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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1955
Page
2
Atoms for Peace discussions in Geneva noted current atom powered plants cost about twice as much as coal plants, yet within ten years fuel costs and market dynamics could reverse this in parts of the United States and Britain where free markets may lower nuclear fuel prices and electricity costs.
Analysts forecast continued high activity into fall as summer gains lift heavy industry and auto sales. Inflation risks rise with stronger demand, tighter credit debates, and possible wage and price increases. SHOOK HOVIS REUNION reported at Guywin Oak Park with a large turnout and awards for Shook and Hovis families.
An explosion at a water well injures Roy Mumford in East Patrick Street area and another person fatally injured a week after a collision involving Paul Fox. James A Grove and William J Davis couples celebrate first anniversaries while planning trips to Niagara Falls Thousand Islands and Canada. Mt St Marys College prepares for football with Jo Jo Lawlor coordinating the husky athletes. Typhoid fever outbreak at Camp Louise prompts health officials to investigate five related cases linked to a camp employee.
A long list of individuals with variations of Keeney Fisher Shipley Shook Hovis Jenkins and other surnames appears, naming numerous adults and spouses across multiple households. The fragment reads like an attendance or social column with numerous relatives and connections, but no discernible event.
Baltimore four state Seventh Day Adventist gathering heard Darrell K. Smith condemn church fund raisers such as rummage sales chicken suppers and bingo. He urged tithes and free will offerings as sufficient for evangelism church and ministerial costs, stressing tithing builds character alongside funds. The note ends with an unrelated scientific fact about the human eyeball.
THIS IS DEMOCRATIC DAY AT Braddock Heights. A large barbecue hosted by General Baugh man attracted thousands to the Heights for a substantial feast and a slice of Democratic doctrine from Maryland orators this afternoon. MISS ELIZABETH KREH injured her left foot yesterday. The First Day Of Mt. Alry's festival featured 32 floats in the parade. Milton J. Urner welcomed attendees and spoke on local natural advantages. ILE CAMP 17 PREPARES DELEGATES PRAISE. Westminster session noted the best set of delegates, honored for uninstructed status.
Dr J Franklin Waas former Calvary Methodist pastor and retiree will guest speak at the Young Men's Bible Society of Frederick County anniversary Sunday at Baker Park. Program includes devotional led by Dr Henri L G Kieffer, singing by John D Shorrow and Mrs Frank H Lewis, with Robert L Smith guiding hymns. rain backup Calvary church.
Miss Lila Ward Chichester and Mr William Watkins Wenner plan a Saturday wedding at All Saints Episcopal Church with extensive pre nuptial entertainments by families and friends. Attending events include Mrs James Gambrill and Mrs Harold Suimare hosting luncheons, and bridesmaids from Baltimore. Guests later gather at a rehearsal dinner and a wedding breakfast at Mrs Lane’s home before a reception at the Francis Scott Key Hotel.
In a Frederick area paper a list notes Mr. Written Ro Gowiell of Redwood avenue is in satisfactory condition after surgery at Fyodiitk Memorial hospital. Mr. Roger Fogle of New Midway, a patient at University Hospital Baltimore, is listed as recovering from injuries from a weekend automobile accident. Mrs. Sage Bongder of Pine avenue underwent surgery Monday at Frederick Memorial Hospital and is reported in satisfactory condition.
A reader shares a prayer by a man who excuses church absence. The speaker admits lying to God and self about feeling ill, lists worldly temptations from Sunday paper to golf and movies, asks for mercy and strength to attend church and forsake laziness.
A compact moral piece by LUF BURROW on friendship and reciprocity. It urges that to merit friends one must be a friend, show steady kindness, avoid harsh treatment, and maintain enduring sociability to earn affection and social support.
In Hamburg, a jammed subway train rammed into another at the main railway station injuring 82 people. The crash left 18 seriously hurt, with 2 fatalities reported. emergency crews responded quickly as rails and cars were inspected for damage.
Frederick merchants unveil August Value Days at a retail luncheon chaired by Edward Mull of the News-Post advertising. The plan includes free parking rumored during Jack-Pot Days, later promotions like Frederick Harvest Festival on October 21 and 22, Santa Comes To Town on November 26, and extended hours through Christmas and into early January 2.
United Nations Command calls an urgent Military Armistice Commission session to seek the return of a missing U S training plane crew after it was shot down by Communist fire near the demilitarized zone. The meeting is set for 10 a m Saturday with no immediate Communist reply. Names of the crew are withheld.
In Siracusa Sicily nine divers uncovered water logged wrecks believed to be remnants of a Greek war fleet lost 2 368 years ago in a major ancient defeat. Skeletal remains were seen in the silt of the Bay of Siracusa as experts identify the find as an Athenian trireme fleet.
Tritium may aid laundries in removing grease from garments and could find use in dairy food processing and petroleum industries, per W G Brown and colleagues from Argonne National Laboratory at the atoms for peace conference.
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