Former Revenue Head Sponseller Dies at 70 in Frederick
Oscar Carlton Sponseller, longtime head of the Frederick office of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, died suddenly at his West Patrick Street home. A heart attack is listed as the cause. He was 70 and had a history of heart trouble. Born near Harmony Grove, he worked for the Railway Express and the C. D. Kenny Coffee Co. before joining the Register of Wills office, then the Internal Revenue Service in 1939, retiring in 1954. He later served as a tax analyst. He was active in Masons and Tall Cedars of Lebanon, and belonged to Evangelical Lutheran Church. Surviving are his wife Maude L. Hoffman Sponseller and a sister, with funeral arrangements pending at Etchison and Son.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
West Patrick Street
Sponseiler
Bloomfield
Harmony Grove
Railway Express
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Wiliam E
Anne E. Stup Sponselier
Masons
Lynch Lodge
Frederick Forest
Tall Cedars
Lebanon
Evangelical Luheran Church
Maude L. Hoffman Sponselfer
Paul D. Myers
Silver Spring
East Church Street
Ilam
Mt. Oliver
Damascus Lions Sponsor Blood Drive
The Damascus Lions Club hosts a blood drive at the Damascus fire house from 3 to 7 45 pm with the Red Cross unit. Donors from Browningsville Cedar Grove Clagettsville Damascus Lewisdale Purdum and Woodfield areas are urged to participate to help residents needing transfusions.
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Montgomery County
Red Cross
Damascus
Wineh
Browningsville
Cedar Grove
Clagettsville
Levwisdale
Purdum
Wood
Prisoners Strike in Medellin Over Conjugal Visit Ban
About one thousand inmates at La Ladera Prison in Medellin staged a hunger strike to protest a ban on conjugal visits for wives and sweethearts. Prison officials condemned the visits as immoral.
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Medellin
Colombia
la Ladera
Nixon Departs for Florida Vacation
Vice President Richard M. Nixon left Washington for a Florida vacation with his wife and two daughters. He would stay at Hey Biscayne near Miami for at least a week to rest from campaigning while President elect Kennedy also vacations in Palm Beach.
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Richard M. Nixon
Florida
Nixon
National
Miami
Herbert G. Klein
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Hey Biscayne
Veterans Day Observances Mark Memorial Ceremonies
Clear cold day as Francis Scott Key Post American Legion held ceremonies in Memorial Park and Court House Park to honor veterans. wreaths were placed at World War I memorials by Dr. James G. Conroy and Mrs. Louise Reed. Fr Herbert R. Jordan and Robert E. Kennedy spoke.
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American Legion
Memorial Park
Court House Park
Baker Park
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Legion
James G. Con-roy
Louise Reed
Ladies Auxiliary of the Legion
Herbert R. Jordan
St. John’s Catholic Church
Robert E. Kennedy
Francis Scott Key American Legion
Frederick
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Court House
Yale Seal Chairman Named Christmas Seal Head
L Rayhu Specht a vice president of Farmers and Mechanics Citizens National Bank was named chairman of Frederick County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association Christmas Seal sale announced by Joseph D Baker the associations president. The drive funds aid detection education and tuberculin therapy for indigent patients and families. Specht who lives in Doubs serves on the association board and praises efforts against tuberculosis with mail solicitation planned next week.
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Frederick County
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Tuberculosis Association
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Doubs
Tuberculosis and Public Health Association Board
Specht
Abo
TB Association
Ma Department of Heauh
Unii
Ike Accepts Resignations Of Allen And Hill
President Eisenhower accepted the resignations of George W. Allen USIA director after 30 years in government and Robert C. Hill ambassador to Mexico for four years. Allen plans to retire Dec 1 to head the Tobacco Institute. Hill, a New Hampshire political appointee, previously served as assistant secretary of state for congressional affairs and as ambassador to Costa Rica and El Salvador. The President monitored reports of a coup in South Vietnam.
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APY
Eisenhower
George W. Allen
U.S. Information Agency
Robert C. Hill
Mexico
Allen
The
Tobacco Institute
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Hill
New Hampshire
Costa Rica
el Salvador
Kennedy Holds Narrow Lead As Late Returns Trim Vote Margin
Late returns reduce John F Kennedy’s popular vote edge to 278 277 with about 1 875 of 166 073 reporting units. Kennedy 33 567 212 Nixon 33 288 935 for 50 2 percent. Electoral tally remains 300 votes to Nixon’s, with California still undecided due to absentee ballots. Alaska shows Nixon ahead by a small margin with few remote polls unreported.
