Thurmont by pass opens December 11 with ceremony
The million dollar Thurmont by pass on U S 15 will be opened to traffic with ribbon cutting on Wednesday December 11 at noon. Governor McKeldie will lead the ceremony for the 4.4 mile link bypassing Thurmont. The project cost exceeds 1.5 million dollars with work by Richard F Kline Inc and several contractors.
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Tne
Thurmont
U. S. 15
Theodore H. McKeldie
Wear
States Roads Commission
Richard F. Kline, Inc
Frederick Contracting
Abouti
Western Maryland Railroad
E. H. Nunn Construction Company
Kline
Maryland 77
Maryland 81. 1
Roads Commission
Tuscarora Creek
Harmony Grove
Owens Creek
Emmitsburg
Toms Creek
Emmitsburg- Fe
Washington National
Talks Fail to Bridge NATO and Algeria Disputes
Paris talks between British Prime Minister Macmillan and French Premier Gaillard ended without full progress on key differences. They agreed France bears primary responsibility for the Algerian question, and discussed NATO interdependence and shared defense duties amid fears over arm supplies to Tunisia. Nearby stock markets slipped after Eisenhower’s chill news.
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Paris
Macmillan
Felix Gaillard
3TO
Tunisia
France
Britain
North
Africa
NATO
United States
Thanksgiving Holiday Begins Wednesday For Many Workers
A Thanksgiving break will start Wednesday afternoon for many store clerks and public schools will close at noon for a four and a half day shutdown. Most workers face a one day closure after work Wednesday, with many food stores staying open late to serve Thanksgiving dinner trade and turkeys cheaper this year.
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jClerts
Gein grave raid claims prompt grave openings
Waushara County authorities reopen two Plainfield Cemetery graves to corroborate Ed Gein’s admission of looting nine women’s graves. Officials report Eleanore Adams’ casket empty while Eileen notes small bone fragments and a pry bar found. Gein remains under mental observation for murder and robbery charges.
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Waushare
Plainfield
Gein
Bernice Worden
Mary Hogan
Eleanore Adams
Mabel Everson
Burned Airman Biddinger Transferred To Walter Reed
Airman Third Class Dark David Biddinger severely burned in a November 16 jeep crash in France is listed in satisfactory condition after transfer to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. He suffered third degree burns to the face arms and hands and battled flames to rescue companions. Biddinger joined the Air Force in 1956 trained at Lackland and Keesler before overseas duty.
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France
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Dark David Biddinger
Brrs
John D. Biddinger
RFD 1
Woodsbdoro
Biddinger
Walter Reed
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Keesler Air Force Base
Miss
Carl D. Biddinger
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Cold Weather Grips Most Of Nation With Sharp Drops
The Eastern Seaboard records sudden temperature falls as cold Canadian air sweeps southward to central Florida. Tallahassee rises from 7 to 47 degrees while Tampa sees a 10 degree differential. Great Lakes remain the coldest region with many readings below 20.
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Associated Press
Seaboard
Florida
Maine
Atlantic
Tallahassee
Fla
Tampa
Canada
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Fleming Fined After Pickup Truck Clash at Grove Lime Plant
Walter J Fleming employed by M J Grove Lime Company near Monrovia was found guilty in a magistrate court of maliciously destroying property during a strike incident. He was fined 325 and costs after admitting breaking a truck windshield and side window with a club, while claiming self defense after being struck by the vehicle. An appeal was noted by Thomas S Glass. State’s Attorney Bar rick prosecuted the case.
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M. J. Grove Lime Company
Walter J. Fleming
Monrovia
H. Reese
Grove
George of
Gingell
Emmitsburg
Fierming
Fleming
Charles
Leon Crummitt
Ralph Blank
Garman Demn
Thomas S. Glass
Grove Company
Grove Lime Company
Glass
Samuel W. Barrick
Charles Barrick
Noonan Clyde Ecker
Woodsboro
Shoemaker
Bruce Diehl
Doolittle Sees Russia Ahead in Land-Fired Missiles
Lt Gen James Doolittle testified that Russia is ahead of the United States in land-fired missiles and air-to-air types. He heads the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and told a Senate subcommittee the country lacks coordinated priorities, as past delays tied to 1953 readiness assessments.
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James Doolittle
Russia
United States
Doolittle
National Advisory Committee For
Aero-naltics
Senate
Cumberland WW — Cumberness
Counry
Elstry
Jon
Boston
Ruth
Baltimore
McGuirk
Cambridge
Mass
Cape Cod
Federal Savings and Loan
William Brandt
Russell Goodale
Onset
Jfirm
Georgi Zhukov
Central Committee
Zhukov
Khrushchev
Ehrushchev
U. S
Trucker Dies in Trailer Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
In Rockville Connecticut a truck driver Milton Hudson age 36 from Girdletree Maryland died of carbon monoxide poisoning after sleeping in a trailer heated by a lighted car heater. Julius Raper 31 and Rexford Raper 37, both of College Park Maryland, were found conscious nearby. a fourth man slept in another truck. William and Paul Burke discovered the victims at dawn near a drive in restaurant while two trucks had parked for the night to pick up leads at a potato warehouse.
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John Flaherty
Milton Hudson
Girdletree
Julius Raper
Rexford Raper
College Park
Hudson
Rockville City
William and
Paul Burke
Hudso
Rapers
Satellite launch planned as Sputnik rivals loom
United States Vanguard project aims to launch a test satellite next week from Cape Canaveral after Russia's Sputnik 1. A six pound sphere with solar cells and antennas would be fired to an equatorial orbit if plans succeed, with daylight passes over the US anticipated later. Meanwhile, a juvenile egging case and school discipline issue are documented in Emmitsburg.
