Bidding for East Frederick elementary school approved
The Board of Education authorized bids on the new East Frederick elementary school to be opened by August 20. The 600 foot eastern outskirts site along Route 40 will host a single story brick building with a multipurpose room, classrooms, and a bus porch. Efforts include updated water and sewer, and a Liberty junior high addition nearing completion as bids for interior painting are sought.
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Board of Education
East Frederick
Eugene W. Pruitt
Roy Crum
Liberty Junior High School
Liberty
J. Vernon Coblentz
Senator Goldstein
Cumberland
Geraldine Places
New Market
Eleanor P. Collins
Walkers‘ville
Hilda B. Greene
North Market Street
William Fazenbaker
Elm Street
Keith Janicke
Emmitsburg High
Dorothy Bensinger
Thurmont
Leon Frisby
Ruby Patterson
Lincoln High
Esther Hager
Harry E. Grine
Brunswick
William W. Sherrick
Mildred F. Price
Walkersville
Catherine D. Williams
Frances L. Hack
Edith Hill
Lincoln
Walter D. Lee
Elizabeth McDonough
Frances Shores
Harvey L. Price
Frederick High
Fishermen's Bodies Recovered From River Near Charles Town
In Charles Town West Virginia two fishermen Charles Roy Osbourn thirty one Abner Mason Wiands forty two were drowned after stepping into a deep hole in the Shenandoah river. State Police and volunteers labored twenty eight hours to recover the bodies from the water where they had been wading for bait.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Shenandoah River
Charles Roy Osbourn
Abner Mason Wiands
Osbourn
Wiands
No Break Imminent In Torrid Spell
Showers and light north breezes offered relief from extreme heat yet no major break is likely. Forecaster expects temperatures near 90 again tomorrow with thundershowers possible on Thursday as humidity remains high and cooling breezes ease conditions. Water supplies hold steady as spillways and creeks show healthy flows.
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Frederick
Fishing Creek Reservoir
Linganore Creek
Tuscarora Creek
Heavy Rains Boost Eastern Shore Crops and Maryland Agriculture
A weekly crop survey shows heavy rains on Maryland's Eastern Shore aiding tomatoes cantaloupes watermelons and sweet potatoes while droughtier areas from Baltimore to Hagerstown face moisture shortages. Farmers report a generally fine crop season with corn benefited by hot weather and early fruit being harvested.
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College Park
Maryland
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Two Killed In Crash On Route 340
Harpers Ferry West Virginia July 24 two local men were killed when a tractor trailer slid down a hill on U S 340 and struck a car near Shenandoah bridge. Leon Bussard 28 Thurston Smyre 27 died. Lewis Kenney survived after hospital treatment. John L Kaye the truck driver was cited with wet roads cited as cause.
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Harpers Ferry
W. Va
New Shenandoah Bridge
Leon Washington Bussard
Bolivar
Thurston E. Smyre
Charles Town General Hospital
Lewis M. Kenney
Bussard
J. R. Rightmire
John Lewis Kaye
Rawson
Baltimore
Rightmire
Smyre
Kenney
Powhatan Brass Works
Charles Town
House set to vote on Acheson payroll removal plan
Washington July 24 House critics pressed to remove Secretary Acheson from the payroll as amendments to the State, Justice and Commerce Departments money bill loom. Rep Phillips backed by Republicans and Southern Democrats drafts a measure denying department funds to pay officials tied to foreign governments for five years before appointment. Rooney calls it a blunderbuss that could affect Dulles and ambassadors and warns it violates the constitutional ban on bills of attainder.
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Washington
House
State Department
Acheson
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Truman Administration
Rep
Phillips
R-Calif
Rooney
D-Ny
John Foster Dulles
Pocketbook Recovered by Honest Mt. Rainier Man
A Mt. Rainier resident lost a pocketbook containing 48.68 while passing West Patrick Street. Roland W. Harbaugh of Mt. Rainier and Braddock Heights found it near Miller and Cave's barber shop and notified police. The owner, after tracing his steps to Hagerstown, was connected to Harbaugh by phone and the pocketbook was returned.
