Maryland Home Rule Bills Promoted For 1959 Session
State Senator Edward D. Storm of Frederick will introduce two home rule measures in the 1959 General Assembly to recodify county boards and simplify local laws. The bills seek to reduce local code sections, save taxpayer money, and improve efficiency while preserving essential local powers, with mechanisms for merit pay and pensions. Citizens group on better schools meets in Frederick tonight to discuss improving education, with school board and superintendent invited.
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Maryland
General Assembly
Edward D. Storm
Frederick
Department of Legislative Piven
Storm
Legislative Council
University of Maryland Political Science de
Frederick County
Comeners
Senator Storm Sars
Clerk of the Circuit
Citizens Committee For Better Schools
Frederick Coun
Marsland
M. C
Fire damages Queen's palace at Noordeine
The Hague May 18 A fire severely damaged Queen Wilhelmina's Noordeine palace for about an hour aided by a strong wind. Painters using a torch to burn old paint on the roof likely started the blaze. The 67 year old queen and royal family were not present and Wilhelmina is staying at Het Loo.
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the Hague
Wilhelmina
Noordeine
Orange Dynasty
Het Loo
Stalin backs Wallace peace plan in world opinion push
James Marlow outlines how Stalin promoted a peace program via Wallace while the United States publicly handled Smith to Molotov notes. The confusion over confidential talks, Truman's response, and Stalin's reaction show how Cold War diplomacy leveraged public opinion against US policy.
Local Roads to Be Oiled in Frederick County
The Roads Commission plans surface treatment starting early June on about 36 miles of state highways in Frederick County. Roads include Route 15 through Buckerstown and Wormar Lewistown, Route 20 to Ridgeville, Route 77 to Graceham, and Route 340 segments toward Jefferson and Petersville, with shoulders added on select routes. Detours will be set up as work progresses and additional notices will follow.
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Tale Roads Commission
Frederick County
Sabinasville
Blue Ridge Summit
State Roads Commission
Thomas G. Mahler
Toda
Evergreen Point
Buckerstown
Wormar Lewistown
Frederick
Ridgeville
Thurmont
Graceham
Montgomery County
Log
Cabin
Jefferson
Steiner's Hill
Petersvile
Broad Run
Catoctin Creek
Sumantown
Woodsboro
Libertytown
New Midway
Brunswick-Knoxville
Buckeystown
Ten Killed in Koppers Plant Tank Explosion at Night
A tank explosion and fire at the Koppers Company tar and chemical division plant in Kearny New Jersey killed ten workers with nine bodies recovered from the building ruins along the Hackensack river. a tenth died later in hospital. Firemen searched wreckage as a 12 building blaze and a series of minor blasts followed the initial blast. Detective Sgt. Charles Schillen estimated eleven workers were trapped. The blast was heard over fifteen miles and lit the sky with a flame visible ten miles away.
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Kearny
N. J
Koppers Company Tar and Chemical Division
Hackensack
Vic
Tim
Charles Schillen
Frederick residents attend Maryland Ornithological Society meeting
Fifteen Frederick residents joined 106 members at the Maryland Ornithological Society annual gathering held May 14 to 16 at Camp Greentow Catoctin. The weekend program on birds and nature was led by Orville Crowder of Baltimore, president of the society. Attendees from Frederick included Mrs Mabel Howler Miss Elizabeth Shoemaker Mr and Mrs Wim Siemmer William Siemmer Jr Miss Sarah Qui Miss Lucy Lewis Mr and Mrs M H Partridge Miss Susan Partridge Omas Partridge and Rodgers Smith.
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Frederick
Maryland Ornithological Society
Camp Greentow
Catoctin
Orville Crowder
Baltimore
Mabel Howler
Elizabeth Shoemaker
Wim Siemmer
William Siemmer
Sarah Qui
Lucy Lewis
M. H. Partridge
Susan Partridge
Omas Partridge
Rodgers Smith
Profit Taking Keeps Prices On Even Keel In New York
Heavy profit taking kept the market on an even keel in New York as pulse demand remained strong. The ticker tape showed many blocks of 1 000 and 2 000 shares trading hands with little price change from the prior close, reflecting rapid activity.
