Amoco Station Damaged By Major Fire In Frederick
A fire at the Amoco Service Station at Sixth and Market streets caused extensive damage to the office and equipment just before midnight. Insurance adjusters will estimate losses. police put damage around $1,000 though some sources higher. Fire started in storage near oil, with smoke and flames damaging cash register, typewriter, adding machine, and perishables. Air horn at City Hall blew for 25 minutes. investigation ongoing.
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Amoco
Sixth
Market Streets
Frederick
City Hall
Garland L. Foreman
American Oil Company
Thorougo
Oil Company
James Bowlus
J. W. Carmack
Headquarters
Charles F. Bell
Max Kehne
Merit Awards To Be Presented To Maryland Farmers
At University of Maryland commencement next Saturday three Maryland farmers and a housewife will receive Merit awards for agriculture and civic work. Recipients include Otis Grafton Esham of Parsonsburg a poultry breeder and feed merchant. Solomon L. Hoke Sr of Westminster a soil conservation supervisor. Robert Newell Stagg of Snow Hill who advanced milk marketing for dairy farmers. and Elva Dorsey Inglehart Hill of Woodbine for 28 years in 4-H Farm Bureau and PTA. The university presents certificates to outstanding farm leaders each year.
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College Park
University of Maryland
Maryland
Otis Grafton Esham
Parsonsburg
Wicomico County
Solomon L. Hoke Sr
Westminster
Carroll County
Worcester County
Elva Dorsey Inglehart Hill
Woodbine
Howard County
Farm Bureau
Parent-Teacher Associations
University
Methodists To Be Asked To Give More
The Baltimore Conference will seek to more than double financial support for Western Maryland College American University in Washington and Westminster Theological Seminary. A 30 cent per member pledge across 350 churches could lift the 1956 budget by about 890,000, with Westminster moving to the American University campus. Bishop Oxnam opens the session. key speakers include Dr Ralph Sockman and Bradspaw Mintener as the program spans through Sunday.
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Westminster
Baltimore
Western Maryland College
Washington
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Conference Commission On World Service and Finance
American University
Westminster Theological Seminary
Western Maryland
Commission On World Service and Finance
G. Bromiley Oxnam
Minneapolis
Ocean City
N. J
Albert P. Shirkey
Mount Vernon Place
Bradspaw Mintener
Eisenhower
Bishop Oxnam
Ralph W. Sockman
Park Avenue Methodist Church
New York
Church
World Order
Mrs B M Davis Sr Dies At 58 Funeral Thursday
Mrs Marie H Davis Sr wife of Dr Bernard A Davis Sr Rockwell Ferrace died at Frederick Memorial Hospital at nine in the morning aged 58 She was daughter of the late Dr Robert L Hammond and Fannie Hammond A member of All Saints Episcopal Church American Legion Auxiliary and St Marys Guild Survived by husband two sons Dr Bernard M Davis Jr and Hubert L Davis three brothers Reginald Hammond Harold Hammond Paul Hammond Sr and a sister Leanora H Willis Also four grandchildren The body to be moved to the late home Wednesday morning at 11 oclock then to All Saints Church at 1030 for services at 1130 Interment Mt Olivet Cemetery Funeral directors M R Etchison and Son
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Marie H. Davis
Bernard A. Davis Sr
Rockwell ‘Ferrace
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Robert L
Fannie Gilbert Hammond
All Saints Episcopal Church
American Legion Auxiliary
St. Mary's Guild of All Saints
Hubert L., Jascity
Bernard M.davis Jr
Baltimor
Harold D. Hammond
Liberty
Reginald Hammond
Independence
Kan
Paul B. Hammond Sr
Leanora H. Willis
All Saints Church
Mt. Olivet
Im. R. Etchison and Son
Post-Holiday Court Hands Out Varied Sentences
Trial Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr. met a heavy docket of holiday overindulgence cases. John W. Smith Mr. Pleasant received 60 days in default of 150 dollars for operating under the influence, 14 days for without an operator's license, and 35 days for reckless driving, all to run consecutively. City Officer William Boone Jr. filed the charges. Several drivers faced suspended sentences for intoxication and related offenses. Raymond A. Cockrell, George W. Williams, and many others were cited or fined for speeding, improper passing, or muffler and registration violations with fines ranging from six to thirty dollars plus costs. Eugene M. Callis, noted oil and dairy magnate, was sentenced to one year in jail and a 2000 fine for bankruptcy fraud. The market closed largely unchanged to lower.
