Rail union ruling seeks huge firemen cut in railroads
The Railroad Arbitration Board recommends reducing diesel firemen on freight and yard engines by attrition. It predicts two thirds of firemen would keep jobs for about 20 years. Unions denounce the findings and vow to seek judicial voiding. The ruling favors settling procedures via local binding arbitration while leaving other issues to future talks.
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Railroad Arbitration Board
Congress
Arbitration Board
Kennedy
Torch of Leadership Shifts Across Generations
President Kennedy spoke of a new generation inheriting the torch of leadership. Lyndon B. Johnson, 56, recalls active naval service, while the next in line, Speaker McCormack and Senator Hayden, are older figures in Congress. The succession law now favors elected presiding officers over Cabinet appointees.
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Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Naval Reserve
Times
John W McCormack
Carl Hayden
Arizona
Senate
McCormack
Congress
Hayden
Eisenhower
Defiant North Brookfield School Committee Seeks Help
The North Brookfield Massachusetts school committee, the only MA panel resisting a Supreme Court ruling banning school prayers and Bible readings, voted 6 to 1 to ask Massachusetts congressmen and senators to restore prayers and readings in public schools. Market prices for wheat, corn, barley, and diesel were listed as well.
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North Brookfield
Mass
Massachusetts
Fifty Years Ago Items From The News-Post Files
Historical notes from The News-Post dated November 36 1913 recount removal of bodies from East All Saints Protestant Episcopal graveyard to Mt Olivet and a proposed monument for Maryland first Governor Thomas Johnson with a suggested $10 000. Also county school counts show 8504 white and 1000 colored pupils totaling 9504 an increase of about 1000. farmer Morgan N Kefauver injured by a fall. market reports note empty turkey stands. flag pole mast at City Hall broke during rope replacement. funeral of Miss Margaret Fox aunt of Mrs L Baughman at Cathedral Baltimore with high mass and Cardinal Gibbons eulogy. Mrs E C Shepherd widow of Prof Shepherd dies after stroke. and upcoming organizing meeting of the newly elected Board of County Commissioners with Holter Gaver and Rohrback expected in leadership roles.
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East All Saints Street
Mt. Olivet
Thomas Johnson
Maryland
Morgan N. Kefauver
Middletown
City Hall
Margaret Fox
L. Baughman
Baltimore
William A. Fletcher
Cardinal Gibbons
Fletcher
A.S. Abell
W.W. Abell
Arunah
Abell Brady
E. Austin Baughman
Walter Robert Abell
Stansbury Brady
E.C. Shepherd
Shepherd
Old Frederick College
City Register
West Third Street
Board of County Commissioners
John W. Holter
Harmon L. Gaver
Jacob Rohrback
Twenty Years Ago Items From The News-Post Files
A 1943 snapshot recalls a cold November night with a 17 degree low and frost across the countryside. General Allan C. McBride, a Frederick native and POW in Formosa, is reported doing garden work for exercise at his camp. Italians press for King Vittorio Emanuele’s abdication. Local banks payout about 176000 in Christmas club savings fueling Yule purchases. New ration coupons take effect December 1. A woodland fire near Walkersville is controlled. Mt. Pleasant merchant William Melvin Delauter dies at 63. January draft set to call 300000. Rebekah Lodge No 51 notes meetings, raises funds for Peace Garden, and plans a March school of instruction. USS Little Rock, with Donald C. Miller aboard, sails the Mediterranean as flagship of the Sixth Fleet, visiting Naples, Istanbul, and Famagusta.
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Allan C. McBride
Formosa
Washington
General McBride
Frederick
Vittorio Emanuele
Frederick City
Walkersvilles
William Melvin Delauter
Mt. Pleasant
Army
Navy
Rebekah Lodge Samaritan
Rebekah Lodge No 51
West Seventh Street
Doris Jean Ramsburg
Thurmont
Mary E Hine
Jessie Webster
SITH
USS
Little Rock
FHTNC
Donald C. Miller
USN
George C. Miller
Mt. Airy
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Naples
Italy
Istanbul
Turkey
Famagusta
Cyprus
Miss Melissa Wachter Wins Silver In WCTU Speech Contest
Miss Melissa Wachter won the silver medal in a WCTU speech contest held November 22 in the Calvary Methodist Church chapel on West Second Street. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Wachter of Oppossumtown Pike and a student at Elm Street Junior High. Judges included Wayne L Brachey, Mrs Albert Palmer, and Mrs Marshall Dick. Other Elm Street competitors were Mackie Abrecht Judy Beach Lee Ann Gilbert Carol Saylor and Leroy Saylor. An audience duet by Bonnie Tucker and Terry Moss entertained during judging.
