Church Buys McAllister Hotel in Hanover Pa
The Evangelical and Reformed church has purchased the Richard McAllister Hotel in Hanover to add a home for the aged unit. The church plans to take title Friday and may convert the property for elder care under Homewood Corporation. A Come and See tour is planned for March 3 and 4 with synod leaders present.
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Richard McAlister
Hanover
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Hagerstown
Carlisle
Mark Wagner
Homewood Church Home Corporation
Cartiste
Church Board
Alfred G. Zimmerman
Homewood
Frederick D. Eyster
Potomac Synod
Homewood Corporation
Pearson
Snider
Potomac
Mercersburg
Srnods
Richard McAllister Realty Company
McAllister Hotel
Francis Scott Key Hotel Board of Directors
Francis Senther
Ike Dulles Hold Talks in Georgia During Hunt
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles spoke by phone about the Middle East, focusing on Soviet proposals and Israeli troop disengagement from Egypt. The meeting followed a quail hunt luncheon with Secretary Humphrey, as Hagerty provided a brief update with no further details.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
Dulles
Middle East
Treasury
Humphrey
Washington
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Russia
Mideast
Egypt
Soviet Union
Kowloon Fire Kills 31 in Four-Story Tenement Block
A predawn blaze in Kowloon Hong Kong killed at least 31 people in a four story tenement. Dozens leaped to escape and many were buried under debris. Fifteen bodies were found on the top floor kitchen where residents fled. Over 100 registered as refugees as a cold spell worsened conditions.
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Hong Kong
Kowloon
Ramsburg Proposes Merit System Bill in Frederick County
State Senate on Tuesday saw Senator Jacob R. Ramsburg introduce a bill to create a merit based employment system for Frederick County workers in the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Register of Wills, and County Treasurer offices. The measure likely excludes other offices. Frederick City previously adopted a merit system for its workers and state employees already use such a system.
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Frederick County
State
Senate
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Circuit Cour
Register of Wills
Frederick City
Preliminary Plans For New Church Ready
Preliminary plans for the construction of a new church on West Seventh Street extended were approved at Good Shepherd Lutheran church annual meeting held Sunday night. Construction drawings now in preparation, to start spring. Gift of 500 from Evangelical Lutheran church added to building fund.
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West Seventh Street
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Department of Church Architecture
United Lutheran Church In America
Church Council
C. Rob_ert Stup
Glenn G. Ahalt
Cari Fi. Bowings
Leigh Wold
George J. Stup
Glenn Keilholtz
Richard E. Shafi
J. Arthur Throne
Donald Lantz
Women
Ira Hartman
Brotherhood
al Main
Luther League
Loretta Orrison
Carroll L. Boyer
Ronald L. Smyre
J. Vernon Summers
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Evangelical Church
Peddling Law Faces Review in Brunswick Meeting
In regular session the Brunswick Mayor and Council discussed strengthening the door to door peddling ordinance amid recent obnoxious incidents. A council member recounted a persistent magazine salesman who refused to leave a house.
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Council of
Brunswick
Theiversity of
Maryland
City Park
James Cummings
Reflectorized Plates Test Tonight Aims to Cut Collisions
About a dozen members of Maryland's House Judiciary Committee attend a 6:30 p.m. road test on U S 50 near Chesapeake Bay to prove reflectorized license plates reduce after dark rear end crashes. The outcome could determine the fate of a controversial plate bill in the General Assembly. A stray Memphis strike note reports a two day wildcat bus driver strike ending today.
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Annapolis
Mary
House Judiciary Committee
Revell Highway
Chesapeake Bay
General Assembly
County Commissioners to Inspect City Schools
The County Commissioners will visit public schools starting next week with Board of Education representatives and the county roads engineer. The tour aims to examine facilities and address road issues, arising from a five year construction program estimated at over 12 million dollars.
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Delbert
Board of Education
Wilson Rankles
James A. Sensen- Jaugh
Ad- Group
Therm
Prion
World Looks To Uncle Sam for Middle East Lead
Baltimore diplomat Sir Harold Caccia asserts Eisenhower's policy can defuse Communist pressure in the Middle East and urges Western unity. He cites Britain's Egypt actions as signaling leadership change and highlights the Baghdad Pact as a key link to contain the threat.
