Showers Damp Forest Fires Across Washington County
Wet weather paused multiple grass and wood fires in Washington County as about four acres burned near Gapland and a controlled burn on Shookstown road was observed on Catoctin Mountain. Foresters logged two and a half hours at the blaze as showers eased fire danger and gardeners welcomed the relief from dry conditions.
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Gapland
Washington County
Herman Toms
Catoctin Mountain
Leon Estar Brook
Shookstown Road
Frederick
Toms
Boonsboro
Richard Mills
Gathland State Park
Donald Kendall
Forests Guard
Marion Hoffman
James Gouker
Forest
Ridge Road
Braddock Heights
Gambrill State Park
Crellin Man Killed In Trucks Collision
Crellin resident Gerald Eugene Gank, 43, died in a crash on Maryland 39 three miles west of Oakland. The other driver, Albert Lee Asole, 31, of Oakland, was injured when his truck veered to avoid Gank’s oncoming vehicle on the highway’s right side.
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Oakland
Gerald Eugene Gank
Crellin
Imo
Maryland
Here
Gank
Ibert Lee Asole
Apple
Two WV Women Missing in Clarksburg Search
Two prominent Clarksburg women, Mrs. Juanita Ferguson and Mrs. Virginia Conley, disappeared while driving from Beckley to Clarksburg. State Police mobilized all available manpower, focusing near Sutton as authorities pursue possible routes via Buckhannon or Weston.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Beckley
Sut Iton
Juanita Ferguson
Virginia Conley
Laurel Court
Sutton
Charleston
Hazen Fair
Fair
Buckhannon
Weston
Ferguson
Thomas R. Ferguson
Conley
W. G. Conley
Bomb Blast Fatal To 34 In Philippine Village
A salvaged 50 pound bomb exploded in a central Lingareu Bay village near Dagupan Pangasinan, killing at least 34. Most victims were children aged 3 to 6. Fishermen had recovered the device from a sunken ship and were dismantling it when it detonated.
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Manila
Euzon
Philippine News Service
Lingareu Bay
Dagupan
Pangasinin
Three Feet Of Snow Left By Storm
Three days of snow battered the Rockies with as much as three feet in the mountains and record cold. Fraser Colorado logged nine below, Denver set an April 10 low of seven, while Colorado Springs received 23.3 inches. Four.Coloradoans died. flood warnings issued along the Texas Gulf coast as rain and moisture spread east.
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Associate
Rockies
Fraser
Colo
Denver
Texas Gulf Coast
Houston
Iittle
Oity
Weather Bureau
Colorado
Wyoming
Colorado Springs
Colorado Capital
Mid-Continent
Central Plains
Frederick County Sells 1.5 Million Public School Bonds
Frederick County completed a 1.5 million dollar sale of public school bonds to a New York syndicate led by Hartiman Rupley Inc. The bid produced 1,475,526.43 dollars in hand and a 50,000 dollar deposit. Proceeds will fund Walkersville High School construction and additions, with plans for future bond issues to finance Singapore junior senior high and Urbana elementary schools. County officials traveled to New York for the sale.
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U.S. Treasury
Board of Education
Walkersville High School
General Assembly
Singapore
Urbana
Frederick
Brunswick
Sabiliasville
Brunswick High School
Delbert S. Null
Board of County Commissioners
C. Burton Cannon Jr
James H. Falk
Goodloe E. Brrea
New York
Four Pasquini Children Die In Pittsfield Fire
A fire at a 22 story residence in Pittsfield Massachusetts killed four children of Mr and Mrs Perry Pasquini. The mother Maria Pasquini 40 leaped from a roof as a ladder burned and is hospitalized in serious condition. The father 42 was found dazed on the sidewalk. Remo Giacomoni 26 a lodger escaped unharmed. Mrs Pasquini’s mother Mrs Mosca escaped from her apartment behind the building.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Pasquini
Linda
Deborah
Carol
Perry Jr
Mosca
Remo Giacomoni
Heavy Guard For Castro Tour To Washington
The State Department mobilizes a large sea force to guard Fidel Castro during an unofficial day visit with security equal to Mikoyan's coast to coast travels. Demonstrations, threats, and Cuban Embassy warnings have begun. Castro will travel through Washington New York Princeton Cambridge with bodyguards and full guard.
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Washington
APY
State Department
Caban
Fidel Castro
Ant-Castro
New York
Princeton
Cambridge
Mass
Anastes Mikoyan
Castro
Iam
Grand Piano Drops Four Feet at Frederick High
Frederick High School's grand piano rolled off a stage during a routine stage clearing. Principal David Dean said the four foot drop caused minor damage and no injuries occurred as students and staff supervised the operation. A leaning riser against the piano is blamed as the cause.