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John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Richard Nixon
California
Nixon
Alaska
Riots in Algiers Draw Blood as De Gaulle Crisis Grows
Angry European settlers clashed with police in Algiers as tear gas volleys and stone throwing blanketed streets. The U S information center faced attacks while demonstrations swelled over De Gaulle's Algeria policy, injuring about forty and drawing sharp warnings from both crowds and security forces.
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United States Information Center
U.S
Gaeken
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Paul Delouvrier
Boulevard Pasteur
de Gaulle
Delouvrier
France
Paris
Viet Nam Regime Falls in Overnight Coup
In Saigon, paratroop battalions ousted President Ngo Dinh Diem, forming a military junta led by Col. Nguyen Chanh Thi. The rebels pledged to curb Communist influence and restore security, with 20 to 30 killed or wounded in the fighting. No U.S. personnel were reported affected.
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Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Nguyan Chanh Thi
U.S
Ngo Diem Nhu
Presiea 7
Ngo Dinn Diem
Laos
Cambodia
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
P.m. Caim Prevatal
Saigon Coup Blows to U.S. Prestige Stated by Tass
Tass, the Soviet news agency, said the Saigon coup against Ngo Dinh Diem is a blow to United States prestige. Tass commentator V. Kharkov doubted the coup’s character but stressed the fall of Diem’s regime is a new blow to Washington’s influence.
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Moscow
Tass
Kennedy's Wife Sees Duty Toward President Elect
Mrs Kennedy speaks of her role as taking care of the president elect and expresses confidence in her husband’s ability. She travels from Hyannis Port to Washington while awaiting their new family addition about December 15. She describes her view of being first lady as secondary to Jack Kennedy’s presidency.
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Kennedy Receives Personal Message From Macmillan
President elect John F Kennedy received a personal cable from Konrad Adenauer via Harold Macmillan, urging early disarmament for world peace. The message noted Kennedy’s leadership and hinted at high level talks, while Kennedy planned a late year cabinet completion and Texas conference with Lyndon Johnson.
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Konrad Adenhauer
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Kenneth O'Donnell
Lawrence
Salinger
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Two Holdups by Same Man Hit College Park Elkton
Police linked two early morning robberies at a College Park service station and an Elkton station to a single armed suspect. A 20 year old witness in College Park reported the robber aimed a pistol and fired a warning shot, taking 85 dollars. In Elkton a similar description man held the station, locked a attendant in a restroom, fired a shot, and escaped with 100 dollars.
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Frederick J. Morina
Morningside
Morina
U.S
Nicholas Lumpesis
Lumpesis
Laos Rebels Gain Backing From Luang Prabang Garrison
The Luang Prabang military garrison declared support for the Savannakhet Revolutionary Committee challenging Premier Souvanna Phouma. Gen Phoumi Nosavan seized a four engine Air Laos plane carrying French teachers and sent reinforcements to Maj Isixiengmay to bolster the garrison.
Sailor Dies in Beaver Falls Turnpike Crash
A car rear ended a stopped truck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike west of Beaver Falls, killing sailor Dennis P. Zensier, about 20, who was riding in the car. Driver Jack W. Campbell, 22, of Poland Ohio, was uninjured. police believe the sailor was returning home.
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Jack W. Campbell
Poland
Ohio
Frederick County Farm Bureau President Honored on Achievement Night
Phose By Frank J. Keefer Urbana, president of the Frederick County Farm Bureau, and Mrs. Garst, president of the United Council of United Church Women, received awards for continued interest in club work and community activities during achievement night at West Frederick Junior High School.
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Frederick County Farm Bureau
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United Council of United Church Women
West Frederick Junior High School
Morton Asks Probe Of Voting Irregularities In Several States
The Republican National Committee asked party officials in 11 states to consider legal action and potential recounts based on complaints of ballot fraud in presidential returns. Morton and Nixon aides reviewed the move, targeting states including Illinois, Texas, and Michigan, while pledging to pursue only substantiated allegations. A Texas recount effort and tension over Kennedy’s close win in Illinois and Texas are noted alongside broad calls for investigations.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Thruston B. Morton
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Alps death toll climbs as 220 die this year
A survey across five Alpine nations reports 220 climbers died in mountains this year. The figure covers Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, and France, after a year with 30 fatalities last year.
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Alps
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Switzerland
Austria
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France
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