Chain of Accidents on U S 40 near Ridgeville
A sleet storm caused a sequence of crashes on the ivy bridge over the Baltimore and Ohio tracks on U S 40 west of Ridgeville. Vehicles driven by John W Walters and Wilbur W Baker sustained major damage while others towed cars veered and struck the bridge. no injuries were reported. Damage totaled around $1,000. Trooper C C Steele reported all drivers were westbound and uninjured. Bridge icing prompted cinder application by State Roads Commission crews.
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U.S. 40
Ridgeville
C. C. Steele
John W. Walters
Bolivar
W. Va
Wilbur W. Baker
West Third Street
Steele
Walters
Baker
Calvin K. Owens
Winchester
Owens
Jerry Royston
Stephenson
State Roads Commission
Ruling Sought On Freezing Washington County Assessments
The Maryland State Tax Commission asked the attorney general for a formal ruling on the legality of Washington County's plan to freeze property assessments through next year. Commissioner Albert W. Ward said the review would determine if the move conflicts with state law requiring full cash value assessments while assessments proceed under the existing directive.
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Baltimorea
State Tax ‘Commission
Auorey General
Washington County Commissioners
Albert W. Ward
State Tax Commission
Attorney General
Ward
Simon Clopper
Washington County
Usly
Break Ground for Addition to Parkway Church of God
The Parkway Church of God plans a brick addition doubling sanctuary floor space with a 30 by 60 foot wing and a basement. Acme Construction will build it for about 535,000 in 150 working days. Rev. F B Brose announced plans after recent dedicatory services. mayoral action approved funds for a new fire engine from Roanoke Corp. to serve the United Fire Company, with a triple combination pumper expected by September.
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Parkway Church of God
F. B. Brose
Mr. Brose
Acme Construction Company
United Fire Company
Oren Roanoke Corporation
Roanoke
Alton Y. Bennett
Uniteds
Oren Roanoke
Ahrens Fox
Eliy
New Church Adds Baptismal Pool and Expansion
The new construction enables a baptismal pool for immersion, reducing a long lacking feature. Luther Barker leads the building committee with Donald Sullivan and Charles Schill. About one third of funds are on hand. the rest will be raised at the April anniversary service. Ground breaking featured Garrett Purdy Walter Dunbar Barker Sullivan Schill Charles Bowers Bradley Free and Rev Brose. The addition partly sits on a vacant lot the church bought twenty years ago for enlargement.
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Brose
Luther Barker
Donald Sullivan
Charles Schill
Garrett Purdy
Walter Dunbar
Barker
Sullivan
Schill
Charles F. Bowers
Bradley Free
Mr. Brose
Indicted for Crum Slaying in Carroll County
Former Baltimore morgue employee John Leonard Glacken was indicted by a Carroll County grand jury on charges of manslaughter in the death of H Rudelle Crum a Keymar dairyman last November. The case remains to be set for trial with bond set at 2500.
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John Leonard Glacken
Baltimore City
Carroll County
H. Rudelle Cruma
Keymar
Glacken
Carroll
Westminister
Crum
Reg Jmar
Union Bridge
Eva
Glacker
Five Day Forecast and Legislation Update
A lengthy forecast and bill notes from the Fredery by the Associated Press describe a five day outlook with variable rain and cool temperatures across the mid-Atlantic and tri state area. The piece mentions a bill to ban hunting on private property, legislative progress in the General Assembly, and a milk producers boycott amid schedules for readings and approvals in governor and senate offices.
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Fredery
Associated Press
Ick County
New York
Rev
John
Thess
Dorney
Tristate
Wes
Maryland
Register of Wills
Baleville
N. J
Senate
Derrymen
Heaverton
N. Y
Laurel Hotel Fire Chases Ten to Rainy Street
Ten people fled into freezing rain as a morning fire damaged the 100 year old Laurel Park Hotel in Laurel Maryland. The blaze confined to first floor rooms caused about 5.40 dollars in damage and heavily affected a room once occupied by horseman Frank Taylor.
