School board holds sole authority on closing schools
County commissioners reiterated that final decisions on school closures rest with the Board of Education. They noted the Catoctin Furnace school will close and merge with Thurmont Elementary in September, despite PTA opposition. The commission cited law and pledged to resend their position to the school board.
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Board of County Commissioners
Board of Education
Catoctin Furnace
Thurmont
Maryland
County Board of Education
Joseph Sniffen
Gatoctin Furnace Pta
PTA
Catoctin
Governor Tawes Urges Unified Action on Maryland Growth
Gov. Tawes told the Maryland Municipal League that city county and state agencies must cooperate to address urban growth challenges. He praised Baltimore's rehabilitation efforts and warned against unchecked suburban sprawl, envisioning a megapolis from Boston to Richmond with Baltimore at the center. He announced Ed Mester’s appointment as executive assistant to the governor.
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Ocean City
Tawes
Swift Organization of Maryland
Maryland Municipal League
Tuin
Baltimore
Boston
Richmond
Ed Mester
The
Municipal League
Mester
East St. Restaurant Entered By Thieves
Thieves broke into Bare's restaurant on East Street during the night, forcing a rear window and taking contents from a pinball machine and $2 from the cash register. The break in was found on opening this morning and the Detective Bureau began an investigation. The total pinball loss remains undetermined.
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Bare
East Street
Watercolor Note amid Ink: Husband's Crying Spouse Letter
A fragment recalls a bottle of waterproof ink and a lease as a husband weeps while writing. The readable text hints at tension between marriage and formal documents, suggesting emotional strain tied to a legal or property note.
Minor Accidents Reported in Frederick City
Damage was minor in two accidents in Frederick Monday investigated by city police. A door of a double parked truck blew open as Ralph Kehne’s sedan passed, hitting the truck and causing about 25 dollars damage to Kehne’s vehicle. The truck driver Charles Litler Jr was charged with double parking. In a separate North Market Street collision Guy Weddle swerved to avoid a car, striking Charles Medinger’s parked Dodge with about 25 dollars damage to Medinger’s vehicle and 15 to Weddle’s bus. No charges were filed.
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Frederick
East Church Street
Corp
Wiliam W. Metchner
Ralph S. Kehne
RFD
Charles E. 3Litler Jr
North Market Street
Kebne
Sixth Street
Corp. Mutchner
Guy E. Weddle
Taney
Charles D. Medinger
Hamilton Avenue
Weddle
Hood College Hosts Broad Summer Conference Schedule
Hood College opens its summer conference season with 11 groups listed through August 1 including the Potomac Synod on June 10, Bard Commission on Stewardship, Capital Area Christian Women’s Fellowship, and more. Delegates range from 100 to 375, with institutes and church bodies meeting on campus. The season ends prior to the fall term starting August 23.
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Women’s Baptist Aissionary Association
Women’s Guild of the
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Maryland Baptist Summer Assembly
American Institute of Biological Science
Hood
Leaders Say Unions Have Been Cornered
A group of top union leaders from AFL-CIO denounced business charges blaming unions for inflation and corruption but vowed to rally for workers gains. Leaders including Walter Reuther David McDonald and James Carey said the allegations are phony yet place labor in a tough public position.
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Philadelphia
Aflcio
Industrial Union Department
CIO
Canadian Officials Tour Fort Detrick To View U S Army Lab Work
Canadian Defense officials from Canada's Defense Research Board visit Fort Detrick to study the U S Army Chemical Corps Biological War Lab program. Major General Marshall Stubbs and Brigadier General Graydon C. Essman lead the tour along with Dr John Keyston and 12 others. The six day itinerary includes Pine Bluff Arsenal and Dugway Proving Ground with lodging at the Francis Scott Key Hotel.
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Canada
Department of National Defense
Fort Dewick
U.S. Army Chemical Corps
Fort Detrick
Army
Defense Research Board of Canada
Chemical Corps
Marshall Stubbs
Graydon C. Essman
Chemical Corps Research and Development Command
Stubbs
Defense Department
John Keyston
Defense Research Board
Army? Chemical Center
Edgewood
Keyston
A M. Field
Joint School of Nuclear and iChemical Defense
United
Kingdom
Donald G. Grothaus
Detrick
Fred Berick
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Ark
Dugsway Proving Ground
Utah
Frederick
Francis Scott Key Hotel
1000 Women Begin Rural Short Course at Maryland
About 1,000 women begin the 33rd annual Rural Women's Short Course at the University of Maryland in College Park. Classes run through Friday covering topics from parliamentary law to bird watching, with registrations and county delegations preceding the sessions. Notables include Mrs. Welter Mulligan who has attended every year and Mrs. Grace Day who plans to retire at 90 next year.
