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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1957
Page
10
The auditor reports funded debt at 1956 year end with 5,096,562.60 and a 2,693,000 rise from 1955 led by a 2,000,000 school construction bond. County pools, highway bonds, and state loans add to 4 million in school debt with further 4 million anticipated. total annual payments about 410,141.72.
The hurricane Carrie remained about 1 825 miles east southeast of Miami as of 5 a m EST and showed signs of weakening. The Weather Bureau warned movement remained uncertain with a expected turn toward the northwest at about five miles per hour and noted a northward turn could end the storm over open water.
Baltimore lifted drought restrictions on watering lawns and washing cars after torrential rains. Water Engineer Bernard Werner offered reassurance as floods stranded residents on rooftops and traffic, with rivers showing varying conditions from the Monocacy to the Potomac.
Baltimore Attorney Maurice W. Baldwin, a Baltimore County property review board member and former magistrate, faces federal charges for failing to file income taxes for 1954 and 1955. The government says he did not report about $7,782 in 1954 and over $34,700 in 1955. Baldwin is the son of the late H Street Baldwin, former congressman and county commissioners president.
Brunswick mayor and council meet to keep the municipal tax rate at 1.15 for the coming year. New councilors William P. Nelson and James Schamel are sworn in and assigned to committees. DST to start in spring. discussions on fall start abandoned. The town will operate Sixth Avenue street light and grant water use at Knoxville cemetery.
POMONA Calif police report a girl in a sun suit told officers she fled with a rifle to save her aunt from injury during a family fight. The aunt Mrs Pelly Ayala 22 said she fired the shot that killed her husband Everett 28 at their home. Ayala was booked on suspicion of murder.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko accused Turkey of massing troops near Syria and warned the West against actions that could destabilize the region. He blamed the Eisenhower Doctrine for stirring crisis and called U S policy attempts to police the Middle East. Ankara dismissed the charge as routine maneuvers and said no hostile moves were planned.
George Levburn Hughes 70 of Grosse Pointe Michigan died Tuesday. Born in Baltimore he graduated from Boys' High School in 1906 and attended Washington and Lee University. He worked in the insurance business was a World War I veteran and active in community projects. He was a Mason. Survived by his wife and one son a sister Mrs Owen W Compher Norfolk Virginia and a brother Reginald Hughes in New York. He visited Frederick this past summer.
Noah Edward Kefauver Jr named county chairman for the Frederick County Community Chest drive with five geographic areas and district captains. Kickoff dinner set October 22 at 6 30 p m for all solicitors to learn agency work, with Paul McAuliffe coordinating dinners in Frederick city and county.
Los Angeles prosecutors allege Confidential and its sister Whisper exploited celebrities to profit. Deputy District Attorney William Rizzi testified the scandal publication was a multimillion-dollar business with Harrison earning about 3000000 in profits and boosting circulation to nearly four million copies.
Frederick county reports over two inches of rain from two days of storms with scattered showers in the region. Fishing Creek reservoir level rose six inches, creek flow added 500000 gallons daily, and city water use totaled 2 770 090 gallons. Temperatures were due to climb into the 80s with fog clearing by mid morning.
The Associated Press reports persistent showers from the Rockies to the Atlantic. In the southeast heavy rainfall hit South Carolina and neighboring areas, while Baltimore endured bridge washouts and workers stranded on rooftops as waters rose up to six feet.
A Lions Club effort transports Reindeer the pony to Danilea Diette in Lexington Virginia. The journey began in Freder ick Maryland with volunteers coordinating the trailer and multiple legs to Roanoke Radford Wytheville Marion and Harrisonburg before continuing toward Johnson City Tennessee. The letter notes Danilea’s partial sight and the club’s care in arranging the cross state trek.
William D. Powell Jr. 28 was chosen president of the Walkersville County FFA at the Tuesday meeting in Walkersville High School. Other officers named include Robert Fraley vice president Carroll Stoulemyer secretary Larry Ahalt treasurer Eric Glass reporter and Joe Stormer sentinel. Members hail from Frederick High Middletown Emmitsburg Thurmont and Walkersville High Schools. Powell son of Mr and Mrs Powell Sr was also named Star Farmer of Maryland at a State FFA event at the University of Maryland and is a senior active in school activities.
A Frederick man Ernest W. May Jr received 60 days in jail for assault and battery on his mother in law at her West Patrick street store. He appealed through attorney Alton Bennett and was released on $300 bond pending Circuit Court trial. The case was heard by Magistrate Wilbur F Sheffield Jr with witness Maude Shank testifying to injuries described as not serious.
The county assessor warns that building permits must be secured at the Office of the Supervisor of Assessments before any construction or repair work costing 250 or more begins. Violators face fines of 10 to 50 dollars. permits are free and required for both city and county projects. In a separate note, Thailand’s pro Western government under Premier Pibulsonggram is shaken by a loss of 46 supporters in the National Assembly.
Richard Holler, named vice-principal of Walkersville High School this summer, will start a new job in the State Teachers College Towson education department on Monday. He taught in Montgomery County last year after four years at Waltersville junior high, and his departure widens teaching vacancies in the county system.
Donald Boyer, previously in charge of Washington Monument State Park, is appointed park superintendent for the area. He will reside at the superintendent's house at Gambrill State Park and oversee Gambril Washington Monument Gathland Cunningham Falls Fort Frederick and Tenoloway state parks in Washington and Frederick counties. Herman Toms remains district forest supervisor and has moved from Gambrill Park to a new home on the Ridge Road.
A Baltimore storm yesterday flooded the city paralyzing traffic and washing out a section of the Charles Street bridge over Pennsylvania Railroad tracks. Firefighters rescued 42 people from three East Baltimore truck firm rooftops as waters rose to six feet. A stalled car at an East Baltimore railroad underpass trapped two and was aided by driver Charles E Sydner who pulled them through four feet of water. Two inches of rain fell between midnight and 6 pm with a 30 minute early afternoon deluge contributing to the collapse caused by a jet of water from a storm drain. The disaster affected most Maryland with heavy rain and cloudbursts in parts of the state.
The Public Service Commission postponed the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone rate increases for up to 120 days amid state weather turmoil. Proposals included residential hikes from 65 to 85 cents and expanded local calling by removing toll charges, with hearings to justify the plan.
The U S government served a summons on Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus as Nashville police banned demonstrations after a massive dynamite blast at Hattie Cotton School. A Birmingham leader said Negro students would pause enrollment drives while federal court procedures proceed. President Eisenhower termed the Nashville bombing terrible but defers to legal remedies.
The forecast calls for scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers with total precipitation averaging one half to one inch. Temperatures will run about five degrees above normal with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s in the east and around the low 70s in the mountains. Lows span upper 40s to low 60s from west to east with a slight cooldown by late Sunday or Monday.
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