District 1 Club Women Meet Here
About 99 women from 47 clubs of Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs gathered at the Francis Scott Key Hotel for an all day meeting. The event featured a business session, art exhibits, and a principal address by Walter S. Charron.
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Maryland Federation of Women’s Clubs
Francis Scott Key
Walter S. Charron
Nosega
Washington
Lincoln
Eugene Hving Baumegartner
Oakland
District 1
W. Merval Weaver
Presbyterian Church
Melvin Partridge
Frederick
Taylor
Westminster
Elizabeth Thomas
Westernport
Harry Skidmore
Sykesville
Penny Art Fund
W. H. Blake
Cumberland
Frank Dayton
C. W. Gregory
Harry Radcliff
This City
Grover
Thompson Jr
Victoria Leister
Hampstead
C. O. Fisher
General Federation
Bruce Douglas
G. Mauncesburg
Carrol Woman's Club
D. B. Krimgold
Woman's Civic Club of Cumberland
Frank Malin
Frederik Junior Woman's Club
I. Barry Tarshis
C. Austin Sherald
Charles W. Roelke
Hayes Kline
Kenneth Lawton
Fire at St George Hotel Kills Two in San Francisco
Fire swept through the downtown St George hotel in San Francisco killing a man and a woman and injuring about 10 others. The blaze began around 1 20 am as flames burst from fourth floor windows forcing about 70 residents to flee. The victims were not identified.
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San Francisco
Lions Club Seeks Conference Over Emmitsburg U S 15 Bypass
Representatives of the State Roads Commission will meet a Lions Club committee from Emmitsburg to discuss a proposed U S 15 bypass that would route traffic east of the town. The Lions say the plan could hurt local business and suggest retaining the current Emmitsburg route in part, with adjustments to the bypass.
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State Roads Commission
Emmitsburg Lions Club
North County
U. S. 15
Lions Club
Thomas G. Mah Jer
Roads Commission
Commission
Lions Group
Burgess
Herbert W. Roger George R. Sanders
Charles R. Fuss
Clarence G. Fraley
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Lewistown
St. Joseph College
Maryland 97
Topper
Tuscarum Creek
Frederick
Pennsylvania Line
Georgia State Parks Leased To Citizens Controversy
Georgia state parks were leased to private citizens to maintain segregation. Parks Director Roy Chalker announced nine parks were leased for 12 months under private park legislation avoiding bid advertising. Most lessees are former park superintendents with an average price of 2000 per park yearly based on earnings.
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Atlantap
Georgia
Roy Chalker
Jessees
Chalker
Doub Confirmed As Assistant Attorney General
Washington The Senate confirmed George Cochran Doub of Maryland as an assistant attorney general. Doub, 53, of Owings Mills and Cumberland native, has been U S attorney for the Maryland district since fall 1953 and will head civil litigation in the Justice Department.
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Washington
Senate
George Cochran Doub
Maryland
Doub
Owings Mills
Cumberland
Baltimore
U. S. Attachney
Justice Department
Snowfall at Gambrill Park Drops Temperature Across Frederick
Snow fell for over half an hour at Gambrill State Park as a thunderstorm swept Frederick. Temperature fell 12 degrees in 15 minutes at the airport with a low around freezing tonight. Observers noted a few snowflakes in rain with a 29 degree minimum at the airport.
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Gambrill State Park
High Knob
Frederick
Snowfall Reported Across Garrett County Maryland
The Associated Press notes 2.5 inches of snow in Garrett County with up to 2.5 inches around Accident and Oakland. Frostburg reports two inches while other areas show lighter amounts. Temperatures ranged around 30 to 31 degrees at 8:30 am with forecasts of highs in the 50s and continued cold, partly cloudy conditions expected Thursday.
