Five-Room House Destroyed By Early Fire Near Shookstown
A five room dwelling and most furnishings were destroyed in a morning fire near Shookstown. Loss estimated at 5000 dollars. Mrs. Lola McKenzie homeless, attic wiring blamed, boarder John Jamison alerted help from Elwood McKenzie. Firefighters battled flames with limited water until 530 AM.
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Shookstown
Lola McKenzie
McKenzie
Independent Hose Company
John Jamison
Elwood McKenzie
Braddock Heights
Herman Toms
Nat King Cole Knocked Down In Birmingham
Nat King Cole, the Negro singer and pianist, was attacked on stage at Birmingham Municipal Auditorium by white assailants. Police arrested three on stage and later detained others after a car with weapons was found linked to Anniston suspects. Cole returned to a standing ovation before reporting back injury and flight to a doctor.
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Birmingham
Ala
Nat King Cole
Municipal Auditorium
Cole
Anniston
Willie Richard Vinson
E. L Vinson
Kenneth Adams
Jesse W. Mabry
Orliss Clevenger
Mike Fox
North Alabama
White Citzens Council
Asa Carter
Council
Alabama
State Roads seeks bids for South Jefferson street upgrade
The State Roads Commission invites bids by May 1 at noon for upgrades on South Jefferson street from near South Street to Pearl Street tying to the U S 340 bridge approaches. The federal aid project funds about half the cost and will widen the street to 44 feet with two 12 foot travel lanes and two 10 foot parking lanes.
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State Roads Commission i
Baltimore
Jefferson Street
South Street
Pearl Street
Frederick By-Pa
Patrick Street
Fair Grounds
Rice l
Terminal Disorder Capsizes Evening Court Plea
Guilty pleas in Garland Makel and Vernon Rhoderick cases wind through Trial Magistrate's Court. Makel fined 50 dollars for disorderly conduct at the Greyhound terminal after a night out, with 30 day suspended jail. Rhoderick, arrested in City Hall rest room, pleads guilty and receives 100 dollar fine plus 61 days in county jail in lieu of the fine. Additional charges include a failure to keep right on U.S. 15 and speeding on U.S. 40 and U.S. 240 with minor fines. Collateral forfeited in one case and a two-vehicle collision on North Market Street reported with damages around 200 dollars. No charges in that collision.
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Greyhound
West Patrick Street
Garland
A. Makel
East Fifth Street
Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr
Vernon Heffner
Perennial Imbiber
Vernon L. Rhoderick
Alton Twentey
E. L. Baum
U.S. 15
Robert B. Dayhoff
Dickerson
Louis <A. Lacivita
Coraopolis
U.S. 240
Joseph
Baylon
Powell
U.S. 40
East
Set. C. D. Mades
Emu Laecewaukce
North Market-12th Street
William Boone Jr
Robert J. Hengst
Thurmont
Market
J. James
Train hits gas truck fires three coaches in Florida crash
A Seaboard Air Line passenger train collided with a gasoline transport truck near Fort Green Florida. three coaches caught fire and several people were badly burned. Ambulances moved the injured to Yeomans Hospital as investigators assess the scene on the Polk Hardee county line inland.
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Fort Green
Fla
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Tom Cooper
Yeovns
Polk-Hardee County
Wa‘ehula
Bartow
Seaboard
Tampa
Boca Grande
Bartow Air Base
Clean Up Week In City Starts April 23 In Three Areas
City announces Clean-Up Week begins April 23 and runs two weeks. Streets department trucks collect refuse excluding garbage. residents to place debris in alleys or curbs 7 am to 3 pm. Area 1 south of Patek Street April 23-25. Area 2 north of Patrick east of Market April 26-28. Area 3 north of Patrick west of Market May 1-3 with health sanitarian in charge.
