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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1966
Page
1
H. Romnes, longtime AT&T executive born to immigrant parents, elected chairman as Frederick R. Kappel retires upon reaching mandatory retirement age. Romnes, who rose from a construction worker to president, assumes the role effective February 7, 1987.
FCC approves Armorican Broadcasting Co merger into Mernaltoag Telephone & Telegraph Co. The 4-3 decision allows ABC to shift 17 stations to the new ABC and launch a $140 million color telecasting expansion. ITT funding and assurances on ABC news independence shape the ruling amid antitrust cautions.
Maryland parole officials and probation executives gathered at the Maryland Correctional Training Center on a Tuesday for an in service training. Superintendent Preston L Witzberger and Center head Robert W McColley spoke on past problems and future rehab and training programs at the new center. Pat C Wolman urged stronger liaison between correction and parole fields as Frank L George Raymond L McKane and Michael J Burke from Western Maryland attended.
Washington County Community Action Council announces an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday for interested residents and participants in the anti poverty program. The office is located in the Courthouse Annex.
The Hagerstown Social Security office will be closed on Monday December 26 and Monday January 2, with no evening hours those days. Evening hours from 5 to 8 p.m. resume starting January 9.
Charles R. Poffenberger of the Hagerstown Rubber Company completed a two week Time study Methods Engineering course at Industrial Timestudy Institute in Akron Ohio.
Multiple obituaries note the deaths of Sophie Smith 4 widow of George E. Smith of 2312 Rockcliffe Drive and others, with services planned at Arlington National Cemetery. Also listed are Ernest Jordan of 333 Elizabeth Ave and Rosario Perfetto of 2703 Arundel Rd, plus Ruth E. Rowe of Greencastle, Anthony Zentz of Thurmont, and Morris F. Miller of Frederick with funeral arrangements and church affiliations.
Mrs Florence Zentz died Wednesday morning in Thurmont. The notice notes the name variant Zents U4 and identifies her within local obituary details.
The stock market rally continued in active trading with gains and losses across major names. General Electric slid after a lower earnings forecast while Air Reduction rose nearly three points on dividends and a stock split. ABC rose to 96 on heavy volume as FCC approved its merger with International Telephone.
The Williamsport Volunteer Fire Company elected R.G. Hawken as president for the 28th year at the December 19 meeting in Bre hall. New officers include M. D. Miller as vice president M. E. Snyder secretary Jack Slick treasurer and Robert Fischer assistant chief. Charles Fischer James Cooper Rodney Faith Richard Snyder Mike Ebene and Kenneth Byers named as assistant pipemen with W. M. Seymour Lewis Shank and Mason Gigeous on the standing committee. The Christmas treat is set for December 24 from 2 to 3 pm in the fire hall engine room and the oyster feed will be held January 17, 1967 at the fire hall.
A federal appeals court in Washington delayed a ruling on whether 1,800 striking steelworkers at Union Carbide Corp. in Kokomo Indiana must return to work. The court extended a stay until late Friday to decide if Judge Leonard Walsh’s Taft-Hartley order halting the strike should stand and suspend the eight day walkout that began September 30.
The Washington County Hospital board of trustees announced that the Washington County Hospital School of Nursing is now accredited. The National League for Nursing Inc. in New York City granted the accreditation at its December board meeting.
A barn fire in Maryland caused by the state police inspection effort burned during late evening or early morning hours. Total losses are estimated near 250000 dollars according to AP Wirephoto.
Two men, Myron D. Lance and Walter Bernard Kelbach, both of Salt Lake City, were charged with first degree murder robbery and grand larceny in connection with tavern shootings that killed two customers and wounded two others. A Salt Lake cab driver was found shot to death near the city airport, with roadblocks set up afterward. Authorities linked the murders to the bruising week that also saw the stabbing deaths of service station attendants Steven Shea and Mike Holtz, whose bodies were found east and west of Salt Lake City.
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