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Associated Press
Maryland
State Roads Commission
Garrett County
Accident
Oakland
Frostburg
U. S. Weather Bureau
Baltimore
Delaware
Garrett
Allegany
Winslington
Man Dies Of Gun Blast In East Church Street Basement
Joseph Franklin Harne, 40, a State Roads maintenance worker, was found dead in his basement on East Church Street shortly after noon. Medical examiner cites a self-inflicted shotgun wound with no clear motive. police report indicates he was alive when his wife left for work. Body taken to C E Cline and Son funeral home.
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State Roads
East Church
Joseph Franklin Horne
Charles V/ Main
Harne
Warne
Jarne
The
C. E. Cline and Son Funeral
Kefauver Is Walloped In New Jersey
In Newark New Jersey Senator Estes Kefauver lost the Democratic primary as President Eisenhower won the Republican preference. Unpledged delegates led by Governor Meyner swept 63 convention votes while Kefauver won only one delegate. Kefauver campaigned six days but local machines proved stronger.
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Newark
N.J
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
New Jersey
Eisenhower
Kefauver
Adtay Stevenson
Kefrauver
Robert B.meyner
Kejlauver
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Martin &. Rafferty
Kefau
Robert A. Taft
Defense seeks to knock out Icardi indictment in WWII case
Defense lawyers argued to dismiss the indictment charging former Army Lt Aldo L Icardi with falsely denying masterminding the 1944 slaying of Maj William V Holohan. Judge Keech heard legal arguments with jurors excluded. Holohan led a behind the lines Italian mission as Icardi was second in command.
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Washington
Army
Aldo L. Icardi
William V. Holohan
U.S
Richmond B.keech
Tearca
Edward Bennett Williams
House Armed Services
Icardi
Italy
Holohan
Reassessment Begins in Frederick City and County
Frederick city and county start a real estate and personal property reassessment under the final year of a three year cycle. The process will extend for months with annual reassessments to begin next year under new state laws. Farm property owners will soon receive personal property schedules to complete and return.
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Frederick City
Ernest C. Speaks
Robert L. Shipley
Frederick
Creagerstown
Ballenger
Tuscarora
Assessors Office
State school session brings 60 here for deaf education talks
About sixty persons from across the state attend meetings at the Maryland State School for the Deaf. Dr. Geneva Ely Flickinger leads lectures on deaf and hard of hearing education with Superintendent Lloyd Ambrosen and various school officials visiting classrooms and hearing talks. The spring meeting site is the Maryland State School. Meckling faces federal charges over the Levin J Marvel disaster that claimed fourteen lives.
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Geneva Ely Flickinger
State Department of Education
Maryland State School For the Deaf
Lloyd A. Ambrosen
Flickinger
Maryland State School
Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier Marry in Civil Rite
Grace Patricia Kelly wed Prince Rainier III in a restrained civil ceremony in Monaco. The 26-year-old American film star joins one of Europe’s oldest dynasties as 2,000 spectators cheered from the palace plaza. A religious service is planned for tomorrow.
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Monte Carlo
Monacoa
Grace Kelly
Stamarca
Rainier III
Europe
Mediterranean
Grace
George Davis
Philadelphia
Tom
Hollywood
Palace of
Monaco
Prince
Gracey
Portamier
Grace Patricia Kelly
Vik
Rainier
Prince Rainier
Portaimer
John Kelly Jr
Kelly
Helen Rose
Miss Kelly
Prince Raine
Open Bids On Road Work In Two Counties
The State Roads Commission will receive bids until May on highway projects in Charles and Montgomery counties. One job covers grading drainage and surfacing 1.52 miles of a Washington Circumferential Highway segment from Wisconsin Avenue toward Connecticut Avenue with ramp connections. In Charles County, two reinforced concrete culverts on Maryland 235 near Bryans Road and Marshall Hall are planned.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Ito
Charles
Montgomery
Washington
Wisconsin Avenue
Pooks
Connecticut Avenue
Cedar Lane
Charles County
Maryland
Bryans Road
How
Marshall Hal
Soviet Premier Bulganin and Khrushchev Visit London
Soviet Premier Bulganin and Premier Khrushchev arrived in London for a 10 day official visit. They will hold trade talks and high level discussions on international trouble spots with Britain’s government. Crowds gathered at Victoria station while Eden greeted the visitors and expressed hope for improved relations between the two nations. The leaders then sailed into Portsmouth harbor aboard the Soviet cruiser Ordzhonikidze.