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Frederickelly
Health Department
Roger Cook
Frederick
Patek Street
Sanitarian Dean Stickell
Patrick
Market Street
Sanitarian Harley Holter
Santtarian Kenneth Wagaman
Cook
Agree On New Work Contract In Baltimore Transit Dispute
The State seized Baltimore Transit Co and its union agreed on a new work contract aimed at ending the dispute. Fifty-five workers had prepared for court battles under the transit seizure law while Federal Judge Roszel C. Thomas ordered no immediate arbitration. The takeover followed a 39 day strike that closed city bus and streetcar lines. A washing machine fire at 1-B Watkins Acres apartments, controlled by Independents Hose Company, caused minor damage.
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Baltimore, II
Baltimore Transit Co
Roszel C. Thomas
Watkins Acres
Independents Hose Company
Maryland Fatal Auto Accidents Linked to Drunken Driving
State Police analysis shows 140 fatal crashes in 1956 involved drunken driving among 6,855 drivers in Maryland. Total accidents reached 451 with 518 deaths. speeding and failure to yield violations also prominent. Overall fatalities rose to 98,217 across the year, with alcohol a key factor in many deadly incidents.
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Baltimore
Mary
Maryland
Sheen
Eisenhower Considers Middle East War Authority
Washington officials discounted any immediate plan for U.S. congressional authorization to use forces in the Middle East. The administration seeks to avoid a crisis, backing Hammarskjold’s UN peace mission while hoping both sides avoid full-scale war.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
U.S
Middle
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Dulles
Red China
Formosa
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
United States
U.N
Britain
France
Jaycees Name New Members and Approve Health Center Support
The Frederick Junior Chamber of Commerce board approved a pro health center resolution and urged attendance at the April 25 public meeting. They accepted E Brooke Parkinson Jr.’s resignation, welcomed new members from Fort Detrick Sinclair Refining and Thomas W Perry Lumber, and congratulated Joseph Rhoderick on becoming secretary-manager. Advances in New York stock market were noted with modest gains after previous losses.
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Frederick Junior, Chamber of Commerce
Jack Doll
Frederick
E. Brooke Parkinson Jr
Lloyd Hoover
Jaycees
Ralph W Kudine
William
B. Mercer
George M. Hart
Donald KE. Bohrer
Henry W. Straw
George Yee
Henry Lamothe
Charlesworth Dickerson
Victor Wolfe
Fort Detrick
James Eisen
Hauer
Sinclair Refining Co
Andi Richard Burns
Thomas W. Perry Lumber Co
Joseph Rhoderick
Chamber of Commerce
Rhoderick
Jon
Shim
iChamber
Dick Kruse
Dick Metcalfe
Larry Welsch
Bill Burger
Frederick Memorial Hospital reports peak March in patients and births
The Frederick Memorial Hospital board reports March set records for medical activity with 736 patients treated and 187 births, the highest monthly totals in the hospital’s history. The meeting also covered nursing council notes, a May graduation, and memorial fund contributions.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Nursing Council
Hammond Clary
Paul S. Michael
Clary
School of Nursing
Elm Street Junior High School
Conley
Charles H. Conley Sr
Frederick County Medical Society
Board of Managers
William B. Leichert
Martin L. Bowers
Herbert N. Heston
Charlies S. V. Sanner
Heston
Henry L. Davis
Warrison McAlpine
A. LeRoy McCardell
Paul 8. Michael
Georgianna Houck
State Officials Report Steady Tax Office Traffic
Representatives Frank P. Suffern and Thomas T. Gorsuch noted a steady flow of taxpayers at Winchester Hall tax offices with no jams. They urged mail filings postmarked by midnight April 16 due to Sunday April 15. Office hours run 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, with 4 p.m. closing on the filing deadline. Better hurry.
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Frank P. Suffern
Thomas T. Gorsuch
Winchester Hall
Friaday
Northeast Storm Warnings Issued For Maryland
The Weather Bureau issued northeast storm warnings for Maryland as a coastal storm threatens rain snow and strong winds. Downstate precincts show Eisenhower leading Stevenson while Kefauver trails with write in bids. Delaware coastal areas face rising tides and potential flooding as the storm moves along the coast.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ulmeis
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Stevenson
Cook County
William F. Knowland
Daly
Baltimore
Knowland
Stevenson J. S. Weather Bureau
Ore
Eel Weather
Kefauver
Noon
Muga
Carolinas
Associa
Maryland
Delaware
Wafternoon
Idates
Cape Hatteras
Block Island
I Ted
Elma
Weather storm lashes Southeast with tornadoes and heavy rain
Storms sweep southeastern states with tornadic winds along the Florida coast injuring several. Dania and West Hollywood hit by twisters while a near-empty jai alai fronton and a drive-in theater were damaged. Florida Georgia and South Carolina report 1 to 3 inches of rain as western areas see light precipitation and cooler temperatures.
