No Regular Delivery Of Mail Today
Washington reports no regular mail delivery as weekend closures hit post offices nationwide. Postmaster General Summerfield says cuts must proceed pending additional funds, with Congress considering a 41 to 47 million package to restore full service. Some members argue savings could be redirected from equipment or delayed.
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Washington
Summerfield
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Frank Keefer
Harry Reid
Frederick
James A. Grove
Jordan’s cabinet crisis deepens as Nimr fails bid
Abdul Halim Nimr abandons effort to form a new Jordanian government amid a pro Socialist bloc resisting ex foreign minister Fakari Khalidi. King Hussein seeks a premier to replace Suleiman Nabulsi and steer policy away from communism while courting Syria and Egypt union ideas.
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Amman
Jordan
Abdul Halim Nimr
Hussein
Suleiman Nabulsi
Egypt
Nimr
Nabulsi
April Snow Hits Salisbury Area With Two Inches Reported
The Associated Press notes unsettled Maryland weather as brief April snow showers accumulate up to two inches in Salisbury and western areas. Overnight lows hovered in the 20s to near 32, with scattered flurries and light coatings elsewhere. State Police logged light snow in Waldorf and traces in Waterloo and Easton as Maryland braces for chilly, mostly sunny Sunday.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Salisbury
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
Frederick County
Gambrill State Park
Thurmont
Frederick
Tdmore
Rockville
Waldorf
Waterloo
Easton
Maryland Youth Model Legislature Ends as Governor Seeks Civic Action
Gov McKeldin addressed Maryland teenagers at the YMCA Model Legislature closing day urging active citizenship. The event at the Francis Scott Key Hotel featured discussions on youth involvement, safety bills were debated, and a voting age bill fell short of passage. The same issue dominated separate public notices including the estate of James H. Cramer valued at 530,652 and a $2000 damages suit in Circuit Court.
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Annapolis
McKeldin
Maryland
Statehouse
McKeiding
Francis Scott
Funday
Henry O. Winter Jr
Adult General Assembly
G. Frank Malin
Billy
Weather swings as 45 degree drop hits Frederick area
A dramatic 45 degree temperature plunge occurred in under 24 hours with frost possible tonight threatening early peach blossoms. Forest wardens battled a timber fire near Wolfsville, burning 13 acres and controlled with help from Smithsburg volunteers.
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Mercury
Frederick County
W Woodlands
Herman Toms
Wolfsville
Secition
Atoun
Wolfsville Black Rock
Smithsburg
Gambrill Park
Gambrill State Park
Thurmont
Frederick
Traffic Law Cases In Magistrate's Court
A Pen Mar man receives 25 days in jail in default of 36.50 fine and costs after failing to drive to the right of center on U S 40 and to appear in court. Stanley E Bowman faces fines and jail days for two violations. trooper Guilmino filed the charges. Albert Samuel Roderick of Gilbert Arizona is jailed 20 days for exceeding 55 mph and expired registration with 15 related fine. Paul Elwood Wenzel Jr of Walkersville is fined 15 and costs for speeding on West Patrick street. Herbert Taylor Derigo of Charles street Frederick is fined 11.45 for failing to grant right of way at Valley street and Catoctin avenue. Clark filed the charge.
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Pen Mar
Wilbur F. Sheffied
Stanley E. Bowman
U. S. 40
W. L. Guilmino
Bowman
Albert Samuel Roderick
Gilbert
Ariz
Roderick
Paul Elwood Wenzel Jr
Walkersville
West Patrick Street
SIS
Wm. A. Boone Jr
Wenzel
Boone
Herbert Taylor Derigo
Charles
I Street
Frederick
Valley Street
Catoctin Avenue
Derigo
Th. L. C. Clark
Former student guilty in dormitory fire murder
A former journalism student once assigned to cover a dor mitory fire that killed three was convicted of second degree murder for starting the blaze.
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Moscow
Idaho
Bids Opened On New Md School Residence
Maryland Department of Public Improvements opened bids for a superintendent's residence at the Maryland School for the Deaf. Schuettinger, a local contractor, submitted the apparent low base bid of 33 688 with two alternates adding 42 and 200 respectively. Floyd L. Culler and Lloyd C. Culler placed higher bids with various alternates. Final award pending.
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Nur Schuettinger
Maryland Department of Public Improvements
Maryland
Schuettinger
Floyd L. Culler
Freder
Lloyd C. Culler
Unseasonable Cold Strikes Wide Sections
Unseasonable cold weather grips broad areas from the Rockies to the Eastern Seaboard with snow rain and freezing rain likely over the weekend. Arctic air moves south into Gulf and Atlantic states while a belt of freezing rain spans from New England to the Southern Plains.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Seaboard
Arctic
Gulf and
Atlantic Coast States
New England
Plains
Oklahoma- Texas Panhandle
Mississippi Valley
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Great Lakes
Merchants Scan Skies and Slump Amid Easter Shopping
New York reports mixed fortunes as Easter shopping season tempered by tornados floods and snow yield cautious optimism for stock prices. Manufacturing trims manpower with 3550 Frigidaire layoffs while Detroit auto output rises to 126000 amid Chrysler labor woes.
