Compromise On Prayer In Public Schools Explored
The House Judiciary Committee weighs a nonbinding resolution declaring voluntary nondemonational prayers in public schools as the sense of Congress. The piece notes Supreme Court binding limits, constitutional debate, and the path for amending the Constitution or leaving the issue to established procedures. Public anxiety frames call for a timely settlement.
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Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Season Of Drownings Warns Of Water Dangers
The season of drowning accidents grows nationwide with deaths in the water. Warnings about unguarded waters and the need for swimming skill have largely failed. Individuals entering water rely on personal resources and many drownings are avoidable due to needless risk.
Think Clearly on School Prayer Amendment Says Reader
A reader argues in favor of amending the Constitution to permit prayer in schools. The letter defends the Becker proposal, denounces fears of tampering with the First Amendment, and warns that removing prayer endangers freedom and moral life, urging clear thinking and unity across faiths.
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Becker
Almighty
God
Wallace Rights And Civil Rights Bill Debate In Maryland
Letter to the editor argues Governor Wallace has right to campaign in Maryland and urges fair coverage of the Civil Rights Bill. It notes Wisconsin and Indiana primaries, calls for publication of the bill, and praises interracial church hymn sings. Edward Rice of Frederick signs May 14 1964.
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Wallace
George Wallace
Alabama
National Congress
Wisconsin
Indiana
Baltimore Sun
Maryland
Jefferson Methodist Church
Sunnyside Methodist Church
Spirit of
Christ
Edward
Rice
East Seventh Street
Frederick
Chiefs and Indians in Violent Disagreement
A subscriber letter from May 9 1964 urges readers to join in broad political dissent and claims widespread conflict between Chiefs and Indians. The writer invites inquiry, stating 5000 communications received that week and ongoing submissions.
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Matter
Mansion and Grounds Sold for 45000 dollars
Mrs Elizabeth Lewis Peters sold the mansion house and five acres along the east side of Md 355 south of here at Evergreen Point to Beckmont Corporation of Montgomery County for about 45000 dollars. Byron W Thompson local attorney handled the deal and said Beckmont has no immediate plans for the property or mansion.
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Elizabeth Lewis Peters
R. Rush Lewis
Beckmont Corporation
Montgomery County
Court House
MD. 355
Evergreen Point
Lewis
Byron W. Thompson
Mrs G W Jaynes Visits Aunt in Sibley Hospital
Mrs G W Jaynes of East Second Street spent Thursday visiting her aunt Mrs W E Nichols in Sibley Hospital Washington. Mrs Nichols will be there for an indefinite time after breaking her hip in a Washington hotel while attending a conference as a special for the governor of North Carolina. She was a frequent visitor to Frederick visiting her late brother in law and sister Rev and Mrs W C Royal.
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G. W. Jaynes
Second Street
W. E. Nichols
Sibley Hospital
Washington
Post office at Pen Asses was U S northmost before Alaska
The Pen Asses, Minnesota post office held the record as the northernmost in the United States prior to Alaska achieving statehood. It marks a notable geographic footnote in U S postal history.
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U.S
Penasse
Minn
United States
Alaska
the Union
Fifty Years Ago Notes From the News Post May 15 1914
In Frederick County about 6000 children marched in a parade to show taxpayers how their school taxes are used. The Oyster Milk Plant fire gutted its rear end on West All Saints Street. The city received 10000 gallons of oil for street cleaning to curb dust. William Comfort won a memorized sentence contest at Boys High School with 130% words per minute.
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Frederick County
Frederick
All Saints
William Comfort
Boys’ High School
Frederick High to hear Tydings at graduation
United States Senator Millard E. Tydings will deliver the graduation address to the senior class of Frederick High School May 32. About 230 graduates are expected as part of the ceremonies.
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United States
Millard E. Tydings
Frederick High School
Liri
Frederick Maryland Industrial Overview and Maps
Geographic Characteristics population economic traits labor existing industry business climate industrial sites transportation utilities fuels taxes climate government planning and zoning community resources natural resources recreational facilities. Appendices cover History labor force characteristics Maryland climate industrial financing civil defense. Illustrations include maps of central location among eastern markets and a 12 state area within trucking distance, labor market and site index maps, transportation map, hotel and plant photos, historic sites and churches, aerials of Frederick, and a table detailing nineteen industrial site attributes. The list shows twenty eight industries operating in Frederick.
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Maryland
Frederick
Francis Scott Key
Aerojet - General Corporation
Frederick Electronics Corp
American Optical Co
Courthouse Square
West Frederick Junior High
Hood College
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Baker Park
Carillon
Barbara Fritchie
Frederick County economy and vocational education plans
The article discusses an economic inventory as a tool to attract business to Frederick County and urges expanded vocational education facilities. Commissioner Weil warns of intense future demand for skilled labor due to population growth and regional competition. He stresses the need for more trade schools and a well balanced economic plan to avoid a labor shortage. The content mentions electricians, plumbers, machinists, auto mechanics, and other skilled roles as scarce today.
