Fifth Amendment invoked as Baker refuses testimony
The article notes Bobby Baker, former Senate majority secretary, invoking four amendments 120 times during an inquiry into turning his $19,600 salary into a $2 million fortune. Lefinx P. McLendon calls it a tragedy and questions whether public officials should enjoy Fifth Amendment protection. The piece argues Baker’s refusal undermines public trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Baker
U. S. Senate
Senate
Lefinox P. Mclendon
Senate Rules Committee
Baker
United States
Fifty Years Ago Items From the News Post Files
Severe wind and snowstorm hits Frederick with damaged buildings and Montevue Home valued at 3000 dollars. A mill fire at Glade Valley Milling Company is stopped by prompt firefighters. Mt Airy farmers form improvement club with officers named. John E Ridenour relocates his fish market to East Second Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Montevue
Glade Valley Milling Company
Woodsboro
Harry Boone
MT. Airy
J.A. Engle
W.A. Walker
J.K. Smith
D.W. Beck
John E. Ridenour
West Fourth Street
East Second Street
J.F. Purnell
Hit And Run Driver Sought In Lewistown Crash
State Police report no arrests yet in the Lewistown hit and run that sent 18 year old Robert Lee Norwood to Washington County Hospital with a compound skull fracture. Witness Joe Boone recalled a light colored car with loud mufflers fleeing after impact around 7 45 p.m. Saturday on Md 806 near the edge of the road. Norwood later moved to Frederick Memorial and then Washington County Hospital. paint tests will be run at the FBI lab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Washington County
Hagerstown
Robert Lee Norwood
Neil F. Bechtel
Norwood
Joe Boone
U.S. 15
Netwood
Boone
Th. Bechtel
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Thurmortt
FBI
Washington
March Weather and War News From 1944 News Post Files
Snow and cold grip highways as March arrives with strong northwest winds. New ration tokens circulate locally but merchants await longer trials before judgment. Leap Year Day sees no marriage licenses issued. Destroyer borne American troops land on the Admiralty Islands under Gen Douglas MacArthur in a bold surprise operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur H. Lambert
Bismarck Sea
Admiralty Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Funeral set for accident victims in Clarksburg WV
Funeral services for three accident victims have been scheduled in Clarksburg West Virginia. Robert Kenneth Rice 40 on active naval duty died on Route 340 along with his wife Rebecca M. Rice and daughter Karen Lois Rice. The bodies were moved to Feele Funeral Home and 1201 North Market Street for arrangements. Davis Funeral Home Clarksburg will conduct services Tuesday with interment at Brick Church Cemetery Harrison County.
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Clarksburg
West Virginia
Robert Kenneth Rice
Feele Funeral Home
Rebecca M. Rice
Karen Lois Rice
Frederick Memorial Hospital
North Market Street
Mr. Rice
U.S. Navy
Lost Creek
Harrison County
Andrew E
Omah E. Harrison Carder
Capiital Heights
Maryland
Davis Funeral Home
Brick Church
Robert E. Dailey
Railroads offer reward for Florida East Coast dynamiters
The Association of American Railroads offers a 100,900 dollar reward for information leading to arrests and convictions of the dynamiters who wrecked a Florida East Coast Railway train on February 26. The note also mentions New Hampshire license plates in 1984 carrying the Scenic slogan after a 1962 Photoscenic period.
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Washington
The
Association of American Railroads Today
New Hampshire
Photoscenic
Obituary notes from Montgomery and surrounding counties
Obituaries detail deaths of Lester E. Barber at Montgomery General Hospital in Olney and Shirley W. Bohn, farmer of Mt. Airy, with survivors and service details. Additional notices include Wilbur J. Foreman of Sykesville and Russell T. Garnand of Waynesboro, with birthplaces, kin, and funeral arrangements. Burial at local church cemeteries.
Obituary notices from Washington area residents
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Washington area families including Keister Mullinix Orrison and Young. The notices name survivors in Virginia Maryland and Philadelphia and note church affiliations, cemeteries, and funeral arrangements.
Taking Course To Quit Smoking Program Summary
The course teaches quitting smoking via deep breathing, avoiding smoking areas, walking after meals, and engaging in hobbies. Buddy check-ins at noon and mid‑afternoon track progress. A film titled One in 20,000 illustrates lung cancer risks and the link to smoking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inewspaper
Surgeon
Elderly Woman Dies in Hagerstown Fire
An 85 year old Hagerstown woman Miss Edith V Kelbaugh died in a Saturday morning fire at her home. The cause is undetermined with the kitchen gutted and an adjoining room badly burned. She was pronounced dead at Washington County Hospital. Services Tuesday at 10 30 am from Bittle Funeral Home Myersville to Mt Bethel M E Cemetery. No viewing.
