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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1965
Page
1
Legislative action stalls as Senate delays key bills with Labor Day adjournment in doubt. Major measures include rights protections, health care for the elderly, minimum wage, and anti poverty programs, with possible summer recess following a fall session.
Multiple notices note deaths in Hagerstown and surrounding towns including William Elgar Thomas 13 downeville native and former Pennsylvania Bath Road foreman. Mrs Ruth Naomi Violet Rohrersville. Mrs Hazel E Bloom Knight Hagerstown. Mrs Eva May Keonitz 80. George W Ford Beaver Creek. Services set at Normant Funeral Home East Funeral Home and local churches with burial at Green Lawn Rose Hill Rohrersville Cemetery and other local plots. Survivors include spouses children grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
Richard Nelson Funkhouser Tr and Jacob Garvin Warden Jr graduated from Mercersburg Academy as 144 seniors received diplomas in the seventy fourth annual commencement presided by headmaster William C. Fowle. Funkhouser joined in 1962 and belonged to multiple clubs and Sports teams while Warden also entered in 1962 and served on Student Council and various clubs. he was senior sports editor and active in track and football.
Washington County Civil Defense Director LeRoy Metz will submit a report on fallout shelter space utilization to the County Commissioners on Tuesday. County Board President Evan Crossley said he had no word whether the Commissioners will meet with the Board of Education to discuss reductions in the school budget request. The Commissioners want the Board of Education to specify where reductions will be made.
Frederick William Vechrey, 20, of 19 Franklin Sr., waived 2 preliminary hearings before Magistrate Jame Strine on a charge of attempted breaking and entering. Bond set at $200. Vechrey was arrested after police found him in front of Steffey's Barber Shop at 600 N Potomac St. shop window broken with two pay-by stones. Hugh Hoffman, of no fixed address, sentenced to four months in jail for habitual and purified drunkenness after being observed shadow chasing and directing traffic on Mulberry St at 8:46 am. Officer Harry Howse testified Hoffman was drunk. Hoffman had six prior drunkenness convictions in three months. Harry Lee Johnson and Walter K. Orvis, both of no fixed address, sentenced to 30 days in jail each for trespassing and public drunkenness after pleading guilty to trespass at 86 N Walnut St last week. Officer House testified warrants found the men drunk. Charles W. Currs, of high fixed address, sentenced to 20 days in jail for drunkenness after being found drunk on the sidewalk in front of 86 N Walnut St.
Multiple deaths reported across Thurmont Chambersburg Martinsburg and Mendersburg with details on ages, birthplaces, family survivors, church affiliations, funeral arrangements, and burial sites. Notable entries include Helen Eyler 85, Howard Wetzel family ties, and Barney Miller Sr. 76 with Pennsylvania Railroad service. Burial and visitation details listed for St Anthony's, Trinity Lutheran, Browns Mill, and Green Hill cemeteries.
Readable portions show a classified-like notice with fragmented words and contact line 733-0131. Unable to determine full entities or exact action but references a daily edition and outreach to a local audience. The garbled text limits precise summary of event or notice.
A devotional appeal from minister Am fernard F of Muraylan Church in Water town Wisconsin inviting believers to seek the Holy Spirit. The prayer requests refreshment of hearts and unity with the Source of salvation through Truth Counselor and Comforter guiding actions in alignment with divine will.
New York markets opened higher with gains in relati ve and higher priced issues. IBM rose five points and U S Smelting added two as Amadien Photocopy climbed to a new yearly high on news of a joint venture with IBM. Korvelle edged higher after talk of personnel changes.
Washington Republican leaders plan to shift emphasis to the Midwest and West in next year’s campaigns to recover 1984 losses and seek additional Senate seats. Sen Thruston Morton predicts wins back in the House and notes farmers feel underpriced by Johnson farm policies, boosting GOP appeal in non metropolitan states. Twenty Democratic and fourteen Republican Senate seats are at stake.
Vietnamese authorities say 100 troops were killed or missing in fighting near Dong Xoai as Viet Cong attacks and air strikes escalate. U.S. forces report losses including helicopter crews and paratroopers, with Viet Cong relics found among battlefield debris and increased raids reported along the Saigon region.
President Johnson announces on the spot promotions for three astronauts though Air Force records still list them as majors. Nomination by the President and Senate confirmation pending. Secretary Connor reports about 259000 youths gaining summer jobs due to federal push.
Washington AP reports Republican National Chairman Ray C Bliss named Fred Morrison as director of public returns for the GOP National Committee effective July 1 Morrison succeeds Robert M Smalley who is leaving to join a San Francisco public relief firm Morrison has covered Washington news for three years and previously worked eight years with National Broadcasting Co.
Weekend changes see 12 public appointments including Texas banker Morton and Edward A. Clark named for ambassador roles while a broad military bill proposes 154 billion in spending and 55.8 billion for aircraft. Church services mention a funeral and burial plans at Welsh Run Brethren, with brief callers at Lininger places.
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