Quaker Camp Planned Near Frederick For Youth Programs
A group of Quaker Meetings purchased 38 acres near the Frederick watershed for a new Quaker Camp. The site will host a boys and girls camp and later family retreats, conferences, and a 60 to 100 child camp with a stone lodge already on site. Howard county’s William R. Powel chairs the committee. attorneys T West Claggett and Byron W. Thompson handled the transaction with a final price around 24500 dollars.
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Virginia
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Catoctin Furnace
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Smithsburg
Clive W. Palmer
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T. West Claggett
Byron W. Thompson
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Selers
Ike Goes To Camp David
President Eisenhower left the White House for a weekend at Camp David on the Catoctin Mountain lodge with Brig. Gen Fred Goodpaster and Capt E P Aurand aboard. Officers for the coming year were elected by the Savings Institution board.
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Eisenhower
Camp David
Thurmont
Ald
White House
Freddrew J. Goodpaster
Eisenhowers
George E. Alten
W. Alten Jones
New York
Cities Service
Feelies Move From Films to Public Preview in Hollywood
James Bacon reports on the first feelie or subliminal perception movie shown in Hollywood. The technique flashes fast symbols like buy popcorn and death to influence viewers unnoticed. Demonstrations show scenes with Spy symbols over Kim Novak and Cathy O'Donnell as suspense builds.
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Hollywood
Talkies
Movieland
Kim Novak
Gerald Nohr
Gasiigat
Cathy O'Donnell
Oaks
Mohr
Alicea Hitchcock
Glass Petition OK Gets Place On Ballot
Frederick attorney Thomas S Glass earned a ballot slot as an independent for State's Attorney after petitions filed with 860 signatures were checked at the Board of Registry in the Court House. Officials said registrations greatly exceeded the 750 minimum. Ezra Pound's treason indictment was dismissed, paving his potential release from a mental institution. Maryland judges and lawyers moved to streamline Court of Appeals procedures in Easton.
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Frederick
Glass
Board of Registry Office
Court House
Pound
Washington
Ezra Pound
Easton
Maryland
Court of Appeals
Berlin agency unveils Central Operational Staff title
East Germany brands a new official body as Central Operational Staff for the Organization and Control of the Carrying Out of the Law on the Perfection and Simplification of the Work of the State Apparatus in the German Democratic Republic.
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Berlin
East Germany
German Democratic Republic
Portocarrera To Birds Slim Place Of Bud Daley
The Kansas City Athletics announced the trade of pitcher Arnold Portocarrera to Baltimore for left handed pitcher Bud Daley. Daley, 25, had been in the Cleveland system and joined Baltimore April 1 after San Diego last season where he went 3-0. Portocarrero, part of the franchise move from Philadelphia to Kansas City, posted 4-9 last season.
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Kansas City Athletics Today
Arnold Portocarrrera
Leo
Bud) Daley
Baltmore Orioles
Daley
Cleveland
Baltimore
San Diego
Portocarrero
Philadelphia
San
Padang Proclaimed Captured as Rebels Fall Back
Indonesian forces recaptured Padang after amphibious assaults by Marines Paratroopers and commandos secured the airfield and city within hours. Government troops swept district by district while air and sea bombardment pressed rebel forces in Sumatra the news said. Major General Nasution announced the final stage of crushing the rebellion amid rebel claims of grievances over trade and oil revenues.
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Padang
Jakarta
Celebes
Sumatra
Sukarno
Java
Commmunists
Abdul Haris Nasution
Not Affected By New York Court Case
The United Church of Christ with many county churches remains active and in force despite a New York federal judge's refusal to dismiss a suit against the General Council and the Evangelical and Reformed church. Judges urged both sides to seek Christian charity to settle differences and avoid costly litigation.
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New York
General Council of the
Congregational Christian Churches
Evangelical and Reformed Church
James E. Wagner
Fred Hoskins
Evangelical
New York Tavern Slashes Prices To 1915 Values
New York tavern owner Lewis T. Gill cut prices to 1915 levels to attract patrons. He offered nickel beer in a new glass, whisky for a quarter, and a cheese and salami sandwich for a dime. A sign proclaims President says buy large beer 5 cents. Crowds lined up as Gill added staff to handle demand.
