Freder ick Board and Mayor to Confer in January
Frederick officials plan a January meeting between the Board of County Commissioners the Mayor and Aldermen to discuss mural interests and city matters. The exchange aims to set a date during the week of January 7. officials anticipate coordinating with the post office and local merchants on holiday mail and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Frederick
John A. Derr
Board of Aldermen
Rec
Delbert S. Null
Ord
James A. Grove
Sea of Fog Halts Central U.S. Air Traffic
A dense sea of fog about 1000 miles wide disrupted air travel from western Iowa to Pittsburgh. Major hubs like Chicago Midway and Meigs Field slowed or closed, Detroit and Cleveland saw cancellations, while Kansas City remained near normal at the fog edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Pal
Iowa
Pittsburgh
Midway Airport
O'Hare Field
Meigs Field
Des Moines
Detroit
Cleveland
Buffalo
Cleveland Hopkins
Columbus
Ohio
Midwest
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Kansas City
Fog and rain sweep broad regions with traffic delays
Dense fog and drizzle covered a wide area from the Mississippi Valley to the Appalachians slowing travel and forcing Midwest airport closures. Eastern Pennsylvania and New York reported heavier rainfall while most other areas saw light precipitation. Deeds recorded list property transfers in Urbana, Thurmont, and Lewis Town with prices around 1130 to 6540. Germany's Bundestag approves a one year draft to arm 30,000 troops for the Atlantic Alliance, effective after 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mississippi Valley
Appalachians
Atlantic Coast
Midwest
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Gulf of Mexico
New York State
Ohio Valley
New England
Guilt States
Hai. FE Burdette
Irwin H. Wensink
Price
Distillery Road
Urbana
Clarence Q. West Wid
Albert J Rosenwald
Utica Covered Bridge
Lewistown
J. W. Kitchen
George G. Kitchens
Maryland 81
Franklinville
Thurmont
Bonn
Germany
Itern
Robbery Probe Proceeds After String of Break-Ins
City police continued an investigation into a series of office and house entries with speculation it may be hit and run activity. A fourth residence reported entry at 112 East Church Street with only a wrist watch missing. Thieves cut a screen door and used a skeleton key to unlock the door and ransacked the apartment and car but left little cash. Similar break-ins were reported in the 900 block of North Market Street and in Gaithersburg two weeks earlier, with police noting money as the likely target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Fritz
Fort Detrick
East Church Street
North Market Street
Howard Young
Montgomery County
Gaithersburg
Frederick
Frederick High School Relief Drive Totals $260
Students at Frederick High School collected 260 dollars for relief efforts. Of this, 200 dollars supports Hungarian relief with 160 dollars to Care for Hungarian Relief and 108 to the Red Cross. The Junior Red Cross received 13 dollars and 7 dollars went to March names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick High School
Red Cross
Firebugs strike churches in Trenton arson spree continues
Police hunt for arsonist after two more church fires in Trenton early yesterday. A Ukrainian Orthodox rector wrestled with a suspect as a car license was noted, while Saints Peter and Paul RC Church reported altar sacristy damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
WN. J. i
Michael Zapary‘niuk
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church
Deadly Year 1956 Record Toll Across States
The year 1956 shows a high highway death toll and labor unrest across states with figures from Maryland and Budapest linked to government actions. Officials report fatalities surpassing last year with counts around 533 to date, while local councils and labor leaders face arrests and releases amid ongoing welfare drives and political pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Budapest
Pest
Robert Mesa
Janos Rader
Durert Ferguson
Joanne Derr
Virander
Central Workers’ Council
Gimia
Sua Eyster
Freth
Linds Smith
Penter
Maryland counties to share nearly 50 million from new budget plan
Baltimore and Maryland's 23 counties would divide about 50 million dollars from nine state taxes if the General Assembly approves Gov. McKeldin's budget. Budget director James G. Rennie said city-county payments rise 11.7 percent, with 5.19 million more than the current year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
General Assembly
McKeldin
James G. Rennie
Rennie
Hle
Joot
By Pass Bridge Nears Use for Frederick By-Pass
The bridge on US 346 near the city will likely open soon weather permitting. T Edgie Russell and W E Graham hold the contract for the southwest leg and have blacktopped one bridge lane and temporary surfaces on approaches. Traffic will move via a temporary road until permanent paving is finished next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armore GL Weems
Central Pennsylvania Quarrying and Stripping Company
Harmony Grove
Christmas Weather Outlook for a White Christmas
The Weather Bureau expects little new snow for a traditional white Christmas next Tuesday while hints of a holdover from weekend snows cover the northern Midwest. Forecasters warn of possible wet weather along the Atlantic Seaboard and in the Pacific Northwest with snow or flurries in parts of Wyoming and Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weather Bureau
Midwest
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific Northwest
Wyoming
Colorado
White House Holiday Gifts Honor Eisenhower Staff
President and Mrs. Eisenhower distributed personalized twin portraits to about 600 White House staff in the East Room. Each gift shows a profile of Dwight Eisenhower and a full face of Mamie Eisenhower with their autographs and holiday inscription. Toys were given for staff children under 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Eizenhower
Mamie Doud Eisenhower
Secret Service
Nehru heads to Ottawa for talks on world peace
New York India Prime Minister Nehru wraps up six day U S visit with belief collective security pacts fail to keep peace. He flies to Ottawa aboard Royal Canadian Air Force plane for weekend talks with Prime Minister Louis St Laurent. He urged end to military alliances and urged nations to settle quarrels at the United Nations. He criticized Baghdad Pact and SEATO while defending open use of the Suez Canal for all nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
India
Nehru
Royal Canadian Air Force
Otawa
Louis St. Laurent
Hungary
United Nations General Assembly
United Nations
Eisenhower
State Dulles
Carnegie Endowment Center
U. N
United States
Britain
France
Egypt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adlai Stevenson
Averell Harriman
U. NS
International Board
Russia
Middle East
Suez Canal
Kidnapped Bride Reunited With Parents After Case
A 17 year old bride Mrs Clo Ann Wegner wearing bandages met her parents in a Denver hospital room after being abducted from Daly City California. Her husband Mike Wegner 16 a California mental hospital escapee was found in a stolen car wreck by Denver police. The reunion came as detectives questioned the couple and a large search ended with their capture.
