Mountain Sleet Disrupts Mountain Roads and Telephone Service
Light sleet and dropping temperatures slowed travel in the mountains as cinder trucks cleared icy state and county roads. Ten State Roads trucks aided Middletown valley Braddock and South mountains with additional crews near Fayville and Myersville while Fredrick area remained largely clear. Telephone service suffered with over 1,000 stations out during the storm though repairs progressed toward permanent fixes in the following days. Forecasters warned of lingering flurries and chilly conditions with temperatures dipping to the upper twenties tonight.
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State Roads Commission
County Roads Board
Middletown Valley
Braddock
South Mountains
Fayville
Myersville
Frederick
Roads Commission
U. S
Steiner's Hill
U. S 340
Gambrill State Park
High Knob
Carl V. Weakley
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Harpers Ferry
Cars Collide on Icy U S 40 West of Frederick
A morning collision on U S 40 about nine miles west of Frederick involved three vehicles amid icy road conditions. A 1955 tractor trailer owned by Continental Baking Company and driven by James Gilbert Easton jackknifed, causing about 500 dollars in damage to two other vehicles. The driver of a 1959 grocery wagon, William Hammer, stopped to allow traffic to pass. Younkins’ 43 year old sedan then rear ended the station wagon, spinning and striking the tractor trailer. No injuries or charges were reported.
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U.S. 40
Frederick
Seicn Welock
Continental Baking Company
James Gilbert Easton
Herndon
Jack
William Oscar Hammer
Haverstown
Rate
Younkins
Boonsboro
V. L. Guilmino
Slaying Girl’s Mother Ends In Sing Sing Execution
OSSINING NY 19 year old Ma Milliam Byers died in the electric chair at Sing Sing for the murder of his girlfriend Theresa Gresh’s mother, Anna Gresh. The couple’s crime occurred in a Manhattan tenement after she found Byers in bed with her daughter. The motive and gruesome details triggered a high profile case. Theresa Gresh, 15 at the time, is serving 2 years to life for complicity in the killing.
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Ossining
Ma Milliam Byers
Sing Sing
Theresa Gresh
Anna Gresh
Greah
Icy Rain and Sleet Encase Garrett County Roads
Snow and ice encrust Garrett County and parts of Allegany as a winter storm shuts highways and knocks out telephone service. The outage spans Oakland to Accident and Oakland to Friendsville, with 112 phones down in Oakland and four elsewhere. Mobile transmitters and line crews from Cumberland and other areas rush to restore service, while state police warn chains are needed on most western roads.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Garrett County
Alle-gany County
Oakland
Accident
Friendsville
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Accident 10
Clarksburg
W. Va
Kitzmiller
Biltinger
Potomac Edison Co
Bittinger
Allegany County
Airways Overcrowded, Group Warns of Danger and Bad Regulation
A government advisory group reports airways are crowded and inadequately regulated with about four near collisions daily. It calls for urgent action, including appointing a prominent leader to oversee a two year master plan for integrated aviation development and safer airspace.
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Washington F
William Barclay Harding
New York
Rowland Hughes
Harold R. Harris
Harris
Two District Judges Seek 15 Year Terms in Maryland
Kathryn J. Lawlor of Chevy Chase and Thomas M. Anderson of Rockville filed for nomination to 15 year terms in the Sixth Judicial Circuit. Both paid $30 fees to the secretary of state and are expected to also seek the Democratic ticket. Lawlor, the first woman circuit judge in Maryland, was appointed after Judge Woodward retired. Anderson was appointed to a Montgomery County created seat in the circuit that includes Frederick County.
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Annapolis
McKeldin
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Kathryn J. Lawlor
Chevy Chase
Thomas M. Anderson
Rockville
Lawlor
Charles W. Woodward
Montgomery County
Hoase of Delegates
Anderson
Frederick County
Pushing Of Tire Sales Is Defended
Major tire and gasoline firms defended as legal today agreements to push sales of the tire manufacturers products at oil company filling stations. The FTC issued charges that three such agreements involving six firms were illegal and set hearings starting March 20 with 30 days for answers.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
B. F. Goodrich Co
Texas Co
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Atlantic Refining Co
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Shell Oil Co
Atlantic
Shell
Firestone
Goodyear
Akron
Ohio
Goodrich
FTC
Appointments For Shots Must Be Made
County health officer Dr. Forbes Burgess urges parents to call his office to schedule vaccinations with the free Salk polio vaccine. Limited needles require pre planning, and only one accompanying adult may stay with a very young child.
