Mayor Burhans Honored Over West End Crossing Plan
Mayor Burhans is congratulated by Robert Bannell chair of the State Roads Commission and W Arthur Grot president of Western Maryland Railway Co for leading efforts to eliminate Hagerstown's West End railroad crossings. Henry Krugger of the Philadelphia region PRR praises the mayor for uniting railroads and agencies to begin a $6 million overpass project, though Kruggel left before the photo.
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Robert O. Bannell
Jeft
State Roads Commission
Hagerstown
West End
W. Arthur Grot
Cunter
Western Maryian Railway Co
Henry D. Krugger
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Burhans
Kruggel
Dream Of Decades Realized As Ground Is Broken For Rail Overpass
Ground breaking today marks the start of the West End grade crossing elimination project in Hagerstown. Mayor Winslow F Burhans and Governor Theodore McKeldin spoke as representatives from City of Hagerstown State of Maryland Western Maryland Railway Pennsylvania Railroad and Federal Roads Bureau joined in the ceremony. The $6100000 project will carry Western Maryland and Pennsylvania tracks over four West End streets improving traffic and city growth.
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City of
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Hagerstown
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Gerstown
State Roads Commission
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Heer
Robinson Switch Brings Jackie Robinson to Giants
New York Giants announce acquisition of Jackie Robinson from Brooklyn Dodgers in a cash plus players deal. Giants president Novace Stoneham and Dodgers president Walter OMalley finalized the exchange at the major league meetings in Chicago. Reports estimate cash around 30,000 with undisclosed additional terms.
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New York Hants
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Aitcher Dirk Litlefield
Novace Stoneham
Giants
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Walter O'Malley
Chicago
Ted
Budget Talks Resume Tonight On City Budget Hearings
The Mayor and Council will meet tonight to resume hearings on the 1957 city budget. A Council member said representatives of H L Mills will appear to urge the Council to call a public hearing for re zoning of an eight acre tract on Northern Avenue from residential to retail business district.
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Northern Avenue
Cars Damaged In Morning Collision at City Streets
Two cars were slightly damaged in a morning crash at Franklin and Potomac Streets. Joseph H. Sirkeagh, 56, of Martineburg, was traveling south on Potomac Street and collided with a vehicle operated by Willem T. Dofttemeyer of 968 South Levestreet.
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Martineburg
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Nehru Reports Hungary Death Toll Estimate
Indian Prime Minister Nehru disclosed diplomats’ estimate that about 29,000 Hungarians and 1,000 Russians were killed in the anti-Soviet revolt in Hungary. He cited J N Khosla and K P S Menon as reporting the incident as a revolution and urged withdrawal of foreign forces for world peace.
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India
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Hungary
J. N. Khosla
Czechoslovakia
K.P. S. Menon
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Budapest
Chest Group To Elect Directors At Community Chest Meeting
Permit issued for Safeway Market construction in Frederick Street block. Hagerstown and Washington to Safeway Stores, Inc. plan a $160,000 supermarket with large parking. Directors election to be held at 7 30 tonight at the Court House. all contributors to the Community Chest eligible to attend and participate.
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Burhans to Seek Re-Election to Finish City Projects
Mayor Winslow F. Burhans announces plans to seek re election to continue a four year program of city improvements in Hagerstown. He cites completed and ongoing work including streets alleys drainage water protection with dikes, new off street parking on Church Street, and Rochester lot nearing completion. He pledges to push major projects to benefit citizens and secure approval for future development.
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Hagers Completion
Hagerstown
Zens
Church Street
Rochester
Night Crawlers On Move Early Threaten Warm Weather
The town reports unusually early night crawlers surfacing due to warm night showers, with worms seen on streets and pavements before frost ends. Dandelions and sas satoras appear in City Market as mild weather spawns pesky flies indoors and out. Forecasters warn of rough weather, with the Almanac predicting snow for four days starting Sunday, and the Weather Bureau expecting snow around late Saturday.
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Hagerstown
Ike to urge Bulganin to quit Hungary
President Eisenhower is expected to write to Soviet Premier Bulganin urging withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary. Officials say such a move would improve the climate for arms talks and UN discussions. The president plans to return to Washington from a vacation and focus on foreign policy ahead of Sunday talks with Nehru.
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Hungary
Washington
Hisenhower
U. S
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Afungary
Two Fined On Driving Counts
Franklin D. Davis of Keedysville was fined 65 dollars plus costs and imprisoned 45 days in default after a hearing with Magistrate Paul Otlinger for driving without a license and using tags from another car. W L Guilmino arrested him. Carter, 20, of Claremont North Carolina, was fined 50 dollars and costs and jailed with jail time suspended on damages to Harold Bowman’s car. Carter also faced a 25 dollar reckless driving fine for striking Bowman's car on North Locust Street, as charged by patrolman Robert Bruckey.
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Franklin D. Davis
Keedysville
Paul Otlinger
W. L. Guilmino
Preston A. Carter
Claremont
N. C
Totay
Carter
Harold Bowman
Funkstown
Bowman
North Locust Street
Robert Bruckey
Joys Of Parenthood Come To Couple After Long Wait
Edith Dickinson and Oliver Olver celebrate the arrival of their adopted son Philip, born five months earlier to his natural mother. Adoptive parents describe the seven months of anticipation turned into joy as Philip, placed by the Maryland Childrens Aid Society, blends into their home after foster care and medical evaluations.
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Olver
Oliver
Edith Dickinson
Philip Oliver
Philip Dickinson
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Edith
Philip
Snow Storm Heads East With Weekend Snowfall Likely
A storm that dumped two to five inches across the Midwest yesterday moves east toward the Atlantic coast and is expected to bring snow and colder conditions by Saturday afternoon. Temperatures fell tonight. lows near 15 to 20 degrees, with highs near freezing tomorrow. The heaviest snow belt stretches from South Dakota to northern Missouri and into northern Illinois and Indiana.
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Ohio Valley
New England
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Wisconsin
Dakotas
South Dakota
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
NATO seeks to quiet Soviet fears on Eastern Europe policy
Paris December 13 The Atlantic Alliance endorsed a five point NATO policy on Eastern Europe to reassure the Soviet Union that the West does not intend a liberation war. West German Foreign Minister Brentano said Eastern Europeans have a right to view the free world, NATO urged avoiding militant actions that spill into Western Europe, focus on economic and social channels. Brentano warned Hungary's revolt could spark a larger East German crisis but tempered the warning. Continued on Page 2 Col 6.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Russia
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Rufus Edwards Leaves Hagerstown for Kensington Post
Rufus K. Edwards a longtime Hagerstown sports figure departs December 15 to join Eugene J. C. Raney enterprises in Kensington Md as executive vice president of Raney a real estate and building planning firm and Valley Forge Company of Maryland Inc. Edwards led local sports for eighteen years and will relocate with a new corporate role noted on page 2 column 3.
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Hagerstown
Eugene J. C. Raney Business Enterprises
Kensington
Edwards
Raney
Tate and Building Planning Corporation
Valley Forge Company of Maryland, Inc
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