Shoppers Caught In Heavy Rains
Heavy rains disrupted last minute Christmas shopping with downtown stores staying open late next week. Post office cancellations surged, postal officials expected peak outgoing mail early next week, and some rural carriers may deliver Christmas cards tomorrow. Temperatures hovered near freezing with more showers and a damp weekend forecast.
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Frederick
James A. Grove
Grove
Fishing Creek Reservoi
Babes Barrarke
Hunters Forfeit In Deer Season Violations And Speeding
Eight deer hunters forfeited collateral and a county driver was found guilty of speeding in a session before Magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield. W. W. Werking of Sellman forfeited 100 on hunting with an illegal rifle a U S Army carbine. The rifle was illegal due to muzzle energy below 1200 ft lbs. Werking hunted near Hamburg Fire Tower on the last day of deer season. Driver Robert Barnes, RFC 1 Woodsboro, was fined 10 after a December 1 minor accident at Worman's Mill. Barnes rear ended a car driven by Thomas H Gregg of North Holston Va. Gregg forfeited 11.45 for parking. Barnes said he was not speeding. The magistrate cited Maryland law requiring rear drivers to keep car under control. Herbert F Straub of New Castle Del forfeited 16.45 for exceeding 50 on U S 49 West, per Trooper Crowther. Deer hunters forfeited 310 collateral each for having loaded guns in cars: A W Huebner Silver Spring Eddie Colbert Rockville George Sowers RFD 2 Smithsburg L M Olson Hyattsville and Russell Brown Walkersville. Forfeiting 10 collateral each for hunting deer before sunrise: Melvin C Bonifant Takoma Park and H W Bonifant Hyattsville. Warden Jacques preferrred charges. TRESPASSING CHARGE Wayne G Michael Davis Avenue was held under 250 bond after a warrant by Roland W Harbaugh over trespassing on West Patrick Street. Robert S Moore and Charles W Moore were arrested for disorderly conduct and held under 75.80 each for hearings.
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Wilbur F. Sheffield
Peoples Court
W. W. Working
Sellman
Richard Jacques
Hamburg Fire Tower
Robert Barnes
RFC 1
Woodsboro
E. C Crowther
Worman's Mill
Barnes
Crowther
Thomas H. Gregg
North Holston
Gregg
Maryland
Herbert F. Straub
New Castle
Del
U. S. 49 West
A. W. Huebner
Silver Spring
Eddie Colbert
Rockville
George Sowers
RFD 2
Smithsburg
L.r M. Olson
Hyattsville
Russell Brown
Walkersville
Melvin C. Bonifant
Takoma Park
H. W. Bonifant
Jacques
State Comptroller report details Frederick funds
Frederick city, county and incorporated towns received 2,468,137.01 in state and federal funds for the year ending June 30. Education and roads led the allocations, with county totals over 2,315,675.45 and Frederick city receiving 399,905.52. Towns earned smaller sums, while statewide education aid covered per pupil and classroom costs, equalization, and various programs. Public assistance and tax receipts are itemized, including income tax, motor fuel, and sales taxes, with allocations to schools, roads, and aid programs.
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Frederick
J. Millard Tawes
Frederick City
Brunswick
Burkittsville
Emmitsburg
Middletown
Myhersville
Mt. Airy
Carroll Countil
New Market
Rosemont
Thurmont
Walkersville
Woodsboro
Cme
Frederick Countiaas
State Department of Education
Feneral
Fund For L A Baskets Cut By Two Thirds
The Salvation Army, handling most Frederick Christmas basket aid, reports far short of funds needed for foodstuffs. Chairman John W. Morgan says only 1100 dollars have been raised so far this year versus 3300 last year. Baskets totalled 304 last season and are to be distributed near Christmas Eve. The board will decide if additional steps are required to meet needs, as donations at kettles and from letter appeals continue. The Tivoli theater Christmas show also contributed a large share of foodstuffs.
