Sykesville High School Fire Triggers Weeklong Student Break
Students at Sykesville High School, a 450 plus junior senior enrollment, will take a week off after an early Thursday blaze destroyed the old building. Firefighters from eight companies battled the flames for hours, while the 23 room elementary school nearby remained in operation. The high school site and temporary housing plans were unclear as classes were set to resume Monday.
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Sykesville
Mondove Anrik 99
Truck Law Injunction Is Lifted After Fire and ICC Ruling
Baltimore reports an arson inquiry into a junior high fire alongside a lifted injunction on ICC truck leasing rules. Investigators found no conclusive evidence of arson as cost estimates range up to half a million dollars with water supply cited as a major factor. Judges noted Supreme Court precedents and discussed safety aims while allowing truckers to present constitutional challenges if desired.
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Sassy Sapaan
E- State
Baltimore
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. Calvin Chesnut
ICC
Chesnut
Supreme Court
Robert W. Ginnane
Congress
Ginnane
Simon E. Sobeloff
Pre-Easter Rains Soak Wide Regions Across the Nation
The Associated Press reports another wet spell across the country with mild temperatures in many areas. The storm belt stretches from the Dakotas to western Texas, bringing hail and strong winds to parts of South Dakota Nebraska Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Rainfall in parts of South Dakota and Oklahoma exceeded six hours of accumulation. Showers hit southern Illinois through Arkansas while light rain fell along the Pennsylvania coast.
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Associated Press
Dakotas
Texas
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Illnois
Arkansas
Pennsylvania
Beachley dies at 85 former Middletown burgess
Walter Beachley longtime Middletown burgess and owner of Beachleys grocery store died at 85 after a long illness. He served about 18 years as burgess and was a 68 year Zion Lutheran member. Survived by daughter Regina Main grandson Beachley Main and great granddaughter Karen Lynn Main. Funeral arrangements pending. Gladhill Company funeral directors. Also Phillips Packing stockholders vote today on sale to Consolidated Foods Corp.
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E. Walter Beachley
Middletown
Reeder
Boonsboro
Tate Ezra
Sarah Lanner Beachley
Beachley
Shafer’s
Zion Lutheran Church
Regina B. Main
Beachley Main
Norfolk
Karen Lynn Main
Gladhill Company
British Ship Enters Suez Canal Amid Tensions
The 3,604 ton West Breeze, flying the Union Jack, became the first British vessel to transit the Suez since October. Chartered from Hong Kong, the peanut cargo ship carried 42 crew, with Captain I Cowie ordering no fraternizing. Tolls were paid in francs as Egypt near a diplomatic impasse with the US and Britain. Meanwhile two Baltimore brothers, William L. Mongan and James Mongan, both teens, drowned in a Susquehanna River inlet.
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West Breeze
Suez ‘Canal
Great Britain
Frances
Egypt
Suez Canal Authority
Hong Kong
iWest Breeze
China
Rotterdam
I. ‘Cowie
Britain
United States
France
Canal
U.S
Old
Suez Canal Co
London
Paris
Whiteford
Baltimore County
Susquehanna River
William L. Mongan
James Mongan
Edgemere
Garden Club Plans Landscaping At Court Park In Frederick
Frederick Garden Club, tied to the County Commissioners, will landscape Court Park after pruning reduced the trees. District Forest Supervisor Herman Toms supervised the work with University of Maryland Extension service checks. old linden trees are to be preserved while sunlit grass beds are reestablished.
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Court House Park
Frederick
Herman’ Toms
University of Maryland Extension Service
Thien
Finch
Good Friday Religious Services and Holiday Closings Observed
Special Good Friday observances marked the solemn day with communion in several churches and a three hour devotion. It was a legal holiday with some offices closed and banks shut though stores stayed open. Free street meter parking was provided.
Local Students View Wonders Of Science Week at NBS
Several hundred area high school students join about 6 000 teenagers for National Bureau of Standards Guest Week activities in Washington. They tour 20 laboratories, watch demonstrations from energy measurement to atomic physics, and view advanced equipment such as a solar furnace and a high capacity materials tester.
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National Bureau of Standards of
U.S
J Department of Commerce
Washington
Thurmont High School
Middletown
Sykesville
Gaithersburg
Union Bridge
Alien V. Astin
NBS
Thy
Bureau
SEAC
Gamma Ray Laboratory
Christians Mark Agony Of Christ Death On Cross
The article reports Good Friday observances worldwide with focus on crucifixion devotion and pilgrim acts. It notes Chiang Kai-shek and wife delivering Easter sermons, Vatican Tenebrae rites, and widespread religious processions amid postwar tensions and travel limits.
