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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1964
Page
4
The Associated Press copyright notice authorizes republication of all local news and AP dispatches printed in this newspaper. This notice is filed at the Frederick Maryland post office as second class matter dated Tuesday March 24 1964.
Fifty years ago the Hood College Hall concert raised about 85 toward the building fund. The News-Post notes this event amid other items from March 24 1914 including a shift of White Cross Milk bottling from Frederick to Washington due to higher freight rates and a postal shower for Rev Guy P Bready on his 32nd birthday. A bill to make Knoxville dry was introduced in the House of Delegates amid local sentiment after Brunswick voters defeated a similar measure.
President Johnson backs a new Latin America policy reversing Kennedy on democracy and aid tied to development. Thomas Mann says recognition will go to regimes in power, regardless of how they came to power, aiming to protect investment and oppose Communism. Critics call it practical diplomacy that may undermine democracy and fuel military rule. Fidel Castro cited as warning of the two evils.
The Kansas Board of Regents ruled that cigarette sales on state campuses are banned. Providers may offer under the radar tobacco sales via campus catering and student shops, reviving on campus employment amid hopes other states won’t follow Kansas' lead.
Frederick Memorial Hospital has been reaccredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. The announcement, published with the commission’s list of accredited facilities, notes that accreditation confirms voluntary survey of facilities and patient care. Dr Kenneth B Babcock says it serves as a badge of recognition for high care standards.
Deeds recorded at the Frederick County Court House show Hamilton Homes Inc selling a Glade Village Walkersville property to Fred Talley and his wife for about 1000 dollars per the revenue stamps. William L Summers and wife sold a nearly half acre property along Bartensburg Road in the New Market District to George E Mullinix and wife for 11500 dollars.
Maryland Governor Tawes told fire department instructors in Memphis that if George Wallace campaigns in Maryland he would be slaughtered by his preferred candidate, Senator Daniel Brewster. He warned Wallace supporters risked a "smothering" by Brewster, as he arrived to speak at a conference.
Twenty years ago the U S government opposed recognizing the French National Committee led by General Charles De Gaulle as France's sole governing authority while awaiting British reaction on the pre invasion policy. The Monocacy River overflowed its banks due to heavy rains and snow melt though not reaching earlier flood levels. Prime Minister Churchill visited American airborne troops in England and expressed belief they would soon land on Nazi occupied European soil. Lewis R Dertzhaugh, a Frederick life insurance agent with Fidelity and Casualty of New York, completed 25 years of service and was honored with a wrist watch becoming a member of the Old Guard.
Two Frederick men were acquitted on motor vehicle charges from a March 15 East Fourth Street accident. Arthur H Falk Jr and Preston R Geisler faced charges of speeding and stopping on the traveled portion. both were found not guilty. James H Mease and Elizabeth K Caniford also received acquittals for related offenses in separate March incidents.
Montgomery County Police reported that two persons were treated and released from Suburban Hospital in Bethesda after an early morning accident on U S 240 near the Germantown interchange. Janet Shoenfelder 31 of Washington drove a 1961 Ford and swerved to miss a car, losing control and crossing the road through guard rails into a bank. Charges are pending.
President Johnson seeks to curb price and wage rises by urging business and labor restraint while pushing Congress to double pay for federal workers. He argues government can’t control markets but must avoid inflationary boosts, as advisers warn about price wage spirals and a cautious stance in contract talks with the UAW.
Two Frederick churches schedule Holy Week musicales. Evangelical Lutheran Church will present Bach Cantata No 4 Christ Lay in Deaths Dark Prison Wednesday at 7 30 p m with a 30 voice choir and soloists Effie Fulmer Thomas Silliman Donald Leatherman and a women's sextet. Calvary Methodist will perform Du bois The Seven Last Words Friday at 7 30 p m directed by Charles Warner with a 30 voice choir and organ accompaniment by William Sprigg.
The 1950 Moller organ is regarded as one of the area’s best church instruments. Both services are open to the public, inviting community members to attend and hear the instrument in worship.
