Cost to By-Pass U S 35 Soars Over 1952 Estimate by State
The State Roads Commission reports four years into a twelve year program that the Thurmont by pass on U S 35 will cost nearly a million dollars more than the 1952 estimate. Construction, engineering and right of way costs rose due to grade separations and rock cuts, with similar overruns cited in Carroll and Washington counties. Initial estimates lacked full surveys, leaving rock, soil and drainage conditions unsolved.
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Thurmont
U. S. 35
State Roads Commission
Roads Commission
Carroll County
Little Pipe Creek
Maryland
Frederick County
Four children die in rural New Hampshire fire
In East Caxdia New Hampshire four children aged 12, seven, three, and one month died when a flash fire swept their rural home. Parents and three other children escaped through a window. the father blamed hazardous road conditions and early snow. Snow and ice disrupted travel across the region with temperatures near freezing and several inches of snow reported in distant areas.
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Caxdia
XS. BR
New Hampshire
Claire la
Duke
Reginald
Essen
William
Linda
iMaureen
Diane
Nael
Reginald Jr
State Roads Commission
West Friendship
Howard County
U. S. 40
Ridgeville
Bennett's Creek
Hyattstown
Weather Bureau
Commission
Blue Ridge Summit
Gambrill State Park
South Mountain
Middletown Valley
Clifton
Roads Commission
Gambrill Park
County Reads Board
Eisenhower
Camp David
Foxville
W. O
Justice Reed Leaves Court on February 25
President Eisenhower accepted Justice Stamler Reed's resignation from the Supreme Court effective February 25. Reed, 72, a Democrat, served 19 years. His successor will be Eisenhower's fourth appointee. Warren, Harlan, and Brennan already sit on the court. Reed retires with full pay and possible occasional service rights.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Stamler Reed
Reed
Warren
Harlan
Brendan
White House
Myersville Moves To Implement Building Ordinance
Myersville officials plan to enact a 1921 building permit ordinance to regulate curbs walks and sewers as a step toward a master plan and eventual comprehensive zoning. The council, seeking control over utilities, has appointed a Planning and Zoning Commission to work with county zoning consultants. monthly meetings are set for the first Friday at 7 30 p m.
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Burgess and Council
Myersville
Burgess Grayson Doub
Board of County Commissioners
Commission
Kentucky
Cumberland
Virginia
Tennessee
Tug
Guyandotte
West Virginia
G. S. 40
Myersville Burgess and Council
John D. Mause Jr
Charles J. Fregao
Richard D. Harp
Thomas &. Dunn
Paul J. Rice
Flood Devastation Hits Appalachian Coal Region
Emergency aid rushed into the flood struck Appalachian coal region as high waters across Kentucky West Virginia Virginia and Tennessee left at least 11 dead and millions in damages. Evacuees faced mud filled streets and ruined homes while Army helicopters delivered typhoid serum and blankets. Upstream towns endured the worst damage as officials appealed for generators and water purifiers.
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Anu
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
East Tennessee
Cecil Underwood
A. B. Chandler
Eisenhower
Prestonsburg
Paintsville
Beattyvile
Army
Ft. Knox
National Guard
Red Cross
Civil Defense
Barbourville
Hazard
Pound
Logan
W. Va
S. C. van Duren
Harlan, Ky
Daily Enterprise
Smallhhildren
Rirs
Bill Sizemore
Mack Hill
Raymond
Ward
George Dewey Ward
Portsmouth
Ohio
Hyden
Leslie County
Ciricuit
Billie Dixon
Lutherans Push Intercultural Outreach in Congregations
Atlantic City news reports Lutheran churches backing a nationwide program to welcome all racial and cultural groups. A National Lutheran Council study notes rising mixed-race congregations and calls for intercultural outreach amid school integration debates and federal civil rights moves. Macy's Sets Record in New York sales hit 430 million for year ending Feb 2, 1957.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National Lutheran Council
Westeryears
Jearm
H. Conrad Hoyer
Chicago
Council
American Missions Division
Supreme Court
Macy’s
New York
R. Macy & Co
Jack 1. Straus
Charge Padding of State Payrolls
Three Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee say state departments pad payrolls by millions. They allege unfilled jobs leave funds to raise salaries. some departments seek funds for more positions in the proposed budget. They pledged a thorough investigation as finance committees probe Gov Mecheldin budget, noting a potential 25 million in savings found in initial review.
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Annapolis
House of Delegates
Ways and Means Committee
Deis
Staten
D-Balto County
Hanna
D-Wicomico
Mande
D-Balto
Mecheldin
Mrs Thomas C Jenkins Dies In Baltimore
Mrs Thomas Courtney Jenkins died at her Baltimore home after presenting the Maryland Historical Society with the original manuscript of The Star Spangled Banner. She acquired Francis Scott Key’s manuscript in 1933 from the Walters Art Gallery and funded the Thomas C Jenkins Laboratories of Biophysics at Johns Hopkins University, dedicated in 1950. Funeral services will be at Saint Ignatius Church at 10 am Saturday, with burial at Mount Green Cemetery.