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Mt. Rainier
Miller and Cave
West Patrick Street
Roland W. Harbaugh
Braddock Heights
Mr. Rainier
Hagerstown
Mr. Harbaugh
Chili The Cougar Returns Home After Skirmish
In Portland Oregon July 24 Chili the 100 pound cougar is returned home after a police brief confrontation. The owner disputes reports of danger calling her a playful child who sometimes roughs dogs. Police and zoo keepers seized the cat then returned it to its owner.
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Portland
Ore
Chili the
Chili
Louis Miller
J. Kendall Hockensmith
Study Plan For Fusing Five Armies Washington
United States officials assess over weekend proposal to fuse armies and finances of France Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Western Germany into a single five nation defense and finance ministry under unified command. Eisenhower faces NATO maze while Britain weighs joining the Schumann plan style integration as U S officials see potential unit defense but question who pays and how to standardize arms and training.
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Washington
United States
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Germany
Eisenhower
Great Britain
London
Britain
Multi Dial Controller For New Traffic Light
City lineman Max Kehne announced a new interconnected multi dial controller at Seventh and Bentz streets to automatically adjust light cycles at peak times. The system increases Seventh street green time to 65 percent per cycle, aiming to ease congestion from Camp Detrick traffic. Mayor Donald B. Rice said a second light for Second and East streets is expected to be installed this week.
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Seventh and
Bentz Streets
Seventh Street
Max Kehne
Camp Detrick
Donald B. Rice
Admiral Sherman’s Body En Route Home
Admiral Sherman’s body travels home from Naples on a four engine Navy transport carrying the late admiral, aged 54, whose 33 year career began and ended in the Mediterranean. An Italian guard and band gave honors before takeoff at 10 14 a m est and the aircraft is due in Washington at 3 p m est tomorrow. He died after two heart attacks in a Naples hotel suite while on a rapid tour of Atlantic pact countries.
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Naples
Italy
U.S. Navy
Forrest P. Sherman
Navy
U. S
Street Collapses As Auto Falls Into 35 Foot Hole
In West Philadelphia a street over a 60 year old sewer collapsed last night causing an unoccupied 1951 car to drop 35 feet into the hole. Nearby blocks have suffered similar collapses in history with one death and numerous injuries. About 100 residents were ordered to evacuate seven apartment houses and a cavern was sealed as a precaution. Repair work has occurred over the past two decades.
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Philadelphia
Migrant labor arrives for Frederick corn canning season
About 100 to 150 migrant workers from Atmore Alabama arrive to staff Thomas and Company canning plants in Frederick Adamstown and Gaithersburg. They stay in barracks near South Wisner Street, screened by the Employment Service, supplementing local labor amid a nationwide shortage and may also pick corn in contracted fields before returning home after the season.
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Alabama
Thomas and Company
Frederick
Adamstown
Gaithersburg
O'Leary
South Wisner Street
G. Frank Thomas
Thomas
Atmore
Ala
Employment Service
Convictions Appealed To Circuit Court In Brunswick
James R. Glascock appeals a Brunswick case charging Charles L. Moats with operating an automobile while under the influence of liquor. Edwin F. Nikirk represents Glascock in circuit court. Austin Arnold of Austin has appealed two Police Court drunkenness convictions. Magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr. first fined Arnold $100 plus costs or 90 days in jail on June 27, then on July 8再 received a 90 day jail sentence.
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Charles L. Moats
Brunswick
James R. Glascock
Edwin F. Nikirk
Glascock
Austin Arnold
Wilbur F. Sheffield, Jr
Arnold
Man Who Stole Patrol Car Faces Charges
Aubrey Nichols, 31, took a patrol car from Germantown Hospital after its driver abandoned it to aid an accident victim. He led officers on a chase, claiming it was a ride. Nichols was booked on larceny and drunken driving charges.
