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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1956
Page
1
Cooler air spreads over the area ending a five day heat spell. Showers move through with .38 inch recorded at the airport station and a forecast of mid eighty temperatures. Braddock Heights pool crowded with weekend crowds as Mayor Derr pushes opening plans.
In Eugene Oregon during the Brethren 170th annual conference Dr A C Baugher of Elizabethtown Pa was elected Moderator. Joseph Peter Whisner a longtime Monocacy Valley area canning worker died aged 89 in Windor Bona. He left three children eight grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Etchison and Son.
Frederick experiences a sudden citywide phone blackout from 8:30 to 9:00 as a sudden rainstorm floods a manhole. Carl V. Weakley, manager, says crews dried the soaked cable and local service was mostly restored by noon while long distance lines remained operable.
Baltimore and Ohio displays a new passenger train at Point of Rocks. Marvin Anders, the Point of Rocks extra agent, notes the car resembles the Columbian and originates from the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe line. It was on display Saturday and Sunday and may return today with Baltimore excursions organized for the exhibit. Potomac and Monocacy streams are reported clear at Knoxville and Frederick Junction respectively.
The Associated Press reports a varied weather pattern with thunderstorms heavy rain hail and isolated tornadoes from the Western Plains to the central Atlantic coast. In Colorado flash floods closed Highway 85 near Greeley and damage neared a quarter million dollars as hail coated a 52 mile stretch from Greeley to Grover.
Maryland State Police expand the search into Prince Georges County for clues in the Beltsville double homicide of Mary Elizabeth Fellers 18 and Shelby Jean Venable 16. A Falls Church bakery deliveryman reported a blue Ford in a suspicious drive near the time the girls vanished. Their nude bodies were later found nine miles apart in Potomac River near Brunswick Maryland and Catoctin Creek in Loudoun County Virginia. The parents of both victims traveled to the scene in sorrow exploring possible clues.
Two minor accidents were reported in Frederick Saturday night with police investigating. One crash on North Market Street involved Robert G. Smith and Alfred G. Wetzel, Wetzel charged for no operator's permit and a hearing set for June 25. Damages: $25 to Smith’s car and $50 to Wetzel’s. A second collision near Scott Key avenue involved two churches and a concert by Frederick High School Band. damage about $75 and $50 to related vehicles. Threatening weather lowered church service attendance at Baker Park.
Nicosia Cyprus nineteen British soldiers hunting Greek Cypriot rebel chiefs in the Troodos Mountains perished when a forest fire trapped them. Eighteen others were injured as wind shifts fed the blaze and fuel tanks exploded. helicopters evacuated the wounded.
The will of J Elmer Zimmerman a long time Emmitsburg resident probated in Orphans Court leaves most assets to relatives nonvalued. Leonard and Alberta Zimmerman receive all stock for life then their children in equal shares while various smaller bequests go to nephews nieces and other relatives.
Frederick prepares for the Firemen's Sixty-fourth Annual Convention with a four division parade on Friday led by Independent Hose No. 1 and ending with Citizens Truck Company. About 90 fire companies and 300 visiting firemen are expected, with plans for staging from West Twelfth Street to Court Street and a post-parade showing at the State Armory. Police announce no parking on parade routes from Friday noon until after the event.
The notice describes parade routes along Market Street from Seventh to All Saints and streets from South Market to Court and West Second street. A detour plan will be published later this week to manage traffic flow during the event.
A two car crash at the intersection of U S 40 and Md 94 in Lisbon near 12 15 PM sent four people to Frederick Memorial Hospital. Esworthy 19 pulled into the path of Edison Bassett 34 causing the Plymouths to collide and roll over.
Maryland heat wave claimes lives as seven drowned or fatally injured in swimming and car crashes across St Marys County and nearby regions. The weekend toll includes a Breton Bay drowning of a mother and four children and a Nanticoke River plunge after a guard rail collision. Other victims include motorists in Kennedyville and near Conowingo Dam, plus a heat prostration death in Baltimore.
Vice President Nixon met President Eisenhower at Walter Reed Hospital and said there was no discussion of Eisenhower's political future. Nixon added Eisenhower will speak for himself when he decides and that the group focused on the President’s recovery. Eisenhower weighs 162 pounds, seven pounds less than at admission.
The N. W. Etzler Company of Frederick submitted the low bid of 39 530 for widening and improving 1.75 miles of Butter fly Lane from U S 340 to Mt Philip road. Richard F. Kline of Frederick bid 40 625. County Commissioners and newly appointed member A Irvin Renn attended bid opening and discussed awarding the contract. The project covers widening pavement about three feet each side, clearing, grading, base course and final bituminous surface for an 18 foot road.
Senator Jackson of Washington denounced the foreign aid program as a clumsy patchwork and urged a full study of its basic concepts. He pressed for a comprehensive review amid ongoing policy debate.
A 1950 Lincoln was demolished after an early morning crash at Butterfly Lane and U S 340. Richard H. Frock, 21, of Emmitsburg, was injured and taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital by State Trooper Alan D. Martin. Frock suffered abrasions and possible internal injuries and was admitted after treatment in the emergency room. Trooper Martins said he left the road while negotiating a left curve and struck trees. No charges were filed.
The Ford Foundation says checks totaling 26 million dollars are being mailed this week to 959 hospitals across the United States Alaska Hawaii Maryland and Delaware. The payments are part of hospital grants totaling 200 million dollars to support health institutions nationwide.
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