Balking at School Work Permits Spurs Local Fight
Reports claim Frederick city will not issue a building permit for a vocational agriculture shop at Frederick High School. A Keller and Sons contract for both that shop and Thurmont High School work is worth 377500 dollars. The issue ties to a 1950 referendum on Carroll Parkway extension and potential school land condemnation. A separate note mentions Studebaker-Packard layoffs and a CIO UAW response pending in South Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
Frederick High School
Thurmont High School
Frederick County Board of Education
L. J. Keller and Sons
Frederick
Keller
W. Raymond Walter
Walter
John A. Derr
Board of Aldermen
Westbrook
Carroll Parkway
Watkins Acres
Board of Education
Carroll Creek
Carrall Parkway
General Assembly
UAW
South Bend
Ind
CIO
United Auto Workers
Studebaker
Studebaker-Packard Corp
Condition of Rivers Report From Frederick to Weverton
A report notes river conditions with Monnacaey mudd on the Frederick junction and Jienelson Potomac clear at Weverton, indicating varying water clarity along the stretch. The report highlights navigational implications for local transport and fishing activity in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monnacaey
Frederick Jienelson
Weverton
Youth Who Wrecked Car Takes Term
An 11 year old youth from the Maryland Training School for Boys at Loch Raven was sentenced to 20 days in jail after pleading guilty to reckless driving and no operator’s license. He had been part of a group involved in 14 robberies in the county and nearby Pennsylvania and was previously committed to the training school for an undetermined sentence. The incident involved overturning a car on Daysville road near Walkersville and blocking a bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Training School For Boys
Loch Raven
Pennsylvania
H. Reese Shoemaker Jr
Robert LeRoy Smith
RFD
J. Thurmont
Paul A. Kline
Smith
Daysville Road
Walkersvile
Wayne W. Addis
Greenville
Lenard
Crampton
Mt. Airy
Albert H. Mibble
St. Louis
Donald L. Marquiss
Hagerstown
U.S. 40
Almetta Oclick
Davis Avenue
Norman A. Robinson
Ft Meade
U. S
West
Froopier V. L Guilmino
Postmaster Appointments and Draft Indictments Listed
President Eisenhower announced postmaster nominations in Virginia Marton and West Virginia Bland K Hesse Fayetteville Lorcan Hoffman Rebecca Ler Great Cacapon Mary Virginia Bac man Harpers Ferry Also three Conscientious Objectors Gary Piles Otto Reber Walton Robey indicted for failing to report for civilian work at Rosewood State Training School False alarm at Marsland Transportation parking lot caused by burning brush at 1030 hours
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harpers Ferry
Washington
Eisenhower
Virginia
Joseph Richard Campbell
Marton
Joseph
Mass
Milix
West Virginia
Bland K. Hesse
Fayetteville
Lorcan A. Hoffman
Grafton
Rebecca L “Ler
Great Cacapon
Mary Virginia Bacman
Harpers Ferrs
Cos
Baltimore
Uniteds
Marsland Transportation Company
DeGrange Street
British Blonde Is Hanged For Murdering Man Who Jilted Her
Ruth Elles a 25 year old divorcee and former model sentenced to death for shooting David Blakely after he jilted her in London. Her execution at Wandsworth Prison drew a large crowd as Prime Minister Lloyd George faced petitions for clemency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ruth Elles
Mit Club
Nm Briain
Walloway
Bert Pierrepoint
Slam
Fenoris
Ellis
Dane
Gnadhy
Gurivm Liloyd-George
Ants
David Blakely
Julian Arthur Nelson
Ruth
Hobby resigns as secretary of health and welfare
Mrs. Oveta C. Hobby today resigned as secretary of health, education and welfare effective August 1. President Eisenhower named Marion B. Folsom, former undersecretary of the Treasury, to succeed her in the Cabinet. He paused the news conference to honor Hobby, recalling her leadership of the WAC in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinglos II
Aveta Culp
Hobby
Eisenhower
Marion B. Folsom
the Treasury
Mrs. Hobby
Ovela
White House
Hobbs
Hohshy
Bids Placed On Two Frederick Residences By State Roads
The State Roads Commission district office sent bids to headquarters for two Frederick residences. About six bids were received for the Joseph Hildebrand house near LS 40 and the former FE Hoff nan property west of Loos 40 and COS 40-4. The district office offered no status on accepted bids, and both buildings must be razed to ground by mid August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Roads Commission
Commission
Baltimore
Conmission
Frederick
Loos
Frederik
Piidebrand
Todas
Integration Advances Across Four Maryland Counties
Desegregation moves progressed in Prince Georges Montgomery Washington and Allegany counties as boards approved non segregated hiring and removal of racial references while awaiting a July 24 fact finding report. Montgomery and Allegany outlined plans to absorb Black students into previously white schools, with Washington and Allegany signaling phased integration and crowding safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amr
Prince Georges
Montgomery
Washington
Allegany
Maryland
Board of Education
Upper Marlboro
Washington County
Nesto
Allegany Board
Cumberland
Frostbur
Washington County Boar
Elks Convention Highlights Youth Programs and Leadership
