Bids opened for Frederick High and Thurmont shop buildings
The Board of Education opened bids for major shop buildings at Frederick High and Thurmont High, an addition at Foxville, and work on several city schools. Keller and Sons led with a 377,500 combined bid plus a 2,700 sound-console option, while Frederick Construction bid 377,700 overall with a 2,500 console bid. Other bids arose from Stubbs, Culler, and various subcontractors with painting bids also submitted for all campuses. The Thurmont Construction Company offered the lowest bid for interior plumbing and electrical work and promised 90 days to complete the job, with subcontracts named for plumbing and electrical tasks.
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Board of Education
Frederick
Thurmont
Foxville
L J. Keller and Sons
Frederick Construction Company
Keller
Frederick High School
Thurmoent
Frederick Construction
John S. Stubbs Company
Silver Spring
Frederick High
Lloyd G. Culler
Stubbs
Fim
Fosgille
Thurmont Construction Company
Touet
Mebil F. Wachter
Louthan Morris
W. Roxser
Waynesboo
John Stibbs
Lloyd C Culler
Floyd L. Culler
Wachter
Washington Street School
Fisher
Hahn Electric Company
Fred Plick
Hahn
W. H Southam
Jeff Brandenhurs
Comiar Electre Company
Contract For Surfacing Of U S 40 Awarded
American Asphalt Products Company received an 814,920 contract to finish surfacing 12.289 miles of U S 40 from Ridgeville east of Jug Bridge to near Frederick. Final paving will occur on the Ridgeville–Jug Bridge section while traffic uses the new dual roadway. Work to start soon under District Engineer Thomas G. Mohler.
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American Asphalt Products Company
Washington
U.S
State Roads Commission
Ridgeville
Legion Commander Warns NEA on Education Control
CHICAGO The American Legion commander warned NEA delegates that schools could fall under federal control if alternatives are not found. He urged quick action to address a projected 290,000 elementary teachers shortage by 1960 and mentioned a pending bill for 400 million dollars annually for federal aid routed to states for school construction.
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Chicago
American Legion
Seeaborn P Tallins
Natonal Education Assa
Collins
NEA
Congress
Approve 1 1 100 000 For Cumberland Work
Washington reports Senate and House approved 1 4 000 000 for flood control on the Potomac at Cumberland. Senate proposed changes to the agencies bill, now to joint conference. A related allocation includes 2 0 00 for Anetosue River to Varsland and 8 1 47 000 for an inland waterway from Rehoboth Bay to Delaware Bay. Trial notices set for co- defendants in robbery and armed crime cases.
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Washington
Senate
House
Towas
Cumberland
Peth Branenes
District of
Calumbia
Varsland
Rehoboth Bay
Delaware Bay
Stray Dogs Kill Six Thurmont Sheep
Stray dogs killed six sheep on the Thurmont property of Lee Black on a Saturday. Deputy Ros Fisher searched Sunday but found no trace of the dogs. Five lambs and one ewe died, with other sheep crippled as the dogs chased them through a field.
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Lee Black
Woman from Camp Hill Eyes $64,000 TV Challenge
Mrs Catherine E Kreitzer, a Camp Hill Pennsylvania grandmother and Bible reader, has a week to decide whether to take the $32,000 already won on CBS The $64,000 Question or risk it in a bid for $64,000. She answered a three part Bible question correctly to reach $32,000 after two weeks on the show, naming the Twelve Apostles and identifying Peter James and John's roles. Her husband James notes his wife’s intelligence and hopes she can answer any Bible question. she may bring a Bible authority to assist next week. The Kreitzers have 16 grown children and nine grandchildren, and she has worked 42 years as a typist at the Mechanicsburg naval supply depot.
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New York
Catherine E. Kreitzer
Camp Hill
CBS
Kreixzer
Matthew
Peter
James
Greaser
James the Less
Apostles
John
Andrew
Philip
Bartholomew
Thaddeus
Thomas
Simon
Judas Iscariot
Allophaeus
Kreitzer
Krertze
Kreuvers
Kreuver
Naval Supply Depot
Mechanicsbure Pit
Tethered Chickens Fail To Draw Escaped Over
An all night hunt for an escaped animal ended without success. Two tethered chickens and volunteer watchers with shotguns formed the initial response while planners prepared a second night hunt using hounds to recapture the creature that slipped from a pet shop backyard on Wisconsin Avenue.
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Washington
Pahee
Wisconsin Avenue
revolt at Washington State Penitentiary outbreaks in Walla Walla
Uneasy quiet settled over Washington State Penitentiary as guards with rifles and guardsmen patrolled the walls. About 1,700 inmates mostly obeyed a white shirted ringleader while 33 rebels seized seven hostages at knife point. Talks continued with state officials as hostages were reported well treated and two staffers freed without explanation.
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Vna
Thomas Harris
Ted Becerides
Harris
Boots Fain
Athlete and Recreation Department
al Remboiul
Bezerides
Three Cars Damaged In North Market Street Accident
A three-vehicle collision on North Market Street near 13th Street caused about 400 in damage. Elma Stall, Andrew J Majeh Cat Rie, and Francis L Aangay Lancaster were involved as rear ends occurred in sequence. Reckless driving charges were filed against Majeh and Aangair with collateral posted. A separate improper passing charge was issued to Monemia M Brewer.
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North Market Street
13Th Street
Nathan Dowsey
Elma L. Stall
Andrew J. Majeh
Catrie, Tex
Francis L Aangar
Lancaster Pa
Mayek
Stull
Aangar
Mayck
Aangair
Monemia M . Brewer
Wo Boone
Taxable Earnings of County Workers Hit by Quarter
The report shows 11,817 county workers with taxable earnings totaling 7.602 million in the last quarter, data drawn from the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Old Age and Social Security. Manufacturing led with the largest pay, and 1,570 were in apparel and fabric products. banking and insurance in finance, real estate, and other categories followed. The figures come from Counts Biomess Patterns for the South Atlantic States, reflecting broader labor force coverage due to 9250 amendments to the Social Security act.
