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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1964
Page
4
The Frederick Maryland newspaper issue dated Wednesday September 16 1964 outlines publication details and subscription rates. It notes distribution by carrier and mail options with prices for one month three months six months and one year.
Maxwell Taylor, then Joint Chiefs chairman, and now ambassador to South Vietnam, advised in a White House session that victory within two years depended on political stability. Washington planned rapid troop withdrawals, but 18,000 Americans remained with 2,000 more due by year end. Taylor cautioned that military triumph is unlikely and negotiated peace hinges on Hanoi reassessing costs.
The Frederick Community Concert Association launches its annual membership drive for the 28th season. The four program series has drawn national talent to Frederick, recording 12 straight successful campaigns and aiming for a new community record through ongoing support.
The League of Women Voters urges 20 million nonvoting women to register during Women Voters Week Sept 13 19. Encouragement to register at the Board of Election Supervisors Winchester Hall before Sept 22 1964, to boost participation and civic impact.
George Ritter of Walkersville son of Mr and Mrs Nichols Ritter will celebrate his 17th birthday tomorrow September 17. Mrs I J Zimmerman of East Patrick Street and Mrs Mattie Stull of Bethel and Mr Robert Miller of East Patrick Street are vacationing in Quincy Massachusetts.
Two Maryland area groups hold separate Capitol Hill meetings to urge the location of a new federal environmental health center. Washington County backs the site near Hagerstown, while Harford Carroll and Baltimore counties push for a location in their region. Congress has approved 1 million dollars to start the center and requires it be at least 80 miles from Washington.
Dispatch from Petrograd reports Russian forces trap Austrians at Opole and the Vistula San junction. Hood College and Maryland School for the Deaf begin classes as the new term opens. Frosts in Frederick County remind of chestnut season. a young deer was seen near Bradock Heights before fleeing toward the hills.
Twenty years ago items note Lt Gen George Patton's forces pushing eight miles in two hours, driving Germans from woods as American planes strike from above. Other items mention a planned Washington Lincoln Memorial highway and Reno S Harp urging post war funding, plus drouth lifting rains boosting water supplies and crops.
Thurmond hints at joining the Republican Party in South Carolina and plans to reveal his stance on television. J Drake Edens offers no comment, and Roger Milliken says he knows nothing of the reports. Thurmond’s past includes a 1954 write in Senate victory as an independent.
A three state compact on conservation and utilization of the Susquehanna River basin is to be completed by year end. The Interstate Advisory Committee on the Susquehanna River basin reported progress. Dr Frederick L Zimmerman of Hunter College leads the subcommittee drafting the compact. The IAC coordinates actions of New York Pennsylvania and Maryland in the basin effort.
Ground breaking ceremonies marked the start of a new 12 640 square foot Simco steel building at Aerojet General Corp near Frederick Municipal Airport. The structure, to be completed in December by Waynesboro Pa Construction Co, expands manufacturing capacity for Aerojet materials handling systems.
Hundreds gathered at the Ott home after the body discovery as Gov. J Millard Tawes and ex racing official George P Mahoney visited the stormed parents. Mahoney offered a 2000 dollar reward and financed distribution of 58000 handbills bearing the girl’s picture to city and state workers and taxi drivers.
The Public Utilities Commission orders a month long shutdown of San Francisco cable cars from December 15 to January 15 to install new equipment.
Two local Peoples Life Insurance Company staff members received service awards from H. R. Franklin assistant vice president. G. T. Pope received a diamond-studded twenty year pin and D. H. Beard received recognition for long service and leadership. The district sales force of 22 gathered at the Francis Scott Key for a luncheon honoring the year to date performance.
The blood unit expects a strong response and aims to surpass 153 pints, with a 74 pint deficit in the annual quota. The next Bloodmobile stop is October 7 at Calvary Methodist Church from 10 am to 3 30 pm on West Second and North Bentz streets, with notices being mailed and confirmations requested promptly.
Mrs Preston Fogle of East Church Street entered Frederick Memorial Hospital on Tuesday for an upcoming surgery set for Thursday. A separate health note reports radioactivity in food is far too small to pose a health hazard.
Obituary notices report the deaths of Robert Niles Abrecht Sr., 68, of North Market Street, a World War I veteran and hospital nurse’s aide at Frederick Memorial, interment at Mount Olivet. Alinda Scott Ambrose, Brunswick resident, funeral at Feete Funeral Home with burial at Park Heights. Lucy Harbaugh, 64, RFD 2 Frederick, service at St Johns United Church of Christ, Mt. Hope Cemetery. John C. Remsberg, 89, Tampa, Florida, son David Remsberg of Pittsburgh. Annie C. Toms, 85, Myersville, widow of Claude Toms, funeral arrangements noted with survivors listed.
A 65 year old Black man Wallace Pless, already serving life for previous killings, was charged in Tallahassee with killing two Black women Carrie Stinson and Precious Rollins. Pless had prior manslaughter and assault sentences and had been on parole when the 1956 killings occurred. He pleaded guilty to second degree murder under Gideon ruling.
Charles Jones of Middletown earned second place in Maryland's 964 Service Station of the Year contest. He runs the Gulf station at Seventh and Market streets. Presentations occurred at the Maryland Petroleum Association convention at Turf Valley in Ellicott City. John E. Clark, chairman of the Governor's Committee To Keep Maryland Beautiful, issued the awards.
Multiple Frederick area obituaries note services and interments. Mrs. Katie L. Shank died in Frederick Memorial Hospital after five weeks ill. funeral rites set for Friday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home on East Church Street with interment in Mt. Olivet. The obituary for Mrs. Ernest M. Shank lists Ralph Eugene Shank as a son and Clara Stull as a sister. A large listing of attendees and extended family accompanies a funeral gathering for Carroll Wachter and Stambaugh relatives.
Funeral services were held for Franklin H. Whitmore in Martinsburg with interment at Mt. Hope Etchison. Herman L. West died in an auto accident near Thurmont. services at Creager Funeral Home with Blue Ridge Cemetery interment. James Fuller Hobbs died in Baltimore. services at Waltz Funeral Home with Oak Grove Cemetery burial. Powell reunion held at Mountaindale picnic grove with prayers, music, readings, baton twirling and prizes for oldest man and largest family.
George Harrison visited Mercy High School in Baltimore but the students did not react, with Sister Mary Michelle saying the girls doubted it was him and viewed him as just another visitor. The trip followed a Civic Center appearance in Pittsburgh.
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