Dual U.S. 40 survey plans eyed by Maryland road officials
A Harrisburg consulting firm Michael Baker and Company is surveying and drafting plans for a potential dualization of US 40 from Frederick to Hancock. The project remains in planning. no land has been bought and construction is unlikely before 1960. The interstate funds require limited access, and route specifics include connecting Frederick bypass west of Frederick, near Funkstown and Hagerstown, then toward Hancock.
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Harrisburg
Frederick
Hancock
State Roads Commission
Michael Baker and Company
Maryland
Interstate Highway Systems
Commission
Frederick By-Pass
Funkstown
Hagerstown
Williamsport
Baltimore
25,000 More Unemployed in March Report
The government said unemployment rose by 25,080 in March to 5,198,000 the highest in 16 years. Employment increased by 323,000 to 62,311,000 as outdoor work expanded, while manufacturing jobs fell. Officials noted the March rise may be within margin of error and not change February levels.
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Washington
Commerce and Labor Departments
Commerce
Secrettary of Commerce
Weeks
Secretary of Labor
Mitchell
Uni
Montgomery County Council Approves 63 Million Budget
The Montgomery County Council approved a record-breaking 63 million dollar budget for the next fiscal year. The tax rate will rise by 3 cents from the current levy of $2.15 per $100 assessed value, with final approval expected today.
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Rockville
Ntd
Montgomery County
Winter Back With Light Snowfall
Overnight snow squalls covered higher elevations as winter lingered. Temperatures fell to 35 at the airport and cooler in the mountains. Ground white at Gambrill State Park before sun melted it. Flurries reported between this city and Washington on the Washington National Pike. Light rain mixed with snow overnight. Strong winds chilled, felt like November. Airport notes no above normal temperatures this month. Forecast: clear and cold tonight, low around 30s, then a warmer, mostly sunny Wednesday with more cloud later. Gardens will be late. few have started planting. only hardy seeds in ground.
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Gambrill State Park
High Knob
Washington
Washington National Pike
Violent Deaths For 30 Youngsters In 5 Days
A five day span saw 30 Texas youngsters die across multiple causes. Victims ranged from teens to 3 months old. Incidents included a Baytown car crash, San Antonio trestle accident, a near Dallas race collision, fires, drownings, suffocation, falls, suicides, tractor mishaps, and two traffic fatalities.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Baytown
San Antonio
Auto And Gas Truck Crash Kills Six In Baytown
A gasoline truck and a car collided near Baytown Texas causing a blaze that killed six people including four children. The mother Mrs Mary Taylor age 33 and her four children Leland 14 Mary 12 Linda 10 and John 6 died along with truck driver Milton Heaton. Police cite a possible cause as a car entering the highway and forcing the truck to brake into its path. Mrs Mattie Jones reported hearing a mother cry for help as the explosion knocked telephone lines from poles. The Taylors were returning from Easter visit in Houston.
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Baytown
Tex
Mattie Jones
Texas
R. W. Montgomery
Taylor
Mary Taylor
Liberty
Schildren
Leland
Mary
Linda
John
Milton Heaton
L. E. Taylor
Houston
Burall Pursues Third Term As Alderman
Alderman William B. Burall announces candidacy for a third term subject to the Democratic convention. He cites eight years on the Board, aims to focus on public improvements and municipal policy changes, and notes his perfect attendance as an Alderman over the eight-year period.
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William B. Burall
Burall
Siy
Frederick
Ex-Queen Soraya Plans U S Visit After Divorce
Ex Queen Soraya sails for the United States on April 14 for a three week stay. The 26 year old, recently divorced by the Shah of Iran after seven years of marriage without issue, travels with her mother and younger brother Bijan on the Constitution from Genoa, returning from New York May 13. Soraya has been living in Cologne with her father Khali Esfandiary, the Iranian ambassador to West Germany. Soraya's mother is German.
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Cologne
Germany
Soraya
United States
Iran
Shas
Bijan
Genoa
New York
Khali
Esfandiary
West Germany
Market moves up in fairly active trading
New York stock market rose in fairly active trading early today with key stocks advancing fractions to around a point. Lorillard led activity, opening at 53.00, then slipping slightly on about 3,000 shares as traders awaited first quarter earnings at the annual meeting.
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New York
Lorillard
Wall Street
Maryland Roads Hit By 83 Million Federal Funds Plan
Maryland would receive about 56.3 million dollars in interstate allocations for 1960 and over 20 million for primary urban and secondary roads in 1960 and 1962 under a federal highway measure now before President Eisenhower. The plan provides more federal money for the 15 year highway program than anticipated enabling quicker action on delayed projects and studies to allocate the 1959 emergency funds.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Maryland
Congress
Eisenhower
SRC
Robert ©. Bonnell
Commission
Record Is Broken By U S Plane
The USAF Kels jet tanker landed at Lajes Field Azores at 10 25 a m EST after an 11 228 mile flight setting a new world distance record for jet aircraft. The mission started in Tokyo at 3 38 p m EST yesterday with a 7 662 mile leg to Washington, but winds and a plan change redirected to the Azores. Brig Gen William E Eubank said the Azores stop still makes it the longest non refueled jet flight of its type despite not reaching Madrid.
