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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1954
Page
2
A digest of opinions on push button living and future inventions contrasts with a 1954 view of progress. Notices include engagements of Eaves and Watkins families. A letter discusses blood transfusion risks and substitutes. Major General Bullene to speak on biological warfare on the Mutual network.
An article notes a dual program television system allowing two programs on one screen with separate audio via earphones and a polaroid screen. Sight and sound diverge for viewers at angles, potentially keeping families divided as they watch different content.
A reader letter outlines Jehovah's Witnesses objections to blood transfusions rooted in scripture and custom. It cites Leviticus 17 14 and Acts 15 28 29, notes risks to patients, and references statements by Dr R E Lincoln and reports in the Providence Sunday Journal about alternatives like dextran.
The Board of Aldermen limited automobile speed to six miles per hour in the city and required lanterns with fines from 1 to 20 dollars for violations. Phleeger’s Mill on Ballenger Creek road burned down. owner Cornelius Zimmerman had purchased it about a year earlier. Mrs Lavinia M Culler sold West Patrick Street property to Dr Frank Herdaes. James sold 74 West South Street house and lot to Mary E Trimmer for 1200 dollars. Mr John Lambert, about 70, fell and dislocated a shoulder on West Patrick Street. Adamstown Packing Company, a general packing and canning business, incorporated with J Fenton Thomas as president and Samuel C Thomas as secretary-treasurer. building construction to begin.
Twenty years ago items report a pedestrian struck by a car on North Market Street injuring Barbara E. Amler. Fitzhugh United Daughters of the Confederacy held its annual luncheon at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with Norris Harrie of Baltimore City College at the event. A fire of unknown origin damaged Chas Exler’s garage in New Windsor with two autos damaged and three fire companies responding. Mr and Mrs William Bennett visited New York City and saw Jack Benny broadcast from Radio City.
Government station at Frederick port records for 1954 show total precipitation at 37.66 inches, 2.47 inches below normal 40.23. Snowfall 14 inches with March six, November five. December 1 none. February trace. Highest temp 111 in September, lowest 15 in February. 38 days hit 90F+. 113 days had 0.01 inch+ precipitation. 122 days had lows of 32F or lower. Weather Bureau notes average 54.2F, max 65.8F, min 42.6F through 1911.
The State Roads Commission announced plans to install mercury vapor flood lights at two heavy traffic intersections in Maryland. The first site is Bloom's Corner near Ellicott City on U.S. 29, with a second on the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard portion of U.S. 4 between Rolling Road and Sayers Hill Road.
An Indian general warned that if 349 pro Red prisoners including 21 Americans are not repatriated, Indian forces will open the gates of their neutral stockade at midnight Friday. Lt. Gen K. Thimayye said the prisoners will be told that their owners refuse to take them back before the gates are opened and troops told to return to their lines. The Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission chair acknowledged potential problems if prisoners refuse to leave.
Mothers of hundreds of American boys held by Chinese and North Korean forces urge a Washington appeal to President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles for repatriation. They complain of silence and contemplate a delegation, citing the Korean armistice terms and possible embargo leverage to force government action. The piece notes revised counts, international replies, and ongoing concerns over prisoner status.
The four nations United States Soviet Union Britain and France received final approval from the arrangements committee to begin their historic conference Monday in Berlin. Technical experts for each country said they have reached basic agreement on administration security communications and the press and will settle remaining details by direct talks.
President Eisenhower presented a budget plan for the year starting July 1, 1954, proposing outlays of 65.57 billion dollars and receipts of 62.64 billion, yielding a 2.93 billion deficit. He urged tax reform to save about 1 percent for individuals and businesses, delayed corporate tax cuts, and an increased debt limit. Defense and atomic energy would rise to 44.86 billion, with foreign military aid at 4.28 billion, amid broader cuts from the prior year.
Outfielder Stan Musial was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as the National League's top-paid player and six-time batting champion. Representatives to the Imperial Council of the Order were named for the Atlantic City gathering June 28 to July 2, with Edmund Burka and others selected.
Babson argues automatic vending remains a supplement to human sales with limited profit margins. Machines work best on low cost items and in high traffic locations, but vandalism and loading costs curb gains. Advertising and packaging drive eventual growth though robots will not replace clerks soon.
Washington reports the 21 American soldiers who refused repatriation from Communist Korea will be declared undesirable and discharged tomorrow. The move aims to convert them to civilians under conditions other than honorable while avoiding legal trouble and preserving options if they return to the United States.
President Eisenhower recommended $600,000 for Cumberland Maryland and Ridgeley West Virginia flood control in the Army Corps of Engineers civil functions budget. The report lists navigation and local protection projects including Norfolk Harbor and Anacostia River with other allocations and carryovers from previous appropriations. Market prices for wheat corn and barley are also noted in the same brief.
Maryland faces the probable abolition of its homeopathy board as the General Assembly in Annapolis considers a bill to end the examination of practitioners. The board has existed since 1892 with licenses dating back to 1852. A fire destroyed the Allison Memorial Methodist Church in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, causing an estimated $30,000 loss with no injuries.
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