Maryland Banks Vote to Stay Open on Defenders Day and Armistice
Frederick County banks decide to remain open on Defenders Day Columbus Day and Armistice Day with usual hours. Baltimore commercial banks also stay open on Defenders Day and Armistice Day per Section 629 of 1933.
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Maryland
Frederick
Woodsboro’ Savings Bank
Walkersville Bank
Middletown Savings Bank
The
Peoples Bank of Libertytown
Baltimore
Baltimore Clearing House Association
Washington
Fall’s Touch Cast Chill Over Frederick Residents
Frederick residents felt autumn as temperatures dipped to 49 at the weather bureau station near the airport marking the coldest spell since spring. Forecasters predicted a repeat tonight with a likely slight warm up into the low to mid seventies by Saturday. Local residents added extra blankets as temperatures fell about 12 degrees from the prior night, while yesterday’s high reached 82. Citizens blamed recent warm, damp conditions for a surge in mosquitoes seen in large populations, noted by many observers.
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Frederick
Weather Bureau
Deny They Were Drunk and Disorderly in London Street
John Churchill a 46 year old artist and his wife Kathryn Gemed faced a court charge of behaving in a disorderly manner while drunk in Adam and Pye Mews London. They pleaded innocent and were released on nominal bail as the case was adjourned to late September for lawyer arrangements.
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London
John Churchill
Winston Churchill
Kathryn
Adam and Pye
Tlimden
Ketsington
Protesting Parents Plan Meeting Over School Desegregation
Protests by residents of Union Bridge and New Windsor over school desegregation continue with a series of meetings. Tonight at 8:30 at Elmer Wolfe High School a preliminary committee will line up anti desegregation arguments for the Carroll County Board of Education ahead of a general meeting tomorrow and a 10 a.m. Saturday session. Attendance at Elmer Wolfe was down as about 70 students from 39 families were kept out. at New Windsor High School only one student withdrew, with unclear numbers registering for fall. Community leaders and local clergy gathered at Union Bridge yesterday to name a committee to meet with the board and issued a statement praising the school board’s policy while urging obedience to the law and cooperation in desegregation. In other news, Miss America 1956 preliminaries opened with Miss Hawaii Barbara Mamo Viewa of Honolulu winning the first swimsuit competition.
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New Windsor Union Bridge
Elmer Wolfe
Union Bridge
Carroll County
New Windsor High School
Kanowicz
New Windsor
G. D. Martin
Kanowics
Martin
Board of Education
Crhnel Kanowicz
Nisweander
Westminster
Thomas Lege
Wilson Harris
John Smith
Wakefield Valley
David Edwards Jr
David Crawmer
C. Lewis Hobson
Lege
Edwards
Smith
Hal Richard Miller
Davie Toff
J. Oden Evter
Mr. Hobson
Carroll County Council of Churches
Harold Z. Hodgson
Carroll County Ministerial Assn
Baltimore leaders back voluntary cleanup of lewd literature
Mayor Thomas Alesan gos and city officials approved a voluntary campaign to remove objectionable books from newsstands. The plan aims to avoid police action while encouraging cooperation with distributors and newsdealers amid concerns over morals of Baltimore youth.
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Baltimore 2 — Cry
Thomas T. Alesangos
Baltimore
Distrbuters Aad Vt
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Decency Committee of
The
National
Train Derailments Kill Three in Ohio Crossing Crash
Three men die and five injured when a westbound Baltimore & Ohio train hits a pickup near Chillicothe Ohio. The Manhattan Limited derailment near Bucyrus injures 26. State Patrol identifies victims as David Raynor Lowell Speakman and Pete Baker.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio Express
Here
State Highway Patrol
David Raynor
Wellston
Lowell Speakman
Pete Baker
Ray
Pythians Open State Meet Here
Delegates from Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters gather for the 88th annual state convention in Frederick. About 300 expected. sessions run Friday to Saturday with memorials, banquets, and a public officer installation led by Peter S. Ford Supreme Chancellor Martineg W.Va. as principal guest.
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David E. Hettleman
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
LMG Ridittas Oluis Uns
Edward M. Akers
Elizabeth Mr. Shipley
Otto Cheesman Jr
Thelma Picket
Frederick
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Chanector Hettleman
Floe Schaeffer
Pythian Siste
Charles F. Trunk
Ning A. m
Peter S. Ford
Martine G. W.va
Port tieup spreads across coast as longshoremen strike
In New York the Longshoremen group backed by the International union vows to widen a port shutdown. More than 25,000 workers reportedly walk out, threatening East Coast ports from Baltimore to Canada. The strike hits the Port of New York area including Jersey City Hoboken. State Waterfront Commission faces demands and accusations of overreach.
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New York
Hi- State Waterfront Commission
Baltimore
Canada
Vierome
International
Alan
HLA
William W Bimbles
Sester
Terses City
Hoboken
New Jersey
Bradley
Iadas
Ove
We Sears Deo
Tts
General Grant Grove
Fresno
Calif
Open Bids For School October 5
Frederick County Board of Education plans to open bids October 3 for a Yellow Springs elementary school with eight classrooms a library and multipurpose room. Architects Paul Kea Associates presented plans. site chosen. bus extensions also discussed and several resignations and new appointments approved for local schools.
