Fire destroys eight room Garretts Mill home
An eight room frame house owned by Albert Roelkey and his family at Garretts Mill near Knoxville was destroyed by a Tuesday evening fire of unknown origin. The family fled with two young children as flames consumed the structure, and emergency crews prevented the blaze from spreading to nearby buildings. The Roelkeys sought shelter with Roelkey’s parents while investigators examine the cause, with preliminary word pointing to an overheated chimney or an interior-wall ignition.
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Albert Roelkey
Garretts Mill
Weverton
Roelkeys
Roelkey
D. H. Roelkey
Knoxville
Mitile
Brunswick and Flarpers Ferry
Garrett Farm
Garrett's Mill
Frederick County
Washington County
E. L. Baum
John Being Kept Under Close Watch in Bonn
Bonn authorities keep Otto John under tight security as a high level inquiry continues into his defection to the West. East Germany issued a brief statement via ADN praising his departure, saying John will pursue anti fascism in West Germany.
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Bonn
Germany
West Geman
Otto John
East Germany
West
ADN
John
Dre John
German Democratic Republic
West Germany
West Berlin
Karlsruhe
David
John Faith
Eisenhower Spends Quiet Day At Home
President Eisenhower stays at the farmhouse with Mrs. Eisenhower after resigning from Washington in the midafternoon, following a two day White House conference. He travels to Gettysburg by plane, spending the day unannounced and without appointments.
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Eisenhower
Washington
White
Gettysburg
Maryland to distribute 14 million to counties and city
State Tax Division announces 14,486,360 to Maryland subdivisions for the current fiscal year with windfall and regular collections figures. Baltimore City receives 3,991,599.69 in regular taxes plus 1,705,321.50 from windfall. Allegany to Worcester counties receive varying shares. Total regular distribution 10,130,000 and windfall 4,336,360.00.
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Axnapolis
Maryland
Baltimore City
Baltimore County
Allegany
A. Arundel
Balto. Cy
Calvert
Caroline
Carroll
Cecil
Charles
Dorchester
Frederick
Garrett
Harford
Howard
Kent
Montg'm'y
Geos
Quin Annes
St. Marys
Somerset
Faibot
Wash
Wicomico
Worcester
Balto City
Tightening Milk Sampling Methods In Lancaster
LANCASTER PaiP City officials began a study to tighten milk sampling methods after a paratyphoid epidemic. The Board of Health aims to speed up tests for high bacteria counts and may switch to monthly testing. Dr Oscar Davis cited Wilmington Delaware health officials diagnosing three paratyphoid cases linked to Lancaster as the outbreak wanes with four new cases yesterday.
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Lancaster
Paip
Board of Health
Oscar Davis
Wilmington
Del
Parais Phord
Phot
Bids Sought On Two State Roads Projects West of Cumberland
Maryland Roads Commission advertised bids for a 61 foot bridge and concrete retaining wall on relocated Maryland 36 over Braddock Run near the US 40 junction west of Cumberland. A second bid request on Marsland 485 and Marsland 198 near Kensington Wheaton targets dualization in Montgomery County, with the 20 mile Viers Mill Road project from Georgia Avenue to Viers Mill Road.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Maryland
Braddock Run
Cumberland
Kensington- Wheaton
Montgomery County
Washaton
Viers Mall
Geordia Avenue
Ado Viers Mill Village
Kensington- Wheaton Road
Georgia Avenue
Sonia Est
Russia Calls For Emergency U.N. Security Council Meet
Russia urged an emergency session of the Security Council to revisit the deadlocked membership issue. Soviet Delegate Arkady Sobolev urged President Sir Leslie Munro to convene in the afternoon or evening. Voice by nationalist China and Russia scuttled a plan to admit 18 new members.
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United Nations
N.Y
Russia
U.S. Security Council
Arkady A. Soboflev
Council
Leslie Munro
New Zealand
Veloes
China
U.N
Pleads Guilty And Gets Term Of Six Months
John F. Stove pleaded guilty to stealing a wallet containing $13 from his employer in Walkersville and was sentenced to six months in the Maryland Reformatory for Males. The sentence will run consecutively with his unfinished sentence. State's Attorney Samuel W. Barrick prosecuted the case. State Parole Officer Durward Kettells testified to a long larceny and breaking and entering record and parole status.
