Post Office Contracts Awarded for Frederick and Emmitsburg
The Post Office Department in Washington awarded contracts for new postal stations at the Frederick Shopping Center and Emmitsburg. Harry A. Rosenfeld, a Washington developer, lands the Frederick station at 1425 W. Seventh St. for about 89,000 dollars with 12,000 dollars annual rent, while Serop S. Neresian gets the Emmitsburg post office project with an estimated cost of 50,000 dollars and 4,988 dollars yearly rent. Both are one story and air conditioned, with interior and parking spaces totaling 4,760 and 96,683 square feet for Frederick and 2,806 interior and 13,226 parking for Emmitsburg. Ownership will be private, leased to the Post Office for ten years with options for twenty more, aligning with the department’s limited capital investment in equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Emmitsburg
Post Office Department
Washington
Seventh St
Harry A. Rosenfeld
Serop S. Neresian
Post Office
Charles McC. Mathias
R-Md
John A. Gronouski
Mass TB X ray survey shows strong county turnout
Four thousand one hundred ninety one chest x rays were taken in a two week mass survey by the Frederick County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association. The second period runs August 2 to August 13. Urbana recorded six x rays under the coordination of local volunteers, while the Mid-Valley Grange led activity in Middle Town with two hundred one people x-rayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
Freda
Doll
Frederick County Tuberculosis Association
Urbana
Roland Willard
Russell Strube
Charles Little
Earl Nicholson
August Seickmann
Mid-Valley
David Brengle
Richard Beachley
Braddock Heights
Johnson inaugurates satellite transatlantic telephone service
President Johnson formally inaugurated commercial telephone service by satellite with a transatlantic call relayed by the Early Bird satellite. Officials from Great Britain Canada France Germany and Italy joined in adding calls in their languages. The conversations were as clear as standard submarine cable calls and stressed global telecommunications influence on world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Great Britain
Canada
Airplane Model Meet On Weekend At Frederick Airport
The annual two day radio controlled model airplane meet sponsored by the District of Columbia Radio Control Model Club will be held at Frederick Municipal Ave on Saturday and Sunday. Contestants from Maine to Florida are expected to participate as the north section of the north south runway is closed for the event. Trophies will be awarded in each class while a CAP run food concession, power, first aid, and dust control services will be provided. No admission charge and ample free parking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Radio Control Model Club
Frederick Municipal Ave
Maine
Florida
John E. Patton
Model Club
Frederick
Woman Injured In U S 15 Collision Near Thurmont
A Pennsylvania woman in satisfactory condition at Gettysburg Hospital after a Sunday crash on U S 15 near Thurmont. Bernadette Luckenbaugh, passenger in a northbound car driven by Edward Luckenbaugh, suffered a severe laceration of the left knee. Their car rear ended a northbound vehicle driven by Nicholas Koch. Koch’s 1960 convertible sustained $300 damage. Luckenbaugh’s 1959 sedan demolished. Trooper W Dennis Drumm charged Luckenbaugh with failure to reduce speed to avoid a collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Annie Warner Hospital
U.S. 15
Bernadette £. Luckenbaugh
Gettysburg
Thurmont
Luckenbaugh
Edward F. Luckenbaugh
Nicholas Martin Koch
Berwick
Koch
W. Dennis Drumm
MD. 80
Urbana
Herman L. Franklin
Boyds
Marvin D. Ginsberg
Baltimore
Franklin
Renn Temporary Chairman Heads Frederick County School Panel
The Frederick County school construction advisory commission formed to study costs will meet Tuesday night in the county commissioners office. John Warfield Ernest W. Ausherman and Boyd Smith are the citizen members with A Irvin Renn as temporary chairman. The seven member panel serves without pay, will report to the school board and county commissioners, and advise on costs for the five million dollar school bond issue. Funds for operation were debated, with Dr John L Carnochan noting no school funds are available and suggesting bond issue funds cover the advisory service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County School Construction Advisory Commission
County Commissioners Office
John Warfield
Frederick Motor Company
Ernest W. Ausherman
Planning Commission
Boyd Smith
Frederick County Pta Council
A. Irvin Renn
Russell Z. Horman
Ross V. Smith
Richard R. Kline
Frederick County Roads ‘Board
Advisory Commission
Smith
John L. Carnochan
State PTA Backs TV Education in Maryland
The Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers backs statewide education television in its legislative program to be presented at the State PTA convention in Baltimore on Nov 45. The board also supported recruiting more teachers, extending state aid to public kindergartens, expanding driver education as a prerequisite for under 18 license applicants, and setting minimum standards for public school libraries with librarian certification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers’ Board of Managers
PTA
Baltimore
Maryland Board of Education
Frederick
Thief Steals $6 From Brunswick Department Store
A thief broke into Kaplan Department Store in Brunswick over the weekend, taking about $6 from a cash register through a window. Police report no other items missing and no suspects found. Chief Lee Merriman led the Brunswick City Police in the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaplan Department
Brunswick
Lee Merriman
Brunswick City
Dirksen Opposes Viet Coalition and Concessions
