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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1956
Page
6
Frederick installs ten downtown loading zone parking meters on a trial basis under a new ordinance. Meters allow ten minutes per penny for passenger cars and twenty minutes for trucks. Hours vary by day with no charge on Sundays and holidays.
Leesburg Virginia report states loudoun County school board and board of supervisors will poll Negro parents on willingness to support continued segregation in education. Resolution sets no poll method but aims to ensure that attendance remains segregated. Bond proposal agenda includes 425000 for Negro additions and 149008 for white facilities. About 1900 of 4300 students are Negro.
Secretary Dulles said the United States and Britain have discussed a formula to limit tests for two years and may raise the topic at next week’s talks between President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Eden. He cautioned that many technical difficulties loom and no agreement is likely soon. He added there has been no discussion with the Soviet Union on limitation of tests.
Wet and cloudy weather blanketed the nation with snow sleet and rain. Snow totals reached up to five inches in parts of Tennessee and Virginia and four inches in North Carolina, the heaviest in years in some areas. Arctic air lingered in the Midwest and plains, with subzero readings in Wisconsin and 18 at Grantsburg.
The Frederick County Teachers Association met at the V F W Country Club to discuss a five year program for Maryland schools. Legislators, school officials, and association leaders attended including Milson Raver and Jane Haugh Myersville. County Superintendent Eugene W. Pruitt, Board of Education president George C. Roderick Jr, Senator Jacob Ramsburg, and delegates Melvin Derr and others were present.
Washington P Bradley D Nash deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Congress from West Virginia's Second District. Nash resigns as deputy assistant secretary for civil aviation after 27 years in government service. A New Englander by birth, he lives in Harpers Ferry. The district is now represented by Democrat Staggers who seeks reelection.
Five day forecast shows fair to moderately cold conditions Wednesday through Sunday. Temperatures average about four degrees below normals with daytime highs around 40 and early lows from near 8 in Garrett County to about 22 at the eastern end. Snow is possible Sunday with a slight temperature change.
A cold pocket chilled the area with Unionville reporting zero degrees and the airport 7 above. Readings showed wide variation with Gambrill State Park at 11 and Singanore filtration plant at 4 above. Forecaster warned of more cold weather, near the zero mark in Garrett county, with continued cold and no new snow for days.
Alma Hurr 66 wife of Ralph C Hurr assistant cashier at National City Bank died at home after being held hostage during an earlier bank siege. Cause of death undetermined per Dr James Mc Glew. Marion County prosecutor Carhart hinted possible new charges pending final medical report.
About 25 Midwestern House Republicans pressed for a moratorium on principal farm loan payments and a boosted livestock buying program. They plan to present the proposals to Secretary Benson, seeking immediate relief while endorsing the administration’s long range farm plan.
Maryland Governor McKeldin outlined a 1956 57 general fund budget exceeding 16 million dollars in additional spending without a general tax increase. He noted education pay raises, health and welfare funding, and modest general fund surplus usage, while warning lawmakers against vetoed 1955 bills that could force tax changes. The plan totals about 300 million dollars, with 144 million for general operations and remaining for federal and special funds.
Thirty-one city and county Homemakers clubs join a four day training school to learn cotton dress making led by Beatrice Fehr with support from the clothing committee. Sessions run at East Church street school with plans to extend training to club areas and future teachers.
Authorities report the theft of more than two bottles of a poisonous brucella abortus vaccine from a veterinarian named Dr. Sherman Ames Jr. in Easton Pennsylvania. The vaccine, capable of killing a person if it enters the bloodstream, was kept in a metal box with other veterinary instruments in the car parked outside his home. The theft prompted a public safety warning about the cattle disease preventive agent.
Dr Forbes Burgess county health officer notes confusion about free polio shots under the Federal Polio Vaccination Program. He explains eligibility, the 1955 act, and that vaccinations should be part of regular health supervision. Private physicians are urged to vaccinate when possible to ease the Health Department load.
Pittsburgh report shows the costly Westinghouse strike at its 100th day with no settlement in sight. Federal mediator John Murray and union leaders meet daily amid guarded comments, while production slows and wages are affected. Westinghouse profits drop as talks continue on wage reopeners and contract terms.
A blast of cold air swept Maryland driving temperatures to record lows. The Weather Bureau in Oakland logged 19 below zero overnight, warming to near zero by mid-morning. In New York the stock market advanced, led by steels and aircraft shares.
President Eisenhower urged restoring standby controls on consumer credit while telling Congress the booming economy is advancing at a tamer pace. He forecast a threshold of a 400 billion dollar economy, urged debt reduction, and called for a broad legislative program including a farm relief bill, area development funds, a six point antitrust program, highway and education measures, and possible reactivation of consumer credit powers if needed. He warned against premature tax cuts and highlighted a recent 281 billion debt level and rising consumer debt.
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