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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1957
Page
11
A fragmentary prayer by Joseph R. B. Sizoo from Washington University expresses a plea to God the Father to deliver people from sloth and coldness of heart. It seeks a steady sense of divine goodness to motivate work and life and ends with a brief doxology and Amen.
France faces a severe financial crisis as Premier Gaillard battles an irritable assembly. M. Pineau signals willingness to ease tensions over arms to Tunisia, while France grapples with inflation, tax hikes, and Algeria’s impact on NATO ties. Divisions run deep across society and politics as allies hope for a peaceful solution.
Water leaked through a hole in the front causing about $50,000 in damage to Ardmore Library's western and mystery sections. The incident also disrupted an advertising display and foaling-related materials, with readable fragments noting losses and affected areas.
Washington report details conflicting views on press access after the Vanguard rocket failure. Officials like Murray Snyder and Herschel Schonler defend information flow, while Rep. Moss urges openness. The piece notes the odds discussed by Dr. John Hagen and criticizes missteps in communicating risks and results.
HAL BOYLE surveys New Year resolutions across ages, humorously noting how aims shrink with time. He recalls personal lists at 23, 35, and 46, arguing aging dulls grand plans while time gradually erodes ambition. The piece blends self mockery with a universal urge to improve.
Miss Vera Snyder resigned from the Daily Mail to join a Cleveland dealer. Shorty Middlekauff dressed as Santa and was rescued from a snowdrift. Hulls Gate employees took over Charles W. Flock City Garage, and officials debated extending trolley tracks to a new car barn on Lee Street amid resident objections.
Winners in the Festival of Lights contest include RE H Rait East Irvin Avenue for most artistic home BE Spessard Salem Avenue for most elaborate home and Violot Stine The Terrace for trees. William B Mathews reports Maryland Tuberculosis Association Christmas Seals sales in Washington County totaled 31505.25. Maryland Pipe and Metals Corp at 304 West Charen Street sold to Harry Kerstein Roanoke Va, from A N Brenner. Hays Bros windows on West Washington Street display Webster’s dictionary themes using two dioramas.
A compact health column mix covers reader questions on preventing disease and general wellness. It notes no diagnostic advice for individuals, invites stamped envelopes for replies, and comments on science interest, albumin in urine, colitis treatment, and vitamin B in yeast.
The excerpt discusses the Wechsler IQ concept as measuring learning capacity and environmental mastery, noting that higher abilities predict longer sustained superior work. It reflects wartime needs for educated men, contrasts dullness with bluntness, and ends with a quip about ignorance and embarrassment in speaking up.
Ten years ago Hagerstown fixed the 1948 tax rate at five dollars per hundred and adopted a budget totaling 2 419 890. The city faced a hard task in planning city finances while the postholiday real estate market showed weak turnover with only 45 000 in aggregate value for the week.
The diary style forecast notes opportunities to improve personal matters and finances, with advice to stay disciplined and put forth best efforts. It mentions October to November as a turning period, and a birthday tied to intellectual traits and practical problem solving.
A compact report explains Russian New Year celebrates a non religious holiday with Grandfather Frost as the gift bringer. Orthodox Christians observe Jesus’ birth on January 6, while most celebrate on New Year’s Day. Grandfather Frost resembles Santa with a Cossack robe, white whiskers, a toy-filled salt sledge, and reindeer travel.
A two foot high cement marker sits on a lone mesa in southwest Cortex marking the boundary intersection of Colorado Utah New Mexico and Arizona. Government surveyors placed the marker to denote the quad border point.
A scrambled instructive passage asks about animal reactions to threats and thunder. It mentions hair on necks rising to look bigger, fright responses, and timing lightning by counting seconds between flashes and thunder. The text seems like a misread student exercise with garbled wording and stray phrases.
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