Fifty Years Ago Items in the News-Post May 12 1914
The Porch Club of Brad Dock Heights held its first meeting of the season at Mrs E McCardell’s with a large attendance. The mayor and board of aldermen left on a trip to Frederick’s watershed and the city weighs buying the Bowers Lumber Company tract announced with $100000 in bonds approved. County commissioners received a petition for a new road from Wolfsville to Boonsboro crossing Blickenstaff Shroyer and Stottsmeyer lands. A Committee of 100 citizens will urge Baltimore to have the state take over nine miles from Emmitsburg to Taneytown. The thermometer reached 94 degrees, the year's highest thus far.
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Porch Club
Braddock Heights
Ladies of the Resort
E. §. McCardell
Board of Aldermen
Grayson E. Bowers
Harry W. Bowers
Frederick
Bowers Lumber Company
Emmitsburg
Taneytown
Kennan sees fragmented communist world reshaping policy
Veteran analyst George F. Kennan argues in his new book that the communist world has fractured into distinct national spheres. He warns the United States must pursue evolving Russia and avoid monolithic assumptions while staying ready to counter any drive for world domination.
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George F. Kennan
Mr. X
State Department
Kennan
Harper & Row
United States
Great
Russia
Ukraine
Caucasians
Baltics
Central Asia
Foreign Affairs
de Gaulle
China
J. W. Fulbright
Toto
Taxes rise as spending doubles over 12 years
The Tax Foundation links rising government spending and tax receipts to a doubling of outlays from 99.8 billion in 1952 to 197 billion in 1964. IRS receipts reach 106 billion by 1963, a 36.3 billion increase from the prior decade. If trends continue, 1974 receipts could reach 161 billion. Government spending equals one third of GNP, affecting individual and business earnings.
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Tax Foundation
Internal Revenue Service
The
Foundation
Allied drive opens Mediterranean front in 1944
World War II news reports the Fifth and Eighth Armies launching a major offensive to break the Nazi line. The United States Britain and Russia issue a strong ultimatum to Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Finland to choose defeat with Germany or resistance. Forrestal nominated as Navy Secretary to replace the late Frank Knox.
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United States
Britain
Russia
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Germany
James V. Forrestal
Roosevelt
Navy
Frank Knox
Frederick
Hugh V. Gittinger
Aviation Forum
Emerson Hotel
Baltimore
Frederick County
State Roads Commission
Shepherd College crowns May Queen in 1964 ceremony
Miss Betsy Sherrer of Union New Jersey was crowned Queen at Shepherd College Queen's Ball in Shepherdstown West Virginia at 10 30 p m. Her court includes four princesses Karen Emmart Gail Ruth Ellen Green and Carol Wayne Hall. Richard Adams vice president and Stanley Rote president led the ceremony. In nearby Southern Maryland thieves cut and removed 17 walnut trees from a private woodland.
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Shepherdstown
W. Va
Shepherd
Shepherd College
Betsy Sherrer
Union
N.J
Miss Sherrer
Richard Adams
Georgetown
Del
Stanley Rote
Fairmont
Karen Emmart
Pleasant Dale
Gail Ruth
Linden
Ellen Green
McLean, Va
Carol Wayne Hall
Goldwater Seeks Early Lead With California Primary
Goldwater gains uncommitted delegates as California looms, betting on 86 votes to push toward 600 of 655 needed. Strategists expect shifts if Rockefeller falters. Kentucky and Wisconsin could tilt, while Eisenhower's possible public stance remains a concern.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Prudential
Arizona
California
San Francisco
Goldwater
Wisconsin
John W. Byrns
Byrnes
Kentucky
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Morton
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Oregon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Rockefeller
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
NATO Foreign Ministers Meet Amid Internal Strife and Global Tensions
Washington AP reports NATO foreign ministers of 15 member nations convene at The Hague to address internal splits and external threats. The piece traces NATO’s origins from 1948 to 1958, noting France under De Gaulle pursues greater independence and the Greece Turkey Cyprus division strains Atlantic unity as Dean Rusk reiterates Atlantic partnership.
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Washington
NATO
Peril
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
the Hague
Soviet Union
Red China
Czechoslovakia
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
United States
Stalin
Berlin
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Egypt
de Gaulle
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
Dean Rusk
Atlantic
Wallace Invades Cambridge Continues After Confrontation
In Cambridge a tense clash unfolds as demonstrators sing while Col M D Tawes orders drag actions. Guardsmen use force, deploy tear gas and grenades amid rocks, bricks, and shouting bystanders during the confrontation.