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Yellow Springs
Frederick County
Oan
Frederick
Middletown High School
Arndt
Air Posey
Edward Hofstetter
Paul L. Hoffmaster
Linetown
Thourmont
Kelly’s Store Road
Sidney Road
Mt. Airy
Donald Lewis
Elm Street
Patricia Gernand
Washington Street
Marjorie Happ
Agna MacGuiness
North Market Street
A. Goldstein
Rhodes Sharrow
Amelia Stottlemyer
East Frederick
Robert Erkstine
Mary G. Phillips
Thurmont
Julia Osborn
Lewistown
Joan F. Daniels
New Sharket
James Acer
Frederick High
Consunce P. Andreen
Harold Shriver
Liberty UN Jor High
Doris McCutcheon
Walkersville
John H. Charity
Lee Faton
Lincoln High
Town To Buy Water Co in Thurmont plan
Negotiations are under way for the sale of Mechanicstown Water Company of Frederick county to the town of Thurmont. A contract is expected soon, with a bond issue likely to finance the purchase. The company, founded in 1887, serves Thurmont and nearby areas with a daily consumption around 264 900 gallons. The reservoir is at High Bun, about a mile from Thurmont, with a 60 gallon per minute supply and a recently added well boosting output over 200 million gallons daily if needed.
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Mechanicstown Water Company
Frederick County
Thurmont
Mmaller
Frederick Alth
Taremont
Selony Thurmont
Trained to Combat Red Brainwash in U S Forces
Pentagon officials say all military branches run escape and evasion training to prepare for POW life. Newsweek detailed Stead Air Force Base drills involving water, darkness, a sweat box, and electric shocks. Pentagon and Air Force comments distributed. Newsweek claims corroborated.
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Washington
Pentagon
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Newsweek Magazine
Stead Air Force Base
Reno
Nev
Newsweek
Peter Wyden
Wyden
Alcoholics Anonymous
Ham Jrc
Leutenant
Air Force
Wyeen
Burton E. MckKenzie
Washingwn
Four Children Abandoned Near Marsland Pennsylvania
Four children aged from baby to seven were found abandoned in a car near Marsland just across the Maryland line. State Police said a warrant for parole violation is out for the children's mother Clara Fogle and Ben Imes. The car broke down en route to Pennsylvania. Maryland authorities assisted. Fire crews were also called to a minor fire at a nearby facility. A B25 bomber collided with a jet fitter in Las Vegas, killing three, including a civilian photographer.
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Cumberlanda
Penosylvania
Pennsylvania
Bean's Cove Road
Flintstone
Marsland
Here
Maryland
Lindbergh Cook
Allovans County Infirmary
Viners Hospital
Clara Fogle
Ben Imes
Paine
Daes
Las Vegas
Nev
McCarran Field
Mahoney Eyes 1956 Campaign Bid in Maryland
Baltimore amid political talk, Democratic figure George P Mahoney signals readiness for a fourth run for public office. He hints at a U S Senate bid in 1956 or a gubernatorial bid in 1958, with Comptroller J Millard Tawes present and supportive. Separately a Maryland crash on U S 15 injures a Frederick couple and a Canton, Ohio man, with one car demolished and 75 feet of fencing damaged.
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Baltimore
George P Mahoney
Baltimore County
Mahoney
U.S. Senate
Northwestern Democratic Club
Wydwek
J. Millard Tawes
Senate
Tawes
Ohio
Frederick
John RK. Bottenfield
Minnie
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Canton
Sawlmak Church Street
Paul C. Kline
Bottenfiekds
Cadillac
Runkles
Etchison
Fveredy Company
Kline Ye
Discontinue Thurmont Bus Service On Sept 15
The Potomac Edison Company will end the Frederick Thurmont bus line on the evening of Thursday September 15 after receiving PSC approval. Officials said the line lost $2870 and cannot be made profitable. The Yellow Springs Community Association opposed abandonment, but the PSC granted permission. Freight service between Frederick and Thurmont will continue unaffected. Baltimore harbor operations paused as 7400 longshoremen joined union meetings amid New York strike talks.
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Frederick Thurmont
Potonac Edison Company
Public Service Commission
PSC
Yellow Springs
Convocation to Open Hood College 63rd Year Sept 21
Hood College begins its 63rd academic year with 465 students for Convocation on September 21. The entering class includes 40 Maryland Seamortal scholars, and the college plans expansion to 600 by 1960 with a new dormitory funded by the FHA. Freshman Week runs September 17–25 with orientation led by juniors in the Big Little Sister program. students hail from 25 states and several territories.
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Hood College
Hood
Maryland
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Federal Housing Administration
District of Columbia
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Japan
Netherlands West Indies
Frederick
County
Janice Batley
Jean £. Burkier
Patricia Heston
Magnolia Avenue
Eleanor Heston
Patricia Lescalbeet
Fairview Avenue
Joanne Run
Church of Brethren Property Is Sold in Frederick
The Frederick Church of the Brethren property on West Fourth street changes hands to Mr. and Mrs. W. Raymond Edwards for about 322,500 with Mantz Burying Ground frontage 110 feet. A new church edifice nears completion on South Fairview avenue while another deed records Mr. and Mrs. Richard Baumgardner selling to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Blentlinger a lot and garages at 330-332 Middle Alley for about 4,500.
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Frederick
New Head Of State School Reports To Board On Deaf Education
New appointee to Maryland State School for the Deaf, Llnyd A Ambrosen, delivers first board report outlining steady support for residential schooling since 1817. He defends individual needs of deaf children, endorses sign language in dorms and social life, and cites Mayo Clinic audiologist LeRoy Hedgecock for attentive educational methods.
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New
Maryland
Llnyd A. Ambrosen
Board of Visitors
Baltimore Synericizing
Parents Institute
Michigan School For the Deaf
Flint
Michigan
LeRoy D. Hedgecock
Hedgecock
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Foundation
Rochester
Minnesota
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Cincinnati
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Manhattan Limited
Bucyrus
Pythians
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