Tornadic Storm Roils Frederick Area With Roofs Torn Off
A violent windstorm struck Frederick county near noon with speeds around 64 to 65 mph. Trees and television aerials were toppled, power outages reported, and structural damage noted at homes, farms, and facilities including Hood College and Frederick High School. A Civil Air Patrol plane moored at the airport escaped damage. Nearby towns such as Middletown, Myersville, Brunswick, and Emmitsburg reported various damages but no widespread catastrophe.
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Frederick County
Frederick High School
Hood College
Record
Ross S. Stull
Route 1
Thurmont
Harlen A. Wiles
Ballenger Creek
Westbrook
Middletown
Keymar
William A. Boyles
Kline Boulevard
Boyles
William McC. Holzapfel
Watkins Acres
Edward Kefauver
Myersville
Brunswick
John Long
Taneytown Road
Emmitsburg
Sunny But Cool Palm Sunday Forecast in Maryland
The Weather Bureau forecasts a sunny but cool Palm Sunday with frost danger only in Western Maryland tomorrow night. A fresh low pressure moving in from the west brings cooler air and temperatures may fall into the low 30s across much of the state, though strong northwest winds may prevent frost.
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Baltimore
Weather Bureau
Maryland
Rumors Of Early Truce Persist In Korea Talks
MUNSAN Korea April 5 Negotiators made no headway toward breaking a two way deadlock delaying a Korean truce. Persistent rumors spoke of an imminent armistice as a subcommittee wrangled 206 minutes over Soviet Russia as a neutral inspector and a ban on airfield construction. Prisoner exchange talks neared a formula while joint sessions recessed.
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Munsan
Korea
Soviet
Russia
U. N
JU. N
Reds
Joint Subcommittee On
William K. Harrison
293 Voters Added in Day of Registration Surge
The county board recorded 293 new voters on the last registration day before the May 5 primary, breaking turnout records with 133 Republicans 156 Democrats and four unaligned. Total new voters since January 1 reached 1 025, not counting military absentee registrations. Republicans led in three months registrations 532 to 484 Democrats, nine independents. The Election Supervisors office stayed open to 9 p.m. amid crowds. officials expect higher turnout than any prior election.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Savy
Ruth Moberly
Brunswick delegates discuss proposed Potomac bridge plan
Representatives of the State Roads Commission and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad met Mayor Stanley T. Wirts of Brunswick to review plans for a new Brunswick bridge over the Potomac River. A test bore contract was awarded, with construction expected soon, as the bridge would be higher to avoid floods and span Potomac Street, likely tapering toward Maryland near B street and Petersville road.
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State
Roads Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Stanley T. Wirts
Brunswick
New Brunswick
Potomac River
Commission
Wirts
Potomac Street
Maryland
B Street
Petersville Road
Virginia
Planes Crash Killing 15 In Mobile Fire
Two U S Air Force transports the C 47 and the C 124 Globe master collided in flight over Mobile Alabama causing a blaze that consumed parked box cars and fuel tanks. Coast Guard crash boats and a Navy helicopter hunted a possible lone survivor as authorities searched the swamps near the Mobile Tensaw Rivers.
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Mobile
Ala
U. S. Air Force
Gulf
Air Force
Alabama State Docks
Coast Guard
Tensaw Rivers
Harbor Tunnel Feasible Says Expert From New York
Balto Harbor tunnel proposal gains support from Ole Singstad a leading tunnel engineer who after inspecting the project says a two tube under Baltimore harbor is feasible and should carry one lane of traffic in each tube with two tubes built.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Baltimore Harbor
Ole Singstad
New York
Iwo
Only Son Of Van Fleet Is Missing
Lt. James J. Van Fleet Jr., a B-26 pilot and son of U S Eighth Army commander, is listed as missing in action after a night bombing mission near Sunchon North Korea. His two man crew and plane failed to return despite extensive search. He arrived in Korea three weeks ago and had just seen his father on his 60th birthday.
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Seoul
James JA. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Sunchon
North Korea
van Fleet
Frank F. Everest
Fifth Air Force
South Korea
Eighth Army
Matthew B. Ridgway
Young van Fleet
New York
West Point
Korea
Motorist Jailed on Drunken Driving Charges After Two Collisions
Stanley Russell Kidd, 27, of Route 5 Frederick, was jailed on $1202.90 bond after a pair of hit and run incidents on Bentz Street and nearby streets. His 1940 Pontiac struck a parked car owned by Leon Victor Culler causing about $10 damage, then rear ended a second parked car owned by Lucie H. Wolford with about $250 damage to his car and $50 to the Wolford vehicle. Police Investigating officers were Wiliam Boone Jr. and Arlington Hemp.
