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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1954
Page
14
Hog prices ranged from 19.75 to 58.22 per hundredweight at Woodsboro Livestock Sales Inc. Tuesday. The report lists diverse bids including butcher steers at 18 cwt, heifers 15 ewt, cows to 11.40 ewt, bulls 13.75 cwt, calves 10-26 ewt, lambs 20.50 cwt, and hogs 3-10 per head. Also noted are poultry and other meats with varied prices per pound or head.
The State Roads Commission reported 54.2 million dollars in contracts awarded or advertised in the first nine months of the year, the largest nine month total in Maryland history. The SRC listed 253 miles of new construction or rehabilitation across 23 counties, with 46.3 million from the 12 year program and 7.0 million for other projects including toll bridge painting and cleaning.
The Post Office Department unveiled a sweeping United States Postal Manual overhaul trimming 4,000 pages of rules to 268 pages. Postmaster General Summerfield touted clearer simple English and moved away from booby-trap regulations, with finalization set for November 20. Changes include dropping the 30 percent net rule for second class subscriptions via agents and allowing publishers to contract with agents without prescriptive terms from the post office. Metered postage now requires only the permit number on impressions, not law section details.
The new regulations remove the 10 percent penalty for meter dates on metered postage. Dependents of servicemen moving duty stations will have all mail, including parcel post, forwarded without extra postage. Free mail for the blind requires only the phrase free mail for the blind with no law number required. Overseas parcel post rates simplified with clear weight, size, and rate tables.
On May 24 1830 the first train drawn by a steam engine rolled along twelve miles of track on the Baltimore and Ohio line marking a historic milestone in railway propulsion and American transportation progress.
Ashland High School basketball coach Cloyce E. Taylor resigned after admitting he gave starting players dexedrine sulphate to “pop them up” before important games. The 45-year-old, nine-year Ashland coach with 157 wins and 33 losses faced board of education action and protest of the firing, while players reported a high pitched sensation from the tablets.
A federal court jury acquitted Lt. H. H. Carper former head of the police narcotics squad and his assistant Sgt. William Taylor on bribe charges from dope peddler James Roberts. Taylor is freed but Carper faces two other indictments including one charging him with accepting bribes.
A report notes Saturday use of the Children’s Room at C Burr Artz Library shows preference for afternoon hours. Beginning October 23, Saturday openings will be 1 to 6 p m through winter, as officials announce a winter schedule change amid a five month usage study.
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