Winter cold wave hits Frederick area with record lows
Central and eastern Frederick county faced an arctic blast lowering temps to two below zero at Unionville to two above at the airport as forecasts warned of lingering cold. Gambrill Park reached 7 above while nearby loci logged subzero readings, with ice forming on the Monocacy and Potomac. Forecasters predicted mixed precip and a warmer rise then colder conditions, while Esso Standard Oil Co. in the region announced a 6 percent pay boost for about 2,300 Maryland Delaware employees.
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Frederick County
Unionville
Linganore
Buckey'stown
Frederick
Gambrill State Park
High Knob
Ceresville
Mercury
Gambrill Park
Weather Bureau
Buckerstown
Buckeystown
Potomac
Brunswick
Boat Landing
Maryland
Virginia
ESSO
Baltimore
Esso Standard Oil Co
Maryland-Delaware
Nigerians Welcome Queen Elizabeth I Arrives in Lagos
Lagos crowds decked in flags greet the royal couple on arrival for a 20 day ceremonial visit. Thousands line the route from the airport to Government House as the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh begin their stay in the colony.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Elizabeth I
Government House
Duke of Edinburgh
London
United Kingdom
Sobeloff Nomination Hearing Set After Feb Visit
The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing after Sobeloff returns from Puerto Rico on his nomination as Solicitor General to the 4th U S Circuit Court of Appeals. Opponents from the South fear his stance on school integration and a possible South Carolina appointment raise party friction.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Simon Sobeloff
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sobeloff
Baltimore
Eisenhower
Morris A. Soper
Sen
Johnston
Judiciary Committee
Soebeloff
South
4Th Circuit
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Soper
Circuit
Armistead M. Dobie
Charlottesville
Mim
Samed
Sen. Thurmond
DSC
Justice Department
Grakekhott Prosasn
Eisenhower Economic Report Outlines 12 Point Program
The 53 recommendations in the President's Economic Report to Congress present a 12 point plan spanning farm relief unemployment reduction higher earnings for low income groups stronger social security housing education and hospital facilities trade anti trust enforcement tax reform and monetary stability. It notes weak spots like low farm income regional unemployment rural poverty and high consumer credit, while calling for state role in some actions and continued congressional action. The report will be reviewed in 13 days of hearings by the Joint Congressional Economic Committee beginning January 31 with a final report due March 1.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Iire
U.S
Democrata
Congress
Joint Congressional Economic Committee
Sen
Paul Douglas
Broad Area Winter Weather Ongoing Across US
Wet weather and varying temperatures sweep broad U S regions with snow sleet and rain. Mississippi Valley and Eastern Plains see steady precipitation while Texas records 80s heat. Los Angeles flood rains ease with regional highs in 70s. Cold pockets appear in Montana Wyoming and the Dakotas with springlike readings elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Noorthern
Minnesota
Dakotas
Rockies
Montana
New England
New York
California
Washington
Los Angeles
Great Basin
Cut Bank
Mont
Big Piney
Wyo
Laredo
Tex
Eleven Below At Oakland
Maryland recorded its coldest night of the year with readings from 11 below at Oakland Garrett County to 8 below in Thomas West Virginia. Other spots: Fairfax minus 15, Rockwood 2 below, Cumberland 6, Lavate 2, Frederick minus 2, Unionville Buckeystown and Gambrill State Park 12, Baltimore 16 at Friendship Airport.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Oakland
Garrett County
Thomas
W. Va
Wester Maryland Railway
Fairfax
Thomas Rockwood
Cumberland
Lavate
Frederick
Unionville
Buckeystown
Frederick County
Gambrill State Park
Friendship Airport
Train Removal Date Hearing Before PSC
The Public Service Commission sets March 21 at 10 30 am for a hearing on Western Maryland Railway Company petition to discontinue all passenger service on the Hagerstown division. Two daily trains between Baltimore and Hagerstown would be eliminated along with two more between Hagerstown and Baltimore. The action would affect parts of Frederick and Carroll counties, especially Thurmont.
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Public Service Commission
Western Maryland Railway Company
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Vwa
Frederick
Carroll
Thurmont
Butler named treasurer for 1956 campaign
Baltimore Senator John Marshall Butler announces William Wallace of Braddock Heights Md as treasurer for his 1956 reelection campaign. Wallace, a former Sears executive director and trustee of the pension fund, retired in 1952. Minor accident on North Market Street involved vehicles driven by Robert J Hubert of Orwin Pa and Robert E Dailey Jr of 1200 North Market Street with about 49 in damages and no charges.
