GM bets on 1961 growth with $2 billion capital plan
General Motors announces a record 1961 capital spending program of 2 billion dollars, up 50 million from 1960, to fund new plants, equipment and tooling. Of the 12 billion total, 500 million is for overseas expansion as Donner cites rising consumer income, confidence and suburban two car ownership as drivers toward seven million U.S. car sales in 1961 and 73 million by 1970.
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General Motors
United States
Free World
Donner
America
Six Named 4H State Winners in Maryland Programs
A long list of 4H Alumni recognition and state winners is announced across multiple clubs in Frederick County Maryland. Winners include Jean Besser Susan Messer Jennie Brewer Betsy Brewer and many more with awards in dairy judging senior junior divisions and various livestock and project categories.
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John Garst
Walkersvile
James Montgomery
Urbana
Bays Club
Clifford Stiles
John Clem
Tuscarora
James Hill
Rocky Ridge Progressive
Raymond Long
Creagerstown
Carl Valentine
Franklin Burrier
Unionville
Richard Gressnickle
Libertytown
Carrollee Zecher
Middletown
John Burrier
Russell Wachter
New Midway
A. Doty Remsberg
Jefferson
Maurice Ahalt
Paul Spurrier
Paul Rhoderick
Robert Sammis Jr
Tommy Cook
John Smariga
Union
Rocky Ridge
Frederick
Harvey de Clem
Lewistown
John Best Jr
Join Hope
Petersville
Maryland
Hampshire
Susan Poole
Poland
China
Austin Geisbert
Ronald Zecha
Civitan Club
Farmers’ Cooperative
Jo-Ann Martin
Walkersville
Gene Keiler
Dwight Mullican
Education Views To Be Given In Walkersville Panel
County commissioners will join a panel at Walkersville Elementary School to discuss Your School and You. The program, arranged by the PTA, starts at 8 p.m. with Charles Richard Stupp as moderator.
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Walkersville
Charles Richard Stupp
Time for a Change in Votes Demands Recount Expansion
A Chattanooga reader pressed the News Free Press as Kennedy's victory appeared assured. She insisted that all state votes be recounted and then changed, challenging the ongoing rechecks for accuracy.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
John F. Kennedy
Chattanooga News-Free Press
Fifty Years Ago From The News Post Files 1910
The item notes Woodrow Wilson's election as New Jersey governor. It reports John Haines injuring his left ankle at Brimswick yards. President Taft proclaims November 24 as Thanksgiving Day. Deputy Sheriff Detrow family narrowly avoids coal gas asphyxiation. William P Mohler of Lewistown presents a red beet to Court Chief George A Schroeder. David J Lewis elected to Congress from the Sixth District with a 743 vote majority over Brainerd H Warner Jr. A small elevator shaft fire at The News office is contained with extinguishers and chemicals, likely caused by spontaneous combustion.
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Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
B. and C
Brimswick
John Haines
Prescent Taft
John L. Detrow
Telegraph Street
William P. Mohler
Lewistown
George A. Schroeder
David J. Lewis
Brainerd H. Warner Jr
Twenty Years Ago in Frederick Headlines November 10 1940
Frustrated bus franchise talks threaten Potomac Motor Lines as city grants free Market and Patrick Street parking. Urner notes potential withdrawal if concession not offered. Mor gan Thau seeks higher national debt limit to cover deficits. Germany refuses safe conduct for US ship home from Irish port. Italy had offered. Two Parkins brothers from Poolesville will join National Guard officer training in Baltimore. Frederick officials decline extending De Tak Field airport acreage. 50 000 to 60 000 greet Roosevelt after third term victory in Union Station. Greek army seizes a Malan war material train.
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Public Service Commission
Frederick
Potomac Motor Lines, Inc
Market and
Patrick Streets
Francis H. Urner
Ines
Morgenthau
Congress
State Department
Germany
Italy
Company A
Officers' Training School
Baltimore
Guard
William S. Parkins
John A. Parkins
Poolesville
Detick Field
Union Station
Washington
Roosevelt
Clifford Stiles Wins State Dairying Award
Clifford Stiles, 20, of near Mt. Airy, Maryland, has been named state winner in dairying in the H Club competition. A 4H member since 1949, he built a 42-strong Jersey herd worth about eleven thousand dollars and judged dairy shows nationwide. He co owns a 298 acre dairy farm with his father, John Stiles, and mentors younger club members through Junior Leader work in Frederick County.