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Baltimore
Thomas Courtney Jenkins
Saint. ‘Ignatius Church
Greenmount Cemetery
Youths Arrested in Hayre Grace Break-in and Theft
Police early today arrested 10 youths aged 12 to 18 in Hayre Grace Maryland for breaking into a beverage plant and stealing pean items. The incident prompted charges of breaking and entering and theft.
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Hayre DE Grace
Virginia flood toll rises in southwest counties
Radio WRIC reports Grundy and nearby towns cut off as flood waters strike southwest Virginia. Gov. Stanley orders a survey of 12 counties where over two thousand people are homeless. Kentucky cities Whitesburg and Pikeville also report major damage and water contamination fears. typhoid serum is airlifted by helicopter.
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WRIC
Richlands
Grundy
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
Kentucky
Whitesburg
Pikeville
Brief Case With U S Secrets Gone
FBI and police probe the disappearance of a physicist’s brief case said to contain government secrets. Fletcher C. Paddison of Bethesda, Maryland, reported the loss at an Illinois Central Railroad station while en route from Washington to a Bendix missile plant in South Bend. He mentioned the contents as "dynamige" but did not elaborate.
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Chicago
FBI
Fletcher C. Paddison
Bethesda
Illinois Central
Paddison
Washington, D.C
Bendix Corp
South Bend
Ind
Large Program Aims at 30 Million for Colleges
Buck Hill Falls Pa Congregational Christian Church proposed a 1958 1960 funding program to raise about 30 million dollars for 6 related colleges and universities at home and overseas. If approved by state conferences churches and others the plan would position the denomination to integrate its worldwide higher education planning when it merges with the Evangelical and Reformed Church. The plan funds new buildings endowments faculty recruitment and training aid to current programs support of humanity and campus ministry and aims to show the colleges distinct role in society. A church survey found two thirds of 25 church related schools completed with 23 million dollars needed immediately. The denomination founded Harvard Yale and Oberlin.
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Buck Hill Falls
Congregational Christian Church
Congregational Church
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Christian College
Harvard
Wale
Oberlin
1956 Plan For Soviets
The Soviet report claims the 1956 five year plan exceeded its targets by about 11 percent, with heavy industry 114 percent and consumer goods 9.4 percent above quotas, grain and iron output at high levels, while cotton goods lagged eight percent. The document notes not all fields met goals and highlights rising national income and living standards amid ongoing shortfalls in coal, metallurgy, and building materials.
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Moscow
Central Statistics Department
U.S.S R
Statistics Department
United States
Soviet Union
United
Weeklong hearings continue on Eisenhower Middle East plan
Washington reports say Senate Democrats expect extensive revision and another week of hearings on the Middle East resolution. The House passed the measure 355 to 61 with minor changes, authorizing up to 200 million dollars in military and economic aid and advance U.S. troop approval to halt Communist aggression. Chairman Gordon of the House Foreign Affairs Committee praised the House action as expeditious while Senate hearings proceed, with Adm. Radford and Sec. Dulles among those testifying. Lyndon B. Johnson is said to be drafting a broad rewrite to address objections, with some favoring splitting the resolution into two parts.
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Washington
U. S
Saud
Egypt
Suez Canal
Laud
Eisenhower
Dulles
Nixon
White House
Hisenhowers
House of Representatives
Middle East
Senate
United States
Russia
Suez ‘Canal
House
U.S
Gordon
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations
Armed Services Committees
Russell
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Dukes
Lisenhower
Eisenhower urges immigration reform to aid refugees
President Eisenhower asked Congress to revise U S immigration laws to grant haven to refugees fleeing Communist tyranny and to raise the annual quota by about 65 000 immigrants. He proposed basing quotas on the 1950 census, redistributing quotas by actual immigration since 1924, pooling unused quotas, and eliminating mortgage quotas that counted special cases against future years.
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Washington
Eisenhoower
Congress
Eisenhower
United States
Europe
Africa
Asia
Pacific
Flood Disaster Area Declared in Eastern Kentucky
President Eisenhower designated flooded eastern Kentucky as a major disaster area and ordered use of federal funds for relief after a telegram from Governor Chandler. In a separate Equity Court matter, Mrs. Sarah Kidwiler sought half of proceeds from the Jefferson Inn sale, claiming a joint enterprise with Milton Holt. testimony detailed prior payments and settlement expectations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Kentucky
4. B. Chandler
Chandler
Frederick
Equity Court
Jefferson Inn
South Jefferson Street
Sarah H. Kidwiler
Milton H. Holt
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Holt
Opossumtown Pike
Ridwiier
Helt
White House
Eli-Itateqsaln
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Associated Press
Appalachian Mounts
Thomas C. Jenkins
Prince Charles
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