Streets In Good Shape For Fair In Frederick
Frederick city workers completed the last major street project before the Fair opening. East South street and East street resurfacing were finished this week, ensuring all main roads are in top shape for fair traffic. Police plan heavy traffic control with state help, directing lanes along 40 and surrounding routes to the fair grounds.
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Frederick
East South Street
East Street
John A. Derr
City
Pennsylvania Railroad
South Street
Wisner Street
Church
Patrick Streets
Fair Grounds
Charles V. Main
Wayside Inn
Franklin Street
Baltimore
Main
Turnpike To Open Tonight
The Ohio Turnpike opens tonight enabling traffic from Cleveland to Toledo and Akron. A 22 mile section near the Pennsylvania line opened last December. The full 241 mile route will be the longest highway opening, costing 526 million dollars and serving four large cities. Travel time savings of about three hours are expected for motorists making the full run.
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Columbes
Ohio
San Francisco Endures Mysterious Citywide Blast
A thunderous blast shook a one square mile area of San Francisco last night. Meteorologists physicists and the military offered no explanation. Thousands fled into streets and near panic spread in a neighborhood. Rumors of sonic booms were denied by the Air Force.
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San Francisco
Air
10 760 Goal Is Set For Camp Detrick Charity Drive
A 10 760 goal was set for the 1955 Camp Detrick Combined Charities Fund campaign announced today by Colonel John J. Hayes Commander of Camp Detrick. The drive begins Monday and includes Red Cross and Crusade for Freedom with higher personnel. In 1954 Detrick and Parsons Company contributed 8 501 67 to Combined Charities Fund and 1 411 18 to Red Cross. This year Parsons is not participating due to contract termination. The fund supports Frederick Community Chest Red Cross Frederick County Tuberculosis and Public Health, American Cancer Society and other groups. donors may allocate all or part of their gift and may write in additional charities. The committee, largely responsible for policy and direction of canvassers, is led by Colonel Hayes as honorary chair and Colonel Leslie S. Moore as chairman.
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Red Cross
Crusade For Freedom
Detrick
Rarph M. Parsons
Combined Charities Fund
Parsons Company
Gost
Frederick Community Chest
Frederick County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association
American Cancer Society
Maryland Society For Crippled Children and Adults
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Heart Association of Maryland
Mental Health Fund
Hospital Aid
American Korean Foundation
Army Emergency Relief
Navy Relief
Air Force Aid Society
Combined Charities Committee
Formerlvy
Hayes
Federated Charities
Frederick
Robert W. Ott
Charles C Fallman
Phebe Summers
Thomas Ripneon
Karl F. Starr
Warren W. Halstead
Orin Western
William J. Townsend
Nelson R. Bohn
Arthur Throne
Lawrence Welsh
William C Nelson
Fileen Norris
James R. Draper
Vis
Marjorie V Ganley
Brooks Leads Dodgers Past Yankees in World Series Game Three
Brooks homered and drove in three as the Dodgers built a 6-3 lead over the Yankees through six and a half innings in game three. Pob Tyrelex was knocked out of the box in the second inning as Roy Campanella added a homer and a single.
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Dodgers
Pob Tyrelex
Yankees
Roy Campanella
Bar New Industries If They Were Not Pollution Free
Los Angeles chamber of commerce endorses a program to bar new industries from the basin unless they can be pollution free. The plan targets autos, smog control, transit cars, and open burning, with tighter plant limits and ride sharing to curb fall smog peaks.
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Los Angeles
Tasagetes Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles Basin
United Ruanisn Disposal
Iermerators
Floods To Hit Mexican Gulf Coast
Mexico City reports disastrous floods along the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Janet. Three trans Caribbean storms Gladys Hilda Janet have caused heavy casualties, widespread displacement, and about 200 million dollars in damage. Tampico faces rising waters, food and medical shortages, and a mass refugee crisis with over 36,000 in centers.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Gulf Coast
Janet
Sierra Madre
Caribbean
Tamaulipas
Veracruz
Gladys
Hilda
Mesco
Tampico
Pacuca
Jamison Sentenced for Attempted Cashing of Fraudulent Bank Check
Raynor J. Jamison of Frederick was sentenced by Magistrate Wilbur F. Shefield Jr to one year in jail for attempting to cash a 535 check drawn on Farmers and Mechanics Citizens National Bank without an account. Store owner alerted police after a suspicious transaction. Det. Sgt. A. Norman Dietz arrested Jamison before change could be given.
