Parkway Described as Desirable Not Essential in Canal Park Plan
ANNAPOLIS December 10 The State Roads Commission’s lawyer called the proposed Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Parkway very desirable but not essential. Officials from the Roads Commission and Park Service discussed access, side roads, sanitation and traffic control, with tentative agreements on certain questions. Hunt-ing arrangements and wildlife sanctuaries were targeted, while opposition feared economic and wildlife impacts.
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Annapolis
State Roads Commission
Joseph D. Buscher
Roads Agency
Old Canal
Board of Natural Resources
Buscher
General Assembly
Great Falls
Cumberland
Maryland
Potomac River
Thompson
National Capital Parks
Park Service
Thommpson
Vaughn
Potomac
Parkway land costs and fish ladder plan outlined
The News details parkway land acquisition costs estimated between 1.7 million and 4 million dollars, with total development pegged at about 17 million. It notes a plan to install a fish ladder at the Little Falls dam on the Potomac to aid upstream migration to Great Falls, restoring spawning habitat.
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Frederick
Co Pac Seanad Ier
Parkway
Park Service
Corps of Engineers
Smoot Sand and Gravel Corp
Washington
Potomac River
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Vaughn
Great Falls
Ralph Silliman
U. S. Fish and Wildife Service
Two Americans Jailed By Communists Dead
Hong Kong dispatch notes at least two Americans jailed by Communist forces in China have died in recent months. Dr. W. L. Wallace, Baptist missionary, died in Wuchow jail last spring with no explanation and suspected of being killed. Philip Cline, an elderly retired businessman, was reported to have died in Tsingtao after his confinement.
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Hong Kong
China
W. L. Wallace
Wuchow
Kwangsi Province
Philip Cline
Tsingtao
Americans Said Held by Reds and Other War Updates
Sources say Cline was released before death among 32 Americans sued as prisoners of the Reds in a statement by Senator Knowland in Los Angeles. Reports from Shanghai note two Americans on a 67-foreigners list allowed to leave Red China Cornell Franklin and John D. Tobin. Franklin's partner Robert Bryan has been held incommunicado since February 13 arrest in Shanghai. Knowland highlights Americans detained by Reds amid a broader international jail list. Elsewhere an Maryland pay dispute surfaces with $6,500 salary for 1951 General Assembly era raises and contested jurisdiction. A Baltimore robbery nets $3,000 in cash and $62,000 in non negotiable stocks and bonds left nearby.
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Cline
Senator Knowland
Shanghai
Knowland
Reds
Comptroller Tawes Must Be Sued In Annapolis
Cumberland reports that attorney William C. Walsh argued the Maryland Comptroller Millard Tawes can only be sued in Anne Arundel County while John L. Estes of Cumberland seeks to dismiss a suit filed in Allegany County. The case concerns the Employment Security Board member.
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Cumberland
Millard J. Tawes
Anne Arundel
William C. Walsh
Allegany County
John L. Estes
Employment Security Board
Boy Leaps Into Well And Saves His Father
In Pendleton Oregon eighteen year old Leon Ford leaped into a crumbling eighteen foot well to rescue his father Norman Vina Ford fifty one trapped at the bottom. He fought dirt as it cascaded and held back the collapse until help arrived. Both men survived after an eighteen hour ordeal and praised the son’s strength and faith.
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Pendleton
Ore
Leon Ford
Norman Vina Ford
Leon
Here
Boy hero saves father from collapsing dirt wall
Leon braced against a board and held back dirt for seven hours to keep his father safe as a large section of a dirt wall slipped. Neighbors then organized rescue efforts.
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Leon
Property Damage In Two Auto Accidents On Route 40
Two motor vehicle crashes on Route 40 east of Frederick Sunday night caused only property damage. The first incident near eight ten p m involved a west bound pickup driven by Harry Claude Davis of 101 Pennsylvania Avenue who pulled in front of a tractor trailer operated by Robert W Howdyshell of Staunton Virginia. Trooper H P O'Brien investigated and charged Davis with failure to grant right of way.
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Frederick
Harry Claude Davis
Pennsylvania Avenue
Robert W. Howdyshell
Staunton
H. P. O’brien
Davis
Motor accident near Death Curve involving two Baltimore drivers
Trooper O'Brien said a 1950 Ford westbound driven by George Himebright crossed the center line and struck a 1950 Dodge driven by Hilrry H. Smith near Death Curve. Estimated damage: about 300 to the Ford and 450 to the Dodge. A charge for failure to grant right of way was filed against Himebright. The first collision caused about 75 damage to a tractor trailer and 100 to a pickup.
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O'Cloc
O'Brien
George Himebright
Baltimore
Hilrry H. Smith
Himebright
Sweet Substance From Gaswork Refuse Is 300 Times Sweeter
A historical note describes saccharin as a by product of gasmaker refuse, stating it is 300 times sweeter than sugar and identifies it as a coal tar derivative.
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Charles L. Runkles
Sue Grove Road
Eloise
John Ellicott Miller, Jr
J. E. Miller
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Coune
Western Maryland Wholesale Co. Wholesale
Frederick, MD
Essex
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Walsh
Allegany County Court
Anne Arundel County
George Henderson
Pulask
Marietta Concrete Corporation
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George M. Chapline
Ruhland C. Boyer
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