Eisenhower Reelection Prospects Fuel GOP Split Fears
Washington analysis notes President Eisenhower faces growing odds against reelection as his press conference remarks ignite intra party debate. Nixon loyalty, Taft wing influence, and potential convention splits threaten unity and November votes.
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David Lawrence Washington
Easenhower
Republican Party
Rome
Eisenhower
Nixon
Ike
Taft
Ohio
Hestie
Homecoming at Maryland School for the Deaf
Alumni of the Maryland State School for the Deaf held their annual home-coming with a large crowd. The Alumni Association presented a silver service to the school, accepted by Superintendent Lloyd A. Ambrosen. The Ely Literary Society staged the farce Master Pierre Patel in. An Alumni versus senior basketball game followed, with Alumni winning by two points.
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Maryland State School For the Deaf
Henri O Nicol
Alumni Association
Lloyd A. Ambrosen
Ely Literary Society
Pierre Patelin
Edna Clayton
Jean Butcher
James Parsons
James Collison
Gerald Patterson
James Erisman
John Waltermyer
Woodbine Girl To Wed Ronnie Waller
The engagement of Miss Marjorie Merriweather Durant of Woodbine Maryland to Ronald Hearn Waller a former University of Maryland football star is announced. Waller a Los Angeles Rams halfback earned the Outstanding Scholar and Athlete Trophy at Maryland. Durant is the daughter of Mrs Augustus Riggs 4th and Thomas W Durant. The change ment was announced by Mrs Merriweather Post of Washington.
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Washington
Marjorie Merriweather Durant
Woodbine
Ronald Hearn Waller
University of Maryland
Miss Durant
University of Southern California
Waller
Los Angeles Rams
Maryland
Augustus Riggs 4Th
Thomas W. Durant
Washington, Conn
Farm price drops and policy debate in 1955
Department of Agriculture reports four straight years of farm income decline with 1955 down 1.614 billion dollars, average annual drop since 1951 totaling 4.082 billion. Per capita farm income fell to 860 dollars, versus 1,822 for non farm, as price control policy remains contested amid President's term prospects. One minor accident: 35 dollars damage, no injuries, Gasper and Wilkison traffic collision. no charges. An out of town driver posted collateral 3145 for a motor vehicle violation, Logie charged with unsafe lane change.
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Department of Agriculture
Senate
Sherman H Boone
Joseph Hi. Gasper
Monessen
West Patrick Street
James Francis Wilkisson
Bear Frederick
Gasper
Sgt. Boone
Paul S. Coy
Martinsburg
Claude E. Evans
Logie
Frederick County News March 12 1996 Highlights
At a Frederick County Agricultural Society meeting the board decided to hold 00 dog shows at the Fair as past results did not justify expense. A new dog building will be repurposed for another department of the Fair. A school relocates from Misnes Blumenauer storeroom to a room next to A. S. Harrington’s store on North Market Street. Sheriff Martz swore in deputies to protect bridge contractors for Western Maryland Railroad over the Monocacy River and Pipe Creek near Bruceville due to fears of union interference. George A. Dean sold his East Second Street residence to J. Stoll Detrick of Baltimore for 11730, to be occupied by Detrick’s son-in-law and daughter Chester Kemp family. The house is among three fine residences built near the old Novitiate site. W J Flautt’s Condon’s tobacco store offered a wheel, awarded to A. N. McCarden.
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Frederick County Agricultural Society
Misnes Blumenauer
North Market Street
A. 8. Harrington
Western Maryland Railroad
Monocact River
Pipe Creek
Bruceville
Martz
Donanion
George A. Dean
East Second Street
J. Stoll Detrick
Baltimore
March 12 1936 Twenty Years Ago Meme from The Columns
Swollen Manoac y river floods roads and cuts county traffic as spring thaw advances. School officials extend spring break by three days to absorb winter losses. Officials assure no epidemic. county inquiries into reported outbreak continue. Local civic notes include a pennant for best entries and community notices.
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the News
Manoacy
Cuttheg
Predenck
Eugene W. Pruitt
Kiedis Frederich
Beekh
Ketanver
Bart
American Optical To Build Plant In Frederick
Frederick officials and the Cham ber of Commerce announce plans for American Optical to establish a plant in Frederick for plastic eyeglass frames. A March 8 option secured for the site and city leaders praise the project as a boost to local industry and employment.
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American Optical To
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick
American Optical Company
Chamber
Phi Ram
Ay Hae
Ben Attwood
Vernon Stone
Department of the Potomac Edison Company
Southbridge
Mass
B. J. Ziegler
Frames
Work Simplification course aids homemakers clubs
Extension office conducts a two day training with Miss Beatrice Fehr and University of Maryland expert Miss Joanne Reitz guiding 31 local homemaker clubs. Sessions emphasize practical efficiency, proper material placement, reducing tasks, and open meetings for cardiac residents.
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Beatrice Fehr
Joanne Reitz
University of Maryland
Heart
Fehr
Conspiring Robbery Cases Led by Carter and Lee
Carter and Lee pleaded guilty to conspiring to rob a bank and to other offenses. Carter was described as the leader, with AWOL military history. Lee had no record. Both changed pleas from not guilty and received sentences after pre sentence reports. Separate cases involve false pretenses for a $149 TV set and forged checks, with varying sentences.