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College Park
University of
Grace Day
Edgewood
Harford County
Day
Worcester County
Sihpius
Maggie M. Kelleher
Jenne E. Long
Jeenie E. Long
Eva Penmewill
James Richardson
Cambridge
Albert i Graham
Charlestown
Cercik J County
George Sundberg
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Western powers seek Berlin stopgap at Gromyko Herter meet
In Geneva Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and U S Secretary of State Herter met at Gromyko s request to discuss Berlin. Western officials debate a stopgap accord while Britain considers a summit even if current talks fail.
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Geneva
API
Andrei Gromyko
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Gromyko
Berlin
Berling
Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
A. A. Soldatov
Soviet Foreign Office
Livingston Merchant
Uewellyn Thompson
Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
France
Lloyd
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
Mass police hunt for two armed killers stirs Cape Cod region
A 300 strong manhunt stalks John Coyle aged 23 and William 21 from Philadelphia through swampy land after days of hostage fear. The fugitives armed with five pistols and three belts of ammo eluded capture while authorities seek two college girls reportedly with them. Agencies include FBI, local police, and Natural Resources staff aided by air support and bloodhounds as the chase widens across Bourne and Cape Cod.
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Saddleeboro
Mass
John Coyle
William
Philadelphia
Bourne
Priscilla
Wayne
Elizabeth McKay
Glen Cove
N.J
Greer Mountain Ay
Poultney
Vi Teepe
Massachusetts
FBI
Massachusetts Natural Resources Commission
Air Force
Barnstable County
Philadelphia society girl to hunt jaguars in Brazil
Stella Cissy Reeves, 26, left by plane for Brazil to learn jaguar hunting with a spear in Matto Grosso. She is accompanied by Sasha Siemel, 69, a veteran hunter, in the trip to the jungle.
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New York
Brazil
Stella
Cissy) Reeves
Sasha Siemel
Matto Grosso Jungle
Burglary Attempt Spurs Seattle Woman to Chase Suspect
Ethel Adams, 41, awoke to a burglar pawing through her jewel box in Seattle. She chased him out the back door as a crowd gathered. her daughter Diane Usher urged her to return inside.
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Seattle
Ethel Adams
Jap Beetles Begin Making Appearance
Field reports from Frederick County indicate a light beetle presence this summer with a larger population in the city. University of Maryland entomologists note improved control through parasites and spore dust, limiting countywide use to emergencies. Local extension will assist with inspections and provide spraying guidance to homeowners.
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Frederick County
George Langford
University of Maryland
R. Francis Eigenbrode
Eigenbrode
Whhester Hall
FCC Won't Reverse Equal Time Ruling
The FCC refused to reverse its equal time ruling for political candidates on news casts on radio and television. The decision follows a complaint by Lar Daly the America First candidate for Chicago mayor claiming less coverage than major party rivals. President Eisenhower criticized the ruling as ridiculous and Attorney General Rogers urged reversal.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission Today
Lar Daly
America First
Chicago
Eisenhower
Atty
William P Rogers
FCC
Commission
Making Air Control Center Immune From Atomic Attack
The underground U.S. Air Force Combat Operations Center near Kaiserslautern Germany nears completion. Staff of 125 monitor radar and air movements over central Europe day and night from three 450 foot long parallel tunnels carved into a German mountain with tunnels dating to 1937.
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Kaiserslautern
Germany
U.S
Europe
Sato
Edward
F. Newbury
Rakarcfiald Califoirantar Af
Atlantic Alliance
Aurata
Iron Curtain
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Newbury
Superman Kills Self in Benedict Canyon Death
Hollywood police say George Reeves, 44, famed for the television Superman, died of a gunshot wound likely self-inflicted. He was found on a bed at his Benedict Canyon home. Reeves had complained of typecasting and limited acting roles despite ongoing Superman reruns.