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Salvation Army
Frederick
John W. Morgan
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Morgan
The
Tivoli Theater
Two Bills Explain Drunken Driving Tests and Roadside Protection
At a Frederick county AAA meeting, two proposed bills for January introduce chemical tests for drunken driving and roadside protection. Present were State Senator Ramsburg and Delegates Derr Payne and Harris, with C. Burton Cannon and Leonard Kolmer among attendees. The discussion, led by Washington I. Cleveland with slides, covered each subject.
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Frederick County
Frederick
The
AAA
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Ignatius Bjorlee
Washington I. Cleveland
Montgomery County
Cleveland
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Melvin H. Derr
Joseph B. Payne
S. Fenton Harris
State Assembly
C. Burton Cannon
Leonard ©. Kolmer
Automobile Club of Maryland
Bijerlee
Roger H. Willard
Alton Y. Bennett
J. T. Alexander
Lioyd C. Culler
Sam W. Maples
Col Elmer F. Munshower
Donald 8. Rice
Fifty Years Of Christmas Seals Drive At Frederick County
Contributions to the annual Christmas Seal Sale reach 59000.33 with 47.7 percent of letters returned. Chair man E Hart Etchison says funds support the Frederick County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association activities including mobile chest X ray, patient services, chest clinics and public education. Reminder letters are being prepared for nonrespondents and will be mailed early next week. A total of 13000 is needed to finance next year's association work.
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E. Hart Etchison
Frederick County
Tis
Denmark
Carol Sing Held Friday in Frederick Park District
A large crowd attended Frederick’s annual Christmas Carol Sing on West Church Street starting at seven p m Friday. The Frederick High School Band, directed by Sperry L Storm, opened the program with seasonal numbers. Singers from North Frederick, East Frederick, and Lincoln High joined, with Lincoln High glee club led by Mrs Charles E Henson performing Deck The Halls and Angels We Have Heard On High. North Frederick singers led by Mrs Marlowe Cline performed Silent Night and Deck The Halls. East Frederick students under Mrs Ivan Shanholtz sang Song in the Air O Little Town of Bethlehem and I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. Group singing was led by Robert L Smith, Frederick Recreation Commission chair. The program closed with a prayer by Rev W Merval Weaver. Chief of Police Charles Main, a commission member, helped arrange groups on steps of Evangelical Reformed church. West Church Street block roped off for event. The second item notes a hung jury in the Sheppard murder trial in Cleveland.
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West Church Street
Frederick
Sperry L. Storm
North Frederick
East Frederick
Lincoin High
Glee Club of
Lincoln High
Charles E. Henson
Marlowe Clne
Ivan Shanholtz
W. Merval Weaver
Frederick Presbyterian Church
Charles Main
Evangelical Reformed Church
Escape In Canada Plane Crash Near Brampton
A Trans-Canada Constellation crashed and burned on a farm near Brampton Ontario last night. All 23 aboard escaped before the flames. 2 were severely burned and several others injured. The plane, flying from Tampa to Toronto, rolled on its side in fog and rain after attempting a belly landing. Eleven treated at Humber Memorial Hospital and twelve at Brampton Hospital. Passenger Len Campbell, 17, said the crash came without warning as passengers scrambled to the doors.
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Ont
Here
Tampa
Fla
Toronto
Malton Airport
Brampton Hospital
Humber Memorial Hospital
Len Campbell
Burnt River
Campbell
St. Petersburg
Moscow Sends Angry Notes Over Security Conference Invites
The Soviet government fired diplomatic notes to West European states and several embassies in Moscow after they rejected Moscow's November 29 conference on European security. The notes accused governments of backing dangerous remilitarization of Germany amid the Paris accords within NATO.
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Kremlin
Germany
West Germany
31-Pounds Turkey Sent To Eisenhowers
President Eisenhower to receive a 31-pound Christmas turkey from Hope Kansas as a gift from admirer J J Hartman. The bird is to accompany him to Augusta Georgia for Christmas and New Year’s. the trip confirms holiday plans. A separate sale at Urbana Fountain Mills road yielded a fireproof concrete block home to Rey and Mrs George E Davis for 2700 dollars, conducted by Richard E Zimmerman as appointed by Luther C Thompson.