A requiem mass was sung at St Marks Church in Catonsville for R Holmes Lewis Sr a retired sportsman born in Dorchester County Lewis aged 79 died Friday at Bon Secours Hospital after a long illness Born in Vienna Dorchester County his family dates back 200 years Lewis moved to Baltimore as a young boy He graduated from Western Maryland College and worked for the Pennsylvania and Western Maryland railroads before becoming administrator of wartime fuel rationing in Baltimore in 1917
Mrs Lillie C Morris Kirby 88 mother of four Presbyterian ministers dies after brief illness at a Baltimore nursing home. Born in Madison Dorchester County she leaves 109 survivors including six sons four daughters 38 grandchildren 60 great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Wednesday in Baltimore.
The Frederick Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a dance for the Frederick County Heart Association on Wednesday from 8 30 p m to 11 30 p m at West Frederick Junior High School. Damien and the Classic Five will provide music and celebrate their First Anniversary. The Mayor and Chief of Police are invited as special guests. Ed Blumenauer is program chairman. The Heart Association funded three wishing wells this year through Soroptimist and Exchange Clubs, placed at The Francis Scott Key Hotel lobby, the Chatta Box, and the Town and Country restaurants. The Wells will be retained for next year. Mrs. George B Douglas, executive secretary, cites community spirit in support of the Heart Fund Drive.
Among The Sick Mr. Lewis A. Kline of East Patrick street is a patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Harry E. Young is confined to home with hepatitis. Andrew Gift is improving at the hospital. Dr. Charles E. Broadrup returns home from the hospital and is satisfactory. Several others undergo or recover from surgery at Frederick Memorial Hospital with satisfactory conditions reported. In Miami, the Orioles optioned pitcher John Papa to Rochester and returned catcher Nate Smith to the International League, trimming the roster to 40.
Mrs Walter F Sier widow of Walter Franklin Sier dies at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a long illness at 80. She lived with daughter Mildred Sier 347 East Patrick St. also survived by six other children, two brothers, 16 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral at 1201 North Market St funeral home Thursday 2 PM conducted by Rev Robert F Woodward. Interment Pleasant Hill Cemetery Monrovia. Robert E Dailey and Son, funeral directors.
Funeral services were held for Herman Charles Beard near Union Bridge and Nettie F. Welty of Rocky Ridge. Interments followed at Singonore Cemetery Unionville and Mt Tabor Lutheran Church cemetery. Additional services were conducted for Charles Vernon Carey and William Luther Knode with interments at Knoxville and St Marks Petersville.
University of Maryland suspends the Theta Chi campus chapter for bringing beer into the fraternity during rush week. The student interfraternity court recommended the action, barring group participation in university activities while members may still attend individually. House closure decision pending, with possible lifting of suspension at the start of next term.
In Moundville Alabama AP says more than 200 performers will stage the 17th annual Road to Calvary Sunrise Easter Pageant Sunday. Officials expect up to 10,000 attendees for the 4 am performance.
In Tokyo, 19 year old Norikazu Shiotani stabbed U.S. Ambassador Edwin Reischauer in the right thigh near the embassy chancery. Reischauer, 53, was hospitalized after receiving transfusions. police say the assailant acted without political motive and had previously attempted to set fire to the U.S. Embassy.
A juvenile charged with assault at a Walkersville Thurmont basketball game had the case held open for full investigation. The defendant, a Walkersville High student from Mt Pleasant, allegedly pushed a Thurmont student and swung at him but only made arm contact. He has been expelled. Earlier, a January knife assault at a Teen Club dance was waived to Magistrate's Court with no action yet taken.
The Maryland roads commission awarded two highway contracts in Wicomico and Worcester Counties. Brittingham Construction Co. of Salisbury received 828317.20 dollars for grading drainage and surfacing a 2.86 mile stretch of U S 50 toward Ocean City. Scott and Wimbrow Inc of Berlin were awarded 142168.05 dollars to improve Maryland 376 from U S 113 to Trappa Creek.
U S Representative Charles Mathias Jr and IBM officials dedicate IBM's new Hagerstown branch at 747 Northern Avenue. The sales and service center serves Frederick, Cumberland, Martinsburg, Winchester, and Chambersburg with an open house following the 10 am ceremony. Demonstrations include the IBM 1440 system, Micro-Processing units, punched card gear, Selectric typewriters, and portable dictation devices.
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