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Clifford Stiles
Jersey
Stiles
Mt. Airy
Clifford
Chicago
Maryland +H
Frederick
Howard County
Jersery
Maryland
John Stiles
Frederick County
Edward Bowers Wins State Achievement Prize
Edward Bowers, a 4H member from Maryland, earns the state achievement prize and a trip to the National 4H Club Congress in Chicago for Nov 25 to Dec 4. He led the Mt Pleasant 4H Club, chaired projects in dairying and gardening, and won senior and grand championships at the Maryland State Fair with his Ayrshire heifer. He serves as a community leader, training other 4Hers and contributing to local improvements on his 200 acre farm.
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Earl McDesit
Young Mem
Edward
Ralph Bowers
Old Annapolis Road
Farm Bureau Moves to Block Voting in Cooperatives
Frederick County Farms Bureau members voted on governance of farm cooperatives in a meeting held last Saturday at Elm Street school. The move, led by Jamie Montgomery, shifts from general membership voting to director block voting. Edgar Em Merick urged retention of individual voting before the modification. A state delegates meeting in Randalltown on November 17 will consider further resolutions.
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Frederick County Farms Bureau
Faet
Jamie Montgomery
Elm Street
Montgomery
Edgar Em _Merick
Maryland Cooperative Milk Producers
Randalltown
Funeral services held for local residents in Maryland and Jefferson
Funeral services were conducted for William LeCates Smith at the Maryland Odd Fellows Home with Rev. Ralph M. Sharpe and Rev. Clarenc Knapp officiating. Interment followed at London Park Cemetery Baltimore. Also honored were Medora Magdalene Easterday Hemp, Ruth A Grashon, and Benjamin O Phelps with services at local homes and churches in Jefferson Thurmont and nearby areas.
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William LeCates Smith
Maryland
Odd Fellows Home
Ralph M. Sharpe
Calvary Methodist Church
Clarenc
Knapp
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Woodlawn
Phoenix Lodge 13
O. OF. F
Frank Long
Frank Heddinger
Charles Hildebrand
James Maul
Medora Magdalene
Hemp
John W. C. Hemp
Jefferson
East Church Street
Eugene W. Young
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
W. Ross Horine
Millard Horine
Rudolph Lovell
Ralph W. Sigler
Thomas E. Thrasher Jr
G. Wright
Lutheran Cemetery
M. R. Etchison and Son
Ruth A. Grashon
James L. Grashon
Frederick Memorial Hospital
M. L. Creager and Son
Thurmont
Ivan G. Naugle
Leonard Fogle
Raymond Fogle
Harold Wildasin
Carrol Forney
Warren Weller
Carl Valentine
United Brethren
Benjamin O. Phelps
Mt. Olivet Cernetery
M. R. Etchison and Son Funeral
Local Personal Notices Highlight Distant Deer Hunt and New Baby
Mr. Martin Harzell Jr. of this city is spending a week deer hunting in Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Lenhart of Thurmont announce the birth of their first child, a daughter Debra Jean, at Frederick Memorial Hospital on Monday. Mrs. Lenhart is the former Miss Mary Jane Leatherman. Mr. J. William Strine of Lewis Town is celebrating his 4th birthday today.
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Martin Harzell Jr
Maine
Charles M. Lenhart
Thurmont
Debra Jean
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Lenhart
Mary Jane Leatherman
Marshall Leatherman
J. William Strine
Lewistown
Deaths in Frederick County area prompt notices
Peter R. Dudderar 71 of Oak Orchard Frederick County died after a heart attack while working on a farm near Westminster. Eva Catherine Rose 71 of Brunswick dies at granddaughter’s home. funeral at Feete chapel. Charles George Johnson 76 of Frederick County dies at Western Maryland State Hospital. Alice Gertrude Greenswal 88 of Sandy Hook dies at home. funeral at Eakles chapel. The notices list survivors, service times, and burial plans.
