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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1960
Page
8
Editor outlines nine forthcoming columns detailing recent Congress changes to Social Security. Highlights include wider disability coverage under 50, easier qualification for retirement payments, higher earning limits, expanded medical care aid for the elderly, and broader unemployment benefits. Effects begin between now and next Jan 1 with first changes next month.
A New Jersey mother asks why worm treatments fail to replace routine hygiene. Dr Hyman explains vermicides expel existing worms but do not prevent new infections, urging combined preventive actions and cautioning against harsh cathartics and excessive cleansing. He notes he cannot answer every letter but will discuss general questions in columns.
The Frederick County Commissioners sent a letter to the State Roads Commission requesting six sections of county roads totaling 36.7 miles be added to the Federal Aid secondary road system. Delbert S. Null, board president, informed Federal Aid liaison engineer Southern Nor Kingham Jr. of the action, noting the county has built most roads already in the Federal Aid secondary system.
Sears Roebuck and Company led the pilot program for Frederick County Community Chest Red Cross United Appeal with a payroll deduction plan. Employee pledges totaled 2059 dollars, surpassing 1959 by 30 percent participation and 117499 county goal remains within reach if others follow. Local manager Edward J McGuiness praised the company for dollar-for-dollar matching and strong employee generosity.
Rev. Dr. Joseph B. Tremonti, long associated with Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, serves as chair of the Education Department and director of guidance. He has accepted a position at the University of Dallas in Dallas, Texas.
Gus Ryman of Safeway receives a United Appeal pledge from Zene Wolfe as the store joins Frederick’s pilot payroll deduction campaign. Safeway’s 17 full time employees all participate, averaging $17 for a 28 percent rise over 1959, plus the company gift totaling $415 raised.
State Roads Commission Chairman John B. Funk urged doubling safety efforts as the SRC accelerates highway construction. He noted 16 percent of the workforce were injured last year with about $13 000 in compensation claims and 15 000 last-man hours lost. He called for an employee safety program matching modern highway work tempo and stressed the employer obligation to provide safe conditions and essential training.
In New York the Soviet bloc delegates in the United Nations General Assembly pounded desks after Dag Hammarskjöld spoke. Khrushchev smiled and called the action a protest, with observers guessing it signified mocking disapproval of the secretary general's address.
About 42 women will attend a regional meeting of Farm Home Advisory Committees of Southern States Cooperative in Frederick on October 5 from 10 am to 3 pm at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Miss Mattie Kessler will lead, with participants from Frederick and nearby towns. The note also mentions Miami University’s six Greek organizations established there.
A three car collision was reported by city police at 3 50 pm yesterday afternoon with estimated damages of 430 dollars. No serious injuries were recorded. Olive Stivers Andrews, 30, Route 3 Frederick, drove east on Patrick street and stopped to yield to traffic from Harmilton street. Mary Jane Amey, 18 near Woodbine, stopped behind her. Henry Elgin Ponton, 38, drove the third car.
Ankara AP report says former President Celal Bayar, 76, tried to strangulate himself with a belt in his Yassada prison cell bathroom. He was revived after a guard forced the door. Bayar and Adnan Menderes are jailed survivors of the May coup that toppled their governments. The death penalty for treason had been eliminated after the coup.
A 21 year old Birmingham medical student John David Sibley Jr. was found dead in a Johns Hopkins residence hall. Baltimore police said his left wrist and right neck were slashed with a razor blade found at the scene. He had been absent from classes and was last seen Friday. The body was taken to the city morgue for autopsy.
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