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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1950
Page
6
A traffic accident occurred close to the old Route 40 and the new dual highway site, which is to be formally opened on Thursday. The crash section will be abandoned after Thursday. Trooper Hammersmith said three victims wore hunting clothes with guns in the car and could not confirm hunting location.
Three Sparrows Point men returning from a training trip died in a head on collision on Route 40 near Pine Orchard Tuesday afternoon. An Army lieutenant his wife and two children in the other car were injured. the lieutenant faces manslaughter charges.
Local 842 of the United Auto Workers at Fairchild Aircraft Division in Hagerstown plans a Sunday vote on a strike over wage increases and merit system changes. About 5,000 workers are employed as talks with management continue and no further sessions are announced. Glenn Brayton of the CIO union announced the vote.
Barton November 28 report says thieves seized 2000 feet of copper trolley wire from Campbell Coal Company's Hampshire mine. it marks the fifth recent incident and third theft of trolley wire. a Campbell spokesman blamed ongoing tensions at the union mine operation.
The history notes that tartan wearing was banned in Scotland under the Acts of Union era, spanning from 1707 until the repeal in 1782, reflecting suppression of Highland dress and clan symbols by the government. The period ended with a relaxation of restrictions during the later 18th century.
A new section of the expressway from Baltimore toward Frederick opens Thursday as the first sector of Maryland’s denied access dual highway. Governor Lane will dedicate the 5.44 mile stretch from Pine Orchard near Ellicott City to State Route 32 above West Friendship. The project expands the national highway corridor linking U. S. 40 and the trans continental road system.
The plan rate in both directions from Baltimore to Pine Orchard with a new section running north parallel to U S 40. At West Friendship temporary ramps will link the new sector with the old road. A 5.2 mile extension to Morgan road started in August and due to open next year. A further extension toward the Frederick county line is planned for next year.
A Navy Department employee was assaulted in her northwest Washington apartment this afternoon. Police arrested a suspect within 90 minutes, with Lt. Richard McCarty stating the man admitted the attack.
The squad identified the victim as Elizabeth L. MacCleskey, 42. She was taken to Gallinger Hospital with her condition described as serious.
Bowdoin College in Brunswick Maine announces the election of Earle S Thompson of New York as chairman of the college finance committee. He is president of West Penn Electric Company and succeeds the late Harvey D Gibson. The new chairman serves on the board of trustees and will head the Sesquicentennial Fund Committee.
Lee, over three years, has pushed for $6,000,000 in Bowdoin capital. He formerly led the American Water Works and Electric Company, and serves as director of City Bank Farmers Trust Company, trustee of Dry Dock Savings Bank, and director of the Ritz Carlton Hotel Company in New York.
The notice references the Potomac Edison Company and identifies a brother of D. S. Thompson residing at 115 East Second Street.
J Louis Monarch, a 62 year old Washington attorney from Silver Spring, won the presidency in a Rockville council election, signaling a shift in local leadership as details emerge from the Nov. 28 results.
Harold F. Hammond selects Monarch as candidate for the Montgomery County Council, noting the nominee is the sole holdover councilman. The move positions Monarch to continue existing council priorities and oversee ongoing county initiatives.
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