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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1957
Page
2
A November 11 1987 report notes prices tapering off while major indexes show modest gains with inflation cooling. Analysts cite a slight up tick in consumer goods costs and ongoing shifts in energy and manufacturing sectors.
The article notes government interest in uranium and argues that continued prospecting for new fields is prudent due to possible future demand from nuclear power. It contrasts American and Canadian positions and cites large existing reserves in the Americas and South. It warns of potential shortages around 1970 or 1983 while suggesting market prices influence urgency.
Readable notes from the November 1 1907 column highlight a reorganized High School Cadets with officers and sergeants, a Irving Literary Society debate on immigration, a hotel lease change in Baltimore, plans for a new abattoir and cold storage plant, a wagon accident on East Church Street, and later 1937 items noting larger Christmas toy selections and road work on the Point of Rocks bridge across the Potomac.
Hood College presents a five day Political Emphasis Week with Town Hall sponsoring three speakers on Middle East positions. Lectures in Coffman Chapel room 7 at 7 p m cover Israeli Arab and peace prospects topics. Speakers include Y Hugh Orgel Salah El Din Tewfik and Clifford Dancer with related biographies and displays in the Joseph Henry Apple library.
Frederick County Mental Health Society elected officers for the coming year and heard Margaret Mead discuss the variety of attitudes toward illness. Mead contrasted views from primitive societies to America emphasizing action and recovery. The Christmas gift project was announced with centers at C Burr Artz Library and Emmitsburg Library. A public meeting is scheduled December 2 at Hood College to view the film Will I Be Welcome.
Two young sisters, 6 year old Jackie Bennett and 3 year old Beverly Bennett, died from asphyxiation and burns after a fire in their West Baltimore home. Their mother Matilda Bennett was hospitalized for shock, and two siblings were saved. The blaze damaged a two story formstone house, burning the first floor living room. Nearby reports described the house burning “like a torch.”
Frederick County leaders and the National Association for Retarded Children discussed creating a specialized school for children who cannot thrive in regular classrooms. Funds for teacher scholarships were pledged, with plans for a future meeting of supervisors and teachers from neighboring counties to share experiences.
Five Frederick area residents perished when a Buckeystown man’s car collided with another on Maryland 80 east of Urbana around 5 pm Saturday. Ralph G. Kanode 51 and his wife Rebecca 51, Mrs Lilie Virginia O Bryan ?, and Catherine E Linton 30 died at the scene along with Charles E Naylor 23 of Buckeystown who was the second car’s sole occupant. Police said Naylor skidded into the Kanode vehicle while traveling at high speed. the four in the Kanode car were on the way to a church supper. Naylor’s Mercury sedan and the Kanode Chevrolet were described as wrecked beyond recognition. Funeral arrangements were set by M R Etchison and Son for the Kanode victims with services planned at a Frederick area funeral home and Mt Olivet cemetery. Charles E Naylor Jr. and family also noted in the report as survivors with church ties. A separate line notes that about 19 million Americans served in U S wars by 1950.
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