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Washington &—Navy
U.S
Russia
Vanguard
U.S. Missile Test Center
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Iyo
Moscow Radio
Sputnik T
Jrocket
London
Maryland Train Ministry
Pattfall
Fririck MM. Sehnauffer
United States
Project Vanguard
Retirements and Expansion Plans Highlight Thurmont Notice
Stockholders authorize directors to enlarge Braddock Heights pool and improve bathhouse and park. Edwin Creeger retires after 47 years selling Chevrolets, selling to Redding Chevrolet Company of Rockville and moving to Thurmont. Deed records show sale of real estate and stock, with sale around 50 000 dollars. New officers elected for local country club after a strong 1957 season. Non religious funeral set for Diego Rivera in Mexico City with prominent attendees anticipated.
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Braddock Heights Swimming Pool, Inc
Creeger
Redding Chevrolet Company
Fred Reddling
Rockville
Thurmont
Redding
General Motors
Washington
Chevrolet
Thas
Baltimore
Thursmont
Edwin C. Creeger
American Legion
Dan Weinberg
M. J
Croghan, Jr
Roland W. Far-Kentiy
Delbert 5
Null
Thores
Waynesboro
S. Glass. Country Club
Mexico City
Diego Rivera
Khrushchev Warns Not To Buck Party At Moscow Reception
In Moscow Nikita Khrushchev urged new officers at the graduation ceremony of the city military academies to accept party supremacy. The address echoed prior leaders while calling for vigilance amid Arab and European tensions. Nixon lauded the Moroccan king at the event and discussed U S bases in Morocco and broader aid, signaling ongoing Franco Algerian and Cold War concerns.
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Moscow
Russia
Communist Party
Nikita
Khrushchev
Poelin
Stalin
Nixon
Toon
Europe
Ready For Third Try With Missile
Technicians prepared for a third Atlas intercontinental missile test off the southeast Florida coast. Unofficial reports say a 5,000 mile rocket undergoes static testing as officials monitor potential launch later in the week. The Atlas previously failed in two earlier attempts.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla. 2
Atlantic
Florida
Sputnik's Rocket May Plunge Sunday
Cambridge report says the final-stage rocket that launched Sputnik I could crash next Sunday. Dr. Fred L. Whipple of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory warned of a possible flaming plunge to its death as calculations based on new moonwatch sightings are reviewed.
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Cambridge
Mass
Fred L. Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Whipple
Marie Alice Schwab
Washington
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Circuit Court
Robert Efford
Washinington
Hagerty On His Way Home From Paris Visit
Presidential press secretary James Hagerty flew from Paris to Washington after news of President Eisenhower’s illness. Hagerty planned meetings with NATO commander Gen Lansis Norstad, but left Orlyfield early to be home for Thanksgiving and to see the president’s condition. The U S Embassy said Hagerty’s Paris work was finished ahead of schedule.
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Paris
James Hagerty
United States
Hagerty
Eisenhower
White House
Lansis Norstad
NATO
Orlyfield
Eisenhawer
U.S
Wash‘ington
Boyle leaves large estate to wife in Charles Town will
Albert J. Boyle of Charles Town Jockey Club fame died November 2 leaving about 10 million dollars to his widow Helen Weyman Boyle. He left one dollar to each of his children Albert J. Boyle Jr Mary L. Boyle and Elizabeth K. Boyle and named his widow executrix. He built the race track for his brothers and partners before acquiring it from creditors.
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Robert Koontz
Arvin Jones
Em?itburg
Koontz
Schnauffer
Charles Town
W. Va
Albert J. Boyle
Albert J. Boyle Jr
Miami
Mary L. Boyle
New York
Elizabeth, K. Boyle
Richmond
Helen Weyman Boyle
Libertytown
Boyle
Jockey Club
Revenue Service Clarifies Expense Account Rules
The IRS maintains current rules require substantiation of deductions but allows 1957 expenses to be treated as before due to late form changes. Commissioner Harrington notes the 1957 retroactive line addition would burden taxpayers who already file bills and receipts with employers. An IRS spokesman hints a 1958 form line may require ongoing record keeping for expense reimbursements.
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Washington
Enue Service
Russell C. Harrington
Revenue Service
Harrington
Hartington
IRS
Dulles Named Interim Leader During Eisenhower Illness
Secretary of State Dulles prepared to substitute for an ailing President Eisenhower as he reviews North African issues with Morocco's King Mohammed V. The White House described the change as a last minute substitution due to the President's illness.
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Washington
Dues
Eisen
Morocco
Mohammed V . Dulles
White House
Eisenhower
Atomic energy official urges sharing limited nuclear data
Former atomic energy commissioner Thomas E. Murray backs sharing smaller nuclear weapon information with allies while excluding hydrogen bombs and larger weapons. He notes Eisenhower contemplates possible changes to the law banning foreign design details and criticizes secrecy as a barrier to countering Soviet progress.
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Washington
Atomic Energy
Thomas E. Murray
Eisenhower
Alarray
Senate House Atomic Energy
AEC
Murray
Eisenhower in Satisfactory Progress Amid Illness Evaluation
White House says President Eisenhower is progressing satisfactorily but doctors will conduct a further evaluation of his illness. Anne Wheaton noted a report on findings would come as soon as possible, amid questions about the seriousness of the chill after King Mohammed V’s visit.
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Eisenhower
Nixon
Mohammed
United States
Tyre
Amercan
Moocco
U. S
Heaven
Torn
Washington
White House
Anne Wheaton
Mohammed V
Morocco
Wheaton
Hellis
Abs. Wheaton
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Cumberland
Story
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Frederick S County
Weinberg
Croghan
Khrushchey
Au Wou
Sputnik
Yokohama
Japan
Js.army Today
C. Gregory J. Kupski
Deoit
Servatory
A. J. Boyle
Dulles
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