Meckling Convicted in Sinking Disaster Case
Federal Judge R Dorsey Watkins found skipper John Meckling guilty of negligence endangering life and property in the August sinking that killed 14. He received a suspended one year sentence with no fine. The case tied to the Levin J L Keller and Sons project and a new Frederic high school on Annapolis base grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
R. Dorsey Watkins
John Meckling
Meckling
Fredery
Ick
Annapolis
Levin J.' L. J. Keller and Sons
Frederick
Marvel
North Beach
Thej
Connic
Coast Guard ‘Board Investi
Board of Education
Keller
Fisher's Plumbers and Heaters
Baker and Anderson
Winchester
J. M. Seney and Company
Food Service
Potomac Synod Opens Annual Meeting at Hood College
The seventeenth annual Potomac Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church meets Wednesday to Friday at Hood College. Rev. Dr. Eyster presides, with speakers Rev. Stein and Rev. Dr. Lentz. Delegates from 101 congregations in MD, VA, WV and DC attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Synod of the
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Hood College
Frederick D. Eyster
Joseph S. Stein
Middle Atlantic Conference of
Congregational Christian Churches
J. E. Lentz
General Council
The
Evangelical and Reformed Denomination
Potomac Synod
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Tthe College
Brodbeck Hall
Paul E. Strauch
J. T. Hammond Jr
Andrew G. Truxal
General Synod
Coffman Chapel
Truxal
Mr. Stein
William F. Wiley
Eyster
Glock Hen Tee
Ofolar
Housing Authority Makes 12th Tax In Lieu Payments
The Housing Authority of the City of Frederick made its 12th annual payments in lieu of taxes to Mayor John A. Derr and to the Board of County Commissioners. Each body receives 5 percent of shelter rent totaling 2077.13 dollars. The Authority operates Taney Homes Lincoln and Carver Apartments and seeks a federal loan for a new project in north Frederick. Board members include Dertzbaugh Mathias Bayton Shipley Schroeder with Shaw as secretary treasurer and executive director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housing Authority
City of
Frederick
John A. Derr
Board of County Commissioners
Taney Homes
West Sixth
Seventh Streets
Lincoln
South Bentz
DeGrange Streets
Carver
Stine Lane
Madison Streets
Breaks at Supper Burn Two Jefferson Helpers
Two Jefferson residents Mrs. Berkeley Pearson and Robert Rice assisted at a church supper at Jefferson Hall when a pot handle broke causing hot string beans to spill. They were treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital and are recovering at home. The overflow spilled as a helper moved the pot from the stove and both slipped, dipping into the hot beans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Jefferson Hall
Berkeley Pearson
Robert Rice
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Maryland Firemen Set Four Day State Convention in Annapolis
A four day Maryland State Firemen’s Association convention opens June 19 in Annapolis with an officers banquet at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Gov. McKeldin and Mayor Derr will greet delegates from Ohio West Virginia and Maryland. Activities include receptions sessions talks by University of Maryland officials and a parade and Firemen’s Ball culminating Friday with a banquet and executive meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Scott Keyote
Association
Ohio
West Virginia
T. R. McKeldin
John A. Derr
State Armory
Ted C. Gardner
James W. Minter
Derr
Delbert $. Null
Frederick County
Phil Ryan
Charles E. Carlton
Virginia State Firemen’s Association
Wallace Hicks
Steinberg
College of Engineering
University of Maryland
Robert C. Burns
Fire Service Extension
Maryland State Ladies Auxiliary
Elda Schell
Bessie Marshall
Charleston
W. Va
Ira Bird Kirkland
Maryland House of Delegates
Maryland
City Opera
Man Dies Preparing To Leave For Funeral
Robert Thomas Sheets Sr. 30 died at 10:10 a m at 322 Thomas Avenue from a sudden heart attack while preparing to take a relative to a Baltimore funeral. He served in World War II, was a Fort Detrick police guard, Amvets member, and Methodist. survived by wife Eileen, son Robert Jr., mother, two sisters, and other relatives. Body at 106 East Church Street funeral home. arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Avenue
Robert Thomas Sheets Sr
Mr. Sheets
Baltimore
Herman Baublitz
New Market
Myrtlin Sheets
Sheets
Amvets
Fort Detrick
Eileen May Crummitt Sheets
Robert Thomas Sheets Jr
Charles H. Long
Lalter Hoffman
East Church Street
