City and County Banks To Pay Over Million In Christmas Clubs
Christmas Club payments by city and county banks will exceed one million dollars for the first time, with about 1,078,000 total across area banks. County banks plan distributions from November 15 to 22, led by Thurmont Bank at 123,000 and Mt. Airy First National at 60,000, while city banks announce payouts around Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National
Mt Airy
Frederick Federal Savings and Loan Association
Thurmont Bank
First National of
Mt. Airy
Peoples National Bank of Brunswick
Bank of Brunswick
Farmers State Bank of Emmitsburg
Ariddietown Savings Bank
Walkersville Bank
Woodsboro Savings Bank
Peoples Bank of Libertytown
Myersville Savings Bank
Criticism Rises Over Ike Aide to Lead Missile Program
The Daily Telegraph accuses President Eisenhower of avoiding direct problem solving and calls for him to take charge of the C. S. Missile program. German papers harshly critique his Thursday speech on scientific progress while many Western officials show mixed feelings.
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London
Daily Telegraph Today
Eisenhower
C. S
West Germany
T.2
Daily Telegraph
Germany
Frankfurter Rundschau
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Heavy Rains Hit City With Cold Snap and Storm
Heavy rains and near cloudburst proportions struck the city and county Friday, followed by strong winds that damaged few limbs and brought colder air. Temperatures fell to 38 at night from 62, with up to .85 inch in the state police barracks area and .69 inch east of Frederick. Forecast calls for variable cloudy and colder weather with snow squalls in mountains. Trial set for December 2 in Towson for lumber magnate Robert Jett Van Horn charged with murder. Maryland health department reports 43,000 influenza-like illnesses since September 1.
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State Police
Frederick
Pearl
Fishing Creek Reservoir
Still Seek Killer Of State Policemen
Intensive search in central Kentucky farms continued for a gunman who killed two North Carolina state troopers. A hitchhiker’s identification cleared by police, while three men have been jailed—two in Tennessee and one in Ohio. Robert Lee Terry Jr of Norman NC said Kenneth Combs of Cincinnati Ohio was not the man. Police traced a car to Paint Lick area after the Chattanooga find and a trail of stolen cars led investigators there.
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Georgetown
Kentucky
North Carolina
Tennessee
Ohio
Robert Lee Terry Jr
Norman
N.C
Kenneth Combs
Cincinnati
Paint Lick
Here
Terry
Chattanooga
Tenn
FBI
Illness outbreak in Frederick schools shows signs of easing
A city school survey indicates absenteeism fell from the peak week. Frederick High returns toward normal. Elm Street and North Frederick schools show improvement while Urbana and Myersville report mixed progress. Health officials plan broader flu vaccine outreach as cases ease.
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Frederick City
Frederick
Frederick High School
David Dean
Elm Street
North Frederick
East Frederick
Washington Street
North Market Street
Parkway
Lincoln High
Myersville Elementary
Urbana
Middletown Elementary Hus
Fhe Agni
Hood College
Strawn Cottage
Cearly
Forbes Burgess
Burgess
Deadly Bank Robbery Ties to Winds Storm Across Great Lakes
A violent storm driven by a Great Lakes system triggered hurricanelike winds and heavy snow from the upper Mississippi valley to the northern Appalachians. In Clarksville Maryland a bank robbery occurred during the weather chaos as two gunmen escaped with about 18 thousand dollars from the Central Bank. Police traced a stolen 1956 green sedan and a 1949 to 1950s black Plymouth as the robbers’ getaways, with one suspect described as 5 foot 10, 140 pounds and armed with a .32 caliber pistol. The storm left at least 13 dead and dozens injured across five southern states.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Clarksville
Mad
Boldtino
Central Bank of Board
Howard County
Canada
Columbia
How-dows
Stull
Pitts
Ashburgh
Northere
New York
Gulf States
Plains
Southwest
Desert
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Pacific Coast
U.S
Ellicott City
Baltimore
Ashmore
Bank S
Bashier
Vista
Egypt Eyes Assassination Plot to Topple King Hussein
The drawing room broadcast from Cairo brands King Hussein as a traitor to Arab nationalism and calls for his removal, saying Jordan must be steered toward accommodation with Israel. Syria and Egypt push to oust the Jordanian monarch, fearing loss of Western influence as refugees and Bedouin unrest rise in Amman under martial law.
