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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1963
Page
4
The provided page shows publication details for The News of Frederick Maryland dated Tuesday November 12 1963 including price lists and press affiliations but no readable local news items or distinct events to summarize.
Forty to fifty year old notes from The News Post on November 12 1913 include Paul C Willard planning to build on Fourth Street Pike after purchasing land from Ray Rohrer. Water pressure doubles to 40 45 pounds due to Fishing Creek dam and floods College Park area. Trainmen on Hagerstown and Frederick Railway to require standard watches. Prof George Edward Smith publishesThe King Shall Come sacred song dedicated to Rev Henri L Kieffer Evangelical Reformed church. Rank Deatzbaugh injured eye while hunting near Lewistown. Democrats control legislature and Frederick County gains influence in new deliberations. W W Wolfe, after selling his Yellow Springs farm, will discontinue farming.
Items from the News Post dated November 12 1943 note Soviet drives ablaze in the front lines and Red Army advances. A Frederick man visits a shipmate on another vessel in the South Pacific while Liet (j.g.) A Atlee Radcliffe Jr and Machinist's Mate First Class William T Kreh Jr are identified. The first light snow of the season dusts Maryland mainly Baltimore and nearby counties. Frederick businessman Irving Michael Landau Er dies at 54. Signs point against Japan in the South Pacific as Nimitz MacArthur and Mountbatten poised to strike. Russians cut the last north south rail line in western Ukraine while Kerch port is set ablaze by Germans.
McGraw Hill survey shows capital investment by industry totaling 40.7 billion in 1964 and 39.3 billion in 1965, a two year record. Douglas Greenwald notes the pace neither booms nor drags, with firms cautious but ready to raise spend if a tax cut occurs.
A heated debate over Columbus and Leif Ericson ends with a Norse victory after ruins of a Viking settlement in Newfoundland are identified as pre Columbian. Smithsonian American Museum of Natural History and National Geographic Society experts support radiocarbon dated findings as conclusive proof. Columbus still honored for his achievement and settlement remains minimal.
Western Maryland College in Westminster is designated a testing center for the 1964 National Teacher Examinations next February. Dr Joseph R Bailer, director of the graduate program, announced the designation which allows prospective teachers to compare scores with candidates nationwide. Educational Testing Service administers the exams from Princeton New Jersey.
Two attorneys, Stan Levin and Ed Angeletti, circulate petitions to legalize a Maryland lottery. Their Committee for Adoption of a Legalized Lottery to Prevent Increased Taxation promotes the plan at a press conference with Baltimore comptroller Hyman Pressman.
Mrs. N Elizabeth Rudasill 84 of Harrisburg Pa and Martinsburg W Va died Monday at her daughter's home in Harrisburg She was daughter of John and Elvira Slusser of Blacksburg Va wife of the late Dr Lewis B Rudasill a Methodist minister She is survived by four children two sons Dwight A Rudasill Baltimore and Lewis S Rudasill Jr Poolesville Md two daughters Mrs Ralph W Ruble Harrisburg Pa and Mrs Golan M Saufley Martinsburg W Va a brother Murray Slusser Blacksburg and two sisters Mrs Harry Hardwick Cincinnati and Mrs Charles Blueitt Jamaica N Y Funeral services at Hilton Funeral Home Barnesville will be led by Rev Y Raymond Wood with interment in Fort Limbe cemetery Washington DC.
Miss Barbara Elaine Grimes daughter of Clyde F Grimes Walkersville and Clark Leslie Keeney son of Leslie L Keeney Walkersville were united in marriage October 26 at 7 pm in Walkersville Methodist Church Rev Roby Eastridge officiated The bride wore a chantilly lace gown with seed pearls and a fingertip veil They exchanged rings at a double ring ceremony A reception followed in the church social room The couple will reside on North Market Street in a newly furnished apartment The bride is a Walkersville High School 1963 graduate The groom is a Walkersville High School graduate employed by Key Construction Company in Washington
Whittier California AP reports Steve Shubin’s life is dominated by elevens. Born on the eleventh day of the eleventh month at 11:11 pm he is the eleventh of fourteen children living at 6-11-46 S Morrill St. He weighs 111 pounds and his name contains eleven letters.
The Federal Aviation Agency warned pilots of the annual whistling swan migration from the Great Lakes to the Chesapeake Bay. Last year a four engine airliner collided with a swan near Ellicott City, killing seventeen people.
Cai runs seven dollars ten cents per barrel while barley trades at one dollar fifteen cents per bushel and wheat at one dollar seventy five cents per bushel in today’s market roundup.