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Eisenhower
Hope
Kan
White House
J J Hartman
Ruches
Augusta
Court House
Urbana Fountain Mills
Rey
George E. Davis
Harrisburg
Luther UC Thompson
Richard E. Zimmerman
Brian W. Thompson
Emmett R. Boslus
Chou En-lai May Set Price for Airmen Release
Diplomatic previews suggest Peiping's premier will demand concessions before releasing 12 U N Airm en held as spies. Chou will stress full Chinese control, protest alleged Nest of Spies on Formosa, and press for an airmen plea after setting the stage with claims of US provocations.
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Red China
Chou En-lai
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Peiping
Chou
United States
Dammarskjold
General Assembly
Armen
Sowet Hoc
Hammarskjold
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Far East
China
Formosa
Qumanti Ty Home
U S To Pay More For Panama Canal Rent
Washington reports a fourfold rise in annual Panama Canal rent from 430000 to 1930000 under a new treaty. Panama says the old 1938 figure no longer matches canal toll income. The pact also seeks concessions including equal pay for Panamanians in the Canal Zone.
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Washington
United States
Panama Canal
U.S
Panama
Congress
Canal Zone
Reds Build Parking Lot In Front Palace
East Berlin newspaper Neues Deutschland cites New China News Agency alleging Chinese communists expanded road and parking facilities near the Dalai Lama’s palace in Tibet. The report claims a 3,400 mile highway from Jaan to Lhasa, with access only via perilous Himalayan passes.
Mother and Child Die in House Fire Tragedy
A mother and her three year old daughter suffocated when a fire swept their home. Mrs Norman Witeiick, 30, and her infant daughter Chest were found dead in a second floor bedroom. The father, a planter at the Dever Del Air Force Base, tried to reach them but was driven back by flames. A 4 year old son, Mickey, escaped by leaning from a second floor window with burns on the arm.
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Palsablay
Norman Witeiick
Brttle
Dever. del. Air Force Base
Mickey
Wreck of Two German Christmas Trains Kills Twenty
In predawn darkness near Dortmund main station two trains collided. A special carrying 30 schoolchildren home for Christmas killed 20 people, including many children, and left 60 injured. Rescuers searched wreckage for survivors as the other train’s horror unfolded. The holiday special continued later to Düsseldorf, while officials investigated the crash cause.
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Dortmund
Germany
Dusseldorf
North Sea
Suit Rail
Hamm
Medical Care For Indigent Program Here
Local interest grows in a proposal to boost state funding for the medical care program for the medically indigent administered by the county health department. Initiated in 1945, the program provides medical dental and drug care for those lacking funds. Frederick County's initial quota was 1,114 weekly, later raised to 139, with a current waiting list of 164. Health officer Dr Forbes H Burgess notes the list stays stable and a person waits about a month before card eligibility. The program is run by the State Council on Medical Care, with members from medical dental and pharmaceutical societies. The three parts include the state aided hospital in patient and the hospital out patient programs. Frederick County does not participate in the outpatient phase.
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Uanes
Forbes H Burgess
State Council On
State Medical and Chirurgical Faculty
State Dental Society
State Pharmaceutical Society
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Ail EU Ailitadr Leport
Revenue Agents To Aid In Tax Returns
Internal Revenue Service officials announce a program in the Baltimore district to assist individuals and communities in filing federal income tax returns for 1954 and estimates for 1955. Agents will visit multiple towns including Brunswick New Windsor Sekesville Westminster Woodbine and Cameronsville with posted dates in January at local banks and post offices. A brief Vatican note says Pope Pius XII is gently improved and able to take nourishment.
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Noassign Internal Revenue
Oolations Spetinas
Baltimore
Fainavers
Filina
AP Agent Tribe
Feadpetok
West Church Street
Mikes
Brunswick
Bank i
New Windsor
Sekesville
Smithgheld
Sekesville Bank
Vanestown
First National Bank
Rirme Trust Company
Westminster Oat
Vatican City
Pius
Woman Leaps From Fire To Her Death At Biltmore Hotel
A 30 year old woman leaped from a fifth floor room during a blaze at the Biltmore Hotel in Baltimore. An eyewitness described her hesitation on a ledge before she jumped as flames enveloped the room. Fire officials cleared the fifth floor and 74 guests escaped with no other injuries reported. The room was listed under Mr and Mrs John C Steel of Norfolk, Va. No cause was immediately determined.
