$50 Billion Federal Highway Plan Aims for Action
President Eisenhower's $50,000,000,000 federal highway program moves toward the State of the Union address. Gen Lucius D. Clay defends the plan before mayors, noting defense needs for atomic evacuation and the rapid rise of auto ownership from 53 million to an estimated 80 million in 20 years. The plan envisions multi lane interstates with urban access, funded by federal and matching state efforts to expand all road programs.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Lucius D. Clay
National Conference of Mayors
Defense Department
Paroled burglar slain a year after Brooklyn shooting
Michael Russo, 36, was found fatally shot on a Bath Beach street. Police tie the New York case to Philip Rastelli, 36, of Queens, and Ralph Santora, 29, of Brooklyn, who were the alleged attackers in last year’s Calvary Cemetery shooting. Both men have long police records and had been at large since the prior incident. Russo previously recovered from four bullets and had served time for burglary and gun possession.
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NEW Yorkra
Brooklyn
Michael Russo
Philip Rastelli
Queens
Ralph Santora
Russo
Bath Beach
Coney Island
Calvary Cemetery
Rastelli
Santora
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
Fifty years ago items from The News columns dated December 13, 1904 mention Charles Gilbert and William Brengle in a sleigh accident on West Patrick Street with minor injuries, Adams Express driver William Gannon bruised but able to work, Dr George D Moore of Peru ta touring Frederick for property improvements, Chief Justice Richard H River of the District of Columbia retiring January 1, 1905, Justice Eckstein bothered by tramps and fires at Monterue with two jailed.
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Charles Gilbert
Wil Lian $Brengle
West Patrick Street
F. and BL RR. Co
Gilbert
Brengle
Wiliam Gannon
Adams Express Company
George D. Moore
Peorta
Uia
East South Street
Frederick
Moore
Richard H. River
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Glenn H Worthington
Eckstein
Monterue
Twenty Years Ago Hems From The Columns Of The News
The Dec 12 1954 item highlights the Better Housing program aiding property owners to finance repairs at low cost, details from contractors and tradesmen, plus a hospital annual tally and a school Christmas festival in Winchester Hall. Arnold Simmons, son of Chester Simmons, suffered facial burns from an alcohol explosion when a radiator cap was removed and a lit match ignited fumes.
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Frederick City Hospital
North Market Street School
Winchester Hall
Arnold Simmons
Chester Simmons
Local skating accident injures boy. two-car crash near Urbana
Thirteen year old Richard Vine ler fell while skating at a roller rink and broke both bones of his left forearm. A two car collision two miles east of Urbana on Maryland Route 8 injured three people, including two colored men and a white man. William A. Harris, 21, Jesse T. Harris, 27, and Jesse H. Lawhorne were treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Lawhorne faced charges of reckless driving after the crash, which involved a 1950 Mercury driven by John P. Thompson of Gainsville. Thompson’s car was entering his driveway when hit.
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Richard Vineler
East Chireh Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Urbana
Hyattstown Fire Department
William A. Harris
Ijamsville
Jesse T. Harris
Jesse H. Lawhorne
Gaithersburg
R. D. Muir
Lawhorn
Marriage of Miss Alice Everts to Edwin Cassard in Ruxton
Miss Alice Antoinette Everts daughter of Mrs Dirk Everts of Amsterdam and Ruxton married Edwin Chariton Markel Cassard son of Mrs Reese Cassard Sr of Fort Lauderdale formerly of Baltimore and Frederick on Saturday at the Church of the Good Shepherd Ruxton A reception followed at the bride’s mother’s home on Henham Avenue Ruxton Bride’s brother Willem Everts gave her in marriage Maids of honor were Ruth A Hall and bridesmaids were Mrs Jack Robberts Scarsdale NY and Mrs Brown Dunning Jr Baltimore Flower girls were Alicy and Valerie Robberts Best man was E Tileston Mudge 3rd Ushers included Harry S Warren Edwin N Chapman Francis Darrell and Marshall Hawks.
