17 May 1967
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1967
Page
1
U S authorities kept a grim documentary on the Hiroshima bomb largely unseen for years citing gruesome imagery. The film reportedly shows blast effects in a crowded city and sparked continuing debates over distribution and Japan's rights to view or restrict it.
Death notices from Clarksburg W Va to Hagerstown and Bethesda Maryland detail EO Warne and family, Jimmy Lee Marston, Matilda Coleman, Dr Theodore Charlton, Ernest F. Martin, Bud Pechart and others with funeral times, burial sites, and surviving relatives. Services set at local churches and funeral homes with interments in Rose Hill Potomac Methodist Tonoloway and other cemeteries.
Paris reports a 24 hour general strike against President de Gaulle as 13.7 million people strike or cannot work. The action disrupts main public services while debate opens in the National Assembly on de Gaulle’s request for authority to legislate by decree for six months.
Hagerstown Police investigated two accidents between 7 and 4 a.m. today, with no injuries or arrests reported. A car driven by Andrew B. Cutchin struck a tractor-trailer rig driven by George F. Dom on West Wilson Blvd, causing moderate damage. A second collision involved Marion W. Thompson hitting taxicab driver Elberton Wolfrey at East Franklin and North Potomac streets as Thompson attempted a left turn.
The Hagerstown Zoning Appeals board heard three applications: Danzer seeks to convert a building at 284 Eretetick St into a restaurant. Coopers wants to create a two story four unit apartment house on Magnolia Ave Lot 47. Wingerd asks to build a garage on 146 Devonshire Rd. All applications were taken under advisement with no opposition noted. Danzer plans to sell to John Barnes who will run a small restaurant serving about 25 patrons at once.
David Stein a 22 year old Park Avenue art dealer was booked at a New York police station on charges of counterfeiting and fraud in the sale of paintings valued at 184800 dollars AP Wirephoto
New York stocks moved higher in early trading as gains outpaced losses about two to one. SCM Corp fell 2 percent on reports of its merger with Glidden while General Instrument rose over 3 percent. Varian Associates and Avon Products gained more than a point.
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