Training Nixon to be ready for the presidency
The piece notes President Eisenhower prepared Vice President Nixon for the future role through cabinet experience and a world tour. It cites Nixon presiding over Cabinet meetings and serving on the National Security Council, with past missions to the Far East and Middle East. It also mentions a Caribbean goodwill tour as part of his broader duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Caribbean
Congress
Nixon
National Security Council
Free Nations
Far East
Middle East
United States
Fifty Years Ago Items From The Columns Of The News
Fifty Years Ago items from The News dated February 11 1905 cover a pet parrot death a school debating society results hymn book release city reassessment steps and a university club election. The parrot Bobby died after chewing wood. Belles Lettres debated navigation versus railroads with affirmative victory. Standard Songs hymn book issued with acknowledgments. city officials plan property reassessment. J Alfred Ritter Jr of Frederick named Maryland Club president at UVA banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
James Staub
West Patrick Street
Belles Lettres Literary Society of Boys High School
R. Stockman
H. Ordeman
W. James
W. Delaplaine
Emory L. Cob- Jentz
Frederick Bar
Rufus W. Miller
Heidelberg Press
Philadelphia
Melvin A. E. Biser
George Ed. Smith
Frederick
Simpson
J. Alfred Ritter, JR
Maryland Club
University of Virginia
Twenty Years Ago Items From The Columnus Of The News
Police ask residents to watch for milk and newspaper thefts from porches across the city. Brunswick delegate John B Funk proposes a House bill to raise the Brunswick tax rate up to $2 per $100. Frederick County ministers and educators poll shows 18 for compulsory education and 17 for optional training. Wilbert L Smith of Mt Pleasant, Farm Bureau president, has recovered from the grippe.
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John B. Funk
Brunswick
House of Delegates
Frederick Persons
W. R. Barnhart
Wilbert L. Smith
MT. Pleasant
Farm Bureau
Entertaining Send Off for World Cruise Pair
Mr and Mrs Robert E Wela plan a round the world voyage aboard the SS President Polk departing San Francisco Sunday. They were feted by friends with multiple dinners and parties including a luncheon at the Francis Scott Key Hotel and a special bon voyage cake. Delaplaine party includes stops in Honolulu Manila Tokyo Kobe Singapore Bombay Karachi and Egypt with Italy as a later destination.
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Robert E Welaplaine
Upper College Terrace
San Francisco
President Polk
Delaplaine
Washington
West Coast
Honolulu
Manila
Tokyo
Kobe
Japan
Singapore
Bombay
Karachi
Egypt
Suez Canal
Italy
Farmers and Mechanics Citizens National Bank
D. T. Dutrow
Ada
Allen G. Quynn
Danny Quynn
Margaret R. Motter
Edgar H. McBride
Robert J Allen
H. B. Anders
C. Bess Castle
Paul W. McAuliffe
Holmes D. Baker
Hammond Clary
Edward D. Shriner
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Round Table
Frank Keever
Wedgwood Room
Polk
Leff
Paul W McAuliffe
Harrison McAlpine
Charlies McC. Mathias
McAuliffe
Mathias
Lewis R. Dertzbaugh
Robert EB. Delaplaine
Frederick
Truck Driver Taught Lesson Ends With Fine In Maryland
A Michigan truck driver Otto D. Richter 58 admitted pITTing sharply to teach a lesson on Rt 40 east of Hagerstown Maryland. He clipped the bumper of former Frederick Chief Fred Straley and was fined 50 dollars and half a day in court by Magistrate Paul Ottinger for reckless driving. Straley pursued with license number, state police stopped the truck on Fairview mountain and Richter testified anger caused the stunt. Ottinger warned about possible actions by the Motor Vehicle Commission and noted the near turn could have caused injuries. Also notes Catholic Daughters of America meet at St John’s auditorium with a book tea and bandages planned for Lent activities.
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Hagerstown
Rt. 40
Fred Straley
Frederick
Otto D. Richter
Kawkawtin
Michigan
Paul Ottinger
Straley
Richter
Beaver Creek Road
Ottinger
Motor Vehicle Commissioner’s Office
COURT
Maryland
Court Maryland
The
Catholic Daughters of America
St. John’s Auditorium
Iiegida Bass
Regina “Little
Florence Little
Valentine
Little
Donald B. Rice
George Doll
David Nee
Margaret Waitman
Robert Diirow
Garber Sittig Wedding at Meadow Branch Church
Miss Caroline Belle Sittig and William Edward Garber wed in Meadow Branch Church of the Brethren parsonage Westmin ster. The couple plans to reside with the bride’s sister as the groom heads to Army service. Engagement announced for Katy Marie Foster to John Richard Holzapfel with a summer wedding planned.
