Space Conquest Nearer as Astronauts Face Rigorous Tests
A 1961 plan envisions a spaceflight with an astronaut soaring into orbit and splashing into the sea hours later to be rescued. From 100 volunteers, 32 were shortlisted for weeks of extreme testing. seven reached final trials, all in their 30s, married with children. One chosen man will be launched in 1961 and be among pioneering steps toward orbit and beyond.
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Earth
National Aeronauticised Space Administration
Pest
Solar System
America
Man
Explorer
Baltimore area director elected to Maryland highways group
The Maryland Highways Contractors Association announced the election of Robert W. Russell to its board. Russell, 38, of Frederick, is a longtime partner in T. Edgie Russell General Contractor and active in Maryland highway projects. He is a University of Maryland civil engineer graduate and served as a captain in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II.
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Maryland Highways Contractors Association, Inc
Robert W. Russell
Frederick
Edward H. Nunn Sr
Russell
Park Plaza
Baltimore
Mr. Russell
T. Edgie Russell
Maryland
University of Maryland
American Society of Civil Engineers
Maryland Association of Engineers
Army Corps of Engineers
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Road Land Bridge Contractors
T.edgie Russell
Wiliam E. Hardy
Margaret E. Thomas
Myersville
Virginia
Cyrus Frook
Marvel Moving Picture Theater
North Market Street
Bear Patrick
E. H. Lamar
M. E. Parsonage
East Crotch Sweet
Court House
G. J. Doll
West Second Street
Frank H. Hedges
Charles T. Young
Toon Iman
G. Ratread Twain
Geass
East Chapel al Ramec
Officers Of Art Club Are Elected
The Frederick Art Club met on Thursday April 16 at Ridge Road. Mrs. Roger H. Wah was reelected president. officers include Mrs. LeRoy D. Fothergill and Mrs. Robert S. Ty Son as vice presidents, Airs. Thomas Salmi treasurer, Miss Caroline Winebrewer recording secretary, Mrs. Hammond Clarry assistant, Mrs. Charles Van Swearingen corresponding secretary, Miss Edith Miller assistant, and Mrs. Joseph Nestor chairing entertainment. The season features a study program on Masterpieces of art in the Western World with slides from the National Gallery of Art. Readings include works by Weyden, Rembrandt, Titian, Raepheel, Fra_Esco, and Gora.
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Frederick
Edith Miller
Joseph Nestor
Grayson Palmer
Huntingdon
California
Weyden
Exc, the Elder
Meer
Rembrandt
Hosein
Raepheel
Fra Ei Greco
Gora
Mrs. Fohens Pleasant
Thurmont Officials Reelect Leader for 13th Term
Twenty years ago item notes Edward Refally county health officer and Br. BE C. Refally praised for satisfactory service. Thurmont reelected head of town government at nominating convention, Major Ezra Whitman named to State Roads Commission by Governor O’Conor. Baker Park Improvement project underway with lake boating house walks and planned skating rink by next winter.
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Hogpen Pererick Ha
Br. BE. C
Thurmont
Ezra Whitman
O'Conor
Baker Park
Scattered Frost Forecast Tonight and Mild Next Days
Frost is expected tonight as temperatures fall to the thirties with fair cool weather forecast for the area in the coming days. Temperatures near 69 degrees are expected today with yesterday's high 61 and low 48 at the local airport weather station. Byrd supported as petition endorses Dr H C Byrd for chairman of the State Roads Commission in Baltimore.
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Byrd
Baltimore
Tawes
H. C. Byrd
State Roads Commission
Investments In Italy Show Cautious U S Interest
Rome reports American business remains cautious about Italy with investment levels below early hopes. Officials note tensions and government protections limit entry while firms like Squibb expand local plants to serve the Middle East market and potential joint auto ventures surface.
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Rome
API
Rahan
Mit
Italy
France
West Germany
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Six- Nation
Middle East
Algeria
Berlin
Idays
Squibb
Passover Observance Begins On Wednesday
Beth Sholom Congregation of Frederick will join Israel and world Jewry in celebrating Passover from Wednesday to Thursday evening April 30. Rabbi Yehudah E. Perkin announces schedules for services including 6 45 p m and 9 a m observances on several days and the first Seder at homes after the evening service. Chometz removal by 10 a m. A remembrance prayer for the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and 6 000 000 Jews is urged at the Seder.
