First Snow Of Season Hits Here
State Roads Commission crews salted hills and mountains on major highways as the first snowstorm of the season moved into the county. Snow began shortly after 9:30 a.m. at Gam Brill State Park and was reported heavy two hours later. Temperatures hovered around 34 degrees with a high in the thirties expected. Crews were deployed under a new bare pavement maintenance program on U S 40, Alternate 40, and the Washington and Baltimore National Pike to prevent ice and slush.
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Gambrill State Park
High Knob
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U. S. 40
Washington
Baltimore National Pikes
UN Asked To Step In Again To End Dispute
The United Nations is urged to intervene as Israel and Jordan renew border tensions over the Jerusalem neutral zone. Jordan accuses Israel of violating the 1949 armistice by keeping military installations and blocking convoys to Mount Scopus. If unresolved, Jordan warns of necessary steps. Israel seeks UN influence to allow convoys through to Mount Scopus amid renewed accusations and near-crisis rhetoric.
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Jordan
United Nations
Jerusalem
U.N. Security Council
Mixed Armistice Commission
Yusuf Haikal
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Aount Scopus
Mount Scopus
Hussein
Cairo
Foreign Ministry
Amman
7Rmistice Commission
Commission
Rain and Snow Sweep Across Maryland State
Weather report notes snow and rain moving through central and western Maryland with higher elevations staying wintry. Roads slick in Frederick and Garrett counties as snow sticks to ground and rooftops. Snowflakes spread to Hagerstown and Cumberland areas, with mixed precipitation in Baltimore Rockville and Southern Maryland. milder, partly cloudy conditions expected Sunday.
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Associated Press
Meryand
Frederick
Gambrill State Park
Hagerstown
Allegany
Garrett
Cumberland
Baltimore
Rockville
Maryland
Western Maryland women attend quadrennium meeting in St Louis
Mrs Paul L Althouse and Mrs Charles Poole represented the Western Maryland Regional of the Women s Guild at the fourth quadrennial Evangelical and Reformed and Congregational Christian Women meeting in St Louis Missouri this week. About 700 women attended as keynote speaker Mrs Gay A Bencholf Woodstock Virginia, president of the Women s Guild of the Evangelical and Reformed church, delivered the address.
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Paul L. Althouse
Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ
Charles Poole
Grace United Church of Christ
Maryland
Womens Guild
Evangelical and Reformed
St. Louis
Gay A. Bencholf
Woodstock
Woroen’s Guild
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Four Graves To Be Opened On Monday
WAUTOMA Wisconsin authorities plan to open up to four graves Monday to verify Edward Gein’s claim of exhuming nine graves. District Attorney Earl Eileen and three officials met to discuss Plainfield Cemetery and others. Gein sits in jail awaiting a mental competency test and possible trial for first degree murder.
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Wautoma
Wis. Uy
Edward Gein
Dist
Atty
Earl Eileen
Plainfield
Gein
Warshara
Herbert A. Bunde
Central State Hospital
Sirs
Bernice Worden
Eileen
Ersons
Mary Hogan
Robbery at St Johns High School Athletics Dress Room
Robbery of wallets among ten St John’s High basketball players occurred in the dressing room during practice. A pale, 5'10" man in a tan coat was seen at the school on Monday and Tuesday asking questions about class schedules. Police investigated as a man matched descriptions left town after the theft of about $60 from two players.
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St. John's
Bronday
Frederick
Maryland Influenza Cases Drop Across State
BALTIMORE The State Department of Health reports a sharp decline in influenza like illness with only a few new cases last week. Absences in schools in counties and Baltimore City are decreasing and attendance is returning to normal. Officials say 49,006 cases were reported from late September to mid November and 130 cases have been confirmed as Asian flu. The advisory committee warns a second wave is possible this winter and notes roughly half of inoculated individuals show adequate protection.
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Baltimore
State Department of Health
Baltimore City
New York Economy Shows Tepid 1958 Outlook
Business activity remains in second gear as 1958 hopes rise softly. Layoffs spread in steel despite signs of a potential pickup. retail sales slip with 3 percent less purchasing power for factory workers. Government data show unemployment inching up while living costs ease temporarily and wages dip, shaping cautious consumer expectations for the holiday season.
