Growth in Maryland Public Schools Driven by Population Surge
State Superintendent Dr Thomas Pullen Jr highlighted a sharp rise in Maryland public school enrollment, with about 140000 more students in four to five years and an expected 138000 rise in the next five to six. He warned more teachers and classrooms will be needed as birth rates stay high and school graduates approach 21000 in six years. Nearby dedications at North Frederick and Elm Street schools drew leaders from the Board of Education, county commissioners, and PTA groups, followed by a building tour and refreshments.
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Mary and
Public Schools
Thomas &. Pullen
North Frederick
Pullen
Maryland
Baltimore City
George C. Rhoderick, Jr
Frederick County Board of Education
Board of County Commissioners
North Frederick School
Carrall L. Boyer
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Finney
C. Beattie Stauffer
Henry Keller
Elm Street
Frank H. Lewis
Joseph F. Rhoderick
Board of Education
Eugene
W. Pruitt
Kent C. Nicodemus
Myr
Maryland 26 road bid sought from Eldersburg to Patapsco North Branch
The State Roads Commission will receive bids on November for a 1.957 mile section of Maryland Highway 26 from Eldersburg west to near the North Branch of the Patapsco. The project follows recent improvements near the Patapsco and includes flexible pavement. The work supports Baltimore city water supply expansion and is part of the Liberty Road corridor from Frederick to Baltimore.
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State
Eldersburg
Patapsco
Maryland
Frederick
Baltimore
Unionville
North Branch
Baltimore City
Great Orchestra Plays Without Toscanini at Carnegie Hall
In New York the Arturo Toscanini's orchestra formerly NBC Symphony performed last night without the Maestro, conductor's stand empty. After Toscanini's retirement NBC disbanded the group, yet the orchestra assembled at Carnegie Hall to applause led by concert master Daniel Guillet as the players received cues.
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New York
Arturo Toscanini
NBC Symphony
Toscanini
Italy
NBC
Carnegie Hall
Daniel Guillet
Maryland public school enrollment hits record high
Maryland's public schools open with a record fall enrollment of 434,702 and projections showing 23,630 more students next year reaching an estimated 458,332. The rise reflects a 6.1 percent increase since 1953, with Montgomery and Baltimore counties among the largest gains due to suburban growth and housing near bases.
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Baltimore
Maryland
State Department of Education
David W. Zimmerman
Allegany County
Cumberland
Zimmerman
Montgomery
Cecil
Prince Georges
Anne Awadat
Canning
Anne Arundel
Washington
Toll Rises to near 400 in Salerno flood disaster
Death toll from Italy's Salerno floods and landslides swelled above 288 with seven more bodies found. Rescue crews face many missing as state services hold funeral rites in Salerno cathedral. Property damage runs into millions. thousands homeless. In Maryland, a separate crash in Glen Burnie leaves one dead, another critically injured.
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Salerno
Italy
Gulf of Salerno
Molina di Vietri
Ponte Romano
Firemen Die In Philadelphia Plant Explosion
Three ranking fire department officers were killed and 24 other firemen and police injured when a 15 foot steel tank exploded in the rear yard of a North Philadelphia chemical plant after a warning call about ammonia fumes. Deputy Fire Chief Thomas Kline and Battalion Chiefs John Jd News and John P. Magnam were among the dead. the blast shattered windows and hurled rescuers against brick walls as crews searched for the source of the fumes. The cause remains under investigation.
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Philadelphia
Thomas Kline
John Jd
News
John P. Magranm
Charles W. Berg Laboratories
Rommell
George E. Wink
Begin Homes Constrctings Begin Homes Constrctings
Begin Homes Constrctings with installation of service facilities progressing according to plan, construction of the first segment of dwellings in Monocacy Village in northeast Frederick has begun. The project, largest in the city, will include 182 homes upon completion after 18 months of planning and hearings.
