Heavy Rains Cause Flooding and Power Outages in County
Heavy rains and thunderstorms swell Monocacy River flooding in Hansonville and Ceresville while Fishing Creek breaches U S 15 at Lewistown. Lightning cuts power at Frederick High School, with PECO crews repairing lines as storms continue. Rain totals reach 1.31 inches at Gambrill Park and 0.78 at the airport, with mild temperatures and no widespread outages reported.
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Hansonville
Ceresville
U.S 15
Lewistown
East County
Thurmont
Frederick High School
Dramatic Club
Potomac Edison Company wWorkmen
Utility Company
Woodsboro
Bethel
Burkillsville
Thurrhcont
Mt. Airy
Brunswick
Hyattstown
Frederick
State Police
Gambrill State Park
Gambrill Park
Frederick County Teachers Attend Annapolis Hearing on Retirement Bill
A Frederick county teachers group testified Friday in Annapolis before the Senate Finance Committee on Senate Bill 235 aiming to guarantee retiring teachers half of their average salary. Figures from the Slave Retirement System show local retirees averaging 5.87 months’ pension with a quarterly supplement of 549 percent. The bill’s cost to the state was cited at 7 million 900 thousand dollars. Frederick participants included Eugene W. Pratt and Heisler B. Corum, with the group led by Dandid Koons, while Senator Jacob Ro Ramebure noted favorable committee reaction. Also filed were bankruptcies for John E. Pickett Jr and Bessie C. Pickett of West Friendship, with assets and liabilities listed and orders referring the cases to a referee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederck County
Annapolis
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Frederick County
Marland
Jane Sas
Frederick Wiich
Jacob Ro Ramebure i
Pretier Courrt
Retimnic
John E. Pickett, Jr
West Frendship
Bessie C. Pickett
Schenyles
J. Martin McDonough
Approves Pay Boost Then Seeks Higher Postage Rates
Rep Murray D Tenn urged a four cent rate rise to accompany an approved postal worker pay increase. He called for a fair, across the board rate hike covering all mail classes. The House Post Office Committee previously backed a 7.7 percent raise costing about 150 million dollars for 518,000 postal workers, with Civil Service pay boosts costing over 200 million dollars under review next week.
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Washington
Murray
D-Tenn
House Post Office Committee
Aise
Bill to raise juror pay advances in Senate
The State Senate passed a measure to pay Frederick County Circuit Court jurors at least one day and mileage set by the county commissioners, with no effect until the next calendar year. The Frederick County delegation also backed a tax exemption increase for tools machinery and raw materials. A separate bill would let sheriffs and deputies appoint appraisers for livestock damages from fogs. Delegate S Fenton Harris sought a unicameral legislature study, citing Nebraska success, with a proposed commission of House and Senate members to report in 1957. A birthday congratulatory resolution for Delegate C Clifton Wirts was adopted.
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State Senate
House of Delegates
Ramsburg
Frederick County
S. Fenton Harris
Nebraska
Senate
General Assembly
House
Clifton Wirts
No Deed For Property Held For 24 Years
The widow and daughter of Wilson P Smith sue Edward Ho Schaffer in Equity Court seeking a quiet title decree to own a tract bought in 1931 for 700 dollars in Braddock district Frederick County They allege Smith possessed and paid taxes until his death last November but Schaffer did not deliver a deed and has moved away leaving no known relative or information about him
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Baltimore
Frederick County
Equity Court
Dane Anne Smith
Wilson P Smith
Olne Jean Brows
Edward Ho Schaffer
Smith
Schaffer
High Knoh
Braddock District
Mattias
Tornado Wrecks 15 Buildings and Injures Three
A tornado struck late at night, destroying the City Hall and many buildings in this town of 300. Babe de Hinton, 25, Mitchellville, suffered a possible broken foot from a brick. Two other residents were injured in rural State Line as the storm damaged homes and office buildings.
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Mitchellgild
F .Fenn
Zatace
State Line
Ccnot
Man Slaughter Charge Set In Pleasants Death Case
Harold G Horne of Hagerstown faces a manslaughter charge in the August 29 collision near Thurmont that killed Mrs Frances A Pleasants of Baltimore. Trial set for March 16 in Circuit Court as part of a series of criminal appeals stretching March 10 to 18, with Horne on bond.
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Harold G. Horne
Hagerstoun
Frances A. Pleasants
Baltimore
Thurmont
Cirent
Harne
Charles H. Bollinger
Paul E. Creager
Herschel Himes
Marshall Planary
Marvin L. Crest
Edward F. Fauble
Harry &. Howard
Claude Kerr
Mark D. Baden
Leo C. Jackson
Raymond MM. Hitchcock
Liond
W. Remsburg
Marth
Anlard TY. Lease
Harold R. Toms
Charles H. Clarke
Patrick M Schnauffer
Haheae Mae Pus
William Hawkins
House of Correction
Regrets His Law Violation A Middletown Youth Suspended
A year-old Middletown youth who said jail showed him what it is like was given a suspended sentence on motor vehicle charges in Peoples Court. Charles Sliler was found guilty. his attorney sought leniency, noting he took his father’s car to visit a girlfriend in Frederick. Sliler, stopped in a 30 mph zone at 70 mph, was also charged with operating without a license, and the magistrate placed him in his father’s custody.
