Veterans Day Observances Proceed Despite Rain in Frederick
Rainy weather did not derail Veterans Day activities in Frederick with ceremonies at Memorial Park and Courthouse Park. Legion posts gathered at the East Church Street post before marching to sites as wreaths honored World War I veterans. Post Office and government offices observed holidays, while schools held exercises and banks remained open.
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Frederick Legionnaires
Post
East Church Street
Memorial Park
West Second Street
Bentz
Alton Y. Bennett
Francis Scott Key Post
Francis E. Reinberger
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Court House Park
Legion Auxiliary
Sandy Miss
Frederick
Employment Security Administration
Who Locked Post Office
Visitors to Frederick College Estates Branch at 1301 West Seventh Street found it locked this morning and locals reported no explanation. By 11 a.m. the post office was open but phones went unanswered indicating limited service due to the Veteran's Day holiday with no window delivery.
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College Estates
Frederick
West Seventh Street
News-Post
Tot's Toothpaste Seals His Lips
Sutton Coldfield England child Paul Anderson three years old opened glue tube with toothbrush and attempted to brush teeth. He could not speak for help. Barbara Anderson found him and took him to hospital where nurse cleaned his teeth. Mrs Anderson said he had been unusually quiet.
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Sutton Coldfield
Paul Anderson
Paul
Barbara Anderson
Mrs. Anderson
World Leaders Gather For De Gaulle Funeral Rites
Paris hosts a memorial and funeral events for Charles de Gaulle with leaders from about 80 nations including Nixon Kosygin Heinemann Kiesinger Heath and Haile Selassie assembling at Notre Dame and Colombey des Deux Eglises for Armistice Day ceremonies honoring the former French president whose death Monday prompted national mourning.
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Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
Notre Dame Cathedral
Nixon
Alexei N. Kosygin
Notre Dame
de Gaulle
Colombey Les Deux Eglises
Pope Paul VI
Colombey
Yvonne
Champs Elysees
Georges Pompidou
Arc de Triomphe
Pompidou
Jacques Chaban-Deimas
Moscow
Kosygin
Air Force
Charles
New York
Gustav Heinemann
Ludwig Erhard
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
West Germany
Prince Charles
Colombey’les’Deux’Eglises
FCC Rap Sessions Disappointing at Frederick Community College
FCC dean Jane H. Jasper says weekly rap sessions to hear student problems have been somewhat disappointing with uneven attendance. She notes most concerns are physical, like parking and building dates, and that students want more information on administration decisions.
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Quita Hague
Frederick Community College
Jane H. Jasper
Jasper
FCC
North Market Street
UGF Collections Hit 80 Percent Of Goal
United Givers Fund workers reported 80 percent of the $217,853 annual goal raised or pledged, totaling $175,791 at a year end meeting. The drive, chaired by F. L. Silbernagel, expects more late contributions as weekly reports continue through December.
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UGF
United Givers Fund
Federated Charities Kindergarten
Silbernagel
Travelers Aid Association
YMCA
Freighter Captain Held For Speeding
Captain Albert Rittman of Cleveland was found guilty by Coast Guard hearing examiner Thomas L. Mackin of speeding the 11,000 ton freighter R. E. Webster on the St Marys River. He was clocked around 11 mph in a 9 mph limit zone set after river wakes concerns. Sentencing was postponed.
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Sault Ste, Marie
Mich
Cap
Great Lakes
St. Mary’s River
Coast Guard
Thomas L. Mackin
Albert Rittman
Cleveland
R. E. Webster
Rittman
Riverside
Operation Entertainment to Feature Miss Pennsylvania Queen
Miss Maggie Walker 19 will headline the third annual Kiwanis Operation Entertainment at Governor Thomas Johnson High School. Proceeds go to Frederick County retarded children and Easter Seals. ticket prices are 2 dollars for adults, 1 dollar for students and military.
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Pennsylvania
Maggie Walker
Kiwanis
Operation Entertainment
Governor Thomas Johnson High School
Frederick County
GM UAW Reach Tentative Three Year Contract
DETROIT AP The United Auto Workers and General Motors announced a tentative three year national contract ending an eight week strike. Key items include a return to unlimited cost of living raises, a $500 a month pension at 30 years for workers age 53 to 56, a first year wage hike around 38 cents to 61.5 cents, and four weeks vacation after 20 years. Local ratifications and the Canada agreement continue.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers and
General Motors Corp
General Motors
UAW
United States
GM Council
Soviet Rocket On Way To Moon
Soviet Luna 17 unmanned mission launched Tuesday heads to the moon with plans to scoop lunar surface samples and return to Earth, a repeat of Luna 16’s earlier soil collection. Cosmos satellite 377 launches as continuation of space exploration. Luna 17 already 36,000 miles from Earth at 1 am EST. capabilities under Tass reports.
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Moscow
Cap
Earth
Cosmos Scientific
Moon
Tass
Sea of Fertility
Russia
U.S
Huge U S Air Armada Drives North Vietnamese Forces
An armada of American warplanes swept over Cambodia and Laos aiming to halt renewed North Vietnamese attacks on Kompong Cham. About 300 to 400 U S fighters and B 52 bombers targeted supply routes along the Ho Chi Minh trail and Mekong corridor, while Cambodian troops sought to restore defenses along Highway 7. In Saigon, 6 000 South Vietnamese troops were withdrawn after a 16 day operation.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Laos
Kompong Cham
Phnom Penh
U.S
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Skoun
South Viet Namese Command
Fire Log Report for 24 Hours Ends at 10 A.M.
Fire calls reported during a 24 hour period ending at 10 a.m. emergency number 662-6333 or 663-4490. Ambulance calls show six emergencies and no routine calls. CITY NONE, COUNTY Ambulance calls: Emergency-6 Routine-0.
GM Strike Ends Lifts Dow Jones to New High
New York AP reports the stock market surged as economic and contract issues were settled in the 58 day General Motors strike. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 8.29 points to 785.67 at 10 30 a.m.
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Stock Market
New York
General Motors
Blount Probes Paris Trip to Deliver POW Christmas Mail
Government sources say Postmaster General Winton M Blount traveled to Paris to advance President's instruction that Christmas mail reach U S prisoners of war in North Vietnam. He met with Ambassador Bruce and could visit Hanoi, as U S officials eased mail restrictions via Moscow and Beijing for POW packages routed through Hanoi.
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Washington
Winton M Blount
Paris
U.S
North Vietnam
Blount
David K. Bruce
Hanoi
Nixon
Charles de Gaulle
Bruce
Tokyo
Moscow
New York
Peking
Drvn
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Farmer’s Daughters
Bill Hammond
Middletown High
Robert Fried
Thomas E. Silliman
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
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