Cold War origins and the term colon war use origins
The piece traces the phrase cold war to Bernard M Baruch after Russia rejected international control of the atomic bomb and a Canadian Royal Commission revealed stolen atomic secrets. It notes Baruch popularized the term after hearing it from a friend and describes the era’s tensions. It also includes a local autos collision report and a quip from a job applicant about spelling Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Russia
Bernard M. Baruch
Washington
Ture
Mr. Baruch
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
Fifty years ago items recount a Frederick meeting by Robert Downing the actor evangelist who had lived here and spoke at the M C A auditorium. An offer to buy First National Bank stock at 135 a share was made by Charles P Levy for unknown buyers. Frank C Norwood urged stockholders not to sell. Water is pumped into the Middletown reservoir at 50 gallons per minute from multiple springs. Y M C A secretary G B H McGregor spent Christmas in Alymer Ontario. Prof Amon Burger’s pupils gave him a sectional banking case as a Christmas present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Downing
Frederick
First National Bank of
Charles P. Levy
Canada
Amon Burger
Twenty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
A robber entered the small store at 474 West Patrick street, beat the proprietor, and forcibly removed between SIS and $20 from the victim’s pocket. An automobile crash east of Unionville sent Mrs. Elizabeth McCaffrey and three daughters Bruised. residents on West Fourth Street escaped unharmed. An alligator escaped from a cage on North Market Street. later captured and returned to its cage. The column also includes reflections on happiness, patience, and a Christmas snowfall fading quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Patrick Street
Arthur Bentz
Unionville
Elizabeth McCaffrey
Betty
Jane
Patsy
West Fourth Street
Harry L. Ebert
North Market Street
Worite
William E. Bretthest
East Sixth Street
Baer
Borin Ua
Cage
Pearance
Tnt Bie
Iva Bike Bank
Year By Miss Beatrice Fehr Home Demonstration Agent
Christmas Day ends and a new year arrives with questions about challenges ahead. The piece emphasizes attitude shaping perception, noting that how we face the future determines whether we see problems or opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Fehr
Carols From Other Lands at Buckeystown Homemakers Party
The Buckeystown Homemakers Club held its annual Christmas party December 19 in the church hall. Forty five members and guests attended as Rev and Mrs C A Shook presented the program with songs from Austria Puerto Rico China Germany Italy France Spain and England. Santa Claus and gifts were led by Mrs Ear l Rems Pack with stockings for shut ins. A smorgasbord was prepared by the hosting committee. Members brought white gifts for Montevue residents and others. S/Sgt Roy L Linton stationed in California visited Easton hospital after internal hemorrhage. Hall decorations reflected the season with community participation and optimism for the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeystown Club
C. A. Shook
S Buckeystown Homemakers ‘Club
Church Hall
Austria
Puerto Rico
China
Germany
Italy
France
Spain
England
Andi
Richard Butler
Telass
Santa Claus
Ear
Ali. Berg
Harry Remsberg
T.j/ber
McGuffin
William Zimmer- Man
William Hurley
Roy Ll. Linton
Jerry
Montevue
Ton
Roy
Easton Hospital
Adam Road
Las
Art Linton
Faith and Change in Everyday Life and Community Edges
A meditation on faith, change, and happiness amid a world of rapid atomic age shifts. The piece contrasts spiritual steadiness with modern material aims, notes the value of nature, and cites library bookmobiles serving Carroll and Howard counties as community progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Carroll
Howard Counties
Carroll County
Davis Library
Westminster
Engagement Notice for Rosa May Moberly and Donald Rippeon
Mr and Mrs T Paul Moberly of Walkersville announce the engagement of their daughter Rosa May to Donald B Rippeon son of Mr and Mrs Vernon R Rippeon of RFD 1 Frederick The bride to be is a Walkersville High School 1958 graduate and a Frostburg State Teachers College freshman The groom is Frederick High School 1954 graduate employed at Ceresville Motor Company No wedding plans have been announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Paul Moberly
Walkersville
Rosa May
Donald B. Rippeon
Vernon R. Rippeon
RFD
Frederick
Miss Broberly
Walkersville High School
Frostburg State Teachers College
Rippeon
Frederick High School
Ceresville Motor Company
Maryland Sales Tax Hike and Dividend Details
Maryland increases sales tax from two to three percent starting January 1. The report notes an annual dividend of 4 percent and a special 3 percent dividend to be paid December 31, 1958. Total dividends for the year reach 21 percent, up one percent from last year, with scale rates applying to tax amounts on sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Ramsburg and Saylor Obituaries Move Through Local Deaths
Death notices from Washington County list Harry K Ramsburg Sr of Hagers Town retirement from Cumberland Valley Paper Box Co, and Catharine Ramsburg, along with other local deaths including Dasie Saylor of Walkersville and Fannie Smith of Union Bridge. Graveside rites for Art Olivet cemetery and Mt Hope cemetery are noted, with church affiliations and survivors specified.