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Beth Sholom
Frederick
Israel
Yehudah E. Perkin
Warsaw Ghetto
Concrete finishing expert demonstrates slab techniques for area contractors
J C Skip Yeager with 34 years cement finishing experience led a three hour session in Frederick showing right and wrong concrete finishing methods. He demonstrated water effects on finish, colored pigments for decorative work, iron filings for heavy equipment floors, and exposed aggregate looks. The Grove Lime Company hosted at its Frederick plant under E Hubert Bowius with area contractors from Fort Detrick and the Maryland State Roads Commission.
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Corps of Engineers
Fort Detrick
Maryland State Roads Commission
J. C
Skip’t Yeager
New York
Portland Cement Association
Yeager
Frederick
Te M. J. Grove Lime Company
E. Hubert Bowius
Grove Lime
Moisture In Soil Normal In Maryland And Delaware
Soil moisture has returned to normal and fields are ready for plow in Maryland and Delaware as the Crop Reporting Service notes after weekend rain and snow. Early corn planting begins in southern areas, with two thirds of corn land plowed and spring seeding nearly finished, peaches in bloom, wheat barley pastures and hay growing well, and pea aphids and alfalfa weevils beginning to appear across counties.
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College Park
Maryland
Delware
Hancock
Dorchester County
Cecil
Somerset County
New Directors of AP Are Selected
AP members elected three new directors and re elected three others to the AP board. New appointees include Millard Cope Franklin D Schurz and Hugh N Boyd. Re elected were Robert McLean Kenneth MacDonald and John W Runyon.
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NEW York
Associated Press
Millard Cope
Marshall
Kenneth MacDonald
Des Moines (Iowa
Tribune
John W. Runyon
Dallas (Tex
Times Herald
Among The Sick Mr. Stockman Reported In Frederick
Mr. Harry I. Stockman of RFD 3 Frederick is listed in condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital following injuries. He remains at the hospital for several weeks for treatment and observation.
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Harry I. Stockman
Frederick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Mimi Hines Breaks All Rules For Successful Marriage
Mimi Hines and Phil Ford live on the move as a famous comedy duo. They remarried seven years ago and rarely settle in one home, often traveling by train or plane with a 37 foot silver trailer. Mimi jokes about cooking and domestic details while their act plays to audiences from Anchorage to Moscow.
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Dorothy Roe
Associated Press
Mimi Hines
Phil Ford
Mimi
Phil
Mima
Anchorage
Alaska
Minu
Moscow
Deaths Mrs Allison Moziey and Mrs Charlotte Shaw
Mrs Allison Moziey Moxley died Monday at her home in Mt Airy aged 71 born Frederick County daughter of George W Shoemaker survived by sons Albert and Melvis and a brother Russel. services Friday Locust Grove Church of the Brethren interment in church cemetery. Mrs Charlotte Elizabeth Shaw wife of Donald M Shaw died Monday at Frederick Memorial Hospital aged 44 daughter of Lester Frye Allison survives husband daughter Mary Frances and several siblings. services to be held at funeral home then at Evangelical United Church of Christ.
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Allison Moziey
Magzzie G. Moxley
Allison Moxley
Hill Street
Mit
Airy
Frederick County
George W
Ruth E. Shoemaker
Moxley
Albert Moxley
Baltimore
Melvis Moxley
Mt. Airy
Russel Shoemaker
Denakd Monroe Shaw
Charlotte Elizabeth Shaw
Donald M. Shaw
East Fifth Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Lester and
Campey Frye Allison
Mary Frances Luba
Frederick
Raymond Cook
Reistersteun
Dorsey Cook
Leroy Allison
Richard Allison
Mes
Lillian May
Evelyn Stone
Frederik
Lester L. Crouse
M. L. Creager
Crouse
Tourmont
Eugene R. McVicker
Sandra Virginia Schamel
Emmitsburg Lions
Harry
Charles Stouter
John’§. Schamel
Jefferson
Rich‘Bell
Barbara Baker
Jefferon
Joy Christine Keller
St. John’s Catholic Church
Herbert R. Jordan
Miss Keller
James Trout
Michael Trout
Donald Main
John Seachrist Jr
Larry Bussard
Barry Bussard
Calvin Gladhill
Clyde Shafer
Mt. Oliver
Gladhill Company
John Charles Kolb
Hamsville
East Church Street
Charles F. Tronk Jr
Evangelical Lutheran Ehorch
Loyal Order of Moose
G.donald Weddle
Jack Hoffman
Charles O. White
John JC. Long
John O
S. Ray Sul- van
North Market Street
Parkway Church of God
F. P. Brose
Gerald Carbaugh
Martinsburg
Funeral for Guy Willard Obler in Emmitsburg
Funeral services were held at Wilson Funeral Home Emmitsburg for Guy Willard Obler 51 who died at home in Emmitsburg RD 1 on Wednesday Rev Cameron Johnson officiated and burial followed in United Brethren Cemetery Thurmont pallbearers were Wilbur Amble Guy Cool Charles Knox Joseph Geiselman Benjamin Wetzel and James Bentz
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Wilson Funeral Home
Emmitsburg
Guy Willard Obler
Cameron Johnson
United Brethren Cemetery
Thurmont
Lee
Wilbur Amble
Guy Cool
Charles Knox
Joseph Geiselman
Benjamin Wetzel
James Bentz
Marriages and notices from Myersville and Frederick area
Side Glances lists multiple wedding announcements and obituaries. Notable unions include Ruth A Baker and William L Hartsock in Myersville with attendees from Jefferson and Middletown. Also noted are Mary Clarice Hemp and John Charles Kolb funeral notices, plus S Ray Sulvan and other service details.