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Farmers and Mechanics Citizens National Bank
Raynor J. Jamison
RFD
Frederick
Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr
Norman Dietz
Howard R. Lydard
Cumberland
Mt. Pleasant
Milton L.turner
Monkton
U. S
Willard Sheets
Forest Hill
Elwood L. Baugher
James T. Taylor
Frostburg
Bert C. Palmer
J. 5. Plume
Thomas L. Snyder
Aircrafts Up in Quiet Market Drift Lower Elsewhere
New York stock market was quiet with aircraft stocks rising while other issues edged lower after Defense Secretary Wilson stated military spending is higher than estimated.
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New York
Gamsim
Defense
Wilson
Bread Price War Grips St Marys Ohio Stores
A one cent bread battle in St Marys Ohio reduced a 21 cent loaf to four cents after weeks of price slashing. Limits per customer applied as other breads kept normal prices. Residents report homes full of bread and concern over winter storage.
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ST Marys
Ohio
Bfe Wax
Former Bank Employees Fined in Havre de Grace Fraud
Baltimore report details Citizens National Bank of Havre de Grace workers Aubrey Nelson Mitchell and William C. Bechtold fined for a 99000 bank fraud. Mitchell, 54-year bank veteran from Aberdeen, and Bechtold, 65, faced charges tied to William Leffler’s prior fraud. Both given one year probation and 10 days to pay fines. Bechtold previously convicted.
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Baltimore
Aubrey Nelson Mitchell
William C. Bechtold
Citizens National Bank of
Havre de Grace
Bechtold
Mitchell
Aursau
Epee E. Black Jr
Chesnut
Black
Bernard J. Flynn
Bechtold and
Aberden
William ©. Leffler
Bechtald
Leffler
Bowie Leaves For Hospital For Sanitorium Commitment
Raymond Bowie, 74, of Lincoln Apartments, left for Wenryton State Hospital after County Health Department efforts to compel hospital admission. Dr Forbes Burgess, health officer, secured a court warrant to require Bowie’s appearance in Circuit Court to explain why he had not entered the hospital. Bowie had delayed previously despite two appeals. Police report a related incident of a city policeman fired and another suspended for 30 days after a fight at a night club.
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Raymond Bowie
Lincoln
Wenryton State Hospital
County Health Department
Forbes Burgess
Courts Health
Bowie
Health Department
Burgess
Samuel Barrickester
Salisbury
Rallie Woo Mastings
Radioactive Iodine Relieves Heart Disease Complications
Four Los Angeles physicians report that radioactive iodine can lessen painful and dangerous heart disease symptoms by lowering thyroid output and metabolism. In a journal study of 231 patients with angina pectoris or congestive heart failure, treatment lasted six months to four years. the heart condition itself is not cured, but symptoms ease as the body’s demand on the heart decreases.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Journal of the American Medical Assn
Sultan May Be Kicked Off Throne
In Rabat Morocco Sultan Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa offered to abdicate if power could pass to a family member. French authorities arrested protocol chief Aber Rahman el Hajoui, prompting a chase toward Casablanca. Prime Minister Faure's government vowed action toward Moroccan self rule as unrest grows.
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Rabat
French Morocco
Sultan Mohammed
Ben Moulay Arafa
Pierre Boyer de Latour du Moulin
Aber Rahman el Hajoui
el Hajoui
Casablanca
Boyer de Latour
Athough Moulay Afrafl
Edgar Fauret
Moulay Arafa
Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef
Fil Wajour
Harness Racing To Be Pat To Vote In May Primary
Charles Town West Virginia to vote on a proposed harness racing track in the May primary. Jefferson County Court President Jack Trapnell announced the petition, backed by the South Jefferson County Ministerial Association, with over 2,860 signatures, about 1,300 more than required. The association sponsored and circulated the referendum.
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Charles Town
WoVa Bee
Jack Trapsnell
Jefferson Coun Court
Charles ‘Tos
Trapnell
South Jefferson Counsy Ministerial Assn
Ministerial Association
Heart Assn to Use Gifts to Aid Heart Disease Fight
The American Heart Association said it would be privileged to apply gifts sent as tributes to President Eisenhower toward solving heart disease. It noted it did not initiate such drives but would accept funds if asked, while wishing the President a speedy recovery and continuing its work to prevent and control heart disease.
