No Chance To Consolidate Two Schools
Emmitsburg and Thurmont high schools unlikely to consolidate before next fall due to pending building needs. PTA members weighed pros and cons after a three and a half hour meeting, with concerns over bus rides, tax impact, and local enrollment.
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Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Frederick County, Board of Education
Emmitsburg Pta
James A. Sensenbaugh
Sensenbaugh
Emitsburg
PTA
Ais
Emmitsberg
Five Day Forecast for Maryland and Delaware
Considerable cloudiness and colder tonight and Tuesday. Moderately cold Wednesday but milder through Saturday. Rain likely in southern Maryland Tuesday with broader precipitation by Thursday. Temperatures averaging 2 to 4 degrees above normal. Precipitation around half an inch. Normal highs are upper 30s to low 40s, lows upper teens to upper 20s.
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Maryland
Delaware
Man Burned In Explosion At Stewart Manor Frederick
Mike Novello aged about 36 was seriously burned about 12 30 p m today in an explosion in his apartment at Stewart Manor in north Frederick Police said it appeared he had attempted to commit suicide A note attached to a door advised his young son not to enter the kitchen and to save a neighbor until his mother returned home The explosion blew the kitchen into the living room shattered kitchen windows and cracked walls Firemen said all gas jets on the stove were open They theorized the blast may have come from a spark from an exhaust fan motor or the refrigerator He ran outside with clothes aflame and was rushed to Frederick Memorial Hospital in serious condition He is a former radio station employee Firemen said a water pipe was shattered and the water helped put out the fire
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Mike Novello
Stewart Manor
North Frederick
Novello
Novel
Frederick Memorial Hospital
United Ambulance
Four hour fire destroys Franklin Bowling Center in Baltimore
A four hour blaze at the Franklin Bowling Center on U S 40 West Baltimore caused windows to blow out and heavy smoke. No injuries were reported. Deputy Chief Knapp said explosion and fire causes were under investigation as traffic delays and evacuations affected nearby streets. Part owner Joseph Damico estimated damages around 275000.
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Baltimore
U.S. 40
Franklin
Franklin Street
Charles A. i Knapp
Knapp
Joseph Damico
Plane Crash Mystery Shrouds Early Takeoff
Captain Alva R Marsh says he does not know the cause of his airliner’s crash 12 seconds after takeoff killing 20. Alfred A Lane of Northeast Airlines relayed the account to newsmen. The veteran pilot is kept in seclusion at an undisclosed location. I did not know anything was wrong, Marsh said, until copilot Basil Dixwell warned ground was coming up at us. I was fooling with the instruments. they were working. The will of Mrs Carrie E Stone was probated in Or.
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New York
Alva R
Marsh
Alfred A. Lane
Northeast Airlines
Basil Dixwell
Early Birds Get Tax Refunds In Baltimore District
Irving Machiz, acting IRS director, reports $4,202,263 in federal refunds mailed to 44,453 Baltimore district filers who sent returns early. Refunds expected within weeks for executors and heirs in several estates. overall pace compared to last year shows more than a tenth of Maryland and DC residents have filed. A number of returns contain arithmetic errors or missing signatures.
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Baltimore
Irving Machiz
Baltimore Internal Revenue Service
Raymond
Associated Press
Maryland
District of Columbia
A. Owen Mercer
H. K
Bessie E. Shepley
Myersville
Joseph H. Machiz
Carroll Shepley
Herbert
Bushwood
Leonard
St. Marys County
New York
Four Injured In Crash Of Four Vehicles
Four people were injured in a multi vehicle crash on U.S. 40 ten miles west of Baltimore. A cattle truck rolled over spilling injured cattle and killing several. State Police said traffic was tied up for two hours. Injured: Horace Smith 68 Woodstock Maryland John Viris 33 Hamilton Maryland Eugene Mayo 76 Lovettsville Virginia Lester Wilder 47 Glenwood Maryland. Trooper Thomas Mullinix provided his account of the collision.
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Baltimore
U.S. 40
Here
St. Agnes Hospital
Horace Smith
Old Court
Woodstock
John Viris
Hamilton
Eugene Mayo
Lovettsville
Lester Wilder
Glenwood
Thomas E. Mullinix
Waterloo Barracks
Mullinix
State Roods Commission
Smith
Virts
Mayo
Wilder
Move Into New Offices At City Hall
Mayor John A. Derr and staff moved into second floor offices at City Hall. The change places the Mayor’s office with a conference room, secretary’s area, and executive secretaries to the Mayor and Aldermen. Police Department headquarters are vacated as renovations continue.