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H Reese Shoemaker Jr
John W. Smith
Mr. Pleasant
William Boone Jr
James Pendleton
East Sixth Street
Wue
William A. Mutchner
A. G. Hedden
Raymond A. Cockrell
George W. Williams
Baltimore
Robert L. Storer
Lavane S. Butler
New Windsor
West South Street
Boone
Carrol
Elkins
W. Va
Frederick
Harry D. Stoeil
U. S
James Tressler
George W. Beavers
Taneytown
Rudy M. Ridenour
Hagerstown
Harry M. Whisner
West Patrick Street
Robert P. Houser
Union Bridge
Perry R. Lawson
Monrovia
U. S. 40
Samuel G. Hemphill
Chelsea
Okla
William H. Yeager
Airy
Arthur R. Bell
Buffalo
Theodosius J. Basaties
Los Angeles
Cal
Dan A. Grove
West
Joseph A. Bevetine
Warren
le Clyde B. Tucker
Og Pkie Beeen
Eisenhower Says Polio Vaccination To End Soon
President Eisenhower announced that antipolio vaccination for first and second graders should be completed in 60 days as enough Salk vaccine will be produced in 30 days. He noted federal allocation will guide states, with distribution to follow by local authorities, and emphasized progress toward vaccinating ages 3 to 9. The plan faces manufacturing snags and Senate debates on government controls.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
National Foundation For
Sue Plidsts Ui Luk
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
United Nations
San Francisco
Congress
Russia
U. S
Fisenhower
Sen
George 'O-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Great Britain
France
National Emergency Declared in Britain Amid Rail and Port Strikes
Queen Elizabeth II signed a royal proclamation declaring a national emergency to curb rail and port strikes threatening Britain's economy. Prime Minister Eden gained powers to protect essential services as 70,000 railway workers walk out and stevedores cripple six ports. The South Durham Steel Co. laid off 350 workers, with plants at United Steel and Colville's warning of possible closures by weekend.
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London
Elizabeth II
Balmoral Castle
Scottish Highlands
Eden
Britain
Privy Council
Lord Salisbury
St. James’ Palace
Salisbury
Balmoral
Lord Munster
Geoffrey Lioyd
Chequers
Daveatt
South Durham Steel Co
United Steel Companies
Colville’s
Maryland Toll Toll Rises as Memorial Day Weekend Ends
Seven people died in Maryland highway accidents over the Memorial Day weekend. The toll includes drownings and an electric shock death, with victims from Annapolis to Baltimore County. Among the dead are 21 year old Robert Gerald Nelson of the North Severn Naval Station and 44 year old Herbert R. Morave. Also killed were Dessie Snyder and her family in a two car crash, plus Larry Myers and Joseph Ickles in separate crashes. A Philadelphia woman died earlier in the weekend.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Robert Gerald Nelson
Emil Siegfried Nelson
Route 1
Axtell
Kan
Bay Ridge Road
Annapolis
Nelson
North Severn Naval Station
Herbert R. Morave
Bowders Quarters
Baltimore County
Weas
Dessie Snyder
Baltimore
John
Thelma
Larry (. Myers
Westminster
Unionville
Frederick County
Myers
Joseph R. Ickles
Mount Alto
Leitersburg
Washington County
Huck Shuffler
Essex
Philadelphia
Close Watch On Far East
President Eisenhower said Communist China implied it released four imprisoned American airmen to ease tensions in the Far East. He urged caution against assuming Beijing’s intentions and said he had no information on further prisoner releases. The four fliers are en route to Honolulu and awaiting family arrivals in Hawaii.
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Washington
Eisenhower
China
Far East
Red China
Qhisenhower
Honolulu
Hawaii
Hood College to name three new scholarships at Moving Up Day
Hood College will award three new scholarships at Moving Up Day in Coffman Chapel. The Lillian Motter Price Scholarship, the Richard Hudnut Scholarship, and the Fathers Club Scholarship are funded within six months. Price fund contributes 35000 from Mr and Mrs Edwin Price. Hudnut scholarship is 500 for the year funded by Warner Lambert.
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Hood College
Coffman Chapel
College P
Lillian Motter Price
Richard Hudnut
Fathers Club
Edwin R. Price
Rockwell Terrace
Fathers’ Club
de Tliette Lorie Tee
Richard Hudrut
Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Company, Inc
Lillian Motter
Woman's College of Frederick
Price
Inland Steel Corporation
Berea College
Pine Mountain Settlement School
Kentucky
Federal Coal Mine Safety Board of Review
Maryland 4-H Dairy Team To Tour England
Maryland 4-H dairy cattle judging team will travel to England next month to compete at the Royal Agricultural Show in Windsor. Members are William R. Powellard, Herbert F. Walbert, David L. Branning, and R. Peery Johnston Jr. They earned the right by defeating 28 states at Waterloo, Iowa, last October. Accompanying them are Dr. James M. Gwin, Dr. Glenn H. Beck, and Roy D. Porter. The trip coincides with a six-week summer exchange for 26 Maryland youths in Europe.
