07 Aug 1964
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1964
Page
1
ANNAPOLIS AP Chief Judge Frederick W Brune of the Maryland Court of Appeals has submitted his resignation to Governor Tawes, effective August 15. The move aims to let the court start the new term with a new chief judge, avoiding confusion during the session.
The Hagerstown Rotary Club met at Hotel Alexander to view four years of slides and movies. Harry Winger narrated scenes from an International Rotary convention and ladies nights, with photos supplied by Orville Weston and memories from past president William C. Wack.
Obituaries include Robert Brown Liskey Sr age 77 of 2531 Virginia Ave died Thursday night after a 13 year illness. Co founder of Miller Liskey Electric, survived by son Dr. Robert B. Liskey Jr and grandchildren. Funeral at A K Collman Funeral Home with services by Rev Normdan Van Brant. Burial River View Cemetery Williamsport. Also listed are Mrs Media V Harbaugh 70 of Roadside Waynesboro, Mrs Aden J Campbell 63 of Summit Ave died after stroke at Washington County Hospital. Funeral arrangements at Grove Funeral Home Rest Haven. Survived by husbands, children, siblings, and grandchildren.
City officials clash as council supports county funding for public agencies while mayor accuses press of molding opinion. Debate centers on shifting library museum health and welfare funding to county taxes and the impact on Stratford Avenue paving and other projects.
A roundup of public notices and obituaries including Roy Rogers undergoing neck surgery and Greek Queen Mother Frederika recovering from fever. Also reports on Russell Harbaugh of Waynesboro's death and Nepal’s ambassador to the United States M P Koirala, with funeral details and family survivors. Richard Burton sets a Hamlet play record in New York, 133rd performance.
A funeral service for Roy H. Sletler of Harrisburg will be held at the Evangelical UB Church with burial in Park eights Cemetery. The obituary notes he was a retired B and O carman and names survivors including a son, several grandchildren, a niece, and two brothers. Arrangements are by FeetelPa.
The Associated Press reports a severe heat wave across Oklahoma, southern Kansas, Arkansas, Texas and northwestern Louisiana with highs around 112 degrees in Wichita Falls and widespread 100 plus readings. Overnight lows dipped into the 40s in northern Appalachians while many areas face extreme conditions and a few isolated showers offer only brief relief.
The Water Board recommendation for a 24 inch line from the Potomac was upheld by the Mayor and Council in a late night vote. The decision favors steel pipe and phased construction, with 32 votes in favor. Council members Baker and Vorous opposed aspects of routing, material, and pacing, while Willson argued the city can handle two sections at once and absorb capacity at the pumping station.
The State Board of Health and Mental Hygiene votes to keep the Department of Mental Hygiene responsible for Maryland’s hospitals for the mentally retarded. The Maryland Association for Retarded Children had urged transferring Rosewood and Henryton to the Health Department, a proposal the board rejected on Saturday but disclosed on Thursday.
Hanson for Congress criticizes Rep. Charles Mathias for backing Barry Goldwater. The meeting at Democratic headquarters in Stanson cites Mathias’s past fights to keep his seat and questions his limited endorsement of Goldwater. Attendees include J. Edward Day Thomas Finan and Samuel Dillon Jr.
President Johnson sends Undersecretary of State W Averell Harriman to Brussels to discuss the Congo situation. The State Department says the United States is also discussing military assistance to the Congolese army with Leopoldville officials.
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