Spring Warmth Returns With 85 Degree High
The region welcomed a spike to 85 at the airport weather station, the warmest since October, as a cool front moves in bringing showers and a return to seasonable temperatures by Friday. Forecasters expect another high near 85 this afternoon, with clouds, cooler conditions tomorrow, and a dry weekend ahead amid ongoing fire precautions. Early blooms appear across orchards and gardens as farmers prep fields and plant peas onions and potatoes. County Agent Shoemaker notes pasture greens but urges showers for better growth of wheat and barley.
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Airport
Baker Park
Henry R. Shoemaker
Centennial Bill Signed and State Projects Civil War Commissions
Governor Tawes signed a joint General Assembly resolution to appoint a Maryland Civil War Centennial Commission to plan the 1960 centennial observances of key battles including An tietam. The plan calls for a report next year and possible headquarters in Frederick. Also signed were laws taxing farm vehicles and Carroll county measures on liquor hours, juror pay, and reporting duties. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. denied overcharges of about six million dollars claimed by the PSC’s William T. McQuaid.
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Tawes
General Assembly
Maryland
Antietam
Frederick
Carroll County
C & P Baltimore
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Wilred T. McQuaid
People’s Counsel
Public Service Commission
PSC
U S Rushing Injured Soviet To Hospital
A four jet mercy mission nears completion for Evgenij Ivasevich Gneushev a 23 year old Soviet fisherman who tumbled into a vessel hold and was paralyzed five days ago. He rode the Coast Guard Storms to Cold Bay then will be flown 650 miles to Anchorage for care at a hospital.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Evgenij Ivasevich Gneushev
U.S
Cold Bay
Alaska ‘Peninsula
Coast Guard
Anchorage
Treatment For 33 Mis State Roads
A. H. Smith of Branchville bids 27966 for surface treatment of about 33 miles of state highways in Frederick Carroll and Howard counties. The spring oiling program will be contracted this year for the first time, with application of bituminous material expected to begin about May 15. Approximately 15.38 miles in Frederick County are included on routes such as US 15 north from Tuscarora to Lewistown, part of US 40 Alternate, MD 26 Unionville bypass, MD 75 from Fountain Mills to New Market, MD 177 Thurmont to Graceham, and MD 550 Woodsboro to Libertytown, with traffic maintained during work.
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A. H. Smith
Branchville
Frederick
Carroll
Howard
State Roads Commission
Frederick County
Tuscarora
Creek Bridge
Lewistown
Old Braddock
Braddock Mountain
Unionvile
Maryland
Fountain “Mills
L 'New Market
Thurmont
Graeceham
Woodsboro
Libertytown
Tipsy Driver Must Serve Term In Jail
Kenneth Raymond Harrison of Baltimore was fined 150 dollars plus costs and given 20 days for operating under the influence and 25 dollars plus costs for failing to drive to the right of the center of the highway. He was sentenced by Magistrate Wilbur Fi Sheffield Jr after pleading guilty to charges from Trooper Curt R. Mauzx following a collision with guard rails on U.S. 40 west of Frederick on April 7. He received jail time due to a prior drunk driving conviction within two years. Woodrow Wilson Titus of Hagerstown was found not guilty of speeding on Route 40 west of Frederick on April 2 after a tractor-trailer accident on Braddock Mountain. Trooper William Newcomer presented the case.
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Wilbur Fi ‘Sheffield Jr
Kenneth Raymond Harrison
Baltimore
Harrison
Curti R. Mauzx
U.S. ‘40
Frederick
Sheffield
Woodrow Wilson Titus
Hagerstown
Route
Titus
Braddock Mountain
William Newcomer
Dulles Warns Against Peace by Compromise with Khrushchev
Allen Dulles, head of the CIA, told the Edison Electric Institute 25th annual convention that peace cannot be won by compromise with Khrushchev. He warned Khrushchev believes communism will prevail mainly through nonmilitary means and that the Soviets and Chinese show no signs of abandoning plans to undermine free societies.
