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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1956
Page
2
A nostalgic mountain story recounts an aging hunter who values his dogs above kin. His son sells the beloved dog Trixie, provoking a lifelong rift as the old man remains steadfast in his hunt and memory. Trixie is dead. the father has also passed, and the fate of the loyal son remains unknown.
A dense listing from the days broadcast guide shows a mixed slate across cinema and variety. Notable items include Edge of Night, Queen for a Day, Mickey Mouse Club, Cisco Kid cartoons, Town and Country Time, and sports updates with Orioles vs White Sox. Other features cover Weather News and special guests from Danny Thomas to Dinah Shore with multiple news briefs and late-night Steve Allen programs.
TV producer Tor, maker of 39 sci fi films a year for television, seeks to dramatize real research while weaving fiction. He notes older viewers resist plausible advances though younger audiences show interest. He cites Operation Moonlight and magnesium flares as real progress toward artificial daylight.
Representative Poage predicts House and Senate conferees will reach a quick agreement on a new farm bill to replace Eisenhower’s vetoed measure. Twelve conferees were appointed, five from the House and seven from the Senate, with an immediate work session set.
Congress debates a Senate provision to sell 100 million bushels of surplus wheat for livestock feed at reduced prices. Members including Poage object to the sale terms and a soil bank start date. Eisenhower vetoed an earlier farm bill April 16 over crop support returns, many objections removed in the new bill.
The Rock Creek trunk sewer extension will start soon to serve Gaithersburg and Washington Grove in Montgomery County. The first 36 inch line section from Viers Mill Road to Rockville Norbeck Road spans 8,560 feet and was awarded to Leo Butler Co. of College Park for $229,749. The project, costing over $1 million, will be built in stages over three years, with a pumping station at Gaithersburg and a force main to Washington Grove. Additional contracts totaling $123,995 cover water and sewer mains and house connections for Merrimac Park properties to Canova Bros. Inc., plus Greenwood Knolls connections to Canova Bros. Inc.
President to set up a bipartisan commission to study civil rights issues. Creation of a civil rights division in the Justice Department would allow federal court remedies without exhausting state courts. Southern members denounced all three provisions and attacked the majority committee report.
Elm Street Junior High School presents its annual May Day program at Hood College Hudson Theater on Thursday at 1 15 with two parts. A historical pageant A Prelude to Fort Frederick is followed by Summertime with a space ship arrival and summer activities. The May Pole dance by seventh graders and glee club numbers are featured. If rain, the event moves to Friday at the same time. The eighth grade glee club Performs On Starry Flag and Semper Fidelis.
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