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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1964
Page
4
In the third game of the World Championship Series the Boston nine defeated the Athletics 5 to 4 after extra innings. It was a brilliant pitchers’ duel that solidified Boston as the probable world champion.
Robinson Nottingham owner of Nottingham's Esso Service Center at Patrick and Bentz streets won an all expenses paid two person trip as part of Humble Oil and Refining Company's Operation Complete Service contest. Judging covered three months with emphasis on station appearance and rest rooms scoring 1409 of 1500. The prize includes a New York stay October 11 to 15 with events at the World’s Fair Hello Dolly tickets Latin Quarter dinner and Atlas Laboratories visit in Newark New Jersey.
The State Department of Assessments and Taxation plans to equalize assessments across Maryland, likely harming Frederick. Officials note county assessors already vary little, with Frederick around 57 percent of market value, and Queen Annes and Calvert as low as 50.5. Speculative sales from Baltimore and Washington have driven farm prices up two to four times, complicating any uniform deviation limit.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover says the race riots in New York Cleveland Chicago Philadelphia Rochester and Elizabeth were not nationally organized by groups. They were driven by aimless youths up to their twenties who joined adults in mischief. Riots attracted some Communist and other manipulation, but the core causes are idle youth with no education or skills.
Letter writer urges clergy to reintroduce Christ in pulpits and stresses church responsibility in guiding moral support for candidates and legislation. She condemns silence on church state separation issues and calls for spiritual influence in political matters. October 1, 1964 Frederick Maryland contributor Marianne G Hughes 303 West College Terrace. Vienna's historic coffee houses, let havens of leisure, are not paying.
In a wartime briefing Britain Russia and China described a tentative plan to turn the United Nations into a peace organization backed by armed forces. A Security Council with 11 members would grant authority to deploy special air detachments for rapid strikes against future aggressors. Permanent seats would go to the Big Four and France.
Washington AP report details Mrs. Clara B. Terhune easing from a tight parking spot and causing a chain reaction that wrecked four cars, with police estimating $800 in damage. She received forehead laceration treatment. no charges filed. The piece also notes Salt Lake thieves stealing brass bearings and Nebraska's name origin from an Otoe word meaning shallow water.
A 23 year old Walkersville man Derek McKinley Weidman was charged with speeding after losing control on East Patrick Street at about 3 20 a m Sunday. His 1963 car crossed the center line traveled 102 feet along the sidewalk broke a utility pole and fire hydrant at ground level then stopped after more than 100 feet. Weidman was uninjured and police said speeding led to the crash.
The fair board discussed aftermath of the event with four or five workers needed for at least two weeks to clear debris. Three bicycles donated by High's Cycle Center were given away during Kids Day. Winners were Jean Jackson of Myersville, Gary Jones and Ronald Rea of Frederick. Sheriff Horace M. Alexander, treasurer of the fair board, remained in satisfactory condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital after an injury at the fair office.
Nine year old Cathy Mills of 9 Thomas Avenue is confined at home with scarlet fever. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Mills. The article also notes that Puerto Rico's Phosphorescent Bay glows at night with abundant light producing organisms enabling photography.
In Atlanta a three judge panel upheld the new law as constitutional under Congress power to regulate interstate commerce, citing 76 percent non Georgia guests at the Moreton Rolleston Jr motel. In Birmingham a separate panel said Congress may regulate interstate commerce only when local activities bear close and substantial relation to interstate commerce and are necessary to protect it.
Council spokesmen said a closed session approved a historic Catholic move to refer to Protestants as churches in a document. It urges unity among Christians and condemns mis truths about others while promoting exemplary Catholic conduct in the eyes of non Catholics.
Enrollment figures show ward Kerns as among the most popular courses of last year. Registration for agriculture classes is handled directly by instructors with local contacts for Frederick and Linganore areas. If parental interest remains high, courses in various trades and crafts may be offered again this year, including woodwork, typing, bookkeeping, art, ceramics, stenography, clothing construction, and basic electricity.
