Defense Chief McNamara urges shift from myth to strength
In a bold address McNamara argues that NATO outnumbers the Soviet bloc in Western Europe and that Soviet conventional power has declined while nuclear capabilities rise. He reframes the image of a Communist Goliath and calls for sustained dual deterrence to curb major and smaller threats, including Cuba and Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Robert 8. McNamara
McNamara
Goliath
NATO
Soviet Bloc
West Germany
East Germany
America
U. S
Pentagon
Cuba
Vietnam
Kennedy Tragedy Prompts Nation to Seek Strength and Unity
A national statement honors President John F. Kennedy amid mourning. It salutes his courage and service and urges Lyndon B. Johnson to lead with patriotism, peace, and justice, calling Americans to reflect on civic duty and the republic’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
United States
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Fifty Years Ago Items From The News Post Files
Glimpses from 1913 include a Civic Club library supper at Pythisn Castle serving over 500 meals. Rev Paul Holdcraft conducts a revival at United Brethren Church. Frederick's new school building gains curb and gutter work by Oden Kreh and Nusz ahead of pavements. Harry Butcher exhibits a cabbage with 24 heads grown by Lloyd Wiles. Arthur N Kemp, son of Mrs Edwin Kemp, takes government stenographer job in Newport News. John T White, superintendent, plans a spelling bee. J O Robinson reports milk bottle thefts from Telegraph Street and East Church Street routes. Jeremiah Apple of Hood College praised at Monocacy Club dinner attended by Congressman David J Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Club
Pythisn Castle
Paul E. Holdcraft
United Brethren Church
Thurmont
Washington Street
Frederick
Oden
Kreh
Nusz
John T. White
Robinson
East Church
Joseph H. Apple
Hood College
Monocacy Club
Evangelical Reformed Church
David J. Lewis
Jacob Rohrback
Farm Bureau Meeting Seeks Tax and Education Reforms
Frederick County leaders discuss holding a meeting to back education costs and oppose changes to agricultural land tax exemptions. Resolutions urge stadium construction funded by gate receipts, county park and recreation planning, stronger metropolitan district support, vocational education, and rural sanitation improvements.
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Frederick County
City of
Frederick
Board of Education
Pilgrim Thanksgiving and local notices from Frederick area
A period style column recalls President Kennedy's call to service and Thanksgiving reflections. It also notes past traffic signal studies near Baughman’s Lane, local poetry tributes, and updates on McConnellsburg Sagner plant plans plus several Frederick County obituaries and community notices. The piece blends reflection with local civic news and births.
Mrs. Bowers and Miss Martin Return From Atlantic City
Mrs. Grayson E. Bowers of Coustes street and Miss Elizbeth C. Martin of North Market street have come home after a two week vacation in Atlantic City New Jersey. It is Bowers first such trip in forty years and she was only a few blocks from the burned rooming houses and hotels that claimed twenty five lives last week. She noted the same somber feeling Americans showed upon news of President Kennedy s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson E. Bowers
Coustes Street
Elizabeth C. Martin
North Marketsstreet
Atlantic City
N. J
Bowers
Birth of Jeffery Scott Thomas in Westminster
Mr and Mrs M Thomas My erly of Detour announce the birth of their third child and second son Jeffery Scott at Carroll County General Hospital Westminster on November 19.
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Myerly
Pauline Angleberger
John W. Hood
Oklahoma
Laurie Suzann
Hood
Union Bridge
Janet Myerly
Detour
Mary Luella Marriotte Hesson
West Patrick Street
Ada Ruth Squires
Hollywood
Fla
Hesson
M. Thomas Myerly
Jeffery Scott
Carroll County General Hospital
Westminster
Local Health Notes and Kitchen Tips From A Nearby Page
Among the sick Mr Robert Abrecht Sr of North Market St entered Newton D Baker Hospital Martinsburg W Va for treatment and possible surgery. His address is Ward 110 at the same hospital. Mrs Maurice Smith of Woodsboro is reported improving after undergoing surgery Thursday morning at Washington County Hospital and will remain hospitalized for about a week. Ground beef cooking instructions advise covering edges, brushing with oil, sprinkling paprika, broiling to desired doneness, and topping toast with beer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Abrecht Sr
North Market Street
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Maurice Smith
Woodsboro
Washington County Hospital
Oswald Charged In Kennedy Slaying After Dallas Officer Death
Police identified Lee Harvey Oswald as the prime suspect in the Kennedy assassination. A Dallas officer was killed within minutes of the shooting, and Oswald was charged with murder as investigators pursued a nationwide manhunt. The president died at Parkland Hospital after being shot in an open limousine.
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Oswald
Dallas
FBI
Secret Service
Wade
Kennedy
Wace
Dallas Parkland Hospital
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Dallas Struck by Assassination of President Kennedy
On November 22 in Dallas Texas President Kennedy was assassinated as his motorcade passed through the business district. Jacqueline Kennedy cried out as Kennedy slumped, Secret Service agents protected them, and Oswald was later charged with Tippett’s murder as a rifle hidden at the Texas School Depository was found.
