Absentee voting opens for May primary in county race
Voters out of town may cast absentee ballots at the Board of Election Supervisors in the courthouse basement. Absentee voting rules include civilian, service member and sick person ballots with deadlines ranging from 20 to 5 days before May 17. Primary features include one Republican congressional contest and two Democratic contests for president and congress.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Court House
Russell House
House
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
James A. Buchanan
R. Byng Divall
Montgomery County
Lar Daly
Cook County
Andrew J. Foster
Baltimore City
John F. Kennedy
Suffolk County
Mass
Wayne Morse
Lane County
Oreg
Foley
Claude A. Taylor
Flock Of Wild Geese Spotted Over City and County
Residents reported multiple flocks of geese flying north this morning with many observers noting large formations. Cal Bare and Harry Stap heard birds last night and observed a large V shaped flight at dawn, with others seeing several flocks over Flint Hill and Yellow Springs roads totaling about 100 birds per flock.
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Cal Charles Bare
Ballenger Creek
Harry Stap
Shookstown
Stap
Milton Warfield
Flint Hill
Robert Cline
Yellow Springs Road
Wedemeyer to Speak at Book and Author Luncheon
General Wedemeyer retired commander of China theater operations in World War II and author of Wedemeyer Reports will headline the first Book and Author Luncheon on May 3 at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. The event, sponsored by Friends of the Library, aims to raise Library week awareness and promote library services with copies of the book available.
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Albert Coady Wedemeyer
China
Francis Scott Key
Einar Bergman
Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club
Annabel Lundgren
Friends of the Library Group
Wedemeyer
Tad
Mediterranean
Iaan
Josephine P. Etchison
Avco
Elizabeth Dade Embrick
Stanley D. Embrick
March 1895 to 1960s Coldest Local March on Record
The month ended as the coldest March locally since 1895 with record snow and low precipitation. Temperatures ranged from 1 below zero to 77 degrees, and snow totals reached 19.4 inches though most was dry and water content low. Measurable rain occurred on eight days, totaling 1.57 inches, far below normal.
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Usemonth
Lewis Robertson
Airport Weather Bureau
Airmen Held After Arms Cache Found in Manchester
London AP reports three U S airmen detained after British police uncover an arms cache in a Manchester house. An Air Force spokesman says no charges yet and that investigations continue with cooperation from civilian police.
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London
U.S
Manchester
Air Force
Reelected president heads Cullen Auxiliary meet at Buckeystown
Mrs. George Le 2stec Thomas Jr. was reelected president of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Victor Cullen Hospital at the annual meeting held this week at Bus Sard’s Roost near Buckeystown. Officers named include Florence E. Little and Robert W. Leichert Sr. as vice presidents, H. Elizabeth Wolfe recording secretary, Miriam W. Feely assistant secretary, Henry R. Shoemaker corresponding secretary, Catherine N. Johnson treasurer, with directors C. Lease Bussard, Walter E. Sinn, and John W. Wolfe.
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George le 2Stec Thomas Jr
Victor Cullen Hospital
Virginia Shoffeitt
Maryland Tuberculosis Association
Anna Schole
Maryland State Department of Health
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Snow Fence Removal Underway After Severe Winter Storms
State and County road crews began removing snow fences along 370 miles of county roads as rain and thaw slow work. Patching and drainage work continues to repair frost and pothole damage from a hard winter, with surface treatment planned in coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Roads Commission
Ray Hartman
Hartman
Charles Flora
County Roads Department
Anl
One Man Killed Nine Injured in Baltimore Crash
One man died and nine others were hurt in a two car collision at Pratt and Calvert streets near Baltimore's inner harbor. Police found the injured across the intersection. two were listed in critical condition.
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Baltimore
Pratt and
Calvert Streets
Inner Harbor
Fire Drives Off Elderly Montgomery Couple From Home
An eighties couple, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Welling of Comus, lost their two story frame house and all belongings in a morning fire. Mrs. Welling was carried to safety by a neighbor and later taken to Washington Sanatorium. Fire crews from Hyattstown and Upper Montgomery County volunteers battled the blaze, estimating about 10 000 dollars in losses as the building was described as a total loss and unrepairable.
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Montgomery County
E. C. Welling
Comus
Hyattstown
Welling
Hyattstown Company
Mrs. Welling
Auto Overturns Into Creek Near Sandy Hook School
A 1950 Mercury driven by William Deener of Knoxville overturned into a creek near the Sandy Hook school shortly after midnight. Deener was charged with failing to drive to the right of center. police said injuries were reported and the car was demolished. The state police investigation was led by Robert T. Storer.
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Sandy Hook
William Deener
Knoxville
Deener
Robert T. Storer
Dogs Roaming Out Of Control In Frederick
Frederick city officials warn of many free roaming dogs causing barking fights and bites. Chief Charles V. Main urges enclosures or leashes and no continuous barking. Impounded dogs undergo a state madatory test. dog warden Harry Phelps enforces.
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Frederick
Charles V. Main
Chief Main
Harry Phelps
Deaf Students React To Freon Horn Demonstration
A Maryland School for the Deaf demonstration showed a freon activated horn signaling through kinesthetic and auditory response. Lloyd A. Ambrosen and Harold Eustis described students who felt the noise rather than heard it, suggesting kinesthetic cues as a method to gain attention for use in daily school life.
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Maryland School For the Deaf
Maryland Petroleum Association
Lloyd A. Ambrosen
Harold §. Eustis
MPA
Ambrosen
Eustis
Massive Spring Storm Blights Midwest Flood Areas
The spring storm brings snow and freezing rain across the flood battered Midwest and rains to the Gulf states. About 15,000 people are homeless with renewed flooding and power outages reported in Nebraska Iowa Missouri Illinois Michigan and South Dakota. Affected towns include Des Moines Bartlett Winslow Grand Rapids and Wheeling with rising rivers and evacuations ongoing.
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Midwest
Florida
South Dakota
Nebraska
Mississippi Valley
Dakotas
Minnesota
Red Cross
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Gulf States
Pensacola
Fla
Mobile
Ala
Dothan
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
New England
Iinois
New Orleans
Des Moines
Bartlett
Big Sioux
Civil Defense Emergency
Elkhorn River
Winslow
North Park
Comstock Park
Grand Rapids
Grand River
Chaois
Young Farmers Wives Plan Meeting With Guest Speaker
The Young Farmers Wives group will meet Tuesday at eight o clock in Worcester Hall extension offices. Mrs Adele Miller announces guest speaker Mrs Betty Coss from Hagerstown who will present a cake decorating demonstration.
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Young Farmers
Wies
Wochester Hall
Adele Miller
Betty Coss
Hagerstown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wedemeyer Book Club
W.W
China Theater
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Berkeley County
Clyde Ball
Morgan County
Ges
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Cullen
G. L. Thomas Jr
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Army Signal Corps
Fort Monmouth
X. J
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Weather Satellite
America
Weather
Atlantic
Canada
Harold &. Eustis
Maryland
Frank J. Keefer Petroleum Association
Oho River
Wheeling
Greene, Ky
Paice
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