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Frederick High School
David Dean
Dean
Cal
Man Dies While Party Line Ties Up After Heart Attack
San Carlos Calif AP report details Emma Dobert whose husband William 66 died four minutes after a heart attack as a party line tied up a phone call to ambulance. Police investigate alleged line hogging and emergency conduct during the incident. Temperatures forecast cooler weekend with light rain totals.
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San Carlos
Calif
Fort Wi
Emma Do
Associated Press
Bert
William Do
Dobert
Jage
California
Soviet Fisherman Injured Aboard Large Factory Ship
In Anchorage Alaska a 23 year old Soviet seaman Evgenij Ivanovich Gneushev remained in critical condition after a fall aboard the Pischavya Industria. Air Force doctors at Elmendorf Hospital gave him a 50-50 chance to live due to brain damage and paralysis. Coast Guard airlifted him from Cold Bay to Anchorage for treatment.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Evgenij Ivanovich Gneushev
Homer E. Woosley Jr
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Woosley
Gneushev
Pischavya Industria
Pischavaya Industria
Bering Sea
Bristol Bay
Coast Guard
Washington, D.C
Gnenshev
Aleutian Island
Siems
Cold Bay
Alaska Peninsula
Federal Aid Review Targets Washington Suburbs
Health official Flemming questions federal impact aid to Maryland and Virginia suburbs. He cites Montgomery County and Bethesda Chevy Chase High School as examples, noting the government should not fund districts with workers whose jobs are elsewhere. The 1950 program provides about 7 million dollars yearly for operating costs and construction aid.
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Washington
Virginias
Maryland
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Arthur S. Flemming
House
Flemming
Montgomery County
District of Columbia
Bethesda- Chevy Chase High School
Aviation And Md School Appointments Made In Maryland
Gov Tawes announced three appointments to Maryland State Aviation Commission for three-year terms: Charles D. Briddell of Orsfield, A. Paul Fonda of Hagerstown, and H. Robert Venables of Camp Springs. Victor Frenkis of Gwings Mills named to the Board of Visitors at the Maryland School for the Deaf for an indefinite term. The five member aviation commission aids aviation development, licenses ports and air schools, and administers federal funds for airport planning.
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Annapolis
Gov Tawesindar
State Aviation Commission
Board of
Maryland School For the Deaf
Aviation Board
Charles D. Briddell
Orsfield
A. Paul Fonda
Hagerstown
H. Robert Venables
Camp Spring
Victor Frenkis
Gwings Mills
School For the Deaf
Aviation Commission
Maryand
Commission
Maryland
American Little League Tryouts Postponed to Saturday
Tryouts postponed due to rain will be held Saturday at 1 pm weather permitting at Baker Park diamond, field west of Culler Lake. Location remains same regardless of tonight's schedule.
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Baker Park
Culler Lake
Two Backed For Fourth Montgomery County Judge
Joseph M. Mathias and Stedman Prescott Jr. lead contenders for the new Montgomery County Circuit Court seat created by recent legislation. Mathias ran Tawes county campaign. Prescott has strong family ties to the bench. The governor will name the appointee who must stand for a one year term in November 1960 and later an eight year term. The candidate will serve in Frederick County court when needed. A Montgomery Bar Association committee will soon submit recommendations, though its work is not finished. Legislative action adds two new judgeships. the fifth judge will face election in November 1962. Mathias is with Jones Mathias and Neumann. Prescott is an assistant state attorney general.
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Joseph M. Mathias
Stedman’ Prescott Jr
Silver Spring
Montgomery County
Mathias
Governor Tawes
Prescott
Court of Appeals
Sixth Circuit
Tawes
Montagomery
Frederick
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Frederick County
Montgomery County Bar Association
Bar Association
Montgomery
General Assembly
Jones, Mathias and Neumann
Washington Post
Rescott
Nehru Envoy To Meet Lama In Himalayan Trek
Indian envoy P N Menon reached Tezpur as the Dalai Lama and a small Tibetan exile party moved by horse along the Himalayas toward Bomdua, with a plan to fly to New Delhi on April 1. Chinese forces and Tibetan rebels clashed in several areas, and Chamdo was reported isolated.
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Xew
Delhi
India
Dalai Lama
Bombila
Nehru
Himalayas
Sancong
P. NX. Menon
Tezpur
Bomdua
New Delhi
Tibet
Times of India
Chamdo
China
Lhasa
Khrushchev Rebukes Ike Over Gettysburg Address
London AP report says Soviet Premier Khrushchev criticized Eisenhower's Gettysburg College speech of April 4. He accused the President of trying to raise tension and playing on people’s nerves, replying to Pravda editors’ questions.