Dr. Thomas J. Muzik opens the Linganore Walkersville High School Science Seminar at Linganore High School at 7 30 p m He conducts research at Fort Detrick during a sabbatical from Washington State University Pullman Washington Sponsored by the Fort Detrick Branch of the Scientific Research Society of America Attendees include 27 Frederick and 10 St John students plus five faculty observers The talk covered plant growth regulators and the need to understand chemical actions for food resources The series proceeds roughly every two weeks through May 1964 with future speakers including Abeles Davis and O Connors at Frederick Singanore and Walkersville high schools
Roger V. Laynor of the Maryland Alcoholic Beverages Division said the state is surveying liquor makers to gauge use of nonstandard bottle sizes. He notes no state controls for cordial or brandy bottles while warning consumers may be misled by bottles labeled as fifths that actually hold two-thirds of a quart.
Barbara McNair recalls a rough road tour for No Strings after its Broadway success. The Rodgers score musical about a white writer and a Black model drew walkouts and hostile reactions in cities like St. Louis and Kansas City. Despite packed early audiences, morale fell as complaints and rumors of folding spread, with Des Moines Minneapolis and Chicago on the itinerary after San Francisco. McNair, a Racine native, plans to stay with the production to its end.
Miss Patricia Ann Lane daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Lane Sr Morningside and Dr Melvin Reich son of Mr and Mrs Abraham Reich Bronx NY were married October 26 at 2 pm in Calvary Methodist Chapel Rev Ralph M Sharpe officiated. The ceremony featured white chrysanthemums and palms with a street length dress for the bride and a green sheath for the maid of honor. Best man was David Hertig and ushers included Bryan L Rice and Robert L Lane Jr. Reception followed in the parish hall. The couple reside in Arlington VA. The bride is a nurse at George Washington University Hospital and the groom, a pharmacology professor at George Washington School of Medicine.
Among the ill Mrs. James D. Marks Jr. of Elm street entered Frederick Memorial Hospital today for surgery. A separate AP report from Soledad California notes a shotgun blast ending a racial fight among convicts at Soledad Correctional Facility with four injured. Eight more hurt Sunday when guards used shotguns to quell a riot between Negroes and whites. Max Alvis, Cleveland rookie third baseman, had 277 total bases in his first American League season.
A sequence of death notices from Thurmont, Tampa, Kensington, Silver Spring, Bethesda, Rockville and surrounding areas records multiple passings. Individuals named include Mrs. Lillie E. Black, Mrs. Thomas H. Eader, George W. Hoffmaster, Robert E. Dailey and Son, Mrs. Edward N. Newnom, M. R. Etchison and Son, and Mrs. Harry Welty, with funeral arrangements and interments noted.
Mrs Lester L Wisner and Mrs Ann Marie Bitler Wisner widow of Lester Leroy Wisner of Adam Road Frederick died at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born in Frederick County she was daughter of the late Simon and Madora Bitler. Survived by son James R Wisner California two daughters Mrs James R Pearrell Brunswick and Mrs Charles E Fogle Frederick City five brothers and two sisters plus ten grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren Funeral arrangements to be announced by M R Etchison and Son funeral directors.
Louis Armstrong urged young musicians to work hard while visiting a Nashville hospital. In other items, London’s lord mayor seeks 420000 for St Paul’s Cathedral cleaning, and West German Chancellor Erhard’s upcoming US visit is noted. UN secretary general Thant discusses China’s influence and US stance at the UN.
About 20 Lovettsville Virginia Homemakers members visited the Adamstown Club for the November meeting at the United Church of Christ in Adamstown. Mrs Palmer Snook led the business, Mrs Eric Biser gave devotions in Mrs Alice Ringer’s absence, and Cpl R T Storer of the State Police spoke on highway safety with tips on patient driving and reading road signs. The December meeting is planned.
Funeral services were held for Mrs Virginia Elizabeth Anderson Smith 57 of Richmond Va at C H Feete and Brother Funeral Home Brunswick with interment in Mount Olivet cemetery Rev Leonard Carmack officiated Pallbearers named and Mrs Clara Coates represented Martinsburg Moose Club auxiliary Also services for Roger C Davis Dickerson died Saturday held at Barton Funeral Home Walkersville with interment Mount Olivet Frederick Rev M Robert Mullholland Jr officiated Pallbearers named Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery Charlesville for Marie Carey Smith wife of Charles R Smith of Ridge Road who died at Johns Hopkins Hospital Services held at 1201 North Market Street Pallbearers named Interment Zion United Church of Christ Cemetery Also services for Ewart G Terpenning who died Thursday in Thurmont with interment Rest Haven Memorial Gardens.
A federal mediator said negotiators on both sides are pressing toward a contract settlement to avert a strike by about 9,000 United Automobile and Aerospace Workers at Martin Co plants in Baltimore Denver and Orlando Florida. The union set a 2 pm Wednesday deadline for walkouts if no agreement is reached.
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