Power Plant Plan Forged for Albright WV by PE Board
The Po domac Edison Co board at the Francis Scott Key Hotel approved officers to pursue plans for a 75 000 kilowatt generating station at Albright West Virginia. Cost about 12 750 000, part of a 24 000 000 capital program for PE over two years. Plant to feed Cumberland, MD area, aiming for completion June 1952. Major transmission lines and substations to follow, with notes on service growth, outages, and draft personnel impacts.
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Podomac Edison Company
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Albright
W. Va
R. Paul Smith
Riverton
Maryland
Cumberland
Junction
Double Toll Gate
Winchester
Mt. Airy
Damascus
Smith
Donovan R. Beachley
J. Glenn Beall
William B. Bennett
G Hunter Bowers
Raymond E. Creager
Robert B. Crothers
David K. Cushwa, Jr
Guy K. Molter
Charles A. Piper
Henry W. Price
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Hubert H. Schindel
Howard M. Smith
R.paul Smith
Robert , Smith
D. EB. Stultz
Glenn T. Swisher
Earle S. Thompson
G. Frank Thomas
Asa H. Watkins
B. A. Winebrewer
City Sets 1951 Cash Basis Tax Rate in $1.40 Levy
Frederick City adopted a cash basis tax rate of $1.40 per hundred dollars assessed, up 15 cents from 1950. The budget funds new fire and police equipment and a three-shift police system, with pay-as-you-go aims. Real estate and property values listed, revenues projected at $450,240 from taxes. Other ordinances regulate Getzendanner's Alley traffic and petro leum product sales.
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Frederick City
Elmer FL Munshower
Munshower
Frederick
Saab Aao
Sim
South Market Street
Reach Agreement on Civil Defense Plans
Washington reports conferees from the House and Senate reached terms of civil defense legislation to authorize a large program including stone bomb shelters and other safeguards. The measure, to be voted on next week, envisions about 3.1 billion dollars in three years with state and local cost sharing, and grants broad powers to the civil defense administrator.
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Washington
House
Senate
Millard Caldwell, Jr
Florida
United States
Parity Prices Move Into News
Washington reports that parity prices, a benchmark ensuring fair farmer outcomes, will be highlighted as government limits on farm prices are debated. The method uses 1909 to 1914 as a base period for both farm product prices and living costs, to gauge current parity against past prosperity.
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Washington
Coton
Parity price reform shifts method for farm product values
The article explains a 1950s reform changing how parity prices are calculated. It notes the old method tied farm prices to a 1909 to 1914 base, while the new method uses the prior ten years, reducing some adjustments. Wheat parity would be about 148 dollars per bushel under the new method, with broader effects limited to 1954 for certain crops.
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Congress
Mother Sees Quadruple Amputee Soldier Reunion at Walter Reed
Mrs. Clara Smith visited her son Robert Smith, the first Korean War quadruple amputee, at Walter Reed Hospital after his frostbite injuries in the Chosin area. The meeting included a brief greeting, a kiss, and a discussion of home and travel costs, with American Legion officials arranging support and covering expenses.
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J. Frank Tragle
Washington
Bob
Clara Smith
Walter Reed Hospital
Pfe
Robert Smith
Far East
Chosin Reservoir
Mother
American Legion
Erle Cocke, Jr
The
Legion
Robert
War veteran GI loses arms and legs in frostbite
Robert Smith, wounded November 27 in Japan, had both hands and legs below the knee amputated. A temporary claw will be fitted to his right arm to aid daily tasks, with artificial hands and legs planned later. He will receive a $360 monthly pension and a Legion fund aid. Mrs. Smith waits in Washington hospital housing as their family adjusts.
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Cocke
Legion
Pennsylvania
Robert
Zann
Japan
Pedestrian 12 Hurt After Ice Fall At Culler Lake
A 12-year-old pedestrian, Charles Garrett of 12 East Sixth St, was cut on the leg when he fell while skating at Culler Lake Thursday around 7:15 pm. Garrett, running without skates during a game, was helped home by a police officer and to be treated by a private physician. A crowd of several hundred skaters was reported enjoying the lake.
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Culler Lake
Frank Dorsey
Charles Burras
Charles Garrett
East Sixth St
Garrett
Dorsey
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College Park
Department of Agriculture
University of Maryland
Kehne Furniture CO
South Market
Intermediate Christian Endeavor Society
Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church
Adamstown
Miay Marthas Woerner
Georgie Potts
Margaret Potts
Hoffman Orphanage
Littlestown
Mitts
Misses Potts
Ali
Aburall
Carty
Pat
Allens Market
Lewyt Vacuum Cleaners
S&t
Admiral - Dumont - Zenith
Wayside Radio Service
East Patrick ST
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lumberland
Police and Fire
John J. Long
Noah
Pete’s
Toms
Tams
Tel
the First Baptist Church
William C. Royal
Barrains
Delphey’s Sport Store
West
Patrick &I
Home Exterminating Co
X ‘i National Pest Control Assn
Frederick Chamber Commerce
C. E. Cline & Son
Funeral Directo
Patrick ST
James W. Anderson, Jr
Allen’s Market & Second &T5
Weil Brothers Incorporated
North Market
Frederick, Md
Pressers
Frederick Tailoring Co
Insurance and Retirement
the Frederick Tailoring Co
East 4Th ST
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