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Col Tawes
Jen
Tawes
Births Reported at Frederick Memorial Hospital May 7 11
Frederick Memorial Hospital reports multiple births from May 7 to May 11 with listed families and newborns including Rhonda Lou Tom, Thomas David, Robert William, Alan Jeffrey, Ronald Edward, William Robert III, Ryan Lycurgus, Rhonda Lynn, and Clay Calvin among others. Named parents hail from Knoxville Thurmont Myersville Middletown Libertytown and Dill Avenue.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Joseph Smothers
Knoxville
William H. Roberts
RFD
Thurmont
Rhonda Lou
Paul E. Harshman
Myersville
Thomas David
John Rex Kuhn Sr
Middletown
Robert William
Joseph D. Gei Singer
Frederick
Alan Jeffrey
Harold E. Mylers
Libertytown
Ronald Edward
William BR. Leckemby Jr
William Robert III
Leckemby
Beverly Pons
Mass
David K. Masser
North Market Street
Ryan Lycurgus
Masser
Garnetta Smith
John E. Wisner
Dill Avenue
Rhonda Lynn
Calvin C. Kinna
RFD 2
Clay Calvin
Pilot escapes injury as A-4 crashes off Tangier Island
Lt. John H. Fetterman of Harrisburg Pennsylvania ejected safely from an A-4 Skyhawk avionic attack bomber that crashed in Chesapeake Bay near Tangier Island Virginia. He was rescued by a fishing boat and taken to Patuxent Naval Air Station hospital for observation. Aircraft based at Oceana Naval Air Station Virginia.
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Lexington Park, Md
Chesapeake Bay
Tangier Island
John H. Fetterman
Harrisburg
Patuxent Naval Air Station Hospital
Oceana (Va.) Naval Air Station
Italian banana cartel head sentenced in Rome case
Franco Bartoli Arveduti, former president of Italy's government banana monopoly, received a three year prison term after a Rome court convicted him of falsifying documents and rigging bidding for banana retailing. Forty two defendants were acquitted.
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Rome
Franco Bartoli Arveduti
Italy
Montropoly
Motorist Is Freed In Drunken Driving Case
Robert Edward Keilholtz a 34 year old Thurmont man was acquitted in Magistrate's Court after a ruling that an illegal arrest voided the drunken driving charge. The defense argued officer Ray N Dietz failed to witness the driving. Dietz testified Keilholtz exited a truck on North Market street staggered then fled. Additional actions include Richard Wayne Klipp 18 of East Patrick street receiving 60 days in jail for resisting arrest and disorderly conduct and his brother Robert Franklin Klipp 21 posting collateral after a disorderly conduct arrest.
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Robert Edward Keilholtz
Thurmont
Stanley Y. Bennet
Keilholtz
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Ray N. Dietz
Norman A. Dietz
Magistrate’s
North Market Street
Market Street
Dietz
J. Frank Main
Pine Avenue
Klipp
Robert Franklin Klipp
NAACP Plans Mock Candidates Night at Asbury Church
The local NAACP chapter schedules a mock candidates night for Wednesday at 8 at Asbury Methodist Church on West All Saints Street. Candidates will answer questions and present views based on newspaper quotes and interviews.
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The
NAACP
Asbury Methodist Church
West All Saints Street
Smoldering Gas Raises Tensions as Crowd Flees
Witnesses describe a suffocating gas turning the street into a trap for frightened bystanders. The gray smoke drifted through town, forcing the dispersal of a Black crowd, leaving behind anger and resentment that lingered after the incident.
Deaths across region include Fox Harbaugh Morrison notices
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs. Charlies L Fox 83 widow of Charles L Fox of Union Bridge and Eva L Harbaugh 73 of Arlington Va. Also noted are John Francis Morrison of Frederick Lewis G Stanton of Woodbine Charles E Weddle of Gettysburg and Charles D Kindig and Betty Stump surviving relatives and funeral details. Services set at Union Bridge funeral home and Grove Funeral Home with burial in Pipe Creek Green Hill and Blue Ridge Cemeteries.
