Cable Under Ground To Be Installed In City
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co won approval from the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to lay an underground conduit across the town from Mt Olivet boulevard to East Coast Relay Center along O Possumtown Pike. Work is slated to start April 18 and finish by June. streets will be repaved by the company and parking meter revenue may be reimbursed. A city inspector and future conduit spaces are provided for.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
Market Street
Robert A. Whiteford
Mt. Olivet Boulevard
14Th Street
Motter Avenue
East Coast Relay Center
O'Possumtown Pike
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Chemical Weapons Urged by Army Expert in Cleveland
An Army chemical warfare expert told a Cleveland audience the United States should push to develop chemicals more potent than existing nerve agents and that an adequate program requires strong public support. Dr William H Summerson warned of a race with the Communist bloc and urged rapid toxicological advances.
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Cleveland
Ohio
United States
America
Soviet Union
Wiliam H. Summerson
Chemical Corps’ Research and Development Command
Summerson
Marshall Stubbs
Army
Crackdown Nets 2 Men In Airline Hoax Cases
Federal campaign against airliner hoaxers results in two arrests, including Fred Y. Cronk Jr., a 48 year old petroleum engineer in Tulsa. Cronk allegedly triggered a Denver to Tulsa flight bomb scare last week while disputing with a stewardess by saying birds brought a bomb aboard.
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Washington
Fred Y. Cronk Jr
FBI
Tulsa
Oklo
Cronk
Man's First Space Leap This Summer
Dr. John P. Hagen says one of seven U S astronauts will launch from Cape Canaveral this summer in Project Mercury. The capsule will reach 100 miles high and travel at 15 000 mph but not enter orbit. Hagen, former Project Vanguard chief, now heads the UN Peaceful Uses of Outer Space conference.
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Atlanta
U.S
Cape Canaveral
Fla
John P. Hagen
Hagen
United Nations Conference On Peaceful Uses
Malicious destruction cases heard in magistrate court
Two teenage brothers Charles and Harry Mullinix pleaded guilty to damaging a cabin owned by Norman Bageant near Baltimore. They received a ten day suspended jail term for Charles and restitution. Other cases included Paul Carpenter fined for vandalism at Hamilton's Tavern and two speeding violations on Route 40. George E. Newman ordered to increase non-support payments to $25.
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Harmony Grove
Charles
Harry Mullinix
Richard Zimmerman
Hallowe'en
Hallowe’en
Tyson D. Mullinix
Edward D. Storm
Harry
Middletown High
Paul F. Carpenter
Woodbine
Carpenter
Hamilton
Liberty
Rosalie Hamilton
Donald E. Turner
Baltimore
Dan Dee
Route 40
Stephan Riland
George E. Newman
Pearl
Office To Become Convalescent Home In Hagerstown
HAGERSTOWN The Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corpora tion’s Marsh Pike executive office building will be converted into a suburban convalescent and geriatric home named Avalon Manor. Dr and Mrs Harold N Taylor acquired the property yesterday after a weeks long sale negotiation. They plan to transform the two level structure into a nursing home with extensive new facilities to offer the East’s most complete accommodations for the elderly.
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Hagerstown
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation
Marsh Pike
Avalon Manor
Harold N. Taylor
Taylors
City to authorize modern lights for McCurdy Field
The Board of Aldermen authorized Mayor Ramsburg to secure bids for relighting McCurdy Field with modern equipment. No new light towers. existing towers will receive upgraded lighting to improve play area illumination for the 1960 baseball season. Babe Ruth League won permission to use McCurdy Field. Easter Egg Hunt, Model Airplane Meet, and Dance Festival permissions also approved with dates and locations noted.
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Board of Aldermen
Jacob K. Ramsburg
McCurdy Field
Frederick
McCurdy
Ramsburg
Babe Ruth League
Amvets
Culler Lake
Baker Park
Exchange Club
Evelyn White Grove
Home Owner Ejects Census Taker
A Detroit suburb dispute grows after census worker Janet Vukovich and supervisor Helene Zimmerman are turned away by George Kido who refuses to answer census questions. Kido cites government distrust and refuses forms, facing possible penalties. regional director John Tharaldson notes no prosecutions for refusing to answer in 170 years.
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Detroi
George
Kido
Sterling
Janet Vukovich
Five Day Forecast and Soviet Exposition in Iraq
The bulletin notes temperatures staying near normal with weekend warmth and a warmer midweek. It forecasts scattered showers Sunday and Wednesday totaling about half an inch. In London, Anastas Mikoyan arrives to open a Soviet industrial exposition and likely address Iraqi leaders amid strained Moscow linked Communist ties as Iraqi trade with the bloc declines.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Mikoyan
Traq London
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Soviet Union
Iraq
Tass
Abdel Karim Fhassem
Moscow
West Set For Barrage Of Red Propaganda Proposals
Western allies prepare for a surge of Soviet proposals at the upcoming summit. Allied ministers plan pre-summit strategy sessions in Washington as Khrushchev seeks to sway opinion with talks on trade culture and disarmament. France eyed a joint Soviet West economic aid plan but Britain and the United States doubt the approach.
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West
Washington
Berlin
Germany
Khushchevy
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Warsaw
Charles de Geulle
Eisenhower
White House
Question That Haunts Census Takers Age Question
A district spokesman notes that age questions cause the most hesitation yet are confidential. In Montgomery County some residents refuse to answer, but supervisors smooth the issue. Identifying cards are shown, and in person visits are required for census data collection.