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Frederik
Social Secur
Bureau of the Census
Bureau of Old Age
Sos
Thandise Sevices
Wien
Yolal Pasrah
Batin
South Atlantic
Guace
Wainya
Sen
Beioe
Middletown Girl Stricken With Polio
A nine year old Middletown girl named Ann Kefauver was diagnosed with paralytic polio Sunday and admitted to Baltimore City Hospitals in satisfactory condition. She has paralysis in the left leg and partial paralysis in the right arm, with the left arm affected mildly. Her family, including her father Middletown town commissioner, had received gamma gobulin shots as a preventive measure. State health authorities have ruled against giving any additional anti polio vaccine shots until the fall.
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Middletown
Baltimore City
Ann Kefauver
Sirs
Fred S. Kefauver
Broad Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Baltimore Hospital
Ann
Kefatuver
Baltimore
State Board of Health
National Foundation For
Health Department
Forbes Ho Burgess
Frederick
Edward Davens
Tlief
Matsland Bureau of Preventive Medicine
Younty
Battered Safe Found Along South Mountain Road
A battered safe was spotted in underbrush along C 540A near the top of South Mountain this morning. Sheriff Horace Mae Alexander said it is the same safe tied to an earlier Dairy Queen robbery near Frederick in early May. Deputies continued to investigate as prisoners worked on a road nearby.
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South Mountain
Sherif
Horace Mae Alexander
Frederick
Koogle
Fishing Creek Flow Drops as Heat Wave Hits Area
Caretaker Frank Weddle reports Fishing Creek flow has diminished during the hot spell. Showers Tuesday afternoon and evening failed to revive levels, keeping the river near a fraction of its usual volume. Temperatures cooled to around 55 degrees last night as clouds lingered and the day opened hazy and overcast.
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Frank Weddle
Drank Driver Begins 85 Days In Jail
Two men, Richard J. Bowman and Daniel W. Harris of Mt. Ain, pleaded guilty to stealing 20 sacks of yellow corn valued at $32 from Frank Rohrback’s farm. They received three year terms suspended by Magistrate W. F. Sheffield Jr. in Trial Magistrate's Court. sentences to run as 85 days in jail in lieu of suspension. Additional defendants faced various charges for alcohol influence and speeding with licenses issues. penalties included fines and jail time, with some sentences suspended or to run consecutively. An unrelated Virginia driver, Lichliter, was fined and sentenced for drunk driving and license violations.
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Maryland House of Correction
W. FP. Sheffield Jr
Richard J. Bowman
Daniel W Harris
Mt. Ain
Frank MM. Rohrback
Mt. Aury
Stile
Samuel W. Batvick
R. C. Dishong
Kenneth W. Harrison
Farmers Cooperative
Charles W. Mapaha
Lichiier
Yar Lo Sthr
BK. Austin James
Jenieney
Leonard S Mercer
RFD 1
Frederick
Purity
Alertcor
Othe House of Correction
Yourish
Fort Myer
Ceding Samphan JS
Magaha
Strikes Spark Waterfront Disorder In Sheboygan
Mayor Nudulph Pleery urged labor peace after protesters estimated up to 100 took over the waterfront during a year-old Kohler strike. Officials planned a meeting to calm tensions as law enforcement prepared to secure the area and remove any ongoing threats amid the protest.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Nudulph Pleery
Kohler
Mmpet
Noa
Shebestan
Recen
Mosih
Jon
West Working Out Proposals For Conference
Western nations discuss arms cuts German reunification and a European security system as a Geneva talks prelude British French and American experts to meet in Paris to finalize plans for a Western approach. A phased force reduction census and zones with limited troops are proposed along with a standstill on arms.
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Geneva
Paris
Minnsters
London
Europe
Strashong
France
European Consultative Assembly
Emon
Council of Europe
Cigarette Damage Delays Courtroom Use At County Building
Morning reports say cigarette burns appeared on cork floor near the court doorway and in the main courtroom. Officials say the damage likely resulted from a public meeting last night as the room, recently reopened, has carpeting being installed around the judges bench and may remain unusable for several days. WMING MEDICAL EXAMINER Th Ridgely W Baer has accepted an interim appointment as interim medical examiner for July to succeed Dr Robert Forte who resigned. Bach, formerly county medical examiner, is in Florida and spending part of the summer. final appointment to follow. CONDITION OF RIVERS Weather notes show Pateman clear at Wevertown Monocacy cloudy at Jug Bridge.
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Burns
Atierall
Althouch
WMNG
Th. Ridgely W. Baer
Adt
Robert 22 Forte
Bach
Florida
Eisenhower predicts good faith at Geneva talks
President Eisenhower said the United States will negotiate in good faith at the Geneva Big Four meeting and that no American official considers the Russians in a position of weakness. He spoke amid questions about disarmament and noted Memphis plans for an electric power plant may affect Dixon-Yates. He addressed transit strikes, desegregation, a higher minimum wage, and martial law in civil defense, while mentioning his term and other domestic matters.
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Eisenhower
United States
Geneva
Fasenhower
Nikita S Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Memphis
Adolph E. Wenzell
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
Wenzell
Hie
New York Investment House
Budget Bureau
White House
Dixon-Yates
Lim
First Boston Corp
Sen. Flanders
R-Vi
Capital Transit Co
Transit Company
Supreme Court
Roa Shili
Senate
Congress
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