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Middletown
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Gien
Peoples Court
Charles Kenny SliJer
Tedwin F Nikirk
Frederick
Glenn L. Bowman
Sliler
House of Correction
Smith
Wi Pleasant
Jawl
Albert Hedden
U. S
James William Kime
Walkersville
Trasper Hedden
Howard Robert Queen
Baltimore
West Siaga
Edward John Weneck
Hagerstown
U.S
Joseph Bertram Orndorff
Derick
William MM. Yet Flannyver Pasnredine
Tefferson Street
Cheser M Wansworth
Lancaster
Imoconer
Jefferson Street
Howat S. Halsex
Landenberg, Pa
William A Boone, Jr
Paul L. Kline
Change program to adjust federal security plan announced soon
The Justice Department plans to announce late today a number of changes to the federal employee security program while keeping the basic principles unchanged. Meanwhile a threatened CIO strike looms with about 20,000 maintenance workers set to walk out against the Pennsylvania Railroad amid tense labor talks.
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Washington
Justice
CIO
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gen Leonard To Be Honored On Monday At White House
Gen Leonard, retired former resident and World War II hero of the Remagen bridge operation, will be honored at the White House and Pentagon on the tenth anniversary. The ceremony includes a morning group gathering and a luncheon with top Army officials, honoring his command of the 9th Armored Division and the crossing of the Remagen bridge.
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John W. Leonard
Remagen Bridge
Semure
White House
Fentagon
Thaidua Chenin
Sater Shere
Leonard
Kothland Ware
Commanda Ine
Aintn
Remagen
Vol Wednka Teed
Planning For Salk Vaccine Use Locally
Health officials and Frederick County leaders met at Winchester Hall to plan potential mass vaccination using the Salk polio vaccine. Dr. Forbes Burgess warned spring will reveal efficacy and licensing, while pledges of cooperation and $250 for antiseptics, cotton swabs, and supplies were approved. About 2,900 children in Frederick and surrounding areas may receive the shots, with parental permission required.
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Frederick County
National Foundation For
Winchhester Hall
Forbes H. Burgess
March of Dimes Research
Incal Polio Chapter
State Department of Health
Rennles
Bike. Org
Ehow
Polio Group
Frederick
Warren Evans
Maryland State School For the Deaf
Evans
North Frederick
Libertytown
Emalier
Russell L. Guest
Country Medical Society
Pola Foundation
Alton Y. Bennett
Tread
Arthur Lamvert
Hazel Lever
Guest
Dr Burgess
Nele May Smith
New Emphasis On Tank As Armored Age Weapon
The Army announces a shift to emphasize armored units as a principal combat weapon. The World War I era armored division based at Ft. Knox Kentucky is being converted into a skeleton framework for a fully staffed force. At full strength, an armored division numbers about 14,500 men and nearly 340 tanks, with planned reorganization to four active divisions. The unit has seen action in Germany and has connections to Ft. Hood Texas and Ft. Winona.
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Washington
Ft. Knox Ky
Ft Head
Tex
Germany
Ft. Winona
American priest expelled by Soviet Union leaves Moscow
Rev Genres Bistonnette, a Roman Catholic priest from the United States, was expelled by the Soviet Union and departed Moscow by plane today.
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Moston Moscow
Soviet Union
Moscow
Storms sweep wide areas causing floods and damage
Early March storms battered broad regions bringing heavy rain and hail. Flood threats rose along the Ohio River as waters rose in Wheeling, Huntington, and Pittsburgh while Wabash families fled rising streams. Blizzard conditions and freezing temps followed in the Plains and Midwest with varying snow and wind.
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Associated Press
Kentucky
West Virginia
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Meade County
Tennessee-Kentucky
Nashville
Oto Valley
Central
Appalachians
New England
New York State
Wheeling
Huntington
WS Va
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Wabash
Midwest
Oho River
Northern Plains
Minnesota
Towa
Kansas
Gapluleh
Rapid City
Tayo
Fortheast
Pitts—burgh
Texas East
Ohia
Missouri
Norfolk
Woman Hurt In Accident In Mt Airy Area
A Mt. Airy area woman received emergency room treatment at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a two car collision on Gas House Pike. Katie F. Carpenter, 62, of RFD 1 Mt. Urs, suffered contusions to the left cheek forearm and left knee and was treated. damage was done to both cars, no charges filed.
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Mt. Airy Area
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Katie F. Carpenter
RFD 1
Mt. Urs
Aly Hide Rusceta
Nelson Carpenter
Nantel Luther Fishers
RFD
Fredenck
Donald Power
Bowser
Worman’s Mill
Harry Freas
Dummore
Pawit
S Tapitas
Lava flows near sea threaten Hawaii towns
Two lava-fed fissures and lava fountains sending 300 foot plumes moved toward the sea in Puna district Hawaii. Two million dollars in damage, dozens of homes and cane fields buried. 400 residents homeless as Kapoho and nearby areas evacuated. Lava may reach the sea within hours as communities face isolation and destruction.