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New Orleans
Allen Dulles
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Khrushchev
Dulles
Edison Electric Institute
Nikita Khrushchev
Paarl
Wright 89 Architect Succumbs in Phoenix
Frank Lloyd Wright, 89, renowned and controversial architect, died at 4:45 a.m. in a Phoenix hospital after a brief illness. He designed more than 700 buildings including the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Wright, born 1859 in Wisconsin, was famous for sharp quips and strong views on cities and architecture. He founded the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and split his time between Taliesin estates in Wisconsin and Arizona.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Frank Lloyd Wright
Wright
Scottsdale
Richland Center
Wis
Tokre
Guggenheim Museum
New York
Price Tower
Bartlesville
Okla
American Institute of Architects
Institute
American Institute of Appearances
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Washington
Chicago Lake Front
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
Taliliesin Eas
Green Springs
Taliesin Wes
Taliesin
Desert
Catherine Tobin
Miriam Noel
Olga Lazovich
Visas Reported for 2000 Kurd Tribesmen Amid Baghdad Tensions
Cairo radio claimed Iraq granted entry visas to 2000 Kurd tribesmen from the Soviet Union in addition to 855 who allegedly passed through the Suez Canal aboard the Soviet ship Grazia. Baghdad radiosaid a Soviet vessel would land repatriates at Basra within days. Officials cautioned no action until arrival on Iraqi soil. The UAR fears Kurds would bolster Premier Kassem against Nasser aligned factions.
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Cairo
Iraq
Soviet Union
Suez Canal
Soviet Lion
Baghdad
Baghdad Radio
Basra
United Arab Republic
U.A R
Adel Karim Kassem
U A.R
Nasser
Kassem
Concert Has Big Audience at Frederick High School
Frederick High School presented its annual joint concert in the school auditorium before a capacity audience. Featured soloist David Hagan Jr. performed Liszt’s Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses. Sperry L. Storm led the band and Heisley B. Coran directed the chorus, with Joanne Creager and Karin Kelly as chorus accompanists.
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Frederick
David Hagan Jr
Liszt
Hagan
Bach
Youmans
Sperry L. Storm
Heisley B. Coran
Joanne Creager
Karin Kelly
Master Plan For Wheaton Kensington Area Presented
A Montgomery County plan titled a master plan for the Wheaton Kensington area was unveiled. The approach aims to preserve single family homes and improve traffic around major population centers. A community center near Georgia Ave between Blue Ridge Ave and Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic High School is noted, with remarks by Armhbur S. Stellaom rector of Capital Park mission.
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Rockville
Wheaton- Kensington
Montgomery County
Cally
Georgia Ave
Blue ‘Ridge Avenue
Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic
Armhbur S. Stellaorn
Capital Park
Mission
Field Fire Reported Along Freeway Interchanges
Independent units were called at 12 40 p m to a field fire along the freeway between the West Patrick street interchange and the Jefferson street U S 340 interchange.
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Patrick Street
Jefferson Street
U.S. 340
Potomac oyster clash leaves one dead in border shootout
Maryland and Virginia fisheries fray on the Potomac escalates as a Virginia boat is fired upon near Colonial Beach. One man, Berkeley Muse, dies, another, Harry Burg, is wounded. a third, John Griffith, escapes injury amid conflicting accounts of dredging and pursuit. Maryland inspectors and Virginia patrols clash as legal battles over oyster dredging continue centuries old.
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Colonial Beach
A.apa
Maryland
Virginia
Maryland Enforcement
Berkeley Muse
Oak Grove
Harry Burg
John F. Griffith
King Charles
Lord Baltimore
Honga River
Monroe Bay
Ginia
McKeldin
Griffith
Berkeley
Muse
King
TFC
Shenton
Edward S. Digges
Roger Bussler
Leonardtown
Harvey Cook
Cambridge
Barnes L. Braun
Annapolis
la Plata
Ativ
George W. Sowling
Charles County
Ring
T Supreme Court
Maryland General Assembly
Senate
House of Delegates
J. Lindsay Admond
J. Millard Tawes
Potomac
Local WWI Veterans Plan Meeting and Antietam Battlefield Study
Local Barracks No 2117 will host a Sunday April 19 meeting at 2 p.m. to support the State Convention of Veterans of World War I of the U S A Inc. The fifth annual Marsland Department convention is set for June 12-14 at the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore. The National Park Service agreed to study preserving the Antietam battlefield without purchasing all the land, amid criticism of Mission 66 cost plans and calls for a Senate veterans committee.
