James Wood Fletcher, Fireman and Decorator, Dies at 62
James Wood Fletcher, longtime Frederick resident and window decorator for Peoples Service Drug Stores, died at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a three day illness. A veteran of World War I and former lieutenant of Citizens Truck Company, he was 62 and survived by his wife, a stepson and a step-grandson. Interment is at Mt. Olivet Cemetery after services at 2 o'clock Sunday at the funeral home on East Church Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wood Fletcher
Peoples Service Drug Stores
Frederick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Fletcher
North Market Street
Luther K
Alice Wood Fletcher
Martinsburg
W. Va
Cumberland
Chambersburg
Staunton, Va
Citizens Truck Company
Junior Fire Company
First Baptist Church
Charlottesville
Francis Scott Key
American Legion
Loyal Order of Moose
Order of Eagles
Frederick Aerie
Ann Harriett Bentz Fletcher
Edward W. Cockrell
Liver Spring
Edward W. Crockrell Jr
East Church Street
Mt. Olivet
Taneytown
Carroll County
James T. Marsh
Lloyd Stanley Fitz
Charles and
Lola Schindiedecker Fitz
A. W. Feesser Company
LaView Virginia Kiser Fitz
Robert Stanley Fitz
Linda LaView Fitz
Maurice Fritz
Harold Fitz
Emmitsburg
William Garver
Littlestown
Nixon Stoned in Lima Peru during university visit
Vice President Nixon was showered with rocks in Lima as he tried to visit San Marcos University. A rock grazed his neck and a member of his party had a tooth chipped. He canceled the visit and went to Catholic University to address student groups amid protests by the university federation and chants from many students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Nixon
San Marcos University
Jack Sherwood
Catholic University
uUher
San Marcos
University
Two Years For Assault In Maryland County Court
A colored man, Charles W. Dorsey, was sentenced to two years in the House of Correction for assault and battery on Charlene Brown and assault on Richard W. Smith after a May 6 incident near Johnsville. The judge ordered consecutive terms, criticizing Dorsey for carrying a razor and a sawed off shotgun. Dorsey claimed self defense and disputed weapon ownership as state police investigated. The case included past charges and a prior arson conviction, with the sentencing following tense testimony at the magistrate court.
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House of Correction
Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr
Aliss Charlene M. Brown
Richard W. Smith
Sheffield
Charles W. Dorsey
Dorsey
Nome
Ernest Kingan
Johnsville
Miss Brown
Charlene
Smith
Hhim
Mr. Ringan
Charlene Brown
Shim
Lottie Brown
Charlene ‘Brown
Brown
Richard Smith
Dorser
Madistrah Sheffield
Carroll County
House ‘of Correction
Baltimore
Nor
Lord
Husband asks Coya Knutson to not seek third term
Andrew Knutson, husband of Rep. Coya Knutson, says he asked his wife to decline a third bid for Congress. He cites deteriorating home life since her 1954 election and alleges executive secretary Bill Kjeldahl wields undue power. Knutson, 45, previously served in Minnesota legislature and married in 1940.
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Oklee
Minn
Coya Knutson
D-Minn
Congress
Andrew Knutson
Rep. Knutson
Knutson
Cora
Isu
Knautson
Kjeldahl
Armed Forces Day observance at Fort Detrick set May 17
Frederick county Reserve and National Guard units will play a large part in the ninth annual Armed Forces Day observance at Fort Detrick. Captain William B. McNeil cites displays by the 125th National Guard Company A and Medical Company 115th, with first aid duties during visiting hours. The 302nd Signal Battalion and 366th Field Artillery will showcase field equipment and a searchlight, with a barrage balloon illumination planned each night of Armed Forces Week. Some units, like the 797th Engineer Panel Bridge Company, will be away on summer encampment and not participate. County reserve and National Guard units receive praise from Lt. Col. Tegnell, Armed Forces Day chairman, for supporting peace-time defense themes “Power for Peace.” Red Cross, Civil Air Patrol, and Civil Defense units also plan to take part with exhibits and displays.
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Frederick County
National Guard
Fort Detrick
William B. McNeil
Frederick
125Th Maryland National Guard
Willard Horiie
Detrick
Armed Forces
U. S. Army
302Nd
James E. Bartgis Jr
Iyrnich
366Th
Field Artillery
Fort Detrick i
iPlans
797Th Engineer Panel
J Herman B. Hopkins
Russell
Tegnell
Armed Forces Day
Col.Tegnell
Sour
Frederick Area
Red Cross
Civil Air Patrol
Heights Man Injured In Route 40 Crash With Truck
A Braddock Heights man, Charles J Elkins 32, sustained a scalp laceration and was treated after a late model car collided with a tractor trailer at Route 40 and 1408. The truck driver Leo Anderson Shenandoah Junction was not hurt. Damage put the truck at about 100 and Elkins car a total loss. Anderson charged with improper left turn.
