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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1956
Page
3
A damaged OCR snapshot from a 1956 Frederick Maryland edition shows partial masthead and date lines. Text is heavily garbled, with scattered phrases including Associated Press content and a December date fragment, offering minimal readable details.
Trickle reports from Russia note growing dissent among Soviet youths who resist state work assignments and seek factual coverage of events in Hungary and Poland. Despite Communist教育, youths criticize narrow education and press for broader knowledge, signaling potential anti Communist sentiment amid Kremlin concern.
Final figures reveal Republican majorities in 23 states by congressional votes. Ike would secure 285 electoral votes if based on House results, yet GOP strength alone would not guarantee a presidential win. The piece notes small shifts from 1952 to 1956 and questions why voters split presidential and congressional ballots.
Celebrations marked the founding of Trinity M. E. church, South with services led by Rev. John Paul Tyler and family. A St John’s Catholic meeting drafted a protest to Congress over France’s treatment of Catholics. Local resignations and temporary appointments filled company and society roles. Debates at Clover Leaf Literary Society favored the negative on the San Francisco vs earthquake claim 2-1.
A long scanned column covers local items and national political analysis. It notes a city contract for street repaving, a hit run crash in Lisbon harming a 16 year old girl, a store break in at a service station, city official injuries, and a deep dive into party vote splits in the 1956 and 1966 elections, with analysis of Republican performance in the North versus South and the impact on House control. It also details a local wedding with Miss Janice Cecil and Miss Audrey Hann as bridesmaids and the ceremony in this city with family ties and reception.
Garden clubs in Frederick showcase Christmas greens cloths and swags. Members display decorations at tea hosted by Mrs W Jarboe Gove and prepare for a greens sale at All Saints Parish Hall.
Genevieve Hahn daughter of Mr and Mrs Hahn and Wayne Garver son of Mr and Mrs Garver Unionville were married Monday evening November 5 at 7 30 in the Evangelical Lutheran church Rev Charles F Trunk Jr officiated The double ring ceremony featured a cake and a reception followed by a trip south to Chattanooga Tenn The couple reside at 100 North Bentz street Frederick MD and both are graduates employed in local firms.
Boxer Zaulueta outpointed Larry Boardman in a contested bout with scores noted from Marlboro to New York. Peters and Perry, both listed with Miami connections, were mentioned in results tied to the event held in Washington DC.
Miss Joan Murphy and Lawrence M Selzer plan an upcoming wedding. Joan Murphy, a Frederick High School and Frederick Memorial Hospital School of Nursing graduate, works at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Lawrence Selzer, a Gaithersburg High School alumnus, is employed by McDowell McDowell in Tennessee as an operating engineer. Mr Murphy is a 1954 Erick High School alum and now with Warfield Chevrolet of Mount Airy.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Matthews Greenbelt announce their first child a daughter Michelle born December 6. Mr and Mrs Charles Hayward St. Petersburg announce their second child a son Mark Hayward born at Mount Park Hospital. Shank West Patrick street noted for a well known used car dealer’s 39th birthday. Mrs Michael D Kaufman observes birthday at Vindobona Convalescent Home Braddock Heights. Pfc and Mrs Albert E Wisner Albuquerque announce their second child a son. Wisner is son of John Wisner Woodsboro and Sherea Young Woodsboro.
Samuel Sammy Thompson of Frederick was found guilty of intoxication within city limits and sentenced to 60 days in jail in default of a $100 fine by Magistrate Wilburn Shepherd Jr. The case involved a related story of excessive wine and aspirin as pain relief. Other brief entries involve fines for vehicle and license violations in the same docket.
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