Major Frederick Area Expansion Planned by Maryland Telephone Co
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of Maryland received board approval to spend 618000 on fall 1957 expansion projects in Frederick. A 184000 portion funds additional cable and aerial wire to relieve demand from South West and East Frederick and extend lines from Central Office to Braddock Heights and Jefferson.
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Maryland
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
W. Griffin Morre
Frederick
Square Corner
Court Street
Patrick Street
Braddock Heights
Washington Pike
Jefferson
Liamsville Road
Carl ¥. Weakley
Frederck
Hare
Weakley
Telephone Company
Knowland vows to stay in session all winter to push civil rights
Senate Republican Leader Knowland says his forces will remain in session through winter if needed to pass civil rights legislation. After a White House meeting with President Eisenhower he asserts Eisenhower opposes adding a jury trial provision and warns against obstructionism. A second item notes a fifth successful IGY rocket launch from a U.S. base 140 miles up.
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Washington
Senate
Knowland
White House
Eisenhower
California
Three-Year Term Imposed for Lookout Role in County Robbery
Baltimore man Carl Edward Underwood, once on probation for prior burglaries, receives a three year term in the Reformatory for Males, suspended at trial, now put into effect by Chief Judge Patrick M Schnaufer. The case ties to a 1956 Harford County breaking and entering and grand larceny conviction and a 1954 probationary period marked by late nights and job changes. State's Attorney Samuel W Barick prosecuted. A Pennsylvania detainer related to a separate snack bar burglary is noted.
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Reformatory
Patrick M. Schnaufer
Carl Edward Underwood
Harford
Bel Air
Underwood
Frederick County
Harford County
Department of Parole and Probation
Schnauffer
Baltimore
Ferrell
Samuel W. Barick
Pennsylvania
Midsummer heat and storms sweep most regions
The AP reports little change in heat across the nation with hot humid conditions and general chances of showers and thunderstorms. Dry spells linger in the Great Lakes and Pacific Coast while the Northeast sees beneficial rain that boosts crops. eastern Long Island receives a million dollar downpour.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Long Island
York
Hudson Valley
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Plains
North Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
Kidney Illness Puts Jackson In Hospital
Jackson rushed to Meadowbrook hospital after a 10th round defeat by Floyd Patterson. Doctors reported blood in the urine and 102 fever, with tests to determine cause. He lives in St Albans and was described as fair but affected by the bout.
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East Meadow
N.Y
Tommy
Hurricane Jackson
Floyd Patterson
Meadowbrook Hospital
Georgia Jackson
Jackson
George Erickson
Samuel Swetnick
New York State Athletic Commission
Ruby Goldstein
Patterson
St. Albans
Queens
Nassau County
Brish touts benefits of closed circuit education
Washington County superintendent William Brish told about 200 teachers that educational television eases teacher load and sharpens focus for students. He cited a geometry lesson using elastic bands and noted TV classrooms reduce discipline problems while allowing two teaching staffs to run lessons and supervision.
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College Park
Brish
Fulio Education
Ore
Wteaumna Ty
William Brish
Washington County
Mmany Wi
le Leeee Denis
Bish
University of Maryland
City Bicycle Inspection Set to Begin Monday in Frederick Parks
Frederick police announce a city wide bicycle inspection and registration drive starting Monday August 5. Inspectors will visit parks including Rose, Brigadoon, South End, Harmon Field, Staley, Linden Hills, and Rosedale, with registration requiring last year cards and new green plates.
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Anual
Frederick City
Story Road
West Fourth
Fourth Street
Rose
Con- Baker Park
North Market Street
Westbrook
West Fourth Street
Day
West Patrick Street
Mary
Patrick
South End Park
South Market
Memistreet
Brigadoon
Alli Bers
The
Frederick Optimist
South Market Street
Optimirs
Richard Brigadoon
Rathvin
Third Street Park
Russell Potis
Hike
East Seventh
East Patrick
East Street
Harmon Field
Staley Park
Alljand
North Market
Patrick Street
Mill Brigadoon
Austerity Measures In France Take Effect With New Tax Rates
France’s austerity program goes into effect with the Official Journal publishing new tax schedules. Sales taxes rise sharply on luxury items including motor cars, scooters, jewelry, cameras, radios, and appliances. The report also notes court action in a separate condemnation case and river conditions in Buckeystown and Weverton.
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Parisp
France
Official
Boys Loosened Switch Cause Train Wreck Near Winnipeg
Canadian National Railway officials said two brothers ages six and eight loosened a switch that derailed a Montreal to Vancouver train 26 miles east of Winnipeg. The wreck injured 16 and damaged 350 yards of track. seven cars jackknifed or overturned as the train, traveling about 60 mph, piled onto the main line. The boys were questioned with their parents. charges were not yet determined.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canadian National Railway
Montreal
Vancouver
Friendsville Safecrackers Net $37000 in Thefts
In Friendsville, two burglars ripped a wall safe at FEI Fox and Sons Hardware, fleeing with 22060 in cash and 5250 430 in bonds. Sheriff James E. Frantz said the front door was forced and the inner lock was breached while receipts from the gas business were stored in the safe. Arnold Fox reported the break occurred Sunday night into Monday morning as the family operated businesses in the town’s northwest tip.
