Synod Chooses Its First Fulltime President
The sixteenth Potomac Synod meeting ended with Rev. Dr. Frederick D Eyster of Christchurch Hagerstown elected as the first fulltime president. He will resign to begin a six year term Oct 1, his office to be at Hood College in Frederick, making the synod headquarters year round. He holds multiple church and educational posts and has written for papers and spoken widely.
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Potomac Synod
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Frederick D Eyster
Christchurch
Hagerstown
Eyster
Frederick
Ew Coffman
Hood College
Synod
Exster
Association of Hagerstown
Hagerstown Rotary Club
Maryland-Delaware
Arthur Newell
Richmond
Committee On
Christian Higher Educating
Newell
Denominational
Commission On Christian Higher Education
Andrew G. Truxal
Allen Meek
Theological Seminary
Robert Olewiler
Potomac Synodical Women's Guild
Women’s Guild
Robert Delp
Homewood
Homewood Church Home
Carlisle
Syned
Mark Wagner
Arthur Leeming
Hoffman
Leitlestown
Committee On Pensions and Relief
National Board ‘of Pensions and Relief
Radw
Frank L. Fesperman
Bil Jackson
Paul L Althouse
Cordmittee of
National Missions
Frank Keefer
Frederick D. Evster
Christ’s Church
Potomac Synod of the
Hood College Gift to Science Building Fund Highlights RESA Banquet
The Hood College Science building fund received a $150 donation presented by Dr. Andrew G. Teuxal amid the Camp Detrick RESA branch annual banquet at the Peter Pan Inn in Urbana attended by about 166 members. Dr. William Hinshaw initiated the gift noting a plaque and other commemorations in the new building. Dr. Teuxal argued social sciences are slower to positive development, despite large government funding for physical sciences.
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Hood College Science Building Fund
Andrewg. Teuxal
Hood
Camp Detrick
Research Society of America
RESA
Peter Pan Inn
Urbana
William 8. Hinshaw
Truxal
College
State To Need 8 500 Migratory Workers
Baltimore reports Maryland will need about 8 500 migratory workers this season to support local farms and canneries. Recruitment has begun with the Maryland Employment Security Board noting fewer migrants due to lower corn and bean acreage and fewer canneries. Crews sign up with Florida officials. migrants move seasonally along the Eastern Seaboard. Housing is provided by most farmers and five labor camps exist on the Eastern Shore. Two arrests were logged Thursday in Baltimore for intoxication and disorderly conduct.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Robert B. Kimble
Maryland Employment Security Board
Jast
Florida
Five Day Forecast Clouds and Showers Promised
The forecast calls for cloud cover and cool air with occasional rain on Saturday. Sunday will bring scattered showers, while Monday through Wednesday look generally fair and slightly warmer. Daytime highs should average 3 to 7 degrees below normal, with afternoon highs around 76 to 82 and morning lows from 50 in the mountains to the mid 50s in eastern and southern sections.
Brunswick Bridge Opening Planned for July 30
The new Brunswick bridge over the Potomac River will open on Saturday July 30 with a gala in Brunswick. Governor McKeldin will cut the Maryland side ribbon and Governor Stanly of Virginia is invited to do the Virginia side honors. The Brunswick Board of Trade and Maryland State Roads Commission sponsor the event with parade units planned and prizes worth 600 dollars.
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New Brunswick
Potomac River
Ln Brunswick
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
Virginia
Thomas Stanles
Brunswick Board of ‘Trade
Maryland State Roads Commission
Maryland U. S
Butler
Beall
Hyde
Brunswick
Bowers Construction Company
New polio vaccine safety review promises stronger protection
The Public Health Service reported urgent efforts to set safer polio vaccine standards after mass production problems risked undermining vaccine safety. Surgeon General Leonard Scheele said the vaccine should fulfill its promise as a major advance, while noting live virus contamination and inconsistent manufacturing records across five firms.
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Public Health Service
Leonard A. Scheele
Special Health Service
Health Service
Scheele
New York Times
Hobby
Berkeley
Calif
The
Eisenhower Signs Pay Rise for Postal Workers
President Eisenhower signed a measure boosting postal worker salaries by about 8 percent, equating to roughly 164 million dollars annually. The bill crews a 6 percent retroactive raise from March 1 and a 2 percent increase from reclassification, plus wide authority to reshuffle jobs for efficiency. Also included are several real estate and court notices and the death of Dr. G. Fred Adams, a former University of Maryland medical school professor and notable horseman.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Summerfield
Hbifl
Asl
Horseman
Baltimore
D. Fred Adams
University of Maryland Medical School
Maryland Horseman
University Hospital
TENSIONS RELAXING IN BONN QUOTE OPTIMISM
German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer said signs of relaxation in world tensions justify optimism. He noted cautious improvement and urged continued restraint and diplomacy amid Soviet and Western relations during the Cold War era.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Frederick Academy of Visitation board party funds raised
A check for one thousand dollars from the Frederick Academy of Visitation board party proceeds was presented to the Sisters of the Academy at their fifty seventh annual meeting. About seventy members attended the meeting in the Academy library for election of officers and a hash lunch followed by an informal supper.
