Economy in government wire service sparks debate in Congress
Rep Paul Findlay argues the Department of Agriculture wire news service provides farm news to 70 radio and 2 daily papers, funded by taxpayers, potentially crowding private services and enabling government news management. The piece notes rare whooping cranes and a bantam hen hatching Zoe the crane at a Louisiana wildlife station.
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Johnson
Department of Agriculture
Paul Findlay
Illinois Republican
Findlay
House
Zoe
Federal Wildlife Station
Louisiana
Frederick town pride over old charm and new facades
A letter from Mrs Helen Beard Sager of Charles Town urges preservation of Frederick’s heritage amid new buildings and office blocks, citing past losses like the Opera House and stressing character over modern costs. The piece contrasts home pride with vanishing individuality.
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Yland
Helen Beard Sager
Brooke Street
Charles Town
West Virginia
Mrs Sinclair Dies in Pasadena at 85
Elizabeth F. Sinclair 85 widow of Sinclair Oil founder Harry F. Sinclair died Thursday night after four months of illness in Pasadena California. She survived by family and was noted for her social and civic involvement.
Army of the Commonwealth returns to Frederick in sparse show
The famed Coxey led Army of the Commonwealth reappears in Frederick with only six followers. Preparations begin for the 95th Maryland Reformed Church session in Walkersville. Mt Airy plans a new Farmers Milling mill after a recent fire, expanding capacity from 60 to 180 barrels daily. A large motorcycle run departs Baltimore at 8 am, passes Frederick and Harper's Ferry, with local dealer William H. Solt alongside.
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Commonwealth
Coxey
Washington
Frederick
Maryland
Farmers’ Milling and Grain Company of
Mt. Airy
Baltimore
Harper's Ferry
William H. Solt
Letters Praise Twelfth Night at Hood College
The Arts Council for Frederick County lauds Hood College production of Twelfth Night directed by Annette Monroe citing superb casting sets and acting. Readers thank Monroe and look forward to next year while another letter commends the opening performance at Brodbeck Hall with praise for music costumes swordplay and ensemble.
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Arts Council
Frederick County
Hood College
Annette Monroe
Thee
Dr. Monroe
Jack Gruber
the News
Brodbeck Hall
Sebastian
Viola
Monroe
College
Maurice L. Guss Frederick
Twenty Years Ago in Frederick May 16 1944
Five stories from the News Post files note a shutdown of the Singapore filtration plant over the weekend to relocate a distribution main and a city water ban by Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger. Other items cover a Salvage Segregation Center visit for Frederick tonians, Pierce Gaver Jr entering West Point, Kiwanis airport talks and a Senate panel's airport funding plan, plus Phyllis Houck being crowned Walkersville High May Queen.
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Singapore
Hugh V. Gittinger
Pierce Gaver JR
Pierce Gaver
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
J. Glenn Beall
Frederick
Kiwanis Club
Senate Appropriations Committee
Phyllis Houck
Woodsboro
Walkersville High School
Grange sewing contest contenders at Ballenger Hall
Mrs. Wilbur Gordon and Mrs. Merril Remsberg of the Jefferson Grange will compete in the Pomona sewing contest at Ballenger Grange Hall Feagaville on Wednesday. They previously won first place in Classes A and B of Jefferson Grange.
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Wilbur Gordon
Merril Remsberg
Jefferson Grange
Pomona
Ballenger Grange Hall
Feagaville
Gordon
Remsberg
Grange
Home Economic Committee
Jack Lakin
Jefferson Community Hall
Bernard Remsburg
Franklin Ott
David Ifert
Renn Remsberg
Middletown
Austin Hale
Agnes Kefauver
Jefferson
Patsy Hall
James Keller
Richard
Remsburg
Lakin
New Market Grange
Richard Remsburg
Helen Remsburg
Massie
Richard and
Thurmont Grange
Heart Association Sets Annual Meeting Board To Convene
The Heart Association announces its annual meeting with attendees including volunteers Catherine Thomas Janet Etchison and Katharine Bussard alongside Westminster Youth Fellowship members such as Susan Reid Kenton Campbell and James Main Jr. Memorials totaling ninety were listed for numerous individuals across Scranton Westminster Colorado Ha gerstown and Bel Air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Thomas
James Etchison
Elias B. Ramsburg Jr
Katharine Bussard
Kenneth Fogle
Forrest White
Alan Long
Emmett R. Bowlus
Lavinia Haller
EB. H. Sears
Westminster Youth Fellowship Presbyterian Church
Susan Reid
Kenton Campbell
James J. Main Jr
Bruce Seligman
Ann Stoner
Randy Bartlett
Tommy Keller
Mary
Scranton
Sophia Davidson
T. M. Conner
Charles E. May
John M. Clem
Harry Winpigler Sr
William Bartgis Storm
Blanche Smith
Chester Grove
Ethel W. Reynolds
H. M. Orrison
Thomas Edward Smith
Ralph D. Starner Jr
Westminster
Ruth Kathryn Linton
William T
THS Alumni Banquet Planned With Two Phases
The Thurmont High School Alumni Banquet will be held Saturday at the Thurmont High School in two parts. Social Hour begins at 6 p.m. led by William Eyler with hosts and punch. Banquet starts at 7 p.m. followed by a brief business meeting led by President Lee Layman and a final entertainment segment. Vladko Macek, 84, Yugoslav political leader and wartime prisoner, died of a heart attack in Washington after residing there since May.
