Emmitsburg Debate Maps Long Range School Plan
A 40-resident delegation pressured county leaders to map a countywide school improvement plan, weighing Emmitsburg High School fate against Thurmont consolidation. Officials sparred over funding, timing, and a “pay as you go” approach amid rising costs, with emphasis on keeping schools safe and improving student attention.
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Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Samuel C. Hays
Court House J
Schoois
Eugene W. Pruitt
Pruitt
Board of Education
Kile
Taermont High School
G. Grant Hooper
Commissioners
Brunswick
Woodsboro
North Market Street
Frederick High School
Hooper
Millions To Be Spent On State Roads
Baltimore December meeting of the State Roads Commission outlined a 1956 program totaling between 25 million and 40 million dollars for Maryland road work. Chairman Robert Reindollar cited rights of way as a major bottleneck and said land acquisition may require bond issuance. Work planned in all counties with selective expressway projects as traffic justifies. Bruce Campbell warned against spending the full 1948 earmark amid material and labor concerns.
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Baltimore
Robert Reindollar
State Roads Commission
Maryland
Reindollar
Traffe
Bruce Campbell
A Suppliers Association
U. S. Has Nothing To Back Up Strong Talk
Brig. Gen. FE A Evans and other reserve officers accuse Pentagon leadership of poor guidance. They warn manpower is shrinking, volunteer recruitment failing, and National Guard readiness far below claimed levels. They say Congress should hear that only 200,000 National Guard troops are ready of the 680,000 expected for emergencies. Morale and reserve strength are described as dangerously low.
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Washington
Russia
FE. A. Evans
Reserve Officers Association
Ioli
Pentagon
National Defense Department
National Guard
Dadiy
Home Canned Peas Fatal for Two in Kentucky
Two members of a Kentucky family died and another mother and brother were seriously ill from botulism linked to home canned peas at Breathing County farm. Doctors say botulism can result from improperly sterilized canning jars.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Bus And Truck Crash In Storm Kills Two In Centerville
Centerville Indiana December 16 two people were killed and nine injured two seriously when a Grerhhound express bus carrying 34 passengers and a truck collided on U S Route 40 during a heavy snowstorm. The bus was eastbound from St Louis to Pittsburgh. Indiana state police posted a night guard at the scene one mile east of Centerville. Police said all 34 passengers were accounted for. The dead were John B. Lewis printer with the Indianapolis Star and Clifford Kidwell 34 Dayton Ohio.
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Centerville
Ind
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Indiana
John B. Lewis
Indianapolis Star
Clfford Kidwell
Dayton. O
Ibia Lodge No. 53 Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
The Ibia Lodge No. 53 A F and A M held its regular communication at the Aiaseme Temple. Worshipful Master John Engle Sr. Secretary Warden John W. Morgan Junior Warden John P. Enceldrecht Secretary Hermy O Schroeder registers. L Fremke treasurer 46 Juier Bowers Cyril Klein and Harry Schroeder named trustees. Installation ceremonies set for January 5.
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CEA
Ibia Lodge
A. F
Aiaseme
John €. Engle
John W. Morgan
Werden
John P. Enceldrecht
Hermy O. Schroeder
Regsster
L Fremke
Trier
Juier Bowers
C. Cyril Klein
Harry
Schroeder
United Mine Workers Leave AFL Sparks Labor Rift
John L. Lewis led the UMW to quit the AFL with about 600000 members last Friday. He sent a curt note to Green saying we disaffiliate. Green replied to the press that AFL regrets the UMW split and called its foes enemies.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
AFL
Green
UMW
Actual Fund For Foreign Aid Is Cut
The House Appropriations committee cut 88 million from the administrations emergency foreign aid request. The total measure stands at 772.5 million with France Italy Austria the main beneficiaries and China left without funds. The panel says 66 million of France aid and 22 million of Italian aid cover non emergency relief items.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
France
Italy
Austria
China
Congress
Truman
Nan Taber
Costs 450 More For Each Family Of 4
The Bureau of Labor Statistics told Congress it costs about 450 more yearly in 34 major cities to maintain a modest standard of living for a family of four two years later, with food comprising a third. Budgets last June ranged from 3,064 in New Orleans to 2,453 in Washington, as prices rose another 3 percent.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Congress
New Orleans
Bureau
Exan Clague
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Pusget
Teday
House-Senate Economic Committee
Taft
Ohio
Cincinnati
New York
Seattle
Femuv
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Norfolk
Richmond
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Roads slowed by ice as warm sun nears relief
Early today 15 cinder trucks were sent out to treat counties roads after freezing rain coated highways in ice. Traffic halted at Jur Bridge for about 30 minutes due to ice on approaches. No serious injuries reported though several cars damaged on Route 340 near Steiner's Hill. Forecasters expect a cold sunup, with a low around 25 and a high near 33 tomorrow.
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Tey
Trafic
Thomas G Mohler
State Roads Commission
Otlock
Steiner's Hill
Jur Bridge
Frederick
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Hood College Plans for Annual Christmas Celebrations
Hood College outlines its Little Christmas events with a Christmas dinner on Thursday at 6 p.m. in Coblentz Hall and a communion service at 7 p.m. in Siedbeck Hall. Friday morning at 5 a.m. students will carol in districts, each group decorating a table for a centerpiece prize. Corinne Edwards will lead group singing after piping in plum pudding. Kathryn Conley will oversee Hood’s YWCA arrangements, and President Henry Irvin Stann with Dr. Edvin H. Spenslet will conduct the communion service.