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K. Ramsburg
Harry K. Ramsberg
Hagers[tases
Washington Clearly
Hagerstown
Ramsburg
Cumberland Valley Paper Box Co
IML
Christ Reformed Church
Aso
Frederick County
Albert F
Mary A. (Zimmerman) Ramsburg
Washington County
Catherine Mongan Ramsburg
Mary L Smifth
Washington
Ruth Moeller
Harry K. Jr
Rites for John Crouse and Margaret Maser Held
Funeral services for John Henry Crouse were held Friday at St. John's Catholic Church after prayers at the funeral home. Interment was in Oak Lawn Cemetery Baltimore with bearers Marshall Stockman Paul Stockman Franklin Stockman James Simmons Howard Bryant and Melvin Crouse Jr. Mrs Margaret E Maser’s funeral proceeded from the home Friday afternoon at 1 moving to Wheeling West Virginia for further services with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Interments were conducted by Rob ert E Dailey and Son and M R Etchison and Son funeral directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmar Dewayne Moore
Joel Curtis
Bessie Gertrude Moore
Columbus Avenue
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Betty Joe
Patricia Belle
Maggie Belle Weese
William and Moore
Elkins
W. Va
Art. Olivet
Carroll Boyer
Good Shepherd
Dasie F. Saylor
Dasie Flora Saylor
Thomas R. Saylor
Walkersville
Christian Eyler
Louisa Michael Eyler
HansSonville
Walkersville Homemakers Club
The
Eastern Star
Frederick Chapter
Sons and Daughters of Liberty-Walkersville Council
Brrs
Luther E. Horine
Marian J. Staley
Gramison
Luther E. Horine Jr
Lois B. Horine
G. C. Barton
Mt .Hope Cemetery
Woodsboro
Henry Clay Smith
Fannie Louise Smith
Union Bridge
William and
Martha Brightful Milberry
Church of God
Charles L
James A. Frank L. Smith
Ethel M. Howard
Ernest G. Brightful
Pittsburg
Elster Willis
Marie Clark
Lof
D. D. Hartzler and Son
Houston Scott
Mt. Olive Centery
New Windsor
John Henry Crouse
Frederick’ Memorial Hospital
North Market Street
St. John’s Catholic Church
H. R. Jordan
Marshall Stockman
Paul Stockman
Franklin Stockman
James Simmons
Howard
Bryant
Melvin Crouse Jr
Oak Lawn Cemetery
Baltimore
Robert E. Dailey and Son
Margaret E. Maser
East Church Street
W. Merval Weaver
Wheeling
Kepner Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
M. R. Etchison and Son
All-Out Drive Against Rebels in Cuba
Havana dispatch reports the government launching an all-out drive to wipe out rebels led by Fidel Castro. Army planes bomb outskirts of Placetas on the main highway east of Santa Clara as rebels tighten a ring around Las Villas capital. The two-year rebellion grows bloodier as government forces strike at densely populated districts, hampered by weapon shortages facing President Fulgencio Batista's regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Placetas
Santa Clara
Las Villas
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Death notices of several prominent figures in AP reports
Thomas F. Ford aged 3 who served as California congressman from 1932 to 1944 and later literary editor of the Los Angeles Times died. Walter Miguel, 49, king of the Miguel Gypsy tribe for over two decades, died. Dr Whitelaw Reid Morrison, 72, anatomy professor at Oberlin College for 30 years, died of a heart ailment. Robert J. Laubengayer, 74, KSAL radio station president and former Salina Journal publisher, died after a heart attack. Eva Gauthier, 73, mezzo soprano, died after a long illness in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Ford
South Pasadena
Calif
California
Los Angeles Times
Walter Miguel
New Orleans
Whitelaw
Morrison Oberlin, Ohio
Whitelaw Reid Morrison
Oberlin College
Allen Hospital
Robert J. Laubengayer
Topera
Kan
KSAL
The
Salina
Eva Gauthier
New York
University Hospital
Secret police break into West Berlin Jehovah's Witnesses HQ
West Berlin police said secret police believed to have broken into the Jehovah's Witnesses headquarters in West Berlin. Files containing names and addresses of 1,200 East German residents were stolen, while money and other articles were untouched. Membership in East Germany is forbidden.