Hilda lakefront battered Sunday as winds exceeded 90 mph across Lake Pontchartrain. Six foot waves crushed seawalls flooding Lakeshore Drive and upscale homes while New Orleans escaped heavy rains. The storm veered inland Saturday, eyeing a new course. Harpo Marx estate heads to probate in Indio, California. over a million dollars left to wife Susan Fleming.
More than 250 top marksmen from the XXI U.S. Army Corps converge on Fort George G. Meade October 4 for the annual Corps Commander’s Small Arms Tournament. Active and reserve personnel from Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia Delaware and the District of Columbia compete for top honors and berths in subsequent matches.
Maj. General George Olmsted USAR Ret. will address Maryland bankers, officials, and senators at the Washingtonian Country Club in Gaithersburg. He leads Financial General Corporation which includes 26 U S banks and will discuss The Philosophy of Group Banking and the future of commercial banking in a competitive market.
Multiple obituaries from a Maryland area paper. Etta M Bishop 71 of Big Cove Tannery died at Fulton County Medical Center, born 1803, funeral Tuesday at Damascus Christian Church. Louise H Burdette 64 of Mt Airy died at Montgomery General Hospital, survived by son Kenneth and four grandchildren, funeral Tuesday at Calvary Methodist Church. Louise Leiner died of coronary heart attack in Cloverhill, born 1889 in Roumania, survived by husband and two children, funeral at Beth Sholom Synagogue. Millie J Wilson 77 of Sykesville died, funeral at Waltz Funeral Home with burial in Lake View Memorial Park. Raymond O Smith 83 of Frederick area died after extended illness, survived by wife Annie E. Cooper Smith and others.
One son Wilton 0. Smith near Thurmont and three daughters Mrs Thomas Summers Ball Road Mrs Atlee Green Mrs Gilmore C. Hamilton near Frederick survive with two sisters Mrs Emmer Keeney Walkersville and Mrs Bula Finneyfrock Linganore Road. Seven grandchildren one great grandchild and many relatives also survive. Friends may call at Barton Funeral Home Walkersville after 3 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral services Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. Interment in Mount Liberty Fairmount Liberty town.
State Police report U S 40 the most dangerous road in Frederick County based on a one month accident study. U S 40 had 22 accidents vs 12 on U S 15 seven on Md 26 seven on U S 340 and 47 on other roads. Improper passing and driving to the right of center tied as top causes with seven accidents each. Speed ranked second with five crashes all on U S 40. Yielding and other reasons caused two accidents. Weekdays saw more crashes than weekends with eight on Friday seven on Monday six on Wednesday and four on Sunday. Most accidents happened in the evening.
Frederick County must meet an annual 3048 pint blood quota to sustain countywide protection for 90000 residents. The plan averages 153 pints per Bloodmobile visit across 20 scheduled trips. Donors are urged to donate one pint yearly to maintain nationwide and local protection, with a June 30 1963 deadline for failure to meet quotas.
Funeral services were held for A Boyd Fisher of Pittsburgh with interment at Monocacy cemetery Beallsville after ashes were misplaced in transit. Arnold Lewis Tony Rice died at his home on East South Street and funeral services were at 106 East Church Street with multiple pastors officiating and interment at Mount Olivet. Elizabeth M Pickett of Mount Airy died at St Agnes Hospital Baltimore and interment was in Morgan Chapel Cemetery Woodbine. Reginald W Snowden died suddenly in New Market with funeral at Simpson Methodist Church and military honors at Fort Detrick. Annie K Leatherman died in Middletown and interment followed at Lutheran Cemetery in Middletown.
Mr and Mrs Roger C Schmutz of Glen Cove New York announce the birth of their second child a daughter born October 3 named Ann Elizabeth arriving on brother Charles Douglas Schmutz second birthday Mrs Schmutz is the former Betty Fleet daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles B Fleet North Market Street
Shepherd College Community Orchestra announces its 1964 65 season first rehearsal is Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Reynolds Hall. Joseph Labuta, musical director, says rehearsals continue weekly on Wednesdays. Musicians, especially strings, should attend or contact Labuta. current members hail from Martinsburg Charles Town Shepherdstown Hagerstown Frederick Boonsboro Maryland and Winchester.
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