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Baltimore
Harold Caccia
Eisenhower
Middle East
United States
Peabody Institute of Balimore
U. S
Egypt
Taeda
Five Year Old Fends Off Mother Then Seeks Help
In Enoniown Pennsylvania a five year old boy escaped his mother twice as she attempted to drown him in a three foot farm pond. He fled to a neighbor and reported that his mother lay in the pond intending to die. Police said she later drowned herself.
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Enoniown
Charles Kuichman
Favreite County
Joseph Svincek
Eugene
Kuichman
Svincek
S Kutehmas
Wilson May Stay as Defense Chief Through Next Year
Charles E. Wilson considers remaining as secretary of defense beyond this summer while resting on a Florida vacation. He has not commented on his plans and a decision could extend into next year.
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Webson
Washington
Pentagon
Charles E. Wilson
Defense
Wilson
Florida
Massive East Coast Port Strike Shuts Down Shipping
New York and other Atlantic ports saw thousands of longshoremen walk out under the International Longshoremen's Association no contract no work policy. About 45 000 workers halted operations from Portland Maine to Hampton Roads Virginia, piling cargo on docks as talks with U S officials continued without agreement.
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New York
North Atlantic
Independent International Congshoremen’s Assn
Maine
Virginia
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Alexander Chopin
Portland
Hampton Roads
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Hampon Roads
New England
Boston
Searsport
New Bedford
Mass
Providence
American Export Line
Independence
Hudson River
Union
Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia Under Eisenhower Pact
Cairo report cites Al Gumbhurriya that the United States will supply Saudi Arabia with fifty million dollars in arms for land sea and air defense. The deal includes training of Saudi forces and expanding the Dhahran air base with U S facilities for commercial use. Saudi Arabia will pay over five years and lease the base to the United States for another five years.
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Cairo
al Gumbhurriya
United States
Saudi Arabia
Eisenhower
King Saud
Washington
Saud
U.S
Dhahran
Compensation Program Faces Friday Review
Baltimore authorities announce a day long informational session on the federal workers unemployment compensation program. Representatives from state and federal agencies will meet at the War Memorial Building to discuss terms and security measures for staff and employers.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Moore
War Memorial
Baltimore i
Balti-Building
Orioles
Department of Employment
Fricurity
U. S. Department of
Federal Bureau of Jat Scottsdale
Ariz
One Of Ten Most Wanted Captured
FBI agents captured Robert L. Green at the St Paul bus depot as he waited for a Milwaukee bus. Green, 27, was described as one of the ten most wanted. he carried a revolver and offered no resistance. A dozen agents then presented at St Paul police headquarters.
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ST. Paul. Minn
Federal Bureau of Investigation
St. Paul
Robert L. Green
Utah State
Green
Milwaukee
St. Pan
Minneapolis
Uffelman Claims Leningrad Spy Incident Fueled Expulsion
Marine Capt. Paul R. Uffelman charged that Russian agents staged a Leningrad spy incident to force his and Lt. William S. Lewis’s expulsion. He said the arrest Jan. 25 was propaganda against Americans and that the two photographed a building only for private interest.
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Berlin
Paul R. Uffelman
Moscow
Leningrad
Uffelman
Soviet Union
Fort Wayrne
Russia
Arong
Navy
Williams. Lewis
Guthrie
Okla
U.S
United States
Lewis
West Germany
U. S
Ufferman
Polio Vaccination Push Aims at Adults in Maryland
Maryland doctors back a campaign to boost adult poliomyelitis inoculations. The period from Marvels i to April 13 is labeled Polio V Days. A central coordinating committee of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland is led by Dr J Edmund Bradley. Each county will arrange its own inoculation efforts with county medical societies and health officers.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Medical
Light Snow Falls Here Across Mountains This Week
Light snow coated higher elevations with up to half an inch in some mountain areas before tapering to flurries. Forecasters expect clearing skies and a high near 40 this afternoon with cold nights in the twenties. Road crews reported light icing in the mountains and salt trucks on Braddock Mountain, while highways remained mostly wet and bare.
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Lgt
Weather Bureau
State Roads Commission
Braddock Mountain
Commission
Gambrill State Park
High End
Lions Club backs Grange in crossing project
Carroll Manor Lions Club supports the Grange plan to improve the Bightmore and Ohio Railroad crossing on 0. S. 15 at Lime Kiln. James E. Houff says members voted to back the hazard crossing improvement at a recess meeting. The Lions call the crossing a danger due to steep grades and an angled intersection, noting many accidents.
