20 Property Petitions Are Filed Here
Twenty petitions for highway right of way acquisitions were filed with the Circuit Court clerk for the Frederick by-pass and Thurmont by-pass projects. The State Roads Commission deposited fair market values into court registry, with hearings to follow if owners reject the funds. Profiles of included properties list varied acres, easements, and underlying bed rights across multiple owners and parcels in Frederick and Thurmont districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Roads Commission
Frederick
Thurmont
Circuit Court
Board of Property Review
Joseph D. Buscher
Frederick By-Pass
Motter Avenue
Tuscarora Creek
William C. Humm
William B. Crum
Eleanor W. Hock
Mearle G. Warehime
James H. Cramer
Kenneth Kelly
Nevin A. Dutrow
U.S. 15
Indian Springs Road
Guy R. Ramsburg Jr
Theodore W. Brindle
Charles Weddle
Lena Runkles
Donald Smith
U.S
Richard F. Nallin
Crawford W. Young
Claude C. Clemson
Mary W. Wortson
Anna May Thomas
Lewis A. Leichert
George A. Worman
H. Richard Worman
Joseph D. Smith
John M. Clem
Mirs
Donald WooCleer
Paul P. Angleberger
W. C. Humm
Robert F. Jaeger
Farmers and Mechanics
Citizens National Bank
Sand R. Poultry Company and Farmers and Mechanics
Lester Ss. Birety
Robert F. Gelwicks
Layton Moser
Elmer W. Clabaugh
Thurmont Bank
Howard W. Bussard
Maryland
Albert L. Staub
Explosion Burns Eight Aboard Cabin Cruiser Rita-Royce II
An explosion wrecked a 34 foot cabin cruiser off Lombard Beach in Anne Arundel County, burning eight Baltimore residents. Two men, Albert Duke and Harry Loewenthal, were seriously burned. another treated and released. The vessel, owned by Millard S. Sindler, was a total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Lombardeo Beach
Anne Arundel County
Millard S. Sindler
Albert Duke
Harry Loewenthal
South Baltimore General Hospital
Duke
Loewenthal
Sindler
Lombardee Beach
Warmer Temperatures Forecast With Scattered Thunderstorms
Temperatures rose over the weekend with a forecast of warmer days and scattered thunderstorms in the coming period. Readings reached 49 at the airport on Saturday, the second August low this month, with 48 recorded on the 22nd and a rainfall total of 1.9 inches to date. Normal is 4:03. Tonight and Tuesday look partly cloudy and warm with more thundershowers possible, and similar on Wednesday. Sunday’s high reached 80 degrees, three above Saturday.
Pilot Counties In Development Plan Picked
Washington reports that 55 counties in 24 states were designated as pilot counties in a new rural development program. They will get federal help in education, technical aid, administration, and farm credit to spur balanced development, with 28 counties already in the program also receiving support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Benson
West Virginia
Raleigh
Illiinois
Tennessee
Tidegidne Gastar
Fenarcote— Grainger
Hardin
Macon
Virginia
Cumberland
Carroll
Lewis
Two Drivers Draw Heavy Fines Here
A Virginia youth was fined over 170 dollars or 50 days in jail and another youth paid over 200 dollars in three cases at Trial Magistrate's court. Substitute Magistrate Edward J. Smith presided. Robert Meeks, 24, Craigsville, was convicted on four motor vehicle violations. He drove an old car with a temporary plate, used someone else’s credentials, and admitted drinking. He received 150 dollars plus 30 days in jail for DUI, 10 dollars or 10 days for reckless driving, 5 dollars or 5 days for displaying another’s license, and 5 dollars or 5 days for driving without his own license. He was ordered to serve 50 days in jail. Leonard S. Mercer, 24, paid 211.50 in fines on two counts for driving with a refused license and driving without plates. James F. Wilkinson, 56, received 10 dollars or 10 days for reckless driving due to no prior record. Collateral fines were imposed on several individuals for various motor vehicle violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Edward J. Smith
Robert Meeks
Craigsville
A. G.hedden
Hedden
Meeks
Leonard S. Mercer
C. C. Steele
Smith
Micke
Boy Scout Rescued After Week Lost In Mountain Wilderness
Richard Mizuhata, a Seattle area Boy Scout, survived seven days six nights with little food or water in Mt Rainier National Park. Found by Paul Uno, a Seattle mail carrier, he was hospitalized in good spirits and eager for meals and comics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Richard Mizuhata
