Frederick adopts merit system for city personnel
Frederick Maryland moves to a classified service for all city employees except elected officials and certain supervisors. Joseph Eisenhauer III becomes personnel officer, with a six member personnel board chaired by Byron Thompson. The ordinance also creates appointive officers in public works and city engineer roles, with dismissal powers during probation and appeal rights thereafter. Marian Nicodemus is named municipal clerk and basement office space is expanded to handle insurance payroll and permit duties.
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Hagerstown
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Arthur W. Myers
Frederick City
Roger R Rice
Alden Summers
Robert Marsh
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South Carroll Street
Linganore
Fishing Creek
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Farm Program Faces Senate Questions On Parity Plan
Eisenhower administration farm officials faced sharp Senate questions on 90 percent expiration and flexible price supports 75 to 85 percent of parity. Senator Aiken backed the plan, claiming 22 years of programs cost under 500 million dollars a year, while others warned of lower farm incomes.
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Karl Loos
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Young
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Weekend May Bring Snow And Cold Weather
A weather forecast says the weekend may bring snow and continued cold, with March’s first weekend showing little chance of warmth next week. Saturday is expected cloudy and cold with a chance of snow at night, and Sunday looks snowy and cold. An air port observer recorded 22 degrees overnight and noted no current local snow, speculating that any snow may develop locally.
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Aireport
Woman Dies As Home Is Destroyed
A 40 year old wheelchair bound Black woman, Mrs. Margaret C. Wilson, perished when a four room frame bungalow on Twin Oaks road near Mt. Airy burned to the ground. Firefighters found the remains after 8:44 AM. cause undetermined. Loss estimated at 6000 dollars.
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Twin Oaks
Margaret C. Wilson
Richard Taylor
Travis Norwood
Emmett T. Ful
Airy
Taylor
Stroh’s Chick Hatchery
Ridgeville
Russell Sirk
Twin Oak Road
Farmers Co-Op Annual Meet Set With Speaker Stern
J K Stern president of the American Institute of Cooperation will be the principal speaker at the Farmers Cooperative Association annual meeting in Frederick High School auditorium Saturday starting about 10 am. About 400 to 500 people expected followed by luncheon at 12 43 pm. Stern a Roaring Spring Pa dairy farmer and Penn State alum has long worked in cooperative education and now devotes full time to the institute. An introductory film Farmers Working Together will be shown. Edward F Holter president of the association will preside and present his annual report.
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American Institute of Cooperation
Farmers Cooperative Association, Inc
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Stern
Roaring Spring
Pennsylvania State College
Penn State
Eastern States Farmers Exchange
Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment
Edward F. Holter
Godfrey To Lose Permit For 6 Months
Civil Aeronautics Board suspends Arthur Godfrey's pilot certificate for six months effective March 36 for allegedly buzzing the Teterboro control tower during a takeoff. The initial decision follows a safety examiner's report, with a potential appeal by Godfrey. The action surpasses the CAA’s requested 30 day minimum, and hinges on alleged deliberate endangerment to tower staff and other aircraft.
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Teterboro
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Godfrey
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CAB
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New York City
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Highlights of Congress Highlights of Congress
Washington top Agriculture Department officials march back to Capitol Hill to defend the Eisenhower farm program before Senate agriculture committee. McCarthy calls six witnesses to hearings on alleged Communist activities at a New Jersey electronics lab. Civil Service Committee recalls Young for another look at subversives among 2429 security risks. Three U S clubwomen report on Brazilian coffee fields to senators. The Pan American Coffee Bureau head testifies on coffee prices. Six Marines killed in Korea when a mortar shell explodes at a training lecture. Three directors will be elected for five year terms.
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Capitol Hill
Senate Agriculture Committee
True D. Morse
Karl Loos
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
New Jersey
Armed Services
Philip Young
Civil Service Commission
House Post Office and
Civil Service Committee
Young
Youne
Fotal
U. S
Senate Banking
Pan - American Coffee Bureau
Molotov says Berlin talks only measure by Geneva outcomes
Moscow broadcasts quote Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov asserting the Berlin conference results must be judged by the April 26 Big Four meeting with Geneva talks on Asia. He repeats Western defense worries signal a third world war and criticizes Dulles for self‑styled freedoms while workers face war and famine.
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V. M. Molotov
Berlin
China
Geneva
Asia
Molotov
Britain
France
U.S
State Dulles
Alolotov
Korea
Indochina
U.S.A
New York Port Tied By Strike
Wildcat ILA longshoremen tied up New Yorks port defying a federal court restraining order. Members refused work at Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Staten Island piers, with AFL ILA refusing to report to work to avoid clashes. Cunard line sheltered 100 office staff as passengers carried luggage. Bradley Jasmaht condemned the order as discriminatory. Fire at Mt Aary school caused about 40 damage to the stage area. Fire crews responded with two pumpers and a rescue truck after a house fire on Twin Oaks road.