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Braddock Heights
Route 40
Astraight
Charles J_ Elkins
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Leo Anderson
Shenandoah Junction
Harry J. iFrost
Anderson
Elkins
Frost
Sixty Friends Honor Hood College Library Luncheon
At the Hood College Library annual luncheon held Saturday at Joseph Henry Apple Library 60 Friends reported 189 books 1467.50 and 17 subscriptions added in the year ending May 1. The library holds 49 100 of a 60 000 goal with 341 Friends 90 active. Mrs Quynn spoke on Philobiblon Love of Books noting Richard de Bury founder of a historic English library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of the Hood College Library
Joseph Henry Apple Library
Katharine E. Dutrow
The
Friends
Andrew G. Truxal
William R. Quynn
Ameslung
Richard de Bury
England
de Buryi
Oxford
Durham College
Auto Sales Promotion Planned This Weekend
George Docking, a 54-year-old banker and first Democratic governor of Kansas in 20 years, will seek re election. The report notes Docking plans to promote auto sales this weekend as part of his campaign. iMarket Ease: New York stocks opened quietly with fractional gains and minor advances in early trading.
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Peka
Kan
George Docking
Kansas
Only Nature Can Help With Mud Roads County crews haul stones to fix holes
Muddy county dirt roads hinder travel and residents are told to stay off them while they dry. Crews haul stones to the worst spots and patch holes on hard surfaced highways from winter damage. May rainfall nears last year’s total as April rain lingers.
Pleven to give up Paris cabinet amid weather forecast
World briefs report Pleven abandoning plans for a new postwar cabinet as sunshine returns and temperatures rise. Primlin predicts warmer Friday after brief talks with Pleven. In France the day features notes on politics, agriculture, and damp field conditions. In Buenos Aires Peronist protests mark Eva Peron's birthday with funeral Masses.
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Banere
Buenos Aires
Dizi
Particul
Juan Peron
Eva
Peache
Ehantad
Elanane Sranar
Weather and political shifts amid midcentury tensions
The dispatch notes unrest in LAUMUS ULCK with ousting of a dictator, plus a ban being kept in place after 1955. It mentions a Freder ick County auto dealers promotion to spur sales, framed as part of a broader push to boost all products, tied to Eisenhower’s urging to buy what you need. Regional weather and assorted city briefs accompany the report.
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Frederick County
Hood May Day Weekend Plans At Hood College
Hood College hosts May Day events this weekend with a Roman holiday theme. Friday features two water shows by the Rhythmic Swim Club at 7:00 and 7:45 p.m., a concert in Brodbeck Hall at 8:30 p.m., and a glee club pairing with the Dickinson College choir. Saturday includes more swim shows at 10:30 and 10:45, a Spring Horse Show in the riding ring, the May Day pageant from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. with Miss Marthanne Stevens presiding, plus Mother-Daughter and Father’s Club dinners in the evening and a final dance from 9:00 to 12:00 under the stars.
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Hood College
Rhythmic Swim Club
Dickinson College Choral Group
Ancient Hood
Brodbeck Hall
Sdrill
Hudson
Marthanne Stevens
Virginia
A. E. S. Stevens
Jin Cole
Rome
Blue Cross Rate Hearings On May 19
The State Insurance Commissioner in Baltimore schedules hearings beginning May 19 on Blue Cross hospital service rate increase of 22 percent and contract changes with member hospitals. Nine requestors may present evidence, with at least two opposing the rise, including the Maryland Radiological Society and Hyman Pressman, attorney for Blue Cross subscribers.
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Baltimore 2
Charles S. Jackson
Clinton Bamberger Jr
Asssistant
Maryland Radiological Society
H.yman Pressman
Blue Cross
Altitude Record Recaptured by FJQ4A Starfighter
Washington reports the Air Force claims a world altitude record with a 91,249 foot climb by an FJQ4A Starfighter over Palmdale California. Maj Howard C Johnson of Novato California piloted the jet to the peak in 27 minutes, surpassing a French record by over two miles. Johnson, operations officer of the 83rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron, said temperatures dropped below 60 degrees below zero and the craft exceeded sonic speed. The flight was confirmed by the National Aeronautical Association and Lockheed. Meanwhile Haiti reports the U.S. ambassador Gerald Drew residence was fired upon with injuries none reported to Drew or family.
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Washington
Air Force
Palmdale
Calif
Nathan Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staffs
Mojae Desert
National Aeronautical Assn
Lockheed
Johnson
Hamilton Air Force Base
83Rd
Hamilton Afb
Lexington
Dulles Attacks Soviet Disarmament Talks in Berlin
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles accused the Soviet bloc of using disarmament talks as a smoke screen to dominate world power with Chinese Soviet strength. He urged maintaining nuclear deterrence and rejected Soviet pledges as obstacles to East West accord amid demonstrations in West Berlin during his 50 hour visit.
