Frederick High School Site Cut as Board Member’s Ties Emerge
A top site for the proposed Frederick High School near the Mercer property was nearly eliminated after Chase C. Gove Jr. disclosed Ross V. Smith, board president, was connected with a land group that had recently purchased nearby property. The Rose Hill Manor site remains favored, but high asking prices cast doubt on acquisition.
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Frederick High School
Board of Education
Chase C. Gove Jr
Ross V. Smith
Mercer
Quinn Orchard Road
James A A. Sensenbaugh
Rose Hill Manor
North Market Street
Gove
Rose Hil Manor
Julian Tarrant
Ladislas Sesoe and Associates
Cincinnati
Jacob R. Ramsburg
East Street
Oine
Monocacy Village
Access Lenis
Surmes
Ihe
Ed Taus Ib
Pislont Serse
No matter how you wear it you still don’t look like Spencer Tracy
A brief line notes that no styling can alter the resemblance to actor Spencer Tracy, delivering a tongue in cheek remark about appearance and celebrity likeness.
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Spencer Tracy
Brunswick School Site Approved
A Brunswick delegation watched the Board of Education unanimously approve buying land for a new high school. The sale blocks Scheer Stadium, seen as a top baseball diamond, to make room for the project. Plans call for phased construction and a separate Little League field, with the YMCA pool area untouched.
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Brunswick
Board of Education
Scheer Stadium
Gordon Smith
James E. Cummings
Scheer
B and O
Smith
Dale Lloyd
YMCA
Branswick
Cummings
Frederick County
Senserbaugh
Nders
Merger Said Key To Expansion
The Baltimore News-Post reports a Frostburg State Teachers College merger with the University of Maryland as pivotal to a Western Maryland industrial revival. A planned $100 million Hercules Power Co plant near Cumberland is tied to locating near a university of recognized status.
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Baltimore
Baltimore News-Post
Frostburg State Teachers College
University of Maryland
Maryland
James P. Connolly
Annapolis
Hercules Powder Co
Cumberland
Connally
Elizabeth Taylor Reported Vastly Improved in London
AP reports Elizabeth Taylor, age 20, is vastly improved from double pneumonia at London Clinic. Dr. Victor Ratner says she shows progress as Eddie Fisher, her husband, visits but remains by her side. Fisher says she is doing well and aware of her illness.
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London
Elizabeth Taylor
Victor Ratner
London Clinic
Eddie Fisher
Miss Taylor
Fisher
Five vagrants face court over barn incident in Frederick
Five men appeared before Magistrate Edward Storm on charges of vagrancy or intoxication after police found them in a barn on East South Street. Willie Wheizel, Russell Zimmerman Jr, and William Handley admitted conditions, with Handley receiving 30 days. others were released. Glenn Kauffman faced drunkenness charges following a prior complaint. Officers Quinn Shook Mossburg Main Jr Trump reported the scene with wine bottles and hay bedding.
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Magistrate's Court
Edward Storm
Fredericks County
Suddott
Willie Lester Wheizel
Wheizel
East South Street
South Street
Whetzel
West Patrick Street
Seventh Street
Storm
Russell William Zimmerman Jr
Zimmerman
Wilam A. Handley
Zimmer
Handley
Elkridge
Frederick
Glenn W. Kauffman
Nathan Dorsey
Kauffman
North Market Street
Dorsey
Jan Optometrist
Lewistown Defends School Addition Amid Taxpayer Scrutiny
Lewistown officials defend plans for a new school addition against the Fact Finders who cite rising costs and design concerns. Commissioners argue the town deserves quality facilities and urge prompt approval to avoid higher prices, noting earlier estimates of 119000 with current figures near 350000.
Mack Survey Ends Thursday For Hagerstown Area Jobs
Mack Trucks Inc conducts a four day survey in Hagerstown and surrounding area to assess unemployed skills. The effort aims to staff the new Hagerstown Engine Transmission and Carrier plant this fall. About 11 500 people are expected to be interviewed and tested across technical, inspection, machine operation, maintenance and office classifications. Thursday focuses on office job classifications.
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Mack Trucks Inc
Hagerstown
Snowstorm Closes Roads as Search Pleas for Lost Boy Continue
A deep snowstorm with winds to 30 mph lashed Iowa Nebraska and Wisconsin hindering searchers for a missing year old farm boy Jimmie Frank who wandered from his father in Winthrop Iowa. Five inches fell in parts of Iowa and up to a foot in Nebraska and Wisconsin saw heavy drifting and road closures.
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Tre Associ
Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Jimmie Frank
Winthrop
Jimmie
Frank Farm
Aorinwe
Denison
North Platte
Sidnex
Panhandle
Norfolk
la Crosse
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Inter Faith Meditation Room Planned For Hospital
Frederick Memorial Hospital will install an inter faith meditation room on the first floor north wing funded by three major faiths Roman Catholic Jewish and Protestant sharing $1800 total. A memorial $6 gift from a Jewish woman started the effort and Catholic support of 600 is pledged when needed. Protestant churches are collecting their $4 share with contributions directed to Rev. Albert Snyder treasurer of the Frederick County Ministerial Association.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Paul S. Michael
Board of Managers
Michael
Eugene Young
Frederick County
Young
W. Merval Weaver
The
Presbyterian Church
F. A. Rosenberger
United Church of Christ
Albert Snyder
Walkersville
Mr Young
Procek
Raymond L. Markley
Myersville
Fire at Rockville Tavern Damages Old Block
A morning fire started in the furnace room of Roy's Place tavern on East Montgomery Avenue Rockville spreading through a partition and into the dining bar area. Estimated damage 20000 dollars. Four families evacuated from the second floor. No injuries. Fire from three departments aided. kitchen and dining area major losses.
