Fallout Fear Rises From New York Radioactivity Study
A study by the Atomic Energy Commission finds New York and the southeastern U S have received more radioactive fallout from nuclear tests due to clothing quirks. Last year fallout rose 50 percent though levels remain below bone damage thresholds. Strontium in rain has risen since sampling began four years ago, with New York at 42.8 millicuries in December.
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New York
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Wide Career Outlined for Frederick Mayor Derr
A detailed Frederick City Hall biography highlights John A. Derr born August 2 1910 on a Monrovia farm and traces his path from deputy clerk to Coast Guard veteran to private industry and Republican leadership. It notes service in the Maryland House of Delegates, community roles, and a 1942 marriage to Olive Brandenburg with a daughter.
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John A. Derr
Frederick
Derr
Maryland
City Hall
Mayor Derr
Monrovia
John C. Derr
Frederick County
New Market
Frederick High School
Bridgewater College
Virginia
United States Coast Guard
New York University Law School
Manhattan Beach
University of Baltimore
Ellis C. Wachter
Coast Guard
T. Edgie Russell Co
Republican Party
Republican Committee
GOP
Washington
Montgomery
Allegany
Garrett
Devereux
Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin
House of Delegates
Horace M. Alexander
Maryland General Assembly
Annapolis
Frederick Elks Lodge
Frederick Kiwanis Club
Frederick Optimists Club
Francis Scotti Key
American Legion
Frederick Amvets
Frederick Church of the Brethren
Olive B. Brandenburg
Baltimore
Ethland Avenue
West Forest Park
Lewis H. Brandenburg
Derrs
Bruce Reeder Heads Local Optimist Club
Bruce Reeder elected president of the Frederick Optimist Club at regular meeting in the Francis Leon Ker Hotel Blue and Grey Room. Other officers named include Bob Bare Bob Barklow Warren Bichy Paul Ernest and Robert Dailey Jr with three new directors Lloyd Stup Ernest Stephens and Ly Paul Smith. Installation planned for June at Peter Pan. report on Easter basket drive shows progress toward a 2000 basket goal.
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Frederick
Ernest Stephens
Ly Paul Smith
C. Lease Bussard
Optimist
Charles Ritchie
Homer Brooks
Melvin Snyder
Ask Action Against FCC Probe Raises Justice Department Involvement
Washington investigators urged Justice Department action on alleged law violations tied to the Federal Communications Commission. The House Legislative Oversight subcommittee said its inquiry found improper conduct by some commissioners and industry figures, noting pressures on Miami Channel 10 cases but deferring to DOJ for the Miami matter.
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Washington
House
Justce Department
Federal Communications Commission
Special House Subcommittee On Legislative Oversight
Harris
D-Ark
Justice Department
FCC
TV Channel 10
Miami
Ela
Commission
Reort
Subcommittee
Pleasant Grove Homemakers Hear Social and Craft Reviews
Pleasant Grove Homemakers club met with Mrs Robert Windsor Sr as hostess. Miss Marguerite Burgee presided with The Thought For The Day. Gloria Harrison led songs and discussed Yankee Doodle Battle Hymn Of The Republic and Dixie. Decorations, pottery displays, and a delegation to Hood College were noted. Next meeting April 22 at Mrs Merril Hahn’s home.
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Pleasant Grove
Robert Windsor Sr
Marguerite Burgee
Gloria Harrison
the Republic
Raymond Bates
Charles Adkins
Windsor
Hood College
Harrison
J. William Lawson
Merril Hahn
Raymond Barnes
Taneytown HS Notes Highlights and Contests
Taneytown High School reports on student activities including a March 27 high school mathematics contest in the Maryland Virginia area, spelling bee results with Martha Garrett winner and John Rinehart runner-up, and a second annual Strayer College typewriting contest. Also noted are an Easter assembly featuring The Crucifixion film and musical selections, plus faculty attendance at a science event. An adjacent health Q&A discusses dangers of mixing tranquilizers with alcohol.