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Philadelphia
Aubrey Nichols
Germantown Hospital
Nichols
Lifesaving line worker struck by lightning in Ocean City
Robert Warren Vincent, 19 year old trouble shooter for the Eastern Shore Public Service Company, was killed while working atop a power pole near Ocean City Maryland last night. The tragedy highlights dangers faced by utility crews in storm conditions and the incident is being investigated by local authorities.
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Ocean City
Robert Warren Vincent
Eastern Shore Public Service Company
Here
Condition of Streams Report at Ceresville and Knox Iville
A weather style note reports Monocaty cloudy at Ceresville. Potomac clear on the Maryland side and cloudy on the Virginia side at Knox Iville.
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Ceresville
Potomac
Maryland
Virginia
Knox Iville
Oil Talks Hit Snag Over Iran Oil Nationalization Details
Tehran July 24 Iran and United States special envoy W Averell Harriman faced a snag in talks with Iranian officials over oil nationalization details. Both sides submitted proposals on ownership and operation of oil resources and distribution while seeking a compromise before resuming formal negotiations with Britain. Britain signaled not to participate in management unless Iran refrains from interference, but remains open to a compromise on nationalization with experts allowed to run operations.
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Tehran
Iran
Truman
W. Averell Harriman
Warriman
Oil Nationalization Board
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
Harriman
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Badan
Persian Gulf
Foreign Office
London
Rail Work Nears Finish on East Street Corridor
Installation of heavy rails on East street between Church and Second streets is near completion by a crew of 25 to 30 Pennsylvania Railroad workers. Work there will cut East and Church streets to traffic briefly for an intersection installation. Mayor Rice was notified that sufficient rail is on hand to extend improvements north to Third Street, with future blacktop work planned to level the road bed between Patrick and Church streets after the rail settles.
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East Street
Church and
Second Streets
Pennsylvania Railroad
Patrick
Church Street
East
Church Streets
Donald B. Rice
Third Street
Third
Fourth Streets
Indo China Reds At Peiping
A Chinese Red radio in Peiping says an Indo-Chinese Communist delegation led by Hoang Quoc Viet arrived to strengthen ties with China and Vietnam. It notes the group opposes the Bao Dai government while avoiding details of actions to come. Western observers link potential power use to Korea and possible strikes abroad.
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San Francisco
Chinese Red Radio
Indo- China
Peiping
China
Vietnam
Th Peiping
Associated Press
Hoang Quoc Viet
National United Front
Bao Dai
Indo-China
Korea
Reds Stand Firm On Korea Troop Withdrawal Push
Moscow radio cites Communist negotiators at Kaesong demanding foreign troop withdrawals from Korea. The Russian report, monitored in Tokyo, quotes Kaesong representatives urging a final solution. Armistice talks were to resume at 8:00 p.m. local time.
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Tokyo
Moscow
Kaesong
Korea
U.S
Korean Central News Agency
IL A. Im
Eighteen From Here Among 200 At Hood Meeting
Frederick city and county residents are among the more than 200 attendees from Maryland at the Lutheran Synod Summer School at Hood College this week. The largest group hails from Baltimore with about 90 participants. Baltimore and Frederick counties share the conference’s reader ship, with many staff and attendees listed from both areas.
