Middletown Creek Pollution Case Ends in Court Order
A five year fight over Tanner's Creek pollution concluded with the County Circuit Court ordering 27 Middletown residents to stop dumping garbage and waste into the creek and to pay court costs. The Rudy family, owners whose land lies along the stream, filed the bill in 1950 alleging human and animal waste and other refuse polluted the water, endangered nearby pastures, and lowered property values. Health officials testified the stream was polluted and dangerous, with witnesses noting a red stream on butchering days and strong odors. The court ruled pollution constitutes a public and private nuisance warranting injunctive relief and a restraining order. Both sides presented decades-long disposal disputes and calls for a public sewer system in Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Tanner's Creek
Lawrence
Emma
Ralph Rudy
Charles Bussard
Roy L. Bussard
Samuel Bussard
Edgar Castle
Carrie Coblentz
Harlan G. Dinlerman
Fred Hoffman
Fred Huffer
Albert Kefauver
Lena Lamar
K. C. Lighter
Earl Keller
Ethel Keller
Harry Keller
Austin Main
Floyd Main
Grayson Main
Guy Main
Russell Main
George Miller
Rube Reed
Charles Shafer
Elva Shafer
Paul Shank
South Mountain Dairies, Inc
Lola Gladhill Summers
Rudys
Forbes Burgess
Cirenit Court
Kathryn J. Lawlor
Toun
State Boards of Health
Burgess
State Board of Health
Lawlor S
H. Kieffer Delauzer
Edwin F. Nikirk
Roe Clapp Ohn R. Frizpatrick
The
Plainiff
Heat Wave Sees Los Angeles Hit 110 Degrees
Southern Californians faced a new heat spell after yesterday's record temperatures. In Los Angeles the mercury rose to 110, with nearby Tujunga reaching about 120 and the Mojave Desert recording 90 to 103. The heat was blamed for four deaths and 57 cases of heat prostration.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Off Running All Over U S Labor Day Holiday Traffic
Chicago reports millions hit the roads and rails over the three day Labor Day weekend. National Safety Council estimates 40 million cars on the move, with about 400 fatalities likely between 6 p.m. today and midnight Labor Day, a rise from a typical 78 hour period.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Broke Four Laws Fined Total Of 160 dollars
A motorist, Charles H. Baugher, was fined 100 dollars and costs or 30 days for driving with suspended license, 25 dollars and costs or 20 days for failing to surrender license, 25 dollars and costs or 20 days for surrendering registration, and 5 dollars and costs or 5 days for displaying tags issued to another vehicle. He was ordered to surrender license and registration after an accident investigation showed no liability insurance. State troopers assisted in the case. Collateral forfeitures were listed for several individuals cited for speed and license violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED 6
Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr
Charles H. Baugher
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Joseph Coady
Baugher
James Bressler
Coady
James L. Crummitt Jr
D. Avenue
Eugene Heydemann
Baltimore
Carl R. Miller
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Clyde E. West
Cithart
Charles L. Young
U.S. 40 West
D. Mades
Freddie A. Shepley
Frederick
Lewistown
J. $. Plume
Am Motors CIO settle first of Little Three contracts
American Motors Corp becomes the first of the Big Three to settle with the CIO United Auto Workers on the contract pattern. The strike ended last night but AMC’s layoff pay plan starts later and benefits take effect a year after funding begins September 15, 1956, with benefits available one year after that.
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Detroit
American Motors Corp
CIO
American Motors
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
AMC
Access road plan ties Seventh to Fourth streets
City and Walter Friend of the State Roads Commission discuss an exchange of streets for maintenance as the Seventh street pike near Camp Detrick would close. Officials seek state help to fund Fourth street improvements and an access road, with federal validation of Camp Detrick condemnations pending.
