Charter Wins In Montgomery Rockville Maryland
Montgomery County voters approved a charter form of government with a seven member council and a county manager. The measure passed 17 809 to 13 752 amid a county wide quarrel over constitutional validity and home rule in Maryland. Anne Arundel also backed a manager with 5411 for and 5016 against.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Court of Ap
Court of Appeals
Maryland
Montgomery
Anne Arundel
Pangborn Signs For Increase In Wages
Hagerstown November 2 A new wage increase contract covers about 500 Pangborn Corporation workers with raises of six seven and eight cents an hour depending on job type The CIO United Auto Workers Local 842 says the agreement runs one year The plant previously faced a two month strike over wages and other terms The wage campaign also touched Victor Products and Fairchild Aircraft with recent settlements
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Hagerstown
Pangborn Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Victor Products Corporation
Fairchild Aircraft
Battle at French coal pits injures 22 in clash
Paris reports violent clashes as pickets defend northern France coal pits, with 22 injured in gunfire, grenades, and arson attempts near Lievin 20 miles from Lille. Police used teargas after miners dug trenches and set oil alight to block authorities.
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Paris
France
Lievin
Lille
Georges Guillemin
Interior Ministry
Miners clash as submachine guns fire at line of march
Seven police officers were wounded, one seriously, as clashes erupted during a strike action. Achille Bruneau, a Communist leader, claimed 15 miners were hurt. the Interior Ministry denied sun-related injuries among 50 to 100 pickets. After eight hours the miners retreated, hoisting a red flag and singing The Internationale as police and troops retook most mines in the north.
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Wone
Achille Brnndeau
Interior Ministry
France
Hurries For Seat Falls Fractures Nose At Opera House
Mrs Virgie Irene Young of New Market tumbles while hurrying from the balcony to reach two first floor seats. She fractures or injures her nose, is taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital for emergency care after a fall on the City Hall stairs. Police say she was a 20 year old patron who slipped from the third to the landing on the main stairway amid crowds.
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Opera House
Virgie Irene Young
New Market
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Kanode and
Carty
Far
City Hall
Why adult moths are called millers in old texts
The term miller for adult moths stems from the dust-like light scales on their wings, resembling the flour-dusted clothing once worn by millers.
Myersville Votes Against Bond Issue
Myersville residents rejected a proposed $20000 bond issue to extend sanitary sewers in the town by a large margin nearly 4 to 1. The tally was 86 against and 23 for the referendum, with town officials planning to seek authorization from the General Assembly if approved. In other news, economist Dr William A. Irwin will address about 250 bankers at the Maryland Bankers Association dinner in Frederick.
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Myersville
General Assembly
William A. Irwin
American Bankers Association
Maryland Bankers Association
Francis Scott Hey Hotel
Frederick
Washington
Carroll
Montgomery
Howard Counties
Elmer Eshleman
Western Maryland Trust Co
Herbert Hyatt
Bank of Damascus
Hubert J. Stottlemyer
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Hagerstown
Zonta Club Meets and Birthday Observance Noted
Frederick Zonta Club held its weekly dinner at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with Ida Renn presiding and Elizabeth Schroeder reading the collect. James Messer Smith showed the Chamber of Commerce film America The Beautiful. Next week Zonta International will celebrate its 29th birthday on Tuesday November 9 at 6:40.
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Zonta Club
Frederick Zonta Club
Francis Scott Key Hote
Ida K. Renn
Elizabeth Schroeder
Hai Lee O
Clarence C Carty
Fredenck Club
Cornstalks Set Afire on Highway Blaze Blocks Seventh Street Pike
A roadside pile of cornstalks near Camp Detrick was ignited Tuesday night creating a blazing barrier on Seventh Stripet Pike. State Police and Independent County fire crews extinguished it with a booster stream. Investigators could not confirm if arson or accident caused the fire. A city patrol car had earlier searched for a sedan linked to the incident.
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Hallowe'en
Camp Detrick
Independent County Fire- Lengice
Halloween pranks flood Carroll Creek benches found
Hood College fodder mystery remains unsolved as four park benches were dumped into Carroll Creek last night in staged pranks. Patrolman Burras found the benches and a city worker retrieved them, while Kiwanis Club members held their annual election at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with Walter Crowther Jr. as president and other officers named.
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Hallowe'en
Carroll Creek
Charles Burras
Psr
Kiwanis
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Emerson & Orme
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Washington , D. C
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Thurmont, MD
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E. Patrick ST
Frederick, MD
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Ceepe
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Hillside Appliance
Patrick St
Ford Sportsman
Plymouth
Archives
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Crosley Television
Frostmaster
Francis Scott Key
West Jefferson NC
Howard Blevims
Horse Creek
Southern Dairies
Secltest Variety Theatre
Stedman-Keenan Post
American Legion
Brunswick, MD
U. S. Air Force
Brunsswick
Memorial Park
Hood College
Ponce
Edgerton
Kemp’s
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Frederick, Maryland
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