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Melissa Wachter
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Chapel of Calvary Methodist Church
West Second Street
Wachter
Elmer Wachter
Oppossumtown Pike
Elm Street
Wayne L. Brachey
Shookstown
Brunswick High School
Albert Palmer
North Market Street
W.C.T.U
Marshall Dick
Pinewood Drive
Elm Street Junior High
Mackie Abrecht
Judy Beach
Lee Ann Gilbert
Carol Saylor
Leroy Saylor
Bonnie Tucker
Terry Moss
Arts Group Presents Antigone at Hudson Hall Sunday and Monday
The Arts Council and Hood College Renaissance Club present Antigone by the Greek National Theater in Hudson Hall. Irene Pappas stars in Greek with English subtitles as the film is shown at 8 20 p m, with two showings on December 1 and 2 after a season program of two short subjects each night.
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Arts Council
The
Hood College Renaissance Club
Hudson Hall
Greek National Theater
Greece
Irene Pappas
Thanksgiving Day At Hospital
Frederick Memorial Hospital celebrated Thanksgiving Day with turkey dinners for patients and staff. The hospital and lobby were decorated with pumpkins, turkeys, and colored flowers. The Women's Auxiliary placed favors on trays while the cafeteria featured Thanksgiving arrangements. Irene Toth led the dinner program and Mrs Fred Kreisig oversaw decorations.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Irene Toth
Dietitian
Fred Kreissig
Woman's Auxiliary
Wendy the cheerful girl overcoming retardation gains support
Joe Eisenhauer describes Wendy a nine year old with Down syndrome and her happy busy life at school and home. The piece advocates programs sheltered workshops counselling and special classes to help mentally retarded children including the Frederick County unit and Harmony Grove School with plans for a sheltered workshop day care and extended education. Local drive led by Former Mayor Jacob Ramsburg seeks public support and fund raising through candle sales during National Retarded Children's Week. The second item notes Montgomery Alabama police will accept Negro police reserve applications immediately.
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Wendy
America
National Association For Retarded Children, Inc
Frederick County Association For
U.S.A
Medical Society
Harmony Grove
Frederick
NARC
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Frederick County Association
River Conditions Report Low Clear at Points
Rivers show low clear water levels with the Potomac at Point of Rocks and the Monocacy at Buckeystown remaining calm and low.
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Potomac
Buckeystown
Deaths in Buckeystown and surrounding area items
Obituaries list Mrs. Harvey C. Butler Sr. and Mrs. Clara Mae Butler among Buckeystown residents with funeral details, plus notices for Samuel D. Cordell, Walter H. Domer, Mrs. Morris B. Hatten, Roy Thurman Strawder, James C. Sanders and several surviving relatives and service arrangements across Frederick County. Funeral homes, cemeteries, and local church affiliations are noted.
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Samuel D. Cordell
Waynesboro
Youngstown
Gladys Gooderall Cordell
Kinsman
Donald Cordell
York
Eva Jones
Baltimore
Creana Spencer
William Cordell
Frederick
Cortland
Christmas Decorations Is Green-walled Club Theme
The Green-walled Garden Club will host a public luncheon Tuesday at the Francis Scott Key Hotel featuring Mrs. Charles Stewart discussing cost effective holiday decorating. Included are wreaths, soap trees, crepe paper trees, and fresh greens with new accessories from Valley Mart Florists. Proceeds support the club’s civic projects. tickets at Haber's Hallmark and nearby shops.
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Charles Stewart
Francis Scott Key Hotel
A. M. Powell Jr
Stewart
Pikesville Garden Club
Home Garden
Woman's Civic League of Baltimore
Valley Mart Florists
Baltimore
Charles Murray
Haber’s
Hallmark Card Shop
North Market Street
Ettl Ettl Rosencrantz Wedding in Purcellville Virginia
Miss Patricia M. F. Rosencrantz and Dean Harrison Ettl wed at Purcellville Methodist Church in Virginia on a Friday ceremony led by Rev. Jack Minnick. The bride, editor at The News since 1962, is the daughter of the late Paul Burlin Rosencrantz Sr. Ettl, a building engineer, is from Teaneck New Jersey and Greenwich Connecticut. They will reside near Urbana.