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Monocacy Village
Frederick
Planning Commission
East Street
Eighth
Thirteenth Streets
Ninth Street
Seminole Road
Earl H. Cline & Sons, Inc
W. F. Wilson and Sons, Inc
Rockville
Hamilton Homes. Inc
Charles F. Bowers
This City
John Walton
Rainier
Fred W. Tuemmler
Ben Dyer Associates Inc
Hyattsville
Asa H. Watkins
Hamilton Homes, Inc
Hamilton Park
Hagerstown
Watkins Acres
Long Meadow
Grant Place
University of Marsland
College Park
Resi
Hemingway Wins 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature
Ernest Hemingway, at 56, wins the Nobel Prize for Literature in Stockholm. He will receive a gold medal and 181,646 Swedish crowns. The prize ceremony is set for December 10 with the king presenting awards in other fields. the Peace Prize is announced as withheld this year.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Ernest Hemingway
Gustaf Adolf VI
Man Given Suspended Sentence In Jacket Theft Case
Maxton Butler 22 received an 18 month suspended sentence on condition of repaying $10 to Charles Wisner for a stolen Army jacket and damages to Wisners car. The case arose after Wisner parked at Market Space May 6 and found his jacket missing. Butler testified he found the jacket and removed insignia, then failed to locate the owner. State sources noted Butler's prior offenses. Edwin F Nikirk defended him.
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Frederick
Frederick Street
Patrick M. Schnauf
Maxton Butler
State Reformatory
Charles
Buck) Wisner
Wisner
Schnauffer
Butler
Camp Detrick
Market Space
Kinnehart
Uae
Roger Smith
Blue Ridge Lines
Sergt
Denver Shook
Sergt. Shook
Charles A. Price
Edwin F. Nikirk
Chilly Fall Weather To Bring Frost And Wind
A forecaster warned late fall weather will arrive by Friday night into Saturday with wind and a drop in temperatures. Overnight 37 degrees, today's high not to exceed 60, then colder Friday. Yesterday's thunderstorm yielded .25 inches. watershed rainfall light, water level fell four inches to 14 feet two inches below the top. Charles Kolb reported wild geese flying south at 5:35 a.m., signaling coming cold weather.
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Charles Kolb
Pearl
Waterfront Workers Endure Fresh Meeting Plea To End Strike
London reports government convenes waterfront workers and union leaders to break a 25 day dock strike that halts 43 000 stevedores threatening Britain s export trade with Christmas goods delayed and sales lost declares National Union of Manufacturers official John Burghart. A second item notes Hanoi committee refuses to recognize the U S consulate in North Vietnam while William O Dwyer returns to New York after a long absence with a 30 percent yield on a $39 650 register.
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London
Waterfront Employes and
Gock
England
Britain
John Burghart
National Union of Manufacturers
Odwyer
New York
William O'Dwyer
York
U S Russia Tense Over Embassy Wives Cameras Incident
U S ambassador Bohlen met Molotov at the Kremlin to press Washington’s case after an incident involving Mrs Karl Sommerlatte and Mrs Houston Stiff, wives of American diplomats. Soviet press labeled Sommerlatte unacceptable. both women clashed at a workers’ club while photographing church restorations. Efforts focus on resolution and possible expulsion of Sommerlatte. Stiff plans a Halloween pageant with her daughter Sparkle at the joint embassy school.
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Moscow
U. S
Charles E. Bohlen
V. MM. Molotov
Kremlin
Bohlen
United States
Karl EF. Sommerflatte
Houston Stiff
Stiff
Sparkle
Queen Mother Elizabeth Tours New York City
Queen Mother Elizabeth of England spent her first day in New York touring the Metropolitan Museum of Art and seeing The Pajama Game on Broadway. She attended a luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria hosted by the Canadian Club and unveiled a formal portrait of her daughter, Elizabeth, Queen of England, in New York. The Queen praised the portrait’s future display in Canada. A standing ovation followed her backstage meeting with the cast.
