Potomac Edison Seeks Maryland Approval To Sell City Bus Line
Potomac Edison Company and Joseph G. Lucca of Lemoyne Pennsylvania filed with the Public Service Commission of Maryland a joint application for the sale and transfer of the city bus transportation system. If approved the transfer would become effective July 1 1957. Lucca would form a new company Enowa Antietam Transit Co to operate the service with Lucca as president and principal stockholder. The move ends another phase of the companys diversified operations as it concentrates on electric utility service.
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Potomac Edison Company
Joseph G. Lucca
Lemoyne
Public Service Commission of Maryland
Succa
Sueca
Enowa Ag Antietam Transit Co
Tnc
R. Paul Smith
Frederick
Maryland
Smith
False Pretense and Forgery Cases Heard Here
A false pretense case and two forgery cases were disposed of in a Circuit Court criminal session. A 20 year old Chewsville area woman was given one year suspended in the Women's Prison on condition she repay 308 dollars within six months after using her mother in law’s name to obtain credit from Grant’s Bentz Dunn Lester Brothers and the Youth Center. Mrs. Joyce Kline admitted using her mother in law Mrs. Daisy Kline’s name to obtain merchandise.
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Circuit
Chewsville Area
Joyce Kline
Expect Showers To Bring Cooler Temperatures
Weather advisory notes afternoon thundershowers likely in Western Maryland with a cooling trend into tonight and tomorrow. Forecast predicts a warmer Friday with possible showers, cooler Saturday, and another warm spell Sunday and Monday. overall temperatures near normal to 2-4 degrees above and rainfall around a half inch.
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Maryland
Beall backs C and O Canal National Historical Park
Sen Beall Md proposes a 15000 acre national historical park in the C and O Canal area and a 20 mile parkway link from Cumberland to Washington. Opponents argue the plan risks state land control and unnecessary road building while Beall cites federal endorsement and potential land exchanges. Three men in Columbia are held on charges tied to a possible kidnap plot of a DC banker’s 4 year old son with a ransom of 350000 dollars.
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Beall
C. and
O. Canal
Parkway
Washington IV
Maryland
Chesapeake Ohio Canal
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Interior
Maryland Board of Natural Resources
Maryland 51
Paw Paw
W. Va
Long Ridge Road
Woodmont
Towson
Potomac
Joseph F. Kaylor
Maryland Department of Forests and Parks
Hoarel
Kaylor
C & O Canal
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Tts
National Park Service
Columbia
S.C. Io
South Carolina
Clinton
D.C
Thomas D. Jacobs
Jobie Shelton
William T. Hill
Jacobs
Thomas P. Jacobs
Presbyterian College
Shelton
Hill
J. P. Stram
State Law Enforcement Division
Storm
Strom
Robert M. Vance
Cline Leon
J Jacobs
Skelton
Vance
Jimmy Dorsey Dies at 53 in Cancer Fight
New York obituary notes bandleader Jimmy Dorsey died at Doctor’s Hospital aged 53 after a month’s hospitalization for cancer. He had a June 1904 birth in Shenandoah Pennsylvania and was brother to Tommy Dorsey. He left coal mining for music and joined a famed duo with Tommy before their later reunion.
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New York
Jimmy Dorsey
Doctora Hospital
Dorsey
Tommy
Dartors Hospital
Pennsylvania
America
Jimmy
Shenandoah
Auto Crash Wounds Driver at Busy Intersection
An eastbound auto driven by Delores J. Bowsers, 25, was demolished in a collision with a truck operated by Playford B. Reekart at the Rt 40 and Rt 66 junction last night. Bowsers suffered a cut forehead. Reekart was charged after appearing before Magistrate Thom F.
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Raller
Delores J. Bowsers
Mitchell Avenue
Playford B
Reekart, M
Cleveland
Ohio
Bowders
Reekart
Chaiged Ahege
Uate
Wethom F
Hordes Of White Butterflies Afield And Roadside
Thousands of white butterflies appeared this morning across fields gardens and along roads near Fairchild Plant No 2. Blue thistle blooms drew the insects while rain puddles and a morning rise in temperature are suspected to trigger the mass emergence. Many butterflies lay lifeless on the roadways after collisions with vehicles.
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Fairchild Plant No. 2
Severity Of Penalty Saves Vanaman In Drunken Driving Case
Magistrate Paul Ottinger suspended a six month term for Jay A. Vanaman 25 of 1100 block Corbet Street after a second drunken driving conviction within a month. He fined 108 dollars and imposed 30 days in jail for reckless driving, suspending the six month sentence only if the 30 day jail term is served. The car incident continues on page 2.