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Hollywood (Ap
George Reeves
Reeves
Benedict Canyon
Beverly H
Hollywood
Recreation Leaders Assigned to City Playgrounds
Recreation leaders have been assigned to city playgrounds for the summer season, starting next Monday. Assignments include Baker Park with Cecelia VanFossen and Ann Pilgram, Tiny Tot Town with Penelope Storm, and others across East Third Street, Staley Park, Maryland Avenue, Harmon Field, and multiple neighborhood sites, led by coordinators Dawne Kemp and Jacqueline Fox.
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Baker Park
Cecelia VanFossen
Ann Pilgram
Tiny Tot Town
Penelope Storm
Judith Rowe
East Third Street
Rosemary Abbott
Susan Jackson
Staley Park
Carole Harrod
Barbara Hahn
Maryland Avenue
Dawne Kemp
Jacqueline Fox
Harmon Field
Mary Elizabeth Esworthy
Marlene Powell
McCurdy
Field
Barbara Mullican
Grace Hartsough
Baughman Babee Park
Patricia Easterday
Vickie Winpigler
Catoctin Avenue
Sandra Carrotti
Margaret Hoke
Linden Hills
Deborah Beldon
Caroline Fanos
Rosedale
Shirley
Isimes
Cathy Blumenauer
Chapel Park
Cecelia Bear
Carole Ann Zimmerman
Monocacy Village
Susan Pfeifer
Linda Floyd
Mullinix Park
Shirley Bayton
Cynthia Lee
Gwendolyn Henson
Lincoln
Margaret Lee
Alice Charity
DMV Removal Approved by BPW Moves to Anne Arundel Site
The Board of Public Works approved relocating the Department of Motor Vehicles from Baltimore to a 1 acre site on Ritchie Highway near the beltway for 162 500. The decision faced legal challenges and objections from Baltimore officials who argued for keeping the DMV in the city. Governor Tawes said the land offered by Baltimore was unsuitable and under 12 acres per law.
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Annapolis
Board of Public Works
Department of Motor Vehicles
Baltimore
Anne Arundel County
Lracre
Ritchie Highway
Baltimore Beltway
Harbor Tunnel
Harold, Grady
Baltimore City
Tawes
Hooper St. Miles
Hyman Pressman
Pressman
Motor Vehicles Department
Gov. Taxes
Atty
Ferdinand Syrbert
Syber
Louis L. Goldstein
Public Works Board
Miles
Morgan State College
State Hospitals
Grady
DMV
Motor Vehicle Agency
Guilford Avenue
MIG Jets Attack Navy Patrol Plane Over Sea of Japan
A Navy patrol plane was attacked by two MIG fighters east of Wonsan North Korea. A gunner was seriously wounded as the U S plane dodged tracer fire and brought the damaged craft to Miho Air Base. The incident occurred at 12 36 p m Japan time during a routine training mission from Iwakuni.
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Washington
Navy
Sea of Japan
Defense ‘Department
Wonsan
North
Korea
Pentagon
U.S
Defense Department
Iwakuni Marine Corps
Japan
Hon‘shu Island
Cmdr
Donald Mayer
Miho Air Force Base
Honshu
Far East
Formosa Strait
Conference Enrolls 310 at Province of Washington Meeting
The Conference of the Province of Washington of the Protestant Episcopal Church reports 310 enrollments as it enters its second full day of lectures classes and seminars. Ministers and lay members travel from Maryland Virginia West Virginia Pennsylvania Delaware and the District of Columbia to attend led by Rt Rev John E Hines with sessions through Friday and a closing service Saturday.
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Conference of the Province of
Tivoli Theater
Oliver J. Hart
Pennsylvania
Earl M. Honoman
Dell
Charles J. Mary
Arthur
Robert D. Owen
Frederick
Banks to Pay Family Bills Proposals Cut Checks
Dallas advertising executive E B Andrews argues in The American Banker that banks should handle all a household charge bills. Under one plan banks pay bills up to a limit. in another plan they send a monthly bill list for the customer to approve. He claims this would reduce family checks from about 25 to 5 or 6 monthly.
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Dallas
E. B. Andrews
American Banker
Andrews
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