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Hagerstown
Edith V. Kelbaugh
Lester Isenagle
Pioneer Fire Company of
Washington County Hospital
Weeks
Washington County
Miss Kelbaugh
Frederick County
John and
Mary Forrest Kelbaugh
Charles E. Kelbaugh
St. Louis
Missouri
Bittle
Myersville
Mt. Bethel M. E
Motorist Charged In City Accident
City police report an intersection crash at North Market and Fourth streets around 12 15 a m. James Bolyard 28 of West South street rear ended Alex Sabo Jr 29 of East Patrick street stopped at a light. Damages: Sabo 1957 Cadillac $200 Bolyard 1955 Pontiac $200. Bolyard charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid a collision. Officers Gideon T. Darkis and Richard L. Baugher investigated.
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North Market and
Fourth Streets
James Bolyard
West South Street
North Market Street
Alex Sabo Jr
East Patrick Street
Sabo
Bolyard
Opera singer Norman Cordon dies at 60 in Chapel Hill
Norman Cordon, 60, a retired Metropolitan Opera bass baritone, died at his home in Chapel Hill on Sunday following a heart attack. He retired from the Met in 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
N.C
Norman Cordon
Cordon
Metropolitan Opera Co
Maryland redistricting plan eyed to produce eight districts
Maryland legislators, meeting via a 16 member committee, propose a constitutional eight district map aimed at equal population within seven percent. The plan would preserve Democratic strength in the U S House and redraw lines across Montgomery County Baltimore County and Baltimore City while pairing Eastern Shore with Southern Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Maryland
Supreme Court
Baltimore District Federal Court
Citizens’ Committee
House of Representatives
State
Senate
House of Delegates
Prince Georges County
Baltimore County
Anne Arundel County
Baltimore City
Montgomery County
Calvert, Charles
St.Mary’s
Anne Arundel
Harford
Montgomery
Baltimore
Carroll
Howard Counties
Garrett, Allegany
Washington
Frederick Counties
Funerals Held for Beck Andrews and Michael in Area
Funeral services were conducted for Robert S. Beck of Taneytown died February 24 with interment at Harney United Brethren cemetery. Myrtle Irene Andrews widow of Joseph G. Andrews died in Frederick Memorial Hospital. service held at 2 pm. Rev Ralph M. Sharpe officiated. Pallbearers named. Interment at Frederick Memorial Park. Mary M. Michael of Hagerstown died Wednesday. service at All Saints Episcopal Church. Interment Mt. Olivet. Marie Elvira Welton of Brunswick held at First Methodist Church. Pallbearers listed. Crem keeps. Funeral directors M R Etchison & Son.
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Robert S. Beck
RFD 1
Taneytown
C. O. Fuss and Son
Paul E. Rinehart
United Brethren Cemetery
Harney
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Raymond Clabaugh
Elwood Koontz
Ralph Vaughn
Lloyd Kaiser
Charles Ohler
Kenneth McKinney
Myrtle Irene Andrews
Joseph G. Andrews
Frederick Memorial Hospital
East Church Street
Ralph M. Sharpe
Calvary Methodist Church
Charles White
Dewey Wisner
Atlee Boyer
Alton J. Lipps
Richard Greenwalt
Howard Schiltz
Frederick Memorial Park
Linden Hills
M.R. Etchison & Son
Mary M. Michael
Stanley J. Michael
Winchester Street
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
All Saints Episcopal Church
Maurice D. Ashbury
Robert W
Thomas E. Stockman
William
Floyd
Paul
James Wickham
Mt. Olivet
M. R. Etchison & Son
Marie Elvira Welton
W. Potomac Street
Brunswick
First Methodist
William Warner
Edward Spurrier
Lee Smith
Aged Montgomery Resident Dies at 101
Mrs. Alice D. Pumphrey, aged 101, died Saturday at Kensington Gardens Sanitarium after months as a patient. A Germantown native, she lived in Montgomery County most of her life, later moving to Laytonsville and Chevy Chase. Survived by four sons, seven grandchildren, and 14 great grandchildren, she was long a member of Neelsville Presbyterian Church. Funeral services Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Francis H. Barber Funeral Home Laytonsville with burial at Neelsville Cemetery.
