03 Dec 1962
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1962
Page
1
The four cent Christmas stamp, designed by James Crawford, prompts letters accusing it of mixing church and state. Groups differ over the concept while others see it as a festive, timely stamp reflecting holiday spirit.
Defense Minister Y O H Chavan vowed there can be no compromise on territory as India insists every inch must be vacated. Home Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri reinforced resolve while the front lines cautious while civilian verification of a Chinese withdrawal is considered. More than 10,000 of 14,000 Indian troops trapped in the Se pass area near Bambdila reportedly return to India.
A Cairo backed claim accuses Yugoslav Foreign Minister Koca Papovic of derailing peaceful settlements in Asia and Africa. Palmira Togliatti condemns China's war with India as unreasonable. She also accuses China and Albania of a smear campaign against world communism. Moscow sources say Khrushchev admitted the USSR was defensive during the Cuban crisis.
The region mourns multiple deaths this week including Walteville Clade U. Stoillemyer of Wolfyville, and Albert K. Loper of Cumberland, with services planned across Franklin, Berkeley Springs, and Frederick areas. Survivors, church ties, and obituaries outline family links and community roles.
Avalon California December 1952 two frogmen aim to set a record by diving to 1000 feet using a secret breathing mixture. Menmes Keller a Swiss mathematician and John Light of New York join the dive. Keller hopes later to reach 3000 feet with his non nitrogen breathing blend.
Gilbert P. Bolin named District Manager for Potomac Edison Company succeeding L Milton, who retired after 28 years in Hagerstown area. Milton began as industrial power sales engineer, later heading Power Sales and Engineering and then Hagerstown district. Bolin, a New York City native and University of Maryland graduate, previously served in industrial power sales and engineering in Hagerstown and Cumberland. He lives at 38 Sunset Circle.
At Geneva AP reports, the Soviet Union accepts unmanned seismic black boxes to aid detection of underground nuclear tests but resists compulsory on site inspections. Soviet delegate Tsarepin says boxes complement existing systems, not a complete solution, while U S calls for inspections to deter covert detonations. W W Kidwell wins Lincoln Life Minute Man contest in Hagerstown. adviser Philip T Seibert & Associates notes.
Kennedy reports on the lengthy labor dispute involving Lockheed and railroad unions. Carriers seek to remove up to 65,000 obsolete positions while unions resist layoffs. Appeals court ruling allows unilateral layoffs after fruitless negotiations, with unions likely to appeal to higher court, potentially delaying action into 1963.
BALTINGRE AP Max Dactwyler a self appointed apostle for peace leaves for Washington today on the last leg of his walk from New York. The bright eyed Swiss carries a large white flag and hopes to see President Kennedy. His attempt to see the President last year failed. He says he has traveled to Moscow and Cuba in search of support for his crusade. Daetwyler began his peace effort in 1914 and once shouted it is a crime during a wartime confrontation. He and his wife have spent years globe trotting to win advocates of unity and motherhood of mankind.
A devotional fragment invokes God as giver of life and victory over death. It mentions Jesus Christ as end and beginning of truth and life, with a truncated signature for Conrad Bergendoff of Rock Island and Augustana College.
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