Docs
Richald
Mt. Rainer
Here
Carbon River
Mt. Rainier National Park
Paul Uno
Park Rangers
Local Moose Members Return From Chicago Convention
Frederick Moose Large No 371 and the Women of the Moose traveled home after attending the National Moose convention in Chicago. Roger Powell won the Maryland award for a paid all expense trip. Mrs LeRoy Lowell and Mrs Lavier Zimmerman earned College of Regents degrees, the third high honor in the national Women of the Moose. Governor Milton Nash led the local delegation, with many officers and members listed among the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Roger Windiger
Gay Waltz
W Thomas Whitmore
LeRoy Sowell
Ostar Keyser
Roy Gosnell Sr
Lavier Zimmerman
Roger Powell
Albert Smith
Car Fails To Make Cloverleaf Curve At Interchange
Three Fort Belvoir soldiers escaped uninjured when their 1953 Chevrolet failed to negotiate the Cloverleaf curve at US 15 and US 240, overturning on the ramp. Driver Jack Dowdle, 19, of Indianapolis, and passengers Ronald G. Johnson and Jerry Ramos were all unhurt. Damages were about $900 per Trooper A. D. Martin. no charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belvoir
Gloverleaf
Jack Dowden
Indianapolis
Ind
U.S. 240
Ronald G. Johnson
Jerry Ramos
A. D. Martin
Fire and vehicle crashes cause hydrant damage in Frederick
Weekend incidents in Frederick left a four year old girl with a minor lip cut after she backed into a northbound sedan on Ice street. Driver James L. Wiles stopped, the child treated, no charges filed. Separate accidents damaged a fire hydrant on West South street and a coffee machine, with minor vehicle damage and charges for reckless driving in one case. A separate rear collision near College Avenue caused about $195 damage. no charges. A later incident at East Fourth Street involved a coffee machine damage and a man charged with reckless driving, posting collateral for a hearing. A report also notes a new Soviet MIG 19 jet shown at an air show in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Barbara Anne Brown
West All Saints Street
William A. Boone Jr
Ice Street
James L. Wiles
West Fifth Street
Iee
All Saints Streets
Wiles
Boone
Henee MpMdan
State Roads Commission
West South Street
South Jefferson Street
Paul
Mossburg
Robert L. Fraley
Thurmont
RFD 1
Praley
Carl H. Stoops
Gary
Ind
West Patrick Street
College Avenue
Olivcer Boone
Thm
James R. Wickham
East Patrick Street
Far Street
East Fourth Street
Edgar M. Lowman
Airy
RFD 2
Eshleman
Frederick Many
Lowman
Unclaimed suitcase sparks New Orleans terminal scare
Firemen police and a bomb expert rushed Union passenger terminal after an unclaimed phonograph case. The expert declared it a time bomb and had the container soaked overnight. Two uncertain officers later opened it to find a battery operated photograph whirring inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Union
Becomes Airborne Becomes Airborne
The 1956 election campaign moved into high gear as Democratic nominees Adlai E. Stevenson and Estes Kefauver headed to Santa Fe New Mexico then Vancouver Washington Sioux City Iowa and Knoxville Tennessee for daily meetings with party leaders before Chicago Friday. Republican nominee Richard Nixon flew from Whittier California to Washington for a campaign push while President Eisenhower remained on golf vacation at Pebble Beach California. AFL-CIO Executive Council began in the Poconos to decide whether to endorse the Democratic ticket, with pressure to renew the 1952 endorsement but some members urging no formal stand. All four top candidates attended church, Hagerty stating Eisenhower is no longer a convalescent and his first major speech likely mid-September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Adlai E.stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Santa Fe
N. M
Ior
Vancouver
Wash
Sioux City
Iowa
Knoxville
Whittier
Calif
Washington
Eisenhower
Cypress Point Club
Pebble Beach
James C. Hagerty
Afl-Cio
Pocono Mountains
Pennsylvania
Labor
Hagerty
San Francisco
Frederick County Democrats Back Mahoney for U S Senate Seat
The Frederick County Democratic State Central Committee met to back George P. Mahoney for the U S Senate vacancy created by Millard E. Tydings illness. James McSherry chaired the county campaign panel with James Storm and others named as officers and party leaders voiced broad support. Conversations suggested a 4 to 2 county vote in favor of Mahoney, with some members noting precommitments and others cautious about competing candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic State Central Committee