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Lester E. Barber
Irene Barber
Damascus
Montgomery General Hospital
Olney
Cedar Grove
Charles H
Nora Watkins Barber
Eleanor McCloskey
France
Donald L. Barber
John Purdum
Guy Linthicum
Fred Barber
Rockville
Olin L. Molesworth
Salem Methodist Cemetery
John D. Keister
John David Keister
Lovettsville
Loundown County
Leesburg
William and
Katherine Smith Keister
Lillian Neff Keister
Robert Keister
Shirley Keister
Newark
California
Mack Keister
Lincoln Air Force Base
Lincoln
Nebraska
Keith Keister
Lee
Emory E. Mullinix
Clara May Mullinix
Neelsville
Thomas E
Annie Green Benson
Damascus Methodist
Internationa
Gaithersburg
Charles L. Hawkins
Catherine Benson
Washington
D. C
Molesworth Funeral Home
Alice D. Pumphrey
Kensington Gardens Sanitarium
Montgomery County
Germantown
Esther P. Armstrong
Laytonsville
Bartholomew Episcopal Church
Pumphrey
Armstrong
Alice Pumphre
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Neelsville Presbyterian Church
Damacus Miss Claire Offutt to Perform in Mount Holyoke Water Ballet
Miss Claire Offutt daughter of Dr and Mrs Edward Offutt Jr of Damascus will perform in the annual water ballet show Collage at Mount Holyoke College South Hadley Massachusetts on March 6 and 7 She will swim in Fanny and choreographed Reflections set to Lover’s Lullaby A freshman and Damascus High School graduate this is from the Offutt family Mr and Mrs Glen F Brown ing of Kemptown recently celebrated their birthdays at home with Mr Brown ing's birthday Feb 25 and Mrs Brown ing's today
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Claire Offutt
Edward Offutt Jr
Damascus
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley
Mass
Miss Offutt
Damascus High School
Glen F. Browning
Kemptown
Mr. Browning
Mrs. Browning
Negro candidate runs for Congress in Alabama
Amelia P. Boynton of Selma qualified to oppose Rep Kenneth Roberts of Anniston under Alabama's 9-8 elimination plan for Democratic nominees marking the first such candidacy by a African American since Reconstruction Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper
Congress
Alabama
Amelia P. Boynton
Selma
Kenneth Roberts
Anniston
Sarrhive
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News-Post
Vivian Ralston
Stanley ¥. Bennett
Pendleton
West All Saints Street
William H. Crabill
Shepley
Senepar
Atex- Brown & Sons
New York Stock Exchange
F. & M_ National
Frederick Co. National T
Fredericktown
Lnv
Western Md. Trust
Ox Fibre &Rush Fee i
Frank J. Keeferlett
Johns Hopkins Physics Laboratory
Frank Damaza
Shirley W. Bohn
John
Susie Bohn
Lorraine Brown Bohn
Kathleen W. Scheel
Shirley R
Wilbur
Waynesboro
Prospect Church
Prudence Lodge
Af&am
OES
Odd Fellows
Kiwanis Club
Waltz Funeral
Winfield
E. A. Frink
Prudence Lodge 190
Wilbur J. Foreman
Arthur Ave
Sykesville
Veteran’s Hospital
Fort Howard
Rachel Foreman
Pearl Spurrier
Mary Burke
Airy
Elsie Greenwood
Minnie Davis
B&o Railroad
Waltz
Donald Plank
E.A. Frink
Church
Russell T. Garnand
Eastland Circle
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Waynesboro Hospital
Oregon
Ilinois
Noah .P
Manetta Grossnick
Garland
Holland
Minnesota
Potomac Edison Company
South Penn Power Company
Potomac Edison
Trinity United Church of Christ
Louise Hoffman Garnand
Doris G. Teeter
Fairmount
Clarence Garnand
Red Cloud
Lee Garnand
Keedysville
Grace Frey
Smithsburg
Grove
H. Clayton Moyer
Resthaven
Walter G. Jackson
Walter Gabriel Jackson
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Charlies Town General Hospital
Fauquier County
Addison and
Catherine Lane Jackson
Blue Ridge
Walter C. Jackson
Talahassee
Fla
Abbie J. Pree
Louise Lee
Mae Tolliver
Mahlon Jackson
Carrol Jackson
New York City
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Lincoln Cemetery
William E. Magaha
William Edgar Magaha
George William
Hannah Elizabeth Williams Magaha
Lizzie May Barger Magaha
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Burkittsville
William E., Arbutus
Raymond
Malcolm
Jack Russler
Boonsboro
Carlton Keller
Middletown
Milburn Ahaii
Frank Roelke
Frederick Magaha
Warren P. E. Smith
Gladhill
Union Cemetery
Henson M. Orrison
Louella E. Orrison
Maryland Avenue
Langley Rest Home
John W
Laura Grove
Broad Run
United Church of Christ
C. H. Feete
Frank Fesperman
Reformed
Julia C. Young
Julia Coleman Young
John Russell Young
Board of Commissioners of
District of Columbia
High Oaks
Philadelphia
Miss Young
James Rankin Young
Old Philadelphia Evening Star
Jefferson Pl. Nw
Mary Barclay Young
19Th St. Nw
Allan Rd. Nw
Donald Straisman
Hewes Kelly
Sherman Lowery
Carlos Myers
Knoxsville Cemetery
Knoxville
Charles 8. Grube
Lancaster
Lutheran Church of the Holy Trincy
Groff
Millersville Mennonite Cemetery
Thomas Kline
RFD
Mary Elizabeth
Robert Cecil Keller
Lawrence Keller
Miss Kline
Middletown High School
Keller
Morgan and Keller Contractors
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