Crowds swell at Frederick Fair Grounds amid mixed weather
Attendance grows as Children’s Day draws large crowds to the Frederick Fair with free admissions and full midway rides. Rain interrupted Thursday events but Friday and Saturday forecast clear skies, boosting hopes for revenue though officials doubt full recovery from earlier losses.
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Frederick Fair
Oui
Midwestern
Aytides
Tonight TV Discoveries
Jack Kochman
Frederick High School
Fair Management
Glade Lions Back Parade Plans Seventh Year Run
The Glade Valley Lions Club will sponsor a Hallowe en parade in Walkersville on Tuesday evening October 38. Local groups from Walkersville and Woodsboro expected to enter for prizes totaling 310 57 50 and 5 with additional prizes for costume categories and best entries. The parade forms at seven p m at Pennsylvania avenue and George street, with a reviewing stand in front of the post office where prizes are awarded.
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Glade Valley Lions Club
Walkersville
Walter H. Dudrow
Woodsboro
Pennsylvania Avenue
George Street
Sunday May Bring More Local Showers
Weather summary notes a shower outlook for Sunday after Thursday’s rainfall of about two thirds of an inch. Airport totals reached seven tenths, with October normal at 3.29 inches. rivers and streams stayed near normal and temperatures cooled to the high forties tonight.
Two Injured In Monocacy River Bridge Accident Near Walkersville
Two men, Alfred J. Croneburg and Arthur K. Kepler, were injured when their car hit a concrete bridge abutment on Biggs Ford Road near Walkersville. Damages were about 700 dollars. both were admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital in serious but improving condition with suspected rib and hip injuries.
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Monocacy River
Biggs Ford Road
Walkersville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Alfred J. Croneburg
West Patrick Street
Arthur K. Kepler
Droneburg
U. S. 15
C V. L. Guilmino
Guilmino
Riverdale
Abducted Baby's Mother In Mental Institution
The frail mother of kidnapped and murdered Cynthia Ruotolo, Eleanor Ruotolo, entered a state mental hospital in Middletown after requesting admission. Cynthia disappeared from a Hamden Sears in Sept and was found dead in a lake five days later. The Ruotolos had previously lost two other children to illness and accident.
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Middletown
Conn
Cynthia Ruotolo
Abraham S
Eleanor Ruotolo
Connecticut State Hospital
Ruotolo
Yankees Dodgers Tie Game In Late Inning Blast
A verbose recount of a tied baseball game featuring Yankee sluggers Mantle and Berra as Berra hits a grand slam off Newcombe. Dodgers answer with Hodges Campanella and Snider homers, plus late scoring by Reese and Gilliam, ending with a 7-7 or 66-66 tied score in a back and forth contest.
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Yankees
Martin
Coleman
Dodgers
Hodges
Collins
Amoros
Furillo
Campanella
Dale Mitchell
Roebuck
Gilliam
Casey Stengel
Johnny Bucks
Reese
Sturdivant
Bessent
Morgan
Extension Of Minimum Wage Before Increase
President Eisenhower said extension of the minimum wage to new worker groups should come before any rise above the current $1 an hour. He argued each raise makes extending wage protection to more workers harder, countering Adlai Stevenson’s claim that Democrats deserve credit for reaching the $1 level.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic Party
Western foreign ministers reach complete Suez accord
At United Nations three Western ministers announced a complete agreement on a Suez resolution for the U N Security Council. Sir George Young said the British Foreign Office brief after talks with Dulles Lloyd and Pineau, who met amid reports of divergences.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
George Young
Foreign Office
State Dulles
Selwyn Lloyd
Christian Pineau
Underwater Fences May Protect Virginia Oyster Beds
A government research expert reported promising results from experiments using copper or copper alloy strips as an oyster drill control. Trials in Virginia and Maryland aim to protect oyster beds from the pest.
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Washington
Virginia
Maryland
Maryland Teachers Seek 800 Dollar Pay Boost
Maryland educators press lawmakers to raise starting salaries from 2800 to 3600 and experienced teachers from 4600 to 5400, with costs about 22 million dollars over two years. State officials warn of federal intrusion and emphasize funding from general taxes.
