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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1954
Page
2
As March of Dimes starts, a hopeful vaccine by Dr. Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh enters nationwide field trials. Basil O Connor announces plans to inoculate 500000 to 1000000 second grade children in over 280 counties as trials begin in March with mass tests to follow.
Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce warns top officials of growing Communist influence in Italy and the risk to democracy. Mrs Lake pushes continued U S economic and military aid to bolster the pro western government after Premier Pella's resignation. Both deny an imminent Communist seizure but fear long term non violent tactics by Reds.
Fifty three parishioners at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York share reflections on living better. They cite patience, unselfishness, fidelity to moral laws, kindness, faith, encouragement, learning from failures, and following Christ as a guide to a more meaningful life. The January meditation frames the year as a slate wiped clean, a seasonal marker turning toward spring and renewal. The piece encourages examining the past to inform present action and starting anew here and now.
U S Korea talks show progress on prisoner of war repatriation as Seoul reports foreign minister Pyun Yang-lai shelving threats to release more unrepatriated POWs while new Allied arrangements are tested. Communists have not answered a repatriation summit request, and armistice date of May 22 looms for freeing 48 civilians.
City officials adjusted overhead traffic centre lights at Cataolin Avenue West College Terrace and West Patrick Streets to ease a left turn into West College Terrace. Major Donald B. Rice notes the changes simplify stopping and timing for westbound traffic on the one way Patrick Street section and speed traffic toward the northwestern area.
Blustery winter weather brings a cold spell lasting through Saturday with wind and light flurries. Overnight temperatures fell to 22 at the State Police barracks and two degrees lower at High Knob. Friday will be colder with continued cloudy conditions into Saturday.
Miss Ella Derr narrowly escaped injury when a sleigh horse sped along Market Street. C Thomas Kemp sold the Howard farm northwest of Frederick to C Thomas Ramsburg on private terms. The Fire Plug on South Market Street leaked water that froze several feet into the street. Miss Willie Ritchies dancing class will give a assembly Friday in Junior Hall. TomsVille correspondent reports ice a foot thick being cut in that vicinity.
Twenty years ago items note Dr. Stanley Jones, famed Methodist missionary, to speak in February at Calvary Methodist Parish Hall with attendance limited to 250 for a luncheon. Roosevelt toured Frederick unseen by crowds, dropping in at Vindobona to visit a White House secretary. Gasoline drops put straight gas at 7 cents per gallon and premium at 19 cents. A large frame warehouse in Adamstown owned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad burned mysteriously, forcing Mr. and Mrs. Willard and four children to flee with nothing but the clothes on their backs.
Dr. Babson reviews postwar planning for veterans wives and families. He urges immediate joint discussion of returning soldiers careers and independence, listing opportunities from small shops to farmland near services, and suggests stock ventures and local bank ties to ease reintegration.
Leopold Stokowski and the Daughters of the American Revolution clashed over stage curtains at Constitution Hall. Stokowski threatened to leave as guest conductor if curtains were not drawn back, but the DAR held firm and he returned to lead the National Symphony Orchestra. He acknowledged error, praising the audience and music, while insisting on curtains’ restriction to prevent musicians’ distraction.
The Optimist International district event will travel to East Orange NT and District 27 with Honor Club awards for clubs including Frederick, Baltimore, Brooklyn, Met and Petersburg. Lloyd Stup receives plaque, others receive pins. Dr Norman Osborne and Dr Harvey Angel present district honors. Local committee heads, tea products, and banquet plans are listed.
The Maryland Public Service Commission ordered Cumberland & Allegany Gas Co to take on up to 2000 space heating customers to clear a backlog. Officials noted many awaiting service already have gas for cooking or water heating. A separate item reports Carroll Manor Fire Company, Inc. incorporating in Adamstown with no capital stock.
A county man involved in a Route 40 accident near New Market on December 24 was sentenced to 10 days and fined $100 for driving with a suspended license. His son Leon Wesley Tyler received $10 for reckless driving, and George Washington Tyler paid $10 for allowing an un authorized person to operate. Police say the driver had epilepsy and had been asked to drive due to his illness, with the elder Tyler testifying he was sick and requested his son to drive. John C. Reese forfeited $10 for failure to obey a balance control device order on Route 40.
John Borozzi aged 39, convicted for the 1846 Baltimore bookmaker killing, was among 22 prisoners paroled today. The release follows clemency actions by state authorities and reflects a broad parole grant to inmates from several categories.
The Associated Press reports a heavy snow belt from the Upper Great Lakes to New York and New England with 2 inch plus falls. Five deaths occur in Pennsylvania due to snow and cold, including two heart attacks while shoveling. Temperatures plunge across the Midwest and Plains. A separate deed notice records sale of an 110 acre Buckerstown property from Donald and Patricia Phillins to Norvell and wife for about 27000 with revenue stamps.
Washington columnist David Lawrence argues the State of the Union is weak and the Eisenhower administration has failed to clean up government. He contends secrecy and mismanagement persist, with Truman holdovers and false prosperity masking costly commitments and ineffective policies, urging frank disclosure to voters.
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