City Traffic Counts Under Way After Frederick Freeway Opening
Comprehensive vehicle tallies are being taken by the City Light and Signal Department led by Max St Kehne to gauge traffic changes since the Frederick Freeway opened. Counts cover Market Bentz and South streets plus cross streets Church Second Third and Fourth with normal midweek traffic used as baseline.
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City Light and Signal Department
Max St. Kehne
Frederick
Kehne
Market Street
Bentz Street
South Street
Church
Patrick
Market
Rosemont Avenue
Seventh Street
Fort Detrick
State Roads Commission Taffic Departments
North Market Street
Walkersville
Mt. Pleasant
Libertytown
Maryland 355
U.S. 15
Bender Faces Teamster Affidavit Challenge
Former Sen. George H. Bender returns before Senate rackets investigators to answer affidavits from Cincinnati Local 100 officials claiming the Teamsters switched support to him in 1954 on orders from William Presser. Bender had headed a House subcommittee probing union corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George H. Bender
Teamsters Union
Senate
Bender
Teamsters
William Presser
Ohio
House
Thomas Burke
Robert A. Taft
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Walter Schulz
Otto Frobe
Cincinnati Local 100
Presser
Free But Troubled On Independence Day
Buenos Aires marks independence day amid economic collapse and inflation. Critics blame Peronist legacy, police state aftermath, and labor unrest while conflicting opinions flourish in a nation striving for freedom and facing a fragile democracy.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Spain
Juan de. Peron
Perrofism
Arturo Frondizi
Peron
Annual Red Cross Meeting In Frederick County
About 40 attended the Frederick County Red Cross annual meeting in the Wedgwood Room of the Francis Scott Key Hotel. William Wallace was reelected chairman. Daniel J. Thomas and Mrs. Dan Weinberg were named officer and committee members. seven new directors joined the board.
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Frederick, County
American Red Cross
Wedgwood
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Red Cross
Frederick County
Dan Weinberg
Paul S.michael
Ellis C. Wachter
Frederick County Community, Chest
Gaited Appeal
H. Albert Dean
Frederick County Red Cross
Gasca
Ralph Ripley
Cash Smith
H. Reese
Shoemaker Jr
John W. Morgan
Howard Ash
Edward L. Meadows
Amos Johnson
Fort Detrick
Red Cross Board
Philip Winer
Brenner
A. Talbot Brice
Alvin G. Quinn
Charles Y. Main
Ernest C. Webb
F. Russell Young
Richard C. Dutrow
Edgar H. McBride
C. Thomas Summers
E- R. Price
Paul L. Willard
Harry G. Harshman
C. Basil -Grossnickle
J. Milton Brunk
Jois
Paul Willard
Dan
Frank D. Wort Thirion
Daniel Thomas
McBride
Weinberg
Paul Michael
Dean
William Wallace
Bernard Davis
Austin Angieberger
Laurens Bowers
Alvin Quinn
Mirs
Ernest Berger
John Peyton
Thrasher
Dwight McCain
Dorothy Stroup
Russell J .H. McCain
James A. Kime
Frank Worthington
Abandoned Bases Shift US Spending in France
Irregular stock trading slows after four records as US air bases in France plan evacuation. About 3,500 local workers lose jobs while 6,900 airmen depart, raising concern for the regional economy as British and West German operations continue. Meanwhile the USS MacDonough, newest guided missile destroyer, is praised for its role in antisubmarine warfare and early warning.
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Nancy
France
United States
Britain
West Germany
U.S
Quincy
Mass
MacDonough
Thomas MacDonough
Lake Champlain
Soviet Apartment Reminds Of America 25 Years Ago
New York reports on a Soviet exhibition in London featuring a mock town apartment that echoes American domestic life from 25 years prior. The tiny pullman kitchen includes a refrigerator and stove and the main room shows a pink gray strawberry color scheme with built in storage. The display argues Soviet design mirrors early 20th century American decorating and may cost 350 dollars in furnishings.
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America
London
Cess
Margaret
Coli
Ameri J
Iris
Peake
Belfast
Margarettie
Miss Peake
Missi
Olga Bayar
Lord Altincham Urges US to Join British Commonwealth
Lord Altincham, a 35 year old peer known for monarchy criticism, suggested the United States join the British Commonwealth citing Chicago's reception of the Queen. He argued American republicanism is weak and that a democratic English-speaking union would require the US to join to be meaningful. Willis farm near New Market sells for about 20 000 to Dr and Mrs Atanasoff, with the Rosemont Avenue transfer to Mischa Friedman. Sukarno forms nonparty non-Communist inner cabinet with himself as prime minister and Dr Djuanda as first minister. constitutional changes give Sukarno full powers guided democracy. Monocacy to Potomac river conditions noted.
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London
Lord Altincham
United States
Chicago
Commonwealth
Willis
New Market
John V. Atanasoff
Court House
Wiliam
Orvil B. A. Boldman
Mischa E. Friedman
Rosemont Avenue
Brosius Homes
Carrollton
Peter Stephen Ligocki
Sukarno
Jakarta
Indonesia
Dr. Djuanda
Fishing Creek Dam Level Rises Ten Inches
Water flow into the city reservoir raises level to 33 feet with expectations of reaching capacity in about ten days. Weather reports predict a fair chance of showers tonight ending early Friday morning and a near normal July. OBELIN Ohio AP reports on church merger framing new unity, with the United Church of Christ denomination pushing for action on social issues and international peace. The merged bodies total about 2.5 million members in over 4,000 local churches.
