Car Makers Laying Lines For Battle
Detroit reports a major 1955 auto industry showdown as GM and Ford pursue control. Chrysler plans a bold new line with tests underway, while Chevrolet and others prepare redesigned V-8 models. Industry experts foresee significant styling shifts and possible consolidations among smaller firms.
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Detroit
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Chevrolet
Packard
Studebaker
Nash
Hudson
Kaiser
Willys
Chrysler Proving Grounds
Court News and Cease Fire Report From Paris
Court record lists property deeds in West Virginia with deeds between Jean Yingling and John Rapport along with other transfers. Paris reports the French National Assembly approved the Indochina cease fire by a 471 to 14 vote, praising the Premier. Annapolis notes Gov Mechldin sent Maryland’s No 1 hunting license to President Eisenhower for possible fall duck hunting. Mechldin holds No 2.
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Luc Joseph F. Ramey
Rawson
W. Va
Myrna L. Clevenger
Halltown
Jean Esther Yingling
John R. Rapport
William H. Goodsell
Charles F. Hahen
Charles L. Anglesbee
Game and Inland Fish Commission of Maryland
Paris
French National Assembly
Indochina
Geneva
Assembly
Nimrod
Annapolis
Mecheldin
Eisenhower
Maryland
Carroll County Education Board Faces Enrollment Pressures
Westminister July 24 Carroll County Board of Education discussed rising pupil numbers and the impact on staffing and school facilities. Enrollment rose from 8,229 in 1952-53 to 8,759 in 1953-54, with forecasts of 9,300 in September and about 10,000 in 1955-56, requiring about 80 teachers. Officials cited salary differences, crowded facilities, and budget limits as causes of teacher attrition and outlined projected facility needs around $2,000,000.
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Westminster
Carroll County Board of Education
Vta
Mary ‘Land
Carroll County
Board of Education
Taneytown
Manchester
Hampstead
Mt. Airy
New Windsor
Elmer Wolfe
Polluted Rocky Fountain Run Posted in Buckeystown
Sanitar ians from the County Health Department posted Rocky Fountain Run warning that the Buckeystown stream is polluted with raw sewage from several homes including one linked to typhoid. Dr Forbes H Burgess urged private typhoid vaccination and announced three shot series starting Monday at the Buckeystown schoolhouse with Camp Detrick supplying needles.
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County Health Department
Rocky Fountain Run
Buckeystown
Forbes H. Burgess
Health Department
Burgess
Local Guard Units Headed to Summer Camp
At 8:45 this morning officers and personnel of two local National Guard units left by motor convoy for a two week encampment at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation in Pennsylvania. Advance units had already departed for schooling and barracks prep. An intensive training program is planned for both units. Also noted was a Clothesline Art Exhibit at the Maryland Avenue Playground featuring water color and crayon drawings by 5 to 13 year olds with winners Woodward Roberts Billy Devilbiss Rosalie Showe and Lois Biggs.
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National Guard
Annville
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
State Armory
Playground Art
City Recreation Commission
Maryland Avenue Playground
Woodward Roberts
Billy Devilbiss
Rosalie Showe
Lois Biggs
Maryland Avenue
Denise Darcel seeks dramatic acting over cheesecake fame
Denise Darcel, once billed as the most beautiful girl in France, rejects cheesecake publicity and pursues acting. She quit school at 12, now studies history at Hunter College while rising in film and TV, earning up to 5000 dollars weekly in night clubs. She values talent, education, and love over fame, and explains her shifting self-image and dieting.
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Boyle
New York
Denise Darcel
Paris
France
Denise
America
Hollywood
Beverly Hills
Hunter College
Astings
Weelyam
Lord Baltimore
Maryland
el Morocco
Taneytown to Hold July 29 Southern States Meeting
Taneytown leaders on the Southern States advisory board and farm home advisory committee plan a 7 p.m. July 29 Taney Inn meeting to arrange local participation in Southern States Cooperative’s annual membership session and to nominate candidates for upcoming vacancies. Local members include chairmen Fred Waybright and Mrs. E. P. Shriver with other Taneytown residents and Gettysburg affiliates. Representatives Miller and Silver will also attend along with visiting relatives and recent attendees at regional meetings.
