Frederick urged action on planning zoning and parking
Frederick’s Governmental Survey Group chairmen urged immediate steps to update the master plan zoning maps and ordinances with professional help, citing budget limits for 1959 and seeking pre year-end solutions. The subcommittee endorsed pursuing parking area acquisitions using state laws and considered self-liquidating costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Glenn T. Swisher
G. Hunter Bowers
Cairman Bowers
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Swisher
Fred W. Tuemmier
J. C. Grionalds
Ramsburg
November Weather Outlook From Weather Bureau
Washington reports November will be colder than normal in the East and the southern Rocky Mountains while the northern half of the country from the Great Lakes to the Pacific should see above normal temperatures. Precipitation is expected to be above normal in New England and the Southwest with near normal amounts along coasts and in the northern Rockies. In the rest of the nation precipitation should be subnormal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ermal
Salh
Rocky Mountains
Weather Bureau
Hornen
Weather
Rocky Mountain
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
New England
Rocky Mountain States
East Gulf
Women’s Auxiliary Picks Snow Ball Project
The Frederick Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will buy microfilming gear and supplies costing around $10,000 from Snow Ball proceeds. Miss Ethel Northam notes space limits, fireproof cabinets, and the plan to film past records, with staff training by the supplier and nine months to complete the update. The Snow Ball funds previously funded air conditioning, laundry equipment, and x ray items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Auxiliary
The
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Ethel Northam
Cate
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Cumberla
Easton
Northam
Secial
Hogmiai
Teens Admitted BB Shots Punctured Pettit Window
Three county youths aged 11 and 17 admitted to shooting BBs along Bowers road that cracked a large picture window at Richard Pettit’s home. State Trooper Spickler noted the incident occurred about 60 feet away, with pellets raining through the main pane and a smaller window, while Pettit was away at a Halloween parade. The case will go to county probation for juveniles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Pettit
Pettit
Frederick
Hallowe’en
To Plan Policing Nuclear Test Ban
Delegates from the United States Britain and Russia met privately in Geneva to outline East West positions on policing a nuclear test ban. Western delegates said the Russian stance calling for permanent suspension of tests appeared flexible enough for negotiations behind closed doors after Semyon Tsarapkin of the Soviet delegation spoke at the three nation conference opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
United States
Britain
Russia
Semyon Tsarapkin
Palace of Nations
End Of Suspension Marked By US Backed Move
Fodder fires and vandalism lit up sections of Frederick County on Halloween as authorities reported a quieter night overall. In Libertytown fodder shocks burned and a stolen goat was found tied to a truck while St. Joseph’s High School allegedly had minor damage. State Police fielded numerous calls as deputies patrolled the county’s roads and residents noted bean-throwing incidents. In New York United Nations approved a US backed plan to suspend nuclear tests during Geneva talks, despite Soviet opposition, with a 52-9 vote and 19 abstentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe'en
Frederick
Libertytown
John Boyer
Braddock Heights
Walkersville
Fishing Creek Reservoir
Horace M. Alexander
St. Joseph’s High School
Emmitsburg
United Nations
Geneva
Ss-Nation
United States
Sritany
Russia
Soviet Union
Austria
Japan
Sweden
Trick or Treat for UNICEF reaches county goal
Frederick County Christian Youth Council announced a $1,000 target for the Trick or Treat for UNICEF drive and reports show the goal was met Friday night across western and southern parts of the county. Contributions from Braddock Heights Point of Rocks Doubs and other areas boosted totals, with the largest outside Frederick coming from the Middletown area. Eighteen-year-old Bob Hammond of the University of Cincinnati led the drive and plans to return after seven weeks. Final tallies will be published once all funds arrive through FCCYC and the Maryland committee. donations ranged from pennies to ten dollar bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Frederick
Thurmont
Graceham
Rocky Ridge
Woodsboro
Walkersville
Bob Hammond
University of Cincinnati
Unicef
Cincinnati
Fort Detrick
Young Hammond
Meredith H. Mackley
Western Maryland Trust Company
Frederick County Christian Youth Council
Maryland Committee For the United Nations Children’s Fund
Hammond
Dick Hopkins
FCCYC
Halloween Prank Uncovers Mannequin Bodies Near Road
In Mount Vernon Illinois motorists reported a woman screaming as a car veered off the road. Muzarisis and others found what looked like blood smeared bodies of two women in a ditch and from a tree, but they were mannequins smeared with paint left by Halloween pranksters causing a traffic snarl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Ill
Muzarisis
Hallowe'en
New Program To Begin In Local Schools
Frederick County moves to start a tuberculin testing program in public and parochial schools for 1958. An orientation for health workers covered policies and procedures led by Dr. Elmer P. Sauer and Miss Gertrude Touchton. Only tenth grade students will be tested this year with parent letters and request cards to be sent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Elmer P. Sauer
Maryland State Tuberculosis Hospitals
Gertrude Touchton
Maryland State Department of Health
Frederick County Health Department
Forbes Hi Burgess
Frederick County Health Officer
Health Department
Frederick County Board of Education