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Pahoa
Hawaii
Puna
Manhattan
Ale Jauea
Kapoho
Mondar
Cars Crash At Square Corner Injures Two In Frederick County
Early this morning two sedans collided at the Square Corner intersection in Frederick County. One car, driven by James E Tasker of Chicago, jumped the sidewalk near the Frederick County National Bank, causing a mailbox to be knocked over and damaging a bank garbage can. Thomas J. McCoy, 24, Baltimore, an aircraft mechanic, was hospitalized with lacerations to both eyelids. Leo L. McMillon, 38, Hillsboro, Va., suffered a bruised forehead and knee but refused hospital treatment. Tasker was charged with failing to obey an automatic traffic control device. a hearing was set for March 21.
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Corneer
Thomas J. McCoy
Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin
Frederick Memorial Hospital
United Ambulance
Con Junius
Adi
Ihe 5
Shack
Leo L. McMillon
Hillsboro
McCoy
Cig
C. W. Bare
McMillion
Patrick
James E Tasker
Chicago
Tasker
Frederick County National Bank
Senate probes stock tips tied to Winchell broadcasts
Senate Banking Committee investigators examine about 20 cases of rapid stock moves tied to tips and rumors from Walter Winchell. Edward T. McCormick of the American Stock Exchange cites Amurex Oil losses of over two million dollars in under an hour after a 1955 tip. Fulbright leads hearings to determine if quick money was made on Pantepec stock ahead of Winchell's Jan 9 telecast and subsequent price spike.
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Washington Senate
Fulbright /D-Ark
Senate Banking Committee
Walter Winchel
Edward T. McCormick
American Stock Exchange
Winchell
Amurex Oil
McCormick
Pontepec
Artil
Ecolumnnist
New York
Fulbright
Lparn
Three Siblings Drowned in Flood After School Walk
In Brandenburg a small stream swelled by hail and rain swept away three sisters, Virginia, Margaret, and Mary Ruth, and their brother James. Sheriff Allen Thompson named the victims, children of Mr and Mrs Mike Hardests, aged seven to eleven. The accident happened as they walked a gravel road along Charlie Smith’s farm, after a school bus ride. The waters ran deep, pulling them from feet to rocks and branches.
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Brandenburg
Re.p
Allen Thompson
Jeff
Charlie Smith
Virgina
Margaret
Mary Ruth
James
Mike Hardests
Fallsiines
Les
Here
Flood Threat Eases as Oo River Crest Expected at 26 Feet
The Weather Bureau forecast the Oo River at Pittsburgh will crest about one foot above the 25 foot flood stage, with the crest due late today. Officials said damage should be minor and noted the risk had lessened from the preceding two days of storms.
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Pittsburgh
Weather Bureau
Vernon Houchton
High Level Talks Persist Between China and United States
In Taipei a high level dialogue continued as rumors swirled that Nationalists might abandon Matsu outposts. Talks included Adm. Carney and other top U.S. officers focusing on joint defense plans for Formosa the Pescadores and nearby islands amid tensions with Red forces and warnings from Dulles.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
United States
Matsu Island
Chiang Kai-shek
Matsus
Formosa Strait
Alatsu
Red China
Matsu Islands
Honolulu
U.S
Dulles
Southeast Asia
Tokyo
Tachen Islands
Nanchishan
Here
Joibl
U.5s. Defense Command
Adm
Robert B. Carney
Felix B. Stump
Alfred M. Pride
Ith
William C. Chase
Pescadores
West Pacific
Chiang Kaishek
Admiral Carney
Special Agent Ends Killer s Crime Spree in Wyoming
Green River Wyoming an officer defied threats to a hostage mother and two children ending a 16 hour crime spree by shooting ex convict Melvin Henry Gray 27 through a window with a 12 gauge gun The pursuing agent W Sherman fired and killed Gray in a bedroom ending a tense siege that left a man dead and others wounded prior to the standoff
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Green River
Wyo
al m
W. Sherman
Union Pacific Railroad
Melvin Henry Gray
Gray
Reine
Gus Kalivas
Wyoming
Bridge by-Pass contract awarded to Pecora Construction
The State Roads Commission awarded a $107,548 contract to Frank Pecora Construction Co for a four-span steel beam bridge on East Patrick Street extended over the Frederick by-pass. The 248 foot long structure will carry eastbound traffic, with a 22 foot roadway, placed on the E C Sanner farm area east of Superior Dairy.
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State Roads Commission
Frank Pecora Construction Company
Baliumore
Patrick Street
Frederick By-Pass
E. C. Sanner
Superior Dairy
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South Market Street
Causine Temah
Bote Dee
Frederick Wh
Eugene W. Pratt
Counts Schante Heisler B. Corum
Frederick Canty “leachery’ .s+ 5
Dandid Koons
Counts Association
Gen. Leonard
Balisbury
Wicomico County
Emerson Fi
Morris
Saliispury
Air Force
Rome
Gerald Paden
Lubbock
Italy
Church of Christ
Paden
Square Corner
Birmingham
Albert Fuller
Is le
A. L Patterson
Tip
Killer
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