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New York
Wall Street
Main Street
Associated Press
Baltimore
General Motors
Frigidaire
Detroit
Chrysler
Corp
Wrong Foot Bandaged Tommy Hess In Kansas City
Tommy Hess aged 3 broke a foot and was rushed to a doctor who planned a cast. The procedure lasted about forty minutes and he did not whimper. Afterward the doctor praised his courage. The boy quipped that the other foot hurts, having hidden the injured foot to avoid pain.
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Kansas
Tommy Hess
Tommy
Fire Damages East Wing of 13-Room Lovettesville Farm House
A blaze on Friday evening gutted the east wing of a large farm tenant house on the Wayne McKimmey farm near Lovettsville. Firemen battled the flames for three hours aided by brisk winds, estimating $3 000 in damage to the house and heavy water and smoke loss to personal effects. The Simpsons family, tenants, escaped with belongings. no cause determined. The Leesburg and Brunswick fire units assisted.
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Ted
Wellsville
Friay
Brunswick Tremen I
Leesburg
Lov Jettsville
Alice Simpson
Hilcar
Brunswick
Lees Iburg
John Keister
Lovellsville
Simpsons
McKimmey
250 Girls Flee College Fire
About 250 students fled Lake Erie College in Painesville Ohio after a blaze destroyed College Hall a four story dormitory housing 225 girls and spread to an adjoining five story administration and classroom building Officials said all girls were evacuated and the fire likely started from wiring in the chapel area around 2 30 a m.
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Painesville
Ohio
Short Strike Ends At M. J. Grove Lime Frederick Plant
Unionsized workers ended a brief strike at the M. J. Grove Lime Company Frederick Plant Friday morning. The operation is back to full production.
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M. J. Grove Lime Company
Frederick
Million Dollar Plan Aims to Back Little League
Chicago reports unanimous approval of a master plan to create a one million dollar working capital fund for Little League baseball. The fund targets a fifty thousand dollar yearly national deficit for about 700000 children aged 8 to 12 with contributions from supporters and investment income directed to deficits and long term improvements. Previously deficits were covered by U S Rubber.
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Chicago
3 Rubber Company
U. S. Rubber
Maryland Double Tax Deadline Approaches Monday
Maryland taxpayers face a second tax deadline Monday with both state and federal income taxes due. Benjamin F. Marsh, head of the State Income Tax Division, notes steady returns over the past two months as filers rush to meet the final date. Withholding since 1955 has eased the process, and officials estimate totals around 70 million dollars once all returns are processed. Self employed individuals must file estimates for 1957 along with final 1956 figures and pay one quarter of the tax up front with remaining instalments due quarterly.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Benjamin F. Marsh
Tremendous Potential Seen For Diabetes Drug
Boston researchers at New England Deaconess Hospital report a new oral diabetes drug showing tentative promise after tests in 50 patients. They say it could one day reduce or replace injectable insulin in many diabetes types, including juvenile, with safety proven. Studies also proceed at New York Medical College.
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Boston
New England Deaconess Hospital
New York Medical College
Eisenhower Trophy Won By Maryland National Guard Company A
Frederick's Company A of the 5th Infantry Regiment earned the Eisenhower Trophy as the top company sized unit in Maryland for 1956. Honorable mention went to Company B as well as several other Maryland units. The award will be presented at August field training at Indiantown Gap and several additional trophies will be awarded for marksmanship and indoor rifle events. Captain Willard M. Horine commended employers for supporting military leave. SFC Warren L. Kinsey was top scorer in the state indoor rifle finals.
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Frederick
Maryland National Guard
2Th Division Military Police Company
Baltimore
121St Engineers Bn
Leonardtown
129Th Ordnance Bon
Highfield
129Th Ordnance Bn
Havres de Grace
Icompany A
Indiantown Gap
Pennsylvania
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
National Guard Bureau
National Guard
Adjutant General
al Guard
Bes
Willard M. Horine
National Guard Association
Pershfins
Governor of Maryliana
SFC
Warren L. Kinsey
Maryland Clean-Up Week Opens April 13 20
Governor McKeldin proclaims Clean-Up Week from April 13 to 20 to mobilize State Roads crews and thousands of volunteers for a spring housecleaning. The effort aims to reduce roadside debris costs and fund repairs and highway safety features. State crews prepare along secondary roads and will assist volunteers on main roads during the campaign.
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State Roads Commission
Maryland
McKeldin
Daniels Had Fair Trial Ruling Upheld Death Sentence
The Court of Appeals ruled Daniels had a fair trial and upheld the conviction of Eddie Lee Daniels, a 23 year old from Washington, sentenced to die for murdering a Silver Spring car wash operator.
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Annapolis
Eddie Lee Daniels
Court of Appeals
Washington
Silver Spring
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Harry D. Radcliff
Roger H. Davis
American Casualty Company
Carl Albert Thompson
Military Road
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Davis
H. R.shoemaker Jr
R. E. Clappe Jr
Thompson
FBI
Insurance Company
Airman
Niles O.robins
Son of
Tulsa
Okla
Downe
Chiropractic
Lovettsville, Va
Court House Park
Finch
Arrow
Co. A
Daniels
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