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Forbes Burgess
Burgess
Learned Archaeologist May Have Talked Self Off Show
A BBC quiz host, De Glyn Daniel of Cambridge University, shocked viewers on Animal Vegetable Mineral by saying he would like to kill a few million people. BBC officials and producers noted his leave of absence to write a book and that his future TV appearances depend on producer discussions.
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London
British Broadcasting Corp
Glyn Daniel
Cambridge University
Suensa
Dr. Daniel
Britain
Daniel
BBC
Paul Johnstone
Cambrigee
Frederick and Carroll County Road Project Totals Detailed
State Roads Commission reports on two year results of Maryland road program in Frederick and Carroll counties. Completed work costs exceed two million with three more under construction in Frederick totaling about 1.01 million. Carroll shows five finished projects and two under way costing over two million with additional rebuilds planned across 59 miles primary and 96 miles secondary.
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Frederick County
State Roads Commission
Frederick
Carroll County
Carroll
U. S. 15
Thurmont
Owens Creek
Cemetery Road
U.S
Maryland
Unionville
Libertstown
U. S
East Patrick Street
Baltimore National Pike
Tittin Dine Creek
Linle Pipe Creek
Mars+land
Montgomery County
Washington Paler Pike
U.S. 15
Monocacy River
Patrick Street
Westminster
Warfieldsburg
Taylorsville
Mt. Aire
Litte Pipe Creek
Little Pipe Creek
North Branch
Eldersburg
Westminster By-Pass
U. Beay
No Clear Title To Land For Park Site
Baltimore real estate promoter Leon Ackerman acknowledged he lacks a clear title to 5 acres on Assateague Island offered to Maryland as a state park site. The dispute, raised during a Public Service Commission hearing on the Assateague Island Bridge Corp plan, involves ownership claims by Daniel Bo Brewster and contested patents affecting about 668 acres with prices cited up to four to five thousand dollars and reports of high values in the millions.
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Baltimore
Leon Ackerman
Washington
Assateague Island
Maryland
Ackerman
Atlantic
Worcester County
Ocean City
Fis
Sie
Duty Public Service Commission
Assateague Island Bridge Corp
Sinepuxent Bay
Trial set for John Gilbert Graham sanity March 5
Denver prosecutors announce a March 5 start for the sanity trial of John Gilbert Graham. The case concerns whether he was sane on November 1 when he allegedly dynamited a plane, killing his mother and 43 other people.
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Denver
John Gilbert Graham
Suspended Term Is Put Into Effect
Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer lifted a suspension and activated a three year term for Del mar Beall dating from May 1953. Beall failed to maintain his self imposed no drinking rule prompting the parole officer to testify to repeated drunkenness and conduct violations. The judge found Beall not credible regarding officers statements and ruled the parole supervision would be a hopeless situation. State's Attorney Samuel W Barrick presented the evidence.
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Patrick M. Schnauffer
Delmar Beall
House of Corection
Beall
Schnauffer
Stricket
Ob Pak
Durward W. Kettells
Kettels
Bealls
Kertells
Frederick
North Market Street
Kettells
Samuel W. Barrick
Guam Base Being Prepared For Jets
Air Force Secretary said Andersen Air Force Base on Guam will handle the latest jet aircraft including the RaT Stratojet and B52 Stratofortress soon. He noted B36s would be used only in a general war, not for every trouble in the Formosa area.
