County to Improve State Roads This Spring
Frederick county roads will receive surface treatment this spring under the State Roads Commission plan. Projected mileages include US 340 from Steiner's Bridge to Petersville about 3 miles, MD 22 Emmitsburg to Carroll line about 5 miles, and MD 550 from MD 77 to Creagerstown about 3.3 miles. Work starts mid May and lasts about a month, with oiling limited to a few miles in Carroll and Howard counties.
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Frederick County
Thomas G. Mobler
Steiner's Bridge
Petersville
Maryland
Emmitsburg
Carroll County
Creagerstown
State Roads Commission
U. S. 13
Thurmont
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Roger H. Willard
Ulle
Willard Gaid
Frederick Road
U. S. 15
Hansonville
Mountville
Richard F. Kline
Travel Council Names Policeman Cop of Week
Maryland Travel Council selects Officer Edward Poist as Cop of the Week for courtesy to a motorist. Nomination by N B Merkle of Rosewood State Training School notes Poist rode a bus home and had supper after the helpful deed. Poist serves in the Northeastern District at the Baltimore DMV office. Merkle and Poist win weekend getaways.
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Annapolis
Baltimore
Maryland Travel Council Today
Edward Poist
N. B. Merkle
Rosewood State Training School
Merkle
Poist
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Iews
Maryland
Will Merkle
Tawes Interested In Becoming Governor
State Comptroller J. Millard Tawes hinted at a gubernatorial bid at a Jefferson Jackson Dinner in Salisbury. He said the Eastern Shore deserved a governor and expressed interest, while Senator Louis Goldstein and Senator John Sparkman urged a Democratic sweep in Maryland and nationally in the coming year. Weathered by confusion, the response from Tawes remained noncommittal and cautious.
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John H. Sparkman
Ala
Sparkman
Goldstein
Maryland
Firemen Seek 2000 In Two Week Fund Drive
Rocky Ridge Fire Co plans a campaign to raise $2000 by the May 16 delivery of a new two ton 45 Dodge fire engine costing 100000. The unit, with 8400 gallon per minute pump and front mounted pump, will improve service in Creagerstown Detour Motters Station and support calls from Woodsboro New Midway Emmitsburg and Thurmont. The drive is led by Charles W Mumma with plans to use carnival funds and county allotments to complete the down payment.
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Rocky Ridge Fire Co
Rocky Ridge Fire Company
Rocky Ridge Company
Creagerstown
Detour
Motters Station
Woodsboro
New Midway
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Charles W. Mumma
Mumma
John Kaas
Strawberry Breakfast at College on Sunday
College students will honor the May Queen and her court at the annual Sunday Strawberry Breakfast. Sophomore singers will announce the queen has been named prettiest girl in the senior class to reign during May Day weekend. Others to be honored include Prince Hood and the court jester. Katherine Crook of Baltimore leads plans, with Kathleen Kerr Hastings, Nebraska as May Day chair. Faculty and administration attend as guests.
Frederick cleanup drive gains city truck support on Patrick Street
City trucks will cover West Patrick Street Monday to begin the second week of Frederick's cleanup and paint-up campaign, initiating the second week of the effort.
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Patrick Street
West Patrick Street
Frederick
Woman Invited To Dinner Is Years Ago Stayed On
ST LOUIS Mrs Fuller W Fooshe invited Mrs Eleanor Blame Lee Harris to dinner 11 years ago. Now she wishes Mrs Harris would go home. Magister Fisher issued eviction against Mrs Harris who did not appear in court, claiming it a misunderstanding. Harris stayed on at Fooshe home, later moved to Milwaukee. Harris widow of Beverly D Morris, former Monsanto president.
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ST. Louis
Fuller W. Foohe
Eleanor Blame Lee Harris
Clayton
William W. Seater
Fooshe
Fisher
Harris
Foashe
Milwaukee
Basie Watts
Ilary
Beverly D. Morris
Monsanto Chemical Co
National City Bank
New York
Dust clouds darken Western Plains with scattered rain
Dust storms swept eastern Colorado to western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming with gusts up to 68 mph and visibility down to a quarter mile in spots. Some western Texas Oklahoma areas saw thunderstorms and rain, while others remained dry. temperatures ranged from the 30s to 70s across regions.
