Assessment decision withheld on Frederick Shopping Center taxes
The Frederick County Board of County Commissioners delayed an immediate ruling on whether the Frederick Shopping Center Inc. should pay 1957 taxes on a 429,550 assessment after a third hearing. Witnesses testified on subcontractors materials and the status of substantial completion, with the definition remaining at issue as the panel seeks early resolution.
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Board of County Commissioners
Frederick
Grove
Frederick Construction Company
Rockville Brick Company
Wolfe Bros
Ifyersville
Richard F. Kline
Albert H. Cohen
Federick Construction
Joseph M. Kline
Kline
State Tax Commission Hias
State Tax Commission
State Crops Harden Under Maryland Drought
Maryland farmers face severe drought impact with crops like corn tobacco and pastures burned. Social Security payments reach 1.199 million with 1787 retired workers in Frederick County. weather forecasts promise hot humid days with limited rain.
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College Park
Ager
Eine Agriculturek
Foarh
Tuice
Frederick County
Siu
Paul Nystrom
Bottt
Maryland
Arej
King
Haghure
Iserstown
Nystrom
Weather Bureau
Frederick
Baltimore
Department of Agriculture
Record Player Triggers Fatal Family Shootings in Virginia
Police said a 14 year old boy, William Niemi Jr., angered after his parents shut off a record player, fatally shot his sister and mother last night. His father was wounded and another sister injured while trying to disarm him. he planned suicide but failed. Ernest Johnson noted the youth, once in a state training school, admitted firing at his family with a pistol and shotgun.
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Virginia
Minn
Ernest Johnson
William Niemi Jr
Iuv Mivesureeg
Frederick tractor mower driver injured in street collision
Frederick man Charles M. Stine 23 was slightly hurt when his tractor mower collided with a truck on Commerce Street. He received medical treatment and went home. The truck was driven by George H. Droneburg of Frederick as he pulled away from a loading platform at Southern States Frederick Service.
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Frederick
Commerce 1
Charles M. Stine
Commerce Sireet
Ste
Commerce Street
George. H. Droneburg
RFD
Frank Dorsey
Seven Killed In Headon Collision West Of York
Seven people died in a head on crash on U S 30 about four miles west of York Pennsylvania. Three men and four women perished including Dean Diehl and Norman Sauer with Mary Diehl and Esther Noll among the injured. Coroner Dr. Lester Sell said glare from the sun may have caused Diehl to lose control on the three lane highway.
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Headon
York
U. S
Paul Petzarl
Dean Dieh
A. D
East Berlin
George E. ‘Diehl
R. D
Abbottstown
Martha Glatelter
Abbotstown
Norman Sauer
Hanover
Elsie L. K
Dean Diehl
Mary
Esther
Noll
Glatfeher and Hoke
Sauer
Lester Sell
York County
Diehl
Compromise Settles February Car Crash Suit
Nancy Pauline Fogle of Water Street to receive 35000 plus court costs in a circuit court suit against Francis E Metz and Henry Metz Braddock Heights arising from a February 19 1956 collision on the Frederick Baltimore road. The settlement concludes the damages claim filed by her mother Alice M Fogle.
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Frederick
Nancy Pauline Fogle
Waterstreet
Alice M. Fogle
Francis E. Metz
Henry
King Heward J. Lynch
Metz
Francis Metz
Charles Chaplin Jr. Wins Dismissal In Offense Case
In Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge Robert Clifton dismissed a charge against Charles Chaplin Jr. after police said the first offense claim was not accurate. Chaplin, son of the actor, had been arrested at a pool party, while a Beverly Hills record shows prior drunk charges in 1948. The stock market opened strong in New York but quickly gave back gains as profits were taken.