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New York
Lewis T. Gill
Eisenhower
Gill
Gil
Open Forum At Mt Airy With County Commissioners
Three members of the Board of County Commissioners answered questions at an open forum in Firemen’s Hall during a Mt Airy Chamber of Commerce meeting. Delbert S. Null Mehrl H. Ramsburg and A Irvin Renn faced residents for about two and a half hours covering tax money snow removal and other topics. The issue of school attendance for the Mt Airy area crossing county lines was raised noting Mt Airy students attend Carroll County’s Mt Airy School and residents hope no change occurs.
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Earl J. Steward
Baltimore
Cumberland
Steward
Thomas R. Jessen
Frederick County
Ita
Robert EL. Smith
Frederick
Sem- Smith
Gradua
W. Bartgis Storm
Philip H. Beard
Walkersville
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Ocean City
Pease
Smith
William W. Eareckson
Frederick High School
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William H. Browning
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Thurmont High School
Middletown
Brunswick High School
Frederick Countians
Board of County Commissioners
Mt. Airy Chamber of Commerce
Firemen's Hall
Delbert S. Null
Mehrl H. Ramsburg
A. Irvin ‘Renn
Leonard Sherman
Com‘missioners
Mt. Airy
Mt. Airy School
Carroll County
Atomic Power Seen as Key to Future Energy
Dr. Howard Schwartz, AEC reactor expert, tells Hood College crowd that nuclear power offers a compact, dependable source for isolated areas and will become a cheaper electricity source in the coming years. He compares continued fossil fuel use to depleting savings and urges adoption of nuclear and solar energy to prevent resource drain.
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Hudson Science Hall
Howard Schwartz
Atomic Energy Commission
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RESA
Scientific Research Society of America
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AEC
Shippingport
Pittsburgh
Sehwariz Re
Cherry Blossoms Bloom Delayed Three Weeks in Washington
The Associated Press reports cherry blossoms are late this year with full bloom expected around the first week of May. Temperatures have been cooler than normal and precipitation light as forecasts predict mid-60s to low 70s in coastal areas and 30s to 60s inland. A planned Maryland project near the Potomac River may alter local conditions, while the festival proceeds with adjusted timing. Local temperatures vary from the mid 30s to 70s across regions and the forecast calls for light showers in parts of Maryland and Delaware.
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Delaware
Washington
Colonial Beach
Pf Stures
Walter C. Hendrix
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Altains
U.S.301
Charles County
Death in chair marks end of 1959
A 2 year old Negro drifter named Cray and five white men were central to a public dialings matter. The context links labor demands and wage increases with Army officers in a tense state penitentary setting.
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Buseaw
Uren
Richmond
Jermiah
Cray
New York
Penitentary Electric
Disgracefully Low Education Quality Hit
Washington author and educator Arthur Bestor told editors that American classrooms show disgraceful education quality. He argued professional educators have wasted talent on trivial programs and urged leadership to improve intellectual discipline and foreign language learning.
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Arthur Bester
University of Illinois
Council For Basic Education
American Society of Newspaper Editors
William G. ‘Carr
I National Education Assn
Bestor
Russia
Bestov
Gromyko condemns US flights amid pre summit talks
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko denounces U S aircraft armed with atomic and hydrogen bombs crossing toward the Soviet Union. He protest at the U N Security Council and warns of danger of world war while Western powers push pre summit diplomacy. He asserts Soviet deterrence and urges immediate cessation of the flights.
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Andrei Gromyko
United States
Soviet Union
U.N. Security Council
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Kremlin
Foreign Ministry
Maurice ‘Dejean
Llewellyn ‘Thompson
Sir Patrick Reilly
Britain
Dejean
Splace
Thompson
U.S
Democrats Back 16 Billion Dollar Unemployment Relief Plan
House Democrats endorse a 16 billion dollar emergency unemployment relief program to run through June 30 1959 financed entirely by the U S Treasury. The measure covers workers in existing state programs and others not yet eligible though rules for the latter remain undecided. The plan emerged from a Ways and Means caucus as a compromise between Eisenhower proposals and Mills backed measures.
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House
U.S. Treasury
House Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means
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