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Frederick County
Weil
Frederick
Deaths Mrs Keith Lewisdale Fannie C Keith 74
Mrs Fannie C Keith 74 of Lewisdale wife of Turner J Keith died Thursday at Vindobona Convalescent Home Braddock Heights Born Cedar Grove daughter of Richard and Laura Burdette Survived by husband three sons William H Keith Edward L Keith Wesley Keith two sisters Mrs Martha A Watkins Mrs Rhoda A Cecil one brother Harvey Burdette four grandchildren two great grandchildren Friends may call Olin L Molesworth Funeral Home after 2 pm today Funeral services Saturday 2 pm at the funeral home Interment Bethesda Methodist Cemetery Browingsville
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Turner J. Keith
Fannie C. Keith
Lewisdale
Vindobona
Braddock Heights
Cedar Grove
Richard
Laura Watkins Burdette
William H. Keith
Edward L. Keith
Damascus
Wesley Keith
Martha A. Watkins
Rhoda A. Cecil
Frederick
Harvey Burdette
Woodfield
Olin L. Molesworth
Bethesda Methodist Cemetery
Browningsville
Injuries Reported After Wall Collapse At Gaithersburg Site
Mr. William Swope of Quynn Orchard road remains in fair condition at Suburban Hospital Bethesda after a wall fell Tuesday while he worked for Blake Construction Company in Gaithersburg. Mrs. Maurice Cramer of Middletown, formerly Frederick, is critically ill at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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William Swope
Quynn Orchard Road
Suburban
Bethesda
Swope
Gaithersburg
Blake Construction Company
Maurice Cramer
Middletown
Frederick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Harpsichord Recital by Mrs Warner Sunday at Hood College
The Frederick Chamber Music Society presents a harpsichord recital by Mrs. Charles Warner on Sunday at 3 15 p m in Brodbeck Hall Hood College. The program includes Bach English Suite in G Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue Paradies sonata and Rameau pieces. Tickets are at Colonial Music Shop and Berger’s Book Mart. Mrs Warner, wife of Hood College music department head, is a noted performer on harpsichord clavichord and piano.
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The
Frederick Chamber Music Society
Charles Warner
Brodbeck Hall
Hood College
Johann Sebastian Bach
Domenico Paradies
Rameau
Colonial Music Shop
Berger’s Book Mart
Warner
Frederick
Munich
Augsburg
Germany
Funeral Saturday For Former Man Zeigler 75
Funeral services for Harry William Zeigler 75 of 1300 Virginia avenue Hagerstown will be held Saturday at 2 30 p m at Rounzer Funeral Home Interment Mt Olivet cemetery He died Thursday at 4 a m at Newton D Baker Hospital Martinsburg W Va He was a World War I veteran and a former Maryland House of Delegates member Survived by wife three children a sister and seven grandchildren. Also a separate notice reports Edmund Langley 29 slightly injured when struck by a car on W Seventh street in Frederick taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital with minor injuries No charges filed officers investigated
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Harry William Zeigler
Virginia Avenue
Hagerstown
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Rounzer
North Potomac Street
Wilson P. Aird
Mt. Olivet
Martin Luther Bible
Friendship Lodge
AF & AM
Order of the Easter Star
Maryland House of Delegates
Men’s Republican Club
Washington County
Eda James Zeigler
Virginia E. Sprankle
Tammany
Edward J
Ellicott City
Robert F
Glenn 0. Garber
Edmund Langley
New Market
W. Seventh Street
Langley
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Silas Kuhn Jr
RFD
Frederick
Donald E. Tracey
William Crabill
Funeral services for Fox, Morrison, Poole held in Frederick
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Elvira Frances Fox widow of Charles L. Fox at Union Bridge Funeral Home with Rev. Glen M. Baird. Interment in Pipe Creek cemetery. Additional services for James F Morrison fatally shot on South Bentz street were conducted at C. E. Hicks II Funeral Home with Rev. John Leak and Rev Floyd Lyles. Graveside rites for Preston Culler Poole at Mount Olivet Cemetery were led by Rev. Charles F. Trunk Jr. and interment followed.
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Elvira Frances Fox
Charles L. Fox
Union Bridge
Frederick Memorial Hospital
D. D. Hartzler and Sons
Glen M. Baird
Pipe Creek
Thomas Miller
Harry Fox Jr
Thomas Lentz
Herbert
Paul and
David Fox
James F Morrison
Frederick
South Bentz Street
C. E. Hicks II
West Patrick Street
John Leak
Floyd Lyles
Raymond Scott
Charles Scott
Charles Jackson
John Palmer
Robert Morris
Amos Brown
Jesus
Preston Culler Poole
Eva G. Poole
Tttle Falls
N. J
Grace Rhoades Poole
Mount Olivet
Charles F. Trunk Jr
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Robert E. Dailey and Son
Child Custody Case In Court Before Judge Schnauffer
Circuit Court heard a child custody dispute involving Henry H. Mock charging his former wife Catherine M. Mock with unfitness to keep five teenage children. Judge Schnauffer paused to speak with each child before a decision. Attorneys were William W Werner for Mock and E. Austin James for Mrs. Mock.