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Los Angeles
Charlesi ‘Chaplin Jr
Chaplin
Beverly Hills
Jane
Zoning Board to Hear FHA Housing Project Plans
A hearing before Frederick’s Zoning Board of Appeals is set for Friday July 26 at 7 p.m. to approve the newest Fred rick Housing Authority low rent project. Planning approval is obtained and final plans may be submitted to Washington. The 75 unit site lies along North Bentz Street between Fifth and Sixth streets and will extend to Klinehart’s Alley. Acquisition of about 35 parcels is under way with eight remaining negotiations. Hearings on other matters are scheduled for July 26 including Salvation Army’s request to build a chapel and garage at 223 West Fifth Street and remodel the existing building for chapel and dwelling.
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Board of Zoning Appeals
Fredrick Housing Authority
North Frederick
Board Ofdermen
Charles JF. Bowers
Public Housing Administration
Washington
North Bentz Street
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Ble
Klinehart
Halftreet
Salvation Army
Zoning Per ‘Mission
West Fifth Street
Dulles Talks NATO Atomic Stockpile Plans
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States studies arming NATO with a stockpile of atomic weapons as a possible reply to alliance needs. He warned a disarmament cut could deny such arms to allies permanently.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
North Atlantic
iTreaty Organization
London
Britain
France
Georgi Zhukov
Central Asia
Molotov
Havel
Khrushchev
Drought Spurs Unusual Sea Nettles In Chesapeake Bay
Dry spell in Anne Arundel County has raised salinity in Chesapeake Bay boosting large sea nettles that sting bathers. Biologist H. H Whaler notes lack of rain created habitat for jellyfish, making baths painful though rarely dangerous. Reports also cite Ike views on civil rights bill provisions.
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Annapolis
Chesapeake Bay
Anne Arundel
H. H Whaler
Chesapeake Bay Institute
Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Temperature drops as dry spell hits county
A 33 degree fall overnight left the county cooler with northwest breezes and a shrinking spillway flow at Fishing Creek reservoir. Caretaker Frank Weddle noted only a trickle over the spillway this morning as City Hall tracked the water situation.
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Fishing Creek Reservoir
Frank Weddle
City Hall
Navy Breaks Air Force Transcontinental Speed Record
Navy pilots set a coast to coast speed record of 2 460 miles in 3 hours 23 minutes 8.1 seconds from Los Alamitos California to Floyd Bennett Field New York. Maj John Glenn Jr and Lt Cmdr Charles Demmler commanded Crusader aircraft. A second craft refueled failed and landed at Albuquerque New Mexico.
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New York
Navy
F&f
Maj
John Glenn Jr
Los Alamitos
Calif
Naval Air Station
Floyd Bennett Field
Glenn
Albuquerque
Cmdr
Charles Demmler
Hesting-on-Hudson
2 Killed, 7 Hurt In Wreck
A head on collision north of Cortland kills Major Ralph Miller Jr. of Washington DC and Vera Cooner of Bamberg South Carolina. Seven others are injured, two in critical condition. State Trooper Robert Manning described the crash as a northbound car veering into the opposite lane.
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Homer
N.Y
Army
Andy
Cares
Ralph” HL Miller Jr
Washington
D.C
Cortland
Counity Village
Irs
Vera Cooner
Bamberg
S.C
Cortland Memorial Hospital
Mary Miller
Byrd Attacks Civil Rights Bill Calling Warren Modern Thaddeus Stevens
Senator Byrd blasted the civil rights bill as a threat to federal power and judges, likening Chief Justice Warren to Thaddeus Stevens. He warned the Supreme Court could seize voting control, and mocked a new investigative commission as witch-hunt machinery invading privacy and jail without jury trials.
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Warren
Thaddeus Stevens
Washington
Thaddeus
Stevens
Supreme Court
Senate
Byrd
Caesar
Brownell
Sniquitowski
Virginia
Eisenhower
Thaddeus Sievers
United States
Thaddeus Sievens
House
Andrew Johnson
Attorney General
Bird
Tights
FEPC
PTA leaders urge focus on community coordination over crafts
Mrs. Fred L. Bull of College Park, president of the Maryland Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations, urged PTA women to drop Dover arranging and millinery programs and become the community’s coordinating force. The 25th annual summer conference opened with 200 attendees registered by opening night. Sessions planned include group dynamics by Dr. Walter B. Waetjen and remarks by Dr. James A. van Zweil.
