Incomplete OCR notes on 1957 agency expenses and Wick
Fragmentary text shows figures and mentions 1957 operation costs, agency needs, and the Wick. It references Thursday October 1 but lacks full details.
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1956
Page
4
Fragmentary text shows figures and mentions 1957 operation costs, agency needs, and the Wick. It references Thursday October 1 but lacks full details.
The article critiques 1957 budgets noting YMCA grants and a Swedish rationing system. It argues rationing failed, alcohol problems rose sharply, delirium tremens and drunkenness increased, and woman alcoholism rose, claiming repeal worsened public drinking. It mentions 940,584 and 9,475 figures and criticizes Prohibition-era outcomes.
A reader apologizes for errors about a Civil War uniform story and clarifies that his piece mixed fiction and fact. The page also reports a Maryland wedding near Union Bridge, a public safety note on police car lights, a Newport county event, and a Middlesex infant case update with a Connecticut mental hospital note and nuclear tests remark.
Fred Kay was elected president of St Johns Athletic Association at a Wednesday meeting in the school hall. Retiring president Jack Keene remains on the executive committee. New officers include Pauli Thomas as vice president secretary Mrs William Lebbert Jr treasurer. Committees were named to boost membership and fundraising efforts.
On October 9 at 7 30 p m Miss Virginia Main daughter of Mr and Mrs John E Main North Main atrest Mt Airy became the bride of James H Summers son of Mr and Mrs Oscar M Summers Sjamsville The ceremony at Pleasant Hill Church of the Brethren Monrovia was officiated by Rev J Ira Metzker The attendants were Mrs Edward Main and Frank Summers After a wedding trip to Florida the couple reside with the bride's parents before moving to Mt Airy
Mr Thomas L Jackson of Motter Avenue is in critical condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital after a fall at his home on October 1. He sustained a fractured bip.
Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine won damages in a libel case settled this week with authors and publishers of U S A Confidential. Defendants agreed to retract statements and pay 15000, plus publish paid notices in Maine newspapers asserting the senator’s excellent reputation. The defendants include Crown Publishers Inc and Lee Mortimer, associated with the book.
The 1957 budget allocates 6000 to the Children's Aid Society and 8500 to the Salvation Army, with three agencies kept level and others like Boy Scouts, Esther Grinage Kindergarten, and Federated Charities receiving no increases. The Girl Scouts show the largest rise since 1953 to fund a full time executive, as the Community Chest campaign opens in October.
Fifty years ago the Frederick Fair opened crowded grounds with exhibits. Frederick society officers rode in carriages with a troop of the United States Cavalry as escort. Attendance was good for a Tuesday despite cloudy skies. A chimney fire at JR and Mrs Albert Rick Erds on Fast Fourth Street was extinguished early. The City Hotel bus rear wheel broke near Market and Patrick, passengers walked the rest. The Carroll Comedy Company drew a large audience at the Opera House with Guilty Without Crime. Rip Van Winkle was promised tonight. A trolley delivery wagon wheel was struck, breaking a wheel but injuring none.
Approximately 220 members and guests attended the Maryland Chapter Future Farmers of America annual meeting at Hotel Frederick. Fifteen counties were represented and judging contests followed at the Frederick Fair. Byron Cecil Backeystown was critically injured when struck by a hit run driver on Washington road near the city outskirts. The Frederick Fett entertainment drew a sellout crowd for Lucky Teter's Motor Drivers and four day attendance was near 80 000. Mr and Mrs Walter G Crowther Jr were high scorers at the Frederick County Duplicate Bridge meeting at the Francis Seats Ker Hotel.
The fragment hints at a dialogue about perceived perfection and affection, mentioning four women and a caller expressing doubt about expressing love. The context remains unclear with limited readable content.
Two Americans and a German were awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for developing a simple method of charting the interior of the human heart. Drs. Andre F. Cournand and Dickinson W. Richards Jr., both of Columbia University, and Werner Forssmann of West Germany, share the prize and its $38,633 award.
President Eisenhower, speaking at a Citizens for Eisenhower rally at the College of Puget Sound in Tacoma, pledges a school-building program suited to the atomic age. He accuses Adlai Stevenson of telling political fables and says he will not discuss reasons for no acting similarities.
William C. Geisbert city hall caretaker suffered about 500 in damages when his car on West Patrick Street was struck by a truck driven by Urban W. Moore Jr who said he dozed at the wheel. Moore was summoned to a reckless driving hearing.
The article reports on potential relocation of a Washington baseball franchise to the West Coast, with Los Angeles as a leading option. It notes cost as a key factor and cites statements by American League officials and senators about possible court action to block a move. Also referenced are book notices and library additions including biographies of Rockefeller and works on automation and kitchen design.
Three people died and three were hurt in a series of highway crashes. Alfred Francis Smith 19 of Princess Anne was killed in a collision near Princess Anne. Bravtor Lee Smith 18 and Leland J. Wolfe 53 were hospitalized with serious injuries. William Randolph Brown 45 of Salisbury suffered a head injury and shock. A second fatality, Charles William Campbell 44 of Joppa, occurred when a road sweeper was struck by a car near Dublin. Jesse Long died after being struck by a motorcycle on Washington Boulevard.
Mr and Mrs Robert G Bartheld and daughter Margo of Cincinnati spent time with Mr and Mrs Mil lard Crum north of the city. Patrolman and Mrs William M Boost Jr announce the birth of their first child a daughter Susan Elizabeth at Frederick Memorial Hospital Weight six and half pounds. Patrolman Boost on city police force. Terry Stockman birthday dinner at his parents home Paul Stockman 140 West South street. Pamela Sue Kolb Mt Airy will celebrate third birthday Friday. Deeds recorded for sales 910 Shawnee Drive Monovacy Village $13500 and 16 Frederick avenue $11000. Vernon M Gambill 26 West South street admitted to Bethesda Naval Hospital with tentative case of poliomyelitis. Dr Forbes Burgess health officer said thin worming.
Testimony resumed in the income tax evasion trial of Homer W. Hanna in Federal Court. Government witnesses included two Charleston officials Treasurer W. H. Ansel Jr. and Auditor Edgar B. Sims. Hanna, 60, a Charleston resident and Democratic leader who heads Hanna Insurance Agency, is accused of evading 31,777 in taxes for 1949 to 1953 and not filing a 1952 return. Defense claims some funds were political contributions from the agency.
Middletown youths face driving-privilege suspensions after a state motor vehicle hearing. Edward Lb. Butts, 20, and ten others were cited. revocations went to Albert L. Sauble and Clarence E. Snowden for risky driving, while several were suspended or put on probation for speeding and related offenses.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey announces three fixed arena tours replacing the traditional big top. An Eastern tour opens next spring at Madison Square Garden with dates in Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Raleigh and Charlotte North Carolina. A Far West and South tour follows in fall and early winter and a Midwest tour in winter 168. The move shifts from one night stands to regular train travel.
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