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Associated Press
Plains
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Lander
Wyo
U.S
Denver
Akron
Colo
Sidney
Neb
Guymon
Okla
Dalhart
Tex
Case by Case Study On Polio Vaccine Aims To Identify Cause
Washington officials and experts conducted a two day conference on 29 polio cases after Cutter vaccine inoculations. Jonas Salk and Thomas Francis joined Public Health Service representatives and 11 outside specialists to review epidemiological and medical histories and assess if a vaccine imperfection or coincidence caused the new cases.
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Washington
Legler
Otrier
Public Health Service
Jonas 5. Salk
Pittsburgh
Thomas Francis
University of Michigan
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
California
Faces Drunken Driving Charge After Accident
Paul Wilson Jones of 608 Middle Alley was held by Maryland State Police on drunken driving charges after his 1937 Buick was demolished in a high speed crash on US 340 west of Frederick at 10 40 p m Friday. Jones, treated for an injured thumb at Frederick Memorial Hospital, was jailed for a hearing this morning. His car rolled three times, traveled 249 feet off the highway, and rested against a utility pole after narrowly missing a tractor trailer.
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Paul Wilson Jones
Maryland
L. S
Frederick
Joseph S. Plume
Jones
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Dulles Plans Paris Meeting On Indochina Policy Rift
Secretary of State Dulles heads to Paris for Western Big Three talks and Indochina discussions with Antoine Pinay and likely Edgar Fabre. Washington backs Ngo Dinh Diem while France questions his ability to govern, signaling a looming policy split over Viet Nam aid and leadership. Bao Dai seeks to replace Diem, risking U.S. aid ties.
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Washington
Dulles
Paris
South Viet Nam
Indochina
Antoine Pinay
Edgar Fabre
U.S
Diem
J. Lawton Collins
Saigon
Two Accidents In City Deliver Fracture And Pole Crashes
Airman Julian M. Turner of Andrews Air Force Base suffered a probable nasal fracture after his car stopped suddenly on North Bentz street early this morning. In a separate incident on West Seventh street James F. Walsh crashed into two poles, causing $500 damage to his sedan. a reckless driving charge was filed and a hearing set for May. Other traffic charges were also issued. In Hanover Germany control of Lower Saxony shifted to a coalition backing Chancellor Adenauer’s government, ending four Nazi or Socialist administrations since the war.
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West Seventh Street
Julian M. Turner
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Cambridge
Paul Mossburg
Turner
Thomas W. Snrankle
Grant Place
Bentz Street
Sixth Street
Sprankle
Frederick Memorial Hospital
West Seventh
Seventh
James F. Walsh
Taney Apartments
Nathan Dorses
Walsh
Montclair
Hits
Lawrence A. Pigsus
RFD Y
St. Aire
Dorsey
Donald E. Fritz
RED 2
M1 Aims
James Mo Hart
RFD 3
Mt Airy
Vaccination Halted in California Over Polio Fears
In California a vaccination halt was ordered pending a federal safety review after infantile paralysis cases tied to Cutter Laboratories vaccine in Berkeley. The pause affects Cutter and other firms temporarily, with 13 California cases and one Chicago case linked to Cutter, plus several non polio illnesses under investigation.
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Berkeley
Calif
AlEpolis
Calfornia
U.S
State Board of Health
Washington
Cutter Laboratories
Cutter
Dee Dhe Prrmict Areemittade Dassion
California
State Health Board
Chicago
Idaho
Fatal crash driver fined after overturned car near Whippoorwill Hollow
An April accident on old U.S. 40 near Whippoorwill Hollow west of New Market left passenger Set. Lewell 4. Tomlinson dead from a skull fracture while driver Constance A. Wingett faced a reckless driving charge. She received the minimum fine of 25 dollars plus costs. Wingett testified she dozed off and ran off the road. The case was handled by Magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr. with defense by James McSherry. A separate assault case against Lawrence Geisler resulted in a guilty verdict and a generally suspended sentence. Police investigators were James Denver Shook and May E Ardinger.