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John A. Derr
City Hall
Police Department
North Market Street
Jean Hemp
Joseph F. Eisenhauer
Elgin Hemp
Cits Register
Letis E. Eichelberger
Mixed nationwide weather forecast from Associated Press
Portions of the nation lie under clear skies while varied precipitation touches the Northwest Texas Ohio Valley and Southeast. Colder air is expected from the Great Lakes south to Texas with rain or drizzle along its edge. Showers in Texas and rain or snow farther northeast accompany variable cloud cover over most the East.
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Texas
Ome
Great Lakes
Lone Star
Ohio Valley
Three Unions Charged With Corruption
MIAMI BEACH Fla 9 The AFL CIO charged three unions the Laundrys Workers Distillery Workers and Allied Industrial Workers with corruption and failure to reform The Ethical Practices Committee said the unions with a combined 170 000 members looted welfare funds and faced possible action by the AFL CIO Executive Council The 1955 Senate subcommittee audit had condemned the unions for ties to gangster influences and poor welfare fund handling
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Miame Beach
Fla
Afl-Cio
Afl-Cios
Senate
Uni
Tive Council For Action
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Ethical Practices Committee
Juvenile Admitted for Commitments in Thurmont Case
A Thurmont youth admitted a string of property entries and was ordered committed to the Maryland Training School for Boys after a Juvenile Court hearing led by Judge Patrick M. Schnauler. Ward of Catholic Charities of Baltimore, he had three years in a north county foster home before escalating thefts including a filling station break-in.
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Thurmont
Maryland Training School For
Patrick M. Schnauler
Catholic Charities of Baltimore
Sheas
Arnold Simmons
Simmons
H. J Brown
Thurtont
Catholic Charities
William C. Roderick
Oysters and Potomac control dominate Maryland assembly
Maryland lawmakers push bills to end the oyster war with Virginia and assert exclusive Potomac River fishing rights. Delegates from St. Marys and Charles counties seek to abrogate the 1785 compact, regulate dredging, and bar Virginians from fishing if they resist Maryland control. The issue centers on oyster dredging, enforcement history, and cross state authority amid maritime tolls.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Tomac
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
Potomac
Maryland Legislative Council
Virginia Tide- Water
Bay
State Roads Commission
Commission
House
Senate
Flood Damage Rising in Southern States
Flooding of lowlands along rivers in Alabama Georgia and Mississippi is expected to increase Monday while cleanup operations surge ahead in flood ravaged areas of West Virginia Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee. Death of a lineman electrocuted in Kentucky brings toll to 15. Damage exceeds 75 million dollars and at least 13 000 are homeless. Roads bridges deb ris and mud hinder work as Virginia plans to send medical teams and open typhoid clinics.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Miners Die In West Virginia Virginia Coal Mine Blast
A gas explosion at a Bishop area mine on the Virginia West Virginia line kills 37 miners. Rescue teams report most men died underground as the blast blocked elevator shafts and trapped workers two entrances apart. Army helicopters assist as officials say fewer than 40 underground workers were involved and no survivors are expected.
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Bishop
Bishop Gass
Virginia
West Virginia
Cumbres Pass
Colo
West Virginia Mines Dept
iStatement
Horsepen
Sniff
Pocahontas
Burgh Consolidation Coal Co
Pittsburgh
Mystery Soviet official shot in Moscow hospital reported
A mystery patient in a Moscow hospital, believed to be a high Soviet official, is in critical condition as German doctors treat a blood ailment. Officials and media question identity, with speculation that Lazar M. Kaganovich or a fellow Presidium member may be involved, though confirmation is lacking.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Hans Joachim Schulten
Cologne
Schulten
Dmitri Shepilov
Shepilov
Communist
Foreign Ministry
New York Daily News
Washington
Lazar M. Kaganovich
Kremlin
Kaganovich
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Bulganin
Khrushchev
National Guard Fight Reaches President Over Training Rule
Spokesmen for the National Guard carry to President Eisenhower their push against a Pentagon order requiring six months of basic training for new enlistees. The Guard favors 11 weeks for under draft age 18 to 24, arguing six months would sap enlistments. General Taylor and other Guard leaders press for reduced training while Wilson stands by national standard concerns. A separate note reports a break in at Office Entered, with two juveniles detained.
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Washington
National Guard
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Guard
Inp
Defense Wilson
Wilson
Warera
Congress
Son
Maxwell Taylor
Army
Ellard A. Walsh
The
Guard Association
Walsh
Milton A. Reckord
Maryland
Edward D. Siroys
26Th Infantry Division
Earle M. Jones
California
Ronald C. Brook
27Th Armored Diviision
New York National Guard
Supreme Concrete, Inc
East Street
Detective Bureau
Mental Health Association Plans State Hospital Funding Push
The Mental Health Association met in Annapolis to urge state hospital funding and to propose a standing committee to study mental hygiene clinics. The group emphasized improving facilities and services for mental health patients.
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Mental Realth Assn
Annapolis
Marylane Assn. For
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Raymond Owensby
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Gpantas
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