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Berlin
John Foster Dulles
Soviet Union
West
Dulles
Aremlin
West Berlin
East Berlin
Paris
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty ‘Organization
Foreeministers
Copenhagen
NATO
Jo New
Neues Deutschland
Iper
North Atlantic Alliance
NATO Council
325 Teachers Dine Tonight At Frederick Banquet
About 325 teachers and guests will attend the Frederick County Teachers Association banquet tonight at the Peter Pan Inn Urbana. Senator Harry A. Cole of Baltimore will be guest speaker, with Lincoln school faculty handling the program and Miss Janice Wickless presiding. Activities include several musical selections. committee members include Charles Henson and Ruth Dredden among others. Weather notes mention a rain delay for the Cleveland at New York game.
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Frederick County Teachers Association
Peter Pan Inn
Urbana
J. Jewell Beeson
Washington Street
Harry A. Cole
Baltimore
Lincoln School
Sen. Cole
Janice Wickless
North Frederick
Ruth Dredden
Lincoln
Attorney General's Office
Dredden
Charles E. Henson
Gwendolyn Henson
Alice Delauter
Margaret Lee
William O. Lee
Annual Banquet Held By Grocers In Urbana
About 300 members of the Independent Retail Food Distributors and guests attended the 30th anniversary banquet at the Peters Pan Inn in Urbana on Wednesday night. Elmer Stockman presided as president. Senator Jacob Ramsburg served as master of ceremonies. John Rudbeck led group singing and Clarence J. Shull Jr gave a vocation. Guests included Mayor John A. Derr and Mrs Derr, Garland Guyton, Burkittsville president of the Maryland association and Mrs Guton, Mrs Henry Falk, Mrs Stockman, Mrs Shull and Mrs Ramsburg. Talks were given by Rudolph Kreiling and Joseph Manning. Entertainment by Shaugheness Entertainment Service with Eddie Tullick master of ceremonies, Joe Rankin xylophonist, Court and Saunder vocalists, George Chica skit artist, Joe Sehafer accompanist. Millard Angieberger stole the show in one act. Joseph Cateman also participated. Program committee included Stockman chairman and G L Davis, Charles E. Riddlemoser, Walter Dudrow, James Feaga, Garland Guyton, Paul Carmack, Harry Hamilton, Ira Ray, Hubert Lewis, Nelson Tucker, Clyde Richman, Harry C Main. Officers listed include Stockman, G L Davis vice president, Riddlemoser secretary-treasurer, John E Gittinger office secretary. Board members were Walker Dudrow, James Feaga, Guyton, Hamilton, Ray, Lewis, Taskers Righman and Main.
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Peter’ Pan Inn
Urbana
Elmer Stockman
Grocers Group
Jacob R. Ramsbur
John Rudbeck
Clarence J. Shull Jr
John A. Derr
Garland Guyton
Burkittsville
Independent Retail Food
Sional Group
Shaugheney
Eddie Tullick
Joe Rankin
Court
Saunder
George Chica
Joe Sehafer
Millard Angieberger
Joseph Cateman
The
Grocers
Stockman
G. L. Davis
Charles E. Riddlemoser
Walter Dudrow
James Feaga
Garland
Guyton
Paul Carmack
Harry Hamilton
Ira Ray
Hubert Lewis
Nelson Tucker
Clyde Richman
Harry C. Main
Riddlemoser
John E. Gittinger
Walker Dudrow
Guyten
Hamilton
Ray
Lewis
Taskers Righman
Main
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James W. Fletcher
Peoples Drug
Newark
N. J
Jerome Hirschberg
Texas
Hirschberg
Selbar Optical Co
Amarillo
James B. Monroe
Department of Motor Vehicles
Henry A. Barnes
Local
Safety Health Meet
Friends of Hood Library
Imarket
New York
Lear
World Briefs
Pleven
Namang
Participan
Ucauing Puree
Ascuci
Pierre Primlin
IMRP
Djust
Rene Coty
Laumus
Ulck
David Bleyer
Peron
Associated Press
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Fort Worth
Sori
Helena
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Milwaukee
Mois
Phoenix
Clouds
Pittsburgh
Clear
Portland
Ore
3Aini
Richmond
Cloudy
Télesraph
St. Louis
Nasser
Salt Lake City
Rain
Arab Republic
San Diego
Promo
San Francisco
Tito Son
Clyde Seattle
Moscow
Pravda
M. Roney Sr
Tampa
Carle
Vito
Ion Molesworth
John Warfield
Communist Party
Alvey Rena
John C. Warfield
Renice Reed
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
United States
Jean Mangold
Del
Dorothy Dough Jerty
Cranford
N.J
Soviet Communist Party
Tito
Tvorba
Peiping People's Daily
Chinese Communist Party
People’s Daily
Ours Steel Mills
Sochi
U.S.S.R
United Arab Republic
Zaporozhe
Hood
Glee Club
Air Force Jet
Port AU Prince
Haiti
Gerald Drew
Drew
American League
Cleveland
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