Frederick County
Millard E. Tydings
U.S
James McSherry
Wiliam M. Storm
McSherry
Tydings
Edwin F. Nikirk
State Central Committee
William M. Storm
Alton Y. Bennett
Hazel W. Lewis
James E. Cummings
Irvin Ephraim
Brunswick
M. Frank Shuff Jr
Emmitsburg
Elizain A. Rind
Uate
Democratic Women's Club
George P. Mahoney
Frederick
Mahoney
Women's Democratic League
Ocean City
Louise Fraley
Elizabeth Kaill
Democratic, ‘Women’s League
Helen
Prank) McKenzie
Mikired
National Council Labor Day Message Urges Economic Justice
The National Council of Churches issues a Labor Day message noting high employment and prosperity yet unresolved inequality. It urges fair wages, ends to employment discrimination, greater income security, and equal economic opportunity while cautioning against overreliance on material values. The statement, from Protestant and Eastern Orthodox churches with 5,850,000 members, was distributed for use on Labor Day weekends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Council of Churches
Wenepeunay
Conventions Flopped As TV Attractions
New York report from Sindlinger Co. shows TV conventions failed as draws. A sample of 1,000 set owners across 238 counties found average viewership around 3.3 million versus 5.4 million for peak commercials. non network programs and sports often outpaced conventions in many communities. Radio listening rose as audiences sought musical relief from speeches. Local Democratic Central committee meets with Chairman Nikirk and other officials to form an advisory campaign panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sindlinger Co
Philadelphia
EJ Fisher
James Hahn
Warry Jimes
Helen Notnagte
Democratic Central Committee
Nikirk
George — Fabrecht
John D. Leatherman
Joseph F. Chew
George Hamilton
World affair notes and local charity events in brief
London seeks Cairo talks on a U S plan for an international canal authority with Egypt’s Nasser likely to meet Menzies committee in Cairo. Britain and France may use force, while Soviet diplomats doubt a Western war over Suez. In Atlanta area, the American Legion backs a Christmas toy drive and a Key Post benefit game at McCurdy Field. Oglethorpe University names Don R. Wilson president designate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Menzies
London
Nasser
Cairo
Egypt
Menzies
Suez
United States
Brier Pomdeaaas
Britain
France
Southampton
Moscow
Europe
Middle East
Suez Canal Co
Paris
Canal
England
Francis Scott Key Post American Legion
Legionnaires
F.L.K
Wilbur Baker
The
Lion
William ®. Burall
Lawrence Dorsey
Tri-County
McCurdy Field
Legion Project
Baker
Oglethorpe
Five Day Forecast Impacts Kidnap Fears In Springfield
In West Springfield Mass fears of a kidnapping involving Mrs Edwina G Simpson and her three children subsided as police reported a forecast mishap. The day will be warm with scattered thundershowers and a cool evening. A domestic dispute preceded mild afternoon and evening activity. Forecasts mention Lewell Jnrgvield and Delaware in error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Springfield
Mass
Edwina G Simpson
Simpson
Lewell Jngrvield
Delaware
Oxnard
Calid
Letntriet
Alyinet
New York
Aircraft
Dleel
Merning
Aisnes
Stanley Offers Bill To Avoid Segregation
Governor Thomas B. Stanley proposed a bill to withhold state funds from localities pursuing school segregation as Charlottesville and Arlington face desegregation orders, seeking to pressure continued racial separation or acceptance of public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley
Bill
Richmond
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia General Assembly
Virginia
Charlottesville
Arlington
U. S. District Court
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred’k
Kaisus
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
A&p
Elmer D. Bollinger
Ami Thurmont Bank
Charles F. Lewis
Guy V. Lewis
Calvin G. Wilbide
Garrett
James F. Wilkinson
RFD
Alfred L. Stevens
Clarksburg
Andrew J. Rankin Jr
Boy Scout
Chicago
Weverton
Oranienblag
East Germany
Russia
Germany
Juliana
Netherlands
Prince Bernhard
Nice
Corfu
National Council
Otto John
West Germany
Wea
Suez Canal
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