City Merit System Begins In Frederick Today
About 100 full time employees in Frederick come under a new merit system as the city charter goes into effect. Mayor Rice certified 22 part time workers who will not join the classified service. A six month probation applies to those under the merit system with grounds for removal by appointing officers. City Engineer Walter and City Register Nicodemus lead the appointive offices. If no charges are filed within six months, appointments are protected except for staff reductions after a hearing. The mayor, aldermen, city attorney, engineer, police chief and city register are not included in the classified service. The police department already has its own merit system. The mayor and personnel officer plan to visit Hagerstown to study their system for guidance. Additional Maryland locales may be surveyed for the local regulations. Mrs. Sharp becomes receptionist in the mayor’s office, moving from the unclassified service. Mrs. Spencer is a newly appointed clerk-stenographer in the Police Department, the only applicant meeting qualifications. An ordinance tonight may adjust traffic flow on Wisner and Water streets with a new street linking them north of the railroad tracks. The plan could make Water Street two way south of the tracks and the connecting street one way east to Wisner, while preserving two-way traffic in much of Wisner south of the bridge. The change aims to ease bottlenecks around the Carroll Creek bridge and Patrick Street area. Two Berlin trains collision report claims hundreds killed or injured. crews arrested. The New York stock market opened higher in early trading, fifth straight advance.
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Joseph F Eisenhauer
W. Raymond Walter
City Register
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Hagerstown
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Elizabeth G. Spencer
Mary Frances Roney
Spencer
Thurmont
Frederick
Wisner
Water Streets
Water
Baltimore and Ohio
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South Wisner
Carroll Creek Bridge
Pat- Tick Street
North Wisner
Patrick
Cold winds greet April in Maryland snow and cold snap
A harsh late season April snow covered the area with up to an inch and a half at Gambrill State Park and about an inch elsewhere as temperatures plunged to 25 at night. Forecasters warned of continued cold, with highs near 40 and a chance of showers late Saturday. Authorities note Maryland license plates deadline passed with motorists warned to display new plates.
Eisenhower May Yet Get Housing Program
The House passed a $5.566 billion housing bill for FY starting July 1 to support housing agencies the Atomic Energy Commission the Veterans Administration TVA and other federal bodies. It removes new authority for building public housing though leaders say 35 000 units could be built under prior acts. Some GOP members dispute the reading. In Baltimore the Coast Guard threatened to close several piers over fire hazards tied to cargo diverted from New York amid a strike.
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Fall Of Radioactive Snow Reported In West
A local geologist reports radioactive snow between Billings Montana and Sheridan Wyoming with readings about three milliroentgens per hour, roughly 200 times normal background. He and fellow geologist Donald Todd tie the snow to a March 1 hydrogen bomb test in the South Pacific, though forecasters attribute it to a recent blast.
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Instruments ii Atallies
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South Pacific
Vietminh slackened attacks at Dien Bien Phu
French commanders reported Vietminh forces slowed their human wave assaults after suffering about 2,000 casualties in 24 hours near Dien Bien Phu. French defenders held positions on the northwest Indochina plain as Ho Chi Minh's forces regrouped ahead of a possible renewed charge.
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Dien Bien Phu
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Details Of First H Bomb Blast Released By U S
The United States released details of the 1952 hydrogen bomb blast at Eniwetok Atoll, noting the Epulab test device, the island’s destruction, and a fireball 34 miles wide that would fully annihilate an area around Manhattan. The Civil Defense Administration described the footage to illustrate nuclear weapon destructiveness.
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Homemakers Report Set for April 9 at Hood College
Miss Beatrice Fehr announces the annual all county Homemakers meeting at Hood College on April 9. Reports from each club cover projects in home furnishings foods and nutrition clothing health and civil defense and other topics with club representatives presenting on the program. Rev Francis Reinberger will speak on Now Is All You Have with the 1954 theme Make The Most of Today as the meeting opens at 10 AM and includes a noon luncheon. Mrs Ray H Smith presides.
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Hood College
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Ned Zeiler
Buckeystown Club
Charles Remsberg
Mid-Valley Club
Edward McDevitt
Mt. Pleasant
Paul Wise
Lewistown
Hyden Hoffman
Middletown
Wilson Roberson
Bennett Lighthown
Charlesville
Edward Tobery
Niemann Brunk
Braddock
Howard Aldridge
Harmony Grove
Cedric Smith
Walkersville
Jack MacGolerick
New Market
Floyd Huffer
Jefferson
Robert Dorens
Woodsboro
Joseph Victor
Camp Detrick
Russell Michael
Jug Bridge
Russell Dudrow
Ballenger
Reading
Aubrey Davis
George Cleveland
George Arnold
Joseph Rhoderick
Skyline
Guy Baker
Unionvile
Clifton Dudderar
Unionville
Lucian Falconer
A. H. Derr
Paul Clemson
Harmony Geave Guords
Moily Davis
Libertytown
Betsy Lovington
Ann Runkles
Urbana
Naonal
Ray H. Smith
Jug Bridge Club
Francis Reinberger
Gettysburg Seminary
Consumer tax cut goes into effect nationwide
Washington reports a 2. billion federal sales tax cut begins today, seen as a large consumer and business relief though questions arise on installment plans, unused tickets, and retroactive pricing. Secretary of Agriculture cuts dairy supports, promising lower butter and cheese prices as widespread stores adjust. President Eisenhower backs the measure as a stimulant to the economy.