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Capacty
U. S
Oberlin
Ohio
General Synod of
United Church of Christ
Sheldon E. Mackey
Philadelphia
Tate
Leston Pope
Yale Divinity School
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Congregational Christian Churches
God
Jesus
Christ
Robert V. Moss
Lancaster
Crowded Danish Lake Boat Blast Kills Dozens
A lake excursion boat exploded and burned near Haderslev Denmark killing at least 50 people and injuring 14. Police fear a higher toll as 44 survivors, including mothers with babies, jumped into the water and the captain steered the flaming vessel to shore. Some foreigners were aboard and no Americans were identified among the dead.
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Haderslev
Denmark
Hans Rustofte
Itstottes
Scandinavia
Hans Hedtof
Greenland
Two Die Of Exposure On Lake Michigan
Two young men died of exposure after a rubber raft was blown out on Lake Michigan during a severe wind storm. Paul Polansky 16 Mason City Iowa survived after a Marine Corps helicopter rescue. Daniel Casper 16 Milwaukee and Tony Phipps 21 Dallas Texas perished. The trio, in swim trunks, were ten miles offshore at 5:30 a.m. after setting out from a Milwaukee suburb as waves rose in the storm.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Marine Corps
Lake Michigan
Daniel
Casper
Tony Phipps
Dallas
Tex
Paul Polansky
Mason City
Iowa
Coast Guard
Harriman says Khrushchev ignorant of America
Former New York Governor Harriman after six week Soviet visit urges Khrushchev to meet Western leaders in New York. He says Khrushchev shows grave ignorance of the United States and believes American workers have no influence. He would report to Secretary Herter and cautions against overemphasizing flamboyant statements.
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NEW York
W. Averell Harriman
Nikita Khrushchev
Harriman
U.S
Soviet Union
Idlewild
Khrushchev
United States
Jto
Christian A
Herter
Ieader
Greek Hero On Trial In Athens Appeals for Release
Manolis Glezos a 37 year old famed Greek resistance hero went on trial in an Athens military court charged with aiding and hiding Communist spies from behind the Iron Curtain. He is among 20 defendants facing possible death if convicted in the postwar case. A Soviet message from Voroshilov urged Greece to grant clemency for Glezos.
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Athens
Greece
Manolis Glezos
Glezos
Voroshilov
Water supplies hold up countywide amid drought
Brunswick faces possible water ban as reservoir levels drop toward danger point. Other towns report ample supplies with minor declines. crops suffer in Thurmont and north county while Hagerstown may trim mountain water if rains do not return. City consumption falls from 12.2 to 6.8 million gallons as demand eases.
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Brunswick
Middletown
Walkersville
Thurmont
Mt. Airy
Myers-J .Ville
iCrops
Urbana
Kefferson
Hagerstown
Water Department
Richard Wilson
July Skies Weather Maps Offer Foreseeable U.S. Climate
The maps present a July outlook from the Weather Bureau, offering estimates of general temperature and precipitation trends for the month. It notes the forecast is an age estimate rather than a precise daily prediction for the period.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Hopes Dim For Averting Steel Strike
New York AP reports hopes fade for averting a nationwide steel strike set to begin midnight Tuesday. The Steelworkers union rejected President Eisenhower’s plea for an indefinite extension of talks while Sen. Humphrey calls the move intervention. Industry leaders warn wage costs could fuel inflation despite ongoing talks. Steelworkers average 3.19 dollars an hour. Desegregation plan ordered in Atlanta schools due by December 1.
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New York
Eisenhower
David J. McDonald
Lieve
Washington
Hubert H.humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
U.S. Steel Corp
Town to Honor Schley With Memorial Hour and Sport Field
Morzheim honors Frederick’s first citizen John Thomas Schley with a yearly memorial hour on February 2 and names a new sport field John Thomas Schley Sportfield. The gesture follows a cultural exchange sparked by visits of the Goetzes from near New Market.
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Schley
Donn Thomas Schley
John Thomas Schley
Frederick
Morzheim
Germany
Delbert
Null
Board of
County Commissioners
Willi. Joachim
Siegfried Goetze
Near New Market
Joachgnsays
Goetzes
Joachim
Mr. Goetze
Bomb attack kills American advisers near Saigon
A Viet Nam war incident reports two U S military advisers killed along with the bomber and a South Vietnamese, with one American wounded and evacuated to Clark Field. The attack targeted the Bien Hoa training center where MAAG advisers trained anti Communist forces.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U R
Clark Field
Manila
South Viet Nam
U.S
Bienhoz
Cindy Fades After Brief Hurricane Near Charleston
Tropical storm Cindy drifted ashore near Bull Bay and moved inland, causing light damage and one highway fatality. Georgetown lawyer H. H. Higgins Jr. died when his car struck a tree blown onto U.S. 17 about 20 miles north of Charleston. Gusts reached 60 to 70 mph at peak and winds diminished as the system intruded inland. Evacuations were advised to return home as conditions eased.
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Charleston
Cindy
H. H. Higgins Jr
Georgetown
S.C
U.S. 17
Atlantic
Bull Bay
Charleston Weather Bureau
Carolinas
Baltimore GM plants to nearly double in size
General Motors executive Edward W. Cole announced plans to nearly double the size of the Chevrolet and Fisher Body Assembly plants in Baltimore. The expansion adds 1 020 000 square feet, boosting total space to about 2 066 000 square feet, with completion in two years and uncertain impact on jobs.
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Baltimore
Fisher
Edward W. Cole
General Motors
Cole
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