M. R. Etchison and Son
Victory For Mollet Seen
Paris observers predicted Premier Guy Mollet would win a confidence vote in the National Assembly after a three day debate on France policy in Algeria. Mollet proposed one vote on the entire government program, forcing choices for Communists and extreme rightists amid divide over Algeria suppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Guy Mollet
National Assembly
France
Algeria
Mollet
New French Operations in Algeria Prompt Fresh Rebel Falls
In Algeria the French launched two military strikes after a four day eastern Algeria engagement. One attack near Mt Bou Kahil south of Bou Sda reportedly killed 19 rebels and seized 21 firearms and a radio transmitter. A western operation included Moroccan deployed 4th Infantry Division advancing from Mar nia toward the Taras Mountains near the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Algeria
Mt. Bou Kahil
Bou Sda
Morocco
Mar‘nia
Mediterranean Sea
Taras Mountains
Two Men Plead Guilty to Damaging City Property
Pleading guilty before Trial Magistrate Wilbur F Sheffield Jr this morning Russell E Hewitt and Charles E Fultz both of Mountaindale were sentenced to 60 days in Frederick county jail for wanton destruction of city property on the Frederick City watershed. They admitted breaking at least 40 window lights demolishing eight sashes and a door in a building on watershed property causing an estimated $100 in damage. Collateral forfeited by multiple individuals listed with fines. Arrested by City Detective Sgt A Norman Dietz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr
Frederick City
Mountaindale
Russell E. Hewitt
Charles E. Fultz
Frederick County
Norman Dietz
Chas. M. Bradshaw
LeGore
Mad
Norman C. Murray
Hagerstown
U. S. 40 West
Eldred L. Biggs
Baltimore
U.S. 40 West
Robert D. Rodgers
Sligo
Guy R. Swomley
Frederick
Yellow Springs
Rosalie L. Ward
Spring Run
iSt
Adenauer to Visit Washington for Talks and Talks
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will arrive in New York next Saturday for a week of informal talks with President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles. He will receive an honorary degree from Marquette University and speak at Yale University and the Executives' Club in Milwaukee before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Konrad Adenauer
Eisenhower
Dulles
United States
Marquette University
Milwaukee
Adenauer
New York
Yale University
New Haven
Conn
Yale
State Department
White House
Council On Foreign Relations
Chicago
Executives’ Club
Marquette
Walter Hallstein
Federal Republic
Foreign Office
Konrad Jr
Libeth Werhahn
Pleasant Weather Across Eastern U S With Western Cool Bleak Pockets
Weather across the eastern third of the United States remained pleasant while western areas faced wet windy and cool conditions. Strong winds up to 40 mph raged in Idaho Montana and Nevada with freezing readings at Mullan Pass Idaho and new snow. Temperatures fell below normal across three states as rain and scattered showers moved through the central Rockies and Southern Plains. Meanwhile the South baked with 90s and highs over 100 in Texas and the southwest Deser t region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Montana
Idaho
Nevada
Mullan
Pass
Boise
Rockies
Plains
Oklahoma
Kansas
Great Lakes
Texas
South- West
Desert
Presidio
Tex
Make Reservations For Pittsburgh Game
Milwau keen couple Mr and Mrs Oscar Stargo booked an October Pirates World Series trip, prompting hotel manager John N Penn to note the reservation and its surprising lack of address details. The Pirates led the National League after Brooklyn defeated Milwaukee 3 0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh Pirates
John N. Penn
Oscar Stargo
Penn
Pirates
Brook Jlyn
CED Urges Two Billion Dollar Tax Cut Plan
Washington reports the Committee for Economic Development backs a tax cut of two billion dollars or more starting January 1 if the budget stays in the black. The group describes itself as a nonprofit economic research body funded by business. A second item notes Maj. Stanley L. Souders 35—among five Air National Guardsmen killed May 10—was recovered in Chesapeake Bay. A Navy test at White Sands Proving Ground fails to launch a stock rocket 138 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee For Economic Development Today
CED
Baltimore
Stanley L. Souders
Air National
Germantown-Dickerson Boom Starts Housing Development
