Maryland Road Sign Changes Trim City Route Names
Maryland officials replace city street U S routes with state road designations as four routes become Maryland 144 355 and 15 355. The sign changes affect Market Patrick Bentz South and East streets as crews begin a weeklong update to guide drivers to the Frederick Freeway interchange and the new routes.
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Annapolis
Maryland
U. S
Roads Commission
General Assembly
Tawes
Patrick Street
South Street
Market Street
Bentz Street
New Market
Ridgeville
Urbana
Huntstown
Worman’s Mill
Harmony Grove
Evergreen Point
Bentz
Market
South Market Street
Frederick
U. S. 15
Lawmakers Debate Year One Cost Of Teacher Pay Plan
House and Senate work toward a conference on a teacher pay program. initial year cost cited as 2 700,000 with $100 per teacher local distribution, totaling 31 to 36 million over four years. Governor Tawes open to the House version but hints at returning with a tax plan if needed. Maryland Teachers Association criticizes the move as insufficient.
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House of Delegates
Tawes
House
Senate
Northrop
Monttgomery
Della
Baltimore City
Pannte
Milson C. Raver
The
Maryland Yeachers Assn
Raver
Mind Reader Flunks Tests In California Case
Eve Taylor of Glendale advertised fortunetelling by slipping notices under a police door. The court asked her to predict a ruling but her mind stayed blank. The judge fined her twenty five dollars and she went out of business.
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AN Nuys
Calif
Eve Taylor
Glendale
Don Wingate
Marin Katz
Firemen Respond to Electric Pole Fire on Rosemont Avenue
Junior Fire Company answered two alarms Friday night for an electric line pole fire on Rosemont Avenue between Wilson and Lee Place. The first alarm came at dusk and the second at 9 23, when crews sprayed the top of the pole. The light standard burned loose and fell. Firemen attributed the fire to faulty wiring and said the pole would need replacement.
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Junior Fire Company
Rosemont Avenue
Wison Avenue
Lee Place
Frederick High School Band And Glee Concert Set
More than 200 Frederick High School students rehearse for a band and glee club concert to be held next Wednesday at 8 15 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The program includes Meredith Willson Centennial arranged by Ted Peterson and many vocal selections from Lerner and Loewe My Fair Lady South Pacific and other works with Chorus director Sperry L. Storm and accompanists Joanne Creager and Karin Kelly.
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Frederick High School
Meredith Willson
Ted Peterson
Riser Jordan
Maurice C. Whitney
J. S. Bach
Philip J. Lang
Doris Carr
Mack
Jack
Lee
Harold L. Walters
David Hagan
Franz Liszt
Lerner
Loewe
Sorrento
Fred Smale
Clay Warnick
Leo M. Ichlep
Ray Charles
Maurice Gardner
Geoffrey‘ O'Hara
Billy Hill
Peter de Rose
the Musical Trust
Joseph W. Clokey
Joanne Creager
Karin Kelly
Sperry L. Storm
Heisley B. Coran
Governor signs local bills expanding Frederick County offices
Governor Tawes signed measures ending the two assesor limit in Frederick County and removing patronage requirements. The act may allow a third assessor if funds exist, with appointment by County Commissioners after tax commission exams. Other bills boost Frederick fire company funding, clarify executor fees, require school bus stops in towns to 25,000 people, and authorize local code recodification. Carroll County bills authorize hospital land use and set judicial pay, with a semiannual levy plan advancing in the General Assembly. The tax rate for next year was set at 14.75 cents per $100.
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Tawes Friday
Freds County
State Tax Commission
Frederick County
Tax Commission
Frederick City
Samuel W. Barrick
Frederick
Generals Assembly
Senate
Carroll County
Carroll County General Hospital
Carroll County War Memorial
County General Hospital
General Assembly
Robbers Break Into Frostie Root Beer Plant
Robbers entered the Frostie Root Beer plant on Abrecht Place during the night. They damaged a side door glass and unlocked the door, then entered the office but found no money. The break in was discovered this morning and police notified. Sherman Boone began the investigation.
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Frostie Root Beer
Abrecht
Serat
Sherman Boone
Three Die In Virginia Auto Crash Near Purcellville
In a violent storm a car skidded on Virginia 722 south of Purcellville, hitting an oak. Driver Edward M. King 21 and Lillie Mae Chinn 16 died at the scene. Robert G. Gibson 17 died at Leesburg Hospital from head and internal injuries. Alfonso Chinn 16 survived with a broken leg and minor injuries. All deceased are Black. King and Gibson were farm laborers.
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Auto- Mobile
Virginia
Purcellville
Edward M. King
Purcelllville
Lillie Mae Chinn
Lincoln
Robert G. Gibson
Lees
Jwes Miss Chinn
Alfonso Chinn
Leesburg Hospital
King
Gibson
I Virginia State Police
Roy R. Smith
Ioad
Miss Chinn
Cornwell and Hall Bros
Ollie King
Storm Damage Reported After Late Friday Wind
A severe windstorm brought rain and low temperatures to the area Friday afternoon. Tree limbs were ripped loose and a fencing section blown down at Braddock Heights. Potomac Edison reported minor line trouble. Precipitation measured .28 inches at the State Police barracks. Temperatures fell from 70 to 41 with a forecast of 26 tonight and a turning warmer before Sunday showers. Clearing and cooler conditions expected Monday.