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New York
Elizabeth
England
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Waldorf-Astoria
Canada
Community Chest progress report shows 30 percent cash in hand
Division heads reported 30 percent of the $39,650 goal in bank as funds turn in lagged. Special gifts 45 percent of $8,000, schools 46 percent of $31,500, outlying and Camp De trick at 45 percent, industrial 45 percent of $9,950, with further notes on Braddock Heights, commercial 24 percent of $7,250, fraternal 24 percent of $1,500, government 25 percent of $1,165, and professional 6 percent of $2,250. An upcoming meeting Monday at the YMCA and a Radiothon on November 16 close the drive.
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Community Chest Campaign
Camp Detrick
Richard ¥. Kline
Clyde Mooney
Warren Evans
Hargid E Schaden
Camp Deuieck
Walter M. Lanius
Price Electric Corporation
Braddock Heights
Delbert Nuil
Braddock
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Melvin H. Derr
Charles V. Main
Guy E. Keily
James H. Falk
Alice Delauter
Edna Dykes
A. M. Powell Jr
William Hicks
Mondas
Marion N. Kehne
John A McCabe
YMCA
John 4. Derr
Frederick County School Board backs salary increase plan
The Frederick County Citizens' Council for the Public Schools executive board endorsed the Board of Education and Frederick County Teachers' Association for raising teacher salaries. The move aims to retain and attract qualified teachers and aligns with tenure and professional growth. The council plans to publish candidate responses on educational questions in the News and Post, October 30, and will announce committee chairmen in early November under Dr. Robert H. Pilgram.
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Frederick County
Citizens’ Council For the Public Schools
Board of Education
Frederick County Teachers’ Association
Frederick
Robert H. Pilgram
Byrd Attacks McKeldin Soft Attitude Toward Crime
Maryland Democratic candidate H C Byrd assails Governor McKeldin for commuting death sentences and appointing poor quality magistrates. He argues protection from criminals is a basic state duty and promises not to interfere with court decisions while reserving clemency powers to prevent miscarriages of justice.
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Baltimore
H. C. Byrd
Gov. McKeldin
Byrd
Esra
McKeldin
Markets to Close in Honor of Election Day Observed
Financial and commodity markets across the United States will be closed Tuesday, November 2, for election day. Some livestock markets may reopen.
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New York
United States
Fate Of A's Is Debated By Moguls
New York American League club owners met at the Waldorf Astoria for a second time in two weeks to decide the Philadelphia Athletics fate. The Mack family led by Connie with Roy and Earle urged keeping the club in Philadelphia. Arthur Gallagher and Arthur Rosenberg joined the session with lawyer Sam Blank after about an hour.
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New York
Philadelphia Athletics
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
Mack
Connie
Roy
Earle
Phildelphia
Philadelphia
Arthur Gallagher
Philadelphia Syndicate
Arthur Rosenberg
Sam A. Blank
Byrd Bought Out State Coal in Maryland Campaign
Maryland Gov. McKeldin accused Dr. H. C. Byrd of buying coal from out of state for the University of Maryland while Maryland miners were idle. He charged Byrd admitted to buying ten railroad carloads, totaling hundreds of tons, and called Byrd's “few thousand dollars” a potential expansion of memory.
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Baltimore
McKeldin
University of Maryland
Maryland
H.C. Byrd
George P. Mahoney
Byrd
Somerset
Pennsylvania
State Department of Budget and Procurement
HC. Byrd
College Park
Descendant Of Slaves Made Brigadier General
Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr., a descendant of enslaved people, waited 41 years to become a brigadier general. His son Benjamin Jr. achieved the rank yesterday after 18 years, making him the first Black brigadier general in the Air Force.
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Washington
Benjamin Oliver Davis
Benjamin Jr
Davis
Air Force
Gate Taken Again At Harmony Farm
A gate taken from Carroll Lederman farm near Harmony was found in a field and reported missing again overnight. Sheriff Horace M. Alexander said local Halloween pranksters are suspected and assisted in locating the gate.
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Carroll Leatherman
Harmony
Hallowe'en
Horace M. Alexander
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