Walkersville Methodist pastor resigns for Washington transfer
Rev. William C. Taylor will leave Walkersville four church charge at year start for Dunbarton Avenue Methodist in Old Georgetown. Rev. Richard Thompson transfers from Winfield to Walkersville. Taylor’s last sermon is January 13 with first sermon in Washington January 20. The pastorate included Mount Zion Mount Pleasant and Lewistown churches and centennial observance in December 1955.
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William C. Taylor
Walkersville
Washington
Richard ©. Thompson
Winfield
Me. Taylor
Dunbarton Avenue Methodist Church
Old Georgetown
Mr. Taylor
Clarence L. Dawson
Mount Zion
Mount Pleasant
Lewistown
Taylor
G. Bromley Oxnam
Methodist Church
Oun Rinister
Jersey City
Nod
Drew Theological Seminary
Madison
N. J
Ohio Wesleyan
Toledo
Walkersville Fire Company
Trey
Khrushchev Warns Satellites Against Capitalist Moves
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev told Russia’s satellites any move toward capitalism would destroy the Soviet Union’s lifeline and warned Western aid to anti communist elements would meet a swift rebuff. He spoke in an interview with Rude Pravo and Radio Prague, reiterating Moscow’s pledge of limited independence but no capitalist regimes.
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Vienna
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Russia
West
Khrushchev
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Rude Pravo
Radio
Prague
Kremlin
Light Snow and Warm Thaw Mark County Weekend
Light snow covered areas with a trace in most parts and Gambrill Park the coldest spot at 12 overnight. Temperatures rose near 3 today and no new snow is predicted before Wednesday as milder air arrives for New Year’s.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Otlock
Gambrill State Park
Unionville
State Roads Department
Emmitsburg
Payne's Hill
Gambrill Park
Two Dead In Bus Collision On U S Highway 30
Two people died when a Greyhound bus rear-ended a semi truck loaded with soy beans 43 miles east of Rock Springs Wyoming on U S Highway 30. Twenty eight were injured, with 20 remaining hospitalized including a woman with internal injuries.
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Rock Springs
Wro. P
Greyhound
Collisi
Here
U.S. Highway 30
Wyoming
Gail Demos
Cheyenne
Wyo
Adolphine Tonar
Beattie, Wash
Irene Emperiady
Los Angeles
New England Buried By Heavy Snow
A Canadian storm dumped heavy snow across the Great Lakes and New England, with Boston and Concord reporting deep accumulations. Michigan and New York were also affected as temperatures fell in the northeast while the south and west enjoyed fair weather.
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New England
Associated Press
North Atlantic
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
United States
Weather Bureau
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Canada
Pennsylvania
New York
Upper Michigan
New York State
Buffalo
N. Y
Houghton
Mich
Grand Marais
Concord
N.H
Maine
State of War Declared in South Sumatra
Sukarno proclaimed a state of war and siege in South Sumatra amid ongoing unrest over Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo's policies. The move followed a bloodless coup by Col Maludin Simbolon in North Sumatra's regencies, which was later suppressed. no official reasons were given for the emergency.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Sumatra
Ali Sastroamidjojo
Takeh
Maludin Simbolom
Ilax
One Of Nation's Most Wanted Fugitive Nabbed in Chicago
FBI agents arrest Joseph Bragnola in Chicago ending a five year pursuit tied to a New Orleans used car dealer hold up. Bragnola, labeled a top fugitive and gunman in the Henry Stern murder during a 1950 $50 000 raid, is to be arraigned before U.S. Commissioner C S Bentley Pike. Stern died after being pistol whipped as thugs looted his home. his wife was tied in the upstairs apartment.
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Chicago
FBI
Joseph James Bragnola
New Orleans
Bragnola
Henry Stern
U.S
C. S. Bentley Pike
Aventis
Stern
Buses Fired On Six Times Across the South
Violence echoed across the South on New Year's Eve 195 a year marked by limited progress on racial integration. Buses in Montgomery and Birmingham Alabama were fired upon as protests over school desegregation intensified. A 22 year old pregnant Montgomery woman was injured by gunfire. The University of Mississippi and Mississippi State teams withdrew from tournaments due to opponents including Black players.
