Two Story Schools May Be More Economical Than One
Washington County Commission considers two story schools to reduce foundation and roof costs. They note eight rooms in a two story plan use less space than eight on one floor. Debates over frills and architect contracts accompany payments toward Fountaindale Paramount schools as finances update. Father’s Day originated in 610.
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Board of Education
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Roy Acuff and Opry Stars Set for Winchester Drive-In Shows
Roy Acuff the King of Mountain Music will headline two two hour shows at the Winchester Drive-In on Sunday afternoon June 24. He will be joined by the Smokey Mountain Boys and Girls from the WSM Grand Ole Opry. The appearance marks the theater’s fourth anniversary as the first drive-in in the Shenandoah valley. Ray Beeker, Winchester resident and former Ranger Engine plant supervisor, helped pioneer the theater. Acuff is a popular star in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.
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Roy Acuff
Winchester
Long Island
Acuff
Columbia Records
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Alirginia
Frederick County Considers Ballot Box Purchase
Frederick County's election board seeks to buy the county's ballot boxes when voting machines arrive in September. County Commissioners will decide after the new machines are received, delaying plans for the old boxes. A separate note cites botanists claiming the Great Smoky Mountains cradle North American vegetation.
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Frederick County
Great Smoky
Mountains
North America
Louisiana lawmakers refuse probe into state crime
Briton Rouge June 20 Louisiana lawmakers rejected a proposal to form a House committee to study Senate crime reports and probe law enforcement. The measure failed 60 to 20 with 19 not voting as Rep. Algie Brown led the bid and Rep. Marion Vallee opposed citing local duties and Bourbon Street concerns.
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Louisiana
Kefauver
Algie Brown
Shreveport
House of Representatives
Senate Crime Committee
Louisiana House of Representatives
Marion Vallee
Jefferson Davis Parish
Bourbon Street
New Orleans
French Quarter Avenue
Vallee
Thompson
U. S. Senate
OPS Gathering Scheduled Here in Hagerstown
An OPS information meeting is set for tomorrow at Heck's Tavern in Hagerstown to discuss extending the Baltimore office’s control program and rules. Local tavern operators, including Brown the author of Tourgiana’s Resolution, are invited along with OPS officials.
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Heck’s
OPS
Baltimore
Price
Brown
Tourgiana
Ing
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US Senate Crime Committee
New Orleans
Vallee
National Capitol
Fanny Brice Estate Leaves Millions to Heirs
Fanny Brice's will allocates the bulk of a 2 million dollar estate to her two children Frances Stark and William Brice with 50 000 dollars yearly for life to each. Her brother Lew Brice and sister Carolyn Russak receive 40 a week life incomes, and 1000 is left to secretary Marion Altenberg.
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Los Angeles
Fanny Brice
Frances Stark
William Brice
Lew Brice
Carolyn Russak
Marion Altenberg
Jamaica
Long Island
Forsythe Denies Reunion in Turner Divorce Proceeding
Mimi Forsythe 29, seeking final decree of divorce from James Turner 33, claims no reconciliation occurred after an interlocutory decree. Turner alleges they lived together in August to September 1950 and April 1951, and Forsythe recounts assaults in Chicago and in a California meeting. The judge ordered a full hearing due to conflicting affidavits. Forsythe, ex-wife of Benedict Bogeaus, married Turner in 1947 and divorced on grounds of cruelty. A California Tech wind tunnel tests at 10th net speed of sound.
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James Parnell Turner
Auto Party
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Forsythe
Chicago
Turmer
Misa Forsythe
California Institute, ‘of Technology
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