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Jordan
Hussein
Hisi
Middle East
Egypt
Abdel Nace
Israel
Husein
Arab Legion
Amman
Abdullah
LSU
Syria
Tim Jordan
Cairo
Frederick schools begin fall swimming program for 200 children
Over 200 Frederick public school pupils start a new fall swimming program tied to the curriculum under Jack Bubrick. Classes run six weeks from Oct 22 to Nov 25 with about 49 minute sessions. Targeting non swimmers, students bused to the YMCA pool, with parents’ consent and showers required.
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Frederick City
Board of Education
Jack Bubrick
Bubrick
C.A
North Frederick
North Market Street
Warren R. Evans
Wee Women No More Funny Faces Let Him Get Used
A brief item notes a change in behavior for a child named in the Wee Women column. The entry discourages playful faces and urges time for acclimation to new routines and surroundings.
Blasting May Have Caused Main Breaks In New York City
City engineer Edward J. Clark says blasting at new construction near Times Square may have loosened soil around pipes, contributing to seven water main breaks in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn. The breaks disrupted traffic and subway service, affecting about 300,000 people during rush hour.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Millown
Edward J. Clark
City Bureau of Water Supply
Times Square
Broadway
Clark
Sarhway Traine
Christmas decorations banned at Lake View High School
Principal J Trimble Bord of Lake View High School announced no spiritual decorations will be allowed this Christmas. In prior years a Nativity scene stood outside the school but this year only a Christmas tree and possibly wreaths may appear. Protests arose from six Jewish groups and the Illinois Civil Liberties Union.
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Chicago
Trimble Bord
Lake View High School
Bord
Illinois’ Division
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Deadly Tornado Outbreak Strikes Five States
A multi state tornado spree killed 13 people and left hundreds injured or homeless. The storms struck Louisiana Texas Mississippi Alabama and North Carolina with extensive property damage and disaster declarations. Names of victims and affected towns are listed, including Alexandria Carencro Orange and Greenwood.
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Alexandria
Louisiana
Texas
Missippi
Newton
N. C
Selma
Ala
Whiockrissa
Orange
Tex
Greenwood
Miss
John W. Parker
Sam Giacinto
Dolores Harrison
Pearlt Rideau
Boyce
Groves
Anpel
Bert Peck
Small Business Administration
Rapides
Jefferson
Oreange
W. W.wilson
Denton
Philadelphia
Army Gets Satellite Go-Ahead
The Army won approval to join the United States space effort using the Jupiter-C rocket to fire artificial moonlets as a supplement to the Navy Vanguard program. Secretary McElroy indicated a six week readiness window with possible six modifications to rocket equipment. The move follows Soviet space successes including Sputnik II with the dog Laika and a second satellite circling Earth.
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Army
Russia
Defense McElroy
Navy
Defense Department
McElroy
Eisenhower
United States
Defense
White House
Tass
Sputnik Ti
Moscow
Laika
Earth
Plane With 44 Aboard Down At Sea
A Pan American Stratocruiser with 44 aboard was last heard at 3 40 p m and believed down in the Pacific between Honolulu and San Francisco after running out of gas It was carrying 36 passengers and 8 crew including William Beck of Radford Va and Lt Cmeér Gordon Cole of Alexandria Va A large search by air and sea including 26 planes five Coast Guard vessels two Navy submarines four merchant ships and the liner Miatsonit was launched with additional help from the Air Force and Civil Air Patrol units
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Honolulu
Pan American
Pacific Ocean
Here
San Francisco
Midway Point
Robert B. Murray Jr
Pacific
Coast Guard
Navy
Air Force
Civil Air Air Patrol
California
William Beck
Radford
Cmeér
Gordon Cole
Braddock Road
Alexandria
Accounting Firm Seeks Full Reserve Accounting
A bill of complaint in Equity Court filed by Moyer Lincoln Mercury Sales against Universal C T Credit asks for a complete accounting of reserves under a retail protection agreement dated June 15 1954 terminated early 1957. The firm seeks current accounting and payment of sums due, with reserves shown as of January 1956 and ongoing transactions under the contract. Attorneys Richard E. Zimmerman and Byron W. Thompson represent Moyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moyer
Lincoln-Mercury Sales, Inc
Universal C.T. Credit Corporation
Baltimore
Universal Tt
Moyer Firm
Universal
Due Moyer
Richard E. Zimmerman
Byron W. Thompson
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Towson
Robert Jett van Horn
State Department of Health
Maryland
U.S. 29
Highland
Voice
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Abdullabh
Voice of
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Nasser
Suez
Uni
Ted States
West
Ern
Red
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Themling Co
Gulf
Pan-Am
South Paradelphia
Nero
Imes
Dulles
David Ben-Gurion
U.N
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