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Peter 1. Dudderar
Howard Devilbiss
Westminster
Peter R. Thomas Dudderar
Oak Orchard
Frederick County
New Woundsor
M. E. Robertson
Dudderar
Warren E. Dudderar
Charlies G. Johnson
Charles George Johnson
Western Maryland State Hospital
Alexander and
Mary Johnson
Second Christian Church
William T. Johnson
Edith Brown
Balimore
Elsie Barnett
Hagerstown
Alice G. Greenwalt
Alice Gertrude Greenswal
Sandy Hook
Abraham and
Sarah
Nose) Greenwalt
Ella C. Marmaduke
Eakles
Harpers Ferry
J. W. Seay
Brunswick
Ebenezer Cemetery
Loudoun County
Foot injury at Supreme Concrete plant in Frederick
Samuel Summers, 19, a worker at Supreme Concrete on East Street, narrowly escaped severe harm when his foot was caught between a roller and the conveyer belt. He was transported to Frederick Memorial Hospital by United Ambulance around 11 a.m. and treated for a foot injury before being released. A company spokesman said Summers tried to push a block cube on the belt, his foot slipped, and the lever-controlled belt stopped after his feet cleared it.
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Samuel Summers
Supreme Concrete
East Street
Summers
Frederick Memorial Hospital
United Ambulance
State Tractor Award Goes To Gerald Bruchey
Gerald Bruchey an 18 year old son of Mr and Mrs George Bruchey of Gas House Price is named state tractor winner in H club competition His project tractor on his father 170 acre farm demonstrates maintenance and efficiency skills leading to a trip to the National 4H Club Congress in Chicago November 25 to December 4 He is active in dairy swine garden and home beautification and has assisted with county projects and camp programs Earl McDevitt is his local leader
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Chicago
Pike
Gerald Brachey
Gerald Bruchey
George Bruchey
Gas House Price
Bruchey
Fve
Gerald
Frederick County
Earl McDevitt
Jerry
Home Ec Award Goes To Sarah King
Sarah King of Ballenger Creek road is named Ballenger 4-H Home Economics Award winner for her versatile projects in foods, textiles, and home improvement. She has demonstrated leadership as club president and junior leader, earned state and national 4-H recognition, and will join the National 4-H Congress in Chicago after a Maryland career that includes University of Maryland studies.
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Sarah King
Ballenger
Uni of Maryland
Sarah
Tohe
Chicesa
Frederick County
Workire
Merviand
Chevy Chase
Charles T. King
Ballenger Creek Road
Illness Entries From Frederick Memorial Hospital
Residents and patients are listed with their conditions and locations. Among them Mr Herbert L Strausburg of South Market Street is under observation and treatment at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Walter Cecil Jr. undergoes major heart surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. he requests cards from friends.
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Herbert L. Strausburg
South Market Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Boate Myers
Yellow Springs
Delmar Fox
Mt. Airy
Walter Cecil Jr
Walter Cecil
Frederick
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Walter
John Hopkins Hospital
Balsted 3
Baltimore
Clyde
Koons
West Fourteenth Street
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Mossburg
Margery VanSant
Margaret Nicholson
New Midmtere
Charles , Moffsinger
Jacqueline Herner
Robert’ S Smanga
Boys’ Agricultural
Robert A Zimmerman
Lene Kelier
Middletown St
Mil Keasal Earle Nicholson
The
Newid’ Club
County
Mary Brown
Jerry Hevner
Progressive
Ae Geraldine Huebner
New Market
Alice Hevner
St Tuscarora
Charles Ee Ramey
Monocacy Valley
George 3. Brachey Jr
Mt. Pleasant
Secnond
James Hatcher
Gary Compher
Kay Garden
Allan Saylor
Libre @tytown Progress
Edgar ‘Sa Hawker
Robert
News-Post
Dairyman
Edward Bowers
Edward Louis Schaefer Jr
Schaefer
Laurel Race Course
Wack
Geoge E. Burgtorf
Burgtorf
Sylvester Rose
Eva Catherine Rose
Patsy Bartgis
Butterfly Lane
William and
Catherine Willette Bailey
Rose
First Methodist Church
Ladies Auxiliary
Brotherhood of Engineers
American Legion
Virginia Fsterly
City
Ruth Hamilton
Pearl
Charles Rose
Feete Funeral Home
William Wormer
Leroy
Tor
Charles JT. Hing
Miss King
Ballenger 4H
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