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Associated Press
Florida
West Hollywood
Dania
Miami
Jai-Alai Fronton
Georgia
South Carolina
Mami
Mississip
Ohio Valley
Pacific
Oregon
California
Southwest
Desert
Great Lakes
Chica
Seattle
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Fort Worth
Green Bay
Wis
Last Call To Pay Income Taxes To U S
Internal Revenue agent Owen William Ayers Jr at the Treasury Department warns that the deadline for federal income tax reports is midnight April 16. Penalties accrue at 5 percent per month up to 25 percent, plus 6 percent annual interest on late payments. Offices close at 5 pm April 16. extensions may avoid penalties but not interest.
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Internal Revenue
Owen William Ayers Jr
Treasury Department
West Church Street
Ayers
Agent v Ayers
Eisenhower to Address ASNE and Democrats Dinner in D.C.
President Eisenhower is expected to headline a Washington appearance before the American Society for Newspaper Editors while Democratic events in the capital showcase Sam Rayburn and Alben Barkley as speakers. Adlai Stevenson may join a luncheon the same day. The party aims to raise about 250000 and discuss campaign and convention plans ahead of the Chicago gathering opening August 13.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Woodrow Wilson
American Society For Newspaper
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Sen
Albent Barkley
D-Ky
Adlai E. Stevenson
Chicago
Trott Inaugurated As Head Of Westminster Seminary
Dr Norman L Trott president of Westminster Theological Seminary was to be formally inaugurated in Washington His seminary at Westminster Maryland will move to the American University campus A procession of 118 Methodist bishops dignitaries governors and faculty will lead from the campus to the church
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Dr. Trott
Washington
Norman L. Trott
Westminster) Theological Seminary
Ceremoies
Westminster
American University
Seminary
American U
Heavy Snow Falls Across North Carolina Mountains
Nine inches of snow covered Mt. Pisgah and six inches on Mt. Mitchell as a Western North Carolina storm dumps snow across the region. Caesar's Head also reports three inches with rain turning to snow earlier.
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Asuville
N.C
North Carolina
Mt. Pisgah
Asheville
Mt.Mitchell
Black Mountain Range
Mississippi River
Caesar's Head
Fire And Blast Wreck Downtown Colorado Springs
A smokey blast in downtown Colorado Springs struck a two story building, threw five men down a stairway, and left half a dozen businesses and a dozen offices burned. Officials estimate losses near one million dollars as the blaze raged for hours before containment.
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Colorado Springs
Colo.a
Tre
Bates Ridge
Pikes Peak Avenue
Colorado
Warns Against Playing With Weather Control
At a university conference in Tucson Dr F W Reichelderfer of the Weather Bureau warned experts that weather control is dangerous. A nuclear blast could create dust clouds warming Arctic air and melting polar ice caps possibly raising the Atlantic Ocean by 10 to 15 feet and flooding docks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
U.S. Weather Bureau
F. W. Reichelderfer
University of Arizona
Atlantic Ocean
Reichelderfer
Outside Parties Eye Local Land Near Baltimore and Ohio Line
Outside-the-county interests reportedly view land along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Reel's Mill for potential warehousing use. No specific parties named, but plans may move forward if conditions develop. Emmett Kelly to perform a straight dramatic role on CBS Television's Telephone Time in Captain from Koepenik on Sunday April 12 at 6 p.m. EST.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Reel's Mill
New York
Emmett Kelly
From Koepenik
CBS - TV
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U.S. 340
Thea Aare
Massachusetts
Somerville
Mass
Maine
Pennsylvania
C. H. Conley Sr
Adlai
Illinois
Asne
Snowefall
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