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Guam
Air Force
Tinnaind Quarles
Pacific
Andersen Air Force Base
Formosa
Lrowde
Heifer Board Names Slifer Chairman in 1956 Plan
The Rev. Franklin D. Slifer, vice-chairman of the Commission on World Service of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and pastor in Upton, Pa., elected chairman of Heifer Project Inc. at its New Windsor headquarters. The board aims to ship 1,545 cattle, 168,000 chicks, 2,000 sheep, 2,000 hatching eggs, 627 oats, 295 pigs and 137 honey packages to war torn or developing regions including Austria, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Mexico, Pakistan, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam in 1956.
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New Windsor, Md
Franklin D. Slifer
Commission On World Service
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Maxatawney
Upton
Heifer Project, Inc
Heifer Project
Slifer
Carl Klein
Adgenes
Austria
Training Schools Unaffected by High Court Ruling
Baltimore The Supreme Court ruling banning segregation in public schools does not apply to Maryland training schools for juvenile delinquents, said Attorney General C. Ferdinand Sybert. He noted the decision affects public schools only and cited plans to create separate institutions for Black and white youths.
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Baltimore
Supreme Courts
Maryland
Trainia
C. Ferdinand Sybert
Veslows
Barrett
Glen Burne
Montrose Schonl
Gayle
Reisterstown
State Welfare Board
Supreme Court
Cross Admits 'Indiscreet' Actions in Chicago Contract
Former Interstate Commerce Commission chair Hugh W. Cross acknowledged in released testimony that he engaged in indiscreet actions related to a Chicago contract but denied using his office to influence the award to John L. Keeshin. He resigned November 23 after a Senate subcommittee hearing. Cross said baseless charges would not reflect on the ICC.
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Washington
Hugh W. Cross
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
John L. Keeshin
ICC
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Cross
Sen
Bender
R. Qhio
Eisenhower
Cross & Republicas
Illinois
Truman
Keeshin
Railroad Transfer Service, Inc
Lee Freeman
Parmalee
Freeman
Demas
Fe Ratiraatis
Ambiguous Sports League Trial Set For Tuesday Evening
A special meeting may be called today to decide on a General Assembly session. Reports indicate initial plans for summer operations and potential decisions on May or December activities.
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Anneal Mann
Fredecwh
Ohaver
Baltimore
General Assembly
Freakish Weather Prevails Across Eastern U.S.
The Associated Press reports a persistent freakish weather pattern across the eastern third of the nation. Unseasonal cold remains in the Southeast with continued rain freezing rain and snow in northern areas. Temperatures changed little in 24 hours with minor drops and selective warming in Florida where vegetables suffered near freezing damage.
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Atlantic
Florida
New England
Ohio
Virginias
Appalachians
Mississippi
Louisiana
Colorado
Montana
Tampa
Fla
Miami
British incredulous over Dulles statement
London papers reacted with alarm to Life magazine quotes attributing three near war crises with Red China since 1953. Dulles was called an edgy gambler and his claim contrasted with warnings from Eden and other editors who warned of catastrophic risk.
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London
Life Magazine
John Foster Dulles
United States
U.S
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
Mr. Dulles
Anthony Eden
Kremlin
Mother Won't Quit Teaching Polygamy in Utah
Frail mother from SHORT CREEK Utah vows to fight welfare actions after desert home visit. Seven of eight children remain in state custody as authorities confirm removal and potential transfer when her husband recovers. Vera Black, linked to Leonard Bias, appears in welfare discussions amid broader legal entanglements.
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Short Creek
Utah
Chis Desert
Onle Devear
Vera Black
Prova Vestor Das
Te Welfare Commission
Toen
Refuserh
Pwr
Hi State
Shoemaner Saat
Black
Leonard Biars
Arizona
Bias
Nhat
Tent
Five Day Forecast With Light Snow Flurries Expected
A weather brief reports light snow flurries possible on Tuesday and Wednesday in higher elevations. Temperatures dip below normal with morning lows near freezing and daytime highs around 20 degrees in eastern and southern areas.
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Marcus Tattle
Atiubawem Theater
Ciarrete
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Echo
Frank Dorsey
Dorothy L. Bowers
Rentz Street
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Lebanon
Leo Pijuan
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Pijuan
Ramira Morales
Lea Pijuan
Thomas G. Daniel
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Greece
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Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Korea
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Thailand
Turkey
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