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Braddock Heights
Potomac Edison Company
Saxton Tries Death By Own Action After Burglary Charge
Former welterweight champion Johnny Saxton, 28, attempted suicide in Atlantic City jail using socks as a rope after burglary arrest. He was cut down, treated at Atlantic City Hospital, then returned to jail unharmed. Saxton had robbed Ronnie's 5 & 19 store and was captured on the roof. he faced breaking and entering and attempted larceny charges and faced possible prison time in New York on prior jewelry theft charges.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Johnny Saxton
Wiliam Dunbar
Saxton
York
Ronnie
New York
Rier
Not Water But Gas in Clinton Motorcycle Shop Fire
Two men attempted to set a fire by tossing what they believed was water on the flames in a Clinton motorcycle shop. It was gasoline, destroying Lund’s shop and seven motorcycles, with damage to his parents’ home and minor injuries to Lund and a helper. Investigators say the incident followed a backfire at a Pan American Games event and a torch threat tied to a separate plan.
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Clinton
John Lund
Lund
Shelper
William Dawson
Chicago
Detrick To Have Armed Forces Day
Mayor Ramsburg named Frederick Armed Forces Day Committee chair with Col Kenneth Bechtold as project officer and Captain William McNeil and Captain Jerome Taylor as co heads. The group includes numerous local officials and civic leaders. Armed Forces Day events at Fort Detrick are planned for May 9 with public viewing 12:30 to 5 p.m.
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Jacob R. Ramsburg
Frederick
Kenneth I. Bechtold
Frederick Area
Wiliam B. McNeil
Army
Co. Man
Jerome E. Paylor
Fort Detrick
Ramsburg
William H. Bartgis
Emmett R. Bowlus
William B. Burall
Robert E. Dailey Sr
Lioyd R. Stup
W. Raymond Walter
Charles Aicc. Mathias Jr
Louis E. Eichelberger
Benjamin L. Shuff
William T. Delaplaine
August T. Brust
W. Henry Decker
George B. Delaplaine Sr
George B. Delaplaine Jr
Lawrence Leonard
Eve Leonard
Patricia Rosen
Joseph F. Rhoderick
Allen G. Quynn
Russell H. McCain
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Horace M. Alexander
James A. Sensenbaurgh
Ralph M. Austin
Z. V. Rougham
Elmer I. Ehler
E. J. McGuiness
L. H. Crickenberger
W. Jarboe Grove
Hunter Bowers
Glenn T. Swisher
Fred Brown
Detrick
Bechfold
Taylor
Joseph C. Prentice
Frederick Armed Forces
Peter Strates
Armed Forces
Derick
Bechtold
Gerald Beveridge
Amos Johnson
James Startt
J. V. Vacca
R. L .Hearm
J. C. Macdonnell Jr
F G . Rorie
Luke Murray
D. K. Saunderson
John S. Lasserph Schwaimer
Auerbach
Richard Kenneth Hindman
Lieutenann
Robert Haidtera
USPH
John Miahn
Waters
JC. Kirsch
HW. Gleasner
Majer Barattino
Ed Cherry
Spring Fancies and April Weather Outlook
The Weather Bureau provides a forecast for April with temperature expectations and general conditions. Maps show area temperatures and the monthly outlook, though the text is partially garbled.
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Meathe
Weather Bureau
Diuday Fore
U.S. Weather Bureau
Eisenhower Warns Berlin Appeasement Might Help Reds
President Eisenhower warns against appeasing the Soviet Union over Berlin, saying it would be dishonorable and dangerous. He urges firmness, seeks a possible settlement at the conference table, and defends foreign aid while stressing the free world's stake in Asia and the Pacific. Genovese convicted in New York narcotics case.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Todas
Soveto Union
Berlin
United States
Gettysburg College
West Berlin
CBS Radio
Viet Nam
Asia
Japan
Pacific
Hitler
Munich
Bower
Kremlin
Free World
Genovese
NEW York
Vito Genovese
No Middletown By-Pass To Be Undertaken Within A Year
State roads officials see no feasible widening of Middletown Main Street to handle two way traffic. A by pass route to the north or south is studied though not on the current year’s program. Lions club discussion favored by pass elimination of through traffic, especially trucks.
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Middletown
U.S. 40
Thomas G. Mobler
State Roads Commission
Commission
Braddock Mountain
Washington County
South Mountain
Main
Airview
Noah Kefauverss
Burkville
Brad- Gock Heizhis
Sunter
Bonus Hearing in Annapolis Seeks End to Session
In Annapolis a veterans bonus bill faces adjournment as a 3 PM hearing tests the measure again. Legislature leaders aim to finish the session tonight amid debate on the long standing veteran benefit and related funding.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Nehru Sends Advisers To Dalai Lama
New Delhi India prime minister Nehru rushed top Indian advisers to join the Dalai Lama as he fled toward the northeast frontier. Government sources say no harassment of the Tibetan leader would be allowed by reporters seeking a direct story. P N Menon was named among the advisers as the Dalai Lama’s party of about 80 moved toward Tawang while India weighs how to handle the asylum and possible reaction from Peiping. Red China fears a religious inspired uprising against communism in the region.
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New Delhi
India
Nehre
Dalai Lama
Nehru
Red China
P. N. Menon
Tawang
Findusian
Tthe Dalai Lama
Peiping
Tadia
Hindustan Times
Red
China
Far East
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F.H.S
Hagerstown Herald
James T. Haney
Hagerstown
Haney
Western Maryland Railway
James FR. Cuddr
Corpus Christi
Northwest Territory
Canada
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Here
Claude Lard
Selom
AEQUE
Ae Fanes
Aaj Canes
Beles
Rio Sopmal
Richard F. Kline, Inc
Frederick By- Pass
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