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Carroll BE
Rhoderick
Walkersville
John F. Stove
Maryland Reformatory
H. Reese Shoemaker Jr
Durward Kettells
Reformatory
Kettells
Samuel W. Barrick
R. C. Dishong
John W. Hall
Silver Spring
U.S. 240
Plume
Louis P. Reeder
Baltimore
U. S. 40
East
C A. G. Treidan
Norman £. Mullen
RFD
Gaithersburg
U S
Daniel C. Pope
Washington
U. S
Michael J. Padovic
Tulcea
Ill
Thomas
Stevens
South Market Street
Libertytown
Orva L. Ackerman
Takoma Park
U.S
William C. Lavelly
North Kensington
Betty AL. Grissinger
Paul E. Gladhill
Arlington
Charlie C. Crouch
Concord C
WA. S
Warren J. Sanels
Kenneth F. Kehl
Johnstown
E. L. Baum
Extension of Pension Health Plans Promoted by Welfare Chief
New York 2 percent Secretary at Welfare Folsom urged private industry to expand coverage of health insurance and pension plans. He called for voluntary action to reduce medical costs now exceeding 19 billion dollars annually, with only about two billion in actual insurance benefits reaching users.
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New York
Welfare Folsom
Bodsoot
Cite Tasmanes Assay of
America
Brunswick Plans Merge and Expand with New Plant
Price Electric Corporation plans a merger with Consolidated Electronics Industries of New York Cin to expand operations. The deal will not disrupt local management and will consolidate plants at Husky Park, with a new building planned to house all Price Electric facilities. The merger aims at future expansion and a new plant site.
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Price Electric and Consolidated Firm of
New York
Price Electric Corporation
Consolidated Electronics Industries Corporation of
New York Cin
James V. Roughan
Roughan
Consolidated Electronics
New York Stock Exchange
Husky Park
Price Electric
West Patrick Street
Barbara Fritchie
U.S
L. V. Roughan
Christmas Program At Md School In Maryland
The Maryland State School for the Deal hosts a Thursday seven o clock Christmas program in the auditorium. Pupils and faculty will depart Friday for home and return January 3 with classes resuming January 4. Superintendent Ambrosen announces the event open to all. Reverend Weaver delivers the Christmas message while students depict the Nativity. Santa Claus may appear as the cast lists include many named students and choral participants.
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Maryland State School
Lloyd A. Ambrosen
W. Merval Weaver
First Presbyterian Church
Reconciled Hollywood Couple Ends Four-Week Separation
Dragnel's Jack Webb reports he and Dorothy Towne have reconciled after a four week separation. The television network stated we are trying to smooth out our problems and hope to spend more time together.
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Hollywood
Dragnel
Jack Webb
Waite
Dorothy Towne
Sa Frlay
Television
Sesterdat
Subdivision plans eyed for Young Farm area in Frederick
A hearing before the Frederick City Planning Commission on December 27 at 4 p.m. will discuss subdividing land in the former George W. Young farm along the north side of West Seventh Street to allow street widening from 40 to 60 feet. The city would receive a land strip without charge, aiding future widening and development including a church lot along Wilson Place and Taney Avenue.
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Bruns Wick
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Potomac ‘River
Frederick
Lawn Reservoir
Washington County
Yaukee Springs
George W. Young
West Seventh Street
Seventh Street
Trood College Farm
Camp Detrick
Wison Place
Taney Avenue
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Tee Square
Realistic Farm Program in Making
An Eisenhower administration official told farmers a practical farm program is being shaped in Washington. W Randolph Burgess, undersecretary of the Treasury, stressed core goals of freedom, integrity, self respect, and confidence within a sound general economy rather than detailing specific agricultural measures. He did not signal a crisis, focusing on overarching economic stability.
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Chicago
Washington
W. Randolph
Treasury
Gare Burgess
Record Christmas Spending Across Cities Amid Strong Retail Demand
An Associated Press survey shows pre Christmas trade breaking records in two dozen cities from New York to Boston. Consumers buy luxury gifts and gadgets while confidence grows that holiday volumes will beat last year. Booming employment and wages lift spending though some shoppers curb purchases due to credit tightness and new medical bills.
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New York
Baltimore
Dallas
Fifth Avenue
Associated Press
San Francisco
Boston
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Los Angeles Mirror- News
Christias
Los Angeles
Last Night Coldest At 13 Degrees In December Freeze
An airport weather station reported 13 degrees the coldest of the winter with a forecast of warmer days ahead. Observers expect the high to reach 38 to 42 as partly cloudy conditions improve, noting Tuesday’s high of 35 and a heavy frost morning, the coldest since 1952.