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John Leister
Martha Garren
John Hinebart
Jecie Nusbaum
Richard Wire
Jennings
Diane Chagan
Taneytown
David Barr
Robert Clingan
Crouse
Larry Little
John Keever
Kenneth Reifsnider
Leon Wantz
Ronald Welker
Elainener
Marion Michea
Aten Baumgardner
Jeffrey Dernon
Howald Hopkins
Louis Michea
Ronald Nusbaum
Patricia Lambert
Alyra Lieb
Elaine Wetty
Katharine Seibel
Miss Garrett
Merle H. Garrett
Route 1
John Rinehart
Robert B. Rinehart
Littlestown
Strayer College
Doris Bollinger
Annaslay Haycraft
Donna Eyler
Joyce Myers
Homer Alyers
Yesta Null
Carol Myers
Frances Grosson
Vesta Nulli
David Reifsnider
Stanley Jen
Direc
Tom's Creek and Walkersville Schools in Early 20th Century
School group photos from Tom's Creek 1913 and Walkersville 1914 show students and teachers identified by name. Notable figures include John L Baumgardner Emmitsburg and Catharine Carmack later Mrs Vincent Biser, with classmates such as Elizabeth Nicodemus Bertha Grabill and Clarence Hunisberry among others.
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Tom’s Creek
John L. Baumgardner
Emmitsburg
Charles Bentz
Walkersville School
Vincent Biser
Catharine Carmack
Right
Elizabeth Nicodemus
Nettie Reddick
Boone
Volleyball Results From Frederick Girls A Team Action
The Frederick News reports on March games where Mouton and teams faced defeat and varsity and junior varsity scores. Players named include Ethel Welker Katharine Seibel and Alps. The article notes a 33 to something score for the junior varsity and varsity contests with March 2 and March 27 dates referenced.
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the News
Frederick
Ethel Welker
Alps
Katharine Seibel
Mouton
Segiona
Three Religious Events Coincide Across Faiths
The article notes Christians Jews and Muslims observing Passover Easter and Ramadan while Jerusalem remains divided. Followers seek goodness though the city stands split by one man's land with Jews Muslims and Christians approaching sacred shrines from separate routes, not entering the other side.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Bet
Jerusalem
Amman
Jericho
Valley
Dead Sea
Joshua
Mohammed
Christ
No Man’s Land
Holy Land
Gold bars missing from Paris bound for Teheran
French police investigate a $45,000 shipment of gold bars dispatched to Iran by air from Paris last Tuesday. The cargo, consigned by a French transport firm for an American distributor aiding economically weak nations, was intended for a Teheran charity. Police saw the gold loaded at Orly Field in a sealed Air France Super Constellation. the aircraft stopped at Athens and Tel Aviv before vanishing.
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Paris
Iran
Teheran
Orly Field
Air France
iThe
Athens
Tel Aviv
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Great Lakes
Robert A. Hood
USN
Naval Training Center
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H. L. Vaughan
Recruit Training Command
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Edith E. Hood
Union Bridge
Hood
Sandra Faye Derr
Up ,Corp
Nathan Bass
East Fourth Street
Edwin P. Jordan
NEA
Abs. LR
Philips Delight School
Haven Lewis
Lantz
Paul Lewis
Leroy Toms
Mernova Toms
Minnie Toms
Leatha Toms
Eva Draper
Raymond Willard
Clifford Willard
Keefer
Taneytown HS
Ilrs, IL
Raymond Eyler
Carl Baumgardner
John Baumgardner
Robert Overman
Nellie Sigafoose
Allen Bent
George Baumgardner
Alvie Dern
Hilda Deberry iKiser
Theo Deberry Bohn
Bessie Nagle
Alice Obter
Wageman
Back Row
Maude Hobbs
Pendergast
Julia Dern
Roop
Ence Hunisberry
Ide Gaugh
Pauline Cromwell
Elizabeth Stauffer
Katherine Cramer
Ward Stauffer
Ross Wilhide
Dorsey Gilbert
Harold Harsh- Tan
Robert Nicode
Rachel Martin
Shorb
Martin Baublitz
Eckenrode
Mary Holman
Edna Hobbs Nogle
Mus
Mehra Reddick
Steila Wachter
Flanigan
May Crum
Wilbur Clem
Denda Hummer
Renner
Ernest Dinterman
Edgar Huntsberry
Ruth Hummer
David Hoke
John Stauffer
Hsbelleken
H.P
B.T U. Reg
GAY
Hiltner - Roelke Appliance Center
Patrick St
Footer's
Frederick, MB
Thomas E. Mglesworth
East Patrick St. Prones
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