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Seventh Street
West Fourth Street
Camp Detrick
Walter Friend
State Roads Commission
John A. Derr
W. Raymond Waller
Motter Avenue
Frederick Avenue
Opossum Town Pike
West Seventh Street
Old Reservoir
Military Road
West
Fourth Street
Seventh
Fourth Streets
Apple Avenue
Baltimore
Derr
Walter
Friend
Seventh Street St
Police Remind Motorists To Watch For School Kiddies
Maryland police and the Automobile Club of Maryland launched a school open safety campaign. Posters designed by Gene Wilkeson of Bethlehem High School in Baltimore promote careful driving near schools. Leonard Kolmer urged motorists to follow speed limits and watch for children crossing streets, with school patrols and safety films to be distributed through media and bumper stickers.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Automobile Club of Maryland
Gene Wilke
Genthaler Yechmeal High School
AAA
Leonard E. Koliner
Automobue Club of
Iersage
Frederick City Bicycles Licensing Ends Amid Impoundment Warning
Frederick city ends its bicycle inspection and licensing period with 196 tags issued at Baker Park. Police will impound bicycles observed without new registration, as 1424 bikes were licensed this year, up from 1250 last summer and near 1700 after Christmas sales. Officers instructed to watch for offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
Baker Park
Shortage Of 29362 In Bank Found In Cumberland Md
The First National Bank of Cumberland reports a cash shortage of 29362.13 found by its audit control. The FBI is investigating and no arrests announced. The matter referred to U S Attorney George C Doub in Baltimore and to the district chief national bank examiner. Insurance is provided by the FDIC and a fidelity bond. Further details pending the attorney general’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
First National Bank
FBI
U. S. Atty
George C. Doub
Baltimore
National Bank ‘Examiner
Richmond
Federal Bureau
Weekend Showers Dampen Labor Day Travel In Maryland
Showers and occasional rain were forecast to affect the Labor Day weekend, likely heavy highway traffic late today into tonight. Eastern parts may see earlier showers with motorists urged to extra care. Chief Charles V. Main said police would be on duty to aid the public, while Paul Burke of the Maryland Traffic Safety Commission urged drivers to take full responsibility and drive safely as if they were the only safe one on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles V. Main
Paul ©. Burke
The
Maryland Trafficafety Commission
Criminal abortion blamed for death in Maryland
Easton Maryland authorities investigated the death of Barbara Spicer 23 of Centreside Mel in Memorial Hospital from an illegal abortion. An autopsy cited the operation as the underlying cause and described it as a butcher's job. Spicer clerked at a Centreville vanity store and had not lived with her husband recently. Her father Milton Spicer operated a Centreville filling station and has died. Police said the operation may have occurred in New Jersey.
Four-year term for Frederick man in break-in case
A Frederick man admitted breaking into two businesses stealing merchandise and cash totaling over 525 dollars and received four years in the House of Correction. Another man AWOL from the Army and using three fraudulent checks totaling 600 dollars was sentenced to not more than two years in the State Reformatory for Males.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
House of Correction
State Reformatory
Gene Allen Stull
Avalon
William ‘T. Delawtee
Mt. Pleasant
de Jawler
William Jefferies
Braddock Drive-In
Stall
Samuel W. Barrick
Stull
Virginia
Frederick County
Joseph J. Nestor
State Department of Parole and Probation
Washington County
Patrick M Schnauffer
James Lewis Johns
Paul R. Whipp
Johns
Baltimore
Washington
Howard County
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Sergi A. Norman Dietz
Waitten
Eisenhower Fires Trudeau At Dulles Request
New York Daily News reports President Eisenhower removed Maj. Gen. Arthur G Trudeau from Army intelligence chief duties at the request of CIA head Allen Dulles. Trudeau's removal, opposed by Pentagon leaders and military chiefs, followed a note from Dulles to Secretary Wilson. Gaither to replace Trudeau. Trudeau bound for the Far East assignment.
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New York
New York Daily News
Eisenhower
Arthur G. ‘Trudeau
Army Intelligence
Allen Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
John O'Donnell
Trudeau
Pentagon
Defense Wilson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
John Foster Dulles
Washington
Matty
Col
Stanley Grogan
CLA
Dulles
Arms
Ridgely Gaither
18Th Airborne Corps
Pl. Bragg
N.C
Far East
Truedeau
Sial
Grogan
Germany
Adenauer
Army Information
Maxwell D. Taylor
Inquest Opened Into Death Of Doris Jean Oestreicher
Philadelphia medical examiner begins an inquest into the death of Doris Jean Oestreicher a 32 year old socialite. The district attorney says the death followed an illegal operation and tests are underway to determine if a criminal abortion occurred or if the act was self inflicted. Oestreicher daughter of Herman Silver is known for eloping to Georgia with Earl Oestreicher and returning to her parents amid family headlines.
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Philadelphia
Melville J. Aston
Doris Jean Silver Oestreicher
Mioe Oestreicher
Samuel Cash
Oestreicher
Herman Silver
Food Fair Stores
Georgia
Miami
Earl Oestreicher
Florida
Livensee No Appeal In Minor Vehicle License Case
Circuit Court hears that there is no appeal from a mandatory revocation of a minor’s driving permit. Ronald N. Crouse of Frederick County faced revocation after speeding and reckless driving charges. Officials say law requires suspension after multiple offenses and final conviction until age 25.
