Low Bid From Guller On Frederick County Court House Alterations
Frederick County bids were opened for court house alterations including a second floor court room. Low base bid came from Lloyd C. Culler at 649,985 with Frederick Construction Co. at 69,000 and Allen F. Feeser at 75,623. Elevation work bid 15,475 by Feeser. Officials planned to consult the third board member and Judge Schnauffer before action. Major work would cost about 175,000 to 200,000, with total project funding around 60,000 available.
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Lloyd C. Culler
Frederick
Frederick County Court House
Board of County Commissioners
Frederick Construction Company
Allen F. Feeser
Taneytown
A. Grant Hooper
Robert R. Rhoderick
Samuel H. Young
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Feeser
Frederick Construction
Culler
Hooper
Court House
Culter
Circuit Court
Judges’ Chamber
Sherff
Sheriff’s Office
Assessors
Assessment Department
Roads Department
Frederick High School Class of 1954 speaker urges belief in self
William S. Schmidt former Frederick High School alumnus and Prince Georges County school superintendent gave the commencement address for the Class of 1954. He urged graduates to embrace faith in a creed, belief in themselves, and service to their ideals, warning against defeatism and stressing personal sacrifice.
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Frederick High School
William S. Schmidt
Prince Georges County
Schmidt
Eugene W. Pruitt
Princes Georges County
Pruitt
Harry O. Smith
Mr. Pruitt
Paul S. Stull
Elgar
Sperry Storm
Carroll
Bower
Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church of
West College Terrace
Hank” Comer
Comer
Paul Stull
Raymond E. Wilhelm
Grace Reformed Church
Board of Education
Subway Fire Near 86th Street Sparks Panic
A Lexington Avenue Line subway car near 86th Street caught fire from a short circuit causing acrid smoke and injuries to about 25 people. A crowd of riders jumped to an emergency exit and were briefly trapped by a sidewalk grating before a bystander from a nearby church pried it open with a crowbar to release the trapped passengers.
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New York
86Th Street
Lexington Avenue Line
Mrs. Lewisohn Dies In Crash In New York
Mrs. Margaret S. Lewisohn a 58 year old widow of financier and art patron dies after a car collision on the Taconic Parkway near Hopewell Junction New York Adlai Stevenson former Democratic presidential candidate was in her party at a luncheon earlier at Vassar College The car driven by Paul Amling Brooklyn swerved crossing into her lane injuring her chauffeur Dominick Summa lightly and leaving Amling with minor injuries Her husband Sam Lewisohn built Lewisohn Stadium in New York and organized summer contests there since 1918.
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Hopewell Junction
N. Y
Margaret S. Lewisohn
Adllai E. Stevenson
Two County Men Injured in Maryland Sidewipe Crash
Two Middletown Valley men were injured in a sidewipe on Maryland 17 south of Middletown Monday evening. Glen Allen Shafer of Middletown sustained a compound fracture of the left elbow and severe lacerations. Charlies Grover Miller of Middletown received abrasions and contusions and was discharged. Shafer’s 1941 Chevrolet and Miller’s 1953 Studebaker sustained about 60 dollars damage. No charges were filed.
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Middletown Valley
Maryland
Middletown
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Glen Allen Shafer
RFD 2
Shafer
Studebaker
Charlies
Grover Miller
Miller
Robert Storer
Ane Shafer
Cars Damaged In County Accident Near Walkersville
Two vehicles sustained about 150 dollars each in a county collision at Mary and 71 near Walkersville school, Monday afternoon. John Alfred Green of Germantown drove a 1948 pickup north. Ferdinand Thun of Wyomissing drove a 1953 Ford sedan. State Trooper Carlton Lewis said Green began a jeff turn in front of Thun. Lewis recommended charges for failure to grant right of way.
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Walkersville
Mary
John Alfred Green
Germantown
Ferdinand Thun
Wyomissing
Carlton Lewis
Green
Thun
Lewis
McKeldin Breaks Ground For Frederick By-Pass Project
Governor McKeldin will operate a steam shovel Wednesday to break ground for the Frederick by-pass. Ceremonies are set on Cemetery Road at 2 p.m. with public and officials invited. The three bridges in one contract were awarded to Trottino and Brown, Inc. of Asheville for 321,315 dollars, with Russell H. McCain likely attending.