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Montgomery County
Sixth Congressional District
George R. Hughes
Hughes
FHS Senior Wins College Scholarship at Franklin and Marshall
Frederick High School senior Robert L Twentey won an honorary scholarship from Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster PA He is a National Honor Society finalist in national exams and is active in student council He is son of Mrs Louis Twentey of Yellow Springs and a Francis Scott Key Chapter NHS member. Swiss general dies in Lausanne Gen Henn Guisan who led Switzerland's WW II defense plan dies of pneumonia at age nine line breaks adjusted to fit.
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Robert L. Twentey
Frederick High School
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster
Young Twentey
Louis Twentey
Yellow Springs
Twentey
Robert Ferguson
Ferguson
Twentty
Dies
Lausanne
Switzerland
Henn Guisan
Poison Gas The Big Weapon In War Against Cancer
A World War I poison gas, nitrogen mustard, is being studied as a cancer treatment. Duke University researchers report cytoxan shows tumor suppression in 126 patients with various cancers including ovarian carcinoma, though side effects remain a limiting factor for some patients.
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Chicago
Duke University Medical Center
Burham
R. W. Rundles
T. E. Fulmer
T. W. Gore
A. Opalinsk
American Assny For Cancer Research
Defiance In S Africa Blunted by Government Crackdown
Johannesburg reports show the South African government suppressing Negro defiance after pass-law protests. The ANC and PAC were banned for a year, reservists mobilized, and a nationwide calm returned though unease persisted. Police raided Nyanga, detaining 162 after screening, while thousands sought new passes.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
African National Congress
Pan Africanist Congress
South African Broadcasting Corp
Nyanga
Cape Town
Nyanga West
Nyanga East
Atheist challenges Maryland oath for notary public
Roy R. Torcaso of Wheaton seeks to overturn a state requirement that public officials swear belief in God arguing the U.S. Constitution protects freedom to disbelieve. Maryland maintains the oath safeguards public interest and notary commissions require religious affirmation.
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Annapolis
Maryland Court of Appeals
Roy R. Torcaso
Wheaton
Washington
Toreaso
Maryland
U. S
Attorney General's Office
Torcaso
Bar group forms fund to reimburse clients in embezzlement cases
The Kentucky State Bar Association adopted a resolution to establish a fund in Louisville to repay clients whose money is embezzled or stolen by lawyers. The move aims to provide prompt restitution and restore trust in the profession.
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Louisville, Ky
Kentucky State Bar Assn
Lawiggs
Kline Low Bidder On Resurfacing Route 522
Richard F. Kline of Frederick appeared the low bidder for resurfacing seven miles of Route 522 in Morgan County West Virginia from Berkeley Springs to the Virginia line. The bid totaled 385 705 dollars. The West Virginia Road Commission opened bids for repainting the Shepherdstown bridge with P N Spanos of Wheeling the low bidder at 12 351 dollars.
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Richard F. Kline
Frederick
Morgan County
W. Va
Berkeley Springs
Virginia
West Virginia Road Commission
Shepherdstown
P.N. Spanos
Wheeling
New NASA TIROS I Photos Released From Orbit
NASA released new TIROS I weather satellite images showing broad Mediterranean and Gulf of St Lawrence views. The tape recorder on one camera has malfunctioned since Saturday while direct view, non tape stored pictures offer more detail. NASA chief Glennan says the experiment is progressing well, with no Soviet or Red Chinese targets shown yet.
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Washington
Natonal Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mediterranean Sea
Gulf of St. Lawrence
T. Keith Glennan
The
Space Administration
NASA
Glennan
Soviet Union
Earth
Cold Deer Club plans feeders to aid winter deer
The Cold Deer Hunting and Fishing Club proposes spring construction of tree feeders on city mountain land to store hay for whitetail deer during deep snows. Paul Harper leads the effort with tin coverings to keep hay dry and accessible after snows block natural food. City Engineer Robert Whiteford approved the project, prompted by a prior severe snowstorm that left deer struggling for sustenance.
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Paul Harper
Robert A. Whiteford
Frederick County
Funds For Agencies Cut In House Appropriations Bill
The House Appropriations Committee rejected Eisenhower’s request to hire 634 more employees in the State Department and U S Information Agency. The bill provides 676,579,807 dollars for the agencies Justice Department and judiciary, with cuts totaling 37,223,38 dollars from the president’s request. State Department is funded at 223,734,754 dollars, Justice 278,220,180, Federal courts 19,300,045, U S Information Agency 116,988,980, and Civil Rights Commission 50,000. The panel criticizes overseas staffing methods at the Foreign Service Institute and notes no cuts to the FBI.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
State Department
U. S. Information Agency
Justice Department
Judiciary
Federal Courts
U.S. Information Agency
Civil Rights Commission
Foreign Service Institute
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Professor Ousted For Sex Views At Illinois University
The University of Illinois fired biology professor Leo F. Koch over a letter supporting premarital sex in some cases. An effigy of university president Dr. David Dodds Henry hung outside the campus, prompting rapid action by officials. Koch says the dismissal violates academic freedom and will appeal through university channels and the AAUP.
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Leo F. Koch
University
Koch
Daily Illini
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FHS
Africa
Kline
Mediterranean
St. Lawrence
Hunt Club
State Dept
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