County Democrats weigh candidates for county board vacancy
A flood of applications from county Democrats follows the resignation of County Commissioner Edward F. Holter effective July 1. The Democratic State Central Committee plans to submit recommendations to Governor McKeldin, with a meeting at the Court House on Wednesday at 7 30 p m to discuss nominees. Potential candidates include A Irvin Renn, and residents of Middletown Valley lobbying for a local Democrat to fill the post. Dr Forbes Burgess reported noncompliant drillers and proposed licensing as a county remedy. State rules require permits and completion reports. a May 24 meeting with all well drillers is planned at Winchester Hall.
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Edward F. Holter
Edwin F. Nikirk
Democratic State Central Committee
Theodore R. McKeldin
Democratic Committee
Court House
Middletown Valley
Holter
A. Irvin Renn
Frederick
Tiolter
Forbes Burgess
County Board of Health
Burgess
State Department of Geology, Mines and Water Resources
Winchester Hall
Mahoney Signals Another Run After Senate Bid Loss
Baltimore contractor George P. Mahoney, after a fourth statewide bid failed, stated he would not run again if voters repudiated him at the polls. He tied with Millard E. Tydings 76 to 76 in Democratic Senate nomination votes but lost the popular tally 193,995 to 142,551.
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Baltimore
George P. Mahoney
Baltimore County
Towson
Mahoney
Millard E. Tydings
U.S. Senate
Tydings
Shopping Center Site Barn Bids Too Low
County bids for the Seventh bela Mandaye street site drew few bidders as the auction of the last farm structures yielded $100 for the silo while the bank barn was withdrawn due to low offers. Two buildings were burned in a prior training exercise, and demolition costs will be a major expense in the primary election preparations.
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County Commissioners Office
Young Farm
Claude Clemson
Worman’s Mill
Richard F. Kline
Army Corps Seeks Bids for Four Fort Detrick Projects
The Army Corps of Engineers Washington District invites bids for four Fort Detrick facility upgrades. Projects include adding a 66,000 pound boiler, paving about one mile of asphalt road, installing a 12 inch sewer line with pumps for 1,600 feet along Military Road, and building one mile of chain link fence with lighting. Bids due next week.
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Army Corps of Engineers
Washington
Fort Detrick
Military Road
Corps of Engineers
Power outage hits western New York and Ontario
A blackout left about two million people without power in western New York and surrounding counties for up to two hours, with Ontario cities Kingston Toronto Kitchener and Hamilton also affected. In Lackawanna a 67 year old man died after being hit by a car during the blackout. Traffic lights failed causing gridlock at major intersections.
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Buffalo
New York
Oday
Ontario
Kingston
Toronto
Kitchener
Hamilton
Thomas Katra
Lackawanna
Three West Virginia men jailed for Byrd Camp break in
Detainers lodged against Lewis Smeltzer James A Hough and Robert L McDonough all of Charles Town for breaking and entering and larceny at Byrd Orchard camp near Charles Town. They were sentenced to three years in the House of Correction for assaulting a 10 year old and his 65 year old father. police say radio and a 22 caliber rifle were stolen from three housing units.
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Jefferson County
W. Va
Byrd Orchard
Charles Town
Lewis Smeltzer
James A. Hough
Robert L. McDonough
House of Correction
Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr
William Hurt
Rcy
West Virginia
Byrd Camp
Hood College Crowns May Queen in Sunny May Day
A bright afternoon blessed Hood College's 1956 May Queen coronation for Mrs Beverly Moore Liddick after morning showers canceled the Father-Daughter game. Hood Mothers Club and Fathers Club held dinners and brief talks in the campus and Key Hotel events, with officers announced for the coming year.
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Hood College
Beverly Moore Liddick
Hood
Hudson
Hood Mothers Club
Coblents
Katherine Sherrill
Wayne C. Neely
Herbert N. Heston
Joseph Howard
Baltimore
Edith
Robert J. Wigton
Catonsville
Baird
John R. Reeves
Bethesda
Mariparet
Robert F. Heller
Readjing
Marjorie
A. Mehrl Hooper
Wilson Place
Frederick
Ralph H. Miller
Brunswick
T. Melvin Lescalleet
Fairview Avenue
Patricia
Daniel Thomas
Barbara
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Hood Fathers
R. Paul Smith
Hood’s Board of Trustees
Walter Kleist
The
Fathers Club
Jane D. McCarrell
Department of Biology
Nine Traffic First Heat Deaths In Md Weekend
Maryland's 1956 automobile death toll rose to 172 after nine weekend fatalities and a tenth who died in a Baltimore hospital from earlier injuries. Pedestrians died. excessive speed blamed for several wrecks. A 36 year old woman from Baltimore died in a head on crash near Millersville. other victims included a teen from Essex and a 61 year old Baltimore man struck crossing a street. Weather changes projected as heat wave breaks with possible storms and cooler temps through midweek.