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Baltimore
John Marshall Butler
William Wallace
Braddock Heights
Wallace
Prafif i
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Sears
North Market Street
W. Carmack Jr
Robert J Hubert
Orwin
Robert E Dailey Jr
Dailey
Multiple Injuries in Fourth Fire Unit Accident
In Baltimore yesterday two people were injured in a fourth accident involving fire department equipment in 16 days. An engine from Track Co. No. 13 collided with a truck on Edmondson Avenue. the truck struck a parked taxi and then rammed into another parked car. Truck driver Leonard Twigg, 44, hospitalized for possible rib fractures. taxi driver James Johnson, 44, treated for a back injury. Firemen remained unhurt. Willard Mosley, 39, charged with reckless driving. Twigg charged with reckless driving and failing to yield to an emergency vehicle and speeding.
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Baltimore
Track Co. No
Edmondson Avenue
Leonard Twigg
James Johnson
Willard Mosley
Tuigg
Fire and Flood Hit Ford West Coast Plant
Long Beach California flood and explosion damage at Ford's large West Coast assembly plant reaches into millions. Plant manager R C Armour estimates three million dollars in parts damaged. total loss unknown. Four injured. plant to be out of operation at least two months. Water-logged grounds five feet below sea level and oil leaks from subsiding pools contributed to the disaster.
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Long Beach
Calif
Ford
West Coast
R. C. Armour
Armour
Eisenhower health pledge eyed to ease term talk
Senator Ives suggested Ike could end term speculation by announcing he would accept the Republican nomination if his health improves by convention time. Eisenhower said health will be a major factor and called the question of other issues unanswerable. The GOP convention opens August 20 in San Francisco.
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Washington
Sen Ives
RNY
Todas
Eisenhower
San Francisco
Training Drivers May Wait In Frederick County High Schools
Superintendent Eugene W. Pruitt says a driver training course is unlikely to start before September due to pre-set schedules and limited funding. County high schools have 35000 budgeted for driver training, mostly for classroom work, not behind the wheel.
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Frederick County
Eugene W. Pruitt
Harry V. Frushour
Frederick High School
James F. Zimmerman
Frederick High
Board of Education
Pruitt
Zimmerman
Purses Snatching Reported In Frederick City
A Frederick woman Emma Pomeroy lost her pocketbook last night the first purse snatching in months. A man described as Negro grabbed the bag near West South street as she walked home with the police alerted and a bystander in a Moose club area gave chase but failed. The purse contained about 40 dollars.
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Emma Pomeroy
West South Street
Pomeroy
Frederick
Moose Club
East Germany joins Warsaw Pact as new army enrolled
East Germany's new army is enrolled in the Warsaw Alliance during a two day defense ministers meeting of the eight pact nations. Molotov presides at a reception with Soviet leaders as East German forces under Konev are listed at about 116 000 troops. Red China attends as observers while Konev is named supreme commander of the Eastern forces.
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Tom Reeds
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Warsaw
NATO
V. M. Molotov
Ivan Konev
Peoples Police
Soviet Union
Poland
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Albania
Molotov
Red
China
Peiping
Marshal Koney
Body Of Shot Man Near Gray Home
An unidentified man was found shot to death near the home of Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark Gray in Richland Kansas after her husband Andrew Gray exchanged gunfire with an intruder. Gray says he fired twice and neighbors were alerted by a barking dog. Three armed men abducted Mrs Gray earlier and forced her to open bank vaults. $2,000 was taken. Deeds recorded list property sales in the area.
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Richland
Kan
Georgia Neese Clark Gray
United States
Andrew
Grays
Mamie
Gray
Richeland State Bank
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Itruder
Amles
Connelly-Schwimmer Trial Set For May 7
Connelly and Schwimmer, charged with conspiring to defraud the government in a tax case, have motions dismissed and their trial tentatively scheduled for May 7. Caudle received a Feb 3 hearing delay due to his attorney’s illness. Judge Halep ruled on some motions and kept others for advisement.
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Caudle
Tax Division
Justice Department
Halep
Washington
Baltimore Transit strike postponed amid mediation bids
The Baltimore Transit Company union executive committee delays a strike order awaiting last minute mediation by Gov McKeldin and Mayor D Alesandro. Talks resume with 11 am sessions. a 3 day moratorium is urged to extend negotiations while emergency plans for buses and taxis are prepared.
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Baltimore
McKeldin
Thomas D'Alesandro
Baltimore Transit Company
Reuters
D‘alesandro
Morantorum
D’alesandro
Frank Baummer
Omnimn Te
Maryland Public Service ‘Commission
Union
Comparts
Court limits contempt by Congress over questioning ex Communists
The U S Court of Appeals rebuked a House on American Activities inquiry for probing ex Communists only to expose them. John T Watkins of Rock Island Illinois refused to name individuals who were party members in the 1940s, leading to contempt conviction. The ruling narrows congressional tactics, stressing lawmaking relevance over exposure.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
US Court of Appeals
The
Cour
Congress
John T Watkins
Rock Island, Til, Tabor
House Committee On
Ee Arama
Assed
Watkins
Hinself
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Court of Appeal
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