Educators Blast County Budget Spar Over 1960 Funding
County education leaders clash with County Commissioners over a 1960 budget cut that their department says underfunds schools. Dr. James A Sensenbaugh argues the tax rise is not driven by schools while the Board notes debt service and capital outlays, with new campuses planned at Walkersville and Urbana.
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Board of Education
County Commissioners
James A. Sensenbaugh
Education Department
Walkersville
Urbana
Parkway Elementary
Frederick
Herry V. Frusho
Reservoir Finally Fills After Long Dry Span
Water in the Fishing Creek reservoir rose to the spillway for the first time in months as snow stayed light. City Water Superintendent William J. Davis noted it had not flowed over the spillway for 340 days, marking the longest dry period in the dam’s history.
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Fishin
City Water
Wiliam J. Davis
Iron Gallon
Dows Fishing Creek
Thce
Davis
Spriidway
S Way
mid-Mar
Two Maryland fugitives captured after running gun battle
Robert McFadden aged 16 of Cumberland and Donald Hocker of Frederick were captured after a high speed chase across Maryland and Pennsylvania from Frostburg to Grantsville and Ursina. Hummel spotted them in his truck and fired five shots while pursuing.
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Somerset
Maryland
Somerset County
Robert McFadden
Cumberland
Donald Hocker
Frederick
New Germany
Garrett County
Henry J. Hummel
Frostburg
Hummel
Boise
LaVale
Grantsville
Mid
RB. J. Graham
Graham
Springs
Pennsylvania
Norman L. Har
Arthur K. Oleskey
Law
Pennsylva
Harvey
Ursina
Teachers Resignations Rise in Frederick County Schools
Frederick County educators show a sharp rise in resignations this year with 21 departures by February, nearly double last year’s September to February total. Superintendent Earhart cited salary gains and other benefits as major factors and noted several resignations and new hires across multiple schools and grades.
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Frederick County
Quentin L. Earhart
Board of Education
Earhart
Charlotte M. Bobicki
Frederick
Derrenbacher
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Alea F. Grumbine
New Midway
Royal Johnson
Walkershire
Laura S. Mifflin
Donald Taylor
West Frederick
Blanche R. Georges
Sansville
Ball State Teachers College
Indiana
Columbia University
Howard E. Gilpin Jr
North Frederic
Frostburg
Maryland State Teachers College
Ann L. Toiani
Emmitsburg High School
Susie U. Siffrin
Ruth C. Swank
Frederick High School
Swank
Key Witness Weeps On Stand In Tregotf Murdee Trial
The Swedish maid Marie Anne Lidholm testified in West Covina that Dr. Bernard Finch smashed her head against a garage wall and later fired at Mrs. Finch after the couple allegedly plotted to murder his estranged wife for property valued at 750000 dollars. The Finches and Miss Carole Trecoff face trial for the murder.
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Slim
Barbara Finch
Marie Anne Lidholm
Bernard Finch
Surecon
Hus
Carole Trecoff
Finch
Miss Trecoff
Miss Lidholm
The
Finches
Mrs. Finch
Grant B. Cooper
Miss Lindholm
West Covina
William M. Ryan
Cooper
Ryan
Adenauer Urges Tough Laws to Curb Hate-Mongers
In Bonn the World Jewish Congress calls for a special police force to combat anti Semitism and revived Nazism in West Germany. They demand banning all suspected Nazi organizations and removing ex Nazis from public life as Chancellor Adenauer and his cabinet push a law to stiffen penalties for stirring hatred of groups by origin.
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Bonn
Germany
World Jewish Congress Today
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Bundestag
Cologne
Jen
Fire destroys house near Ridgeville in Maryland
A four room frame house near Md 144 at Pike Crossing was destroyed by fire while the Biggus family was away. Mt Airy firefighters reported the blaze shortly before 11 o clock and called for help from New Market. No occupants were home.
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Ridgeville
Mt. Airy Fire Company
Mt. Airy
MD. 144
Pike Crossing
Laurence Biggus
Biggus
Three Frederick youths held for armed holdup
Gerald Tobery 19 of East Fifth Street Kenneth Williams 22 of Route 3 Frederick and Jackie Lee Cline 22 Route 4 Frederick were ordered held for the February term of the Grand Jury on an armed robbery charge. Trooper Douglas Rogers testified at Green's Esso Station holdup and an alert citizen provided key information leading to arrests.
