Radio hams of U S and Soviet forge unlikely bridge
Stamford AP report details Frank Enge of American Machine & Foundry and Leo Shiskin of Moscow who began ham radio contact Aug 8 1956. They exchanged journals records and music, comparing incomes and living conditions while noting Sputnik Explorer 1 signals and broader cold war understanding. Enge estimates about 32 000 of 169 000 American hams have contacted Soviet peers.
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Bal Borie
Stamford
Conn
Iron Curtain
United States
Soviet Union
Frank Enge
Leo Shiskix
Enge
American Machine & Foundry Co
Suskin
Moscow
Leo
Frank
Leo Shiskin
SRC Opens Bids For Five Projects
Baltimore AP report: the State Roads Commission opened bids totaling over 34 million dollars for five projects. J Q and C M Steuart Inc submitted 2,740,059 for grading drainage and surfacing along Maryland 4 in Prince Georges County. Eugene Chaney of Upper Marlboro had the low 588,596.70 for 3.2 miles of U S 301 in Charles County. D E Luca-Davis Construction, Inc. of Baltimore bid 1,438 for a 202-foot steel beam bridge on the Baltimore Harrisburg Expressway. W A Koppelman Inc bid 99,511 for a steel beam bridge over Western Maryland tracks near Smithsburg. Penniman & Browne Inc bid 10,003 for soils exploration for relocating U S 40 from Hillstone to Ridge Road.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
J. Q. and
C. M. Steuart, Inc
Washington, D. C
Maryland
Prince
Georges County
U. S. 301
Charles County
Eugene Chaney
Upper Marlboro
D. E. Luca-Davis Construction
Inc
Baltimore-Harrisburg
Western Run
Baltimore County
Washington County
W. A. Koppelman Inc
White
Blaish
Smithsburg
Penniman & Browne Inc
U. S. 40
Hillstone
Ridge Road
University of Maryland Plans Baltimore Expansion
The University of Maryland proposes a 7.655 million expansion in Baltimore outlined by President Wilson Elkins. The plan shifts from one acre to 16 acres in Fayette Paca Pret Lemmon and Pine streets with a federal grant request of 3.624 million and 1.531 million from state sources. The project spans 11 years and funds five schools plus a hospital. The article notes Alexander Malcolm Sandy Smith of San Jose and a reference to the late explorer Porter and the Sir Hubert Wilkins polar expedition.
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Baltimore
University of Maryland
Wilson Elkins
Imore
Fayette, Paca
Pret
Lemmon and
Pine Streets
Walter Sondheim
Elkins
Alexander M
Smith San
Ordain Young Clerk At Sabillasville
Elder Wilbur M. Fox presented his son Merle Upton Fox for ordination at John’s Reformed Church Sabillasville with Rev. Frederick Evyster presiding and Rev. Cc. H. Carl delivering the sermon on The Call of a Country Minister. Fox, a Thurmount High School 1937 alumnus later earned bachelor degrees and a divinity degree, and will assume Timberville Virginia church duties July 1 with installation July 30.
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Wilbur M. Fox
Merle Upton Fox
John’s Reformed Church
Sabillasville
Frederick DD. Evyster
Frederick
Potomac Synod
Cc. H. Carl
Mr. Fox
Torate
Timberville, Va
Three Things Keep Individuality Alive
Baltimore artist Stanislav Rembski told the Frederick Kiwanis Club that religion art and science preserve individuality amid global change. He described religion as belief in ability to act and said science seeks truth shared across the world. He noted western civilization values the individual while communist regimes diminish it and commented on specialization in modern life.
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Baltimore
Frederick
Nan
Robinson Nottingham
Howard
Ash
Joe . Rhoderick
George Clendaniel
Charles McC. Mathias Sr
Larry Copper
Harry H. Bleecker
Pasadena
Calif
Leland C. Ballization
Rembski
Leland. C
Wiborg Carbon & Ribbon
Interchemical
Corp. of New York
Heiss
Hoosick Falls, N.Y
Hoegh Heads New Mobilization Agency
President Eisenhower named Leo A. Hoegh to lead the new Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization, to open July 1, with ODM merged into the new office. Gordon Gray becomes special assistant on national security, replacing Robert Cutler who resigns July 22 for a Boston job.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Leo A. Hoegh
Office of
Defense and
Civilian Mobilization
Hoegh
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Office of Defense Mobilization
Gordon Gray
ODM
Gray
Robert Cutler
Old Colony Trust Co
Boston
Heegh
White House
Senate
Iowa
Negro Named School Vice Principal in Integrated Montgomery County
Dr. Louis S. Monk, a Black educator, was named vice principal at Sligo Junior High School in Silver Spring as the two million dollar, integrated school under construction is slated to open in January. The appointment marks one of the first supervisory posts held by a Black person in the county’s integrated system.
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Rockville
Louis S. Monk
Sligo
Silver Spring
Monk
Lincoln
Montgomery County School Board
Romaine
Robinson
Newport Mill
Mark
Mrs. George G. Scott, Randolph Scott's Mother, Dies
Mrs. George G. Scott died in Charlotte after a five day illness. She was born in Luray Virginia and was the mother of film star Randolph Scott.
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George G. Scott
Charlotte, N.C
Randolph Scott
Luray
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Boyle
SRC
U. of Md
Made EN
Miami
Allures
New Mobilization Agency
J Negro
IWEN
James Folk
Mt. Pleasant
Maryland Utilities Association
William Schrodel
Monocary Valley
Schrode
Charles Ramey
Monscaey Village Club
Lincoln Engelbrecht
Charles L. Black
Sebago
Nandlasted
Meine
Kemp
By Braxton
Braxton
Save Kemp's
Save
Francis Dickensheets
General Electric
wYey
Modern Lighting CO
N. Market St
Baty Darcey
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