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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1964
Page
1
Washington AP report says President Johnson contemplates a broad reshuffle, naming undersecretaries and assistants and signaling a planned culling of staff across cabinet posts. Officials note ongoing vacancies, resignations, and questions about timing and scope, with insiders predicting new appointments and promotions without mass firing.
Vice President elect Hubert H. Humphrey resigns from the Minnesota Senate to clear the way for Gov. Karl Rolvaag to appoint Minnesota Atty. Gen. Walter Mondale to serve the remaining two years of Humphrey's term. Mondale, described as liberal, aligns with President Johnson. Humphrey leaves Senate pay after inauguration on January 20.
Mrs May Barr Simmons longtime Hagerstown native dies at Marin General Hospital San Rafael California Monday afternoon aged 84. Born in Hagerstown daughter of Mary Elizabeth and William Hamilton Barr widow of Vernon N Simmons publisher of The Morning News. Survived by son Cal Vernon Simmons Jr Alexandria five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services at St Johns Episcopal Church Hagerstown with details to follow.
Local obituaries note Mrs Alice G Troxell Mantz wife of Glen A Mantz age 65 of Hagerstown died December 29 at Western Maryland State Hospital. Survived by husband four daughters and one son, 39 grandchildren. Funeral at Minnieh Funeral Home in Hagerstown Thursday at 2 pm with Rev Dr Lester Kauffman officiating. Burial Rest Haven Cemetery. Also funeral details for Gary Carl Jackson 47 husband of Marguerite Mace Jackson who died at home. Service Wednesday 2 pm at First Christian Church Potomac Ave. Burial Rose Hill Cemetery. Burial preceded by church viewing. Norment Funeral home notice.
Funeral services are set for Jeonard John and Alma Athalee Heed Grove of Hagerstown Route 2 after a mobile collision on Fairview Mountain west of Clear Spring Sunday. Jeonard Grove died at once. Alma Grove died an hour after arriving at Washington County Hospital. He was 26. she was 12. Survivors include his father William A. Grove and daughter Pamela Sue, plus two sisters, a brother, and Alma’s parents and six sisters. Both bodies were taken to Rest Haven Funeral Chapel. service Thursday at Rest Haven with Rev. Reuben C Cantrell officiating and burial at Rest Mayen Cemetery.
Thurmont area notices report the death of Guy Benton Stull at age 50 after a prolonged illness in Baltimore. He leaves a wife Imadeline and three children, with services planned at Uticia Church and burial at Allcig Cemetery, accompanied by memorials to the Frederick County Cancer fund.
AP reports Congo chaos persists as Moise Tshombe leads a fragile central government while the United States provides about 50 million dollars annually in agricultural aid. Western diplomats warn of potential escalation akin to Vietnam as China may increase support and influence in Leopoldville amid persistent parleys and weak political discipline.
A concerned reader argues that a wife pressuring for luxury and status symbols can push a breadwinner into overwork and debt. The column urges careful budgeting, warns against keeping up appearances, and stresses the wife’s role in monitoring family spending and credit. It also includes brief reader questions on finances and child support, advising prudence and official guidance.
A hospital official said Bud Abbott, surviving member of the Abbott and Cos. comedy team, is being treated for a mild stroke at the Motion Picture House and Fox. He is reported in stable condition as doctors monitor his recovery.
The Washington County Sanitary Commission discussed a 2 620 800 bond issue to fund sewer extensions serving new residential growth and the county industrial park. An near agreement with Williamsport was noted. Bond principal payments will be staggered over 40 years with a 1.4 percent discount to encourage purchases. Engineers' fees cover temporary and full sewer systems for Oak Ridge Park and Halfway. Revenue projections from 1968 estimate 107 958 from 1416 Halfway dwellings and by 1971 about 200 dwellings generating 151 000. Members attending this morning's meeting outlined the plan.
S84 DARDINNEY Way WELLATIOWT in Hagerstown while visiting hereafter. Among her survivors are a number of cousins in Hagers' sow. Funeral services and burial will take place in York Pa on Thursday.
AP report from New York notes irregular early trading in the sock market with many stocks fractional changes. Du Pont rose over a point while U S Steel Republic Steel Bethlehem Texaco Jers Standard and Royal Dutch declined fractionally. Fort and Chester showed small gains, Polaroid rose, US Smelling and Comsat fell. Opening blocks list Brunswick unchanged GM down slightly Westinghouse Electric steady.
Moscow reports that works by controversial poet Yevgeny Yevlyshenko and composer Dimitri Shostakovich were largely ignored by MOSCOW newspapers. Only the Labor paper Trud reviewed the work, a symphony for orchestra mixed choir based on Yevtushenko’s The Execution of Step an Razin.
A year in Maryland mixed record snowfall over 53 inches and severe drought. Winter storms, heavy snows across Garrett County and Baltimore, followed by a long drought reducing reservoir levels and crops. Officials reported $6.5 million in agricultural losses and drought areas across eleven counties, with disputes over hail-suppression cloud seeding amid ongoing debates.
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