New County High School Consideration Upsets Walkersville Area
At the December Frederick County Board of Education meeting, discussion centered on a proposed new junior senior high school to serve Walkersville and the northeastern county, with Liberty residents petitioning for a senior high in Liberty and Myersville delegation requesting more classrooms and staff. The plan contemplates shifting seventh graders to Walkersville elementary and relocating or expanding facilities, while officials weigh funding, site needs, and impact on Frederick High School attendance.
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Walkersville
Liberty-Johnsville
Board of Education
Church Street
Liberty Pta
Linganore Grange
Frederick High School
Frederick High
Laberiy
Liberty
Maryland
New Midway
Woodsboro
Pleasam-McKaig
Frederick
Myersville
Edgar Stevens
Bulding
Eugene W. Pruitt
Mt. Airy
Pearl Thompson
Carrell County Board of Education
L. Pearce
Mt. Anyan
Carroll County
Carroll County Board of Education
Fredervick County
Frederick Counts Board
Tas
Frederick Counts
Mt Anns
Frederick Board
Carroll County Board
Carroll Cammtestancrs
State Board of Education
Frederick Dead
Ridgeville
Frederick County
Schoals
Joey Elementary
Espital Outley
Carrol County
Thurmont To Buy Water Company
Thurmont moves to purchase the Mechanicstown Water Company for public use with an $87,000 bond issue to retire private debt. A second charter amendment clarifies the debt limit. Bond sale may await a test case on home rule. bonds planned after year start, to be repaid over 30 years, with a small annual surplus for system expansion.
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Thurmont
Mechanicstown Water Company
Companie
Water Company
Thomas
Glass
Anne Arundel County Court
Court of Appeals
Annapolis
Ihis
Money Recovered And Brass Knuckles Found
Three juveniles aged 14 and 16 were arrested by city police after an attendant at Weil Bros. service station reported a short cash drawer. Brass knuckles were found tucked under a bed. The youths were jailed at the juvenile detention quarters and a case will be brought before Juvenile Court.
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Weil Bros
North Market Street
Sersi
Norman Diels
James Carmack
Advisers At Camp David Discuss Budget and Defense
At Camp David in Thurmont Maryland President Eisenhower and top advisers held a fog bound session aimed at expanding next year defense programs while balancing the budget and seeking a possible tax cut. Secretary Humphrey said they expect to balance the current fiscal year budget and hope to balance 1956-57 as well. He predicted the President would mention tax cuts in the State of the Union.
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Thurmont
Eisenhower
Camp David
Humphrey
Mountaintop
Rowland Hughes
Youth Faces Seven Charges When Tried
Magistrate Edward J. Smith presided as three cases were heard. David Wade Jennings, 16, Elkton, faced seven motor vehicle offenses after prior theft custody, including license absence and red light violation. He described a police chase ending in a roadblock near Frederick. Sentences ranged from five to sixty days, with additional time for each count. Henry Robinette, 36, Baltimore, received a $30 fine or 20 days for panhandling. James C. Boyle, intoxicated traveler, faced bond issues and potential jail time, with suspension on leaving the city. James Waller Powell and Robert Lee Sheffer cited for rear passing and stop sign violations respectively.
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Edward J. Smith
David Wade Jennings
Elkton
Sgt. C. D. Mades
Washington County
Mades
Boonsboro
Jennings
Frederick
Charlesville
Smith
Istrate Smith
Jane
Henry Robinette
Baltimore
Marshall J. Murray
Church
Market Streets
Dave
Frederick City
James C. Boyle
Set
Denver J. Shook
Nathan A. Dorsey
Theory Police
James Waller Powell
Lee Place
Robert Lee Sheffer
Middletown
Robert D Kirby
Coal Gas Incident Leaves Nine People Hospitalized
Police report a coal gas leak from a faulty furnace at a Baltimore home trapped nine occupants on the first floor. Children among the injured include a 6 month old and a 32 year old man. others treated and released from Provident and University hospitals. Neighbors alerted authorities after Rose Tate could not open a window.