The Harry Armstrong Land and Development Company plans a 125 home project on the Carlisle Farm near Sugar Loaf Mountain in upper Montgomery County. Builders Carlisle-Steverson and Franklin Carlisle target white collar workers with California style, three-quarter acre lots, private utilities, and prices from 13 000 to 15 000 dollars. The site lies near Md 419, Dickerson Junction, and the Stronghold area, about ten miles from the Atomic Energy site and two miles from the Pepco plant, with immediate financing planned from Frederick W Berens Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery County
Atomic Energy
German
Town
PEPCO
Dickerson
near-Dickerson
Sugar Loaf
Harry Armstrong Land and ‘Development Company
Carlisle-Stev Jenson Company
Franklin’ Carlisle
G. Armstrong! Stevenson
Carlisle
Sugar Loaf Mountain Road
Frederick County
Stronghold
Aea
Stevenson
Washington Road
Frederick W. Berens Inc
Silver Spring
Washington
Germantown
Potomac
Atomic Energy Building
Saar Returns to Germany Narrowly After Franco German Accord
West Germany and France reached an early morning agreement on transferring the Saar valley to Germany. The pact outlines a three year transition for France Saar economic ties, continued French coal rights, and a plan to build a Moselle Rhine canal. If the treaty takes effect the Saar becomes German on January 1, 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luxembourg
Guy Mollet
Konrad Adenauer
Saar
Germany
West Germany
France
Moselle
Rhines
Iran
Great Lorraine
Heinrich von Brentano
Maurice Faure
Dike Break in Colorado Triggers Major Flood Damage
A 60 foot dike at Georgetown Colorado collapsed sending a torrent down Clear Creek Canyon. The flood smashed nine bridges and washed away a 100 foot section of US 640. One man injured and damage exceed $200000 as Idaho Springs endured much of the impact. A sedan driven by Arthur Williams escaped but suffered cuts. Temperatures drop and winds may have aided the breach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Colo
Pam
Clear Creek Canyon
U. S
Idaho Springs
Denver
Arthur Williams
Wheat Ridge
Clear Creek
Williams
Cyprus Governor Targeted by Threatening Leaflets
A speeding car scattered leaflets in Manchester threatening death to Sir John Harding, governor of Cyprus. The leaflets, signed by a Cypriot extremist group, declare him a criminal and promise a bullet. Police report a Greek speaking Cypriot group may plan to harm Harding to avenge compatriots hanged by Britain in Cyprus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mancester
John Harding
Cyprus
Cypviet
Harding
Britain
Stalin Death Mystery Sparks Fresh Debate
Washington officials weigh whether Joseph Stalin died of natural causes or was murdered. Khrushchev's 25,000 word secret speech alleges a purge plot and doctors plot aimed at neutralizing rivals, but experts cite stroke risk and incomplete disclosure as alternative explanations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Stalin
Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Moscow
State Department
Russia
V. M. Molotov
A. I. Mikoyan
Molotov
Mikoyan
Tractor Trailer Crash Closes U S 15 South of Buckeystown
A southbound lane of U S 15 near Buckeystown was blocked after a tractor-trailer overturned and collided with a car at about 3 45 this morning. State police directed traffic until noon. one passenger, Charles M Shaffer 32 of Concord NC, sustained minor injuries and was treated and released from Frederick Memorial Hospital. A second item notes a third story window loosened at Rosenour s store on North Market Street but no injuries occurred. Stream conditions report the Potomac and Monocacy rivers muddy at Knoxville and Frederick Junction respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeystown
C. D. Mades
Robert C. Snyder
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Charles M. Shaffer
Concord
N. C
Rosenour’s
North Market Street
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Richard Johnson
U NU
Rangoon
Burma
People’s Freedom League
U Ba Swe
AFPFL
John R. Himes
Maryland Fire Underwriters Rating Bureau
Irving W. Johnson Sr
Takoma Park
Daniels
John 8. Prichard
Jonathan Dans
Iels
T. W. Venemann
Raleigh
Walter W. Robinson
Conference of Social Welfare
Bentz Street
Ninth Street
pro-Gilman School
Second Street
LST
Richard F. Kline
Fredeens
Tokyo
Crick
Hickenlooper
Des Moines
Iowa
Vention
Ninth
Ichina
Seventh
Eocal H. A
Firemen
Maryland State Firemen’s Association
Man
White Sands Proving Ground
N.M
Navy
Germantown-Dickerson
Rich Saar
Washington — House
Congress
Manhattan
Kan
Floyd J. Hanna
Knoxville
Frederick Junction
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