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Friendsville
Garrett County
James E. Frantz
FEI
Fox and Sons Hardware
Arnold Fox
U.S
Enox
Frantz
Billy Graham calls for world moral and spiritual resurgence
New York Billy Graham urged the United Nations to back a global revival of morality and faith before lasting national success. He met Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and told reporters that revamping human nature through Christ is essential and that enduring peace hinges on the Second Coming, potentially a thousand years away.
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New York
Billy Graham
U.S
Deg Hammargkjold
U.N
Hammarskjold
Jesus Christ
Christ
Rhyne Inaugurated as Youngest ABA President
Charles S. Rhyne was inaugurated today as the youngest president in American Bar Association history and urged lawyers worldwide to craft atomic era laws to enable peaceful coexistence.
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Rayne
London
Charles S. Rhyne
American Bar Assn
Retiring Secretary Dr Thomas iTo to Lead Baptist Festival
Dr Thomas iTo will retire as general secretary of the Maryland Fire Company and the opening sessions of the annual Maryland Baptist Summer Asset program will name successors. Prizes include best appearing units and floats with cash awards, a business meeting to elect officers, and a carnival by the Thormont firemen ongoing this week at the carnival grounds.
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Peremarerepretaraes Caty
Clifton C. Thomas
Feral
Maryland’ Fire Company
Spearance
Maryland Baptist Summer Assetl
Jing Independent
Hood College
Thormont Firemen
Guardian Hose Company
Thurmont
East Thurmont
East Main Street
Church Street
Boundary Avenue
Boundary
Frederick
Maryland Baptists hold sessions in Coffman Chapel
The conference opens Monday evening in Coffman Chapel with Rev. Dr. W. C. Coone outlining the theme World Missions At The Enlisted. A reception honors Rev. Dr. Thomas at the Woodwards home Wednesday afternoon for Maryland Baptist pastors and wives and other guests.
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Coffman Chapel
W. C. Coone
Kentucky Baptists
World Missions
Robert W. Woodward
First Baptist Church
Woodward
Thomas
Maryland Baptist
Maryland Baptist Summer Assembly
Niemann A. Brunk
James S. Crist
Dr. Thomas
Maryland
Open Skies focus during Dulles talks in London
In London Secretary of State Dulles pushes Eisenhower open skies plan amid disarmament talks with Harold Stassen and Selwyn Lloyd. He notes aerial inspection could deter surprise attacks and aid East West arms reductions while Geneva talks provide context. In Anderson a man rescues a baby from a 35 foot well, crowd cheers.
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London
Dulles
Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
U.N
Kies
Iron Curtain
Geneva
Anderson
S.C
Death Toll For Quake Stands At 66
A 300 man crew searched rubble of a five story Mexico City apartment block for quake victims. By today 32 bodies had been recovered and one more died, raising total deaths in the city to 52 and countrywide to 66.
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Mexico City
Thore
Acapulco
Taxco
Guadalajara
Azarelia
Toluca
Puebla
Oaxaca
Veracruz
Chilpancingo
Istate
Guerrero
State Roads Commission
Fort Detrick
Seventh
Fourth Street
Herbert W. Duvall
Leo T. Duvall
Maryland
Seventh Street
Pike
Frederick
Mary Island
James McSherry
Commission
July Ends With Heat Wave And Low Rainfall
July finishes with continued heat and high humidity and little rainfall likely to raise normal levels. July 9 marks the ninth day with temperatures at 90 or above, below normal for the period. City water use Monday surpassed 3.3 million gallons with most from mountain sources. A storm reportedly passed Emmitsburg with light shower. Cruise ends in death from carbon monoxide poisoning aboard the Typee near Honolulu.
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Airport
Emmitsburg
Fishing Creek
Singapore
William B. Burall
Honolulu
Richard A. Dole
Ice-Cold Watermelons for Children Wednesday
Watermelons will be ready for the youngsters at Baker and Mullinix Parks Wednesday for the Frederick Elks Club annual tree feast. The event starts at 3 30 p m and invites all children under 14 to eat as much as they can.
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Baker and Mullinix
Frederick Elks Club
Hen Lays 17 Eggs in Five Days on New Jersey Farm
Poultry farmer John Delaporte reports one Leghorn hen at his Reaville farm near Flemington laid 17 eggs in a five day stretch during a July heat wave. He sent the bird to Rutgers for observation as temperatures neared 190 degrees, while other chickens suffered from the heat.
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New Brunswick
John Delaporte
Delaporte
Leghorn i
Rutgers University
Agriculture Experiment Station
Reaville
Flemingston
New York
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Frederick County Roads Board
Frank Keefer
Cadam
Catoctin Mount Fire Towers
Tain
Gambril State Park
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Hamilton Homes, Inc
Board of Education
Hamilton Homes
Frederick High School
Robert E. Clapp, Jr
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
McSherry
Buckeystown
Potomac
Weverton
Fox Hardware Store
Thomas iTo
Thurmom
SRC
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