Politician To Head Italian Government Local Teachers Voted $200 Pay Boost
Washington County Board of Commissioners, on the Education Board’s recommendation, approved a $200 annual pay raise for about 750 county teachers, increasing starting pay to $3,600. The boost, funded from surplus, takes effect next September costing $60,000 this year and about $150,000 next year, with the move spurred by Governor McKeldin’s veto on state funded raises.
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Washington County
Board of County Commissioners
Board Off’ Education
Uani- Tous
Board of Education
William Brish
Brish
Chester F. Delphy
Delphey
MecKeldin
Frederick County
Queen Annes Countians Vote To Pay Teachers 200 Bonus
A town meeting in CENTREVILLE with about 400 residents supported a teacher bonus rather than a salary increase. The amount will average roughly 200 dollars per year, pending county commissioners decision. The vote favored the bonus despite a split board and Governor McKeldin’s veto debate.
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Queen Annes
Centreville
MD. W
Audiorium
McKeldin
Harry C. Rhodes
Rhodes
Queen Andes County
CAA Approves Airport Plans Here
The Municipal Airport expansion moves forward after the Civil Aeronautics Administration approves the plans and specifications with minor changes. City Engineer Claude Williams said the letter from CAA district airport engineer Joseph Matt authorizes bids after changes and the latest U S wage rate decision are incorporated. The project relocates U S Route 11 east of the airport to extend the east end of the runway, clearing the way to acquire necessary land for the expansion.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Claude 13. Williams
Joseph Matt
CAA
Enineer
U. S
Williams
Chang Will Get Guided Missiles
The United States will bolster Formosa’s Nationalist defense with Matador guided missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, the U S Embassy said today in Taipei Formosa.
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Taipei
Formosa
United States
U.S
Juvenile Court Orders Home Punishment For Youths
Nine youths under 16 who tossed homemade bombs in yards on Highland Way Virginia Avenue and South Pator mac Street were ordered by the Juvenile Court to apologize in writing to residents. Magistrate Crossley said punishment should be carried out at home over time, with reduced allowances or privileges and additional work, and parents must sign letters confirming the home punishment.
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Crossley
Highland Way
Virginia Avenue
South
Patormac Street
Juvenile ‘Court
Evan McC. Crossley
Cumberland ministers and teens oppose curfew plan
A Cumberland debate over an 11 pm to 1 am curfew for 17 year olds drew opposition from ministers and youths. Delegates argued curfew punishes the many for a few, proposing instead a youth code created with adults and officials. Mayor Eves urged guidance over enforcement while police cited vandalism and heatings as reasons for action.
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Cumberland
Roy W. Eves
Eves
Ito
Clelay
Soviets Plan Sweeping Decentralization of Economy
The Supreme Soviet convened to approve a broad decentralization plan altering the Soviet economic system. Khrushchev drafted the administrative reform shifting planning and supervision from central ministries to regional economic councils while central authorities retain policy, price, and material allocations authority.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Kremlin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Doz
Soviet Union
Paragould blast kills mother and son in bed
In Paragould Arkansas a dynamite blast tore through an apartment killing Edna Sexton about 38 and her son Charles Biltinger 59 while injuring Nancy Bittinger 13 and sparing others. Police seek estranged husband Charles Sexton and custody issues loom as a July divorce is scheduled.
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Paragould
Ark
W. L. Brothers
Edna Sexton
Charles Biltinger
Brothers
Charles Sexton
Sextons
Nancy Bittinger
Sexton
Norma Jean Sexton
State
Marcus Fietz
Jonesboro
Atttorney
Fietz
Pacific
United States
Danish
Kattegat
Denmark
Sweden
Baltic
GM Rejects UAW Short Week Negotiation Bid
General Motors declined a United Auto Workers invitation to form a joint management labor study on a shorter work week. GM vice president Louis G. Seaton said the move would jump start negotiations a year early on a demand already pressed by four unions. Reuther had urged priority in 1958 negotiations and American Motors similarly rejected the industrywide study idea.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
Louis G. Seaton
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Atlantic City
N.J
American Motors Corp
Rome
Giovanni Gronchi
Italy
Central Front
Center Coalition
Antonio Segni
Segni
Christian Democratic Party
Adone Zoli
Oid
Guido Conella
Chamber of Deputies
Christian Democrats
Giuseppe Saragat
Social Democrats
Saragat
Prospective graduates receive job hunting tips
A four member business panel advised high school seniors on how to land and keep first jobs. They stressed dress, cooperation, and accepting criticism, noting neat office work and prompt impressions matter. Moderator Jane J. Guyton arranged the TV discussion for senior English students preparing for employment.
