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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1957
Page
3
Historical notice page shows subscription rates for The News of Frederick Maryland with monthly and six month terms. It lists Great Pig Manufacturing Company address and mail rates. The text reflects Wednesday January 2 1951 publication and 1957 date line.
A humorous essay compares human scale to vast distances, explaining how far one can see from different heights. It notes six foot observers see 3.23 miles with terrain, 132 miles from 10 000 feet, and far less than half the globe from a single vantage. It ties in a wedding engagement announcement and a Navy formula for line of sight.
Investigation shows 44 killed in the big Baltimore and Ohio wreck at Terra Cotta near Washington. Train 66 from Frederick to Washington collided with another train. 34 died immediately, 10 died later. Editorial calls railroad management reform and criticizes flimsy passenger cars. Also notes Staley children visiting, and Christmas entertainment at St Johns School with Cinderella in Flowerland cast members listed.
The piece notes firms diversify to spread risk and hints that Congress may loosen rules preventing railroads from combining with airlines trucking barge lines and pipelines. Financial pages show rail operators could gain stability from such ventures though current constraints remain.
The piece discusses Messianic prophecy in Moses and Isaiah, noting Gentiles awaited a coming Deliverer and the Bible as a book of promises from Old to New Testaments. It shifts to a brief Oklahoma City police incident where a visitor claimed a taxi driver overcharged him after a night out.
UN Security Council scrutiny follows Egyptian raids and sabotage near the Suez Canal as Egypt asserts control over waterway access. The dispute, tied to a 1888 treaty, remains unresolved amid calls for a large multinational force to preserve order and open navigation. The report also notes a society wedding in Silver Spring.
The Maryland State Horticultural Society holds its fifth fall meeting at Hotel Alexander in Hagers town tomorrow and Friday. County Agent Henry R. Shoenkler leads Frederick Countians attending. Marketing problems in fruit growing to be discussed with A F Vierbeller of the University of Maryland as featured speaker.
The Babson Park session highlights include aims to develop a small safe reactor for home uranium use, expanded electronics for labor saving, and horticulture talks by Maryland and Johns Hopkins experts on thinning and harvest spray. Delegates discuss marketing, sound recording, and future apple industry topics at the Hotel Alexander. social notes cover local marriage news and retirements.
Gene F Murphy stationed at Fort Polk Louisiana spent a 14 day care with his wife. Dictating machines were involved.
A Maryland University event features Elroy Kresten sen and L Weaver presenting on phonetic spelling problems for children and the role of dictating machines in language reform. Other sessions cover orchard pest control by Frank Horsfall and fertilizer talks by John Magness as part of a horticulture conference in Hagerstown.
Frederick Memorial Hospital records list multiple births between December 29 and January 1. Couples include Laurence Schmidt and Janet Lies with son Michael Alan. Maynard Rice and Patricia Boone with daughter Teresa Jane. Victor Wolfe and Mary Lea with daughter Mary Lea. Noel Baltzell and Patsy Boone with daughter Jennifer Lynn. Austin Younkins and partner with son Ronald David. Charles Burns and partner Wendy Sue with daughter Wendy Sue. George Young and partner with daughter Anne Kelly. Harold Willard and partner Anne Kelly with daughter Anne Kelly. Charles Frounf elter and Dolores Garber with daughter Pamela. Maynard Hamilton Jr. and partner with son James Albert. William Miller and partner with son James Albert. George Glassmeyer and partner with daughter Rebecca Michele.
Iretta Ryder of Marvin Avenue hospitalized with loony bruises and possible internal injuries after her car collided at Cannon Avenue and the Dual Highway with a northbound pickup driven by Elwood Ryder. Lionel G. May of Middletown, driving south, struck May. Ryder was halted at the intersection. May faces reckless driving charges.
A reader quiz asks who served as the model for the Statue of Liberty. The answer notes the sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi was inspired by his mother. A separate glossary defines naval stores as tar, pitch, turpentine, and related pine resin products.
Mrs. R. E. Delaplaine underwent surgery at Frederick Memorial Hospital and is recuperating. Several others, including Alton Bennett and George L. Bennett, returned home after treatment, while Nellie Burck and family report slow improvement and travel notices. The item extends into technology discussion and a Dorothy Dix Q&A about engagements and youth.
Eleven drivers appeared before License Reviewer Rob ert G. Miller in People's Court Monday. Seven drivers were placed on one year probation, two were reprimanded and two had licenses suspended for 20 days. Reprimands went to Gilbert Mills and John Daniel Smathers. Licenses of Alvey Douby Young Jr and Robert Homer Holter were suspended for 30 days.
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