New U S 15 Relocation Opens North Of Thurmont
Relocated U S 15 north of Thurmont begins to ease Franklinville bridge danger. A temporary road and bridge on U S 240 near Frederick nearly ready for use. Case Construction moves to Monocacy river bridge site east of Frederick and begins groundwork for winter substructure work. Aiming to open the Thurmont Emmitsburg Lewistown segment this year, with a dual highway by pass in future. Traffic on U S 240 will divert to a temporary route west of the old road until the new bridge is built. The Brunswik bridge over the Potomac continues deck work. opening this winter is not expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. 15
Thurmont
Franklinville
U.S. 240
Frederick
Case Construction Company
Monocacy River
U.S. 40
Emmitsburg
Tuscarora Creek
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Maryland 81
Franklinville Bridge
Old 15
Kelbaugh
Lewistown
State Roads Commission
T. Edgie Russell
Evergreen Point
Russell Firm
Frederick By-Pass
Brunswick
Potomac River
Council Prepares Home Rule Bills for Maryland towns
The Baltimore Legislative Council has drafted three home rule bills for submission to the General Assembly. They cover amending town charters, granting charters to unincorporated communities, and a model charter for national use. The council also approved removing terms censoring movies as sacrilegious or immoral.
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Baltimore
Legislative Council
General Assembly
Hood College Actress To Play Female Lead In Quality Street
Miss Sarah Bulin of Baltimore, a Hood College sophomore and former Eastern High School student, will star as Phoebe tonight in the Marionettes’ Quality Street at Brodbeck Hall. She previously acted male lead Valentine Brown in the same play as a high school senior.
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Hood College
Sarah ‘McDonald Balin
John H Bulin, Jr
Baltimore
Tiood
Phoebe
Brodbeck Hall
Quality Street
Eastern
Eastern 1Hich
His Second Stolen Auto Is Recovered
William N. Loelt Sr. had a second 1949 Mercury stolen from North Bentz Street. State Trooper Muir found the car near the Washington Allegany county line and it was towed to a Hancock garage. The first car was wrecked at Braddock Heights speedway, and Mr. Salt had replaced it with the second car.
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William N. Loelt
Wilson Place
R. OD. Muir
Washington-Allegany County
Hancock
Salt
Braddock Heights Speedway
Ruritan Clubs Meet At Burkittsville Maryland Convention
The Maryland district of Ruritan National meets at Burkittsville Parish Hall St Pauls Lutheran with host Burkittsville club. Events include a 3 pm officer training, 6 pm business session, 7 30 pm banquet featuring Senators official Chuck Dressen and Jim Busby. Awards and district leadership highlighted. Also recount sought in New Jersey senatorial race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Ruritan National
Burkittsville
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Ruritan
Senators
Elth
Wahhington
Charles
Chuck) Dressen
Dressen
Howard Fox
Jim Busby
Rohrersville
Raritan
William Brake
Rocky Mount
N. C
Raritan National
Marvin L. Gray
T. Jack Snyder
H M. McDonald
Rhome Sweigel
Hagerstown man gets 7 day term in county jail
Charles Richard Hammersla of RFD 2 Hagerstown received a 7 day term for drunken and reckless driving and a 0 day sentence on an assault and battery charge from Magistrate Wilbur F Sheffield in People’s Court. Bell of New London alleged Hammersla struck him after parking at a Frederick Farmers Memorial. Sgt. Mades of the State Police noted the assault call followed by a separate accident on U S 5 north of Frederick. The magistrate ordered the 60 day term to run concurrently. Dispositions for Weedon and other motorists were continued or dismissed as witnesses failed to appear or licenses issues were noted. Deputy troopers Hardy Kline and Guilmino made the arrests.