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McKeldin
Frederick
Cemetery Road
Washington National Pike
Washington
State Roads Commission
Trottino and Brown, Inc
Asheville
N. C
Russell H. McCain
Commission
Hood College names Mary Frear Keeler new Dean of Faculty
Mary Frear Keeler Ph D has been named the new Dean of Faculty at Hood College, to begin in August. She will also lecture in history after serving as visiting professor at Wellesley and a prior stint at Vassar. Keeler, a Penn State alumna with Yale Ph D, is a widow with a daughter.
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Mary Frear Keeler
Hood College
Andrew G. Truxal
Keeler
Elizabeth Eckhardt
Hood
Wellesley College
Vassar College
Pennsylvania State College
Yale University
Frederick
Loomis
Board of
Bertha L. Loomis
Urbana
Clyde E. Thomas
Claire Lanche J
Miss Unterveiner
Alsace
Russell T. Blackwood
Columbia University-Union Theological Seminary
Edwin H. Spauseller
Ruth Ester Griffith
Northwestern University
Janet Bute
Mary Jane DeHaas
University of Illinois
Sally Wills Holland
Floyd H. Taylor
University of Pittsburgh
Marguerite Rostan
Olive I. Reddick
India
Clara Mueller
Mueller
Europe
Oxford
Western College
Victoria E. Lewis
Raymond W. Young
Sara E. Wess
Near East
Jucien EB. Gibbons
Baltimore Polish grandmother faces deportation over past Communist ties
Senator Beall to meet with 61 year old Baltimore grocer Matrona Karpuk who faces deportation under the McCarran Act for former Communist links. Karpuk has run a city grocery in East Baltimore for 25 years and hopes a possible Senate bill could grant citizenship after a hearing. Weinberger represents her in the case.
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Baltimore
J. Glenn Beall
R-Md
Batschmewnas Lee
Matrona Karpuk
Red
Sen. Beall
Karpok
McCarran
Five Day Forecast Warns of Humid Weekend Thunderstorms
Five day outlook warns of humid conditions through the weekend with scattered after noon thunderstorms. Temperatures are expected to run up to eight degrees above normal, with highs from the upper 70s to mid 80s and overnight lows ranging from the mid 50s to the low 60s across Western Maryland, eastern and southern counties, and Delaware.
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Maryland
Delaware
Plane With 78 Makes Forced Landing in Fire Loss
A DC4 passenger plane of Great Lakes Airlines with 78 aboard made an emergency landing at Gage airport after a pre dusk call to the control tower. Shortly after landing the craft was destroyed by fire. Passengers and crew escaped unharmed. one passenger reported a fire in an engine but praised the pilot’s handling of the emergency.
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Gage
Oxia
Great Lakes Airlines
New York
Los Angeles
Charles Tedesky
Gage Airport
Aay
Bernie Weiss
Umdoen
Fireman Rescues Child On Missouri Pacific Tracks
In South Omaha last night fireman Otto Gibson of Fails On Ned leaped from a moving train to grab a two year old child and shield them under his arm as the locomotive slowed. Engineer Ray Bader halted the train about 40 feet beyond the incident on the Missouri Pacific railroad line.
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Otto Gibson
Ned
Begin Check Of Four CD Air Alert Sirens Set Up In City
Civil Defense officials began evaluating four city sirens after reports they were silent or barely audible during Monday night’s alert. Sirens at East and Second streets light plant, North Market Coca Cola plant, Jefferson Street Price Electric plant, and Fleming Avenue pool were checked.
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County Civil Defense
Civil Defense
City
East
sSecond Streets
Coca Cola
North Market Street
Price Electric
Jefferson Street
Fleming Avenue
Freak Showers Bring Relief in Parts of County
Light to heavy showers dotted the county late Monday with 53 inch rainfall at Gambrill State Park High Knob while Frederick airport reported a trace. Temperatures rose to 90 92 and cooled to 63 overnight. Forecaster warned of more scattered storms and brief cloudiness in the week with humid heat and possible thundershowers. A separate note detailed a Myersville man struck by lightning escaping with a wristwatch damaged by the bolt.