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Waterloo
James M. Gwin
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Maryland
Glenn H. Beck
College of Agriculture
Roy D. Porter
Queen Annes County
Quebec
New Record For Run Washington To Chicago
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad claimed a new record for the Washington to Chicago run, covering 764.3 miles in 12 hours on a weekend trip. The special train used three self propelled Budd diesel rail cars, finishing three hours faster than the Capitol Limited and one hour quicker than any regular passenger service. The previous record was 13 7 hours by the Columbian during a track clear due to a strike.
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Washington
Chicago
Baltimore Po
Baltimore
One
Budd Dieseb
Capitol Limited
B & O's Columbian
Four Freed POWs Return as Court Ends Segregation Delay
Four American fighter pilots released by Communist China after over two years in custody arrived in Hong Kong then Hawaii with families awaiting reunions. In Washington the Supreme Court ordered public school segregation to end as soon as feasible, remanding cases to local courts to assess good faith and practical steps. A separate item notes a small Chevrolet bus damaged in a roadway collision near Grove Lime Co. by U S 15, with driver Leroy Thomas cited.
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Hong Kong
China
Hawaii
U.S
O. W. D. Simpson
Harald Fischer Jr
Swi City
Town
Lyle W. Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
Roland W. Parks
Omaha
Cameron
Canton
Shunchun
Special Air Force
Air Force
j _ton
Talbott
Washington
Mukden
Manchuria
Lowu
Fan Ling Jockey Club
Col. Simpson
U.S. Air Atache
Supreme Court
Warren
High Tribunal
Equity
Pver
Southern States
High Court
UG. S
Eisenhower
Sobeloff
Clarendon County
Prince Edward County
Topeka
Kan
Claymont
Hockessin
Del
District of Columbia
Atttorneys
Nevro
Grove Lime Co
U. S. 15
Leroy D. Thomas
East Liverpool
E. B. Cook
Cook
Alan Martin
Traffic Deaths Headed Toward Memorial Day Record
Memorial Day weekend traffic deaths rose toward a record as tolls neared 360 with 125 drownings and 82 other accident deaths. The National Safety Council had warned of 360 plus fatalities and later raised the forecast to at least 376. The year’s accidental deaths stood near 366, surpassing last year’s 339.
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Associated Press
United States
National Safes Council
Five Day Forecast for Maryland and Delaware
The outlook calls for fair and warmer conditions Wednesday and Thursday. Warmth continues Friday with showers or thunderstorms late Friday into Saturday. Cooler conditions expected over the weekend. Overall, temperatures trend near normal for early June with highs in the 70s and lows around 50 to 60 depending on location.
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Maryland
Delaware
Two Charged With Intoxication In Local Incident
Roy E. Keeney of East Fourth Street and Kenneth Lee Schultz of Red 3 Frederick were charged with intoxication last night by Sergt. Shook and Officer N. Dorsey and released on bonds of 25 dollars 80 cents each for hearings.
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Roy E. Keeney
East Fourth Street
Kenneth Lee Schultz
RED 3
Frederick
Sergt. Shook
N. Dorsey
DROWNS IN DEEP CREEK LAKE OAKLAND MAN DIES
Coit Edward Nicklow of Accident Maryland, 25, drowned when a power boat he rode on caught fire in Deep Creek Lake Oakland Maryland early today. The incident occurred while the vessel burned. Nicklow was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Deep Creek
Oakland
Coit Edward Nicklow
Accident
Deep Creek Lake
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Weverton
Studebaker
Hillside Motor Company, Inc
Carlton N. Markle
Mazie M. Markle
Emmett R. Bowlus
Horace MM. Alexander
J. E. Russell
Virginia
Clarence Rogers
Rogers
Old
Pearl
John W. Null
Pittsburgh
B. M. Davis Sr
Mr. Pleasant Driver
Callis
Eugene M. Cailis
Elizabeth
Charles A. Price
Howard R. Demuth
Thurmont
Circuit Court
Board of Election Supervisors
Gay. McKeldin
Santiago
Chile
Carlos Thanez
Lacate
England
Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
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