Letter praising broadcasters after JFK assassination and urged civic reflection
Readers commend CBS NBC for suspending entertainment in mourning for President Kennedy. They urge Frederick County to avoid character assassination and discuss responsibility, freedom of speech, and the impact of public discourse on national unity.
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News
Arlington
Frederick County
Dallas
Warren
Capitol
Frederick
Houston
Los Angeles
Unicef
National Council of Churches
United Nations
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Truman
State Board of Education
Thanksgiving invitation from Kennedy cited for 1963 observance
The text presents President Kennedy's Thanksgiving message urging national gratitude for God’s gifts sanctuary worship homes and family affection. It traces a lineage from Jamestown to Lincoln and Washington and calls Americans to live by their gratitude, pursue peace justice and understanding.
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Kennedy
Jamestown
Plymouth
Preside Washington
Lincoln
Pacific
Arctic
Surplus Farm People and the Planning Approach
The National Planning Association's 19 man Agriculture Committee argues that excess farm people and underpaid prices stem from broader economic imbalances. It links farm underemployment to industrial automation and asserts gradual voluntary farm workforce reductions and stabilization are required to improve prices, noting external conditions are crucial.
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National Planning Association
Agriculture Committee
Business, Labor and Agriculture
Committee For Economic Development
A Day Of Thanksgiving Reflects On Kennedy’s Legacy
Glen Wingett from Mt. Airy Maryland recalls John F Kennedy’s ideals and calls for renewal of the national resolve to honor liberty and equality. The piece links Thanksgiving with prayer, unity, and upholding justice amid a nation still grieving.
Kolbs 60th anniversary and births noted
Mr and Mrs Howard L Kolb of Frederick will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on December 2 and Mrs Kolb will have a birthday on December 1. Gabriel and Barbara Lewis of Myersville announce the birth of Gina Sue on November 18 at Washington County Hospital Hagerstown. The George Barthel family of Brad dock Heights received a special family award at a Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers convention, noted in Congressional Record via Congressman Mathias. story appeared in the November 12 issue of the News and Post.
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Howard L. Kolb
RFD
Frederick
Kolb
Gabriel Lewis
RED 1
Myersville
Gina Sue
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Lewis
Barbara Wagner
Mt. Lena
Congressional Record
George Barthel
Braddock Heights
Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers
Charles McC. Mathias
News and Post
Earp CriggerWedding in Germantown Formal Quiet Ceremony
Mrs Louise Pearl Crigger of Gaithersburg and Henry Lee Earp of Derwood wed Sunday evening at the Presbyterian Manse in Germantown. Rev Albert W Lenz officiated with witnesses Alma Sue Crigger and Mrs Lenz. The bride, daughter of Mrs Bessie Moon and the late James Meredith, works as a Gaithersburg High School custodian. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs Washington Earp, is a Montgomery County bus driver for special education pupils. They plan a Narrows Va wedding trip and will reside in Derwood.
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Alma Sue Crigger
Albert W. Lenz
Gaithersburg High School
Montgomery County
Narrows
Derwood
Ill Patients Return Home and Improve at Frederick Memorial
Among the sick Miss Irene Tracey, a surgical patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital for a week, returned to her home on South Carroll Parkway Tuesday and is much improved. Mr. Jacob Johnson of Hyatts town is now a patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital where he is slowly improving.
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Irene Tracey
Frederick Memorial Hospital
South Carroll Parkway
Jacob Johnson
Hyattstown
Thanksgiving Markets and Local Notes From 1913
Thanksgiving market reports turkeys at 27 to 30 cents a pound. Removal of 311 bodies from All Saints Epistles graveyard completed with 70 identified. reburied at Mt. Olivet in green boxes on church land. Toggenberg goat bred in Frederick County by Dr. W H Kable, Woodsboro, with a herd of 10. Grace Reformed Church elects R Paul Smith president and Henry H Abbott teacher. American Foundry Co to erect ornamental lighting pole at Market and Third for Frederick Trust Co with globes upward. Summers and Rhoderick saw a low bell buzzard near McKaig. could see bell. Frank C Norwood elected president of Frederick County Historical Society. Explosion at Morris Iron and Steel Co oil storage tank shakes northeast Frederick. no injuries. Frederick Chamber pushes No 1 fast train to stop at Washington Junction. Thanksgiving Day will be observed locally.
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All Saints Epistoces
East Saints Street
Mt. Olivet
Episcopal Church
Switzerland
George Perry
McKaig
Frederick
Frank C. Norwood
Historial Society
Frederick County
Morris Iron and Steel Co
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Baltimore and Ohio
Washington Junction
Twenty Years Ago Hems from The News Post Files
A review of News-Post items from November 27 1943 notes lighter than expected Thanksgiving travel in Maryland with 20 percent below normal. Draft Board One men were ordered to report for final physicals and potential induction. American planes hit Formosa. Russians crossed the Berezina. RAF bombed Berlin. Berliners fed zebra and elephant meat. Buckeystown residents plan a service flag to honor locals joining the armed forces.
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Maryland
Formosa
Berezina
Napoleon
Moscow
RAF
Berlin
Holiday Inn executive Robert Rodgers dies at 51
Robert Rodgers 51 of Troy North Carolina vice president and director of operations for American Motor Inn Inc died of a heart attack at 7 15 am in Frederick Memorial Hospital He collapsed at the Holiday Inn on West Patrick Street Rodgers had recently recovered from pneumonia and returned to duties He was twice named Innkeeper of the Year for the Holiday Inn system and survived by his widow Eileen Rodgers who helped open the new inns and was named Housekeeper of the Year last year
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Robert Rodgers
Troy
N. C
American Motor Inn, Inc
Frederick Memorial Hospital
West Patrick Street
American Motor Inns, Inc
Rodgers
Eileen Rodgers
New Inns
Holiday Inns of America
Rivers Flow Clean and Low at Key Points
The Potomac remains clear and low at Point of Rocks while the Monocacy stays clear and low at Buckeystown, signaling favorable river conditions for navigation and local activity.
