Autoists to Feel Pinch as Rationing Starts
London reports the British government will begin gasoline and oil rationing for motor vehicles on December 17 with a basic allotment and a small essential-use supplement. Ration book distribution for private cars begins November 22. The move follows Suez Canal blockades and ongoing fuel shortages across Western Europe.
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London
Fuel and Power
Aubrey Jones
House of Commons
Jones
Suez Canal
Egypt
Suez
Europe
Tavernkeeper Fined for Selling Beer to Minors
Mrs. Gertrude Folk, operator of a tavern on U S Route 11 north of Martinsburg, pleaded guilty to selling beer to minors and was fined 55 dollars by Magistrate Berkeley Gay in Martinsburg. Police arrested two intoxicated teenage girls who admitted drinking at the Falk tavern. The girls, aged 15 and 16, are held for Martinsburg Juvenile Court. Hagerstown authorities were notified after two more girls in the area were picked up for drunkenness.
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Gertrude Folk
Martinsburg
Berkeley Gay
Folk
Falk
Hagerstown
Local Driver Assessed Fine After Weekend Collision
A vehicle driven by David Leon Gordon of Hagerstown collided with a telephone pole on U S Route 11 seven miles north of Martinsburg. Property damage was $250. Gordon appeared before Justice Charles E. Sullivan, pleaded guilty to hazardous driving, and paid a total fine and costs of 530.4.
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Martinsburg
David Leon Gordon
Hagerstown
Justice of the Peace
Charles E. Sullivan
Martingburg
Gordon
Building Permits Slow In City Documented
Building activity in the city proceeds at a slow pace with permits issued for multiple projects. Listings show renovations and additions at addresses including Concord Street, Valley Road, Redetifte Avenue, and Georgie Avenues, with varied structures such as porches carports and storage buildings.
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Mary
Concord Street
Avera
Beth
Concord St. L. C
Persythe
Valley Road
V. Shank
City Aivivens
Georgie Avowes
Jail Term Given In 12 Cent High School Threatening Case
Magistrate William P. Kreyk enbohm sentenced 17 year old David T. Custer to 30 days in jail for assault on 14 year old Paul Hess and threats of extortion against South Hagerstown High students. Custer, arrested after a complaint that he demanded money from Hess and two other youths, was said to have warned jackets would be taken if money was not handed over. Police noted reports of other incidents and said investigations will continue.
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William P. Kreykenbahm
South Hagerstown High
David T. Custer
Rose Jill Avenue
Ron Paul W. Hess
North Mulberry Street
Kreykenbohm
Custer
Francis Pheil
Robert Grimsley
Albert, Lowry, Jr
Hilhard Hannon
Hess
South Potomac Street
Downsville Pike
Lowry
Russia
Krushchev
Low municipal payroll in Hagerstown noted by census
A census study of about 1,300 cities shows Hagerstown with 357 municipal employees excluding school workers, equating to 5.9 per 1,900 residents. The per capita cost is $2.34, below the state and national averages, reflecting leaner city staffing amid growing service demands and rising local tax pressures.
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Hagerstown
United States
U. S. Census Bureau
Sizies
Lncal
Census Bureau
Low Flying Part Of P O Dedication
Northern Avenue post office dedication attracted attention as three C-123s and other transports flew over Ha verstown last Saturday morning. Maj. Lloyd NM Wenzel said Fairchild Aircraft staged the flyover for the ceremony at 500 feet or higher. Reports then noted a black twin engine Be 26 also flying over the area.
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Haverstown
Northern Avenue Post Office
Post Office Department
Washington, D. C
New Branch Post Office
Maj
Lloyd NM
N. Wenzel
Air Force
Fairchild Aircraft
Javea
United States
Auto and whiskey theft haunt Kidwell family incident
Seven children of William S. Kidwell and two younger brothers were patients at Washington County Hospital after a car crash and theft at 7M Oak Hill Avenue in Plymouth. A liquor store window was damaged by a passing car, and a physician said no diagnosis would be announced until tests finish. The family, residents near Main Avenue and Washington Street, faced the night time theft and the injuries from the crash with authorities investigating injuries to two younger siblings.
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William S. Kidwell
Julien Co. Memmer
Main Ave
Washington County Hospital
Oak Hill Avenue
Plymouth Auto
Willis S. Mar
Robert G. Gallagher
Thelin
Hagerstown
East
Oak Hill
Washington Street
Charles
Thomsieft
Virginia Knode
Jimbiskey
Thei
Wiedew
Chiang Says Reds Ready With Rockets
TRIPLE, Nov. 2018 The Defense Minister said intelligence reports indicate the Chinese Communist forces may have built rocket launching sites on the Fukien coast about 100 miles west of Formosa. The ministry did not confirm numbers or exact locations and gave no evidence of active launch platforms or missiles. Rumors of sites in Fukian and a possible attack on Formosa have circulated for a year.
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Tripel
Defense
Fukien
Formosa
Fu|kian
Delayed Western Maryland Train Hindered by Disabled Freight
Hagerstown commuters bound for Baltimore were delayed when a freight train near Union Bridge failed. A coupler between two cars pulled out, forcing the commuter train to halt until repairs. Passengers, delayed over an hour, were transported into Baltimore by bus.
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Hagerstown
Baltimore and Western Maryland Railway
Union Bridge
Baltimore
Asia nations seek on the spot U.N. check in Hungary
UNITED NATIONS NY India and two other Asian neutrals Ceylon and Indonesia moved to force a U.N. on the spot check in Hungary. They called on Hungary's Communist government to admit U.N. observers while relief aid may enter with U.N. representatives. The move surprised Russians and sparked debate as Nehru urged admission of observers to verify conditions.