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New York
Rapid Ac
Hailstorm Deluges Lancaster County Rural Areas
Old Man Winter returned with a freak storm in Lancaster County, dumping hail stones from peas to small cherries across several rural sections. Farmers lament crop damage while children seized sledding chances in the unexpected weather event.
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Lancaster
Lancaster County
Acre Falls to Haganah After 72 hour battle
Jewish armources said Acre, an all Arab town eight miles north of Haifa, surrendered unconditionally after a 72 hour street battle. Haganah claimed 4,000 Arabs trapped, and control of the highway linking northern settlements. Tel Aviv raids continued with aerial combat and a pilot capture.
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Acre
Haganah
Theed
Haifa
Palestine
Sea of Galilee
Tel Aviv
Rehovot
Deganra
Jordan Valley
Palestine-Trans-Jordan
G M Strike Pending In Detroit Auto Plants
A 10 day notice filed May 18 by the CIO United Auto Workers states a strike is pending for 225 000 General Motors employees. The union sent the letter to the State Labor Motion Board as talks continue to avert a second major auto industry walkout. A Chrysler strike of 75 000 workers began its seventh day.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
State Labor Motion Board
Crevsler
Anniversary Concert by Frederick High School Alumni Band
The 25th anniversary concert by the Frederick High School alumni band, directed by S Fenton Harris, drew 309 attendees and featured Mrs Harris receiving flowers. Robert Thomas Carpenter, son of Stanfield Carpenter, won a Maryland Academy of Science essay prize on nuclear physics for high school students statewide.
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Frederick High School
S. Fenton Harris
Sperry L. Storm
Harris
William Thomas
Rivers
Robert Thomas Carpenter
Stanfeyr Carpenter
Frederick
Rt. 5
Maryland Academy of Science
Carpenter
Evangelical and Reformed Synods Vote For Church Union
The Evangelical and Reformed Church reports synod votes toward a union forming the United Church of Christ. By May 18, ten to one across 27 synods approved the Basis of Union, with a goal of two-thirds approval from all synods. The plan includes about 9,000 congregations and 2 million members across 48 states and D C.
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Philadelphia
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Union
Willian E. Lampe
Philadelph
Dakota
Tnd Reformed Church
I Wal
United Church of Christ
Christian Church
Congregational Christian
North America
United States
Evangelial and Reformed Church
Ted
District of Columbia
General Council
Oberlin
Magistrates Seek $3 600 Salary Increase in State Plan
The Frederick County Bar Association urged action at the upcoming special General Assembly session to raise salaries for the associate judge, trial magistrates, and city magistrates clerk. Resolutions, referred to Senator Edward D. Storm and county House members, propose tying pay to neighboring counties and increasing the city magistrates clerk from 1620 to 2460 dollars. The report notes Montgomery and Prince George's counties may also pursue county-funded supplements. Two suspects weld captain reported to police here amid ongoing investigation.
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Frederick County Bar Association
Francis Scott Key
General Assembly
Edward D. Storm
House of Delegates
Washington
Allegany
Montgomery
Prince George's
Blin
Great Sherman P
Fate de Ted Ry Boeice 18 7 Strikebound
A shortened, garbled item references a corporation with a strikebound, sen void development theme. Names appear partially, suggesting a labor dispute or corporate action. Further readable details are limited in the fragment.
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Fatede
Ted Ry
Boeice
Corporation
Sen Vo Dev
Extended Mainland Forecast Through Sunday
Forecast calls for showers in the west early, warmer spell midweek, and generally milder by Sunday May 23. Temperatures rise from Wednesday to Sunday with average highs near normal, and precipitation light to moderate across counties, especially west and central regions.