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Hagerstown
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Peoples Court
Charles Richard Hammersla
RFD 2
Harry T. Bell
New London
Oelock Bell
Hammersla
Frederick
Bell
Hammersia
Charles D. Mades
State Police
Hammarersia
Sheffield
Harold Junior Weedon
James Hardy
Weedon
Charles M. Sandusky
Paint of Rocks
Hardy
U.S. 240
Edward R. Welch
East Berlin
Jefferson
Albert J. Adolfson
Boyertown
U. S. 340
Red Hill
Robert TL. Smith
Smithsburg
U. S
Eugene W. O'Iremba
New Kensington
Richard C. Greene
Woodshore
LeGore
Robert M. Butts
US 5
D. L. Cook
Baltimore
W. S
Harland FE
Heaton
Steubenville
Alex Spring
U.S
Mary Helen Wiles
Freder
Ralph G. Thomas, Jr
Brunswick
Jefferson, Sil
Hardy, Kline
V. Guilmino
Second Death Complicates Other Probe In Baltimore
Baltimore police battle a widening case after the hanging death of Ralph B Garrett linked to the murder of Carolyn Wasi lewski 16. Garrett was found dead by a train car near a vacant lot, with investigators rechecking his car and tire prints while questioning friends and associates. In parallel, three Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee oppose repeal of the dividend tax cut from the last Congress.
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Baltimore
Carolyn Lovelta Wasilewski
Ralph B. Garrett
Mit
Anne Arundel County
Garrett
Milton Hipsley
George Mayne
Carolyn
Auuuil UW
Ce Weeks
Smith Avenue
Marrell Park
Gable Avenue
Hipsley
Baltimore and Ohio
Police Crime Laboratory
Shhots
Shey
Washington Star
Partieilar
Washington
Lns-Uiting Harte Ways and Means
Electronics shop burglary on West Patrick Street
Thieves entered a local electronics shop last weekend by a rear window and fled with five paras of items including a General Electric console TV and cash. The incident was discovered Monday morning by H. Gnodman, the shop proprietor, who sits opposite the Marshland State Police barracks. State Trooper Donald Bowser leads the investigation. value listed at around 839 percent.
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West Patrick Street
Wis
H. Gnodman
Marshland State
Goodimar
Donald Bowser
General Electric
United States defense pacts expand postwar role
A historical overview outlines how U S foreign defense pacts grew after World War II. It lists treaties and organizations including the United Nations, Rio Treaty, NATO, and security agreements with Japan, the Philippines, Australia New Zealand, and others, noting Senate ratifications and mutual defense pledges while stressing constitutional processes.
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James Marlow Wallington
United States
Truman
Eisenhower
Europe
Asia
Latin America
Pacific
Calloe
United Nations
San Francisco
Senate
Rio
Rio de Janeiro
Britain
France
Canada
Fivaly
Denmark
Ireland
Norway
Portugal
Greece
Turkey
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembours
Japan
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Fepan
Dapan
Fallnseine
States
South Kersa
Manila
New
Pakiet
Tern Litany
Paris
Bretain
Mans Vane
Lunes
Dulles Open to Bipartisan State Department Role
Secretary of State Dulles signals willingness to join a bipartisan foreign policy effort if Democratic leaders nominate a trusted qualified expert. Dulles previously served as a Republican consultant to Acheson and other Democrats, with Eisenhower seeking bipartisan consultation and Democrats discussing cooperation in shaping policy.
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Washington
Tad
Dulles
P Dito
Dean Acheson
Congress
State Department
Eisenhower
Sociaies
San Diego Quake Felt Around City Early Morning
A strong earthquake struck San Diego at 4 26 a m with objects swinging and alarms untriggered. Amateur seismologist Fred S Robinson rated intensity at 6 on the Mercalli scale and said tremors lasted five or six minutes with an epicenter about 70 miles southeast near Lower California. No damage reported though residents called police and newspapers seeking information as officials assessed the event.
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San Diego
Calif
Fred S. Robinson
Robinson
California
Rare Birds Die In Fire At Baltimore Exhibit
A fire at a Baltimore exhibit on the second floor of the old mansion in Druid Mill Park destroyed 40 rare birds including pheasants and a farnbil sparking a $5,000 loss while about 360 birds survived and ground floor soft drink concessions were undamaged. Fire officials reported the origin was determined with the exhibit area heavily smoked. The incident occurred amid a public election year context with local political activity noted nearby.