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Eisenhower
Henson
Revenue Service
Piracci Construction Convicted in City Parking Garage Fraud
Piracci Construction Co and owner Piracci were found guilty of conspiring to defraud Baltimore city of 42996 in a parking garage project. Sentencing deferred pending appeal. bail set at 5000. Prosecutors indicated a second trial on obstruction of justice charges.
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Baltimore
Dorminc Piracei
Piracci ‘Construction Co
Emory H. Niles
John T. Tucker
Piracer
Ffor
Farr
Tial
Anselm Sodaro
Piracci
Quarantine cancer at origin idea tested in rats
University of California researchers report that cancer may be quarantined at its origin in the body to prevent spread in rats. Human applicability is not known. Dr Kenneth G Scott described the experiments to science writers touring labs at the invitation of the American Cancer Society. Open hearings today in Washington on Eisenhower social security proposals seek broader coverage and higher benefits.
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SAN Prancisco
University of Caliornia
Kenneth G. Scott
American Cancer Society
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
Marshal Juin Fired By France
Paris. France’s government dismissed Marshal Alphonse Juin from the two top military strategy posts and he faced likely loss of his NATO command in central Europe after he refused Premier Laniel’s summons to explain public criticism of the European Defense Community. The firing caused a political furor akin to Truman’s MacArthur dismissal and drew Parliament’s opponents to the EDC critique.
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National Superior Council For Armed Forces
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Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Talks Set After A P Store Strike Vows 13th Day
A&P and bakers union hold more talks after a 13th day of standoff, with 133 stores closed across Washington Baltimore Maryland Delaware Pennsylvania West Virginia and Virginia. Union vice president says company shows disregard for workers and the public while wages and contract length remain key issues. Company spokesman declines comment.
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APL Bakers
Moe
Washington
Marylan
Delaware
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Virginia
Stanley Sintavage
Bakers and Confectioners Union
Sineavaze
Lincavage
NLRB Won't Issue Complaint Against Excelsior Sanitary Dairy
A regional NLRB director refused to issue a complaint against Excelsior Sanitary Dairy after investigation. The decision followed a February strike by Milk Drivers and Dairy Employees Local 246 of Washington, with twelve workers walking out and the union seeking Washington market jurisdiction. The plant continues operations with uninterrupted deliveries despite 24 hour tickets.
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Excelsior Sanitary Dairy
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John A. Peneilo
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Joseph Voua
Washington Union
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Ecy
Frederek-Hagerstown
Hagerstown
Viv. Vera
Dury
General Vandenberg Failing Rapidly in Hospital
Washington The Air Force says Gen Host S Vandenberg former chief of staff has taken a turn for the worse and is failing rapidly He was admitted to Maher Reed Arms Hospital last Oct 3 undergoing an abdominal operation in 1942 Private physicians once said he suffered prostate cancer that spread to the bones His son Lt Hoyt Vandenberry has returned from overseas and his daughter Mrs Robert R Miller arrives from Colorado Springs Colo The Air Force refused to state the illness and the report notes the cancer history.
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Air Force
S. Vandenberg
Vandenberg
Maher Reed Arms Hospital
Air Forces
Hoyt Vandenberedy
Robert R. Miller
Cororide Springs
Colo
Inman Fs
Ilness
Moscow seeks European security plan to bypass NATO
Washington and London prepared quick replies to a Russian note proposing a 32 nation European security treaty. Molotov urged US join the plan and hinted Moscow might consider NATO if Germany would be armed and Soviet Western defense links reworked.
Britain rejects Kremlin demand on Geneva conference
London reports Britain refused to accept the Soviet claim that Red China will participate in the Geneva conference as an equal member with Russia and the Western powers. A Foreign Office spokesman said the conference would be in the hands of the invitees Britain the United States France and Russia. The Geneva talks open April 2 and are not a five power conference with Red China.
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Tredochina
John Foster Dulles
Baltimore Branch Bank Is Held Up
Three young gunmen held up an O Donnell Street Provident Savings branch in Canton Baltimore after an Armored Brinks delivery. Police and FBI detained three men later. loot reportedly about 39 000 dollars. Victims and tellers were searched and cash seized before the suspects fled in a light colored sedan with Maryland plates.
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FBI
Guarc
Brinks
Bune Geo
Brinks Co
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O'Donnell Street
Canton
Genevieve Becker
Barkley
Miss Becker
Frank Wrightson
Three Killed In Rt. 40 Crash
BALTIMORE Three men were killed and another injured when their car rear ended a parked tractor trailer truck at about 2 am on Route 40. Victims Joseph R. McKinsey 28 of Philadelphia Herman Cook 25 also of Philadelphia Leon Harris 23 of Baltimore died. George Thompson 33 of Philadelphia suffered a fractured arm and was driver. Police said Chavisman slaughter reckless driving and speeding, Clarence W Ferguson 34 of Ridgeway Virginia was getting into his truck and not hurt. The truck was parked outside a diner and responders freed the victims from the jammed convertible after about 30 minutes.
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Baltimore
Joseph R. McKinsey
North 8Th St
Philadelphia
Herman Cook
New St
Leon Harris
George Thompson
Vine
Chavisman Slaughter
Clarence W Ferguson
Mason Heights
Ridgeway
Ferguson
Anveras
Northwestern professor suggests April Fool's Day satire cure
Curtis MacDougall, journalism professor at Northwestern University, says April Fool's Day offers a chance for people to ease the strain of the cold war era by engaging in harmless practical jokes. The idea aims to relieve public tension through light humor.
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Curtis MacDougall
Northwestern University
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