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Omaha
Air Force
Lajes Field
Azores
Madrid
Hawaii
Tokyo
Washington
Japan
Mandrid
Islands
William E. Eubank
Hungarian Refugee Inspires Frederick Homemakers Meeting
Mrs Bela Vassady, a Hungarian refugee, told Hood College homemakers of surviving wartime horrors in Budapest cellar life. The annual meeting elected Austien Kemp as vice president and Gardner Gremillion as secretary, with Millard Eiler presiding. Vassady urged preparedness and unity amid global crisis, recounting hunger, bombardments, and survival ordeals.
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Pat Rosencrantz
Hood College
Bela Vassadi
Vassady
Austien Kemp
Gamaril Park
Gardner Gremillion
Fort Derrick Club
Millard Eiler
John Club
Budapest
Boy Sent To Maryland Training School For Threatening Trooper
A 12 year old who threatened Trooper Morgan and engaged in disorderly acts was sent to Maryland Training School for Boys after a Juvenile Court hearing. Other cases included a 17 year old thief sentenced to probation for stealing over $800 from a drug store, with details of prior behavior and restitution plans.
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Morgan
H. J. Brows
Cavoctin Furnace School
Thurmont
Elmer Chandlee
Thurmont School
Maryland Training School For
Iby
Patrick M. Schnauffer
William C. Rodert
William G. Morgan
Arnold Simmons
Schoor
Sergt. Ellis Carty
Eisenhower urges Soviet disarmament in Moscow letter
President Eisenhower urged Khrushchev in a Moscow letter to join a dependable disarmament program and to restrict fissionable materials to peaceful purposes. He criticized the Soviet reply as repetitive and questioned its timing and significance while reaffirming the US atomic for peace aim.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Enimwetok
Pacific
Soviet Council of Ministers
National Guard briefing on proposed reorganization
Military leaders from seven states and the District of Columbia met at Fort Meade for a briefing on the federal reorganization plan for the National Guard and Army reserve. The briefing outlined possible division eliminations and shifts to high mobility battle groups for atomic warfare, with details to remain secret and a follow up series planned at the Pentagon.
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FT. Meade
District of Columbia
National Guard
Army Reserve
Army
Brucker
2Nd Army
Pentagon
Crayton W. Abrams
J. J. Getting
H.W. Gillespie Jr
Dean ‘E. Coomey
District of Columbia National Guard
Ralph iZwicker
20Th Army Corps
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
Herbert J. VanderHeide
Indiantown Gap
James C. Frank
Philadelphia
George Jean Nathan Dies at 76 in New York Hotel
George Jean Nathan, sharp tongued Broadway drama critic and Mencken ally, died at 76 in his Royalton Hotel room where he had lived 34 years. He co edited the Smart Set and founded American Mercury with Mencken, leaving a legacy in American theater criticism.
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New York
George Jean Nathan
H. L. Mencken
Nathan
American Mercury
Royalton Hotel
Broadway
Mencken
Smart Set
Mercury Magazine
Fort Wayne
Cleveland
George Twas
Cornell University
University of Bologna
Italy
Julie Haydon
Lillian Gish
Child Struck By Auto on East Sixth Street
A three year old child was hit by a car on East Sixth Street around noon today but received only minor injuries and was released from Frederick Memorial Hospital after emergency treatment. Linda Ann Derry, daughter of Mr and Mrs Faul Derry, was struck by a 1958 Mercury station wagon driven by Judith Elaine Winpigter, 16, of East Fourth Street.
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East Sixth St
East Sixth Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
JMC Jacetaligo
Ine Felt Temple
Linda Ann Derry
Faul Derry
Judith Elaine Winpigter
Fourth Street
Illinois primary light vote anticipated in Chicago area
Report notes a sparse ballot with about 30 percent turnout expected among roughly five million registered voters. In Chicago downstate races showed few contests, while an auto collision near East Sixth Street left a child an apparent minor injury and prompted an investigation by police.
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Chicago
Winpigler
Terest
East Sixth Street
Illinois
Windigler
William A. Boone Jr
Thel
Lively County
Sunshine in California Recovering From Floods and Snow
California reels from record snowpack and floods with 20 million dollars in damages over two months. Water recedes from 200,060 acres in the San Joaquin Valley as crews clear main highways and forecast dry spells for at least five days.
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San Francisco
California
William F. Cassidy
San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin River
High Sierra
San Diego County
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