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Taneytown
Southern States Advisory Board
Southern States Farm Home Advisory Committee
Taney Inn
Southern States Co-Operative
Fred Waybright
Luther Angell
David Hess
Allen Bo
Local families share visits across towns and states
Miss Ruth Sauble and Mrs. Edward Sauble return from St. Louis where Sauble attends Bailey Technical School. Delmar Biffle family spent days in Ocean City. Edward Nusbaum and daughters Linda and Neysa visit Boston mother. Mrs Charles Arnold home after visit with Mr Jack Rosewald family. Mrs George Newcomer returns from three week visit in Bowling Green Kentucky.
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Alice
Ruth Sauble
Edward Saubie
Edward Sauble
St. Louis
Saubie
Baily Technical School
Delmar Biffle
Ocean City
Edward Nusbaum
Linda
Neysa
Boston
Mass
Sterling Nusbaum
Charles Arnold
Jack Rosewald
John Michael
Braddock Heights
George Newcomer
E. F. Holland
Bowling Green
Local social notes mention visits across towns and kinship
Lime Kiln area guests include Mrs. J W Watkins and granddaughters Sherry and Ruera of Graham NC with Mr Lacy DeGrange and Bruce DeGrange of Frederick. Others host or visit relatives in Buckerstown Frederick Clarksburg Halethorpe Indian Head and Tazewell plus a roving TV eye bank camera allows monitoring and alert for holdups.
Taylorsville Community Notes and Upcoming Events
Taylorsville families visited relatives in Huntington and Baltimore last week. The Always Looking Ahead class met at the Franklin home with 22 attendees. The Winfield four-church gathering at Ebenezer Hall honors Rev. E K Sawyers and family with a pantry shower on return for their third year. Taylorsville W S C S set August 5 at Vire Trman Wright’s home. The Always Looking Ahead Class sponsors a minstrel play on August 5 in Taylorsville.
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Taylorsville
William Fry
Charles Myers
Huntington
W. Va
Kyle Sawyers
Olivia Price
Baltimore
Harvey Hipsley
Billy
Betty Franklin
Winfield Charge
Ebenezer Hall
E. K. Sawyers
Sue
W.S.C.S
Vire Trman Wright
Vacation Notice And Local News Roundup
Union Bridge Union privit Her and Mrs Dixon A Yaste will be on vacation from July 31 to August 13, the pastor has announced. Mr and Mrs Carl Mulinix and son Terry of Pontiac Michigan who visited here last week returned home Sunday. Mrs Lenore Thompson and granddaughter of Baltimore spent last week visiting her sisters and brother. The class of 1941 of New Windsor High School will hold its annual reunion Saturday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs John Ebmer Smith Wakefield. Miss Helen Rinehart Washington is vacationing with her brother Israel Rinehart and family. The new house of Lewis Crumjacker on Benedum street is nearing completion. Ellsworth Vines, former world champion tennis player, is 1954 California Open golf champion and won at Fort Washington Fresno.
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Union Privit
Dixon A. Yaste
Carl Mulinix
Terry
Pontiac
Mich
Lenore Thompson
Baltimore
T. H. Legg
E. L. Seigman
Goldie Repp
Leslie Q. Repp
New Windsor High School
John Ebmer Smith
Wakefield
Helen Rinehart
Washington
Israel Rinehart
Thunderjet Crashes Into Housing Area at Williams AFB
A disabled Thunderjet crashed into officers housing at Williams Air Force Base in Arizona killing a month-old child and injuring four on the ground. The pilot bailed out after engine trouble near the base. he was injured on landing. Mathew Carl Watry died in the fire. his parents Capt Charles A. Watry and Mrs. Watry of Glendale were seriously burned. A woman and another child were also burned. injuries not yet known. The aircraft had been returning from Del Rio to Luke AFB.
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Calif
del Rio Air Force Base
Tex
Luke Air Force Base
Ariz
Bread Of Life by Rev A P Bailey
An exhortation contrasting human advice with divine guidance. The speaker urges prioritizing God's call over fatigue and worldly duties, citing scripture such as Psalms 46:1 and John 6:63 to emphasize that God's grace and words bring life and strength.
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Rev
A. Purnell Bailey
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