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Commissioner of
Frank Smal Jn
Circuit Court
Ronald N. Crouse
Frederick County
Crouse
Charles Price
Smail
Ferdinand Sybert
Stedman Prescott Dy
Attornes
Samuel W. Barrick
Five Overcomers Takoma Park Fire Damages Apartments
Five people were overcome by smoke and a firefighter was slightly injured in a Takoma Park apartment blaze. The fire started in a storage area of Hillard Manor Apartments. Damage was estimated at about 400 dollars.
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Takoma Park
Shemly
Washington Sanitamunt
Hillard Manor
Peron Expands Drive With State of Siege in Capital
In Buenos Aires a state of siege is approved amid Perons push to crush opposition. The Senate backed emergency powers to curb dissidents, with Peron set to sign and law the measure affecting the capital’s 3 million residents. The move echoes earlier suspensions of habeas corpus and constitutional guarantees under Peronist rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Peron
all-Peronsta Senate
Lower Thouse
Peron
House of Deputies
Angelo Enrique Peralta
Rainfall Deficit Repaid as August Boosts City Thirst
August reversed a two inch deficit by delivering heavy rain, lifting the year to a surplus of over three and a half inches. Airport observer reports show August was warm with temperatures about 2.3 degrees above normal. September opens cool with a 78 degree high and near 46 degree low forecast.
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Airport Weater
Weekly Suspend: Jefferson Republican Ceases Publication
The Jefferson Republican in Ranson West Virginia suspended publication after a 13th anniversary edition. Editor in chief R J Funkhouser, founder of the paper on September 1 1942, led the front page report noting no reason for the suspension. Funkhouser later moved to Centreville Maryland in 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ranson
W. Va
Jefferson Republican
R. J. Funkhouser
Republican
Funkhouser
West Virginia
Centreville
Fire Explosion Destroys Half Block in Chicago District
A powerful explosion and flash fire in a near Southwest Side factory area injured at least 36 people and caused about 1 million dollars in damage. The Griffith Laboratory building and two Carr-Consolidated Biscuit Co structures were destroyed. A Salvation Army canteen truck driver was killed en route to the scene. Eight injured were hospitalized, with one in critical condition. Fire officials estimated the extent of damage and noted many workers escaped as flames spread rapidly.
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Chicago
Hai
Salvation Army
38Th Street
Ashland Avenue
Albert Petersen
Griffith Laboratory
Carr-Consolidated Biscuit Co
Girlffith Laboratory
DuPont Killed in New York Island Car Crash
David F. DuPont aged 21 from Wilmington Del died after an early morning automobile accident on Fishers Island New York. He died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after transport by Coast Guard. Invited in the crash was Charles N Stafford 21 of New York. The car reportedly missed a curve struck a pole and plunged down an embankment with driver undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
To Decide If 350000 Workers Strike Will Be Put Off
The CIO Transport Workers Union says it will decide today whether to abide by the spirit of the Railway Labor Act and call off a strike set for midnight against the Pennsylvania Railroad. The strike would affect operation in 12 states and the District of Columbia. President Eisenhower created an emergency fact finding board in Denver to study the dispute. Under the act the move postpones strike action for 60 days. The union cites six years of grievances, a wage boost request, and a shorter work week.
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New York
CIO Transport Workers Union
Pennsylvania Railroad
TWA
District of Columbia
Denver
Eisenhower
Railhyay Labor Act
One Killed And Six Injured At Wheaton
One man was killed and six were injured on a road project when a crane swung into a high tension electric line. Five workers were taken to Washington Sanitarium. Witnesses said the crane struck a wire sending a shock through the laborers holding a metal form for the street paving job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheaton
Washington Sanitarium
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U.S
Am. Motors & Cio Settle
Chestertown
Kennedyville
Hieran
Roukville. Md
Montgomery County
Seventh To
Fourth St
Detrick
State Department of Mental Hygiene
First National of Cumberland
Roanoke
Frank Lee Ferguson
Jerome Ave
Schanuffer
Reformatory
Dorward W. Ketrells
Sehnauffer
Harald Yents
House of Carreesion
Grilty
Yonty
Barrick
Food Chain
David F. DuPont
Houston
Tex
Justice Department
Texas
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