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Hood College
Coblentz Hall
Siedbeck Hall
Merran
Corinne Edwards
Sonz
Valley Stream
N_ Y
Martha C. Carson
College Dietitian
Disney
Keystone Horer Society
Freddenis
Joana
Tarentum
Socia
Cian
Miss Coliteen
Mudl Wood
Pointe Shores
Four Perish In Fire At Washington Pa
Washington Pa Dec 18 uPi Mrs Mertha Ealy 40 and three of her six children burned to death as flames swept through their frame farmhouse in East Finley township Two sons George 15 Wright 33 a daughter Gertrude eight Mrs Ealys husband Wayne carried another child Elmer 3 and Ted Eden 16 to safety while a sixth child Wilma 16 escaped by leaping from a second story window
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Washington
uPi
Mertha Eaiy
East Finley Township
Irs
Ealy
George
Wright
Gertrude
Wayne
Elmer
Ted Eden
Wilma
Molotov Inflicts Propaganda Defeat On U S And Britain
London reports a propaganda duel at the abortive London conference as Molotov repeats charges that the Allies profit from German misery and partition Germany, while Bevin and Marshall deny the accusations. The dispatch frames Molotov as dominating the talks and shaping German sentiment.
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U.S
Britain
Bingo Ban Sparks City Hall Game Night In Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia city authorities confront a bingo ban that blocked church and club women from gambling. Attys general ruling allows bingo with no payoff. Participants used red flags as prompts and prizes replaced bans.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio County
West Virginia
Festivities At Hospital Christmas Party Planned
Frederick Memorial Hospital hosts a Christmas celebration Wednesday at eight with a students party inviting faculty and graduates. Nurses Home decorates with pine laurel and holly as gifts are exchanged and carols sung. Committee heads include Miss Helen Bastian and Aliss Amy Dar. The preclinical class begins a 10 day holiday December 19 returning January 3. A formal dance sponsored by the Board of Lady Managers is set for Friday evening December 12 with Joe Stephens' orchestra. Christmas Eve ceremony at 3 p m features a colorful enrolling event with students in white uniforms and crimson sashes and capes.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Georgianna Houck Simmons
Helen Bastian
Aliss Amy Dar
Betty Lee Ausherman
Rebekah Derr
1Dolores Dutrow
Yale
Lady Managers
Siv
Joe Stephens
Acquitted On Charge Of Exceeding 70 Miles Per Hour
Two men were acquitted on charges of speeding after a state trooper stated they exceeded 70 miles per hour though no exact pace could be determined. One man pleaded guilty to operating without a license and a $10 fine was suspended upon payment of costs. Collateral forfeitures ranged from $3 to $10 for several defendants listed, with arrests by Troopers Snyder and DeWitt.
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Mit
Alan Peoples
T. F Lasder
Arnold R. Stwii
Gaithersburg
Sim J. Russell Dodds
Cleveland
Snyder
C. H. DeWitt
Cold Weather Sweeps South and Midwest
Sub-zero readings dominated Minnesota as International Falls hit 11 below. Temperatures dipped below freezing as far south as Nashville and Dallas with 32 and 31 degrees. Fort Smith 26 and Little Rock 29. Heaviest snow in lower Michigan, northwestern Ohio, eastern Indiana. light snow in upper Michigan, eastern Dakotas, Rockies. Maine also snowed. Miami topped yesterday at 73 as Pacific coast readings ran normal.
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Associated Press
North Central
South
Vicksburg
Minnesota
Wisconsin
International Falls
Minn
Canadian
Mercury
Nashville
Tenn
Dalas Tex
Greenwood
Miss
Vietsburg
Oklahoma City
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Little Rock
Lower Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Upper Michigan
Dakotas
Rockies
Gulf Skries
Atlantic
Maine
Pacific Coast
Miami
Christmas Cards In Hands Of Wrong Man
Oklahoma City sheriff dismissed a string of Christmas cards from a bootlegger as tactless. Deputies traced telephone numbers attached to red cards noting illicit liquor orders and prices, revealing a mix up in holiday greetings amidst prohibition era bootlegging.
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Oklahoma City
Prohibition
Oklahoma
Lane Congratulates Brann On Challenger I
Annapolis reports Governor praises Charles Histud of Glade Valley Frederick County for Chester Challenge I records. Brann in Boynton Beach Fla receives congratulations for Frederick County and state achievements. Challenger II offspring lead in winnings with 1,455,339 across 1944 to 1945 and 1955 saw many two year old winners Charledon and Galtorette set records in speed and earnings.
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Annapolis
Glade Valley
Frederick County
William L Brann
Boynton Beach
Fla
Frederick Ty
Charledon
Galtorette
Unification Talks Begin Tonight in London
Western and British American zones press toward a Western Germany unified state amid Big Four collapse. Marshall and Bidault open talks on merging zones while plans draft a provisional government. Frankfurt observers expect a Bizonal council meeting with Gen. Clay as signal for action.
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London
Marshall
Georges Bidault
Germany
Anul
Bidault
U. S
Molotov
Western Germany
Frankfurt
Christian Social Union
Social Democrats
Christian Democratic Party
Western
Europe
Alli
Taft Aims to Push GOP Anti-Inflation Bill
Washington December 16 Senate GOP leader Taft said he will seek Senate approval of a three point anti inflation bill before the special Congress session adjourns He abandoned plans to seek a House agreement and noted that if the Senate acts soon the measure could reach the House by Saturday with adjournment expected Friday.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Congress
GOP
Potter
House
Tivoli's Food Show Saturday at Tivoli Theater
Tivoli Theater and Turner Chamber of Commerce sponsor a Saturday food show to collect nonperishable foods for Christmas distribution. Admission is in goods, with a western feature and two cartoons. Donations go to Salvation Army Federated Charities and Police Department baskets, open to adults and children.
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Turner Chamber of Commerce _ SA
Ilsr
Cart
Walter C. Woe
Jarcees
Louis C. Forney
Tivoli
Salvation Army
Federated Charities
Police Department Committee
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