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Baltimore
Mielies
Artur Watson
Druid Mill Park
Ena
Weather forecast fragment mentions a cold Saturday turnout
Reported forecast indicates fair to cold conditions with a Saturday emphasis. Temperatures averaging 33 degrees below normal and regional normals around 40 in eastern and southern sections.
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Maryland
Eisenhower and Humphrey Duck Hunting Trip
President Eisenhower and Vice President Humphrey were seen at Cedar Point area near Erie Marsh, about 14 miles east of Toledo, on a duck hunting outing dated for the upcoming holiday. The party was described as anxious and prepared, with plans to return to the White House tomorrow for the First Lady's birthday observance.
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Toledo
Chin Po
Tampines
Sresiden
Hewin
Egrnier
Anscim
America
P No
Humphrey
Erie
Eisenhower
White Horse
Train wreck kills woman, injures nineteen near Nashua
A Montreal to Boston overnight train derailed north of Nashua station in New Hampshire. One woman, Mary Buckley, 47, of Manchester, NH, died. 19 were injured, including her daughter Katherine Buckley, 13. Six of eight cars overturned, mail car wrecked, two diesel locomotives toppled, traffic rerouted. The crash occurred about 3 30 am as freight cars toppled into a warehouse wall at Johns Manville.
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Nashea
Njh
Red Wing
Nashua
Mary Buckley
Manchester
X.H
Lawrence
Aldis
O. C. Wards
New Hampshire
Boston & Maine Railroad
Memorial
St. Joseph's Nosvitals
Katherine Buckley
Johns Manville Co
Fired Fatal Shot And Then Preached Funeral
In Blairsville Georgia a pastor admitted shooting and killing a companion during a hunting trip six days earlier. He later preached at the companion’s funeral, acknowledging the fatal shot in a solemn church setting. The incident is being investigated by the Bureau of Investigation with the Rev. named in the report.
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Blairsville
Wands Wilson
Gears Bureau of Inves
Rerause Enoos
Area of Suspicion Probed as Winds Stir Southeast Coast
Reports describe a probe into a suspected area near the Fly Small coast and the Atlantic as winds surge. Markets show selling pressure in New York with a tentative trend higher in early trading.
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Rling
New York
Bodies Of Negroes Found Dead In Frederick Garage
Two Black individuals, a man identified as Paul Chiton Duckett and an unnamed woman, were found dead in a locked garage on the Bowie Street property of Mr Himes west of Frederick. Police say carbon monoxide poisoning is the likely cause after the car engine had run in the closed space. State Police and the county medical examiner are investigating. Duckett, 41, was identified by pager data and employed at Prospect Hall.
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Joseph H. Berry
Frederick SQ
Paul Chiton Duckett
Bowie
Duckett
Himes
Prospect Hall
Robert J. Furie
John Edmund Davis
RFD
Frederick
Sst
C. D. Mades
Harold L. Basore
James W. Hardy
V. L. Gutimino
Robert C. Dishong
McKeldin Credits Roads Program For Victory
Governor Theodore R. McKeldin credited Maryland’s 12 year highway construction plan as a major factor in his re election. Speaking at a Southern Governors Conference round table in Boca Raton he said the 368 million program approved by the 1953 General Assembly tested the public’s willingness to fund good roads and that voters backed him in the November 2 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boca Raton
Fla.a
Atland
Theodore R. McKeldin
McKeldin
General Assembly
Hot Byrd
Third of Protestant pulpits vacant amid Cold War strains
Akron Beacon Journal reports President Eisenhower promised to seek reelection in 1956. The article notes tensions over religious and political issues, mentioning Protestant pulpits vacancy and pressure on schools and youth organizations in the era.
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Heli
Akron
Ohio
Akron Beacon Journal
Eisenhower
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