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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1956
Page
12
The main lodge at Squaw Valley collapsed in a fire leaving a blackened ruin. Officials expect quick rebuilding and estimate a loss around 200 thousand dollars. A local contractor, Riiwid F. Kine, reportedly holds insurance on the property.
In Nicosia, Cyprus, claim papers are alleged forged by EORA underground tied to a claims campaign against British rule. Officials deny the charge, stating documents include parts of a diary linked to KOKA leader General Grivas. An unrelated arson near Rocks Sprags prompted a firefighting response.
Baltimore Maryland State Board of Education urged a 21 to 22 million increase over two years. The plan raises minimum teacher salaries from 2800 to 3600 and maximum from 4600 to 5400, with phased annual increases beginning July 1 1958. The proposal would raise basic state aid per teacher to 1000 and counties would continue local supplements.
A 15 year old girl, Julia Carol Fairbanks of Cambridge, was killed early today when her head struck a bridge post on the Choptank River Bridge near Cambridge. She was riding with four other youths who reported she leaned out of the window as the car neared the bridge. The incident was identified by State Trooper William R. Bratton. Markets will be closed Monday for Labor Day.
Labor Day marks the last long weekend for city and county residents with factories and offices closed Friday evening through Monday. Banks post offices and federal state and county offices close Monday. Weather calls for hot conditions with a weekend shower chance and school starting next Wednesday. Attendance at the Von Brothers circus reached about 1500 on Jefferson Street near McCurdy Field.
A House subcommittee hearings on vehicle safety feature claims as GM Ford and Chrysler stage dramatic crash tests. Executives defend high horsepower not as speed but safety aid while lawmakers seek to cut highway deaths. Officials acknowledge progress but note vast work remains.
Three youths at the Maryland House of Correction faced new charges and 18 month additions from associate justice Patrick M. Schnauffer after being found guilty of stealing a $400 automobile owned by James F. Crampton Jefferson. Trooper Robert D. Henline testified the youths confessed and were captured in Garrett County. Separate cases involved use of 16 forged checks under the name George W. Sponser with several forgery counts dropped. one youth faced possible later trials while others receive probation and foster care arrangements. In Cairo Egypt two more Britons named as members of an alleged spy ring against President Nasser were reported, with three Britons already arrested and two diplomats expelled. The named individuals include James Swinburn of the Arab News Agency, with the new names Mr Saint John and Mr Cox identified as British intelligence officers.
A note details that 12 year old Romdie was found asleep in a deserted booth near Havre de Grace after a search involving the Coast Guard Tidewater Fisheries and military aviation teams. The case earlier involved a claimed 10 mile journey from Fieimng Point Park and a kidnapping suspect Angelo totin La Marca.
Lake Bros Pickle Co sues a Detroit seed store claiming 38 pounds of Hungarian wax peppers were mislabelled causing 118000 bushels of green peppers unfit for consumption. The firm says farmers were paid 21.1 and suffered losses while seeking profits and goodwill.
Three French troop carrying ships were reported en route to Cyprus with tent camps prepared at Limassol. Britain and France agreed to temporary French use of the Cyprus base near Suez as tensions rise in the crisis. Prime Minister Eden took a short holiday, while Egyptian charges of a British spy ring inflamed the region amid Nasser's plans with the Suez Committee.
Basil O’Connor president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis says epidemic polio could end by end of 1957 with mass use of the Salk vaccine. He notes the booster dose after the first two injections is important and urges full cooperation for rapid release and distribution.
A Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-6B crashed near Unimak Island off the Alaska Peninsula last night killing at least nine of 22 aboard. Seven survivors were located, with six unaccounted for as rescue teams faced severe weather. The plane was en route from Vancouver to Tokyo when it went down near Cold Bay about 9:58 p.m. ET, with the injured to be flown to Elmendorf Air Force Base for treatment.
Janice, organist at Stork ton Presbyterian Church and substitute Sunday School teacher, will be crowned Sunday night at the 4-H Club program. William F. Schrader berg, fair president, will present the crown. Four runners up will be attendants: Dorothy Roche, Martha Milkerson, Loretta Coleman, and Catherine Davis, with ages and towns listed.
One of America’s top jet aces forecasts a new speed record in the Bendix race this Saturday. Capt. Manuel Fermag, a Korean War veteran, says current record times will be broken, with pilots from George Air Force Base flying Super Sabre jets to finish at Oklahoma City’s National Aircraft Show.
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