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Gambrill State Park
High Knob
Irate Singer Sues Pasta Co in Rome Civil Tribunal
Maria Meneghini Callas sues Pastificia Pantriglia and president Prince Marcantonio Pacelli in Rome accusing a doctor issued a false certificate claiming she lost 44 pounds due to Pantanelli pasta. No damages specified. Process servers in Chicago attempted to serve during a Metropolitan Opera season.
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Rome
Piery Maria Meneghjini Callas
Chicago
Pastificia Pantriglia
Marcantonio Pacelli
Giovanni Cazzarelli
Miss Callas
Madame Butterfly
Chicago Opera House
New York
Apett
Mail Now Urges Patrons to Avoid Christmas Eve Rush
Postmaster General Summerfield urged the public not to rush holiday mail on Christmas Eve. He stressed gifts matter more than arrival date and warned extra burdens from Dec 24 deadlines. The service aims to handle record volume and deliver all mail by Christmas with careful labeling and plain addressing. Monongahela Power to Spend 20 Million Over Three Years in West Virginia.
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Washington
Summerfield
Tie
Fairmont
Plains
Monongahela
Winter blizzard hits northern U S with freezing winds
Midwinter weather besets the northern states as below zero temperatures and heavy snow spread from Montana to the Great Lakes. Central plains and Rockies endure wind gusts up to 60 mph and zero visibility, while Duluth and Houghton report fresh snowfall and continuing cold.
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Associated Press
Montana
North Dakota
Lake Superior District
Pacific Northwest
Midwest
Texas
New York
Georgia
Rockies
Central
Plains
North Central Region
Houghton
Mich
Duluth
Minn
Pa Fears Ohio Will Build Superhighway
Western Pennsylvania civic leaders fear Ohio will back a parallel north western Turnpike extension. A unanimous resolution urges routing from near Erie south through Greene Washington Allegheny Lawrence and Beaver counties to the West Virginia line. Delegates from Greene Washington Allegheny Lawrence and Beaver counties attended. Sponsored by the Greater Pittsburgh Airport Assn.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Erie
Washington
Greene
West Virginia
Allegheny
Lawrence
Beaver Counties
Greater
Perkins Reopens War On Aviation Commission
Baltimore Airport Board chairman Walter P. Perkins reopened his attack on the State Aviation Commission. He warned the body may sink into obscurity or become a vehicle for personal aggrandizement by publicity seeking members. Lawmakers soon approved a proposal expanding the commission’s activities in the criticized fields. The feud began a year ago when Perkins balked at a 1955 National Aircraft Show at Friendship International Airport.
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Baltimore
Perkins
Friendship International Airport
Britain bans Reds on island of Cyprus
Nicosia reports Britain banned the Cyprus Communist party AKEL and rounded up 135 Reds in a swift crackdown. Cyprus workers protested marching on Pan Cyprian Federation of Labor headquarters. Among the detainees were the mayors of Limassol and Larnaca and central committee members.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Britain
Communist Party
Strick
Pan-Cyprian Federation of Labor
Limassol
Larnaca
Cyprus Communist Party
AKEL
Red
Labor Federation
Congress Session May Be Stormy
President Eisenhower proposes a billion dollar defense boost and a clash over tax cuts ahead of a stormy election-year session. Support for higher defense spending contrasts with pressure for a balanced budget and possible cuts to foreign aid, with lawmakers signaling battles over debt, farm programs, and highway and school funding.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Bridges
R-Nh
GOP
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Richards
D-Sc
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Hargetts Challenge Maryland By Pass Land Take
Mr and Mrs Richard S Hargett contest the State Roads Commission condemnation of 3.89 acres for the Frederick by pass arguing breach of access promises and alleging the commission undervalues their land. They claim denial of north to south access via a bridge and dispute a Quynn Orchard road link and fairness of a 9780 dollar valuation. They warn of discriminatory impact if the road is built across neighboring lands.
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Whey
Frederick
Richard S. Hargett
Monocacy Water Bridge
State Roads Commission
Hargett
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Commission
Hargetts
Nouth
Heji
Quynan Orchard Road
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Balfimore
Sen
Kelanvor Veichas
Pears
Maryland Democrats
Brunswick
MD. School
7Th Street
Sues Pasta Co
War On Aviation Commission
Island of
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