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Associated Press
Christ
Jesus Christ
Hetcee
Chiang Kai-shek
Taipei
Fort Jerusalem
Dorothy Snider Named Western Maryland May Queen
Dorothy Snider of 4203 T2nd Ave was chosen as Western Maryland College May Queen for May Day on May 4. The senior sociology major will reign with court members Joan Durno, Harriet Stevens, Trudy Forsythe, and others from Baltimore, Dundalk, Westminster, Catonsville, and Fort Meade.
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Westminster
Dorothy Snider
Landover Hillis
Western Maryland College
Miss Snider
Joan’Durno
Washington, D. C
Harriet Stevens
Trudy Forsythe
Baltimore
Carol Burton
Dundalk
Nancy Lindsay
Patricia Schaefer
Tonsville
Leanne Manning
Sik
McDonald Re-Elected President of United Steelworkers
The United Steelworkers announced McDonald was re-elected president with 44 172 votes, over 223 516 for opponent Donald C. Rarick who ran on a protest against a dues increase.
Snowbound Scouts Rescued After Mountain Marooning
About 50 Boy Scouts were brought out from Mt Kal Powell in the San Gabriel Mountains after being marooned by heavy snow and fog. More than five feet of new snow blocked the 63 mile Silver Moccasin hike from Sierra Madre to Big Pines. Dennis Swingle and David Letzinger, both 13, of Lynwood, were listed frostbitten along with several rescuers treated for frostbite during the rescue operation.
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Dennis Swingle
David Letzinger
Lynwood
Sierra Madre
Big Pines
Pays
Dynamite Caps Found Across Collinsville Oklahoma
Police in Collinsville Oklahoma recovered dynamite caps scattered around town after three teens admitted taking caps and sticks from United Brick Co. Some caps were found in a life girl's coat pocket and near a coal pit and hotel. About 85 caps remained missing as officers warned of serious danger from potential misuse.
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Collinsville
Okla
Oklahoma
Don Brinkiey
United Brick Co
Brinkley
Airliner Lands In Flames All Saved
An airliner made an emergency landing at Greater Pittsburgh Airport after catching fire. Capital Airlines DC4 occupants evacuated safely as pilots, stewardess, and firefighters controlled the blaze with foam.
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Pittsburgh
Greater Pittsburgh
Capital Airlines
Shift In Air Force Generals
Washington reports a massive reorganization among the U S Air Force brass driven by Gen Nathan F Twining’s move to chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff The changes may see over 140 generals reassigned or retiring including Weyland Parridge Smith and Stone The reshuffle staggers promotions with Thomas White elevated to Twining’s former post and Curtis LeMay named vice chief of staff.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nathan F. Twining
Joint
Air Force
Air Service
O. P. Weylang
Tactical Air Command
Earle
Pat) Partridge
Continental Air Defense Command
Joseph Smith
Military Air Transport Service
Charlies Stone
Continental Air Command
Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Arthur W. Radford
Thomas D. White
Curtis LeMay
Strategic Air Command
LeMay
Peaches Mostly Unscathed by Latest Cold Snap
Orchard reports indicate peaches are near full bloom across most counties with little damage from the cold earlier this month. Some low-lying orchards show minor damage to peaches, while apples may have fared worse and a few light showers and mild temperatures later helped blossoms progress.
Burglars Shot Down In Chicago Credit-Dept Robbery
Three burglars were killed in a rapid gunfight with Chicago police detectives at the Mandel Brothers department store in the Loop. Investigators say the men aimed to crack a wall safe containing about 250000 dollars. no officers were harmed.
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Chicago
Credit Depart
William Touhy
Lyne
del Brothers
Lynch
Jimmy Reamer
J Bond
James Wolf
James Bertimio
Bertimio
Credit Department
James O’neill
O'Neill
Stolen Camping Gear Recovered Near Mount Alto
State Police at the local barracks returned camping equipment stolen from two Pennsylvania youths, Charles Balmer and Nevin Koch of Lititz. They had been on a Appalachian Trail hike when robbers took gear including a tent, stove, poncho, and guidebooks near Mount Alto while they fished, with two cameras valued at about $100 still missing.
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Pennsylvania
Mount Alto State Park
Waynesboro
Mary+ land
Mt. Pleasant
Charles Balmer
Nevin Koch
Lititz
Oglethorpe
Massachusetts
Robert Storer
Mount Alto
Balmer
Koch
Easter Weather and Tragic Death in Hastings on Hudson
Albert Dekker’s 11 year old son Jan Dekker is found dead from a rifle bullet in Hastings on Hudson. Police rule the death accidental as the boy allegedly tested a rifle silencer at home. Weather forecast notes a warmer weekend with scattered showers and cooler days ahead.
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Hastings-On-Hudson
Jan Dekker
Albert Dekker
Dekker
Baltimore
Edith Dekker
Palm Beach
Will Christie
Vic
Garrett County
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