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Lewell
Tomlinson
Camp Detrick
Old U.S. 40
Whippoorwill Hollow
New Market
Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr
Peoples Court
James McSherry
Constance A. Wingett
Airy
Winger
C. BD Mades
Lawrence Geisler
Taney
Constance
Ten
Set. C. D. Mades
Five Alarm Fire Destroys Baltimore Ice Plant
A five alarm blaze tore through an ice plant in Baltimore early today while the facility was being dismantled. Fire crews battled the flames, halting work and sparking damage to the structure and its equipment. No injuries were reported, and investigators will inspect the site for the cause.
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Baltimore
Ind
Citizenship Meeting at Annapolis Promotes Public Duty
About 300 Marylanders gathered in the Maryland House of Delegates to discuss citizenship at the first annual Maryland Conference on Citizenship. Gov McKeldin sent regrets. Dr Kenneth Dale Weiss delivered the keynote on Freedom's Flame. Speakers urged personal responsibility, civic involvement, and service to communities, with 26 sponsoring groups and afternoon discussion groups planned.
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Annapolis
Maryland House of Delegates
Thomas 8. Carr
McKeldin
Maryland
Kenneth Dale Weiss
Freedoms Foundation
Valley
Earle T. Hawkins
National Conference On Citizenship
Hawkins
Towson State Teachers College
McKelcin
Mekheldin
Junior Chamber Chapter To Receive Award Today
The Maryland Junior Chamber of Commerce chapter will receive the Henry L. Geissenberg award for outstanding activities. Selections by the awards committee at the state convention will be announced at the banquet tonight. Speaker at the banquet is J Roger Deas of American Canning Co. New York. The convention attracts about 400 members and delegates.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Defense May Be Put Up To Nationalists
Sen Mansfield said any defense of Quemoy and Matsu would become the sole responsibility of the Chinese Nationalists. He noted discussions between Robertson and Radford with Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa and said a cease fire would require all offshore islands to Red China. Peiping radio urged direct talks without Nationalists and criticized Eisenhower.
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Washington
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Quemoy
Matsu Islands
Walter Robertson
Arthur W. Radford
Chiang Kai-shek
Robertson
Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chiang
Formosa
White House
Eisenhower
Eisenhowier
Senate
Formosa Strait
Red China
United States
Peiping
Tokyo
Stalk Woods Swamp For Three Jail-Breakers
A 200-man posse hunted 10 square miles of swamp and woods in St Lawrence County New York for three armed jailbreakers who escaped from Canton jail after taking two pistols. One trooper was wounded in a battle yesterday and a fourth escapee was captured while the fugitives reportedly had 20 rounds of ammunition left. Positioned across the St Lawrence area, deputies and volunteers aided by 80 troopers pressed through briar and thicket as the search continued south of the St Lawrence Seaway.
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Lawrence
Nly
New York
St.Lawrence Seaway
St.Lawrence County
Canton
Rebel Army Loses Two-Day Street War in Saigon
In Saigon the Binh Xuyen rebels were defeated after a two day battle, as Premier Ngo Dinh Diem’s Nationalist forces secured control of the city. Casualties exceeded 500 soldiers and civilians, with 1,510 wounded, including U.S. aid official Dixie Reese. Diem’s cabinet was dissolved and a new one urged.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Cho Lon
Ngo Dinh Diem
Binh Muyen
Society
Everett ‘Dixie’ Reese
Texas
U.S
Binh Xuyen
LB van Vien
Bacut
Hoa Hoa
Satgox
Cao Dai
Diem
U S
State Dulles
Doughty
Edgar Faure
Release Of Eleven Fliers Not Expected
Singapore The 11 U. S. fliers held as spies by Peiping are unlikely to be released soon. An American writer Sam A. Jaffee says a high Chinese official told him any form of reply on the issue would not benefit relations. Bandung interview with Chou En-lai cited.
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Singapore
U. S
Peiping
Chou Hn-lai
Sam A. Jaffee
the Nation
Chou
Bandung
Jaffee
Crowd Fades As A-Tests Are Postponed Time After Time
In Survival City Nevada the postponed atomic test draws dwindling Civil Defense crews and observers from peak figures of 2,500 and 2,800 to about 609 and 1,891 as winds and dust threaten fallout. Officials, including Federal Civil Defense head Val Peterson, hint the test may be moved again if conditions don’t improve.
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Survival City
Nev. P
Val Peterson
Federal Civil Defense Administration
New York
Weathermen
The
Atomic Energy Commission
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