Business Outlook Brightens with Summer Season
AP analysis notes signs of improvement in U S business sentiment as consumer spending holds steady despite inflation fears. Exports show a strong revival, creating a widening trade surplus that helps offset payments abroad. Government aims to boost the economy through business capital spending amid ongoing uncertainties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bam Dawson
Berlume
NEW York (Ap
U. S
Securities
Samba
Department
Knife Tossing Youth Accident Injures Youth in Harpery Ferry
State Police probe an accidental stabbing on private river property in Harpery Ferry as Terry L. Royce, 21, and David A. Hawthorn, 22, tossed knives near a tree. Hawthorn’s knife struck Royce in the shoulder, sending him to Washington County for four stitches. The investigation continues.
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Harpery Ferry
Ronald Norford
Terry L. Royce
Madison Ave
David A. Hawthorn
Florida Ave
Morford
Hawthorn
Royce
Washington County
Wed
Proof Of Age Needed For Ss Benefits
The Hagerstown Social Security office reports about 50 new claims weekly for old age survivors and disability insurance. Many claims reach the payment center within ten days, but some wait for proofs. Applicants should bring their Social Security card and birth date proofs such as a family Bible, marriage license, insurance policy, birth certificate, driver’s license, tax records, or military service record. If employed in 1959, provide a W-2. self employed, the 1959 federal tax return or Schedule C. File promptly even if proofs are missing. The staff can guide on obtaining required proofs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstons
W. District Manger
Pay‘ment Center
Hagerstown
King
Hal
Social Security Office
Porter Heads Delegates To Convention
Herald M Porter elected chairman of Weshner County delegation to the Republican State Convention in Baltimore this Saturday. Seven delegates and seven alternates from the county attend with Warrenfeltz and Mills on committees. District caucus at 10 a m to select delegates and alternates for the Chicago National Convention. Joseph Ward Sr and others named as official delegates. alternates listed.
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Herald M. Porter
Washner County
Baltimore
Mr. Poter
Republican Central Committee
Frank T. Warrenfeltz
Herman L. Mills
Maryland Sixth Congressional District
Chicago
Porter
Maryland
Joseph Ward Sr
Warrenfeltz
Kathryn Saum
Donald £. Clopper
William W. Lotz
Mills
LeRoy G. Metz
Alfred C. Huffer
Bernard Flowert
Alsetta Myers
F. Samuel Naytor
Henrietta Sinn
Jean Putnam
Retired Army Man Heads Civil War Museum Board
Colonel Charles McKnight of Fork Maryland elected chairman of Antietam Sharpsburg Museum Inc. The museum plans a Piper Farm purchase and a new theater presenting a Civil War battle presentation. McKnight, Legion of Merit recipient, has long served in economic warfare and ordnance roles and holds various military and hereditary memberships.
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Civil War Museum Board
Antietam
Sharpsburg Museum Inc
Charles McKnight
Fork, Md
Antietam-Sharpsburg
Piper
Antietam Battlefield
Sharpsburg
National Cemetery
McKnight
Daniel Wieland
William Dwyer
Mary
Louise Raup
William King
Legion of Merit
Society of Colonial Wars
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Bailey Goss to Speak to Lions Club
Bailey Goss, famed sportscaster and five time Maryland sport personality, will address the Hagerstown Lions Club at a special recreation meeting on Wednesday June 15 at 6 30 p m. A buffet dinner will follow at Tortuge Restaurant. Goss, born in Sunbury Pennsylvania, rose through NBC Baseball and shows like Wrestling from the Coliseum and Strikes and Spares, while also pursuing golf and cabinet making as hobbies. He is married with two athletic teenagers and lives in Washington DC.
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Bailey Goss
Hagerstown Lions Club
Goss
Maryland
TV Guide Magazine
Sunbury
Mr Goss
Strikes & Spares
NBC Baseball
Mr. Goss
D. C
State Eagles To Meet Here Next Weekend
The Maryland Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles and Auxiliary converge in Hageys for a three day convention June 11 to June 19 with activities including a picnic at the picnic grounds, a banquet and dance at the Masonic Temple, a memorial service, officer installation, and a shrimp feed at Aerie Home. Delegates register at Aerie Home Potomac Street and headquarters are Hotel Alexander.
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Maryland Aerie
Order of Eagles
Hageys
Hotel Alexander
Aerie
Potomac St
Sudes
Accie
Arie Haim All Neitibers and Gests
Rom
To & Pm
Report Highlights Need for Secondary Industries in County
County Planning and Zoning Commission released an economic survey showing demand for secondary industries to support primary manufacturers. Potential sectors include plating, finishes, heat treating, enameling, glues and aluminum suppliers, and paper mills. Locations range from Pennsylvania to Texas and California to Michigan, with one firm identified as a secondary industry.
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Washington County
County Planning and Zoning Commission
Commission
Pennsylvania
Texas
California
Michigan
Firemen Respond to Three Calls in Local Area
Volunteer firefighters were dispatched to two minor fires and a false alarm yesterday. The first blaze came from an overheated grill in a kitchen at a restaurant on Potomac Street. Fire officials noted a planning commission report found the grill cause but only twenty percent of firms contacted for Leah and N. Potomac
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Grill Commission
Atd & Grenae
Corget
Leah and
N. Potomac
Firefront Behind 1905 Block Sparks Brush of Blaze
Yesterday evening a blaze broke out behind the 1905 block Hamilton Blvd rear area near Woodpoint Gospel Church. Firemen reported the building scorched but not seriously damaged. A false alarm was also noted for a Catholic priest. Alfred Florez, born in Peru, long served as pastor in Brentwood after coming to the United States in 1880. Diane L Withensse, five, fell from a gym set in Sea Cliff, fracturing her left forearm. cast applied at Washington County Hospital emergency room.
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Hamilton Blvd
Alfred Florez
Florez
Peru
Michigan
Washingtonas
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