Italian silk sheath dress The groom works at Loudoun National Bank The couple reside in Leesburg after a trip to Atlantic City
The Maryland State Board of Education will meet Tuesday to hear complaints about new fingerprinting of school employees approved by Montgomery County School Board. Dr. Thomas G. Pullen Jr. says the board will also review budget cuts and consider hearings on Dorchester County desegregation.
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev may bring spacewoman Valentina Tereshkova to East Berlin to counter Kennedy's West Berlin visit. East German officials claim Khrushchev aims to support peace policy and honor Ulbricht. Khrushchev plans to land at Schoenefeld Airport and tour the city’s Soviet sector.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a future battle at Gettysburg in 2063 and shifting places Permsyharvia Teel. The text hints at a speculative or fictional scenario involving an enemy and historical site. No clear events or names beyond these opaque terms.
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