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Vice
Helen R. Fisher
Pangbarn Corporation
H. L. Mills
S. H. Ebersole
Newberry’s
R. Alfred Poote
North American Cement Corporation
Qwen R. Hones
Jones
Ebersole
Fisher
Jane 3. Guyton
Judge McLaughlin Substitutes On Court of Appeals
Judge D Kenneth McLaughlin sits on the State Court of Appeals this week filling in due to the absence of a regular member. He was asked last week by the Chief Judge to volunteer his services because a regular judge could not be present.
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William V. Keegan
R. Emmett” Flynn
Cumberland
D. Kenneth McLaughlin
State Court of Appeals
McLaughlin
Gas Syphoned From Car Tanks
Oklahoma City May 7 motorists report gasoline siphoned from tanks as sparrows fear being stranded on an oil rig. Kerr-McGee Industries and other locals note birds stayed aboard during construction and shifting operations.
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Ely
Oklahoma City
Louisiana
Ex Red Says Communist Drive Aims at Working Class
A Baltimore Bethlehem Steel worker and FBI undercover agent testified at a House HUAC hearing that the Communist party seeks to launch its revolution through heavy industry. Clifford C. Miller Jr said the party concentrates on the working class, especially at Sparrows Point, and claimed more operatives are active now than before though largely underground. He listed suspected communists from 1945 to 1948 and described the Steel Club as a key party group at Bethlehem. Miller, 31, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate, said he joined the party in 1948 after involvement with the Progressive party.
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Communist Party
Clifford C. Miller Jr
Bethlehem Steel
Sparrows Point
Miller
House Un-American Activities Subcommittee
Federal
Buureau
Rich
Ard Arens
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia University
Progressive Party
Steel Club
Bethlehem
High Honor To Dr. Wroth
Dr. Lawrence C. Wroth of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University received the gold medal of the Bibliographical Society of England at a Boston dinner. The award, described as the world’s outstanding honor of its kind, recognizes his bibliographic scholarship. he has ties to Hagerstown through visits to his late brother Peregrine Wroth.
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Bibliographies Society of England
Lawrence C. Wroth
John Carter Brown
Brown University
Boston
Providence Sunday Journal
Wroth
Hagerstown
Peregrine Wroth
Bibliographical Society
John Carter
Clear Dry Weather Outlook Through Thursday
Clear dry weather with milder temperatures is forecast through Thursday. Last night was chilly but no freezing temperature or frost occurred. The early low today dropped to 34 degrees after yesterday’s high near 7 percent.
Draft Boards Induct Nine in Washington County
Nine men were called for induction today by Washington County Draft Boards. Names listed include Donald E. Miner of 721 North Locust Street and Robert Lee Doornberger of 1145 Beachwood Drive, along with John D. Magin nis of 208 Avon Road and Lawrence BE Plank of Dual Highway Route 1. Others are Phil Fugene Thompson of 114 East First Street, John Thomas Hoalstey of Staunton Virginia, formerly of the city, Richard M. Shank of 404 Singarore Avenue, Donald E. Smith of Route 1 Roonsboro, and Alvin F. Rogers of 718 West Franklin Street. A further call for men from Hagers town and Washington County is expected on May 12.
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Washington County
Donald E. Miner
North Locust Street
Robert Lee Doornberger
Beachwood Drive
John D. Maginnis
Avon Road
Lawrence BE. Plank
Phil Fugene
Thompson
East First Street
John Thomas Hoalstey
Staunton
Richard &. Shank
Singanore Avenue
Donald £. Smith
Roonsboro
Alvin F. Rogers
West Franklin Street
Hagerstown
Dry And Mild Weather Over The East Prevails
Dry and fairly mild weather prevailed across the eastern two thirds of the nation. Rain sprinkled western areas with light, scattered precipitation from western North Dakota through Washington and Oregon. Warming was reported from the Great Lakes to the Dakotas and southward through Texas.
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Rocky Mountain
North Dakota
Washington
Oregon
Great Lakes
Texas
Eight Shaken As Car Ralls On Rt 11 Near Pata ma River
Preston L Sellers Jr twenty from 616 George Street was driver when the car carrying eight youths from Hagerstown rolled over three times south of the Patama River bridge on U 8 near West Virginia late last night. He was knocked unconscious. others including Howard Uhler Gloria Grove Bob Fitzgerald Nancy DeHart Rosalie Grove and Beverly Patterson were taken to Washington County Hospital for treatment as state police and Deputy Sheriff Claude Cline investigated.
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Hagerstown
U. 8
West Virginia
Preston L. Sellers, Jr
George Street
Patama River
Selters
Howard Uhler
Gloria Grove
Bob Fitzgerald
Nancy DeHart
Rosalie Grove
Beverly Patterson
Washington County Hospital
Seller
Washington County
Claude Cline
Cline
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