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Mainland
West
Entral
Elas
Begin Traffic Count on City Streets Today
Frederick traffic study opens with the Traffic Division of the State Roads Commission reporting excellent cooperation as motorists are stopped at fire checking stations. Peak traffic occurs 7:30 to 8:30 am. most questions answered in about 15 seconds. Stations operated on West Fourth to Motier avenues. few motorists refuse to answer. Tomorrow stations move to South Street, West Patrick Street, Carroll Parkway, West Second Street and Memorial Park, with parking restrictions noted.
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Frederick
State Roads Commission
Camp Detrick
West Fourth
West Fifth
West Sixth
West Seventh Streets
Bentz
Motier Avenue
Seventh Street
South Street
South
DeGrange Streets
Patrick Street
Barbara Fritchie
Carroll Parkway
Second Street
Rockwell Terrace
Former Tax Collector On Trial At Cumberland
Cha Burke Jr a former city tax collector stands trial in Allegany County Circuit Court Cumberland with Chief Judge William A Huster and Judge Joseph B Mish presiding. Judge George Henderson is absent due to hospital confinement after a highway accident. Burke elects to be tried without a jury.
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Cumberland
Cha Burke, Jr
William A. Huster
Joseph BD. Mish
Allegany County Circuit Court
George Henderson
Washington County
Hagerstown
Burke
Peace Drive By Soviets Suspected
Washington May 18 The State Department said Stalin's latest peace broadcast is encouraging but not a standalone settlement. It noted issues have been negotiated in the United Nations and other bodies for years and blamed the Soviet Union for blocking agreement on atomic energy control. The department’s remark followed White House and State Department briefings and reflected suspicions of a Soviet peace offensive aimed at propaganda leverage as U S officials weighed responses.
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Washington
Mate Department
Toilay
Stalin
United States
Soviet Union
Department
United Nations
Council of Foreign Ministers
Soviet Ukraine
US N
White House
Henry Wallace
Russia
State Department
Moscow Radio
Henry A. Wallace
Marshall
Minter Molotov
Walter Bedell Smith
Rus
Wallace
Untates
Fervency Lodge Observes Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration
Fervency Lodge No. 200 and A asons marked their fiftieth anniversary on May 10 at a ball hall. Members received medals for twenty-five to fifty years of service while toastmaster Manon Stull Moller introduced Dr. Charles H Conley Sr James H Falk and Holden S Felton who offered remarks. Wives decorated the hall and provided refreshments for attendees from Washinton Frederick Harpers Ferry Brunswick and nearby Virginia.
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Fervency Lodge No
A. Asons
Place i
Manon Stull Moller
Charles H Conley
James H. Falk
Holden S. Felton
Fervency Lodge
Washinston
Frederick
Harpers Ferry
Brunswick
Virginia
Judge Grants Delay in Coal Dispute Contempt Case
Federal Judge Goldsborough considered two government requests to end the anti injunction against Lewis and the union. The case stems from a Taft Harley act backed order to end a six week coal strike over pension issues for elderly miners. The court fined Lewis and the union for contempt but moved to drop civil penalties and will rule later on the injunction dismissal. Talks for a new soft coal contract continue as government involvement shifts.
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Washington
John L. Leni
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
Goldsborough
Ton Clark
Union
Graham Morison
Clark
Morison
Afoinson
Do You Read The Column By David Lawrence
The February 24 dispatch notes moves to bring the United States and Russia closer as overdue. It cites feelers from Moscow about possible talks to end the cold war, suggests waiting until after the Marshall Plan, and calls for renewed U S Russia talks to reduce mutual distrust. Lawrence later in May predicts an inevitable resumption of talks toward better East West relations.
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David Lawrence Dispatch
Russia
Ivo
Dav Lawrence
Ambassador Smith
Xiolotov
David Lawrence
Hood College to Sponsor Washington Tour
Hood College sponsors a Washington tour on Wednesday led by Dr Edwin H Sponset ter, static professor of religion and philosophy, who will conduct the trip for students and faculty.
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Washington
Hood College
Edwin H Sponsetter
Stant
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