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U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told Atlantic Pact ministers in Paris that internal pressures behind the Iron Curtain may topple Soviet communism and end the globe’s division. He urged use of moral pressure to aid forces undermining the Soviet system, but warned Kremlin rulers might risk abroad to divert attention and raise war danger.
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Paris
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Kremlin
Atlantic Pact
Europe
Receivership Case Settled at Hagerstown Paint & Glass
The receivership case against Hagerstown Paint and Glass Co. at 45 West Franklin Street is settled and dismissed. Leonard G Mathias buys stock and interest of W Royston Smith, continuing the business as a corporation under the present name. The firm Lane Bushong and Byron and Samuel G Strite announced the settlement and representation.
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Hagerstown Paint & Glass Co
Franklin Street
Leonard G. Mathias
W. Royston Smith
Mathias
Messrs. Mathias and Smith
Lane, Bushong and Byron
Samuel G. Strite
Smith
Fairchild Promising Nuclear Ties and New Aircraft Lines
Financial experts from Goodbody & Company predict Fairchild Aircraft will see higher earnings in a few years due to development of new civilian and military lines. The firm visited major plants and labs, calling operations excellent and modern. The study highlights twin engine assault transports, B 52 sub contracts, small jet engines, missiles, and forthcoming commercial prop jet and executive jet transports.
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Fairchild Aircraft Corporation
Goodbody & Company
New York Stock Exchange
Goodbody and Company
Fairchild
Goodbody
Fairchild Aircraft
Elgin resigns as County Commissioners president
W Lee Elgin resigns as president of the Board of County Commissioners effective December 11 1956 He will remain a member of the board and his successor will be Chester F Delphey or George Fockler Democrats control the board three to two Elgin cites opposition from some members and a desire to pursue county business more effectively as a board member rather than as president
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W. Lee Elgin
Board of County Commissioners
Commispost
Eimnarc
Elgin
Presient
Harry Snook
Chester F. Delphey
George Fockler
Fockler
Demphey
Delphey
Elin
Hagerstown
Falaures
Negro Students Return To Clinton High School
Seven Negro students reported peacefully to classes at Clinton High School in an integrated scene. Minnie Ann Dickey, 15, among eight Negro students, was absent due to illness as 662 white students enrolled. Three carloads of police patrolled the area with only a handful of newsmen present.
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Clinton, Tenn
Integrated Clinton High School
Minnie
Ann Dickey
Potts Files Candidacy for Ward 2 Council Seat
J Robert Potts a Virginia Avenue grocer and longtime resident filed for the Democratic nomination for councilman from Ward 2. A lifelong community member and 21 year owner operator, Potts is a Hagerstown High School graduate husband and father of three.
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J. Robert Potts
Virginia Avenue
Potts
Virginia
Great Day for City Marks Start of Grade Crossing Elimination
Editorial lauds Mayor Winslow F Burhans for pushing the elimination of Hagerstown grade crossings. Groundbreaking for an overpass over Western Maryland and Pennsylvania rails, with a bridge and approaches, follows years of negotiation and local support. State approval and federal funds underpin the project, a hallmark of Burhans administration civic progress.
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Hagerstown
Winslow F. Burhans
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Wick Burhans
Mayor Burhans
State Roads Commission
Burhans
Deer Appears at Kitchen Window In Southtown Suburb
Mrs. Peter Bender of 877 Pine Street spotted a large antlerless deer in her backyard at 7 30 this morning. The animal leaped fences and headed south, later seen near Virginia Avenue and Summit Avenue where a newspaper boy nearly collided with it. The deer, calm around witnesses, vanished across yards heading toward the Public Square, prompting questions about how it arrived.
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Peter Bender
Pine Street
Virginia Avenue
John Rosenmarkle
Summit Avenue
John
Humlers
Dees
Bellevue to Close Dec 21 as Inmates Move Out
Bellevue will cease operating as the county home for the aged and disabled on December 21. The last of 55 residents will be relocated to nursing homes and state facilities, while the building is repurposed for a new chronic disease hospital adjacent to Bellevue. The hospital aims to rehabilitate patients and return them to self sufficiency or reduce burden on families.