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Frederick Academy of Visitation
Sisters of the Academy
Academy
Mary Joe Dunning
Washington
Florence Windsor Stewart
Baltimore
Beatrice M. Rang
Alexandria
Mar. Ball Levies
Three Treated At Hospital For Hurts
Sam E Rienholtz a 22 year old line helper at Frederick Gas Company was treated at Frederick Hospital for a face laceration after being struck by a swinging hit of steel during a pipe relocation. Mary R Padgett 39 of Elm Street was admitted for treatment and observation after a fall down stairs with head injuries. Edwin S Storks 11 who plays for the Civitan club was checked for possible head injuries after a baseball collision and released after minor treatment.
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Sam E. Rienholtz
Frederick Gas Company
Frederick Hospital
Mary R Padgett
Elm Street
John T Graham
Edwin S
New Belt Of Showers Heads This Way
A western weather system brings a new belt of showers with a cool weekend outlook. Occasional rain appears likely by late today as clouds gather, with Saturday remaining cloudy and scattered showers. June temperatures stay below normal after a recent dry spell, with highs near 50s and a low around 41.
United States A Buyer's Paradise Englishman Finds
A London columnist on a U S shopping boom describes easy credit and lavish spending. He cites California car deals from 3500 to 3800 with 150 down, widespread cashless purchases, and banks willing to grant loans to employed individuals. He notes soaring stocks, a booming market, and journalists chasing profit.
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London
United States
Bill McGowran
The
Evening News
Francisco
Giardello Given Term for Riot Conspiracy
Philadelphia boxer Joey Giardello was sentenced to 6 to 18 months in county jail on riot and conspiracy charges after a March conviction on five counts. Judge Eduard P Little set bail at 1,500 dollars. The 24 year old faced claims tied to an October 29 incident at a Philadelphia gas station where a man was struck with a crutch. Three accomplices pleaded guilty to rioting, with two also admitting assault and battery. In a separate crash, four people died near Cheriton, Northampton County, on U S 13 south of town.
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Philadelphis
Joey Giardello
Sentente
Eduard P Little
Susquehanna County
Giardello
Michael von Moxhzisker
State Superior Court
Little
Howard Short
Philadelphia
Short
Khrushchev invites Western reporters to Moscow visit
Belgrade Yugoslavia Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev invites Western newsmen to visit Moscow after a farewell banquet sealing Soviet Yugoslav talks. About 14 correspondents sought visas. Eric Bourne was granted one, along with four others, as embass y officials anticipated more approvals.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Khrushchev
Stalin
Eric Bourne
London Daily Express
The
Christian Science Monitor
Bourne
Frank Kelley
Rome
New York Herald-Tribune
Jack Began
NBC
Rene McColl
Seymour Freidin
New York Post
Plan Unique Tribute To Late Bull Evans
Cumberland Cresaptown residents raise about $1000 to send the fallen Marine Evans mother Rosa to visit his Japanese widow and son in Japan. Evans, a World War II and Korean War hero from Cumberland, earned bronze and silver stars and is praised as a Navy Cross candidate. he died in 1954 during a beach outing in Japan. The fund stands at $200 as markets report early selling in New York.
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Cresaptown
Cumberland
Bull’ Evans
Marine Corps
Evans
Rosa Evans
Japan
Buil
Bougainville
Midway
Tulagi
Makin
Guadalcanal
Navy
Chiyoka Matwsoka
Dulles Sees Austrian Pact Could Spur Soviet Compliance
Secretary of State Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Moscow's agreement to the Austrian peace treaty might pave the way for fulfilling other wartime pledges. He urged rapid approval of the Vienna draft, noting changes from the 1949 version and praising past secretaries for their contributions amid Cold War tensions.
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Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. George
D-Ga
Eisenhower
United States
Soviet Union
Yalta
Russia
Poland
Austria
Vienna
Nik
Danube
Racksummer
Jons
George C. Marshall
Dean Acheson
Criticism Of New Employment Security Board Probed
Baltimore report details Joseph Sherbow’s critique of ESB chairman Kimble and board actions. Sherbow cites cases involving racial disparity in overpayment and restitution. Kimble defends policy by citing a Bible verse, while Sherbow denies racial prejudice.
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Baltimore
New Employment Security Board
Joseph Sherbow
Department of Employment Security
Robert B. Kimble
ESB
Sherbow
Kimble
Atty
C. Ferdinand Sybert
John T. Watkins Fined for Contempt of Congress
John T. Watkins 44 an official of the CIQ United Automobile Workers was fined 500 dollars and given a one year suspended jail sentence for contempt of Congress in a federal proceeding.
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Washington
John T. Watkins
CIQ United Automobile Workers
Congress
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