Contribution Rates Up For Unemployment Insurance
The Department of Employment Security announced a review of the auditor's report showing the Maryland Unemployment Compensation Fund reserve ratio at 7.269 percent as of September 30, 1954, below the 7.5 percent threshold. Rates will rise January 1, 1955, with protections if the reserve ratio reaches 10 percent. For the year ending September 30, 1954, benefit expenditures totaled $29,902,802 while receipts from contributions and interest totaled $13,396,016, necessitating a draw of $16,506,806 from reserves. Balance in the fund stood at $116,090,675.
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Department of Employment Security Today
Maryland Unemployment Compensation Fund
General Assembly
Maryland
U. S. Treasury
Music Appreciation Taught By Baltimore Symphony
A Baltimore Symphony educational series brings concert experiences to children with smiling faces seen during performances and letters written by them. The program extends to country schools nearby, with several school concerts and broadcasts by a local radio station reaching over 350,000 Maryland school children.
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Freccia
Baltimore
Maryland
New Year's Eve Midnight Jamboree At Reese Theatre
Reese Theatre Harrington announces two holiday events on Dec 31. MGM musical Deep In My Heart stars Leo the Lion with a star lineup. early shows at 7 15 and 9 15. Midnight Stage and Screen Jamboree features Patti Kenny Cummings Elmer Knuckle Mel Price and others with a 11 30 midnight start. Tickets are 1.10 and advance purchase advised.
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Reese Theatre
Harrington
Bullseye
Leo
Lion’s
Jose Fevere
Ann Miller
Fred
Gene Kelly
Rosemary Clancy
MGM
Delaware
Maryland
Galaxy of Masters
Patti
Kenny Cummings
Elmer Knucklehead
Mel Price
Randy
Koko
America by 1975 Mineral Demand Projection
Report No 5 forecasts near doubling of mineral use by 1975 with overall demand rising about 90 percent. Iron copper lead and zinc are expected to grow 40 to 50 percent in 25 years, while fluorspar may surge 300 percent aluminum 400 percent and magnesium up 1800 to 2400 percent per the Presidents Materials Policy Commission data.
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America
National Association of Manufacturers
Make Coffee The One For The Road
A Christmas visiting custom is described where hosts offer coffee as the one for the road to counteract overindulgence in alcohol. Experts note coffee is traditional and sobering, helping guests stay safe after holiday gifts and drinks.
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United States
Health for All and the Christmas Rest Dilemma
Advice on balancing holiday chores with rest for tuberculosis patients. The piece notes how Christmas pressures, baking, sewing, and shopping collide with treatment needs, stressing that rest is essential in TB care and that Christmas Seal contributions support patients through long hospital stays until cure.
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Sister
Father
Mrs. Jones
Tuberculosis Association
Six Youths Arrested In Theft Of Delaware Corn
State police report six youths aged 15 to 17 stole corn from the Big Pine farm near Hickman. They sold it to Willis and Covell of Denton for 40.52 and restitution was paid at market price 43. The corn was hauled in two cars and money was shared among Knotts Lofland and the youths. Ivins got nothing. Owners declined to press charges due to the youths’ ages.
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Istrate L. Gooden Callaway
Harrington
Willis and Covell
Denton
Big Pine
Everline
Hickman
Knotts
Lofland
Dover Air Force Base
Ivins
Lofl
In Memoriam for P. I. F. Torbert Remembrance note
In loving memory of my dear husband P. I. F. Torbert who departed this life two years ago on December 26. Gone but not forgotten ever shall you be. As long as life lasts we will remember thee hoping to meet again in a place of rest. Sadly missed by the writer.
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P. IF. Torbert
Alcohol boils at a lower temperature than water
A fragment notes I. Robert Fleetwood as cashier and states Alcohol boils at a lower temperature than water. The line suggests a dated caption or trivia item with names and a scientific claim, but only partial readable text remains.
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Alivc Lili
Robert Fleetwood
Cashier
Maryland Farm Front This Week Removing 1955 Controls
Secretary Benson announced removal of two 1955 crop controls including cross compliance among allotment crops and restrictions on diverted acres for commercial vegetables and potatoes. The move follows drought and new price flexibility in the Agricultural Act. Supports set at 70 percent of parity. oats 61 cents, barley 94 cents, grain sorghums $1.78 per cwt for qualifying grades.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
George J. Martin
Maryland Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Martin
Benson
Great Plains
Congress
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Phil Rhodes
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Wiefe
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Farmingdale
N.Y
Baltimore Symphony
The
Journal Today
Chapr
Reese
Memoriam
Easton
Harry M. Allston
Denton, Md
Anderson Lumber Company
Ieaston
L. H. Fiske
Denton-Greensboro Road
Greensboro
Denton Journal
Leslie Scott
Caroline Home and Auto Supply
Ridgely
R. J. Thompson
Sinclair Service Station
Clarke
Caroline Home & Auto Supply
E. W. Breeding
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Main St
G. D. Crouse
Sherwood Bros., Inc
Choptank River
Harvey Grifith
Third Street
Noble Motor Co
Easton 245
Guernsey
Robert Gerlock
Andersontown
Elgin
H. P
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George B. Ruos & Son
Bridgeville
Del
Glidden
Grifith
Third St
State Board of Health
R. Lee Butler
Double Hills
Parker W. Stone
Glad Gardens
Breeding & Nichols
Griffith’s Wallpaper and Paint Shop
Stayman
Rome
Monthru
Sun. O. A. Newton and Son
James Temple
Griffith’s
G. Emory Gottwall
Will's Sporting Goods
Phone
State of Maryland
Peninsula Real Estate and Mortgage Service CO
Masonic Bldg
Salisbury
Lamison
Mike Malott
Calvert C. Merrilken
Irwin Feed Co
Route 404
Denton National Bank
Mantinea
Wyeth Laboratories Phila
Caroline
Ernest Cooper
A. E. Fletcher
We Zoek
J. Kemp Stevens
Equitable Life Assurance Society
U. S
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