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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1957
Page
15
Relief from a scorching heat wave arrives in Frederick as temperatures fall to 55 degrees and humidity eases. Rain showers sprinkled Boonsboro Yellow Springs Fishing Creek reserve with little rainfall, while forecasts call for a mild start to astronomical summer with long daylight on June 21.
About 500 visiting firemen attended Maryland State Firemen’s Assn convention in Ocean City. Philip Beard urged keeping a separate State fire marshal office, while officials praised local support over higher government funding. The three day event ends with a statewide parade of firefighting equipment.
The town kicks off a seven day celebration with a four o'clock parade through Emmitsburg to Civic Grounds. Senator J Glenn Beall will crown Miss Emmitsburg at nine, followed by Valley Echoes, with a secret queen vote still under wraps.
Delegates and others from Frederick four fire companies attend the State Firemen's convention in Ocean City. Official delegates include Independents Melvin Schwearing Jack Fleischman George Qden Paul B Hhords Jr Captain Lester Baker Juniors Capt Charles F Thurbie Markoe Martin Lewis Engle Gene Uniteds W Bartgis Sterm y Veri Forney Ellis G Carty Kenneth Keefer George Myers Franklin Miller Ray Steele Melvin Baker and others attended part of the convention. No apparatus was taken this year due to the long distance.
The Board of Education purchased 3294 acres adjoining East End elementary school for expansion. The deal with Natalie L Parton and Virginia M Parton was recorded by the Clerk and priced at 37000. The land lies south of East Patrick street at Shaw road, west of the current property, and is unimproved. East End's tract will rise from six to seven acres to about 10 acres with the upgrade. an East Frederick elementary addition is planned in the next building program, with planning authorized by the County Commissioners.
More than one hundred women from 35 Maryland chapters plus the District of Columbia and Delaware attend the 24th annual Maryland Moose Association convention. The Francis Scott Key Hotel hosts registration and sessions Friday and Saturday, with a coronation pageant, memorial services, and a Saturday banquet. Sunday features a final men’s session and officer installations as the local Moose chapter outlines its leadership.
In Roanoke Virginia the first annual Church of the Brethren conference enters its third day with two business sessions and a general session on the agenda. A peace statement urges members to refuse military conscription or defense work and a committee seeks extra staff to build full-time peace education.
The hearings before the Rackets Committee resume as Cross faces questions about alleged below standard wage contracts for Zion Industries in Zion, Michigan. His statements touch on loans totaling about 160000 from Herbert and Martin Philipsborn Sr. and on expenses of 39000 to 52000 in 1956, including 15000 to 20000 for entertainment without receipts. Cross defends his expense accounts and denies personal dealings with Kay Lower, a convicted prostitute, while Lower invokes the Fifth Amendment.
County License Commissioner Gail L. Cuishall suspended Til den W. Moore trading as City Tavern at 118 West Patrick Street. Suspension runs from today through July 26 after a hearing following a Circuit Court trial in which Moore was convicted of operating an illegal punchboard. Moore must surrender his Class B beer license.
The aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt limped into port after a pump exploded deep inside the 75,000 ton ship. Two crewmen were killed and five were seriously injured when live steam sprayed aboard. The incident followed another at sea within two months.
Washington lawmakers urged trimming postal operations to fit reduced funds. Committee backed expected reductions including zoning second and third class mail, daily star routes, money order sales curbs, and limited Saturday service to save about five million dollars. Proposals also seek end to cost-of-living pay differentials in most territories.
A man Clifford Q. Frazier from Gaithersburg and Isa M. Burke from Culpeper were jailed on $1,000 bond each after being charged with four counts of forgery involving $15 checks at several local stores. Det. Sergi A Norman Dietz made the arrests in Wilmington Delaware and Culpeper Virginia. Robert T. Jackson of Carver Apartments faced an assault and battery hearing on a warrant served by Officer Nathan Dorser.
Fort Detrick officials estimate a 2.5 million dollar project for a communications center warehouse and barracks at the East Coast Relay Station. Construction is planned to start by September 1 with key staff moving in about 16 months later after bids are solicited by the Washington District engineer.
Fort Bragg North Carolina was hit by a fierce thunderstorm that killed two National Guard soldiers Sgt LC Walter Lee Milam 26 and Pfc Arthur Belton Nortis Jr 19 both from Kannapolis. The 30th Old Hickory Division encamped nearby treated 48 patients as field aid stations worked for hours. A spokesman said four were admitted, none seriously hurt, as guardsmen aided others in the bivouac area.
The Ordnance Engineering Division of Aerojet General, formed in 1952 by Dr. John V. Atanasoff, announces FIRETRAC a new airborne miss distance indicator made with Navy cooperation. The system records pulse data and aids fuze testing and fire control evaluation. The division operates near Frederick Airport with a Rockville plant for assembly and has a staff expert in acoustics dynamics and electro mechanics.
The Weather Bureau offers a general outlook for mid July with approximate average temperatures. The forecast notes this is not a precise forecast but an estimate of typical conditions for the period.
The government asks the Supreme Court to intervene in the case of William S Girard, a soldier charged with killing a Japanese woman, after a district judge barred surrender for trial in Japan. Atty Gen Herbert Brownell and J Lee Rankin signed the petition urging an early decision before the court's summer adjournment.
One way traffic has occurred along portions of North Market due to workers from Frederick Gas Company Inc installing a gas line and repaving. Street work also includes storm water sewer connections above Second Street and replacing White Way light standards with new concrete sidewalk blocks.
United Nations investigators found the broadcasts to Hungary last fall aroused expectations of U N military support. The five nation UN Hungary committee reported no evidence that the anti Communist radio pledged military aid or promised a U N force.
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