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Broderick
Callistons
Bent
Stanley Russell Kidd
Frederick
Kidd
North Bent
West Sixth Street
Leon Victor Culler
North Market Street
Culler
Bentz Street
Armory
Lucie H. Wolford
East
Patrick Street
Wolford
Wiliam Boone, Jr
Arlington Hemp
Women urge women to engage in politics at conference
In Daytona Beach on April 5 Miss Bertha S. Adkins of Salisbury Maryland executive director of the Republican women’s division and Indian Edwards Democratic counterpart urged women to join and work within political parties. They told delegates at Bethune-Cookman College’s women’s readership conference that practical political participation is essential for freedom and progress despite men’s resistance. In New York trading was extremely light on the stock market with prices narrowly mixed.
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Daytona Beach
Tinday
Bertha S. Adkins
Salisbury
Republican National Committee
India Edwards
Bethune- Conkman College
New Traffic Setup Monday in Frederick Street Plan
Frederick introduces a one way system starting Monday at 5 am. Market runs north to south and Bentz runs south. Ninth street becomes a one way corridor feeding Motter and Bentz, while South Street remains two way. Parking limits on Market and Bentz with meters. signs and signals installed, except Motter at Ninth Market. southbound Market Ninth will face a special signal.
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Frederick
Market
Bentz
Ninth
Ninth Street
Motter Avenue
Motter
Ninth Streets
Motorist 77 Hurt in Route 240 Three-Car Crash
A 77 year old motorist Charles Morningstar of Sellman was badly hurt and admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital after a three car collision on Route 240 near the Amelung road junction. Claude H. Shofkon of Alexandria Va was charged with reckless driving and held on 26.45 collateral while authorities investigate the 1951 car’s ownership. Jereme Morningstar and Frederick E. Siegel were involved. Mrs Morningstar accompanied him to hospital. No other injuries were reported.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Route 240
Amelung Road
Charles Morningstar
Sellman
Claude H. Shofkon
Alexandria
Shotken
Howard R. Walter
Riverdale
Edward Crowther
Walter
Shafkon
Morningstar
Jereme Morningstar
Frederick. E. Siegel
Haledon
N. J
Siegel
Southern Tornadoes Claim Seven More Lives
New Orleans reports seven dead and 64 injured as deadly tornadoes and wind storms sweep Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky. The disaster follows earlier devastations, with extensive damage and previous casualty totals mounting across the region.
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New Orleans
Twce
Louisiana
Alabama
Florida
Arkansas
Missouri
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Wreck Widens Devastation Across Queens Neighborhood
A twin engine cargo plane crashed into Queens causing at least seven deaths with ongoing fear of more. The aircraft struck two buildings, then a third, igniting a large fire in a block of Jamaica near L71st Street and 165th Avenue. Witnesses described a city in flames as cars burned and debris littered the streets.
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New York
Queens
New York International Airport
Thomas Boylan
Elizabeth
N. J
East River
Manhattan
United States Airlines
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Ames
Burneri
L71st Street
Éth Avenue
Jamaica
Irving Rothbaum
John Hughes
Port of New York Authority
Ae Department
Jack Harris
Associated Press
Pytly
U. Airlines
William B. Crockett, Jr
Jack L. Woederhoff
Peter Loftus
Helen de Franco
Sists Street
Arthur Ramshorn
Onlochker
Reds planed losses tally and Grand National winner
FEAF reported Allied pilots destroyed or damaged 1 053 Communist planes since the Korean War began as US and UN naval losses reached 622 with most due to ground fire air combat or unexplained causes. Teal won the Grand National at Aintree defeating 46 rivals in the four mile race with Legal Joy second and Wot No Sun third. A Lewistown property sale was recorded transferring ownership from Mr and Mrs Roscoe B Martin to Mr and Mrs Kenneth D Poole for about 313000 according to revenue stamps.
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Tokyo
Far East
United Nations
FEAF
WIENS
Aintree
England
Teal
Legal Joy
Wot No Sun
Lewistown
Roscoe B. Martin
Kenneth D. Poole
Revienue Stampa
Red Planes Lost In Week Report
FEAF announced the heaviest weekly toll against Communist air forces in the Far East, with 15 MIGs shot down, four probably destroyed and 21 damaged. U N losses included two Sabres and three aircraft lost to unknown causes as ground action remained quiet along the 155 mile front.
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SEQUL
U. S
Far East
FEAF
Sunmart
United Nations
Angry Woman Destroys Car Windshield With Eggs
In Oklahoma City a heated exchange at an intersection ended with an angry woman pelting a man's car windshield with eggs. Harlon Jones, seated in his vehicle, reported the motorist shouted threats and then drove away as police were summoned.
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Oklahoma City
Harlon Jones
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