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Charlies L. Fox
Elvira Frances Fox
Charles L. Fox
Union Bridge
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Augusta County
Rufus
Catherine McClure Kindig
J. Howard Fox
Delmar D. Fox
Harry R. Fox
Henry R. Fox
George H. Fox
Charles F. Fox
Near
Detour
Charles D. Kindig
Betty Stump
Waynesboro
Church of the Brethren
D. D. Hartzler
Pipe Creek Cemetery
Eva Harbaugh
Eva L. Harbaugh
Arlington
George Washington University Hospital
Washington
Sabillasville
Thomas Jr
Anna B. Miller Harbaugh
Thurmont High School
Waynesboro Business College
George Washington University
Bolivar
Arlington, Va
Roosevelt High School
Alvey R
RFD
Grove Funeral Home
Edwin Ervin
Green Hill Cemetery
Lewis G. Stanton
Woodbine
Sally Groom
Phillip
Evans Stanton
Daisy Methodist Church
C. E. Hicks II
Charles Wesley
Sadie Wilhide Weddle
Gettysburg
Maryland
Maude Brice Weddle
Arthur C. Renner
James Fogle
John §. Funt
David Funt
John Philip Weddle
Libert S
Thurmont
Sadie Miller
Catoctin Furnace
John Burkhold
Garrett
Bender
John Bishop
St. James Lutheran Church
Blue Ridge Cemtery
Helen Mary Rinehart
D. D. Hamzler and Sons
Glen M. Baird
Pipe Creek
Education gap narrows as more Americans finish high school
Data from the U S Department of Education shows 43 percent of adults have completed high school while trends indicate rising completion rates. Authorities urge policy focus on access and preparation programs to boost future attainment.
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U.S
Funeral notices for local notable figures in Maryland
Funeral services across Maryland honor R Paul Smith former Potomac Edison president and Hood College trustee chair. multiple churches hosts rites with interment at Rest Haven. Theodore Ambush Chloe Krise Noah Money and others receive services with pallbearers and honorary attendees from Mountain City Lodge and local churches. Dr Burt G Chollett dies in Toledo after long orthopedic career.
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R. Paul Smith
Potomac Edison
Board of Trustees
Hood College
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Christ Reformed
Richard M
Ronald E. Smith
Kenneth
Harold H
Ira M. Houck
Mr. Smith
Theodore Philip Ambush
Frederick
Quinn Ame
H. J. MacDonald
B. Jackson
John Leeks
Jordan’s
Richard Ferguson
Harry H. Hill
William Lowe
Roland Thompson
Wesley Ross
James C. Hardy
Mountain City Lodge
Fairview Cemetery
C. E. Hicks II
May Procession at St John’s Draws 1,000 Parishioners
More than 400 parents and children attended the annual May Procession of Saint John's Roman Catholic Church Sunday at 2 p.m. on the Saint John's High School grounds at Prospect Hall near Frederick. The event ended with benediction on the steps of Prospect Hall led by Rev. John L. Lippold and featured Kathy O'Leary crowning the May Queen, with her princesses Stephanie Lenhart and Nancy Lang, all seniors from Saint John's High School.
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Saint John’s High School
Prospect Hall
Frederick
John L. Lippold
Virgin Mary
Kathy O'Leary
O'Leary
Stephanie Lenhart
Nancy Lang
Saint John’s Elementary School
Rebekah Lodge Holds Meeting Posts May Events
Samaritan Rebekah Lodge No 51 LO OFF met at the Lodge Hall on West Seventh. Edith Pearl is Noble Grand. District Deputy Charles R Rumpf invites Frederick City Lodge No 100 IOOF to visit May 13 8 p m at Pythian Castle as Maryland Grand Officers visit. Miss Pearl Skeggs reports on Maryland Rebekah Assembly in Baltimore May 3 and 6. Past Noble Grand birthday party at IOOF Home May 21. Decoration of Chivalry May 16 Baltimore. Mothers Day program features Jessie Webster Florence Stevens and Ethel Renn readings and hymn. Next meeting May 22 at Lodge Hall.
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Rebekah Lodge
Samaritan
Loof
West Seventh Street
Edith Pearl
Noble Grand
Charles R. Rumpf
Frederick City
IOOF
Pythian Castle
Maryland
Baltimore
Jessie Webster
Ethel Renn
Florence Stevens
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