Contracts Awarded for Frederick Shopping Center and Emmitsburg Posts
Post Office Department in Washington awarded contracts for new postal facilities at the Frederick Shopping Center and Emmitsburg. Harry A. Rosenfeld won the Frederick site at 1425 W Seventh St for about 89,000 dollars plus 12,000 annually in rent. Serop S. Neresian won the Emmitsburg project, about 50,000 dollars construction with 4,988 dollars annual rent. Both will be one story and air conditioned with substantial interior and parking space. Buildings will be privately owned and leased to the Post Office for ten years with renewal options. Postmaster General Gronouski cited capital limits and equipment needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh St
Harry A. Rosenfeld
Washington
Emmitsburg Post Office
Serop S. Neresian
Emmitsburg
Post Office
Office of
Charles McC. Mathias
R-Md
Post Office Department
John A. Gronouski
Mass X Ray Survey Reports 4 191 Chest Examinations
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. Urbana and Middle town regions led with volunteers and local Grange support, as the second period of X rays begins August 2 and ends August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
Freda S. Doll
Frederick County Tuberculosis Association
Urbana
Roland Willard
Russell Strube
Charlies Little
Earl Nicholson
August Selckmann
Mid-Valley Grange
Middletown
John M. Burnier
Grange
G. Carlton Rhoderick IV
Mary E Muck
Donald Huffer
John Holmes
Glen Olsen
Johnson inaugurates satellite phoning with transatlantic call
Washington AP report states President Johnson formally inaugurated commercial telephone service by satellite via the Early Bird relay. The inaugural call linked voices in French and German and involved officials from Great Britain and Canada, with calls described as clear and indistinguishable from submarine cable lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Great Britain
Canada
Cabie
Frederick hosts annual two day radio controlled plane meet
The District of Columbia Radio Control Model Club sponsors a two day meet at Frederick Municipal Airport this July Fourth weekend. Contestants from Maine to Florida compete in multiple classes as trophies reward winners. CAP runs a food stand and provides support vehicles, power, first aid, and a water tank for dust control. No admission fee and free parking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
District of Columbia
Radio Control Model Club
Frederick Municipal
Maine
Florida
John E. Patton
Model Club
Frederick
Woman Hurt In U S 15 Collision
A Pennsylvania woman, Bernadette E Luckenbaugh, is in satisfactory condition at Annie Warner Hospital after a collision on U S 15 near Thurmont. Her husband Edward F Luckenbaugh drove a northbound sedan that rear ended Nicholas Koch's northbound car. Koch’s 1960 convertible suffered $300 damage. Luckenbaugh’s 1959 sedan was demolished. Trooper W D Drumm charged Luckenbaugh with failure to reduce speed to avoid a collision.
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Pennsylvania
Annie Warner Hospital
U.S
Bernadette E. Luckenbaugh
Gettysburg
Thurmont
Luckenbaugh
Edward F. Luckenbaugh
U.S. 15
Nicholas Martin Koch
Berwick
Koch
W. Dennis Drumm
MD. 90
Urbana
Herman L. Franklin
Boyds
Marvin D. Ginsberg
Baltimore
Franklin
Renn Temporary Chairman Heads County School Advisory Board
Frederick County forms a seven member advisory council for the 5 million school bond issue. Commissioner A Irvin Renn named temporary chairman and three citizen members John Warfield Ernest W Ausherman and Boyd Smith join the group. permanent officers to be elected Tuesday night. The board will report findings to the school board and county commissioners and advise on costs and materials for new schools.