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Denver
Avis
John Mowatt
Daly City
Calif
Clo Ann Wegner
Denver General Hospital
Suriry
Mike Weigner
California
Wegner
Weigner
Train wreck near Belleville kills woman and injures many
An Illinois Central train derailed in fog near Belleville plunging 20 feet into mud. Mrs. Orson Covell, 70, of North Platte Neb., died later. 23 others hospitalized. The derailment stemmed from a shifting roadbed after recent rains. Eight cars left the track, two coaches and a pullman among them. One flagman described the slow speed over a repaired section. Nearby hospitals treated the injured, with most released after initial care.
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Belleville
Illinois Central
Orson Covell
North Platte
Neb
Jackson
Miss
Richard Covell
St. Louis
New Orleans
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Covell
Hudson
Pilot cries Merry Christmas before plane crashes in Iowa
Capt. W. B. Geisel of Delaware's 142nd Fighter Squadron bailed out of a jet near Perry Iowa after it crashed in flames following a Selfridge Field departure. He suffered minor bruises from the parachute landing. the aircraft left Michigan to refuel en route to Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Multiple Air Crashes Cause Eight Deaths Across States
AP reports eight people died in six California to Pennsylvania crashes. A U S Steel executive and two crewmen perished in a Pittsburgh area crash. A helicopter pilot drowned in San Francisco Bay. An Atlantic City jet fighter crash killed Lt. Robert Roth. Monterey Navy pilot Lt. William Herring died in a jet crash. A Detroit area man died in Owosso after a plane takeoff. A T33 jet trainer disappeared prompting a four state search with Lt. Cornelius VanVijmen and William Rae identified.
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Associated Press
California
Pennsylvania
U.S. Steel Corp
Freema
Evective
U. 8. Steel
Alden Roach
San Francisco
Columbus-Geneva
U. 5. Steel
Ray Rollo l
Los Angeles
L. T.williams
Sunland
Calif
Greater Pittsburgh
N.Y
Robert Walker
Sam Leandro
San Francisco Bay
Mays Landing
N.J
Owosso
Mich
Thomas Warren
Columbus
Ohio
Shaw Air Force Base
D.C
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Shaw Air Force
Cornelius BD. VanVijmen
Parma
W. OQ
William L. Rae
Los Altos
Two Bodies Exhumed In Ghostly Light
In Eastbourne England gravediggers exhumed the coffin of Julia Bradowin an 85 year old widow who died May 27 1952 and across town another grave opened for Clara Nedil Miller 36 who died February 1955. The exhumations followed murder charges against a bachelor physician accused in a separate case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastbourne
England
Julia Bradowin
Eastbourme
Clara iNedil Miller
Matty
Raith Morrell
Dr. Adams
Five Day Forecast Mildly Warm This Week
Five day forecast shows mild weather through the period. Temperatures average above normal with no significant precipitation expected.
Nixon Takes Up Refugee Problem in Austria
Vice President Nixon met Chancellor Raab and much of the Austrian cabinet for ninety minutes to study the 140000 Hungarian refugees crisis. He gathers first hand data to aid Eisenhower and Congress, as Austria seeks US help to bear refugee costs and reduce border tensions amid new arrivals and border checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna Wi
Nixon
Julies J Raab
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Janos ‘Kadar
Salzburg
Munich
U.S. Air Force
Ellenville Opens New National Bank in Shock After Collapse
Ellenville New York, a Catskill resort town of about 5000, proudly opens the Ellenville National Bank after its largest bank closed weeks earlier following the arrest of Home National Bank president William Ro Rose on December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellenville
N. Y
Ellenville National Bank
Ulster County
William Ro Rose
Home National Bank
Accidents Cause $600 In Damages In Local Area
Two traffic crashes Friday night and early morning caused $600 damage and led to charges. Cameron Eigenbrode, 72, of Rocky Ridge, struck a telephone pole on Md. 19 near Walkersville after his headlights blinded him. trial set for next Friday. Ronald Nukirk, 18, of Hagerstown area, swerved into another car on U S 40 two miles west of the city. Fouch of Zanesville, Ohio, faces trial for failure to yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron H. Eigenbrode
Rocky Ridge
MD. 19
Walkersville
Alan D. Martin
Ronald D. Nukirk
West Fifth Street
U. S. 40
Bryes R. Fouch
Zanesville
Nourk
Martin
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