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Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Sep 29, 1956

Page

8

Ten Property Petitions Filed For Marsland 194 Road Project

The State Roads Commission filed ten petitions in the Clerk of the Court for land acquisitions along the Marsland 194 corridor from Ceresville to Woodsboro. Each case lists land, easements, and sale prices deposited into court, ranging from 925 to 25,170 dollars, under a new law to curb highway real estate speculation. Landowners may contest amounts at a forthcoming County Board of Property Review as construction advances.

State Roads Commission Cureutt Court Commission Modernizatien Marsland Ceresville Woodsboro New County Board of Property Review Thurmont Frederick Joseph D. Buscher Beattie Stauffer Walkersville Mt. Pleasant County Ransom Lewis J Maryland Daysville County

Nixon Backs State's GOP Candidates

Vice President Nixon campaigned across Maryland and West Virginia urging turnout for Republican candidates. He referenced Adlai Stevenson and Eisenhower health while promoting elderly proposals and speaking to GOP workers in Hagerstown and Wheeling. He urged strong voter mobilization and highlighted plans in St Petersburg and Martinsburg stops.

Hagerstown Nixon Florida Adla E. Stevenson Wheeling W Va Eisenhower Stevenson St. Petersburg John M Butler Maryland Martinsburg Chapman Revercomb Harley M. Kilgore Revercomb Wiliam C Marland Nashville Tenn Cincinnat West Virginia Hall Cincinnati St Petersburg Adlai Stevenson

Fast Time Ends Tonight Across Regions

Daylight saving time ends for 18 million Americans while 40 million stay on daylight time primarily in the Northeast. The change occurs at 2 am local time with portions of New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and others reverting, while areas in California and the Midwest maintain different schedules. A few Indiana cities and parts of Pennsylvania and Delaware observe varied shifts.

Calfornia Nevada Maryland Ohio Indiana Pennsylvania Delaware Northeast New York New Jersey Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont Rhode Klagd St Louis Chearo Tinos Virginia Washington, DC Columba

Ballots For Absentees To Go Out Soon

The Board of Registry plans to mail absentee ballots next week for armed forces personnel and qualified civilians, with several hundred expected to go out. Requests exceed 100 for military and about half that for civilians. around 500 ballots were printed. Ballots cover presidential Eisenhower Nixon. Stevenson Kefauver. Butler Mahoney. Foley. Hyde. seven constitutional amendments chiefly Number 6 to widen General Assembly absentee voting rights for hospital confined individuals. Officials expect ballot layout to match voting machines in November and will display machines at public booths to aid voter familiarity. Registration remains busy with twenty one Republicans, 31 Democrats and one nonaffiliate registered Friday.

Board of Registry Eisenhower Nixon Stevenson Kefauver John Marshall Butler George P. Mahoney John J. Foley Montgomery County DeWitt Hyde General Assembly Frederick City Frederick Memorial Hospital Hockeystown TM UK Frederick Farr

Warmest Weather Expected as Fog Breaks Then Warmth Returns

A patchy foggy start gives way to a warm spell Sunday with highs near the high seventies as eastern standard time returns to county and state. The forecaster says the warmth will be brief with cooler, fair weather for October’s first day. Early today some fog and light drizzle cooled the temperature to 53 as lows in the cities are forecast tonight.

Slain By Shots Volley At His Home

A 32 year old Leonard Burgess was killed by a volley of shots as he opened his front door in a quiet Baltimore neighborhood just after 12 20 a m Police recovered a .22 caliber autumatic rifle behind a hedge in a nearby cemetery and shell fragments on the sidewalk Burgess a steamfitter left a wife and two children who were nearby at the time of the attack police sought the gunman and questioned neighbors about the shooting the victim died at St Joseph s Hospital shortly after.

Baltimore Leonard Burgess Burgess Mareco Avenue Don Cross St Joseph’s Hospital

Five killed in Princess Anne highway crash

Five persons, all Negroes from New York and the Carolinas, died when a car rammed a parked tractor trailer on U S 13 near Princess Anne. Three others, including Willa Cherry and Wayne Bank, were injured as the car struck the rear of the truck carrying 30 drums of methyl mercury solvent. weather was rain and mist.

Princess Anne York South Carolina U. S Henry Mizell New York City John Davenpot Columbia N. C Pauline Davenport Bronx John Howard Davesport Karen Mosley John Davenport Erma Mosley Karen Peninsula General Hospital Salisbury Tolan S Willa Cherry Suffolk Willie Bank Norfolk Mizell Tne Navy Ther C. Serman Cherry Misty Mre Mosley Das

Father Is Fair St Joseph Boy Grows In Hospital Room

In St Joseph Missouri Charles Kuens) was in the delivery room when his wife gave birth to a girl their fifth child The Kuenzis say the baby and mother came through in fine shape Charles Kuenzi sustained serious injuries including a broken jaw a broken nose and a concussion and was not moved from bed The condition at latest report was fair

St Joseph Mo Charles Kuens

Hit and Run Driver Sought After Three Hurt

State Police seek the driver of a northbound vehicle after a collision with James Carroll of Adamstown that left three passengers injured. Verlin Carroll 14 Cora Troll 37 and James Carroll 45 of Adamstown treated for lacerations at Frederick Memorial Hospital and released.

Frederick Memorial Hospital Verlin M. Carroll Cora F. Troll James H Carroll RFD Adamstown

Archdiocese Teachers Institute Held Today in Baltimore

More than 1,700 Catholic teachers attend the annual teachers institute of the diocese of Ballanoie in Baltimore. The two day conference aims to improve reading and writing methods at elementary and secondary levels. Rev. Senius Smith of Catholic University spoke on Christian education adapting to modern needs.