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Prev
Aviention
Campe Public Sehonts
Montgomery
Birmingham
Ala
Sentaos
Honea
Eisenhower outlines plan for 1957 agenda to GOP leaders
President Eisenhower, with Vice President Nixon and Budget Director Brundage, reviews the 1957 domestic program with Republican leaders, including school aid tax labor and farm measures. In a separate note three Baltimore residents were treated after an auto accident. a court found Francis P. German guilty of assault and battery with others injured.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Myon
Percival Brundage
Secretary of State
Dulles
Defense
Wilson
Eisenhowes
GOP
Baltimore
Frederick Memorial
Magis
Tanya’ Trate Wilbur Fisheffield Jr
Maryland
Earl W. Morgan
House of Correction
Deeds Recorded For Properties In Woodville And Middletown
Deeds filed in the Clerk's office show Airy F Haines selling to Edward Vaughn Evarts and wife a 22 acre tract with improvements in Woodville District for about 6000 dollars. Ralph J D Four and spouse sold to Constance V Delphey an undeclared property on Old Harmony Road in Middletown District for about three dollars.
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Airy F. Haines
Edward Vaughn
Woodville
Ralph JD
Constance V. Delphey
Old Harmony Road
Middletown
Canal Clearing Under Way for Suez Passage by March
U.N. salvage crews led by Lt Gen Raymund A Wheeler began clearing the southern end of the Suez Canal and expect a March channel wide enough for 25 foot draft ships. By May the canal should reach full depth, enabling uninterrupted shipping under Egyptian supervision and with a multinational salvage fleet assisting.
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Said
Egypt
Raymund A. Wheeler
US. N
Suez Canal
East West Waterway
Wheeler
U. S
United Nations
U.N
Wheeloe
U. N
Belgium
West Germany
Sweden
Italy
Syria
Iraq Petroleum Co
OWE Operal Ua
Middle East
Europe
Syrian
IPC
Gaza Strip
South Pole group to observe new year 24 times
At McMurdo Sound Antarctica the Deep Freeze team could watch the New Year 24 times as 24 time zones converge at the pole. Dr Mikhail Somov and Rear Adm George Dufek lead crews in a message from Mirny station noting international cooperation during the planned 24 hour celebration amid the Geophysical Year effort.
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Mcmurdo Sound
Antarctica
Amer J
New Zealand
South Pole
New York
Russia
Mikhail Somov
George Dufek
U. S. Antare
International
U.S. Antarctic
Mirney
Ayr
Indian Ocean
Freeze
Holiday Toll On Highways Rises Slowly
The New Year weekend traffic death toll rose to 260 by 4:30 a.m. EST with over half the holiday period elapsed. Through the four days, highway accidents caused 204 deaths, plus 24 fire deaths and 32 other fatalities. Officials note New Year’s Eve and Day as the most deadly, while NSC predicts 490 highway deaths for the period.
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Associated Press
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Dearborn
NSC
Year 186 hailed as landmark for peace in Pravda
Pravda proclaims 186 as an important milestone for humanity seeking stable world peace. It lauds gains for world commonism and defeats for capitalist imperialists while ushering in the new year. New Year festivities in Russia are described as the gayest holiday and already at a tall height.
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Moscow
Pravda
Russia
No Paper Tuesday In Newn Year Holiday Schedule
The paper will not publish Tuesday due to New Year’s Day. The business office will be closed all day. The editorial office will reopen after 1 p.m.
California Fires Now Only Embers
In Malibu and the Santa Monica Mountains a trio of fires burned over 60 square miles but were mostly under control as fog cooled conditions. Sixty seven homes were destroyed, one man killed, and two firefighters seriously injured. Firefighters and residents returned to scorched areas amid ruined Christmases.
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Malibu
Calif
Santa Monica
California
To Ure
Zuma Beach
Zuma
Lake Sherwood
Pirg Canyon
Woman Found Slain in Piedmont Apartment
A one year old woman was found dead Sunday on a bed in the Piedmont residence of 55 year old Howard Butler. Butler was also found on the bed with rare wounds and is hospitalized as authorities investigate a possible homicide.
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Piedmont, W. Ve
Howard Butler
Butler
Fire Rescuer Suffered Critical Burns in Maryland Blaze
Firefighter James Macom of Seat Pleasant Maryland was critically burned while attempting to rescue his infant daughter from a burning apartment late Saturday unaware she had already been saved.
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Seat Pleasant
James Macom
Fire damages farm tenant house near Urbana
Two county fire companies responded Sunday evening to a blaze at the tenant house on the E. W. Shry farm near Urbana. The fire started in the chimney area and damaged a wall and partition, with an estimated loss of SX to SMM. Norman Haller discovered the fire around 7:30 p.m. The family and neighbors helped after the fire was brought under control and the home was cleaned up.