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London
Bulganin
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Britain
Victoria
Eden
Kremlin
Portsmouth
Selwyn Lioyd
Tns
Bulgaria
Portsmouth Harbor
Ordzhonikidze
Fight Over Ten Cents Ends In Jungle Style Melee
In Baltimore police testimony described a wild brawl among African American men that began at Edward Anderson’s home and used an ax, lemon squeezer, hatchet, shovel, bottle, and chair as weapons. Anderson received three years, Olli Murray one year, and James Jones six months. In a separate matter, Letters of administration were granted in Orphans Court to Paul W. Warrenfelts for Lee F. Warrenfelts who died after a March auto crash.
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Baltimore
Donnybrook
Joseph L. Carter
Edward Anderson
Anderson
Olli Murray
James Jones
Lee F. Warrenfelts
Wolfsville
Paul W. Warrenfelts
Myersville
Route 2
Diversified Group To Aid Frederick County Zoning
The Frederick County Planning and Zoning Commission met at the Court House to form a diversified advisory group for rural zoning. Over 40 people were selected to serve as a sounding board. announcements of appointees will follow acceptance. A trained land planner will head the planning staff, with consultants Ladislas Segoe and Associates aiding study before a public hearing.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Frederick County
Court House
Commission
Ladislas Segoe and
Daniel K. Wight
Edward F. Holter
William Brosius
Noah ©. Kefauver Jr
Thomas Dunn
Byron W. Thompson
Dallas Man Killed After Crossing Busy Highway
A Dallas man named Charles Virgil Ramsey, 50, was killed last night when struck by a car while walking across a crowded Highway 86 to call his wife and assure her they were safe. Ramsey’s companion Jesse L. Welson, also of Dallas, said they had driven to Fort Worth to seek work and stayed later than planned.
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Arlington
Dallas
Charles Virgil Ramsey
Jesse L. Welson
Ramsey
Fort Worth
Wilson
Mid East peace pact eyed as Hammarskjold to push cease-fire
A credible source reports Dag Hammarskjold to announce a new and definite U N backed cease-fire along the Egyptian Israeli armistice line. Egyptian and Israeli officials reportedly consented to seek a broad settlement while Moscow backs U N mediation amid regional tensions.
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Mid-East
Dage Hammarskjold
Israel
U. N
Siacli
Soviet Union
Egypt
Middle East
U. S
Edward B. Lawson
Tel Aviv
Washington
Lis
Cairo
Hammarskjold
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Jnoon
Wamishmar
Avar
Mapai
Young Driver Wrecks Car In Libertytown
A 19 year old driver, James Hen Plunkett of Glenarm, lost control on Md 26 in Libertytown Saturday afternoon in a 1946 Ford coupe. He struck a public well dirt wall and a parked car, then hit a tree. no injuries occurred though the car was demolished. State Police Patrolman G Houdon reported about 375 dollars damage to the parked car and charged Plunkett with reckless driving.
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MD. 26
Libertytown
G. Houdon
James ‘Hen Plunkett
Harford Road
Glenarm
Libertys Town
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SRC
Gambrill Park
Garrett Co
Wasitington
West Virginia
Rep. Staggers
Diwya
Meckleing
John H. Meckling
Portanier
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Busines Shouses
Allhouse
Senate Farm
Lincoln Heights
Brosius Homes
Hession
Cornelius
Henry Turner
Rayburn
John Gilbert Graham
Denver
Colo
United Air Lines
Graham
Bulganin and Khrtushchev
Diversified Group
Tie. Hedden
Charles 4. Green
Plunkett
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