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Gambrill State Park
High Knob
Frederick
Libertytown
Walkersville
Wootsboero
Union Bridge
Thurmont
Weather Bureau
Maryland
Potomac
Krowille
Myersville
William Brunner
Hagerstown
Brunner
Leroy Trumpever
Bryeney
York Shipley Plant Is Swept By Fire
Fire swept the York Shipley plant near York Pa causing damage. Plant manager D J Norbeck said the facility for oil burners and heating equipment occupied two sheet iron structures about two miles east of York. Firemen fought the blaze for two hours but water shortages hampered efforts.
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York. Pa
York-Shipley, Inc
D. J. Norbeck
York
Churchill and Eden to Visit Washington for Talks
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden will visit Washington the weekend of June 25 for informal talks with President Eisenhower. Hagerty called it a casual meeting with no formal agenda amid strains over Indochina policy and Geneva prospects. The exact dates and travel plans were not disclosed. The announcement was made jointly in Washington and London.
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Washington
Churchill
Eden
Britain
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Great Britain
United States
Indochina
Geneva
United States of America
United Kingdom
Winston
Atlantic
London
Byrd Here Sees Victory In Maryland Campaign Tour
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Harry Clifton Byrd led a campaign swing through Frederick county and planned further grassroots events. He touted solid support from the county Democratic State Central committee and said he would win the State Democratic convention with enough unit votes. State Senator Ferdinand Sybert joined the tour along with local officials and candidates as Byrd visited multiple towns including Frederick, Lewistown, Catoctin Furnace, Thurmont, Emmitsburg, Creagerstown, Woodsboro, Walkersville, Feegaville, and Jefferson.
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Harry Clifton
Curly
Byrd
Frederick County
Democratic State Central Committee
Alton Y. Bennett
State Central Committee
Lewistown
Catoctin Furnace
Thurmont
Emnitsburg
Creagerstown
Woodsburg
Woodsboro
Walkersville
Feegaville
Jefferson
Ferdinand Sybert
Howard County
Byres
Bor
Francis Scot Key Hotel
Donald B. Rice
E. Pau Mazaha
Mr. Bennett
Central Committee
Severa
1060 Women Begin Short Course Classes
COLLEGE PARK Maryland More than 1 290 women began classes today in the 28th Rural Women's Short Course on the University of Maryland campus A program last night signaled the opening of mothers week in college Officials said a total of 1044 women have registered for the annual program The women will receive instruction in home economics foreign affairs during the week of classes and parties Those who complete four short courses are given certificates by Gov McKeldin The Maryland State Council Homemakers Clubs held its annual meeting electing Mrs William F Rebb of Forest Heights as president She succeeds Mrs Carl Fuecht of Elkton.
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College Park
University of Maryland
Maryland State Council
Chihs
William F. Rebb
Forest Heights
Carl Feueht
Elkton
Beall Trial Set for July 18 in Portsmouth Case
Portsmouth court officials announce Judge Vernon Smith set July 18 for the trial of Edward T. Beall former Portsmouth city manager charged with embezzling funds from Portsmouth General Hospital.
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Beall
Portsmouth
Commett Pleas
Vernon Smith
Edward T. Beall
Portsmouth General Hospital
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Altering County
Charles F. Bowers
James Posey
Walter E. Sion
Lewisohn
Adlai Stevenson
Earth
Senator Beall
Omaha
White House
U. S
Fuerlo Rive
Hawaii
Canada
J. Roger Fisher
City Hall
Civil Defense Headquarters
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Emmitsburg
Brunswick
Roy Catsail
Harold Madison
Winchester Hall
Maryland Civil Defense Central Command
Pikesville
New Alarket
Foxville
Frederick City
Leesburg
Rockville
City Mall
Fisher
Salim Doopiass
Mtavina
Tri City
Potomac River
Muddy
York-Shipley
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