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New York
Samuel W. Bartick
Carter
Armed Services
Lee
J. Vernon Summers
James Eshleman
Gaver
Carroll
Brunswick
Ihe
E. Austin James
Kenneth C. Creager
House of Correction
Acme
A and P
Creager
Fow
Prison terms handed to motorists in Frederick traffic cases
Theodore Schrader of Gaithersburg received 45 days in Frederick county jail for three traffic violations including passing on the right and operating without a license. Charles J. Fogie of Lucky's Trailer Court was fined 175 dollars after pleading guilty to operating under the influence and reckless driving on Md. 355. James M. Foland, Walkersville, was found not guilty of operating with an instructor present after a licensed operator testified he was being instructed. Trooper Alan D. Martin and Trooper Robert C. Snyder handled arrests.
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Wilher F. Sheffield Jr
Theodore Schrader
Gaithersburg
Frederick County
Alan D Martin
Charles. J. Fogie
Lucky
Fogle
John E. Carter
James M. Foland
RFD
Walkersville
Foland
Robert C. Snyder
Health notes from Frederick Memorial Hospital update
The report lists multiple local residents under treatment or improving at Frederick Memorial Hospital and Johns Hopkins Hospital. Names include Brian M. Staley recovering from a head wound, Edna E. Brownlow slightly improved, Rev. Dr. Kieffer in satisfactory condition, Walter E. Sinn recuperating, Rev. Dr. Hoffmeier improving with a fractured leg, Nelda Morgan entering Johns Hopkins Women’s Clinic, Alice Hossler discharged after eight days, Rolald Michael and Steiner G. Shankle hospitalized in connections with Darter’s Hospital Washington and other local facilities.
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Brian M. Staley
Wilm C. Staley
Lee Place
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Fou
Edna E. Brownlow
North Market Street
Henri L. G. Kieffer
Evangelical Reformed Church
Walter E. Sinn
Edgar F. Hoffmeier
Nelda E. Morgan
Seminole Road
Monocacy Village
Women’s Clinic
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Alice Hossler
Frederick
Local Notes and Personnel Moves In Las Vegas And Ocean City
AFC James Lee Kelly son of Mrs Mildred Kelly stationed at Nellis AFB Las Vegas will host the Mil ton Berle show telecast Tuesday at 8 p m Kelly also coaches Las Vegas church league basketball Mrs Charles L Kolb celebrated her 65th birthday with a surprise dinner party at her home Attendees included the Kolbs Baker Biddingers and Oliver Kolb family members George J Smith Jr made the dean s list at Washington and Lee University as a pre med senior Charles J Lutts 56 named Ocean City police chief effective April 1 Baltimore Cumberland Transit Lines filed for a fare increase to 18 cents or two tokens for 35 cents effective April 15 unless denied
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James Lee Kelly
Mildred Kelly
Nellis Afb
Las Vegas
Nev
Milton Berle
Kelly
Church League of
Charles L. Kolb
Frederick
RFD
Charles Kolb
Oliver Baker
Raymond Biddinger
Baltimore
Cumberland Transit Lines
Dobhin Service Commission
Funeral held for Paul H. Martin a Martinsburg jurist
Paul H. Martins death from a heart attack ends a long career in Berkeley County. He was a WVU athlete and Wesleyan football coach, served as Clerk of the Berkeley County Court from 1921 to 1999, and held various public offices. Survivors include his wife Marie, a son, and two sisters. Funeral services planned in Martinsburg with ties to Morgantown and Kingwood. Other items note Westminster Seminary inauguration and Mouseketeer products distribution.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Paw H. Martin
West Virginia Unversity
West Virginia Wesleyan
King’s Daughters Hospital
Martin
Kingwood
Morgantown
Nad
Berkeley
Morgantown High School
Wesleyan
A. C. Ladenbousch
Charles J. Faulkner
L. 5
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Cete Gutin
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Ronnie Waller
Beta Sigma Phi
Fran Liggon
Dorothy Dursey
Kathleen Faville
Dorothy Dorsey
Jackie Hackman
Margaret Beveridee
Geta Siema Phi Sel
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Fashington
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Lyndon B Johnson
Texas
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Frank Keefer
Red Cross
Robert Herman
Federated Charities
South Market Street
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East Fifteenth Street
Charles Butcher
Pales
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Aiadua
Diewe Long
Motter Avenue
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Citzens
John A. Derr
Amero Jcan Optical Company
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Ballenger
York County
Robert Stansfield
Paul Wise
Levietown
McDonogh School
May
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Palestine
Deir el Ballah
Gaze
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Egypt
Mixed Armistice Commission
Baltimore Trainit Co
Trancit Workers’ Union
Frst
State Commissioner of Labor and Industry
Compher
Ballenger Creek Road
Athee Campber Jr
Robert Mansfield Jr
See Whipp
Ty RA Rae
Ing
Rolald Michael
East South Street
Steiner G. Shankle
Buckeystown
Darter’s Hospital
Ocean City
Charles J. Lutts
Paul H. Martin
Norman L ‘Trott
Westminster Theological Seminary
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G. Bromley Oxnam
Methodist Church
Westminster
American University
Massachusetts
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Henis
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