Married 25th Anniversary Observed in Hamsville Party
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Barber of Hamsville celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a gathering at the Iamsville Community Hall. Attendees included numerous relatives and friends from Laurel, Walkersville, Vienna, Chevy Chase, Brentwood, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Barber
Hamsville
Iamsville
A. T. Brust
Sheridan Barber
Walkersville
Charlies Bobn
This City
L. R. Grubbs
Brentwood
Oscar Link
Vienna
Wm. F. Gibham
Chevy Chase
Emory Grubbs
James
George Grubbs
Joseph Kehné
Howard Beard
Robert Grubbs Sr
Robert Grubbs Jr
William Kehne
Nelson Myers Jr
Paul Beard
Mamie Beard
Siamsville
Sarah O’brien
Mamie Mitchell
Cora Scheller
Wallace Duvall
Dorothy Barnes
Richard Whitman
Laurel
Garland Alexander
Washington
Percy Duck
Melvin Zimmerman
Wamsville
James Stanley
Tentative settlement aims to end New York newspaper strike
A tentative settlement ends the costliest New York City newspaper strike, with back to work possible Monday if the Independent Newspaper Mail and Deliverers Union accepts terms. Federal mediator Joseph Finnegan announced the package granting wage increases and concessions, and union officials voiced strong confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Joseph F. Finnegan
Independent Newspaper Mail and Deliverers Union
Asher Schwartz
Big escort accompanies Barchick to hospital birth
Mrs Richard Barchick 26 had a large group accompanying her to St Vincent’s hospital for the birth of her son. Twelve people in various vehicles accompanied her, after she phoned her husband and four friends as the delivery neared. A fire crew and police ambulance detail were summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo, Ohio
Richard Barchick
St. Vincent's Hospital
Fire Department
Bercheck
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Gettysburg
James A. Wagerman
Seton Ave
Emmitsburg
Washington St
Tom L. Brown
Gettysburg Rt. 1
Brown
Mississippi
the News
Ieee
Homemakers Clubs
Linton and Son
Wil Jamm
Victor Products Corporation
Farmers State Bank of Em
Milsburg
AL Hes
Lee
Jform
Margaret Hoefer
Mt. Airy
Ellicott City
Fregerick County
Long Corner
Lenna Burgess
Mary Louise Holzapfel
Potomac
Edward
Delaplaine
Wm. J. Mc
Warren Cooke
Mathews
Edward E. Lane
Richmond, Va
Robert ¥. Button
Culpeper
Howard H. Adams
Eastville
Potomac River Commission
George Washington
Mt. Vernon
Fort Worth
Helena
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Mls
St. Paul
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland
Afc
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
BELL
Rome
SM Sk
Harry W. Zase
Manchester
Evangelical ‘United Brethren Church
Albert Suereth
Charles
Whorf
York
Wayne Neidig
Palmsta
Dewitt Zuse
Tang
SEA
Helen
Vatican City
John XX
Vatican
Jaz
Domenico Toronto
Cardinal Tardini jPersons
Orlando. Fla
M. iEarle Collins
Missouri Valley College
Orlando Fom Marshall
Collins
Sudan
Khartoum
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Suden
Parsons
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