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Baltimore
Polie
Clifton Asking
Joseph Aching
Tims
University Hospital
Lacey Tate
Rose Tate
James Tate
Provident Hospital
Margaret Askins
Cutton Askin
OL Betts Thompson
Gregory Thompson
Rose
Man Given Five Years For Incest
David C. Diehl, a former Frederick county resident who fled after a 35000 bail and was later captured in Waycross, Georgia, pled guilty to incest charges and was sentenced to 11 years in the Maryland penitentiary by Associate Judge Pat Schnauffer. State Trooper Robert Storer presented the main evidence as Diehl did not testify. Diehl’s family has members in New Jersey. E Austin James represented him, with State’s Attorney Samuel W. Barrick prosecuting.
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Frederick County
Georgia
Maryland
Pat‘Schnauffer
David C. Diehl
Ballenger Creek
Middletown
Wayecross
Robert Storer
Diehl
New Jersey
E. Austin James
Samuel W. Barrick
Woman Charged With Murder After Death of Barbara Alexander
CASPER Wyo A 42 year old mother was jailed without bond after confessing to burying Barbara Alexander 27 in a Casper home cellar. Rose Alexander testified the death resulted from a blow or blows from unknown assailants. The case links to her estranged husband James, with testimony detailing a fall and subsequent concealment. The jury will arraign her today.
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Casper
Wyo
Rose Alexander
Barbara Alexander
Ray Whitaker
Natrona County
Jini
Rose
Barbara
James
Worland
Alexander
Baridia
Bars
Hares Hame
Hara
Alxander
Pahice
Hyde To Push Detrick Voting Bill In Congress
Rep Hyde plans to renew a 1950s bid to grant Camp Detrick civilians in Frederick County Maryland voting rights by retroceding military lands to Maryland authority The bill would allow residents to vote as Maryland citizens only after state acceptance Army opposition exists but Hyde argues no new voting criteria would be created and cites Los Alamos precedent if Maryland accepts retrocession would occur for that purpose only.
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Washington
Camp Detrick
Frederick County
Hivde
R-Aid
Maryland Court of Appeals
Hyde
United States
Department of Defense
Maryland
Pers ‘Mit
Lyde
Congress
Army
Mouse Armed Services Committee
Los Alamos
N. M
Jury Visits Farm Site Over Condemnation Case
In Circuit Court Judge Patrick St. Schnauffer presided as jurors toured Albert Tabler’s 108 acre farm near Ridgelyville to study the impact of a new US 40 highway. The visit followed lawyers’ statements citing inequitable compensation of about 18 acres seized and a demolished home, with the State Roads Commission arguing $5,000 was adequate. Mantel M. Weinberg argued for Tabler that losses exceeded compensation and ingress and egress were cut off.
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Atlorneys
Patrick ST. Schnauffer
Albert FP. Stabler
Frederick- Carroll County
Ridhleeville
Mr. Tabler
State Roads Commission
Tabler
Robert
Othenhoeter
Gary
Commis
Taberer
Anytmg
Mantel M. Weinberg
W. Jerome Offurt
Convins Sigh
School Bus And Automobile Damaged
A second bus related crash in two days damaged a school bus and an automobile on North Bentz Street near West Fourth. Investigator William Boone Jr reported Albert Crawford of Was making a left into Bentz from Fourth and Raymond Hackett of North Market Street was turning from Fourth into Bentz when both vehicles collided. Estimated damages totaled about 105 dollars.
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North Bentz Street
West Fourth Street
Offcer William & Boone Jr
Athoai Ius
Albert Te. Crawford
Vt Oloset Boulevard
Bentz
Fouth
Raymond L. Hackett
North Market Street
Damade
Drivers Cited In Trial Magistrate Court For License Violations
Thomas G. Marcin of the State Motor Vehicle Bureau heard 14 mostly teenage drivers in a Trial Magistrate courtroom on Wednesday to show cause why licenses should not be suspended or revoked. Several were reprimanded and placed on probation for one year for infractions such as speeding, reckless driving, failure to appear, and improper passing, with warnings about future job prospects and parental liability.