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Baltimore
Biltmore Hotel
John C. Steel
Norfolk
Sam Simons
Brooklyn
N. Y
B. F. Wolfe
Windsor
Simons
Mabel Carpenter
Few Applications For New Air Force Academy
The Air Force, seeking 300 cadets from 6 109 nominations, has received 1 654 to date. Congress members delay nominates, aiming to hear from all applicants. The first class is to report next July at Lowry Air Base near Denver, Colorado, for training comparable to Army and Navy entries. Deadline for nominations is February 18, with candidates mainly from senators and representatives.
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Congress
Lowry Air Face
Denver
Colo
Army
Navy
Pater Ged
Lena
First City Accident Since 8 0 Day Here
A Frederick rear end collision occurred on West Patrick Street near Court Street Friday evening around 5 PM. A truck driven by Jax Barefoot struck the bed of a sedan driven by Joseph Frank Main of Fast Fourth Street, causing about 230 dollars in damage to the sedan. City Officer James W. Carmack charged Barefoot with reckless driving. a hearing is set for December 27. The truck sustained no damage.
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Frederick
West Patuck Street
Court Street
Tina Cr
West Patrick Street
Joseph Frank Main
Fast Fourth Street
Jax
Barefoot
Everett
James W. Carmack
Tanker Fire After Delaware Bay Collision
A tanker and the United Fruit ship Maya collided at 8:20 am in Delaware Bay near Elbow Cross Ledge. The tanker was reported on fire with no injuries aboard the Maya, Coast Guard units from Cape May and Brooklyn air support were dispatched, no further details available.
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York
Cape Town
United Fruit
Delaware Bay
Coast Guard
Elbow Cross Ledge
Cape May
N. 7
Brooklyn
Final Say On A Weapons Use In NATO Defense
NATO leaders announced civilians must retain final say on using atomic weapons to defend Western Europe. The plan allows thermonuclear use if needed to repel an invasion, but leaves emergency consultation unclear and preserves existing U S and allied command structures.
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Paris
Atlantic Alliance
Europe
North Atantic Treaty Organization
United States
Alfred M. Gruenther
Chiefs of Staff
NATO
Pierre Mendes- France
U.S
State Dulles
Anthony Eden
Four Students Killed in Multi-State Car Crash West of Chrisman
Four students returning home for Christmas from Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery were killed in a late night auto truck collision four miles west of Chrisman. The dead include Herbert Haffner, 25, of Catasauqua Pa. Constantine Maurazanis, about 20, of Lancaster Pa. Howard Brodsky, 24, of Brooklyn. and Melvin Rabinowitz, 21, of Brooklyn. A fifth student was seriously injured.
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Chrisman
Newpons
Pennsylvania
Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery
Hirksville
Herbert Haffner
Catasauqua
Constantine Maurazanis
Wells Lancaster
Heavy Damage To Winter Wheat Crop Reported
DENVER wind caused more than a million dollars in damage to winter wheat across Colorado on the Eastern Plains. State Agriculture official Lawrence Phelps cited drought, shallow roots, and soil moisture loss as winds and dust worsened conditions. Damage stretches from Prowers to Yuma Counties as farmers gambled on fall rains.
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Denver
Ceorado
Lawrence Phelps
State Asricuitate Department
Phelps
Prowers County
Yuma County
Colorado
Final Arguments in Roche Murder Trial Monday
Final arguments in the murder trial of David Eugene Roche 28 year old city employee accused of poisoning his wife will begin Monday. Testimony ended late yesterday when two psychiatrists called by the State told the Criminal Court jury Roche is legally sane but mentally impaired and not insane.
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Baltimore
David Eugene Roche
Criminal Court
Roche
Sana
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