Delegates at the 91st Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks convention heard that last year the order invested over 3 million dollars in youth programs. W. Dewees EOS, chair of the Grand Lodge Youth Activities Committee, noted widespread lodge involvement across states with 1543 lodges running programs. The gathering near Charleston, with John Lo Walker of Roanoke, Va, to install new officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Tonas
Chatteston
WoVa
Grand Lone Youth Activties
John Lo Walker
Roanoke
Seven American Teens Die In Banff Mountain Avalanche
Bodies of seven American teen boys died during an avalanche on Mt Temple in the Canadian Rockies near Banff. Two other climbers were seriously injured while two escaped with minor hurts. The group of 30 from the Wilderness Club of Philadelphia had been guiding themselves with minimal gear. The dead include Richard and James Bahs, 15, twins from Philadelphia, and William Wise, 15, Souderton PA, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jone
Richard and
James Bahs
Philadelphia
William Wise
Souderton
William Watts
Whitemarsh
Miles Marble
Collegeville
David Chapin
Stamford
Banit National Park
Wilderness Club of
WH Oesner
O. D. Dickenson
Mt. Temple
Canadian Rockies
Grass Fire on Steaner Hill Burns Quarter Acre
A grass fire on Steaner s Hill property of Filmer Van Fleet burned a quarter acre at 10 am today before Brunswick Fire Department's pumper brought it under control. Fredrick and Independent Hose Company provided aid. Captain Charles Wisner said no damage to buildings or equipment on the Van Fleet tract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filmer van Fleet
Brunswick Fire Department
Brunswick Company
Frederick
Independent Hose Company
Atv 25
Charles Wisner
Aries
Wisner
van Fleet
Mahaney Accused In Report Of Snack Bar Scandal
The Tah report accuses William H. Mahaney of steering a department snack bar lease to benefit himself and partners, while a blind man’s snack bar on the 7th floor was halted. The probe, led by Assistant Joseph Sherbow and approved by Attorney General C. Ferdinand Sybert, details prior plans, kickbacks, and a long term basement lease for a lunch room with a $50 monthly rent, plus $1,260 investment and $2,607 broker fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagtingag
Tah
Employment Security Department
William H. Mahaney
Mahaney
Employment Security Board
Alty
Joseph Sherbow
Atty
C. Ferdinand Sybert
Sherbow
Maryland Society For the Blind
Department
Mahoney
Brcker
Sherhon
Joint Group For Planning Is Selected
A Frederick Memorial Hospital board meeting named a three member planning committee to study modernization efforts and keep the board informed. New members Mrs. Ray H. Smith and Mrs. J. Homer Remsberg also joined the board, while the fiscal year closing reports showed 789 patients treated, 595 admitted, 135 discharged, and 123 births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Memoral Hospital
Frank D. Worthington
Harry J. Leichert
Board of Trustees
J. Walker Carty
Board of Managers
Reading
Ray H. Smith
Jug Bridge
Frederick County
Eleven Die In Merced Plane Crash Near Castle AFB
A four engine tanker aircraft crashed near Merced California after departing Castle Air Force Base. Eleven crewmen died on impact or in the ensuing fire. The KC-9TG Stratocruiser was on a refueling test to intercept a bomber flight when it went down about 15 miles northwest of Merced near Cressey. The crash ignited a grain field and caused a fierce blaze. Market declines noted in New York as trading opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merced
Calif. U
Castle Air Force Base
Here
Castile Afb
Cressey
Maryland Tax Revenue Shares Rise for Frederick Area
State Comptroller J Millard Tawes announced checks totaling 7310939.31 are mailed to Frederick city, county and incorporated towns from income tax revenue for the year ending June 20. Frederick area shares include Frederick city 41200.65 and county 10109370 with each town listed, as counties and towns receive about 25 000 more than the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
J. Millard Tawes
Maryland
Frederick County
Tawes
Brunswick
Burkittsville
Emmitsburg
Middletown
Myersville
New Market
Rosemont
Thurmont
Walkersville
Woodsboro
Nis
Step By Step Reunification Proposed For Germany
Moscow proposed a step by step reunification of Germany within an all European collective security system. The Tass statement warned against West or unified Germany joining a military alliance and urged solving the German question gradually as part of Europe wide security. The note came six days before the Geneva Big Four summit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
Germany
Europe
West Germany
Tass
Geneva
Kids Say Not They But Some Parents Delinquent
At the 43rd International Christian Endeavor Conference in Columbus, 2,500 youths drafted a list of delinquency charges. Sample comments from teens include criticisms of parental control and guidance, noting that overbearing or inconsistent parenting can push children toward negative peers and behaviors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
International Christian Endeavor
Larry Hoek
Portland
Ore
Robert Dean
Hether
John Breedveld
Kalamazoo
Mich
Mstna George
Woodlake
Calif
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F. H. S. Shop
Frank Keeler
Folsom
Banff
Slide
Alberta
Blind Man
Snack
Vahaney
Waving Lim
New York
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