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 For Maryland Schools
The Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers endorses statewide education television in its legislative program to be presented at the upcoming state PTA convention in Baltimore on Nov 4 5. Other resolutions urge more teacher recruitment, extend state aid to public kindergartens, expand driver education as a prerequisite for underage driver license applications, and set minimum standards plus librarian certification for public school libraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers’ Board of Managers
PTA
Baltimore
Maryland Board of Education
Frederick
Thief Breaks Into Brunswick Store For About $6
A thief broke into the Kaplan Department Store in Brunswick over the weekend. The intruder entered through a window and took about $6 from a cash register. No other items were reported missing. No suspects have been found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaplan Department
Brunswick
Lee Merriman
Brunswick City
Dirksen Opposes Viet Coalition and Concessions
Washington Senator Everett M. Dirksen warned on the RNC radio program that any talk of concessions in Vietnam must name specific terms. He opposed creating a South Vietnamese coalition government including Communists, citing the Geneva accords and veto power for the Communist member as a fatal flaw. He argued such coalitions merely defer a Communist takeover.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
U.S
Republican National Committee
GOP
Senate
United States
Fulbright
Viet Nam
Las
Rusk
International Commission
Geneva
South Viet Nam
Testimony outlines Fort Detrick germ research plans
A House appropriations subcommittee heard Army plans for a 15.473 million dollar Fort Detrick laboratory to study defenses against biological weapons and to research hazardous organisms. Gen Clarke described 11.771 million for start up and 9.254 million for construction with 6.219 million for a second facility on hazardous studies. Army witnesses said biological warfare is feasible and the nation must develop defenses while addressing hazardous work in Building 539.
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 Ox Fibre Owners by Pro-Phy-Lac-Tic
Ox Fibre Brush Company officials will host visiting executives from Pro-Phy-Lac-Tic Brush Company of Florence Massachusetts at a luncheon Tuesday at Holiday Inn. A breakfast meeting for Ox Fibre foremen precedes the luncheon, per Frederick W. Weitzel president. Pro executives expected include Phillip A. Singleton president Carroll A. Dolan treasurer C. Lee Grandquist vice president superintendent Eric Stahlberg operations manager Stanley H. Gaulusza superintendent injection molding 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 Presses Unified Fundraising To Halt GOP Splinter Groups
Washington AP report shows Ray Bliss urging a united fundraising effort at the Republican National Committee to prevent independent groups from competing for GOP donations. He cites the ransacked desk incident and Goldwater’s Free Society Association as potential threats to party unity and funds.
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 Seeks Fireflies for Research Grants
Fort Detrick scientists announce a firefly collection drive offering sixty cents per hundred insects. Johns Hopkins lab offers thirty five cents per hundred. Collectors are advised to catch at dusk using nets around bushes and parks, store in a dry can, and freeze counts. August collection date to Fort Detrick with details at Building 914 or local post office.
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Fort Detrick
Johns Hopkins University Laboratory
Frederick Post Office
East Patrick Street
Prisoners Rebel at Western State Penitentiary Crushed
Prisoners armed with improvised pistols and a bomb seized two guards and held the hospital's second floor Sunday night. Guards used tear gas to retake the area. hostages escaped unharmed. The blast injured inmate Richard Mayberry, 27, who was serving extra time for a sensational prior riot and escape case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Western State Penitentiary
Richard Mayberry
Philadelphia
Stock Market Mixed In Moderately Active Trading
New York stocks opened mixed as prices moved in early trading with moderate activity. The report notes varied gains and losses across key indexes and highlights early investor caution in a fluctuating session.
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New York
Hagerstown Hotel to be sold in SBA foreclosure auction
The Alexander Hotel of Hagerstown, a nine story 160 room downtown hostelry opened in 1929, goes on the auction block this afternoon under an SBA foreclosure. A Baltimore district court order records a $9,480,000 judgment against the owning corporation led by R Samuel Dillon Jr. The public square site has hosted major political rallies with Eisenhower Johnson and Nixon appearing there.
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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
A twin engine C123 transport was shot down near Saigon killing 16, including two U S airmen. Officials confirmed two American deaths and withheld further casualty details, suggesting a secret mission. Reports conflict over the crash site, with villagers saying a farmhouse strike. Paratroopers at Bie Hoa Air Base suffered two accidental shotgun deaths amid ongoing North Vietnamese air action and leaflets.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
North Vietnamese
Hanoi
Phat Diem
Thanh Hoa
Bai Thuong
Dong Phonan Thuong
School Board Promotes Staff Across Frederick County Schools
The board upgrades several teachers and principals, moving Marvin Spencer to county science supervisor on July 1, transferring Robert Humphrey to Carroll Manor Elementary on Sept 1, and reassigning Paul Stroup, J. Arthur Mott, Lara Hawkins, and Arvin P. Jones among area schools as of mid year.
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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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LBJ
U.S.15
Renn
Dirksen
Viet Coalition
House Group
Tan Son Nhut
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