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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1956
Page
2
Washington County faces a 1957 budget with total spending near 4.96 million while debt service for schools rises by 560 408 to 856 329. The proposed county real estate tax rate remains 1.69 as the auditor notes a shrinking surplus from 600 000 to 296 000 by year end 1957.
Preston Tucker 53 who aimed to reinvent auto making died in Ypsilanti Michigan after a cancer illness. His Tucker Torpedo promised a tear drop car with 150 hp and speeds to 130 mph, never produced. Survivors include his widow and five children.
Funeral services will be held here Friday for Paul B. Stevens Sr. former president of the Maryland State Teachers Assn. who died suddenly at his home on Christmas Day. He retired as president in October and became first vice president. He was special assistant to the Baltimore public schools supervisor and a Baltimore City College guidance counselor for 30 years. An Eastport native, Stevens attended Annapolis public schools St John’s Preparatory School St John’s College and Western Maryland College.
James L. Hennegan associate judge of the People's Court died at University Hospital in Baltimore last night at age 81. A Democrat, he was appointed in January 147 and re elected last month. He had served in Maryland House of Delegates in 1924 and Baltimore City Council 1935 to 1953, later leading the Board of Election Supervisors from 1939 to 1948. He is survived by his wife four brothers a sister and seven children.
Moscow radio denounces Pope Pius XII annual Christmas address as not a religious leader’s tone. It accuses him of backing preventive war and taking a stance that clashes with Western leaders. The broadcast notes a discordant tone against Christmas music while urging UN authority for defense.
The Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce issued a statement about the zoning hearing for a proposed Long Meadow Shopping Center at Northern and Potomac Avenues. It outlines history of the city's zoning law, the current permit challenge, and a request for public attendance at the December 27 hearing to help elected officials decide whether to amend the zoning law to accommodate the center.
Violent clashes erupt as buses are integrated in Montgomery Alabama and Tallahassee Florida. Gunfire hits buses in Montgomery with no injuries reported. Tallahassee suspends Cities Transit Co franchise amid forced integration efforts. Birmingham sees arrests in peaceful protests. Shuttleworth urges restraint as federal courts weigh action. Mobile relieves rear seating rule, prompting city officials to demand enforcement of segregation laws.
In Arpelar and nearby Haywood, residents used a pie supper to fund a hospitalized friend. The event drew local participation and sold all pies, totaling about $600 for medical needs.
Senator Butler predicts a favorable year for Maryland with federal action aiding agriculture, small business, and distressed areas. He expects new industries to emerge in jobless regions, expanded oil tanker construction linked to the Suez situation, more federal installations and private industrial growth, and Baltimore Friendship Airport becoming a permanent co terminal with National Airport.
Tom Chastain of Tahlequah Oklahoma touts his 1932 model Ford that has surpassed 100000 miles twice yet still runs, a testament to its stubborn reliability despite age.
New calculations by Miriam Burland and Peter Milman estimate 200 million meteors visible daily from space entering Earth’s atmosphere. The figures describe meteors ranging from dust specks to at least 10 tons, traveling at speeds up to 180000 miles per hour, posing a potential barrier to future space travel and manned missions.
New York report quotes Rep. Adam Clayton Powell saying House Speaker Rayburn is bent on purging him for not backing the Democratic presidential slate. Powell claims Rayburn denied him new congressional offices due to seniority and party loyalty, highlighting a racial factor in the purge allegation.
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