13 Aug 1964
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1964
Page
1
West Germany paid homage to 33 people who died seeking to cross the Berlin Wall on its third anniversary. Mayor Willy Brandt laid wreaths along the 26 mile barrier and honored 52 others killed at the border. East guards fired 160 flares as police prepared for possible unrest. silence and transport halt observed.
Leon Vibick Milton longtime manager of Potomac Edison Company power sales and engineering later district manager in Hagerstown died at his Largo Florida home. Born China Grove North Carolina he graduated UNC and joined the utility in 1934 rising to district manager in Hagerstown in 1958. Survived by Harriet his widow daughter Sarah May Hereld sisters Dark Compton and William Steel brother Leigh Milton granddaughter and several nieces and nephews. Funeral 2 30 p m Friday Seminole Memorial Funeral Home Seminole Way Largo.
Mrs Josie Poffenberger widow of Alvin C Poffenberger longtime Atlantic City hotel worker died after illness aged 967? services held at Jeffries and Keates Funeral Home burial in Pleasantville Rev Harry Permnehict officiated Roy Raymond Stoller of 425 Antietam Dr died at home aged 7 born Downsville son of the late William and Kale Stouffer member of St Pauls ULB and WWI veteran taught in Washington County schools funeral at Minnich Funeral Home in Hagerstown Rev Jann Lebo officiating burial Rest Haven Cemetery. Daniel Randall House 326 Linganore Ave died suddenly at home age 86 former Brandt Cabinet Works employee 50 years survived by three sons John E Harry E Arthur F E. two daughters Mrs Dr Harbaugh and Mrs Raymond Crilley s and brothers Miss Sister House and John W House 7 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren body to Aha Resi Maven Funeral Chapel for service 2 pm Saturday Rev In eege M Quesenberry officiating burial in West Maye Cemetery family to receive friends at Chapel Friday 7 pm onward
Warfordsburg Pa area obituaries report Harry Clifton Reel dies at Washington County Hospital aged 71. Survived by wife Sarah Alice and several children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. service at McKendree Methodist Church Emmitsburg with burial at Hancock Maryland. Funeral home arrangements in Harrisonville, Pa.
The article reports a Senate compromise on reapportionment to allow state legislative seat changes without strict population basis. Dirksen and Mansfield push for a national amendment as a rider to foreign aid legislation, aiming to delay action until an amendment is ready. The proposal would let one state's legislature be apportioned by factors other than population, with bipartisan leaders backing the measure.
Joseph D. Tydings, Democratic candidate for the Senate, will tour Washington County on Friday to attend the Siegl Hagerstown Fair. He will meet with Senator George Snyder and Pat Reid, co-chairmen of the Johnson-Tydings campaign, and visit the Democratic Booth in the Exhibition Hall after 6 p.m. Local Young Democrat leaders Burt Hoffman and Woodrow Ripcon will welcome him and oversee booth arrangements.
U S Atty Edward V Hanrahan hails the conviction of Secret Service agent Abrabamt Balden as clearing the service of fault He was the first Black officer assigned to guard a president and was sentenced to six years for attempting to sell government evidence in a counterfeiting case Balden apologized to the court after sentencing and claimed government fruading as motive He faced up to 25 years and a large fine in the verdict and sentence details Bolden had prior trial outcomes and a history linked to the Kennedy era guard assignment.
In Hershey and New York speeches Senator Barry Goldwater challenges President Johnson on Southeast Asia policy and the Tonkin Gulf actions. He says Johnson’s orders imply authorization for use of any weapons, while the administration rebuts his charges as unfounded and irresponsible. The stock market meanwhile resumes a moderate rally with gains in autos and other major shares as copper and electronics sectors move.
A Mississippi judge bans Freedom Democrats operations as civil rights leaders seek ouster at the Democratic convention in Atlantic City. A parallel federal suit asks 16 state laws blocking civil rights activity be struck down, while Lawerence Guyot and state officials brace for a high-stakes confrontation over party identity and legitimacy.
A local firm has entered cured ham in the National Last Show at the National Locker and Freezer Provisioners Convention in Washington DC. Charles Thomas, of Zora Food, submitted the ham for the annual event which features the finest cured hams in six classes including heavy and dry, neat and dry, heavy and moist, light and moist, and heavy commercial and light commercial.
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