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Assara
Alice Antoinette Everts
Dirk Everts
Amsterdam
Ruxton
Edwin Chariton Markell Cassard
Reese Cassard
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Baltimore
Frederick
Cassard
Church of the Good Shepherd
Ehenham Avenue
Miss Everts
Willem Everts
Ruth A. Hall
Jack Robberts
Scarsdale
N. Y
Brown Dunning, Jr
Little Alicy
Valerie Robberts
E. Tileston Mudge
Harry S. Warren
Edwin N. Chapman
Francis §. Darrell
Marshall Hawks
Sick Master Francis X Staley Injured In Auto Crash
Among The Sick Master Francis X Staley third son of Capt and Mrs Francis X DreY he was seriously injured when hit by an automobile three weeks ago has regained consciousness and is improving at Frederick Memorial Hospital Mrs Kate Zimmermen returned home from Frederick Memorial Hospital Mrs William Abell Adamstown is progressing at Frederick Memorial Hospital where she underwent surgery last Friday James F Leather surgical patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital was considerably better Sunday evening
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Francis X. Staley
Francis X. Drey
Leee Waly
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Kate Zimmermen
East Third Street
William Abell
Adamstown
James F. Leather
Remsbergs Attend Maryland State Grange Session
Mr and Mrs E Earl Remsberg of Buckerstown attended the eightieth annual Maryland State Grange session at Carvel Hall Annapolis December 7 8 and 9. Regina Fifer daughter of Dr and Mrs Jesse Showalter Fifer of Buckerstown is a sophomore at St Marys Seminary Junior College at St Marys City She is active in the Choir Future Nurses of America French Club Health and Safety Committee and the Athletic Association. Mr and Mrs DL Shaff 303 Fleming Avenue have returned from a visit to Lakeland Sarasota and Key West Fla.
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E. Earl Remsberg
Buckerstown
Maryland State Grange
Carvel Hall
Annapolis
Regina Fifer
Jesse Showalter Fifer
St. Mary’s Seminary
St. Mary's
Civ
Future Nurses of
Amerea
Clvic
Health and Safety Committee
The
Salk Vaccine May Be Given Wider Test
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis plans to expand the Salk polio vaccine test to all first and second grade pupils if current trials prove effective. Michigan University conducts evaluation with a report due next spring. Pregnant women are excluded from vaccination lists, replaced by second graders due to higher polio risk.
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New York
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
University of Michigan
Foundation
News-Post Christmas Dinner Held at Key Hotel
The News-Post held its annual Christmas dinner at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with about seventy employees and guests. Emblems were given to Ira V. Moore and Archie T. Shafer for 35 years of service, with several staff members reaching 40 and 75 years. Remarks by Wm. T. Delaplaine noted a January death in the advertising department, and the event featured group singing, a sleight of hand act, and a Christmas cash gift to employees. Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurance were announced for the coming year, with surgical and medical coverage in effect since August 1.
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The
News and the Post
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Ira V. Moore
Archie T. Shafer
George B. Delaplaine
Jacob L. Engebrecht
August T Bried
William S. Bernets
Wm. T. Delaplaine
Robert E. Delaplaine
James R. Kelly
Advertising Department
H. David Hagan
Hagan
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Dorothy Dix Says on Homemaking and Marriage Roles
Dorothy Dix argues that modern brides should be trained in housekeeping though formal training isn’t essential. She notes young wives can excel, business skills aid marriages, and a good homemaker requires harmony and efficiency. A separate letter advises a 43 year old divorced man to hold onto his assets and seek a partner who values him beyond possessions.
Noting a Carols Twist by a Southern Girl in Charlotte
A YWCA group in Charlotte North Carolina sang Christmas carols when an observing girl from the Deep South altered the opening line of the carol by adding the phrase O Lil Ol Town of Bethlehem prompting a brief inquiry into the incident and its context.
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Charlotte
N.C
YWCA
Bethlehem
Cleavage In Both Parties As Eisenhower Faces Unity Challenge
President Eisenhower faces internal strife in the Republican ranks, with Knowland and other advisers cited in debates over party unity and policy toward China and the Soviet Union. The piece argues that true harmony hinges on addressing major issues rather than factional labels and rhetoric.
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David Lawrence Washington
Eisenhower
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Knowland
California
Congress
Watkins
Wisconsin
Union
Taft
Yesman
Hitler
Stalin
McCarthy
LaFollette
Republiican
Senate
John W. Davis
Calvin Coolidge
Mississippi
Red China
Soviet
Russia
U S Army Film to Be Shown Here This Is Your Army
A color documentary This Is Your Army shows U S Army readiness for immediate retaliation against global communist threats. It screens at the Tivoli December 19 to 22 with a second film The Bob Mathias Story supporting the American Olympic Fund.