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College Park
Maryland
Congress of Parent-Teacher Assns
PTA
Fred L. Bull
Dover
Man Admits Storing Body in Trunk After Fatal Shooting
New York police say Edward J. Palakowski, 23, admitted to placing the body of James F. Malloy, 38, in a trunk. He reportedly claimed he meant only to scare Malloy during an argument over borrowed money and that the shooting was accidental.
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New York
Joan Shark
Edward J. Palakowski
James F. Malloy
Missing 36 After Plane Crash Off Biak Island
A Lockheed Neutron airliner carrying 48 aboard crashed into 600 feet of water near Biak Island off New Guinea. Fifty six people were listed missing, 12 rescued, including eleven Dutch passengers and a Dutch stewardess. The flight path was Amsterdam via Manila Jakarta Bangkok Rangoon Karachi Beirut Rome.
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Hague
Netherlands
iFifty
Northwest
New Guinea
KLM
Biak Island
RLAE
Amsterdam
Jway
Manila
Jakarta
Bangkok
Rangoon
Karachi
Beirut
Rome
Navy
Schouten Group
Biak
Stabbed At Rock N Roll Show Leaves Four Wounded
Four persons were stabbed and 20 arrested during fights outside a Dallas auditorium after a rock and roll event. Victims, all white, include Bob Plummer in critical condition with a heart stab wound, Orvin Mobley serious with chest wound, W B Hieatt in fair condition with knife wounds, and Helen Cantu with a hand stab. Police evacuated about 3,000 outside and 3,000 inside amid entertainers.
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Dallass
Auditorium
Bob Plummer
Fort Worth
North Texas State
Denton
Orvin Mobley
Gonzales
NTSC
W. B. Hieatt
Dallas
Helen Cantu
Heat wave bakes central plains as temperatures top 100
Temperatures jumped above 100 in the central Plains and desert regions with readings around 42 to 101 across the nation. The Northeast and Great Lakes stayed cool with night temps in the 40s. Thunderstorms dumped heavy rain in Minnesota then eased as they moved into western Wisconsin.
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Associated Press
Desert
Central Plains
South Atlantic States
Northeast
Great Leakes
Book salesmen charged over unlicensed sales
Two Baltimore men Warren E. Silverman and Gordon W. Mann, ages 19 and 23, were charged under a city ordinance for offering encyclopedias for sale without a license. Each posted $10 collateral for hearings Wednesday after police, prompted by complaints, arrested them around 8 55 p m. Separate arrest of Robert Painter of East South Street for disorderly conduct with $30 collateral followed. arrest by Sergt Denver Shook.
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Warren E. Silverman
Gordon W.mann
Baltimore
Ben Phebus
Wathan Dorsey
Robert Paint Fer
East
James M. Cox Dies At Home In Dayton Ohio
James M. Cox, long time Ohio politician and publisher, dies at 87 in Dayton after a fall and stroke. A three time Ohio governor and 1920 Democratic presidential candidate, Cox led major newspapers and radio TV outlets including WHIO and WSB networks. He was born March 31 1870 and began as a printer before rising to political prominence. He remained active in publishing despite political defeats.
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Dayton
Ohio
James M. Cox
Cox
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
Likle
Dayton Daily News
James Cox Jr
Dayton Journal Herald
Springfield
WHIO
Whio TV
WSB
Wsb-Tv
Atlanta
WCKT
Wckr Radio and TV
Miami
Fila
Jacksonburg
Middletown
Heater
Cincinnati Enquirer
U. S. House of Representatives
G.S
Harding
Pand
Atlanta Journal
Democratev
Senate
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Richard E. Zimmerman
Benjamin. B. Rosenstock
James Ale Sherry
Charles McC. Mathias, Jr
Dorchester
Wi‘combo
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Kent County
Del
Delaware
Charles Chaplin Jr
Zoning Board
Illegal Acts
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Stalin
NATO
Air Force
U.S
Gettysburg
Marshall Morningstar
Adamstown
Adams County
Luckeystown
Potomac
Weverton
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