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Potomac
Buckeystown
Deaths: Donald Feaga and T Fred Firor
Donald Elmer Feaga died suddenly at home from a heart attack at 64. He lived at 202 Center Street and was a longtime chair caner in Frederick. funeral private with interment at Mount Olivet. Robert E. Dailey and Son directed. T Fred Firor of Thurmont died at the Church Home Infirmary Baltimore at 64 after an emergency operation. He ran a plumbing business before 1948 and later worked at Thurmont Shoe Company. Surviving wife Pauline V. Hobbs Firor, two daughters Theresa Whipp and Frances Greco, a son John Edward, a sister Ruth Sixx, four grandchildren. Funeral at Creager Funeral Home Thurmont Friday at 2 PM, interment Mount Carmel Cemetery Thurmont.
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Donald Elmer Feaga
Center Street
Yellow Springs
Elmer and
Orsena Feaga
Frederick
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Robert E. Dailey and
T. Fred Firor
Thurmont
Church Home Infirmary
Baltimore
Thurmont Shoe Company
Reformed United Church of Christ
Pauline V. Hobbs Firer
Theresa Whipp
Kensington
Frances Greco
Ramstein Air Force Base
Germany
John Edward
Ruth Sixx
Emmitsburg
Creager
Richard Ruof
Edward V. Echle
Mt. Carmel Cemetery
John L. Spedden
Madeline Fagan Spedden
Montebello State Hospital
Robert Clarke Fagan
Frederick County
Evelyn Briglia
Hazel Romans
William Cook - Hamilton
Harry R. Shafer
West Patrick Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Theodore and
Effie Castle Shafer
United Church of Christ
This City
William Sweet
Catonsville
Harry R. Shafer Jr
Richard L. Shafer
Harry Zentz
Clarence Wise
Middletown
Alonzo Rice
Wilmington
Del
Joseph Shafer
Oscar Shafer
Calvin Shafer
Gladhill
Raymond Wilhelm
Reformed Cemetery
John R. Knill
East Church Street
Charles F. Trunk Jr
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Charles Knill
George D. Knill
Robert Knill
Stanley Nicholson
William Roberson
Mount Olivet
M. R. Etchison and Son
Guy Leslie Cook
Mary Crum Cook
East 4Th Street
James A. Benn
Hood College
Earl Clem
Garnett Noffsinger
Lester Kojogle
Jacob F. Keyser
Norman Wiles
George A. Smith Jr
Rhoda Belle Drury
Howard F. Drury
John L. Barnes
Burkittsville Lutheran Peer
Harvey I. Harris
Bradley T. Free
Weldon B. Ray
Arthur K. Willard
J. Claude _Beachley
Martin van Westenberg
Mount Olive
Reatha Florence Pearl
Russell Pearl
Water Street
Charles F. Trunk ,Jr
Evangelical ‘Lutheran Church
William Francis DeGrange
Harlan Douglas DeGrange
Thomas Crammitt
Bernard DeGrange
Howard Thomas Hurst
Lewis
Franklin Hurst
Local Obituaries Include Rushenberger and Willis Families
Funeral notices from Middletown and Greensburg list services for Mrs. Margaret C. Lee widow of Robert H. Lee, and Mrs. Madeline Fagan Spedden of Baltimore. Other obituaries include Harry R. Shafer Sr and Christopher Hampton Willis with services in Gladhill and Greensburg venues and interment in Mount Olivet and Greensburg cemeteries.
Johnson Makes Major Address As Nation Responds To Crisis
President Johnson urged collective action after the assassination, stressing unity and enduring resolve. He called for top priority on civil rights tax cuts and education and pledged thrift in government spending while honoring legislative independence and strong national programs.
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Africa
Johnson
Legislative Branch
Capitol
House
Congress
Editor's Wife Hazel Rash Dies in New York City
Mrs Hazel L Rash 44 wife of George O Rash city editor of the Hagerstown Daily Mail died at Memorial Hospital New York after a three week illness. She headed circulation services at the Washington County Library since 1936 and led the staff association. Funeral at Zion Reformed Church Hagerstown Saturday 2 p.m. Rev Oscar Grove officiating. Burial later. Memorial fund contributions to the Washington County Free Library building fund requested.
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Hazel L. Rash
George O. Rash
Hagerstown Daily Mail
Memorial Hospital
New York City
Washington County Library
Hagerstown High School
Preston M. Lowery
Maugansville
Zion Reformed Church
Oscar Grove
Rozer
Washington County Free Library Building Fund
Freese Sold by Reds to Pirates for Cash and Player
The Cincinnati Reds sold veteran third baseman Gene Freese to the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash and a minor league player to be named later. The cash amount was not disclosed but described as substantial.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Reds
Gene Freese
Pittsburgh Pirates
Kennedy funeral services reported by New China agency
Reports from Tokyo say New China News Agency for the first time ran the funeral services of President John F. Kennedy without comment. The dispatch notes the event took place after his assassination, with coverage reflecting the era's diplomatic sensitivities.
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China
New China News Agency
John F. Kennedy
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