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New York
U. S
Thrifty Thanksgiving and Christmas Holiday Openings
Thanksgiving week brings a general holiday as stores banks and offices close. Public schools end before noon Wednesday and Hood College extends break. Turkeys range 37 to 41 cents a pound with bigger birds around six cents cheaper than last year. Santa Claus appears downtown next Friday in Chamber of Commerce sponsored event. Christmas Clubs projected to spend over a million dollars in city and county. Fort Meade area planning jai alai bans meet Maryland Legislature. Over 1,000 protesters jam Maryland Statehouse rallying against gambling.
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Santa Claus
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Storts
Annapolis III
Anne Arundel
Ft. Meade
Plaii
Maryland
Arid
City Budget Meeting On December 5
The 1958 city budget will be presented at a public meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen on Thursday December 5 at 7 30 o clock. A second meeting early next week will finalize adoption with no expected change to the current 155 tax rate. Mayor Derr said no further meetings are planned until January 1958. The board will also adopt the county assessment and sit as Board of Equalization and Review at 7 p m before budget discussions.
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John A. Derr
Pr Ance
Two Hurt In Auto Wreck Near City
A city couple, Irving J.H. Shankle Jr and Mrs Mabel L Shankle of Sid East Church Street, were injured when their 1952 Chevrolet left Gas House Pike and struck a tree at 12 30 this morning. They were treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital and released. Drivers were traveling west when the curve was missed. Independent Hose Company members Jack Fleischman and John Wisner transported the injured to the hospital. No charges were filed.
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Gas House Pike
Irving J.H. Shankle
Mabel L. Shankle
Sid East Church Street
Frederick Slemorial Hospital
Shankle
Jack Fleischman
John Wisner
Independent Hose Company
H. J. Frost
Frost
Seven Compete Monday In Voice Contest
Seven high school students will compete Monday night for the Voice of Democracy contest sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The program will be held in North Frederick Elementary School. Winners will receive a war bond and advance to state competition. the national winner earns a scholarship.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
North Frederick
Richard J Smith
Walkersville High
James Fox
Frederick High
Howard ‘Stevens
St. Jon's
Jane Mortis
Jor
Lincoln High
Sara Tesserman
Thurmont
Sue Eyvsier
Hoowier
High
Elizabeth
St. Joseph of Emmits
Dan Evans
Jaycee Project
Brush Fire Rages Through San Gabriel Mountains
A hurricane force flame swept Desi Flat Camp near Monrovia and Azusa, scorching 25 000 acres in three days. Winds fanned the blaze, driving it eight miles in eight hours and twelve miles on a four mile front. Fire crews report it out of control as of now, with damage estimated up to two dollars per acre.
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Los Angeles
San Gabriel Mountains
U.S
Desi Flat Camp
Monrovia
Azusa
Governor and ANPA Head Speak At U Md Dedication
McKeldin urged no bar on scientific progress and urged freedom of the skies as he spoke at the dedication of a new journalism building at the University of Maryland. ANPA president William Dwight warned of government secrecy and invasions on the public’s right to know, citing Dulles and the 1789 Housekeeping Act.
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ANPA
U. of Md
College Park
McKeldin
United States
John M. Butler
University of Maryland
Hime
Kknow
Publishers Assn
William Dwight
Holyoke
Dwight
Holyoke Transcript - Telegram
Dulles
Red
China
Bbut
George Washington
Congress
Thanksgiving Day turkey dinner for 125 youths
Forty and Eight Voiture Locale No 15 to host a Thanksgiving Day turkey dinner for about 125 underprivileged children in Frederick. Voyageur Bay City serves as event chair. activities begin with a ride on the Forty and Eight locomotive. Entertainment at the Legion Home precedes the meal, then a movie for the kiddies. Committees and local officials assist with kitchen and dining room duties.
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Voyageur Bay Cit
Frederick
Legion
Francis Scott Key Post No
Erick Kennedy
Bud Kennedy
Laurence Willard
Ed i Brookey
Reds Newton
Duke
Stanley W_ King
Joe
Maryland Court rules inventories taxed as real estate
The Maryland Court of Appeals held that real estate and business inventories must be assessed at full cash value without favoritism toward personal property. The ruling affects hundreds of millions in assessments and reverses a Baltimore City inventory tax ruling involving Sears Roebuck. The case returns to the lower court for further proceedings.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Baltimore City
State Court of Appeals
High Court
State Tax Commission
Baltimore
Court of Appeals
Sears, Roebuck and Company
General Assembly
State Tax) Commission
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