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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1955
Page
5
At a Moscow reception for the Yugoslav Embassy Nikita Khrushchev discussed the status of religion in a friendly mood. He introduced Father Bissonnet to Premier Georgi Malenkov and praised him as a good and likable man.
An American Roman Catholic priest, Rev. George Bissonnette of Central Falls, is ordered to leave the Soviet Union by Saturday. Washington protests, citing the 1933 U.S.-Russia agreement guaranteeing religious liberty for Americans in Russia. Bissonnette, 33, has served in Moscow since 1953 and spoke Russian fluently, living in a foreign-diplomat building used as a chapel for the foreign community. Replacement priest Rev. Louis F. Dion has been named.
In Rockville Maryland on March 2 Mrs Marion James Moseley 16 was sentenced to eight years in the Maryland State Reformatory for Women for the murder of her one year old half sister Kathleen Nadine Bannister in her Rockville home. The judge noted the case as heart breaking and stated the defendant was legally sane and understood she would be punished while hoping rehabilitation may help remove her criminal impulse.
Baltimore March 28 motor vehicles commissioner Thomas B. R. Mudd warned staff that no employee may reserve special license tag combinations. Tags must be issued in sequence. He recalled dismissing three cashiers last year for bypassing the ban on special tags during rush time with the new tag system.
The Frederick County Board of County Commissioners announced five appointments on Wednesday. Two assessors clerks work in the Assessment Office, one cook and fireman join the jail staff, and a janitor and assistant are added for the courthouse. Appointees include Mrs. Glenna M Leatherman and Mrs. Linda Lou Thompson. The positions begin March 15 with salaries undisclosed.
United Nations reports two health related agencies plan expanded work next year but face funding gaps. Unicef aims to win board approval for a program reaching over 31.8 million mothers and children in disease control efforts across 26 nations.
In Moscow on March 2 a Soviet Supreme Soviet discharge of two ministers for inefficiency and a cabinet reshuffle focused on coal and agriculture. A. S Zasvadko left as coal minister and A N Zademidko succeeded him, while Comrade I Kovjov was ousted as minister of state farms with no successor named. Benediktov was removed as agriculture minister. the Presidium announced the changes on Premier Bulganin's recommendation amid Economic lag concerns.
A fire gutted the Memory Lane tavern in Middleburg just after closing. The proprietors, living above the tavern, escaped by jumping from their second floor apartment windows as flames raced through the first floor. Cause suspected as faulty wiring. losses include furniture, stock, and kitchen items worth about 12000.
Three men were found guilty of drunkenness in Peoples Niki Court. Each received ten days in jail or a 520 fine, with Magistrate Edward J. Smith presiding. Officer Martin Ka ante, Seret Harry Phillips, and Lieut. Ben Phebus di reported the proceedings.
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