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Laurel
Laurel Park
Laurel Race Course
Frank Taylor
Providence
R.I
Bowie
Lynch Lodge Honors George Washington Birthday Dinner
More than 200 people attended Lynch Lodge No 163 A F and A Masons birthday dinner at the Masonic Temple to honor George Washington. Principal speaker was Most Worshipful Grand Master of Maryland Charles H. Cover. Owen Wm. Ayres Jr. chaired the dinner committee with Emory Shipley Sr. and Raymond Bussard in charge of planning. Out of town members ranged from Maine to Florida and Pennsylvania to Texas.
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George Washington
Lynch Lodge No- 163
Maine
Florida
Pennsylvania
Texas
Ten-year-old Danilea Diet wins pony on Strike It Rich
Danilea Diette of Frederick, daughter of Sergeant First Class Daniel Diette, appeared with her father on the CBS Strike It Rich show and won a pony. The family’s Frederick home suffered fire damage from a kitchen blaze later, while ice and sleet disrupted travel with hazardous roads and winter weather expected to ease.
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Frederick Anr
Danilea Diet
Daniel Diette
Frederick
RED 5
CBS
Barbaiows
Diette
Erly
Frederick Lions
Ocr Oseat
State Roads Commission
County Roads Board
Edward Jenkins
Elsie Tucker
Airy
U.S. 40
Lisbon
New Market
Damascus
Wolfsville
Johnsville
Ryille
Airport Observer
Jenkins
Hremen
Gambrill State Park
High Knob
Labor Racket Probe Goes On
Washington hearing on alleged racketeering in labor unions continues as Portland pinball operator Stanley G. Terry testifies he paid 20000 to Frank Brewster to gain union approval for resumed pinball operations. Senate committee investigates Seattle figures and Portland influence and altered meeting minutes surface.
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Washington
Stanley G. Terry
Portland
Frank Brewster
Teamsters Union
Terry
James B. Elkins
Brewster
Senate
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Seattle
Oregon State
Alvin Brown
Pinball Operators Organization
Snow and sleet hit Western Maryland roads
The Associated Press reports snow and freezing rain making Western Maryland roads hazardous. Up to three inches of snow and ice coated surfaces west of Frostburg. Cumberland area saw about two inches. Garrett County received around 134 inches of sleet and snow. Sheltering forecast calls for continued hazards into the afternoon.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Rockville
Baltimore
Waterloo
Weather Bureau
Allegany County
Shirley Jean
Cumberland
Frostburg
State Roads. Commission
Garrett County
Frederick
Towson
Pikesville
Boland
Washington
Annapolis
Delaware
Flames Destroy Two Hotels in Asbury Park Fire
A spectacular fast moving blaze in Asbury Park New Jersey destroyed two unoccupied hotels and damaged a rooming house and a garage nearby. The 150 room Columbia Hotel suffered unrecoverable damage one block from the boardwalk. Acting Fire Chief Michael De Sarno put damage at over five hundred thousand dollars. The hotels and rooming house were closed for winter. Also noted is a separate item on an election reform bill in Washington proposed by Senator Gore.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Atlantic Coast
Columbia
Commodore
Michael de Sarno
Mother of Two Killed in Cumberland Area Crash
Jean Smith mother of two and Cresaptown resident was killed when her northbound car slid on the icy US 220 four miles south of Cumberland and struck a tree. The vehicle left the road, traveled about 50 feet, and she was thrown from the car, apparently dying instantly.
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Cumberland
Shirley
Jean Smith
US 220
Gumberland
Johnsons Confess Judgment in Friendly Suit Over 1956 Accident
In Frederick, Maryland, James W. Johnson Sr., James W. Johnson Jr., and their son confected a $1,750 judgment plus costs against Edward Daniel Wachter Sr. after a November 11, 1956 accident on Sunday's Lane near U.S. 15. The suit claimed $53,500 for medical costs and lost services. the younger Johnson suffered severe injuries as a passenger in Wachter's truck. The defendant authorized confession of judgment to settle all claims.