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Thomas G. Marcin
State Motor Vehicle Bureau
Marcin
Lins
Joseph Francis Weingarden
Sjamsville
Charles Albert DeGrange
Flash Sixth Street
Charles Calvin Bowie Jr
East
Leslie Marshall Creeger
Emouisburg
Kenneth Robert Downs
Viarmont
Wark Hichard Fisher
Martian Luther Flarbaugh
Sabillasville
Robert Lee Litteton Tf
Center Street
Larry Norwood Morgan
Charles Clayton
Downie Lee Smith
Preston Kenneth Hockensmitt
Shirley Mane Wuilshide
Rocky Rindge
Nathaniel Ghavle
Williams
Jen
Athi Tarland Falk Jr
Red
Deans Report Sparks County School Officials Backlash
In College Park Maryland Dr Wilson N Elkins president of the University of Maryland sought to calm county school leaders upset by a report written by all the university deans claiming tech school graduates lack strong English and math skills.
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College Park
Wilson N. Elkins
University of Maryland
Tech Schol
Middletown Seeks Bids for Sewage System Work
Middletown officials invite bids by January 6 at 2 pm for a three contract sewer project estimated around 430000 dollars financed by a bond issue. Contracts cover collecting sewers pumping station and treatment plant with work including 34000 feet of various sewers 1000 feet of 10 inch pipe 2650 feet of cast iron and related pumping and electrical installations.
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Burgess and Commissioners
Middletown
Sharpe Hulu Patent
Duno Syssue
Six Die In Detroit Fire Tragedy Strikes West Side
A Detroit blaze destroyed a frame house on the West Side killing six people, including two families. Otto Harison 33 and Pauline 31 with children Geraldine 4 and Dolores 3 died, as did Lucille Griffin 34 and her infant Pleas Michael Griffin II. Pleas Griffin II survived the second floor blaze after waking to smoke and escaping with injuries.
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Detroit
Otto Harison
Pauline
Geraldine
Dolores
Luccillé Griffin
Pleas Michael Griffin II
Pleas Griffin
Stevenson accuses GOP leaders of hate mongering
New York Democrat Adlai Stevenson, a 1952 presidential hopeful, charged some Republican leaders with using hate mongering in politics. He called it a dangerous, divisive tactic that harms democracy globally and at home. His remarks were prepared for an AFL CIO convention.
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New York
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
AFL
CIO
Building In City Reaches Record High
More than $3,000,000 in new building permits were issued, led by November totaling $289,090 pushing year to date to $3,043,405. Eight new homes in November part of Monocacy Village expansion at Cherokee Trail, with costs around $72,000. Numerous single and multi‑family permits, service stations, and commercial additions authorized, signaling a boom for city and county tax bases.
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Monocacy Village
Frederick
Cherokee Trail
Brosius Homes Corporation
Mary Street
Adam Road
Thomas Avenue
Madison Street
James E. Gaver
Staley Avenue
Samuel W. Barrick
Beechwood Drive
Hugh BH
McCormick
Kline Boulevard
Schley Avenue
Claude Painter
East 13Th Strant
Carvall
Roger B. Wolfe
East Street
Byron White
Rockwell Terrace
William D. Bowers
Marken
Bicfeld
West Seventh Street
Murl D. Maupin
Richard W. DeGrange
East Sixth Street
Maryland Transportation Company
DeGrange Street
Toul Rice
South Market Street
Charles V. Fulmer
Water Street
B. B. Christopherson
James Street
Charles I. Wiles
West South Street
NAM President-Designate Urges End to Federal Aid at Convention
Cola G. Parker, NAM president-designate, told about 3000 industrial leaders that the United States has jobs, wages and hours and urged communities to refuse federal government help wherever possible. He warned against blaming farmers or workers for relying on government and noted taxes rising from two billion in 1815 to over 90 billion by 1954, with federal share increasing from 33 to 75 percent since 1913.
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New York
Assn. of
United States
Cola G. Parker
NAM
Association
Parker
Navy Patrol Bomber Crashes Off Honolulu Rescue Underway
A two engine Navy patrol bomber on maneuvers crashed at sea near Honolulu last night. The Navy reports 10 men were aboard and three were rescued by 2 am. Search and rescue operations were launched for the remaining crew.
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Honolulu
Navy
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Supt. Pruitt
Schaabs Cuid
Puebe Distributos
G. Nuttle
Denton
Samuel Gravham Nuile
Caroline
Detrick
U.S. Post
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Milton
Stirs County Schools
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