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U.S. A
Incc
American Legion Home
East Church Street
Marsland Department
Emerson Hotel
Baltimore
Congress
Veterans Organization
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Legion of Valor
The
Disabled American Veterans
Amvets
Charles Paul Staley
Frederick Barracks
Louis E. Eichelberger
Maryland
Nelson McGrath
Frank J. Weiperit
US. A. Inc
Alaska
Hawaii
District of Columbia
Philippines
France
National Organization
Louisville
Washington
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Warne Morse
Oregon
D-Fla
Park Service
National Park
Haley
Wirth
Antietam
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Park
John R. Foley
D-Md
Antietam Battlefield Park
Two Sailors Die In Berkeley Springs Car Crash
Two U S sailors from Norfolk Va were killed and a third injured when their car struck a jilly pole on the outskirts of Berkeley Springs W Va early today The two dead were identified as Donald G Beiven and Eugene M Gallant The injured man Gary B Burson suffered a fractured ankle and cuts The ages and home towns were not released immediately The car skidded about 90 feet after impact and struck the pole Meanwhile Pierre E Martel a former club bartender convicted in March and sentenced to three years appealed to the Court of Appeals The appeal papers were signed at the House of Correction and forwarded to Clerk Ellis C Wachter The case involved disappearance of about 350 reportedly in club custody
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Norfolk
Donald G. Beiven
Eugene M. Gallant
Gary B. Burson
Pierre E. Mariel
House of Correction
Court of Appeals
Martel
Ellis C. Wachter
Arte
Hydrocket water jet engine: boats speed up to unknown limits
Aerojet General unveils the hydrocket, a water jet propulsion device with no propellers. An impeller sprays water to propel craft, promising at least 75 percent speed increases for hydroplanes and potential military uses. A 23 horsepower test reached 22 mph. commercial model due in two years.
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AZUSA_ Cal
Aerojet-General Corp
Calvin Gongwer
Aerojet
Gongwer
Aero-jet General
Sonic booms to become worse across skies, experts warn
San Franciscans endure three days of sonic booms as aviation experts say the problem will worsen. Dr Max Heaslet of NASA notes no method yet to dissipate pressures causing ground vibrations. The discussion covers aircraft speeds above the sound barrier and resulting pressure disturbances. A separate report says the United Fire Company responded to a field fire alarm on South Market Street near Mt Olivet Cemetery at 12:15 pm.
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San Francisco
San Franciscans
Max Heaslet
National Aeronautics and’ Space Administration
Theoretical Aeronautics
United Fire Company
South Market Street
Mt.Olivet
Iraq to face Communist threat near Baghdad takeover
AP analysis argues a communist seizure of Iraq could unfold with Kurdish armed groups and Soviet support, risking a Korea-like conflict as pro Nasser forces border Iraq and regional powers may intervene. a Moscow driven regime in oil lands could trigger Arab backlash and wider war.
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Wiliam L. Ryan
Iraq
Harper
Korea
Soviet Union
People’s Resistance
Gamal Abdel Nasser
S. ‘Arab Republic
Syria
Trani_ fromier
Shammar Irshesmen
Baghdad
E.R
Mace
Muqaya al Sha’Abiyah
Popular Resistance
Stich
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Middle East
Arab East
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Mao
China
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Wheaton
Kensington
Brooklyn
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Mamie
Eisenhower
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Greens
Augusta National Golf Course
NPS
Join Meeting
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EPA
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