Washington Senate leader Everett M. Dirksen warned on the GOP radio program against any U S concessions in Vietnam without specifics. He argued against creating a South Vietnamese coalition government with Communist participation, saying it would only delay a Communist takeover. He cited the Geneva 1954 accords as flawed for allowing veto power to a Communist member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
U.S
Republican National Committee
GOP
Senate
United States
Fulbright
Viet Nam
Rusk
International Commission
Geneva
Pation
South Viet Nam
Bittter
Testimony Outlines Inadequate Fort Detrick Plans
A House appropriations subcommittee heard Army testimony on a 15.5 million dollar Fort Detrick laboratory plan to study defenses against biological weapons. Maj. Gen. Clarke detailed 11.8 million for start up and 9.25 million for construction with 6.22 million for a second facility to study hazardous organisms. Lt. Col. Voegels said biological warfare is extremely practical for wide area impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Army
Fort Detrick
F. J. Clarke
Army Construction
Ft. Detrick
Subcommittee
Robert L. F. Sikes
D-Fla
W. R. Shuler
Ft. Deitrick
Shuler
Sikes
Clarence D. Long
D-Md
A. H. Voegels
Luncheon Set For Owners Of Ox Fibre
Ox Fibre Brush Company officials will welcome visiting executives of its new owners, the Pro-Phy-Lac-Tic Brush Company of Florence Mass, at a luncheon Tuesday at Holiday Inn. A breakfast meeting at Holiday Inn will precede the luncheon for Ox Fibre foremen and visiting executives. Pro executives expected include Phillip A. Singleton president Carroll A. Dolan treasurer C Lee Grandquist vice president superintendent brush division Eric Stahlberg operations manager Stanley H Gaulusza superintendent injection molding division Charles A Gaudry personnel Manager and William J. Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ox Fibre Brush Company
Holiday Inn
Ox Fibre
Frederick W. Weitzel
Massachusetts
Phillip A. Singleton
Carroll A. Dolan
C. Lee Grandquist
Brush
Eric Stahlberg
Stanley H. Gaulusza
Charles A. Gaudry
William J. Ryan
Bliss urges GOP fund unity to curb splinter groups
Washington AP reports Republican chairman Ray Bliss told the RNC he will discourage new organizations that solicit funds from Republicans amid concerns over splinter groups and the ransacked GOP headquarters desk. Bliss noted 89 days in office and avoided commenting on internal firings and Goldwater’s Free Society Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ray C. Bliss
Republican National Committee
GOP
Barry Goldwater
Free Society Association
Bliss
Dean Burch
Goldwater
William Cody Kelly
Finance
Frank J. Kovac
Kelly
Kovac
National Party
Fort Detrick Offer To Pay For Fireflies Countywide
Fort Detrick scientists initiate a firefly collection drive paying 50 cents per hundred insects, higher than Johns Hopkins at 35 cents. The program runs mid June to early August. collectors catch at dusk with nets, store catches in a dry lided can, count nightly, and deliver to Building 914 Fort Detrick by August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Detrick
Johns Hopkins University Laboratory
Prisoners' Rebellion Crushed at Western State Penitentiary
In Pittsburgh three inmates armed with home made pistols and a bomb seized two guards and briefly controlled the hospital’s second floor at Western State Penitentiary. Guards used tear gas to end the revolt. Richard Mayberry, 27, suffered a shattered hand during the blast from a bomb made of match heads in a pipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Ttwo
Western State Penitentiary
Richard Mayberry
Philadelphia
Stock Market Mixed in Moderate New York Session
New York stock markets showed mixed prices in moderately active trading early today. Investors weighed early sector trends and earnings signals as the market attempted direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hagerstown Hotel Auction Today
The Alexander Hotel in Hagerstown will be sold at auction this afternoon in foreclosure by the Small Business Administration. A Baltimore federal court shows a $98,480 judgment against the owning corporation led by R Samuel Dillon Jr. The nine story 160 room hotel on the public square hosted many political events with Eisenhower Johnson and Nixon appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Small Business Administration
Baltimore
Alexander
R. Samuel Dillon Jr
Public Square
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Two U S Men Among 16 Victims In Viet Nam Crash
In Viet Nam a twin engine transport was downed near Saigon killing two U S Air Force members among 16 bodies recovered. Officials cited secrecy but said a US officer and an enlisted man died. Reports from locals said the plane hit a farmhouse and carried about 20 Americans. The incident raises U S fatalities from enemy action to 429. Separate notes mention leaflet drops over five North Vietnamese cities and two paratroopers shot accidentally at Bie Hoa Air Base with few details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Air Force
North Viet Nam
North Vietnamese
Hanoi
Phat Diem
Thanh Hoa
Bai Thuong
Dong Phon Thuong
Ninh Binh
School Board Promotes Staff Across District
The school board reshuffles staff, naming new vice principals and principals, transferring several leaders between schools, and reassigning one principal to teacher status. Notable moves include Marvin Spencer becoming county science supervisor, Robert Humphrey moving to Carroll Manor Elementary, Paul Stroup to Emmitsburg High, J Arthur Mott to Frederick High as vice principal, and Lara Hawkins becoming the first non teaching vice principal at South Frederick Elementary on July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Marvin Spencer
Thurmont
Robert Humphrey
Jefferson
New Carroll Manor
Adamstown
Paul Stroup
Frederick High School
Emmitsburg
J. Arthur Mott
Middletown High School
Stroup
Lara Hawkins
Urbana
South Frederick
Arvin P. Jones
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U.S.15
Renn
Dirksen
Viet Coalition
House Group
Tan Son Nhut
Frederick Post Office
East Patrick Street
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