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London
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Gettysburg College
Soviet Union
Pravda
United States Rubber Workers Strike Nationwide
About 26,000 production workers at 18 U.S. Rubber Co. plants walked out after midnight Thursday as negotiations failed on fringe benefits. The United Rubber Workers seek pensions insurance severance pay and supplemental unemployment benefits to match UAW standards. wages are not disputed.
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New York
U5. Rubber Co
theUnited Rubber Workers
United Auto Workers
U.S
Robbers Loot Key Post Home American Legion
Thieves broke into the Francis Scott Key Post American Legion on East Church Street early today and stole from two vending machines. They sealed a rear fire stair to the roof, pried a window panel, and used unspecified tools to break the music and pinball machines, with coins and two whiskey bottles taken. loss amount not yet determined.
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Francis Scott Key
American Legion
East Church Street
Edwin Brookey Sr
Brookey
Concert Disruption At YMCA Conference Sparks Applause
In Cleveland the Central Atlantic area council orchestra concert faced coughs and a disturbance as audience members coughed. Szell urged self control and the program continued. The event included a banquet with remarks by Walter Judd and a session on 75 Years of YMCA Camping. Tulips bloom at Hershey Gardens with new rarities showcased April into May.
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Ahin G. Quinn
Cleveland
Ohio
Frederick Ym.c.a
George Szeli
Central Atlantic Area
Council of Era
Mayflower Hotel
Washington
Mr. Quinn
Walter H. Judd
Minnesota
Air Forte Organization
U. S
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Hershey
Hershey Gardens
Chocolate Town
United States
Sandy Spring Wreck Claims Two Fatalities
A two ton truck crashed a low beamed sports car on Colesville Road near Norwood in Sandy Spring Maryland last night killing the sports car driver Ray E. Carrick 27 of Silver Spring and truck passenger Julius Matthews 39 of Sandy Spring. The truck driver William E. Topp 21 of New Windsor Md escaped injury after the truck overturned following a brake check when a car pulled onto the road from the shoulder.
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Sandy Spring
Ray E. Carrick
Silver Spring
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Colesville Road
Norwood Road
Julius Matthews
Wiliam E. Topp
New Windsor
Carrick
Coat Button Hints at Jackson Family Killing Site
Police say a coat button found in a ramshackle Maryland house links Carroll V. Jackson Jr and his infant daughter Susan to the nearby Fredericksburg murder scene. Investigators suggest the mother and child were taken to the house before death, with the killer still at large.
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Fredericksburg
Carroll ¥. Jackson Jr
Susan
Marvyland
Jacksons
Gambrills
Carroll V. Jackson Jr
G. T. Mann
Virginia
Russell $. Fisher
Marsland
Wilbur Wade
Anne Arundel County
Churchill to Visit Eisenhower in May
Sir Winston Churchill will be President Eisenhower’s guest in Washington for three days beginning May 5. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said the visit includes a stay at the British Embassy after the White House meetings with Churchill planning to spend the night of May 7 at the embassy.
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Augusta
Winston Churchill
Eisenhower
Washington
James C. Hagerty
Churchill
White House
Dredging Equipment Found Aboard Oyster Boat
Virginia State Police report dredging gear aboard the oyster boat involved in a deadly early morning gunfight on the Potomac River. One man, Berkely Muse of Oak Grove, was killed and another, Harvey King of Colonial Beach, wounded. a third crewman, John Griffith, escaped injury. Maryland authorities consider charges against the fisheries inspectors pending FBI ballistics tests and potential extradition decisions by Virginia officials.
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Colonial Beach
Virginia
Potomac River
Maryland
Jvsrennia
Itesretecs
Edward
Digges
Tidewater Fisheries Commission
George I W. Bowling
Charles County
FBI
Berkely Muse
Oak Grove
Harvey King
Colonial ‘Beach
John F. Griffith
Oysster
Honga River
Griffith
J. Linsay Almond Jr
Mrs. Nicholas Takes Stand in Teel Murder Trial
Minnie B. Nicholas 44, Teel’s long-time mistress, testifies about the July 31 death of Forrest Teel in his car with three bullets. She claims the shooting was accidental during a struggle after he beat her, while prosecutors say she planned to murder him for deserting her.
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Indianapolis
Forrest Teel
Minnie B
Connie
Nicholas
Teel
Airbusband
Thomas J. Faulconer
Charles W. Simmes
Dep
Francis Thomason
Spirit Of Spring Grips Md. Students
About 400 Maryland male students lit bonfires and threw water bombs from dorms causing dorm fires and alarms. State and campus police were summoned and, led by Police Chief Van Wigo, police officers dispersed the crowd with protective showers and verbal cautions.
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College Park
University of Maryland
van Wigo
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Frank J Keefer
New York Syndicate
National
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Chicago
USAF
Prescott, Jr
Khrushchev
Ike
LU. S
YMCA
Szell
Mrs. Nicholas
Spirit of Spring Grips
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