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Patrick M . Schnauffer
Henry H. Mock
RFD 3
Cumberland
Catherine M. Mock
Harmony
Doubs
Schnauffer
William W Werner
Mock
E. Austin James
Three Convicted In Magistrate's Court
William K. Wells of Manchester was found guilty of exceeding 50 mph in magistrate's court and fined 10 dollars plus costs by Magistrate Stanley Y. Bennett. Harvey Franklin Wilson, 45, was found guilty of intoxication and fined 25 dollars or 15 days in jail. Howard Jacob Karn, 47, of Burkittsville, was jailed 10 days for intoxication after defaulting on a 25 dollar fine.
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William K. Wells
Manchester
Stanley Y. Bennett
Harry J. Frost
U.S. 40
Here
Harvey Franklin Wilson
Wilson
South Market Street
Charles K. Cashour
Howard Jacob Karn
Burkittsville
Karn
Scoth Court Street
Donald F. Tracey
William H. Ashbaugh
Man Posing As Doctor Charged In Maryland
Robert D. Eckstine 34 of Smithsburg is charged with practicing medicine without a license and released on 50 cent bond. State Police Lt. Carroll Cook says Eckstine, formerly of Creagers Town, was arrested at home after allegedly posing as a National Institutes of Health doctor conducting cancer research door to door along Monument Road on April 22. One woman reportedly had an appointment.
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Robert D. Eckstine
Smithsburg
Carroll E Cook
Eckstine
Creagerstown
Cook
National Institutes of Health
Monument Road
Rotary Club Presents Gondoliers Light Opera in Frederick
The Rotary Club sponsors Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers May 30 at 8 15 p m in Frederick High School Auditorium Proceeds aid Frederick Track and Field and Boy Scout campaigns A 70 member Montgomery Light Opera Association company will perform with orchestra costumes and sets Local talents from Hood College and Lyric Theater appear Tickets from Rotary members or Colonial Music Shop committee members listed
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Rotary Club
Catholic Daughters Hold Mother's Day Breakfast at Hotel Frederick
The Catholic Daughters of America Court Maryland held its annual communion breakfast on Mother's Day May 10 at the Hotel Frederick. Grand Regent Mrs. Jane O Leary welcomed guests including Miss Mary Murray State Regent and speakers Father Alfred Smith and Mrs. Mary Forquer Lynch. Lynch spoke on family religious customs and the home as a church in miniature while Mary Murray offered reflections on the Blessed Mother three rose miracles. About 120 attendees enjoyed breakfast, talks, and Maypole themed table arrangements by Mrs. Jean Cook, Mrs. Mary Rice, and Mrs. Margaret Beveridge.
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Court Maryland
Catholic Daughters of America
Frederick
Jane O’leary
Grand Regent
Alfred Smith
Mary Murray
Kevin Lynch
Baltimore
Bernard McCaffrey
Our ‘Lady of Guadaloupe
St. Theresa of Lisieux
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Mary Forquer Lynch
Baltimore Catholic Review
Jean Cook
Mary Rice
Margaret Beveridge
Planning Banquet for Woods Evangelical Service
The Loyal Followers Class plans the third annual Mother and Daughter Banquet at Woods boro Evangelical Lutheran Church. It will be held Tuesday at 6 30 p m with Mrs J Frank Fife as speaker and the church to provide the meal.
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Woodsboro
Rankin the Lone Woman in Congress for Suffrage Vote
Rep Jeannette Rankin of Montana stood alone in Congress by supporting women's suffrage becoming the sole female voter in favor.
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Jeannette Rankin
Montana
Congress
State Police Identify Eck Stine From Photo
A preliminary identification of Eck Stine was made by a woman after viewing State Police photographs. The action followed involvement with police photographs shown by authorities.
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Eckstine
Lafter
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Cancer Crusade
Cancer Crusade Committee
Randolph B. Rosencrantz
George A Goociing
Rep. Pa
R. H Edwin Espy
National Council of Churches of Christ
Mr. Espy
Espy
National Council of Churches
News-Post
William Gartner
Gaithersburg Area
Ners
Jerry Kniskern
Gaithersburg Jaycees
Tfe
Basil Waters
Gartner
Tom Kies
Road - E - O
Middletown Valley
Justi
National Grange
Jan Burkier
Middletown Vale
C. Millard Eller Jr
Grange
Stephen McDonough
Embassy of Ireland
Dave Hurley
Tipperary
Cwwepa Pet
Ohrphi
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