Master Road Plan Examined at Public Hearing
A public hearing in Winchester Hall before the Frederick County Commissioners reviewed the proposed Master Highway Plan. Residents discussed land needs, with J William Brosius urging minimal farmland loss and 32 feet urban highway widths, while planners noted Route 26 550 traffic growth and safe lane spacing between dual superhighway lanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Room
Winchester Hall
Frederick County
Floyd B. Lampkin
Lew Plummer
Creagerstown
Board of County Commissioners
Delbert 5
Nuh
Arthur Hatton
Thurmont
Fort Ritchie
U.S. 15
Frederick
J_ William Brostus
Planning Commission
Daniel E. Wight
Brosius
GM Plans Restart Of Car Assembly In December
GM will restart passenger car assembly on December 7 after a steel shortage halted lines since November 1. Plants to resume include Cadillac in Detroit Corvair at Willow Run Chevrolet at Janesville Norwood and Flint. By December 14 all GM car and truck divisions return to a five day week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
General Motors Corp
John ¥. Gordon
Cadillac
Corvair
Wilow Run
Mich
Chevrolet
Janesvile
Wis
Norwood
Ohio
Flint
Gordon
Man Attacks Family With Ax In Easton Tragedy
In Easton Pennsylvania a grandfather attacked his family with an ax over fears grandchildren would be taken. Two grandchildren Raymond Gabert age 2 and Elaine Gabert age 3 died from ax wounds. He then killed himself by leaping from a warehouse fire escape. His wife another grandson and a daughter were injured.
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Easton. Pa
Raymond Gabert
Elirio Manioni
Raymonds
Elaine
Manionis
Paul
Lillian Gabert
Mantoni
Rain Yields to Cold Air in Local Forecast
Rain that started Monday afternoon and continued overnight is expected to give way to colder weather tonight. The measured precipitation totals 0.38 inches for the period, leaving the month’s rainfall at 1.06 inches, below normal for the month.
United Appeal Extends Fund Drive To Reach Goal
Officials of the Community Chess Red Cross United Appeal announce a road campaign to hit a $109,962 goal after late October. With about $703,000 raised, Jr. Harold Hooper leads efforts to finish by December 1, warning further cuts would cripple agency work and urging larger gifts from individuals to reach quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chess-Red Cross United Appeal
Harold Hooper
Drogoreut
Hoover
Eooper
United Effort
Rais
Stars of the Appeal
Ner Sonly
Hooper
Alien Creed
Fort Detrick
Derrick
Deibert Null
Ross Smith
Aesman
American Red Cross
Young Men's Christian Association
YMCA
Boy Scouts of America
Frederick Association of Girl Scouts
Children’s Aid So Society
the Salvation Army
Federated Charities
Esther 'Grinage
United Service Organization
Musay
Woodsboro Parish Realigns Into Two Lutherans
The Woodsboro Lutheran Parish votes to divide into two parishes each with its own pastor. Chapel Libertytown and Woodsboro form one. Zion Haughs near Ladiesburg and Grace Rocky Hill near Woodsboro form the other. Realignment to take effect after pastoral calls and parsonage locations are settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodsboro
J. Frank Fife
Lutheran Synod of Maryland
United Lutheran Church
Herbert Sc
Hye
Chapel and
Frederick County
Rockr Ill
St. Peter's
Mt. Zion ‘Haugh’s
Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Solomon's Lutheran Church
Chapel den
St. J. United Church of Christ
Woodsboroa
Libertytown
Lt Theological Seminary
Gettysburg
Claude Barrick
Russel Martz
Keymar
Elmer Highhouse
W. Earl Hawkins
Farl Myerly
Sterling Clabaugh
H. Clay Putman
John Rice
Clyde Beard
Russell Grabill
W. Cash Smith
W. Sherman Powell
Monroe West
Irven T. Long
Paul Fritz
Fireman and Youth Die in Detroit House Explosion
DETROIT AP Two story frame house burst apart killing a fireman and a 12 year old boy as smoke filled the block. Firemen Bruno J. and Eugene Pierszak perished after the blast from a coal furnace started the fire. Mrs Pierszak called for help as gas masks and responders battled the emergency.
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Detroit
Bruno J
Eugene Pierszak
Irene Pierszak
Freman
Merchants Plan Yule Concert to Open Downtown Holiday Season
Downtown merchants gear up for Friday evening Christmas kickoff with Frederick High School band and the Ein Street junior high glee club performing at 6 45 PM. Mayor Ramsburg to turn on downtown lights with Santa Claus present as firehouse decorations glow, and Wednes day through Christmas bring extended hours and Friday Monday openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downstown
Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ
Frederick
Ein Street
Jacob A. Ramsburg
Santa Claus
Independent Hose Company
Fire Company
Carroll Hendrickson Jr
Downtown Merchants
Raeden Caplan
Chamber of Commerce
Hendrickson
Earlisi
Mercha
Poisonous fumes disrupt festival at OSU
Carbon monoxide fumes disrupted the eighth annual Thanksgiving Songfest at Oklahoma State University, sending 310 high school students to hospitals and aid stations. About 5,400 Oklahoma students from 109 schools participated, with 21 still hospitalized the next morning.
