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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1964
Page
3
In Detroit a 99 year old man, Dr Joel C Williams, marks his 99th birthday and plans a second marriage. The event underscores a personal milestone amid a life long public service career, with details of his upcoming ceremony and years of public work noted.
HOLLYWOOD AP Peter Lorre a master of horror on screen and gentle comical figure off screen was found dead Monday from an apparent stroke. The 59 year old Hungarian born actor had long suffered from high blood pressure. He leaves his widow Anna Marie and a daughter Kathryn 10. Lorre famed for The Maltese Falcon and collaborations with Bogart Greenstreet Huston was a favorite club performer and storyteller on set. He grew up in Vienna and rose to fame in American cinema during the 1940s and 1950s.
Son of a prosperous landowner Lorre grew up in Vienna and met Fritz Lang around 1925. The film M made him a star as a psychopathic child killer, a role that haunted his career. He later excelled in comedy heavies and became part of Bogart's Holmby Hills Rat Pack, known for wit and literature circle friendships with Hemingway and O'Hara. His death marked the loss of Hollywood's last colorful personalities like Barrymore and Fields.
Otho G. Bell who defected to Red China during the Korean War and later returned to the United States lost his four room home in a fire. His wife and three of their four children were in the house but escaped unhurt. The fire was estimated to have destroyed about $5,000 in property with no insurance. The cause was not known.
Graceham Moravian Church reports 7000 in cash and pledges from 218 members toward the Northern Province Strength for the Sixties campaign. Led by Eugene Long with majors Calvin Sayler and Ralph Fornwald, the three-year pledge supports capital projects including new churches and a library at Moravian College. The overall effort seeks 1 135 000 as the campaign extends into 1985, part of a 607 400 total from 27 000-member denomination.
City police reported an accident on West South Street Monday at 10 15 p m causing more than 250 damage to two cars. The eastbound vehicle on South Street was driven by Frederick P Carpen with the scene detailing the reckless driving charge preferred.
A university ceremony is planned at the University of Michigan Temple in Ann Arbor with a church congregation joining in a wedding at a stadium that seats 100,100 spectators, surpassing Annie Hodges’ attendance.
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