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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1958
Page
9
Paul Isaac of Frederick reports he picked up a hitchhiker on U S 35 near Frederick and was attacked with a blunt object, robbed of money, and treated for forehead lacerations at Frederick Memorial Hospital. The exact location of the assault was not provided.
Catania Sicily scientists report a new series of eruptions opening two craters atop Mount Etna. The mountain has been increasingly active over six months. A lava stream issues from a summit crater as farms and villages on lower slopes remain out of danger for now.
State troopers and investigators tracked a Sunday incident along U.S. 15 while forest rangers reported only one fire call near Rohrersville caused by a lightning strike. Officials noted high fire danger from heat and thunderstorms, with no confirmed arson and weather reports showing widespread showers and a notable summer storm.
The report notes Two Rockets To Blast Off reaching a high of 82 with CAPE CANAVERAL anticipating a launch but delays occur. It also warns of high fire danger from dry litter and winds with scattered thunderstorms likely and weekend temperatures in the 70s and mid fifties. Farmers intensify spring planting as drying grounds persist.
H. Lloyd Hoke sues Weil Brothers Inc and James R. Hahn in Circuit Court seeking 1566.27 for fish loss and pond cleanup after oil from a bulk storage tank allegedly spilled into Hoke’s pond near Thurmont on Sept 20, 1956. Witnesses cite tank duties and disputed responsibility.
A 14 year old boy identified as Roderick Dain Henderson Jr of Astingwon was stranded overnight on a rocky crag in the Potomac River. Army helicopter rescued him after he refused to be moved twice, then slept while wrapped in blankets. He was taken to a Bethesda hospital for a physical checkup.
The Navy Vanguard plans a 72-foot rocket to place a 20-inch satellite in orbit, while a Thor-Vanguard combo will fly 5,500 miles to test re entry. Rep Hillings says Thursday is target for Vanguard, which already achieved a prior spaceflight with a 64-inch aluminum sphere carrying a radio signal.
In Goldsboro North Carolina three Wilbert Evans brothers Johnny 13 Earl 10 and Danny 8 drowned after entering a sandhole their bodies found within feet of each other A 100 man search party did not recover them yesterday The family had suffered a prior tragedy when the grandparents Jethro Evans and Mrs Gilbert Jones were killed in November during a shotgun attack Gilbert Jones was later acquitted in the Evans death and not yet tried on charges related to it.
Former president Harry S. Truman testified before the House Banking Committee that he erred in denying an interview with Arthur K. Krock of the New York Times in 1950. He disputed the claim that an unemployment total of three to five million was supportable in the U.S. economy and said the exclusive interview did occur.
In Anne Arundel County Republicans seek a public airing on whether J F Carlton of Hamrood Md a vocational agriculture teacher at South term High School in Lothian must resign his teaching post if elected to the House of Delegates State Superintendent of Schools Dr Thomas G Pullen has ruled he must. GOP candidates contend the rule is unfair and district officials consider views as 1400 letters are mailed to teachers for input.
A Marine pilot, Capt. William T. Ball, ejected when electrical failure sent a Navy JT trainer into a thunderstorm dive. He landed on a house roof four miles from the field, breaking ribs, as the 30 acre cornfield wreckage exploded and the jet was demolished. Ball, 31, from Gates Tennessee, was en route from Pensacola to Columbus for Marine Air Training Detachment.
In Medina Ohio three separate traffic crashes over ten years killed two brothers and their father. Local reports note the family suffered multiple fatal incidents linked by road hazards and community concern.
The report lists 17 children among multiple fatal fires over a weekend. Victims include four dens near Camp Lejeune and a hospital blaze in Sylva North Carolina along with other incidents in Dunn Madirville and Las Vegas. Authorities link several fires to careless smoking.
Reports say a fiery bulletlike object with a tail streaked over six states last night likely a giant meteor. Observers from Georgia to West Virginia reported it crossing at high speed. weather officials noted sightings from Martinsburg to Albany with pilots stating the object rose above them.
A mob of over 500 teen males from Brooklyn gangs boarded a Coney Island to Brooklyn subway, stabbing three teens and injuring two more. Police detained 44 youths, 25 of them 16 or younger, as bystanders fled. Douglas Baldwin, 16, lay critically wounded. others faced juvenile court proceedings.
FBI arrest Harvard School of Public Health anthropologist Mark Zborowski, 49, born in the Soviet Union, on perjury charges tied to testimony before a federal grand jury. The case centers on connections to the Sobles and the Soviet espionage ring. Zborowski, a naturalized U.S. citizen living in Brookline, faces arraignment in Boston.
Buford W. loday of Philadelphia faced legal charges after challenging editor Jack L. Tannen of the Neshoba Democrat to a duel. Posey planned a jury trial before Justice Preston Collins, pled not guilty, and remained free on $500 bond.
A local banker, involved in an April 3 crash on U S 30 two miles south of Urbana that killed Elm Street school star Clyde Lafoon, was acquitted of reckless driving by Magistrate Wilbur F Sheffield Jr. The other driver, Kenneth Eugene Crabtree of Cumberland, was found guilty of parking on the traveled portion and fined 15 dollars plus costs. The judge said Crabtree’s pickup had stopped partially on the road when mechanical failure occurred.
A New York bound United Air Lines plane with 46 aboard collided with a four engine military jet near Las Vegas Nevada. Both craft crashed in Blue Diamond area. One parachute seen. No immediate word on casualties or home base of military plane. CAA and sheriff investigation followed.
The Associated Press reports five weekend fatalities in Maryland due to accidents. A 66 year old died in a South Baltimore townhouse fire. autopsy to determine if suffocation or burns. Other victims include Howard M. Cole 57 Parkton. Sheila Bail 18 months Baltimore. Billy Joe Spence 3 Baltimore. Ralph S. Johnson 31 Hughesville. Diana C. Stephens 3 East Baltimore.
Not quite so warm tonight and Tuesday cooler Wednesday warmer Friday but cooler again on Saturday. Showers and thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow and again on Thursday or Friday. Rainfall will total between 0.44 and one inch while temperatures will average some 5 to 10 degrees above normal. Normal afternoons are in the upper 60s and lower 60s in the mountains. Overnight lows are mid to upper 40s and mid to upper 30s in the mountains.
Eugene Augusta Dayhoff, 56, of Thurmont RFD 1, reportedly attempted suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday night. He was found in his automobile at Blue Mountain near Thurmont with a hose connected to the tailpipe inserted through the car window. State Police Trooper Bruce Diehl said Dayhoff was found by a family member and admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition.
The late Jonas Barrier estate sold at public sale one mile south of the property. Sai Cenwary of near Lewistown paid $3,500 for ten acres with a two story dwelling and outbuildings. Personal property offered. executors and officials named: Harry F. Barkier editor Dorothy B. Thomas executrix Emmett R. Bowlus sanctioneer R. L. Kelly clerk Reese Shoemaker Jr. attorney.
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