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William Greer
Kennedy
Secret Service
Parkland Hospital
J.D. Tipett
K Cliff
Texas Theater
Little Movie House
Oswald
Tippett
Connally
Texas
Dallas
Connally Told JFK Is Dead
Governor Connally, gravely wounded, was told by his wife that President Kennedy is dead. Connally asked about Kennedy’s condition and said, That’s what I was afraid of. An aide noted Connally’s condition as much improved and he inquired about Mrs. Kennedy who had returned to Washington. Relatives rushed to Dallas to be with him.
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Dallas
John Connally
Kennedy
Connally
Julian Read
Doris Robertson and Ernest Click wed in Meadow Branch ceremony
Doris Viola Robertson daughter of Mr and Mrs Russell Robertson and Ernest Le Roy Click son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Click married November 15 at Meadow Branch Church of the Brethren near Westminster Rev L Dale Hylton officiated candlelight ceremony. Matron of honor was Mrs James Click and best man James Click. Reception at the Click home in Taneytown. The bride a 1963 Westminster High School graduate and the groom a 1960 Taneytown High School graduate plan to reside in Taneytown.
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Ernest G. Click
Taneytown
Westminster High School
Taneytown High School
Teeter Stone
Medford
RFD A
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Associated Press
AP News
Patrick Street
Market
Patrick Streets
School For the Deaf
Pennsylvania
East Patrick Street
West Patrick
Arlington Cemetery
Francis Scott Key
American Legion
No. 11
Joseph H. Holdcraft
East Third Street
Frederick, Md
The
P. J. Willard Thurmont
Betty Yinger
Biggs Avenue
Potomac
Buckeystown
News-Post
RAF
Berlin
George S. Patton
Seventh Army
Dwight D. Eisnehower
Charlie Keller
New York Yankee
Electric
East Second Street
Gilbert
Navy
Knox
Japan
Central Pacific
Farm Bureau
Joe Eisenhauer
Plymouth Rock
State Roads Commission
Baughman
Elsie White Haines
Raymond R
Edith) Shank
Edie
Gordon M. Cairns
College of Agriculture
University of Maryland
Noah E. Kefauver Jr
Maryland Farm Bureau
West Frederick
Maryland
Sagner, Inc
McConnellsburg
Fulton Industrial Development Association
Pa. State Development Commission
Sagner
Stanley Sagner
State l
Alex Passen
Baltimore
Baltimore City College
Europe
Kaylion Inc
Pullman Pajamas Inc
Chester Manufacturing Co
Guy L. Cook
Guy Leslie Cook
East 14Th Street
Mary’ Crum Cook
Albert F
Maggie Burdette Cook
Cora Null
Moose Lodge
M. R. Etchison and Son Funeral Home
E. Church Street
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Nona C. Conway
Julia Garrett Conway
E. Potomac Street
Brunswick
A. Anderson
Virginia Adab Garrett
Grace Episcopal Church
Feete Funeral
A. D. Salmon
St. Mark’s
Petersville
Howard F. Drury
Rhoda Belle Drury
Middletown
John Moritz
Jacob F. Drury
Adamstown
Maude Martin
York
Blanche Hilderbrand
Harry Burkett Jr
Paul Cockrell
William Moritz
Frank Hammond
Hagerstown
East Church Street
Mount Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
William A. Garver
Leah Elizabeth Bessie ‘Garver
Beaver Dam
Frederick ‘County
Alexander
Caroline Garber
Buffington
Joseph
A. Garver
Evelyn Mai
Harry C. Mossburg
Emma Susan Fitez Mossbburg
Walnut Street
Linden Hills
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Sykesville
Carroll County
John Thomas
Rebecca Blackston Fitez
Bernard C. Mossburg
Paul W. Mossburg
Pauline L. Eaves
Mary Elizabeth West
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Walkersville
M. R. Etchison
East Church St
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Russell Pearl
Reatha F. Pearl
Water Street
James and
Sophrinia Agee Grubb
Virginia
Lewis Monroe Hurst
Thomas B. Hurst
Milton Holt
Airy
Harlan DeGrange
Ralph Drummitt
Roy B
Grubb
John Fralin
Roanoke
Pearl
Mt. Olivet
Emory F. Taylor
Emory Francis Taylor
Dorothy Harrison Taylor
Virginia Avenue
David ‘Franklin
Bertha Allen Taylor
Mabel Lloyd
Ella Sheffer
Eva Pomeroy
Jefferson
Melvin Taylor
Memphis, Tenn
W. D. Taylor
Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks
Baltimore and Ohio
Feete
Howard Beck
Frederick Memorial Park Cemetery
Mrs. Bowers
JFK
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