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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1964
Page
4
A 1960s analysis notes a widening gulf as Soviet leaders plan an anti religious campaign. It cites atheism being taught in schools from 1964 65 and government aims to erase religion from Soviet life, elevating the state above all. The piece warns of a growing divide with the Western world.
A series of brief notes from 1914 recount improvements in an auto steering device, a major local business deal making C E Cline owner of M L Etchison's furniture firm, a runaway horse near West South Street, and Rev Simon Miller recalling President James Buchanan at the Monocacy Club meeting.
English biologist Jane Goodall spent thirty years near a chimpanzee reserve in eastern Africa studying social habits. The chimps tolerated her as an intruder and she produced the most complete ape study yet. The National Geographic Society sponsored her work.
John P. Miller age 23 of Warrenton VA and Sherri J. Wampler age 19 of Quantico VA wed. John J. Sharp age 25 divorced weds Ann K. Kshir age 18 of Winter Park FL. Mary B. Fogle and husband deed property to Stanley R. Biggus and wife City.
President Johnson visits General Douglas MacArthur at Walter Reed as the wounded five star veteran recuperates from gall bladder surgery. First Lady Lady Bird Johnson to visit West Virginia in coming months. Senator Edward Kennedy tours Montana meeting students and attending events. Rep. Graham Purcell travels to Helena for the governor's prayer meeting. General Mark W Clark plans retirement from The Citadel presidency citing rest and his wife's health.
March 26 marks the exit of the two-cent stamp as rates rise. three-cent stamps will apply to local letters. OPA checks found gas ration coupons improperly endorsed. offenders must appear at the local Rationing Board within ten days or face a gasoline panel hearing. Rockefeller Foundation notes a $1,280 grant aided penicillin development from blue-green mold with vast potential. Allied communique reports a failed Japanese assault at Empress Augusta Bay Bourgainville, with heavy enemy losses.
Market notes list Wheat at 1.95 per bushel Barley at 1.20 per bushel and Cote uniss paime at 7.00 per barrel. Prices reflect current commodity trading and oil measure.
March focus on Red Cross relief and Easter Seals drives outlined with notes from Mrs. Pat Dean and Alderman Dick Shipley. A service member praised Frederick County Red Cross aid, urging continued support for medical, rehabilitation, and community services benefiting disabled children and adults.
President Johnson promised speedy aid to Ohio River flood victims as he flew over the affected area. The third worst flood of the century left 11 dead and caused over 50 million dollars in damages, with about 110000 people affected. Water levels were receding in Louisville as the crest moved westward into Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois.
A Charleston announcements note from World War II era states a U.S. Fifth Army message in Italy regarding a college post. The target date is set for June 1965, framing the timing of the transfer or appointment.
The UN Security Council issued a hands off warning to Turkey and Canada sped a peacekeeping vanguard toward Cyprus. Greek Cypriots, alarmed by Turkish threats, were eased as 1,150 Canadian soldiers were expected within two weeks and a vanguard landed today. A government spokesman said, We can sleep peacefully now.
Federal judge in Richmond fines and sentences two financiers in the Maryland savings and loan mail fraud scheme. C Oran Mensik of Chicago gets five years and 1000 dollar fine on three counts while D Spencer Grow of Provo Utah draws four years on two counts and a 1000 dollar fine. Prison terms run concurrently.
Sterling H Bangs 8 of Fairfield Pa died at home from coronary occlusion. Survivors include widow Lena Taylor Bangs and multiple children and in laws across Baltimore Union Bridge and Los Angeles. Miriam Z Brandenburg 47 of Baltimore died at Anderson Nursing Home after eight months illness and is survived by son William Dean Brandenburg and siblings. Daisy L Casteel 76 of Chestnut Hill Jefferson County WV died after lengthy illness. services today in Harpers Ferry. Nathan Esworthy 87 longtime Bartonsville resident died at Montevue County Home. funeral Tuesday. Ada Mae Gifft 50 of Bakerton WV died after long illness. service Sunday in Martinsburg area. Upton W Grossnickle 76 near Myersville died of heart condition. survived by wife and several children.
Betty Gouker and Grace Reed mourners list from Frederick area with many relatives named. Funeral services at Bittle Funeral Home Myersville with interment at Grossnickle Church Cemetery. Also college deans list mentions Rebecca Warner and Eileen Elworthy from Bridgewater College. Birthday anniversaries and social events include Mrs. Bessie Lusby 85th, 25th and 18th wedding anniversaries, a surprise baby shower, and a memorial circle tribute in Gulf Park Florida. Names include Warner Esworthy Ford Summers Coulter Cochran Strine Welsmiller Orndorff Jones, among others. vacation notes include a New Orleans trip.
Hollywood AP reports a novel TV ratings system using revolving antenna trucks to scan home sets. Inventor James L. Tanner and his brother Charles in Wilmington claim thousands of samples, privacy preserved. Rival ABC engineer Frank Champion calls it highly accurate. cost per truck is 10 000 to 15 000 dollars.
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Savana Brown who died Tuesday at Frederick Memorial Hospital were held Friday at Hicks Funeral Home with Rev. C. B. Jackson officiating. Interment followed at Fairview Cemetery. Pallbearers included Frederick Bruce and Walter Jefferson among others. Funeral director was C. E. Hicks III. Separate services for Rhoda Blanche Shoemaker who died Wednesday were led by Rev. Joseph M. Quesenberry at the C. O. Fuss and Son Funeral Home in Taneytown with pallbearers Norman Baumgardner, Roy Smith, Walter Crapster and Earl Bowers. Interment was in Reformed Cemetery in Taneytown.
A 48 year old man, Roland M. Thompson, was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital for a forehead laceration after his 1961 Pontiac ran off a street and into the northeast wall of the Roger Brooke Taney Home on South Bentz Street around 12 40 a m. He was charged with reckless driving.
Mrs Maryland enjoys a homey scene with denim tablecloth and red tulips as she prepares for the Mrs Maryland title. She schedules TV appearances on WTTG Metropolitan Memo, WRC Inga's Angle, and WMAL Women's World, while noting judges favor diverse hairdos and a day to evening look.
Rabbi Morris Kosman of Beth Sholom Synagogue spoke to Zonta Club at the Francis Scott Key Hotel about Morris L Wests best selling novel The Shoes of the Fisherman. He summarized the Ukranian Pope Kiril Lakotas life and assumed duties noting the pope's desire to walk among his people amid red tape and poverty. Emily Payne introduced the speaker. guests included Mrs. Kosman and Miss Rose Stern. The next dinner meeting is scheduled for Monday at 6 30 p m in the Wedgwood Room of the Key Hotel.
Mr. Robert Abram 58 of 312 North College Parkway suffered a coronary occlusion at Peoples Drug Store North Market Street at 3 30 p m Friday. He was rushed to Frederick Memorial Hospital in an United Ambulance and reported in critical condition last night.
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