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Rockville
Thomas Slater
Montgomery County
Slater
Roy's
Roy Passin
Silver Spring
Passin
Theodore Ricketts Jr
Estelle Hartley
Montgomery Avenue
Court House
Montgomery County Sentinel
Sister
Gaithersburg
Kennington
Chance Of Snow Flurries In Frederick Area
Weather outlook in Frederick shows above normal temperatures but unsettled, with rain today ending tonight. Winds shift from easterly to westerly, skies cloudy and cool, with a chance of mountain snow flurries as precipitation tapers. Temperatures range from 30s to mid 40s, with a high near 36 to 45 and a cool, fair Friday.
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Frederick
Weather Bureau
Pan American Guilty Of Antitrust Violation
A federal judge found Pan American World Airways guilty of antitrust violations for restraining air traffic to South America via its stake in Panagra. Judge Murphy suggested a final decree may require Pan American to divest its Panagra stock. Market declines followed with heavy trading as many issues posted gains earlier.
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New York
Pan American World Airways
South America
Pan American Grace Airways, Inc
Panagra
Thomas F. Murphy
Pan American
Lollipop Loving Mutt Disappears in Chattanooga
In Chattanooga, a brown and white dog known for nightly lollipops vanished Sunday. Mrs. Mion Rechani said the dog has lived with her eight years and often visits stores to pay for a lolly with his own credit.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Mion Rechani
Sir Thomas Beecham Dies at 81 in London
Sir Thomas Beecham, 81, renowned conductor of symphony and opera, died early today at his London home from a cerebral thrombosis. The Briton, famed for guiding numerous operas and orchestras, had battled illness for months and suffered a virus pneumonia in 1960 while touring the United States.
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London
Thomas Beecham
Beecham
Britain
America
Covent Garden
Sir Thomas
England
Frederick Delius
Dogs Kill 19 Muscovy Ducks on Norman Clark Farm
Norman Clark's farm in Moon-Gay area reports 19 Muscovy ducks killed by dogs weighing 7 to 8 pounds each. County dog catcher Frank Stockman says owners are responsible and that farmers may shoot roaming dogs to stop marauding packs.
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Norman Clark
RFD
Ecounty
Frank Stockman
Stockman
Iockmen
Joan Brubaker
Rocky Springs
Brubaker
Two New Directors Elected to Fidelity Building and Loan Board
J Richard Hudson and Roy J Rhoderick were elected to fill vacancies on the Fidelity Building and Loan Association board. The March meeting occurred at the Fredericktown Savings Institution main office on North Market Street. Next month directors will meet at the West Frederick branch. G Hunter Bowers serves as president and H Lavier Michael as cashier.
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Fidelity Building and Loan Association
J. Richard Hudson
Roy J. Rhoderick
Fredericktown Savings Institution
North Market Street
West Frederick
G. Hunter Bowers
H. Lavier Michael
Coralary
UN Talks In Congo Strain Over Moroccans Tunisian Reinforcements
In Leopoldville, UN officials shifted orders for Moroccan troops who were to depart via Katanga, possibly flown to Morocco. Tunisian reinforcements arrived to bolster the UN garrison while Indian troops prepare to deploy. Congo officials press five demands, including recalling Daval and gaining aircraft control, as negotiations intensify with Dayal and General McKeown.
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Leopoldville
Cre Cong
LN. Congo
Unite Nazo
Katanga
Matad
Morocco
Lepoldville
U.N
Masadi
Banana
Rajeshwar Dayal
Congo
United Nations
Leopardville
Dayal
Matadi
Sean McKeown
Albert Delvaux
Jacques Massa
Maladi
Delvaux
Uo Matadi
Flying Grandfather Sets Record in Miami Flight
The flying grandfather, Max Conrad, landed at Miami International Airport after a 3 day 38 hour 9 minute around the world leg. His light plane circled the globe, setting a new city-to-city record, while the federation of international aeronautics recognizes the record. A tailwind reportedly grounded the craft during stops in Africa and Brazil as Conrad aimed to shave days off the 28 day mark set in 1959.
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Miami
Fin
Max Conrad
Miami International Airport
Conrad
Sheetland
Amapa
Brazil
Dakar
West Africa
Port of Spain
Peter K. Gluckmann
Gluckmann
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Five Day Forecast From The Associated Press
Temperatures will average near or slightly above normal with a cool Thursday and Friday. Warmer conditions are expected over the weekend followed by cooler weather again Monday. Some rain is possible Sunday. Normal highs range from 47 to 33 and lows stay in the low 30s, dipping into the 20s in the mountains.
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Associated Press
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Lewistown
Board of County Commissioners
Fact Finders
Samuel Hayes
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Mishi
E. S. Conway
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Yous
Xnuil
Wolfsville
Urbana
Linganore
Mack
Pan-Am
Sir Thomas Beecham
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