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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1963
Page
12
Temperatures topped the 90s for the fourth straight day with forecasts calling for 96 or higher this afternoon. No rain has fallen for a week, crops wilt and leaf curl appears in corn. Nightly heat remains strong with the forecast hinting at a possible shower tomorrow.
David G. Trail an 18 year old Harpers Ferry motorist escaped serious injury when his car stalled on B and O railroad tracks at U S 340 intersection in Hall Town. He was treated and released from Charles Town General Hospital for facial lip and knee abrasions and a laceration. Police said Trail failed to yield and was crossing when struck on the left front by the train. Estimated damage to the 1962 Chevrolet was 1200 dollars. R R Truex investigated for Charles Town state police.
The Presbyterian Church on West Second seeks zoning approval to add rear classrooms for Sunday School. Pastor Rev W Merval Weaver says no land purchase is needed and the hearing Tuesday July 16 at 4 pm in City Hall Assembly Room will consider waiving off street parking requirements. If approved, some classrooms may be used for assembly meetings.
A 20 story Rio de Janeiro commercial building caught fire. At least six people died as others were feared dead. Firefighters faced water shortages while two helicopters rescued survivors from the roof. The blaze damaged the top 10 floors in the Cinelandia district as bystanders watched.
Nixon met Pope Paul VI in the Vatican private library for over 15 minutes. The former vice president hailed the pope as a vigorous, youthful seeming figure. Nixon was joined by Archbishop Martin J. O’Conner, rector of the North American Pontifical College. The stock market opened with modest gains as oils, motors, and sugars advanced in quiet trading. In Dover, the Delaware Senate voted to reapportion itself to 21 members from 17.
Mrs. Claude Barrick of Woodsboro was reelected to an additional two seat term on the Executive Board of the Maryland Lutheran Church Women at their first convention since reorganizing at Gettysburg College. Delegates from Frederick and neighboring areas attended along with national leaders, budget talks, and forums on Christian leadership.
Harold K. Staley manager of Farmer's Cooperative Association Inc. received the Honorary Maryland Farmer degree while George William Smith III of New Midway won the Dairy Farming Award. Smith earned $100 and district competition rights. Staley was lauded for aiding Future Farmers and guiding projects.
The District of Columbia Baptist Brotherhood Council opens its 13th annual laymen retreat at Hood College with about 150 Washington area laymen and 25 Royal Ambassadors attending. Sessions include Bible study, missions workshops, and films. Dr Howard P Colson and Lucien Coleman lead talks on missions. Clifford R Carter presides.
Gettysburg prepares for a week of parades tours and ceremonies as the Civil War centennial draws near. Leaders including Notre Dame’s Rev Hesburgh and former President Eisenhower’s heirs are billed to attend with battlefield monuments tours and mass gatherings planned around the site.
Thirteen polio cases were reported in two weeks near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with only four other U S cases last week. A second mass immunization is planned for Cumberland and Perry Counties. Officials warn the outbreak is serious and vaccination coverage must reach about 150,000 residents in the area and 84,000 have not yet received the Sabin Type 1 vaccine this year. Over 60,000 received vaccines last week.
Dick Headlee was elected president of the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce amid a stormy convention marked by a petition from ten honorees urging action on race relations. The vote took five ballots and heads to Tulsa to lead 200000 members.
A workman on the Holiday Inn project on Baughman's Lane was injured around 11 38 this morning. Charles Fraley of East Sith Street was reported in surgery at Frederick Memorial Hospital after cutting his hand on a cement part during construction. He was transported to the hospital by State Police ambulance.
At the University of Maryland 242 high school juniors vie for state offices as elections close. Eric L. Osler won the governorship with the Nationalist Party, while James Brown Frederick County was named attorney general, Stephen Printz Boonsboro became comptroller, and Robert LaRocca Silver Spring awarded judge. The remaining senate seats and alternates will join Maryland’s delegation to Boys Nation in August amid the Independent Party challenge.
Hanover Pennsylvania marks its Bi Centennial with a six pm parade lasting about three hours. Eleven groups and seven divisions will march along a two and a half mile route through downtown, featuring antique autos fire apparatus bands and Civil War era units. Major Edward J. K. McLorie reviews from Carlisle street as the Harrisburg York Airport Air Force Reserve Squadron observers.
President Kennedy addressed the Irish Dail amid great applause, praising Ireland as a free country and urging other nations to model relations with former governing powers on Ireland and Great Britain. He received the freedom of Cork, presented a Civil War flag, and noted his Irish roots as he stressed peace and mutual interests.
Pope Paul VI aims to reestablish Vatican ties with communist governments and allows Catholics behind the Iron Curtain to practice their faith freely while avoiding interference in nations' internal affairs. Four Riverdale boys, oldest 13, drowned in a Riverside farm pond Thursday while wading.
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