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Thurmont High School
Thurnont High School
William Eyler
Lee Layman
Washington
Vladko Macek
Vote Use and Duty in Maryland Primary Campaigns
A lengthy exhortation on voting and civic duty stresses the importance of casting a ballot in the May 19 primary. It contrasts public participation with apathy, cites Franklin, Washington, and Jefferson, and urges informed, intelligent voting alongside registering and staying informed. A brief police report notes damage to Nalevanko's 1955 Chrysler for $200 and a driving violation by Mrs. Wyant, with Ronald L. Lewis and Trooper K. L. Frick investigating.
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Maryland
Chamber of Commerce
Accidents Report Multiple County Vehicle Crashes
State Police report four separate county accidents since Friday night with vehicle damages totaling about 1300. At U S 340 near Petersville Ray D. Smith 21 of Frederick drove off the road injuring two passengers John W. Angleberger 21 and Clarence P. Handley 15 who were treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Smith was charged with speed greater than reasonable. A second crash on U S 15 by Donald L. Burkett 23 of Hyattsville ended with a 20 foot embankment. his 1963 Comet sustained $150 damage and he was charged with failing to drive to the right of center. On U S 40 west Francis G Nardi 34 of Baltimore was rear ended by William B. Foyt 39 of Hagerstown while turning into a motel. Nardi’s 1963 Ford damage $200 and Foyt’s 1964 Chevrolet $500. Foyt charged with failing to reduce speed. A fourth crash on U S 40 east near South Mountain involved George J Nalevanko 52 of Dunbar Pa and Mrs Rather S Wyant 19 of Washington. Mrs Wyant treated and released. damage to her 1960 Rambler listed at $150.
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U.S. 340
Petersville
Ray D. Smith
Patrick Street
Smith
John W. Angleberger
RFD
Frederick
Clarence P. Handley
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Brunswick
Tfe
Top E. Barnes
Donald L. Burkett
Hyattsville
U.S. 15
Burkett
Scott W. B
U.S. 40
Francis G. Nardi
Baltimore
William B. Foyt
East Second Street
Nardi
RFD 1
Dunbar, Pa
Rather S. Wyant
Washingon
Seventh child born to Wahl couple at Walter Reed
Sergeant Samuel R Wahl and Mrs Wahl Yeagerstown Road announce the birth of their seventh child and second daughter Rose Ann on April 28 at Walter Reed Army Hospital Washington. Charles Albert Rexroad a sophomore at North Carolina Wesleyan College Rocky Mount NC was elected treasurer of the Student Government Association. Rexroad son of Mr and Mrs Joseph E Rexroad Wilson Place serves as treasurer of the Young Republicans Club vice president of the sophomore class on the baseball and basketball teams Monogram Club and Orientation Committee chair. majoring in history at the Methodist related college.
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Samuel R. Wahl
Yeagerstown Road
Rose Ann
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Charles Albert Rexroad
North Carolina Wesleyan College
Rocky Mount
N.C
Rexroad
Joseph E. Rexroad
Wilson Place
Young Republicans Club
Monogram Club
New Methodist
John H. Makin
A. E. Makin
Clifton Road
Pi Gamma Mu
Trinity College
Hartford
East Patrick Street
H. Glenn Strine
Maxwell Ave
Professor Waldo Fisher Dies in Philadelphia
Waldo E. Fisher, 72, renowned coal economist and University of Pennsylvania professor emeritus, long affiliated with the U.S. Coal Commission and various national and international coal organizations, died Friday in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Waldo E. Fisher
U.S. Coal Commission
University of Pennsylvania
Deaths of Mrs Cramer and Cooper Noted in Middletown Area
Obituaries record the deaths of Mrs. Gertrude V. Cramer of Middletown and Irvin Clinton Cooper of Lucketts with service details. Surviving relatives include children, grandchildren, and siblings. services are set at local churches and funeral homes with interment in Lutheran and church cemeteries. Additional notice follows for William F. Johnson of Brunswick YMCA who died at a Maryland hospital. burial at Rose Hill Cemetery with a local pastor officiating.