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Frederick City
Maryland
Lutheran Synod
Hood College
Baltimore
Frederick County
Mowery
Reisz
Morris G. Zumbriin
Jefferson
Ralph H. Miller
Brunswick
Virgil W. Doub
Middletown
Mardare Heinzerling
Margaret B. Ballard
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Agnes Kuhlman
R. N
Baltimore City Hospitals
Amy Jean Boone
R. E. Bowers
Katherine Bussard
Erma Doty Bussard
Ada Derr
Howard O. Flogk
W. V. Garrett
Bessie Hahn
Sadie C. Hahn
Harry James
Arlene Layman
Annabelle Newman
David Oland
Martha Poole
Theodore Reeder
Calvin Schildknecht
Frederick
Geraldine Sue Ortison
Adamstown
Miller
Floy
June
Margaret Huffer
Edith Fink
Maynard Hawker
Carroll County
Mary V. Smith
Taneytown
Mary Frances Wampler
Ellen Frock
Westminster
Nancy Jane Brightwell
Martha Jane Condon
Woodbine
Ethel Ruth Hauck
Union Bridge
Virginia Bausi
Anna Marie Devilbiss
Uniontown
Normal Midday Heat Across Much Of United States
The Associated Press reports a near normal midsummer day with hot temperatures across the southern half of the nation and the Rocky Mountain region. Cooler conditions tracked into the northeast and lower Michigan while rain spread from New Mexico and Texas toward the Ohio River. Malden Missouri saw nearly three inches of rain in 12 hours amid showers in the Gulf states. Las Vegas Nevada hit 108 degrees and Boise Idaho 103. In Korea, President Syngman Rhee urged Koreans to resist making the 38th Parallel the divider again, at a ceremony marking his third inauguration anniversary with over 1,000 officials present.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountain
North Central
Michigan
New Mexico
Texas
Ohio River
Malden
Gulf States
Las Vegas
Nev
Boise
Ida
Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
North
South Korea
Loitering Charge In Railroad Yards
Charles Oliver Jones of Greensboro North Carolina was arrested early today by Sergt Potts and Officer Carty on a loitering charge in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yards. He was held under five dollars and costs for a hearing.
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Charles Oliver Jones
Greensboro
N.C
Sergt. Potts
Officer Carty
Baltimore and Ohio
Five Day Outlook for Maryland and Delaware
Five day forecast calls for scattered brief showers or thunderstorms across the region with most days seeing showers. Temperatures will run near or slightly above seasonal normals, with humidity remaining noticeable in the afternoons.
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Maryland
Delaware
Pyongyang Radio Signals No Answer On Armistice Talks
United Nations negotiators expect a yes or no from North Korea on the armistice agenda as Pyongyang radio hints a negative reply. The U N position remains that troop withdrawal is a political issue to be decided after hostilities stop. Allied air power pressed the war effort as ground fighting eases during the armistice recess.
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U.N
Ko‘yeo
United Nations Lince
Kaesong
Pyongyang
U. N
Korea
United States
Red Radio
U. S
South Korea
North Korean
Rag Warehouse Fire at Congoleum-Nairn Plant
Fire broke out at the Congoleum-Nairn Inc plant rag warehouse in Cedarhurst near Westminster. Spontaneous combustion touched off 250 tons of baled rags and the blaze burned about three hours before volleunteer firefighters from eight communities contained it. No damage estimate yet. operations not interrupted. Fire crews from Westminster and neighboring towns responded.
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Westminster
Congoleum-Nairn, Inc
Cedarhurst
Hearing Set In Rout zahn Delinquency Case Friday
A juvenile court hearing is scheduled for Friday at 10 a.m. in the case of Earl L Routzahn of this city charged by the county probation officer with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. In the same session a 14 year old colored youth will be heard regarding a garage burglary at Lime Kiln by the M J Grove Company in which about 100 dollars was stolen. The youth has prior delinquent act charges. Deed Recorded A deed was recorded in the clerk's office for the sale of 13 North Wisner street from William H Goodsell and wife to Richard E Angleberger and wife for about 4000 dollars. Broad Advance New York July 24 A broad advance in the stock market carried prices higher despite occasional profit taking.
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Earl L. Routzahn
M. J. Grove Company
Lime Kiln
North Wisner Street
William H. Goodsell
Richard E. Angleberger
BROAD
New York
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Richard C. Randal, Jr
Christine Rose Meinl
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Dorothy J. Strathern
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Brunswick High
Arthur F. Lakin, Jr
Hattie Mainhart
Walkersville High
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Joyce Whalen
Dolores Berry
John M. Scott
Irene Banks
Chili the Cougar
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