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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1958
Page
12
Officials report 19 236 registered voters cast ballots in Frederick County last week with about 65 percent turnout. Governor and U S Senator tallies were low compared to countywide totals. many voters used machines for the first time and some may have voted only for one or two candidates.
The National Safety Council urged 8,000 member firms to keep Christmas parties alcohol free or cancel them to reduce fatal highway incidents during the season. A Chicago survey found 14 percent fewer companies will allow drinks this year compared to 1957, as offices link party revelry to traffic accidents. Also reported are probates and administrations in Frederick and Thitmont estates with executors named and heirs listed.
Boston mourns James Michael Curley once a dominant Democratic figure who led the city as mayor four terms and Massachusetts as governor. He died after a long illness and surgery, survived by family as his career spanned triumphs and two prison terms.
In Magistrate's court this morning Eric Bertram Waskey of Baltimore was fined $15 for exceeding 60 mph on Route 40 east of Frederick on October 28 after Trooper Douglas Rogers paced him at 75 mph. Robert Sylvester West of Frederick was found not guilty of reckless driving after his car ran off the road and hit a tree. he claimed an oncoming truck forced him off the road. A separate mass ack and battery case against Spencer Bowie was dismissed at the request of the complainant Brenda Bramsog.
NASA seeks a one ton space capsule capable of orbiting Earth for up to 28 hours. The design, to be launched from Cape Canaveral on an Atlas missile, may echo past concepts but won t be a true spacecraft. NASA released preliminary specs to 38 manufacturers at Langley, with bids due December 4 and a contract decision after January 1. The craft should complete two orbits initially and 18 more on later models, in a nearly circular orbit between 125 and 140 miles altitude.
Leavenworth AP report notes iEditors grapple with integration questions amid national unrest. Coleman Harwell urges facts as basis for reason and policy while recalling AP’s 25 years guiding democratic press. The piece interweaves editor struggles with a Kansas City holdup and personal tragedy.
The 151,900 Brunswick Elementary addition by Clark and Chapman Rockville contractors opens and adds two regular and two primary classrooms. Two seventh grade classes moved to the new rooms to relieve Brunswick High School congestion. Wolfsville Elementary, under Frederick Construction, will soon add eight classrooms. North Frederick Elementary final two rooms near completion.
Eisenhower seeks bipartisan help as Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson is invited to travel to Mexico City to confer with President elect Adolfo Lopez Mateos. Johnson, Democratic leader, may meet new Western senators and precede Mateos inauguration. the trip signals closer Latin American ties ahead of January Senate session.
Eddie Pickett, 19, Ellicott City Md, sailed from Perth Amboy as a deckhand and traveled Europe. He built a college fund by sending stories to the Ellicott City Times and taping to WBAL while detailing his travels. Communist batteries on Quemoy held fire on even days as a loudspeaker warned to resume shelling.
Keyooudspeakers five miles across the bay from Quemoy said shells would fall today. Nationalist defenders of the islands kept an unconcerned wait and see stance. The Communists fired $3 shells at Quemoy Tuesday, an odd day they allow themselves to shoot at anything. Red bombardment since Aug. 23 has been light lately.
Delegates from Britain France the United States Italy Canada Soviet Union Poland Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Romania and Albania met in Geneva for 90 minutes to discuss the plan of work for the conference on preventing surprise attacks. A communique said talks would continue with another meeting set for Thursday and sessions have been private since Monday.
The Associated Press notes temperatures will run 3 to 16 degrees above normal with generally fair weather and little precipitation. Cooler on Thursday and warmer over the weekend. Normal highs span 48 in Western Maryland mountains to 58 in the east. western Maryland lows range 28 to 35 while eastern ranges 35 to 44.
Mrs Parker recalls son Parker as lively and studious despite stress from heavy medical expenses incurred by his parents Mr and Mrs Edgar Parker of Laurel. Army spokesman May cites possible financial worry behind a descent into silence and apparent distress.
Dr John C Wilson 79 died after lengthy illness in Willcox Arizona. A frontier physician since 1903 he served as mayor, health officer and founder of local American Legion post Rotary Club and golf course. He mentored miners railroad workers and students and advised the TV show Frontier Doctor. He shaped the town from a horse and buggy clinic to a settled community.
DETROIT AP reported Richard Bell six walked into his home and showed his father a Veterans Day souvenir in Grand Rapids Michigan. incident details follow as brief local news.
The Board of County Commissioners awarded a contract for six new trucks for the County Roads department to Frederick j Mlotor Company at a low bid of $10,297.46. Eight bidders competed with Key Chevrolet Sales and Roney Motor Company among Frederick firms. Bids included trade-ins on six old trucks. the three quarter ton trucks will have specialty built bodies. Deeds were recorded for several property sales including 632 Military Road for about $20,000 and a half residence at 1020 North Market Street for around $18,000.
Moscow and East Berlin say they will rapidly negotiate Soviet troop withdrawal from East Germany aiming to pressure Western powers to pull out of Berlin and Western Germany. Khrushchev demanded end to four power occupation of Berlin and warned Western access could be curtailed.
Gabriel Garcia, 68, honored for bravery decades after fleeing in France in 1919, received medals in San Antonio as the Army acknowledges his courage. The scene occurs amid tumult over Arab League and German reunification talks and Cold War tensions involving Hussein and Syria.
The Soviet Union accused the United States of nightmarish plans to build lunar military bases for massive attacks, urging the UN to condemn space militarization. Valerian Zorin told the U N Political Committee that Moscow would oppose any peaceful space use unless Washington pledged to liquidate all foreign bases.
Frederick county prepares a modernized law library on the second floor of the Court House. Steel shelves replace old stock. jail prisoners help move books. the roads board room becomes a reading room and librarian space. new chairs lighting and a new entry through the former county engineer’s office are planned. Court jurymen will use a coats area at the former entrance.
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