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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1956
Page
2
The fragment shows a historic Frederick Maryland newspaper masthead with subscription rates and service notes. It references the Associated Press and Bureau of Circulations, indicating standard press practice. The date appears as Monday January 16 with likely year formatting.
A British force of 1300 paratroopers demonstrates resolve over the Jordan and broader Middle East disturbance. The move signals seriousness to rioters against King Hussein and to regional powers, emphasizing Western willingness to act behind the scenes rather than with visible displays of fleets. The action aims to deter upheaval and reinforce policy through a clear, blunt message.
Public health nurses made 6381 visits to county residents in 1955 per county health officer Dr Forbes Burgess. They conducted 1527 bedside visits and 5354 other visits with neighbors aiding patients’ medication. Nurses inspected pupils, saw vision and hearing, and held demonstrations and consultations with teachers and parents.
Frederick County sportsmen contribute 91.75 toward a partridge restocking fund in Maryland with the overall total at 91,361.75. A boy and a man face charges after a plate glass door is broken and a rooster theft is reported near the City Hotel. George Washington Miller, a longtime county resident and former tax collector, dies at 70. The South Frederick Literary Society elects officers including President C Stup and Librarian C Fisher.
Five directors were nominated to represent the county at the county milk producers association meeting held at the Carrel Street school. Nominees included Homer Remneberg near Middletown Mebri H Ramsburg Lewis Town Eric C Biser near Buckeystown Ronald E Kling near Hyelistown and C speaks. A separate brief notes a failed jump attempt from a spring wagon by Sarah Runkies daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Bumkies near mi Aiy with injuries. Earl Solt son of Police Desk Sergt James E Jett attended Allegeny High School. The France Scott Key Post Aerie reports 1302 children in SST homes in the county at Christmas.
Boyle notes J Edgar Hoover denounces cop as slang in an FBI bulletin while cops and the public use the term freely. He argues the word carries insult, yet lawmen and even criminals alike refer to officers as cops, complicating his campaign against the term. Hoover’s career itself has boosted affectionate use of the word. In Gettysburg, James C Brown received a suspended sentence for cheating by false pretenses related to timber sales from 1954, with Yealy Jr. seeking $219.70 and Brown paying costs.
A British cargo ship tried to enter Foochow Harbor but was halted by a Nationalist Chinese gunboat. The frigate St Brede’s Bay rushed to the scene and stood by as Hydra Jock crossed the bar into the harbor without incident. Separate items note Parliament summoned in Berlin to approve a friendship pact with Red China and a local hospital admission in Gettysburg.
Frederick County sanitation records show 407 sewer systems approved in 1955, up from 288 in 1954. Water supply inspections rose sharply to 2 087 with milk source safeguards driving the increase. dairy farm and milk plant inspections remained steady.
President Eisenhower told Congress the administration’s new farm program including a soil bank plan to cut production and support costs would reduce agricultural outlays in the coming fiscal year. The budget estimates agriculture spending at 3.364 billion dollars starting July 1, with current year spending about 12 million higher at 3.376 billion. The peak under the current admin was 4.411 billion in the year ended last June, and the estimate could rise if actual outlays exceed projections.
Residents are urged to join Operation Home Improvement a Chamber of Commerce and American building industry project with the theme 56 The Year To Fix Local homeowners should undertake remodeling to boost utility and beauty The C of C warns against display house tactics and bait advertising by disreputable firms and offers guidance to avoid racket operators and find reputable contractors.
President Eisenhower urged Congress to back a greatly improved highway network while proposing a balanced budget for the next fiscal year. He outlined three financing options bond issues tax increases or general revenues but pledged no new highway funding in the current year and suggested a bond plan may be needed. He cited 40 000 miles of superhighways as his goal and noted only modest new funding of several tens of millions for already authorized federal aid highways. Lumber production for 11 months of 1955 rose 36 217 000 board feet from the prior year according to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.
Miss Parthenia E. Dutrow's will, dated December 23 1955, was probated in Orphans Court this morning. Elizabeth Catherine Oland and R Ormond Dutrow qualified as executrix and executor with no estate valuation given. Provisions leave furnishings to niece Elizabeth, money to nephew R Ormond and brother R Lee, and shares to Laura Rebecca Oland's children with residuary to nieces and nephews as survivors.
Baltimore January 16 The direct revenue from movement of vessels and cargo handling at the Port of Baltimore is estimated at 125 to 135 million dollars annually according to S W Hamill director of the Maryland Development Bureau of the Baltimore Association of Commerce He called the statistics very conservative The revenue includes pilotage tugboat hire bunker fuel stores provisions fresh water watchmen handling lines damage laundry launch service stevedoring voyage repairs customs house fees insurance medical service equipment rental crew expenditures terminal operations packaging and crating and many others He said port growth has been a key factor in the area’s manufacturing expansion with waterfront facilities attracting large concerns and aiding industrial development
Miss Catherine Creager Mrs Lucille Tucker and Mr Carroll Hendrickson Jr of Hendrickson store tour New York City for style shows and clinics through Hendrickson New York buying office Kirby Block and Company. Mr and Mrs Arthur Grosanickle announce birth of daughter Sharon Lynn January 11 at six pounds 15 ounces. Mrs Grosanickle formerly Jean Simpson of Taneytown. Mother and daughter thriving. Mr and Mrs Arthur Graham Walkersville greet a daughter January 4 at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
Mr and Mrs Beathey Wudolph of Charles Town West Virginia announce the engagement of their daughter Zeneth Marte to Ulis Joborow of Brunswick Maryland a Charles Town High School graduate class of 184 Mr Joborow served two years and now works for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Brunswick No wedding date set.
Among the sick are attorney Holden S. Felton of Dill Avenue who returned home from Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown. Mrs. Arthur T. Rippeo Sr. of Frederick has been bedridden with illness for a week. Albert N. McCardell of East Second Street underwent surgery at University Hospital Baltimore and is in satisfactory condition. Edith M. Eddins, five, daughter of T/Sgt. Walter J. Eddins, has been admitted to Walter Reed Hospital for surgery on her right hand and will stay four to five weeks. T/Sgt. Eddins is stationed near Nagoya Japan. George W. Harper of East Fourth Street was admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital with fair condition. Mary Stallings of Union Bridge was moved to Frederick Memorial Hospital in fair condition. James S. Decker, who had knee surgery at Frederick Memorial Hospital, is convalescing at home. Herbert F. Davis of Middletown High School is recuperating from bursitis suffered in Florida. Albert Y. Boileau of Middletown Savings Bank has pneumonia and is improving at hospital.
Baltimore officials extend the Port Contest deadline to Friday midnight January 2 for entries from Maryland counties and Baltimore City. Entrants must write a 25 word or less sentence about why the Port Region is important and mail it to the Port Contest. Multiple entries allowed. winners announced during Port of Maryland Week January 22 to 24.
Washington commentators split on whether President Eisenhower will seek a second term. Some fear a negative announcement would unsettle world leadership and markets, while others see duty guiding a possible reelection. The piece weighs precedents from Roosevelt to Rooseveltian continuity and the risk of political uncertainty.
The Frederick Junior Chamber of Commerce marks Jaycee Week with a proclamation from Mayor Derr. Since 1937, Jaycees have led sewer, charity, safety and youth programs, plus contests like Teen-Age Road-E-O and a Christmas light show. They invite men age 21 to 35 to join for leadership and community betterment.
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