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New York
American Heart Assn
Eisenhower
Association
E. Cowles Andrus
Denver
Chicago Daily News
James C. Hagerty
White House
Amenean Red Cross
Pointois
Toy Collection of Legion Saturday to Aid Children
Residents of the cen y have been reminted by Witbur Baker, chair man, of the Francis Leather Post, American Lemon toy collection, which will be held Saturday morning. All toys collected or used will be disposed of by the Lemon at Christmas time to help fortunate children. The workshop in Winchester Hall for renovations and paintings will be held each May day and Thursday night following the collection, and interested persons are urged to assist. If rain delays, collection moves to the following Saturday, October.
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Ceny
Witbur Baker
Francis Leather Post
Amercan Lemon
Winchester Hall
Wouldn't Run For New Term
Dr Paul D White Boston heart specialist who treated President Eisenhower on NBC Today says he would not want to run for a second term if he were in the President’s shoes. He cited strain and recovery uncertainty, but called signs encouraging and morale high. He noted allowing Eisenhower to sign documents could aid morale and stated crisis danger is greatest in the first two weeks.
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New York
Paul D. White
Boston
Eisenhower
NBC
Today
White
Conely Jr
Former Editor Of Weekly Dies In Fire
Leonardtown Maryland former editor Beatrice Green 47 widow of Col John Green died last night in a house fire at Breton Bay. Neighbors reported flames on the sun porch and her body was found after the fire. A Westerville Ohio native, she had moved to St Marys County five years ago with her family and her husband died shortly after.
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Westerville
Baltimore County To Get 5 Million More
Towson Maryland officials say a new real estate reassessment program will add about five million dollars to the county treasury under the current tax rate. Supervisor Howard E. Burkhardt estimates the assessable basis will rise by about 250 million dollars, with the tax rate remaining at 1.98 dollars per hundred dollars of assessed value. The budget will be several million dollars higher than the record two million dollar current year, preventing a rate cut.
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Towson
Baltimore County Treasury
Howard E. Burkhardt
Child's Love For Doll Costs Three Lives
In Opp Alabama a fire at a tenant farmer's frame house killed four year old Kathy Joen Jackson and her mother Mildred Jackson after the child returned to save her doll. Patsy May Jackson, 6, died later in Opp hospital. The seven other family members escaped unharmed.
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Opp
Ala
Here
Gordion Jackson
Kathy Joen
Dal
Mildred Jackson
Patsy May
Eisenhower improves as Denver becomes center of power
Eisenhower shows an excellent key night at Fitzsimons as doctors report progress with no complications. Sherman Adams travels to Denver to join the White House party, signaling continued centralized authority in Washington while the President recovers.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Washington
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Bere
Sherman Adams
Denver White House
Adams
Nixon
White House
James C. Hagerty
Community Chest Campaign Plans Final Meeting
Members of this year's Community Chest campaign meet at the Francis Scott Key Hotel for a final planning session before the general start Saturday morning. A 339 650 goal is posted with a Square Corner gauge and 300 miniature wishing wells will be distributed by 20 Girl Scouts with five leaders and Mrs Thomas Calman coordinating.
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Community Chest
Francis Scott Key
Western Maryland Trust Company
Frederick County National Bank
Thomas Calman
Girl Scout Board
Edgar Brownlow
Lease Bussard
Rea Hersperger
Joseph Hhoderick
Byron Winebrewer
Donald 5. Rice
Herbert N. Heston
Marion N. Kehne
Victor S. Palmer
Harry R. Patton
Hersnerger
Ellis Wachter
Campaign Office
Rhoderick
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Five Day Forecast Sees Fair Weekend With Scattered Showers
Generally fair and cool conditions over the weekend with scattered showers Sunday. Warmer conditions are expected Tuesday and Wednesday with additional scattered showers. Temperatures hover near normal with afternoon highs around 70 and early morning lows from about 40 in Western Maryland to the mid 40s to 50s in central and southern counties and in Delaware.
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Maryland
Delaware
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Mexican Gulf Coast
Jamison
Hoto
Frank Keeter
Howard R. Damuth
Board of Election Supervisors
Russell L. House Right
Board of Registry
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Arafa
Morocco
Pat
Heart Association
Toy
Legion
Ike
Weekly
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