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Baltimore
Catherine McAdam
Gelston Dr
Millersville
Anne Arundel County
Thomas Riley
U. S. 40
Edgewood
Sanford Cornelius Staley
Martinsville
Delbert Vernon Soft
Gilbert
Easton
Grenade Kills Three In Tunis
In Tunis gunmen sprayed streets and tossed a grenade into a cafe killing three and wounding fourteen. An Italian died in hospital as two more were injured at a government office as attackers fled in a car. Eleven more were hurt by a grenade in the cafe.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Neo-Destour Party
France
Algeria
Constantine
Five Allen Sons Join Davis and Elkins Commencement
Five sons of the late Dr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Allen will share in the James E. Allen commencement at Davis and Elkins College Elkins West Virginia. Charles and Carter Allen will lay the cornerstone for the James Allen Residence Hall for Men Garrett Allen will speak at the alumni dinner Robert Allen will give the baccalaureate address and James Allen will speak at commencement May 26 27 28. James Allen is Commissioner of Education for New York and Garrett Allen is a Chicago physician.
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Joseph E. Allen
Davis and Elkins College
Elkins
W. V
Allen
Frederick
Susan Hackney Garrott
Joseph B. Garrott
Dr. Allen
James E. Allen
Charles
Carter
Garrott
Robert
James
Carter Allen
Garrett
James Allen
New York
Garrett Allen
Chicago
Thurmont Parents Fined for Not Sending Children to School
Magistrate Paul Little suspended a total of 710 dollars in fines against Mr. and Mrs. Earl Huse for neglecting to send their two sons Earl and Carl to school. Earl was absent 77 days, Carl 65 days, with 142 total absences. The couple claimed they tried to enforce attendance but buses were missed or children played hockey.
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Thurmont
Paul Little
Little
Earl Huse
Earl
Carl
Frederick’ County
Doris Dorsey
Door-To-Door Mental Health Drive Planned May 29
Frederick County volunteers will stage a door to door mental health drive on Tuesday May 29 led by James Eshleman chair of the county campaign. The effort aims to increase clinic services and community awareness while directing most funds to state improvements and some to national research and education.
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Frederick County
James Eshleman
Maryland
Association
Grier Memorial Fund
Eshleman
Baltimore
Montgomery County
Prince George’s County
Lumber Schooner Split by Freighter Off California Coast
A lumber schooner named U. S. Howard Olson was cut in two by the freighter S. S. Marine Leopard about three miles off the central California coast. Coast Guard radio reports said two may be dead and four missing before dawn. In Austria, Chancellor Julius Raab's Conservatives near a parliamentary majority in the first postwar election.
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Howard Olson
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David Kennedy
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Austria
Julius Raab
Hearing Set For Friday In Delinquency Case
A 30 year old Baltimore man Chevis Butler faces a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor in Juvenile Court Friday after allegedly furnishing wine to a 13 year old boy and taking him to hotels and movies in Frederick. Police say the two drank from a wine bottle found in a park. The boy stayed with Butler overnight. a hotel desk clerk heard him crying. Butler denies the allegations and claims the boy sought a ride to Frederick.
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Patrick M. Schnauffer
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Wilbur Huddleson
Butler
Det
Sergt
Norman Dietz
Raleigh, N. C
Emmitsburg
Seven Killed In Head On Crash Near New Castle
A head on collision 10 miles west of New Castle, Pennsylvania, killed seven people including five members of the Markwell family from Niles Ohio and two local men. Dorothy Markwell was pregnant and among the dead. three Markwell children survived in critical condition with multiple injuries. Allen Fitzpatrick and Roscoe Williams died in the other car.
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Here
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Niles
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Tarentum
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Mary
Ruthanne
William
Susan
Tommy
Robert
Cecilia
Allen M. Fitzpatrick
Roscoe Williams
Eden Maps Strategy for Commons Crabb Probe
London reports Prime Minister Eden plans a sharp Commons grilling over the missing British frogman Lionel Crabb. Labor leaders demand details of the retired diver’s activities near Soviet warships in Portsmouth Harbor as Bulganin and Khrushchev visit Britain.
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Scouts Camp-o-ree At Ft Meade Next Weekend
Baltimore area scouts and adult leaders from six counties plan a large camp-o-ree next weekend at Fort Meade in Maryland. About 3,500 Boy Scouts and 500 Explorer Scouts are expected to participate, with activities including merit badge tests, tent pitching, and campfire ceremonies in district areas.
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Michael Karaolis
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Satur
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Same Key Fit Both Cars Learns Cold Ride Mystery
Mrs Mills drove from National Airport toward Leesburg and found car heating up yet no air conditioning in her car. A wrong Illinois plate and two dark gray Cadillacs were involved while police escorted her back to the airport where she recovered her own vehicle.
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Washington
Ellis Mills
National Airport
Leesburg
Scout Camp Leaders Weigh Bans On Officers
WER and UST report a plan to ban Scout camp commander John L. Smith assistant scout executive Col Curtis L. Williams and Lt. Col Eugene Willis from a leadership role in a pending action. The move concerns disciplinary measures and governance for the camp.
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awaLus
John L. Smith
Curtis L. Williams
Eugene Willis
Aereer
Tornado Toll and Damage Across Several States
Weekend tornadoes and storms left 13 dead and 270 injured across Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Cleveland area damage ran into millions with several fatalities in Lakewood and Rocky River as Flint Detroit suburbs and nearby towns faced widespread devastation. Record heat followed with Newark reaching 92, topping previous record.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
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Frank P. Celeste
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Windsor
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Yates Center
Meadville
Pittsburgh
Duquesne
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