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Stillwater
Qkb
Oklahoma
Okla ‘Homa State Universi
Galia
Bher Hall
Weldon Barnes
OSU
Hood Opens Fund Raising Drive for Hood College
Hood College launches a $692000 fund raising campaign in Carroll County directed by Arthur P. Scott of Westminster. The drive aims to boost academic improvements including faculty salaries, library expansion, alumnae HQ, and music and home economics facilities with early gifts totaling about $650.69 from 26 regional drives.
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Hood College
Carroll County
Arthur P. Scott
Westminster
Hoffman's Inn
Scott
College Board of Trustees
Robert Schaeffer
Howard E. Koontz
Koontz
Hood
Andrew G. Truxal
Truxal
R. Paul Smith
Haxerstown
2Lso
Jury Hears Architect's Fee Suit
A jury in Circuit Court heard claims by architect Siegfried Goetze that he is owed ten percent of remodeling costs for a New Market area farm house owned by Mr. and Mrs. George C. Price. Goetze contends $1,200 was advanced and seeks about $5,000 more, while defendants argue bylack of timely work and insufficient bids justified reductions.
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New Market
Siegfried Goetze
Circuit Court
Mer
George C. Price
Charles McC. Mathias , Jr
Goetze
Jerome W. Cuit
Joan Tregonning
Kaempf and Warris Plumbing
Lee Keller
Keller
Goetz
Mathias
Keiler
Price
Herbert Rollins
Mathias Jr
Mark E. Gladhill
Middletown
Brice A. S
Cecil K. Holter Sr
Wal- Sherali
Chade M. Bohn
Rob's
Christmas Arrival In Ventura Family Welcomes Baby Boy
In Ventura California Mrs. Lloyd Christmas of near Ojai gave birth to a son as her husband drove toward the hospital Monday. The Christmas Day delivery reflects a joyful start to the holiday week in the region.
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Ventura
Calif
California
Lloyd Christmas
Near- Ojai
Clarence Stewart
East Thirteenth Street
Edwin Scote Storks
Storks
Stewarts
James A. Stewart
Stewart
Fairgrounds
Rainstorms Inundate Farms In Northwest Washington
Northwest Washington faced its worst flood in 26 years as rain and snowmelt swelled rivers flooding hundreds of valley farms. Thousands of acres were inundated with evacuations by helicopter, powerboats, and amphibious craft around the Green and Snohomish river basins. People resisted leaving at first, with residents like Pearl Westerlund describing the rising water and evacuation decisions.
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Seattle
Washington
Green River Valley
Here
Snohomish River
Pearl Westerlund
Kent
Stampede Pass
Cascades
U.S. Weather Bureau
Circus Worker Gets 4 Months In Jail
Glen Burnie resident Theodore A. Maske, a circus employee, was sentenced to four months in Frederick County Jail in Magistrate's Court. The sentence followed Maske's November 10 conviction for intoxication and petty theft after testimony that items found in his possession belonged to R. F. Kline Co. employee Earl King. Sgt. William Boone of the Freder Police filed the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore A. Maske
Glen Burnie
Frederick County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Maske
Earl King
R. F. Kline Co
William Boone
Freder
Flames Hit Chicago Homes Near Midway Airport Disaster
A Trans World Airlines Constellation from New York and Philadelphia crashed near Midway, igniting a fire that destroyed ten homes on Cicero Avenue. The crew of three died, while residents of surrounding buildings faced injuries from crashes and exploding fuel. Witnesses described a world‑ending blaze as flames spread to a six unit apartment block and nearby houses.
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Chicago
Midway Port
Trans World
Constellation
New York
Philadelphia
TWA
Cicero Ave
Thomas Fracassi
Fracassi
Geraldine
Gertrude Bolin
C. W. Heiwis
D. E. Waters
A. L. Auge
Los Angeles
Hood Students Offer French Classes For City Children
Hood College resumes French conversation lessons for children ages seven to twelve. Twenty seven local youngsters enroll in a twice weekly program run by Hood juniors Shirley Garrett Mars Drewal and Paige Wisotzki under Dr Elizabeth Towle head of modern and classical languages. A related Spanish class was not continued due to lack of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Shirley Garrett
Clinton
Miss Towle
Department of Modern and Classical Languages
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