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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1954
Page
7
AP reports cheaper meat and egg prices boost holiday meals with turkeys and smoked hams eight to ten cents per pound cheaper. pork and lamb promos, veal roasts, and plentiful eggs highlight the season as January is Eye Month. Produce notes favor Eastern potatoes onions cabbage and greens, while citrus and tropicals rise modestly.
New York reports producers of video drama note improved acting writing and directing with more diverse writers and fewer adaptations. Gordon Duff says scripts and training uplift TV drama as actors study under tutors. Also notes Joyce Jordan M D returns to radio and Christmas radio highlights.
Washington reports Agriculture Department says Wolf Ladejinsky Russian born and linked to Communist fronts raises security questions making him unfit for the Tokyo embassy post worth 11000 dollars a year. Humphrey and Judd criticize the move as opening higher paid posts to those with political ties.
A FH-A committee of educators and scientists warns that neglect of basic postwar research may jeopardize national security. The panel, formed by the American Council on Education and chaired by Virgil M. Hancher, criticizes excessive secrecy and says rigid controls create a Maginot line rather than advancing security.
The 90 page report states that after World War II emphasis on basic research waned, impacting scholar quality and fundamental knowledge. It warns progress and national security may be jeopardized as a result. Dag Hammarskjold reports success after talks with the Red Chinese ambassador in Stockholm.
A solemn mass will be said Monday at Mount St Mary's College for Rev John F. Cogan Jr former dean who died Tuesday in Brooklyn New York.
Annapolis December 22 Governor McKeldin voiced a Christmas wish that the brotherhood of man penetrate the Iron Curtain and inspire the enslaved to regain their freedoms. He spoke to state employees as a 52 voice chorus in the State Office Building and urged peace and goodwill toward Russia China and satellite nations.
In a Maryland event, McKeldin gave Comptroller J Millard Tawes a miniature cross carved from a fallen limb of the 300-year-old Wye Oak. Tawes, sponsor of the festival since 1939, voiced thanks and greetings as Prof Rudolph Torosky conducted the choir singing nine carols including Saith the Stars Were Shining.
Dr U G Bourne Sr a 79 year old physician of 235 West South Street was struck by a motor vehicle while crossing Ice and West All Saints streets shortly before 5 pm Wednesday. He was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital for observation with a head laceration. Officer William Mutchner continues the accident investigation with early reports naming Edith E Milles Braddock Heights as the cited driver.
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