Ask Andy A FEATURE FOR THE KIDS M D Line
A national contest entry by Marytime Botta of Allentown Pennsylvania asks whether the Mason Dixon line stretches across the United States. The article outlines the historic 1760s survey ending near 30 miles west of Maryland and describes a classroom activity to map the eastern border using New Castle Delaware Philadelphia and Cape Henlopen Delaware Bay as reference points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy
Marytime Botta
Allentown
United States
Mississippi River
Charles Mason
Jeremiah Dixon
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Chesapeake Bay
Delaware Bay
New Castle
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Delaware
Cape Welopen
Muskegon
Mich
Muskegon Fire Department
Mason and Dixon
Wallace F. Gannon
Lord Aged Homes
Baltimore
William Penn
Rapist Killer Gets 99 Years in Chicago Case
Clarence Baugh, 18, son of deaf mutes, lost a bid for a new trial and was sentenced to 99 years in prison for raping and murdering 8 year old May Manzo. Judge Daniel A. Roberts pronounced the sentence as the parents watched in silence.
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Chicago
Clarence Baugh
Baugh
Daniel A. Roberts
Criminal Court
Melvin
Mary Baugh
May Manzo
South Side
Atty
Harold Tyle
Asst
Samuel Papanek
Supreme Court
Roberts
Marshall Journalists Agree Ike Top Story
Forty-one of 77 Marshall College journalism students in a poll aligned with AP editors naming President Eisenhower’s heart attack as the No 4 story of the year. Three others did not list the illness among the first ten stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Marshall College Journalism
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Pan American Rome to New York airliner lands safely on two engines
An Aj Pan American Rome to New York airliner with 48 aboard landed safely on two of its four engines after losing one engine an hour after departure from Rome. The craft, scheduled to stop at Brussels, carried 42 passengers and six crew members.
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Rome
INS
Brussels
Byrd Plans Re Election To Congress In 6th District
Rep. Robert C. Byrd of Crab Orchard announced he will seek renomination and re election to Congress for a third term from West Virginia's 6th District. He said he has no desire to run for governor in 1956 and dismissed gubernatorial speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Crab Orchard
Congress
Byrd
West Virginia
Stroupe
Bowles
Dent
Burke Cassell
Coft
Iblinois
Waterway and highway tie up for heavy freight rollout
The Amherst Barge Co. barge to truck transfer moved 16 tons with crane lifting. Turnpike Commission terms aid heavy trucks while Charles E Hodges of the Charleston Chamber notes the Detroit Cleveland Pittsburgh corridor links to Atlantic Tidewater. Officials cite planning and mutual benefits but stress bidirectional freight flow is needed to cut costs.
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Turnpike Commission
Charles E.hodges
Charleston Chambers
Detroit - Cleveland - Pittsburgh
Atlantic Tidewater
Hodges
Amherst Barge Co
Turnpike
Chamber
Racing Reform Faces Money Payment for State Official
The commission approved a $100 daily payment to State Steward A. R. Winters of Huntington, a former senator, a decision some members questioned. LePore, a Wheeling resident, could not comment. A subcommittee meeting with the commission followed, as part of a joint probe into the racing group’s operations after a critical Koontz report. The probe involves Senate leaders Ralph Bean, Traubert, Stemple, Jackson, and House leaders Flannery and Bell along with Loop, Schupbach, and Powell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Winters
Huntington
LePore
Wheeling
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Commission On Interstate Cooperation
Koontz
Legislative Committee
Racing Commission
Edwards
Commission
Senate
Ralph Bean
D-Hardy
Traubert
D-Logan
Bell
Loop
D-Kanawha
Schupbach
D-Wetzel
Powell
Marland Report on Brams Paget Pay Question Patched
A special Turnpike Commission committee met with Marland to urge a blanket raise matching last winter and subsequent session. The plan, sketched after that meeting, was discussed by a legislative panel with key leaders from both chambers present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bram Pageters
Turnpike Commission
Marland
Legislative Committee
Senate
Bean
John Amos
D- Kanawha
Dayton Stemplé
Barbour
Glenn Jackson
Logan
House
Flannery
Martin Bowles
D-Kanawha
Cecil Underwood
Tyler
James Loop
Kanawha
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Willian
Penn
Lord Baltimore
Maelo' S Coe Mallte
Capitol Paine
Marshall
Ike
George Romans
Coff
Ing
Romans
East Rainelfe
Trapper
Cassel
Richlands
East Rainille
Meadow Bridge
Fayette County
Washington
Hagerty
Igreet
Boca Chica
Key West
Peerless Cleaners — Launderers Phong
Esa
Valley Bell Milkman
Sterling Restaurant
Diamond
Washington St
Marland Report
Charleston Gazette
Charleston
W. Va
Democratic
Daily Gazette Company
Corzier End
Bally
the Gazette
Associated P. International
Galperin Music CO
FCORD
Record Department
RCA Victor
Columbia
DECCA
Capitol
London
Westminster
Camden
Glen Angel
Urania
C.O.D
Needle Mart Department
See Ene Music CO
Mezzanine
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