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N.Y
India
Ceylon
Indonesia
U.N
Hungary
Dar Hammarskjold
Nehru
Tussia
Europe
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United States
Russia
Budapest
Lodge de
Condemnation Case Heard For Hagerstown Housing Authority
A circuit court jury heard a condemnation suit over two small land tracts needed for a low rent housing project off West North Street. The Shinbergs of Washington DC could not settle on land value with the Hagerstown Housing Authority, represented by Francis H. Urmer, while Edward W. Covey led the Shinbergs’ defense.
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Hagerstown
The
Housing Authority
Francis H. Urmer
Shinbergs
Edward W. Covey
Weather Forecast for Washington County Tonight and Tomorrow
Mostly cloudy tonight with occasional showers late tomorrow. Temperatures rise to 35 to 42 degrees tonight, with a 26 degree low this morning and a record 47 yesterday. Tomorrow’s high expected between 57 and 61 degrees.
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Washington County
Avenue out of control crashes into property lawn
A vehicle lost control and veered onto a lawn at a residence on Avenue. No injuries were reported, and the driver remained at the scene to cooperate with authorities.
Local Youth Jailed After High Speed Chase In Maryland
A Hagerstown youth driving a 1956 Ford at 115 mph led a chase through Maryland from Hagerstown to Bethesda before Trial Magistrate John B. Diamond in Rockville. Summerfield received 80 days in jail and a $600 fine, while co-occupant Ronald Jones posted collateral and was released. Police testified the car reached 2115 mph during the pursuit, beginning near Boonsharo and continuing to U.S. 240 at the Comos intersection before crossing a road block.
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Hagerstown
Montgomery County
Bethesda
John B. Diamond
Rockville
Diamond
William Joseph Summerfield
Summerfields
Ronald Jones
Tingerstown
Summerfield
Boonsharo
U.S. 240
Comos
Ler Grant
Ile
Canrinurd
Riots Erupt in Poland Amid Gomulka Moscow Talks
A Polish press report from Vienna claims riots and student protests erupted Sunday in Bromberg as Gomulka met in Moscow. The account notes police and fire brigades were fought, with tensions blamed on Poland’s new Moscow line and the Warsaw leadership.
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Vienna
Austria
Jan
Moscow
Warsaw
Gomulka
Kremlin
Glos
Olsztynski
Olsztyn
Allenstein
German East Prussia
Polish United Workers (Communist
British spy Trautmann accused as defecting to East Germany
East German news agency ADN claimed Harold Trautmann, a noted British spy in Berlin, has deserted to the Reds and supplied secret documents. A British spokesman dismissed the claims as ridiculous and said they had never heard of him. ADN alleged Trautmann’s materials showed Britain spied on East Germany, other Soviet satellites, and Egyptians in Berlin.
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Berlin
East Germany
Great Britain
Offleisl
ADN
Harold ‘Rautmarm
Trautmann
Two Bowman Boys Die In House Fire After Escape
A Martinsburg area fire killed Marvin Hess and two Bowman children from the December 1955 mapleville crash aftermath. Hess reentered the flames to save Dwight Bowman and Marvin Bowman Jr, both age four and five, while Shirley Bowman survived. Fire officials say the blaze began from an overheated stove in the Hess residence, with several Hess and Rowman family members injured in the crash and hospitalised in Martinsburg.
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Mapleville
Martinsburg
Kearneysville
Marvin Hess
Dwight Bowman
Marvin Bowman
Hess
Bowman
Shirley Bowman
Margaret Hess
Marilyn Hess
Darla Kay Hess
Gary Wayne Hess
Shirley Rowman
Rowman
Here
Helen Hess Bowman
Maryin Hess
Chester Bowman
John
Shiresley Bowman
Washington County
Uptil
Shea
Warren G. Bowman
Docember
Bowmans
Childdren
County Board Approves New Maryland County Code Plan
The Board of County Commissioners approves publishing a new county code to replace the 1990 edition with an estimated $4,000 cost for 250 copies. Carl Everstine to handle editing. A Hancock proposal urges tying a new high school west of Hancock to the sewer system, county share about $19,000.
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Board of County Commissioners
Carl Everstine
Everstine
Maryland
Hancock
Lem Kirk
Wanecock Council
Hantock
Tot Killed By Little Sister In Accidental Shot
In Aurora Colorado a 5 year old boy William Gary Gibson was killed when a pistol discharged while his seven year old sister Cara Lynn Elaine tried to replace it. The weapon had been taken from under a pillow on their father's bed. The father, Sgt Arlen T. Gibson, was on duty at Lowey Air Force Base. the mother was visiting a neighbor.
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Aurora
Colg
William Gary Gibson
Spencer Garrett
Fgarrett
Caralynn Elaine
Arlen T. Gibson
Lowey Air Force Base
Garrett Sant
Khrushchev half lit in Creagh analysis
Ed Creagh argues Khrushchev’s honesty shows when half drunk, urging the West to keep the Soviet leader in a state of partial intoxication to curb his diplomacy. He critiques Soviet atheism and religion, notes public misstatements, and suggests Westerners collect such instances to gauge Soviet truthfulness.
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Creagh
Khrushchev
ED Creagh
Washington
Tnaws
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Russia
Tie
Soviet Union
Redford
Associated Press
Katushchev
Man Must Pay Damages Or Face Jail Time
Harald E. Crabtree of 1003 Georgia Avenue charged with reckless driving after crashing into a car owned by Ana Amos. He received 60 days in Washington County Jail with sentence suspended on payment of $145 for damages to the Ameebar. The same auto reportedly struck pedestrian Artie Miler of 408 George Street at West Franklin and Prospect Streets Saturday night.
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Harald E. Crabtree
Georgia Avenue
Ana Amos
Washington County
Patrce
Crabtree
Artie Miler
George Street
West Franklin
Prospect Streets
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