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E. W. Shry
Urbana
Norman Haller
Chien
Mohrie Haller
Shruv
Hyattstown Pine Company
Carroll Manor
Sykesville Man Escapes Death After Boat Sinks Off Kent Island
Two duck hunters S.J. Schoolcraft age 41 of Sykesville and E.D. Phimmer age 39 of Chambersburg Pa were marooned on a Kent Island duck blind as waves sank their boat. A Bloody Point lighthouse keeper alerted the Coast Guard and state police. Firemen ferried to the site and brought the men back, with minor exposure. The New Year holiday weekend has claimed nine Virginia lives.
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Stevensville
Kent Island
Bloody Point
Chesapeake Bay
Kent Point
Coast Guard
Kent Isard
Voluntenr
S.J. Schoolcraft
Sykesville
ED. Phimmer
Chambersburg
Saarland Returns To Germany Tonight
Saarland, a coal rich territory with a million people, returns to Germany at midnight under a French German agreement making it West Germanys 10th state. The Saarlanders culture remains German despite the truce that ends centuries of dispute and Europeanization efforts.
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Saarbruecken
Saarland
France
Germany
Siaar
West Germany
Cathedral Fire Engulfs Hartford's Saint Joseph Cathedral
A three alarm blaze struck St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Cathedral in Hartford during a Mass, damaging the lower church and main structure. Priest Rev. Francis S. O'Neill rescued the Blessed Sacraments, while Lt. John W. Covey sustained injuries battling the flames. The St. Patrick's fire near downtown Hartford occurred about 30 hours earlier.
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Hartford
Conn
St. Joseph’ S
Ronan Catholic
Archdiocese of
St. Patrick's
Francis S. O'Neill
John W. Covey
Hartford Hospital
Dulles To Explain Plan On Middle East Policy
Secretary of State Dulles will meet UN Secretary General Hammarskjold in New York to outline the Eisenhower administration plan to counter Soviet expansion in the Middle East. The outline calls for standby authority to use force if needed and a two year $490 million economic aid program for Middle Eastern and Mediterranean states from Gibraltar to the Arabian Sea.
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United Nations
N.Y
Dulles
U. ON
Dag Hammarskjold
Eisenhower
Middle East
U.S
Hammarskjold
U. N
Suez Canal
Washington
Congress
S. S
Gibraltar
Arabian Sea
Air Force plane crashes near Dhahran killing four
An Air Force C-141C Superconstellation with 41 aboard crashed while landing near Dhahran Saudi Arabia. Charleston base said 26 patients remained in Dhahran hospital and three others were dead on arrival. Twelve aboard were missing including pilots Maj Clyde Ellis and Lt Laverne Blitz and Sgts Frank Lorch and Frank Rodgers Lit. Investigation teams will fly out. cause under study. Plane listed as total loss.
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Charleston
S. C. Ui
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
Charleston Air Force Base
Clyde Ellis
Laverne W. Blitz
Frank Lorch
Frank A. Rodgers
Ervin R. Brestauer
Miltary Air Transportation Service
McGuire Air Force Base
New Jersey
Lagos Field
Azores
Tripoli
Libya
Breslauer
MATS
Maryland Nears Postwar Traffic Death Record
Maryland approached a postwar high in traffic fatalities with five deaths over the New Year weekend. The 1956 toll stood at 546 on the last day of the year, just one short of tying the 1951 peak of 547. The weekend toll included three traffic deaths, one fire fatality, and one exposure death after a car accident near Dublin and Harford County.
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Associated Press
Maryland
William
J. Akins
Whiteford
Bernard T. Haywood
Akins
Maryland 156
Dublin
Harforst
Gerald Palme
Anunal
Ins Ape
Bomb scare drop continues as New York police pursue mad bomber
New York City police renewed efforts to capture the elusive mad bomber as threats dwindle. The 34 man bomb squad checked 75 bogus calls with 26 on Saturday and 13 on Friday. 22 bombs have exploded, injuring 15, with no deaths. Three bomb like devices were found yesterday but proved harmless.
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New York
Russian Proposal To Be Rejected
Washington reports say President Eisenhower will keep arms talks within the United Nations for now while offering a later conference with Britain France Russia the United States and India. He suggests conducting discussions in the United Kingdom where a disarmament commission meets. Addendum notes the death of Addison Mullikin of Baltimore to be buried in Talbot County.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United Nations
Eeemier Nikolai Bulganin
Britain
France
Russia
United States
India
Fisenhower da Oad Tates
Addison Muiliain
Baltimore
Addinon F. Mullikiq
Talbot County
Mullikin
Talbot
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