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James W. Johnson Sr
James W. Johnson Jr
Frederick
RFD
Young Johnson
Edward Daniel Wachters Sr
Johnson Sr
H. Reese Shoemaker Jr
U.S. 15
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Fort Detrick Hosts Potomac Pathologists Meeting
About 100 visiting plant pathologists attended the Potomac Division session at Fort Detrick for the two day annual meeting. Colonel John J. Hayes and Dr. Charles E. Minarik welcomed guests at luncheon. A symposium covered mutual scientific interests followed by tours of greenhouses and research labs.
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Fort Detrick
Potomac
American Protopathological Society
John J. Hayes
Charles E. Minarik
Fort Detrick’s
Ressearch Laboratories
Israel plans troop withdrawal and UN role in Gaza
United Nations General Assembly debates Israel pullback from Aqaba and Gaza, with U.S. and France backing Gulf shipping rights and a temporary UN military administration. Egypt cautions that withdrawal must be unconditional, amid a plan for UN force deployment and regional stability negotiations.
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United Nations
N.Y
Israel
General Assembly
Gaza Strip
Unation
Sharm el Sheikh
Aqaba
United States
France
Gulf of Aqaba
U.N
Gaza
Strip
Washington
Sandy Hook
Ana Possibie
Egypt
Sameja
Davidjeve
al- Baer
Isary
University Hospital
Baltimore
Cairo
Curtis Baer
Wasdrawal
Jor
Mahmoud Fawzi
Baer
Associated Press
Imade
Boyr
Ad- Fawzi
Ohio
Pennsylvania
York
New England
Middle East
Virginia
Alabama
Georgia
Richmond
Atlantico City
W. J. Weather
New York
Atlantic
Connecticut
New Jersey
Garden State Parkway
Weather Bureau
Bostom
Rhode Island
Vermont
New York City
Eisenhower Considers Dry Climate Cure for Cough
President Eisenhower second term cough lingers and he muses about retreat to a warm dry climate, possibly Tucson Arizona, as physicians report improving but lingering bronchial symptoms. He discussed the idea with John L. Lewis and a citizen advisory group at the White House.
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Washington T
Eisenhower
White House
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
U. S
Lewis
Tucson
Atiz
Murray Snyder
Snyder
Howard M. Snyder
Pentagon
Wilson
Walter’ Reed Army Hospital
Hisenhower
Ben-Gurion Unworried Over Coalition Revolt Threats
Tel Aviv Israel Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion faces threats of revolt from left wing parties over Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba troop withdrawals. He dismissed fears citing UN sanctions and vows to press on with coalition support. Abdut Avoda and Mapam threaten resignations if guarantees fail. Meetings scheduled Sunday to decide action. Also in New York a Baltimore man sues Canadian Radium and Uranium Corp for 1 million dollars over injuries from a radioactive device.
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Tel Aviv
Israelia
David Ben-Gurion
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
United Nations
Knesset
Abdut Aveda
Pary
Ben-Gurion
Mapam
Adlut
Aveda
New York
Baltimore
Mitchell Kapland
Radium and Uranium Corp
Tractor Trailer Runs Wild In Brunswick
A tractor trailer unloading goods in front of the American Store in Brunswick drifted into town shortly after noon. It hit a second truck with a hoist at the Brunswick Bank, crossed the square, nearly struck a jewelry and a drug store, struck an electric power pole, and stopped with no injuries reported.
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Brunswick
Anyother
New Brunswick Bank
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James Florin Sr
James Florin Jr
Charleston
Rabat
Morocco
Nixon
Lynch Lodge
Bartholows
Steet
Gore
D-Tean
Detrick
Robert F. Wagner
Charles H. King
John J. Shoot
Kingsolver
NEA
Defense
Charles Wilson
Boy
Rel Lalaras
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