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Garber—Sittig
Caroline Belle Sittig
New Windsor
Henry Sittig
William Edward Garber
Ralph Garber
Meadow Branch
Church of the Brethren Parsonage
Westminster
Joseph Caricose
Elizabeth Garber
Broom
Maurice Ellis Garber
Wilbur Bollinger
Edna Foster
Hagerstown
John Foster
Brunswick
Katy Marie
John Richard Holzapfel
Chester Holzapfel
Fulbright Program Outlined At February Club Luncheon
Dr Ole T Reddick of Hood College spoke to Welcome Wagon Newcomer's Club at the Elks Club about the Fulbright program in India. She described its binational Indian and American board, emphasis on humanities and social sciences, currency issues, and the exchange totals of 5 Americans to 115 Indians. The program has exhausted funds, and she urged continued interest in international education. New members welcomed: Richard Clendenin, Mrs Edward Bentz, Mrs James Pemberton, Mrs J A Rowe, Mrs Thomas L Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole T Reddick
Hood College
Welcome Wagon
Elks Clu
India
Fulbright
United States
de. Reddick
Hood College to Offer Four Year Teaching Course
Hood College will add a four year teaching program in early childhood education next fall, leading to a BA. The plan, announced by President Dr. Andrew G. Truxal, includes three program options and student teaching in campus nurseries and Maryland communities to meet certification in several states. Students will live in assigned communities during practicum, with general education requirements preserved in the first two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood College
Andrew G. Truxal
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Hood
Gram
Think Store Fire Was Set In Hyattstown
Officials believe the Hyattstown store fire was arson after a meticulous ashes examination found no hambones. Investigators, fire marshal W L Burdette, store owner Byron Darby, and Thomas Slater examined rear ashes and noted the exit likely opened from a rear door. Darby said the front door was barred from inside on Tuesday night. first responders found it ajar on arrival. A U S postal inspector observed mail space and safes. nothing appeared missing though heat and moisture damaged contents.
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Hyattstown
Thomas Slater
Clarksburg
Montgomery County
W L Burdette
Hyattstown Volunteer Fire Department
Byron Darby
Burdette
Darby
Havig
U. S
Hyattstoun
Bills Passed Expand Audit Funding and Jail Wardens
The State Senate approved two bills by Senator Jacob Ramsburg. One authorizes unlimited spending for a proper county audit previously capped at 1000 dollars. The second allows the Frederick County sheriff to hire as many wardens as needed for the county jail. The measures advance to the House of Delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Senate
Jacob KR. Ramsburg
House of Delegates
Frederick County
Torch to trenches as Tachen evacuation nears end
Chinese Nationalist troops dynamited trenches pill boxes and buildings as U.S. Navy officers reported the evacuation of the Tachen Islands entering its final phase. The action followed orders amid the Formosa crisis with reports from Taipei.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
Tachen Islands
Ameche Signs Baltimore Colts No. 1 Draft Pick
The Baltimore Colts announced that Alan Ameche The Horse Ameche their No 1 draft pick signed a two year contract today.
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Ameche
Baltimore
Baltmore Colts
National Football League
Alan the Horse
Main Crisis In Soviet Union Is Lack Of Food Production
Washington dispatch by David Lawrence argues the Soviet food shortage is the regime’s main crisis. Eisenhower should offer aid and food to Soviet and satellite peoples, using surplus grains to win goodwill and foster eventual liberation behind the Iron Curtain. Also notes Malenkov’s dismissal and U S aid possibilities amid Cold War tensions.
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Soviet Union
David Lawrence
Washington
Free World
Marshal Zhukov
Moscow
Eisenhower
Zhukov
United States
Europe
Russia
China
Peiping
Ceylon
Soviet
Soviet Russia
Malenkov
Radio Free Europe
Walter Bedell Smith
Hnhown Loerty
Beration
Britain
America
Iron Curtain
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Steiner Cramer
Theodore Roosevelt
Buffalo
N. Y
McKinley
Dial
Emaar
Borth
Audit Bureau of Tone
Ick
the News
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Lewistown
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Clarence E. Brachey
Wilma May
Robert D. Ramsburg
Oscar Ramsburg
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Buckerstown
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Frank Grimes
Charles H. Kehne
Robert Danner
Horace M. Alexander
King Stone
Ineal Book Review Club
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Byron D. White
Rockwell Terrace
Abraham [Lincoln
Mary Todd
Toward M Waginer
Thurmont
C. F. Steck
Evegeheat Lutheran Church
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Linda Shipley
HR. F Shipley
North Market Street
St. John’s School
St Johns High School
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Melvin Engle
West Thud Street
Jersey City
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Mediterranean
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Buckeystown
Florida
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Trail ‘Avenue
E. C. Hartmann
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Paul S Michael
Lady Board of Managers
William M. Storm
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Women's Auxiliary
Grayson F. Bowers
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Ethel Northam
A. A. Pearce
Charles S. V. Sanner
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Herbert N. Heston
Elias B. Ramsburg
Carol Ann Moxley
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Adamstown
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Jesse Moxley
Eleanor and
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Mary Lawrence Walter
Raymond Stull
William Koontz
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Ralph Thomas, Jr
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James Smyth
John Matthews
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Betty Blumenauer
Davis Brierley
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Betty Lightner
Jane Stur
Doris Whitmore
Lena Fuck
Constance Funk
Barbara _ Kolb
Pauline Summiers
iMrs
Alien Hawker
Fitzhugh Lee Chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Gerald L. Huff
Fairview Avenue
Miriam W. Feely
James W. Heller
North Bentz Street
Heron Ann
Bentler H. Shelhorse
South Market Street
William = Biser
Middletown
Chestertown
Riser
Char- Iotte Louse Sines
Millard Sines
Aliss Dotti Jean Knouse
Mirs
Albert L. Knouse
Yellow Springs
M. Eugene Rippeon
F. Leslie Hippeon
Bt. Pleasant
Brook Hill Methodist Church
H. L. T. Naccett
Norfolk
Frederick, Md
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USN
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RFD
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DSW
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