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Maurice C. Cramer
Gertrude V. Cramer
Middletown
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Calvin
Alice Buxton Thomas
Grace United Church of Christ
This City
Mt. Pleasant
Ruth A. Thomas
Winchester
Gladhill Funeral Home
Raymond E. Wilhelm
Lutheran Cemetery
Irvin Clinton Cooper
Lucketts
Veterans Administration Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
John
Henrietta Cooper
Bertie Cooper
Herbert Cooper
Leesburg
Agnes Cost
Baltimore
Virginia Fishback
Paeonian Springs
Evelyn Hawkins
Harpers Ferry
Clara Shumaker
William F. Johnson
Brunswick Ymca
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Esther Nash
Rose Hill Cemetery
Bruce McCann
Funeral notices list multiple local residents' services
Funeral services were held across several towns for Miss Mary I Hoitzople Charles Arthur Burkett Ruth Henrietta Myers Merle Samuel Ohler and Marshall Woodrow Bohrer. Clergy included Rev Dale M Shellhamer Rev Eugene Young Rev Edmund P Welker Rev Howard Miller and Rev Robert Braden with pallbearers from local families churches and the American Legion. Interments followed at Mt Hope Woodsboro Mount Olivet Pleasant Valley Trinity Luth ern New Windsor and New York Hill cemeteries.
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Mary I. Hoitzople
Walkersville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Barton Funeral Home
Dale M. Shellhamer
Claude
Arthur Crum
George Zimmerman
Elmer
Harvey Houck
George Flickinger
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Woodsboro
Ruth Henrietta Myers
Oscar Myers
Westminster
New Windsor
D. D. Hartzler and Sons
Myers
Pennsylvania Avenue
Edmund P. Welker
Pleasant Valley Cemetery
Joe Yingling
Kenneth Bair
Paul Watkins
Sterling Hull
Norman
Leland Nusbaum
Marshall Woodrow Bohrer
Kathleen H. Bohrer
Brunswick
Veterans Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
New York Hill Methodist Church
Robert Braden
American Legion
Daisy wedding ends with 1961 graduates to start life
Lewis G. Stanton Jr. of Daisy dies and is laid to rest in Oakland West Virginia after funeral services at Daisy Methodist Church. The ceremony includes hymns and a floral display. The bride, a South Hagerstown High School graduate and nursing student, plans a life in Hagerstown after a reception at Shady Rest. The groom, Middletown High School alumnus, works as an electrical contractor.
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Richard E. Miller
Middletown
Kathy Ann Huffer
Jefferson
Gene Bittle
Paul Bonn
Baltimore
Shady Rest
Martinsburg
W. Va
New England
Hagerstown
South Hagerstown High School
Washington County Hospital School of Nursing
Middletown High School
John D. Wetnight
Local Weddings Highlight Frederick Area Social Notices
Hoff-stencer Miss Sandra Leigh Stender and David Eugene Hoff wed at the United Presbyterian Church West Second Street with Rev. W Merval Weaver officiating. The bride, a Frederick News editor, and the groom, with R F Kline Inc, will reside at Stewart Manor Apartments. Other notices include Greenhorn-Gavin marriage in Alexandria and Simmons-Null nuptials in Frederick with detailed attire and hosting events.
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Yellow Springs
Michael A. Quill
Lindbergh Avenue
Stewart Manor Apartments
Motter Avenue
The
Frederick News
Hoff
R. F. Kline, Inc
Taney
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Naomi Ann Clemson
Braddock Heights
Anderson
Harpsichord Recital Set by Frederick Chamber Music
The Frederick Chamber Music Society presents a harpsichord recital by Mrs. Charles Warner Sunday at 8 15 p m in Brodbeck Hall Hood College. The program features Bach Paradies and Rameau works with free admission for orchestra and chamber music society members.
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The
Frederick Chamber Music Society
Charles Warner
Brodbeck Hall
Hood College
Bach
Paradies
Rameau
Orchestra
Chamber Music Society
Local Hospital Patients Report Slow Improvement
Among the sick are Robert Abrecht Sr. of North Market Street and Mr. William G. Smith of Trail Avenue. Abrecht has been at Newton D. Baker Veterans Hospital in Martinsburg for four weeks and is slowly improving. Smith is a surgical patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital and progressing satisfactorily with no visitors allowed.
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Robert Abrecht Sr
North Market Street
Newton D. Baker Veterans Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
William G. Smith Trail
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Methodists Vote To Invite Negro Churches In Delaware
In Philadelphia the Methodist Conference voted to invite Negro churches within its Delaware Conference area to become member churches. About 700 delegates backed a unanimous invitation to 21 churches with roughly 15 000 members in the Baltimore area to join by meeting standard 1964 general conference requirements.
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Philadelphia
Sports Car Rally Opens Ocean City Memorial Day Weekend
More than 300 entries have been received for the sports car rally in Ocean City Maryland over Memorial Day weekend. Highlights include an antique auto parade an auto race and an awards parade marking the summer resort opening.
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Ocean City
Strawberry Time Opens in Salisbury and Prince Anne
Straw berry season advances with auctions already open in nearby Virginia. One sale starts in Salisbury Monday and another in Prince Anne the same day. Early Virginia berries fetch up to 7.85 dollars per 16 quart crate.
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Salisbury
Virginia
Princess Anne
Calumet Farm colt shipped to Garden State Park plan
Trainer Jimmy Jones aimed for the Kentucky Jug by moving Calumet Farm’s colt from Maryland to Garden State Park to target the Derby path.
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Jimmy Jones
Calumet Farm
Maryland
Garden State Park
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