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Frederick
Grand
Byron W. Thompson
Gerald Eugene Tobery
East Fifth Street
Kenneth Wiliam
Jackie Lee Cline
Douglas Rogers
Green
Esso
New Market
James Earl Spurlock
Tobery
Stull
Spurlock
Spurtock Testiti
Thia
Rogers
Toberg
Robbe
Ree
Chie
Conditions Set In Permit For Bowling Alley
A special exception permit decision by Circuit Court Judge Joseph L. Carter allows WeCo to build a bowling alley and coffee shop at West Patrick Street and West College Terrace in Baltimore. The order imposes strict conditions from the Board of Zoning Appeals including restricted lighting hours and facade requirements.
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Joseph L. Carter
Baltimore
WeCo Company
West Patrick Street i
West College Terrace
Edward Siedling
Siedling
Board of Zoning Appeals
Il P. m
Mozart Poodle Party Tops Birmingham Social Scene
Mozart Coleman’s Christmas toy sparked a canine gala featuring French poodles as guests in Birmingham. Cars, mink coats, tinted nails, and titled dogs filled the party while calls to a radio show weighed in on the event and its canine spotlight. Lenore Cotten, wife of actor Joseph Cotten, died in Rome at 55 after leukemia.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mozart Coleman
Mozart
Dave
John S. Coleman
Birmingham News
Rome
Lenore Cotten
Cherie
Shere
Joseph Cotten
Vonde Ham
Demos Seek Early Civil Rights Action
In Washington lawmakers push for quick civil rights action in Congress this year. House petitions gain support to move a middle of the road bill while Senate officials plan hearings on voting registrar legislation amid Southern opposition. Both chambers show intent to pass some civil rights measure this year.
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Washington
Democra
Congress
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
Thomas C. Hennings ,Jr
D-Mo
Rules Committee
Civil Rights Commission
Rayburn
Lyndon B. Johnson
Car crashes into dining room in Utah home
In St George Utah a car driven by 71 year old Charles Wallter Cottam plowed into the Elwood Page residence during supper. Michael Page age 1 was in a high chair pushed across the room by the impact. The family escaped unharmed as the car cleared a two foot wall after a collision nearby. Officers said three walls must be rebuilt.
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ST. George
Utah
Elwood Page
Michael Page
Charles Wall ‘Ter Cottam
Page
Rep. Simpson Dies at 59 After Brain Surgery
Rep Richard M Simpson a leading conservative in Congress died at 8 15 am at the Naval Medical Center Bethel Maryland after brain surgery on December 14 to remove a brain tumor. His condition had been listed as serious since December 28.
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Washington
Richard M.mpson
R-Pad
Capitol Hills
Naval Me Center
Bethel
Med
Simpson
Plane Crash Victims Await Identification
Three rows of shrouded bodies lay in the Southport High School gym awaiting identification by relatives and an FBI fingerprint team. Thirty four aboard the National Airlines DC6B perished when it disintegrated in flight over a 20 acre area near Bolivia North Carolina early Wednesday.
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Bolivia
N.C. Fap
Southport High School
FBI
National Airlines
Nationals Airlines
Eisenhower Predicts Prosperous 1960 With Huge Surplus
President Eisenhower delivered the State of the Union to Congress outlining a 79.8 billion dollar budget for the new fiscal year starting July 1 and a predicted 4.7 billion dollar surplus. He projected 1960 as America s most prosperous year and urged unity between the White House and Congress while warning of nuclear risk. He spoke of advances in defense, space propulsion, and doubled space funding while noting a current year surplus of about 200 million dollars despite the steel dispute and inflation concerns.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
State of the Union
America
Soviet Union
U. S
White House
Hkc
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Charles McC. Mathias Jr
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Burg
J. Glenn Beall Jr
Allegany County Republican Committee
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National Guard
Derrick
Caudit
Frederick Youth
Dieskey
Education Board of Informed
Adenauer
Joseph J. Coads
Ma Tate Thompson
Richard Franklin Kline
Rilandy
Rt. 40
Carter
Warsaw
Poland
Opele
Thompson
Wal
Aler William King
Rt.iguard
King
Oby
Carl R
Misseuv
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Vonde Hum
Susan Shook
Jane
Pierre
Luther Wiliams
Demos
Rep. Simpson
Kure Beach
Bocamier
NAL
Marathon
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