Archdiocese Teachers Institute Baltimore Ler Wal Lav Ballanoie al Seivn Mich Senatius Smith Catholic University Catholc School

Snow-Ball Set For December 22 At Hood College

The Snow-Ball annual benefit of the Woman's Auxiliary of Frederick Memorial Hospital will be held Saturday evening, December 22, in Gambrill Gymnasium, Hood College. Mrs. Chase C. Gove Jr. is general chairman, and committees reported progress at a luncheon. Junior sides will include daughters aged 14 and 15, with checkroom plans and a sons corps for the 1856 tradition.

Fred 2Erick Memorial Hospital Gambrill Gymnasium Hood College Chase C. Gove Jr New, Market New Market Annabel Lundgren W. Jarboe Grove Auxiliary i Beit Walter G. Crowther Jr Paul B. Rhoads R Ames Hendrickson Roger Beane Edward H Drake Yuletide

Accused Of Murder Of Instructor In Morgantown WV

Morgantown West Virginia a 55 year old handyman questioned in the slaying of a West Virginia University English instructor. Martin Wilson a Negro formerly worked washing windows at the Holden home was linked by bloody fingerprints to the crime scene. Holden was found Oct 18 slashed to death in her Suscrest Addition residence. Wilson held on grand larceny charges and briefly hospitalized after a hysterical reaction. Prosecutors say new evidence strengthens the murder case before the next grand jury.

Morgantown W. Va West Virginia University Clarence E. Johnson Martin Wilson FBI Lakin State Hospital Johnson Monongalia County Martin J Johnson Stanley R. Cox Jr Holden Marie Cox

Shoppers flock to stores as brisk fall weather returns

Economic notes show tight credit, higher commercial paper rates, and producers cutting crude output. Peabody Coal Co sells bonds, mortgage pressures persist, and auto industry eyes 1957 models with previews hinting hotter competition. Prices rise for Bendix machines and heating oil, tin and beets see modest gains along the coast.

Devas Altintals Peabody Coal Co Pea Joseph Seagram & Sons Avco Manufacturing Corp Bendix Priven Atlantic Tin Com

District Meet Of Brethren Ends Today At Frederick

The Eastern Maryland District Conference of the Church of the Brethren wrapped up its second and final meeting at the Frederick Church of the Brethren with Rev. Lee A. Weaver presiding. Luncheon sessions covered children's workers, junior high leaders, youth, and church school officers under leaders from Union Bridge, Baltimore, and nearby towns. Dr. Frank Dorey of Howard University spoke on global perspectives and Dr. Charles E. Zunkel of Elgin led an afternoon address, followed by further talks. The conference adjourned under new moderator Rev. A. Joseph Carcote.

Eastern Maryland Church of the ‘Brethren Frederick Richard Gross- Bickle Union Bridge Offiverg Feld W. Ray Kyle iUnion Bridge Church World Service Frank Dorey Howard University Charles E. Zunkel Elgin Ill Church of the Brethren Torey A. Joseph Carcote

Somoza Victim of Assassin in Panama Canal Zone

Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza died from wounds after an assassination attempt at a Leon party. He was airlifted to Gorgas Hospital in the Panama Canal Zone, where U.S. doctors led by Maj. Gen. Leonard Heaton performed four operations to remove bullets from his thigh spine and arms. The attacker Rigoberto Lopez Perez, a 21 year old journalist, fired a revolver during the attack.

Panama Anastasia Somoza Nicaragua Gonzales’ Revilla Somoza Canal Zone Leon Rigoberto Lopez ‘Perez Presdent Managua U.S Gorgas Hospital Panama Canal Tone Eisenhower Leonard Heaton US Army Walter Reed Hospital Washington

Frederick Chamber Urges Fort Detrick Appreciation Week

Joseph F. Rhoderick of the Frederick Chamber asks civic and professional clubs to join Fort Detrick Appreciation Week from Oct 14 to 2. The letter seeks two representatives from each group for a committee chaired by William E. Hardy and urges prompt responses to Francis Scott Key Hotel office. Separately Senator Byrd reports a small rise to 2 400 570 federal civilian jobs in August, the eighth monthly gain, with civilian agency employment up slightly from July.

Joseph F. Rhoderick Frederick Rhoderick Donald B. Rice Chamber Francis Scott. Key Hotel Fort Detrick William E. Hardy Washington v Sen Byrd Senate House Committee Besun

Weather improves after coastal storms across eastern states

The Associated Press notes a sequence of Atlantic coastal storms easing today with fair and warmer conditions expected for most of the area. Temperatures will rise from North Carolina to Southern New York as lingering mist clears, while western and northern regions stay cool and wet with autumn weather continuing in parts of the central and Pacific Northwest areas.

Seaboard North Carolina Massachusetts Wis New York State Wiesisappi Valley Pacific Northwest

Business Management Institute Opens Tuesday

Final plans are set for the opening of the Business Management Institute at Frevepiak High School on Tuesday evening. Sponsored by the U S Small Business Administration and the University of Maryland, the program was arranged through the Chamber of Commerce. Joseph F. Rhoderick Jr., chamber manager, said only four or five openings remain and applications will be taken on a first come first served basis. The institute will meet each Tuesday through November 27.

Mamacimient Fietitete Frevepiak High School U. S. Small Business Administration University of Maryland Chamber of Commerce Joseph F. Rhoderick Jr

Don’t Forget To Tare Your Clock Book 1 Meet

Event note invites readers to a clock book meet. Details read as fragmented OCR but indicate a local gathering or exhibit related to clocks or timepieces with potential participation by enthusiasts. Not enough specifics on place or date.

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