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Jay A. Vanaman
Corbet Street
House of Correction
Paul Ottinger
Vanaman
Reverend Hogevell Named New Pastor at First Christian
The Reverend Wilbur Hogevell will assume the pastorate of the First Christian Church in this city on Sunday, June 16. He arrives from Alexandria Virginia where he was the first full time minister of Alexandria First Christian Church which tripled its membership and built a new sanctuary under his leadership. Hogevell, his wife, and two children Tommy and Susan will not move to Hagerstown until the last week in June.
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Wilbur 5. Hogevell
First Christian Church
Hagerstown
Alexandria
Virginia
Alexandria First Christian Church
Hogevall
Tommy
Susan
Asia
W. Ross Cameron
Cameron
World Health Organization
State Department of Health
Far East
San Francisco
New Chronic Disease Hospital Dedicated Today
The Western Maryland Chronic Disease Hospital on Pennsylvania Avenue is being dedicated this afternoon at 2 30 by Gov. Theodore McKeld. An afternoon tour will follow with guides from the Washington County Chapter of the American Red Cross. The facility will serve Garrett Allegany Washington Frederick Carroll and upper Montgomery Counties and holds 288 patients. John R. Cochrane will be administrator and Grace Alt will head the nursing staff.
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Western
Maryland
Pennsylvania Avenue
Theodore McKeld
Washington County
American Red Cross
Baltimore City
Salisbury
James A. MacCallum
Garrett
Allegany
Washington
Frederick
Carroll
Montgomery
John R. Cochrane
Montebello Chronic Disease Hospital
Baltimore
Grace Alt
Dr. MacCallum
Mayflower II Reaches U S After 53 Day Voyage
Mayflower II, replica of the original Pilgrim vessel, sailed into Provincetown harbor after 53 days since leaving Plymouth England. Skipper Alan Villiers guided the craft over 5000 miles, the voyage longer yet slower than the 66 days of the original. The piece notes the voyage followed a sou'wester with 40 knot gusts and ends with a continuation reference.
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Provincetown
Mass
Province
Plymouth
England
Alan Villiers
Vil- Hers
Delib
Loitering And Police Action Debated In City Court Case
In magistrate court, the clash over sidewalk loitering, police duties, and citizen rights centers on Jack Kelly of Brunswick who was accused of disturbing the peace at Lanvale and Ross. Store owner Alma Morgan testified she could not testify against Kelly and did not single him out. officers Charle Harle and R Brachey testified they told Kelly to move from the corner after responding to a complaint.
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Paul Ottinger
Jack Kelly
Brunswick
Lanvale
Ross Street
Alma L. Morgan
Bogs
City Police
Rinehart Named To Head National Racing Commission
D E Rinehart, Maryland State Racing Commission chairman and Ringgold District fruit grower, was nominated for president of the National Association of State Racing Commissioners at the association’s annual Beverly Hills meeting. Dr John A Hercus son of Maryland reported that drugging in racehorses declined, with only 52 of 87,442 examined showing signs of drugging, down from seven years ago due to better supervision, detection, and enforcement.
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Miared Rinehart
Maryland State Racing Commission
Ringgold
National Association of State Racing Commissioners
Beverly Hills
California
Rinehart
John A. Herculson
Maryland
American Association of Official Racing
Hercussoft
Theft at City Pool and Parking Lot Reports
The theft of a wrist watch valued at $35 from a rocket at the Municipal Swimming Pool was reported by Guy N. Beall Jr of 100 block Ray Street. Another theft of a fly tool and a bag from Nisante was reported by Jack A. Near of 102 Elizabeth Street, with items valued at $26.
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Guy N. Beall, Jr
Ray Street
Jack A. Near
Elizabeth Street
Nisante
Parker
Ground Broken For Big Sears Store Building
Ground broken yesterday for the Sears Roebuck Company store at Longmeadow Shopping Center. The two story building at Potomac and Northern Avenues measures 150 by 360 feet and is expected to be ready in about a year. A Kresge Co. large variety store will occupy the center, with Acne Market and a Food Fair supermarkets at each end.
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Sears Roebuck Company
Longmeadow Shopping Center
Potomac
Northern Avenues
Sears
Potomac Avenue
Sears Roebuck
Kresge Co
Grain elevator operator loses fingers at Spielman's Station
Sylvester Jay Gower, 55, a well known grain elevator operator at Spielman's Station, lost all fingers of his right hand this morning while working on a torn sheller. He was placing a belt when his hand was drawn into the rear of the sheller and mangled. He was admitted to Washington County Hospital for treatment of the injury.
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Sylvester Jay Gower
Spielman's Station
Washington County Hospital
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Rep. Brown
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U.S
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Timm
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