Frederick County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
Frederick County Medical Society
Burgess
35 Candidates For County Offices On Ballot Tuesday
County voters head to the polls Tuesday for a crowded field of 35 candidates across offices including Treasurer, Sheriff, Clerk of Circuit Court, and Register of Wills. Incumbents face challenges in a mix of contested and uncontested races as police report a reckless driving incident near Market Street during the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lev
Arthur
Tues- Myers
William R- Marsday
George
Bucher John
Register of Wills
Michael D. Leister Sr
Orphans Court
Walter Miller
Isaac B. Rickle
C. Walter Wagner
Sur- City
Edwin J. Kirby
Peoples Drug Store
Leo Duvall
RED
Frederick
Duvall
Stedman
Betty Duvall
Prescott
Court of Appeals
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Sixth Judicial Circuit
James H. Falke
Mport Duvall
Church Street
Frederick Rountv
Charles H. Smelser
Gary L. Uttersback
C. Clifton Wirts
Thomas S. Glass
Prescott and Schnauffer - Carroll
Carroll County
Frederck
Congress
Fife Simindon
Sherman EH. Flanatan
House of Delegates
C. Ray
Barnes
Joseph H. Hahn Jr
Donfald E. Six
Carroll C. Smith
Edmund L. Carr
Raymond J. Perry
Charles W. Saylor
Paul C. Bonsack
Donald C. Sponseller
Charles C. Conway
sMarold C. Frankforter
Wesley Mathias
Graham Court
Arthur H. Hush
Clarence Manshaw
James E. Boylan Jr
Montgomery County
J. Douglas Bradishaw
Isix
Thomas Minor Anderson Jr
Brent Bozell
Charles A. Camber, Jr
James R. Miller Jr
Murray Preston
Ronald S. Senseman
Montgomery County Council
Wiliam Henry Romack, Jr
Cecil E. Custer
Paul T. Culbertson
Jay P. Conger
Hal Lackey
Mary E. Caldwell
David MacDonald
Robert C. Heeney
Julian P. King
William F. Becker
Mary A. Hepburn
William P. Leckemby
Albert Virgil Headiey
Edward 8. Northrup
Alger Y. Barbee
Edna P. Cook
Blair Lee YI
Margaret Schweinbaut
J. Grahame Walker
Charles W. Woodward Jr
Monttgomery County Council
Jerry T. Williams
Grover K. Walker
David L. Cahoon
Stella B. Werner
B. Houston McCeney
Stanley B. Fresh
William F. Hickey
Leonard T. Kardy
Virginia M. Black
Edward Joseph Doyle
Theodore A. Miller
Elias R. Plummer
Circus Court
Clayton K. Watkins
Luke Bennett
Robert Maddox
Board of Education
Stedman Prescott
Sixth Judicial
James H. Pugh
Harrison King
Willard C. McGraw
John E. Oxley
Wylie W. Barrow
George Albert Moore
Richard E. Cook
Clarke L. Fauver
Ralph D. Boyd
Harold F. Breimner
Paul C. Howard
Judicial
Line E
Judicial Circuit
John R. Reeves
Robert E. Morrow
William R. Thomas III
Helen MI. Scharf
Reuben E. Stone
James I Humphrey
Rose” C. Kramer
Anne P. Orleans
Miriam F. Sherwin
Dale L. West
Carroll County Campaign Ballot Listings and Audited Reports
The Carroll county ballot shows Democratic candidates for lines A and B with contenders for House of Delegates and county posts. An audited Community Chess-Red Cissimited Appeal report lists $88,714.41 from 10,151 subscriptions and Fort Detrick employees contributed $2,155 from 475 subscriptions toward a goal of $110,000. A separate London incident reports a gas leak caused by a penny wire cracker under a street lamp, blasting a sidewalk hole and scaring about 200 schoolchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Pool
Congress
Daniel Tson
Fort Detrick
B. Brewster
Ward O. Weant Jr
House of Delestands
London
Kenneth Wintington
Kenneth
Seven More Miners Found Alive At Cumberland No. 2
Rescue teams lifted seven miners to the surface as a nine day search concluded with cheers from townspeople. Byron Martin led the group to the surface at the 13,000 foot level where survivors received food, water, beds, and family reunions. Thirty five miners remained unaccounted for with 40 still missing and 34 known dead among North America’s deepest coal mine wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springhill
N. S
Cumberland No. 2
Byron Martin
Martin
All-Saints Hospital
Garnett Clarke
Maurice Ruddlick
Currie Smith
Frank Hunter
Douglas Jewkes
Herb Pepperdine
Ken Murray
John Calder
Dan O*rourke
Car Hits Garbage Truck On West Patrick Street
Richard E. Covell, 17, of Frederick was driving a 1951 Ford that demolished after rear ending a municipal garbage truck stopped on West Patrick street. Covell, who complained of head pains, was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital and discharged. The truck sustained about $10 in damage. Covell was charged with reckless driving with a hearing set for Nov. 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Patrick Street
Jefferson Street
Richard E. Covell
Frederick
RFD
Covell
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Ralph Potts
Corp
Paul Mossburg
Patrick
Charles Richard Smith
Thurmont
RFD 2
James Rinehart
Elm Street
William Beall
East South Street
Wee Women Quips on Holland and the Dike
A fragment quotes a girl’s playful remark about Holland and a dike, hinting at wartime or coastal defense humor. The line contrasts gender expectations with a lighthearted challenge about who would be at the dike. It reflects domestic chatter amid broader historical anxieties.
60 Made Ill At Bainbridge
About 69 sailors were hospitalized after the noon meal at Bainbridge Naval Training Center. Around 2,000 men on weekend liberty may have spread stomach upsets. Lt. Cdr. E. P Wilson said the illness was not serious and not traced to a specific food. Authorities in nearby cities were informed of the probable cause if sailors on leave report symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bainbridge
Bainbridge Naval
Navy
Baltimore
Wilmington
Del
Lancaster
Aberdeen
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Genoa
Italy
U. S
Forrestal
New York
Harvey Glatman
Los Angeles
Ann Dull
Shirley Bridge
Mea Tele
Susford
Ruth Mereads
U.S
J. Glenn Beall
James Patrick Devereux
John A. Derr
Robert A. Wallace
DeWitt S. Hyde
Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr
Horsuny Lins
Charles Town
W. Va
Frederick Construction Co
Frederick, Md
Odlay
Holland
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