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New York
Wildcat
Independent International Longshoremen’s Assn
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Brooklyn
Staten Island
Iival Afl
ILA
National Labor Relations Board
Queen Elizabeth
Cunard Line
Wiliam V. Bradley Jasmaht
Mt Ary
MAL Aary Fire Company
Twin Oaks
Two Plead Guilty In Court Here
Two young boys plead guilty in Circuit court to breaking and entering petty larceny and receiving stolen goods. Earl Roberts 15 of Tuscstora and Jesse Eugene Wallace 16 of Krayville admitted theft of 99.68 from a Brunswick filling station on November 24 1953 and later confessed to stealing another car. Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer ordered presentence investigation and scheduled return to court March 10. State's Attorney Charles A Price prosecuted. Wallace's mother testified while Roberts' family was absent. Wallace described the motive as “to have some fun.” Roberts expressed remorse and admitted guilt under questioning. James W Johnson pleaded guilty to false pretense for writing a bad check to a grocer. he will be sentenced March 1 after pre sentence investigation. Charles D Klipp received a three year suspended sentence for forgers. George William Fisher convicted of bastardy ordered to pay $20 monthly. Die tn chair Columbia SC. Lander Ray Gantt and Shelton H Gainey executed for murder. US plane missing. search ongoing.
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Department of Parole and Probation
Earl Roberts
Tuscstora
Jesse Eugene Wallace
Krayville
Wallace
Roberts
Charles A. Price
William G. Care
Brunswick
Care
Pike
Korea
James W. Johnson
Dapasville
John G. Droneburg
North Market Street
Croneburg
Johnson
Sehnanifer
Charles D. Klipp
Route 5
Maryland House of Correction
Edward D. Storm
George William Fisher
Rocks
Sam W. Barrick
Vietminh raid damages Hanoi airport and Do Son depots
Vietminh commandos struck Hanoi's Giap Lam civil airport at 2 30 am blowing up several aircraft and damaging about a dozen more. One Vietminh was killed and 200 suspects were later rounded up. No casualties reported among French or Vietnamese personnel. Deson Deson line refers to Do Son airstrip attacks earlier. American technicians arrive to service aircraft for French Union forces.
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Indochina
Gialam
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Red River
Dien Bien Phu
Vietminh
Doson
Deson
Democrats in Miami rally to heal 1952 wounds
Democrats gather in Miami Beach Florida for a unity rally claiming the Eisenhower McCarthy GOP split leaves them as the nation’s party of responsibility. Senate leader Lyndon B. Johnson warns Republicans promised vanity and vows to present their record to voters next November. Senator Richard Russell urges a joint Senate House investigating panel. Adlai Stevenson may address a $100-a-plate dinner.
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Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Eisenhower
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
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Russell
Stephen Mitchell
20.8 Inches Of Snow Falls On Cleveland
Cleveland endures a severe storm with 20.8 inches of snow since Sunday. West wind and drifting snow paralysis disrupts transit, closes schools, halts commerce, and traps drivers for hours. at least 21 storm deaths statewide. Residents recount long waits on buses and stranded motorists amid the blizzard.
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Memorial
Martha Palmer
Euclid
Nurses Witness Executions At South Carolina Penitentiary
Kortvenne college student nurses at the State Mental Hospital watched two murderers electrocute d in the death chamber of the State Penitentiary. Lander Ray Gantt and Shelton F L Gainey died after being convicted of the July 1949 robbery slaying of Myrtle Beach taxi driver Robert D Oliver.
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State Mental Hospital
State Penitentiary
Death House
Lander Ray Gantt
Gastonia
N. C
Shelton FL Gainey
Hartsville
Gantt
Gainey
Myrtle Beach
Martha Bradley
Western Maryland Winter Continues Streak of Snow
The Associated Press reports continued light snow in Western Maryland with Garrett County seeing an inch and a half of fresh fall. Total accumulation reached about 3 inches in some western areas while Frostburg reported a half inch. Allegany County roads were clear and temperatures dropped to 6 degrees at Big Savage Mountain and 22 in Cumberland. Cold weather expected to persist through the weekend.
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Associated Press
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Garrett County
Frostburg
Allegany County
Big Savage Mountain
Garrett-Allegany Line
Cumberland
Weather Bureau
Five Day Forecast Looks For Cold Turn With Snow Chance
Five day forecast notes considerable cloudiness and continued cold through Saturday and Sunday with a chance of snow Saturday night or Sunday. It then turns fair and milder Monday with warmer Tuesday and some rain Tuesday or Wednesday. Temperatures average 5 to 8 degrees below normal with highs around 45 in Western Maryland and 50 in eastern counties. early lows 23 in Garrett County to 34 near the coast.
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Garrett County
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