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Baltimore
State Board of Education
Sam
Wendell D. Allen
Legislative Council
Thomas G. Pullen
Baltimore City
Pullen
Maryland
Edward S. Northrup
Montgomery
Louis L. Goldstein
Robinson
Balltimore Democrat
Tidelands
Congress
Mal Gauree Te Taasas Taapany
Tito Returns From Visit With Russians
Belgrade reports President Tito returned from an eight day visit to the Soviet Union. Officials say no final settlement of policy differences between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union or its Communist Party was reached.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Cafeteria operations in Frederick schools grow big business
Frederick county school lunch program for 1955-56 handled 435,816 dollars and fed about 5,310 A lunch participants daily. The report notes Frederick High led receipts with 63,004.42 dollars and overall program funding split between local and federal sources, with 27 managers and 735 workers supporting meals and milk across multiple schools.
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Frederick County
Board of Education
Virginia KK. Klos
Parkway
Brunswick High
Frederick High
Elm Street Junior High
Elm Street
Burkittsville
Jefferson
Middletown
Thurmont
Nos
Last Day To Register Before Presidential Election
Registration doors stay open tonight from 7 to 9 p m at the Board of Registry in the Court House basement to allow late name additions. The final Fall session is tomorrow 9 a m to moon. Through Wednesday over 100 new registrants raised total to 29 091 with 15 997 Democrats 12 700 Republicans and 394 nonaffiliated voters.
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Board of Registry Office
Court House
Moon
Board
Picketing at Chesapeake and Potomac Office Warns of Strike
Picket lines formed at the Central Office on East Patrick Street as the strike by telephone operators entered its fourth day. Union members walked in pairs with placards while Carl V. Weakley, manager, said service nearly normal with supervisory staff handling switchboards. Some operators have reportedly returned to work in various locations.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
East Patrick Street
Carl V. Weakley
Phone Service Nearly Normal In Maryland Strike
Baltimore reports show Chesap eeakea and Potomac Telephone Co crews back to near normal amid a four day operator strike. 958 of 1111 statewide switchboard staff worked including 402 regular operators as talks continue over a 450 weekly pay raise and pay equity. Pickets disrupted exchanges while nonstrikers avoided lines in Salisbury Easton Cambridge Annapolis Hagerstown and Cumberland.
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Baltimore
Chesaspeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Maryland Telephone Union
Two Baltimoreans Injured In Arizona Collision
In Seligman Arizona a head on crash four miles west of town left two Baltimore residents seriously injured. Driver Luttwosal Taylor 21 and passenger Joseph Lee Cameron 18 of Baltimore were hospitalized. Edward E B Still 20 of Laird Texas was killed. Lyndie Bentz 20 of Kilgore Texas rode with Still and escaped injuries. Emily C Johnson Miss of North Bentz Street is in satisfactory condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a fall at home on Wednesday.
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Emily C. Johnson
North
Bentz Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Not Guilty On Assault Charge For Husband In Tavern Incident
A husband and father of four was found not guilty of assault and battery on his wife and the related non support charge. The case, heard by Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr in Trial Magistrate's court, hinged on the husband’s medical condition. A medical certificate was requested to determine if he can work, and the non support ruling was held open awaiting that report.
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H. Reese Shoemaker Jr
James R. Shuff
Catoctin Furnace
Samuel W. Bartrick Jr
Edwin F. Nikirk
Margaret F. Shaff
Shuff
Shoemaker
Weather Across Regions Returns To Fair Conditions
Showers touched Gulf coast areas and parts of the West while most of the nation enjoyed fair weather. The East cleared after rain, predicting pleasant conditions for the World Series game in Brooklyn. Central states dry, upper Mississippi Valley cooler, northern lakes below freezing with readings 20 degrees warmer than 24 hours earlier in the northern plains. Temperatures ranged from 70s in the upper Midwest to 100s in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Laredo, Texas.
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Associated Press
Gulf Coast
Brooklyn
Central States
mid-Mississippi
Great Lakes
Northern Lakes
Philip
Third Term Ban Up At Conference
President Eisenhower stated he does not view constitutional limits on presidential terms as entirely wise though he would not apply this to his own case. He expressed faith in the American people's long term judgment while noting concerns about power concentration. He touched on civil rights, campaign touring, taxes, minimum wage, school funding, and Suez during a broad news conference.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Niton
Nixon
Farre
Hehus
Lexington
iKy
Russia
United States
Stevenson
Federal Reserve Board
Eiserhower
Suez
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