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Carroll Manor Grange
Carroll Manor Lions Club
Grange
Bightmore and Ohio
James E. Houff
The
Lions
Snowfall Hits Northeast as Weather Warns Travel Hazards
Snow fell across parts of the Northeast with a dry stretch elsewhere. The storm spread from the Midwest into western Newark and Pennsylvania, extending into northern Virginia and southern New England. Weather offices warned of hazardous driving and forecast 1 to 3 inches of snow from northern Maryland to New York and southern New England.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Newark
Pennsylvania
Five States
Virginias
New England
Maryland
New York
Youth brandishes razor, given suspended sentence
A doorkeeper saw a youth present a razor after being denied admission to a club due to age and charged with carrying concealed weapons. Judge Patrick M Schnauffer sentenced him to a suspended term up to 18 months in the Reformatory.
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Patrick M. Schnauffer
Martin Kanade
Frederick
Montrose School For
William C. Roderick
Snowfalls Across State Hit Three Inches In Frostburg Area
The Associated Press reports Far Western Maryland recorded up to 3 inches of snow with lighter amounts in Garrett County and Cumberland. State Police urged motorists to use chains west of Frostburg. Snow extended into Rockville and Baltimore by 9 a.m. with a colder outlook overnight and tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Marsland
Frostburg
Allegany County
Garrett County
Cumberland
Rockville
Baltimore
Five Day Forecast for Baltimore Maryland and Delaware
Five day outlook covers Maryland and Delaware with partly cloudy skies and cooler air. Weekend remains mostly mild but western areas may see light rain or snow Friday night and Saturday with slight to none total precipitation. Eastern sections expect near to below normal temperatures with western regions 2 to 4 degrees below. Stock market opening shows gains as early trading remains active with modest advances in steel and other shares.
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Maryland
Delaware
New York
P—Steels
Israel seeks U S clarity on guarantees to Gaza and Aqaba
Israel asks the United States to clarify proposals for freedom of navigation in the Gulf of Aqaba and Gaza security safeguards. Premier Ben-Gurion's government, ill, delays cabinet meeting to review Dulles plan amid skepticism in Israeli press. U.N. action awaits Israel's decision as Cairo media reject U.S. promises.
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Israel
United States
Agena Siipping
Gaza Strip
David Ben - Gurion
Washington
U.S
Gulf of Aqaba
Ben-Gurion
Dulles Monnday
U.N
Dulles
Hich
Iraeli
Red Sea
Egypt
Gaza
USN
Middle East
Cairo
al Gumhurriya
Brothers Sentenced To Sixty Days In Jail
Two brothers Arthur William and Raymond Lamar Haller were found guilty of disturbing the peace near Pearl Tuesday evening and each received 60 days in jail in default of $100 fines. Magistrate Sheffield called them a disgrace to the community. Troopers L C Clark and H H Frost were arresting officers.
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Pearl
Sheffield
Arthur William
Raymond Lamar Haller
L. C. Clark
HH. J. Frost
Garland Forrest
South Market Street
House of Correction
William A. Boost
Francis William Mayhew
Barnesville
U. S
Edwin F. Nikirk
the. C. C. Steele
James Howard Roby
Hagerstown
Russell Franklin Smith
Seliman
Steele
Daniel Williams
RFD
Mt. Airy
Robert C. Snyder
Six Navy Men Return Safely To McMurdo Base
Six Navy airmen reached McMurdo Sound Antarctica after an emergency ski plane made a forced landing on the Ross Ice Shelf. They repaired an oil leak in one motor before continuing to base 269 miles north, carrying crew and supplies from Beardmore Glacier to the South Pole area. Pilot Lt. Harvey G. Speed reported no worry during the landing.
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Mcmerdo Sound
Antarctica
Antarctic
Ross Sea
McMurdo Sound
U. S
South Pole
McMurdo
Harvey G. Speed
North Muskegon
Mich
Mic
Beardmore Glacier
Polar
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Ramsburg
Good Shepherd Lutheran
Memphis
City Bus i
Uncle Sam
Ines
Pianeta
Suez Canal
Isma Egypt
McMurdo Base
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