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the News
Ettl
Paul Newman
Teaneck
N. J
Charles H. Ettl
Greenwich
College Choir Plans Messiah at Westminster
The Western Maryland College Choir will perform Part I The Messiah by Handel at 7 15 p m December 8 in Baker Memorial Chapel Westminster. The event features soloists Barbara Moon Joanne Crawford Harry Louts and James Lightner with Alfred de Long directing and Oliver Spangler on organ. An after service tree lighting will follow.
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Western Maryland College Choir
Baker Memorial Chapel
Westminster
Alfred de Long
Oliver K. Spangler
Barbara Moon
Joanne Crawford
Harry Louts
James Lightner
The
College
Funeral rites for T. Fred Firor held in Thurmont
Funeral services for T. Fred Firor of Thurmont were conducted Friday at the Creager Funeral Home Thurmont at 2 p.m. by Rev. Richard Ruof. Pallbearers included Edward Hobbs Joseph Seubert Paul Stottlemyer Paul Sixx James Sixx and Ross Firer Jr. Burial followed at Mt. Carmel Cemetery Thurmont. Private services for Donald Elmer Feaga were held at 1201 North Market Street with nephews Nelson Feaga Wayne Feaga Darryl Feaga G Markel Smith Gilmore Smith and Alton H Smith acting as pallbearers. Interment was at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Robert E Dailey and Son Funeral Directors supervised.
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Walter H. Domer
Walter Henry Domer
Baltimore
RFD
Thurmont
George Samuel
Rena Irene Weddle Domer
Pauline Ruth Cuno Domer
Alice Cook
Walter
Ellsworth Domer
John A. Moran
East
Baltimore Street
Moreland Memorial Park Cemetery
Morris B. Hatten
Mary Elizabeth Hatten
Morris Bashon Hatten
Knoxville
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Samuel Haulman
Ledia Kreider Haulman
Lebanon
Pennsylvania
Mt. Mariah Baptist Church
William Claybon
Garretts Mill
J. Donald Eackles
Eackles
Harpers Ferry
West Virginia
Church
Roy Thurman Strawder
Frederick
Buckeystown
Springfield State Hospital
Sykesville
George Strawder
Virginia
Martha Murdock Strawder
Catherine Lawson Strawder
Helen M. Strawder
Richard J. Strawder
West Patrick Street
Fairview Cemetery
Dren
Wil ‘Son
Emmitsburg
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Louis Storms
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Howard Edgar Thompson
Mt. Aurey
Owen Moore
Johnson City
Tenn
Mt. Airy
St James Episcopal Church
St. James Church
Robert Pegram
Pine Grove Cemetery
Dillon- Taylor Funeral Directors
Jonesboro
T. Fred Firor
Church Home
Creager
Thurmoent
Richard Ruof
Edward Hobbs
Joseph Seubert
Paul Stottlemyer
Paul and James Sixx
Ross Firer Jr
Mt. Carmel Cemetery
Donald Elmer Feaga
Caner
Center Street
North Market Street
Nelson G. Feaga
Wayne E. Feaga
Darryl Feaga
G. Markel Smith
Gilmore Smith
Alton H. Smith
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Robert E. Dailey and Son
Mr and Mrs Howard Kolb to mark 60th wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Howard Kolb of Frederick will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Monday. Also reported, NASA said the Explorer XVIII satellite, about 138 pounds, fell about 50,000 miles short of its planned point but remains in an orbit expected to yield data on radiation dangers on the path toward the moon.
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Howard Kolb
RFD
Frederick
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
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Doris Remsberg
Negro Police
Montgomery
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Johnson City, Tex
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Lbj Ranch
Denly
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Monocacy Hall
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Loudoun County
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Margaret
Ellen Baker Fry
Carl C. Thomas
Clara Mae
Tobery
Elijah D. Fry
Doubs
Emily
Evelyn Thomas
Mount Olivet Cemetery
M. R. Etchison and Son
James C. Sanders
James Clarence Sanders
Annie M. Warner
Gettysburg
Fairfield
James S
Charlotte
Lowe Sanders
St. Joseph College
St. Joseph’s Catholic’ Church
Holy Name Society of the Church
Mary C. Rider Sanders
Dorothy Freshman
Anthony Owen Sanders
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Bethesda
Howard C
Germany
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Biglerville
Catherine
Jacksonville Pa
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Summerset, NJ
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Wassaic
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