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Bellevue
County Health Department and Welfare Department
Board of County Commissioners
State Department of Health
Maryland
State's Attorney Seeks Expanded Sheriff Dept Capabilities
State's Attorney Tom Kaylor asked the Board of County Commissioners to back a program to improve law enforcement in Washington County. He proposed a record bureau interrogation room and enhanced fingerprinting at the jail residence, plus closer liaison between County Investigators and the Sheriff's office. He noted no current system to obtain FBI records or to send Sheriff records to the FBI. Kaylor and Chief Deputy Charlton advocating cooperation among FBI and local agencies to boost efficiency amid Hagerstown City Police State Police and Sheriff's Office.
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Tom Kaylor
Board of County ‘Commissioners
Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff's Office
Kaylor
FBI
Sheriff's Justice
Roger Charlton
Washington County
Hagerstown
Hungarians Stage Wide Strike Against Radar Rule
Tens of thousands of Hungarian workers nationwide joined a protest strike called by the Budapest Central Workers Council to oppose anti workers measures and martial law under Premier Janos Kadar. Rail and factory disruption spread from Budapest as authorities limited long distance phone use and security forces arrested leaders. Refugees and Austrian witnesses reported the strike spreading toward the provinces despite government decrees.
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Budapest
Janos Kadar
Central Workers’ Council
Anti-Peoples
Anti-Workers Actisf
Austria
Hungary
Kadar
Hegyeshalom
Nickelsdorf
Hungarians Quit U N in protest at U N interference
Hungary walked out of the United Nations General Assembly led by Foreign Minister Imre Horvath as the 79 nation body debated a U S sponsored condemnation of the Soviet Union over withdrawn troops from Hungary. Horvath said the U N offended Hungary and pledged a boycott while India and allies urged Dag Hammarskjold to Moscow for talks.
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United Nations, N.Y
General Assembly
U.N
Hungary
Soviet Union
Imre Horveth
United States
Horvath
Budapest
Assembly
India
Dag Hammarskjold
Moscow
Break-ins Reported Across City and County
The Atlantic service station at 444 North Jonathan Street was broken into overnight with a rear window latch breached to steal coins from a cigarette vending machine. The B and L grocery at Maugansville suffered a night break in with loss undetermined. A clubhouse near the Potomac River by the Fish and Game Club was also entered with an unspecified monetary loss.
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Atlantic
North Jonathan Street
Sheriff's Office
Maugansville
Potomac River
Fish and Game Club
Cold Weather Moves Into Western Maryland Tomorrow Night
A mass of cold air will move into Western Maryland tomorrow night bringing continued cloudiness and cold conditions through Thursday. Showers are likely tonight with a high today in the low fifties and tomorrow's high in the forties.
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Maryland
Smithsburg Keeps Tax Rate At 70 Cents
Smithsburg will maintain its property tax rate at 70 cents per $100 of assessed valuation for next year, Mayor Stanley Hauver announced. The mayor noted bonds outstanding cover municipal water system costs with due dates in 1963 and 1971, and the town holds $11,000 in government bonds for the 1943 issue.
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Smithsburg
Stanley Hauver
Hauvet
City Clerk Kerney to Undergo Johns Hopkins Surgery
Eldon L. Kerney City Clerk of Johns Hopkins City will be a patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore for surgery and is expected to be away from City Hall about two weeks Personnel clerk H S Douglas will substitute in his absence.
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Eldon L. Kerney
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
City Hall
H. S. Douglas
Sheiwee
State Fruit Growers To Convene Here For Fifty-Ninth Year
State Fruit Growers To Convene Here for the fifty ninth year with Mary and fruit growers meeting January 3 and 4 in Hagerstown. Sessions at Hotel Alexander under Maryland State Horticultural Society auspices feature soil management in young orchards chemical fruit thinning and peach orchard problems. Afternoon first day includes marketing program with Truman Nold National Apple Institute and Harvey Beeler dealer service supervisor.
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Mary
Hagerstown
Hotel Alexander
Maryland State Horticultural Society
Truman Nold
National Apple Institute
Harvey Beeler
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