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the Tivoli
Bob Mathias
Frederick
John J. Hayes
Camp Detrick
Movietone News
Army
United States
Council of Motion Picture Organization, Inc
Behind the Bamboo Curtain American boy seeks home in music
In Washington Don Whitehead recounts Richard Tenneson, a Korean War repatriation defector, who writes his Minnesota mother asking for sentimental songs like White Christmas and Dear Hearts and Gentle People. He recalls how music comforted troops in North Africa and beyond, lifting spirits amid war.
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Don Whitehead
James Marlow
Washington
Red China
Richard ‘Tenneson
Tenneson
Minnesota
Richard Tenneson
North Africa
Italy
France
Germany
Ship Southern Districts Overdue freighter near Portland Maine
A 3337 ton freighter named Southern Districts with 24 crew members and 24 crew plus a cargo of sulphur went three days overdue and uncontacted ten days. Last heard December 3 in the Gulf of Mexico. Coast Guard searched from St. Petersburg Miami and Elizabeth City, with previous radio attempts failing. Ship expected off South Carolina coast December 7 amid a December storm.
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Portland
Maine
Southern Districts
Southern Steamship Co
Wilmington
Del
Shereft
Sulphur
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
St. Petersburg
Fla
Miami
Elizabeth City
S. C
South Carolina
Baltimore policeman held in threat to kill wife case
Mrs Fred erick P. Silcott testified that her husband, a 34 year old Baltimore County patrolman, lay in bed beside her with a service revolver pressed to her side for 90 minutes. He is held for grand jury action on a charge of threatening to kill his wife. State Game and Inland Fish Commission reports 1,570 deer killed in Maryland during the six day open season last week.
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Baltimore
Frederick P. Silcott
Silcott
Baltimore County
Crond
Baltimore i
State Game and Inland Fish Commission
Maryland
Three Boys Trapped in Abandoned Mine Near Welch WV
A cave-in at the old Fall River mine near Roderfield, fourteen miles from Welch, trapped three men or boys while a fourth escaped and was hospitalized. Rescue squads from the Bureau of Mines and U S Steel were dispatched, with updates reaching Bluefield and Garr agents. mine status uncertain.
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Welch
W Va
Roderfield
Carl Berkley
U.S. Bureau of Mines
U. S. Steel Co
Garr
State Mines Department
Meleu Descrue
Norfolk and Western Railways Division
Bluefield
N&w
Fall River
Woman Bludgeoned In Her Bedroom in Brinkley Ark
A young Brinkley mother was bludgeoned with a four foot piece of stove wood in her bedroom yesterday. Her husband Milton Fuller said she died two hours after dawn in a Brinkley hospital. Their children, Mary Helen three and Kathy 18 months, slept nearby as a manhunt sought a six foot white man wearing a khaki overcoat and missing one shoe. Bare footprints were found in the back yard and kitchen. State police issued a pickup order for the suspect.
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Brinkley
Ark
Milton Fuller
Mary Helen
Kathy
Frank Henderson
Questions and Answers on Immigration and Facts
A quiz style item covers Ellis Island’s closure after 62 years as the main port of entry for immigrants, the acerola cherry as a rich vitamin C source, the driest state Nevada with 8.60 inches annual rain, the first U S Canada airmail link in 1920, and a Vermont funeral note about the 100th great grandchild born to Mrs Alfred Bushey in Vergennes.
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Ellis Island
New York
Carribean Islands
Canion
Nevada
Vergennes, Vt
Alfred Bushey
Kenneth Bushey
Maryland Taxpayers Face Higher State Revenue Burden
Maryland officials anticipate a budget squeeze next year as the state seeks about 300 million dollars in revenue. Governor McKeldin and lawmakers weigh tax hikes including sales and income tax increases, tobacco taxes, and new levies on amusements and luxury goods to cover rising costs and new state functions.
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Maryland
McKeldin
General Assembly
Patuxent
Green Commission
Budgver
Doctor Sheppard Denies 1930 Letter About Divorce
During cross-examination in Cleveland, Dr. Samuel Sheppard testified he did not write a 1930 letter to his wife about divorce. He claimed the letter merely stated he had taken a girl to a dance, and no divorce intent was expressed.
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Cleveland WI
Samuel Sheppard
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