Bird Club Holds Third Spring Foray In Ohio Forest
Members of the Frederick Bird Club led by Mrs. Doris S. Bowers for a third spring foray conducted a bird study walk along the abandoned railroad right of way from U S 15 southward to the Harmony Church area near Myersville Ohio. The grouping included families connected to Jacobs and Michaels with ties to Sarahsville and Frederick. The event occurred on an April 19 date in 1959 as part of the club's ongoing field activities.
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Washington
Potomac
Hazel White
Bird Club
Maryland Ornithological Society
Ocean City
Atlantic
Singanore
Sugarloaf Mountain
Jacobs—towers
Doris S. Bowers
Foster Frederick
Reds Take Over In Iraq
Beirut reports from travelers that Communist influence dominates Iraq’s major cities including Baghdad Basra and Mosul with some saying government penetration may be 50 percent while others warn a complete takeover could come soon.
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Reds
Iraq
Beirut
Lebanon
Peiping
Shanghai
Nanking
China
Baghdad
Basra
Mosel
Local Birth Announcements Highlight Several New Babies
Mr and Mrs John T Kline Middletown Rt 2 announce the birth of a daughter Tina Marie April 16 at Washington County Hospital weighing 7 pounds 32 ounces Mr and Mrs Samuel Gore Garrison visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs William Ridgely West South Street Mr and Mrs David H Myers US Army Chemical Corps Dugway Proving Ground Dugway Utah are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son Jeffery David Monday at Dugway Mrs Myers is the former Christine Kiniz daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl H Kiniz formerly of West Third Street this city now of Lew Market Mr Myers wage and personnel analyst The Harrises of Hagerstown announce the birth of their first child a daughter Monday at Washington County Hospital Mrs Harris is the former Miss Betty Lee Phebus daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Phebus formerly of this city now of Hagerstown
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
John Keyser
Union Bridge
Sherry Lynn
Keyser
Margaret Stambaugh
Samuel Miller
Route 6
Wiliam Edward
Miller
Frances Clift
Virginia
Robert Lambert
Edmonson Avenue
Baltimore
Warde Preston
Airy
William Michael
Kimble
Ruby Waggy
West Virginia
David Ausherman
Thomas Avenue
David Richard
Aushermman
Ann Schooiden
Samuel Tressier
Route 4
John Parkinson
Tressier
Annabel Dennis
Frederick
Donald Gaver
Myersville
Randy Scott
Gaver
Joanne Bushard
Robert Biggs
Route 2
Timothy David
Biggs
Gloria Grimes
Buckeystown
Richard Himes
Sly North Market Street
Richard Maxwell
Himes
Juanita Smith
Lee Best
Knoxville
Larry Lee
John T. Kline
Middletown
Rt. 2
Tina Marie
Washington County Hospital
Samuel Gore
Garrison
William Ridgely
West South Street
David H. Myers
U.S. Army Chemical Corps
Dugway
Utah
Jeffery David
Myers
Christine Kiniz
Carl H. Kiniz
West Third Street
Harris
Betty Lee Phebus
Albert Phebus
Hagerstown
Ike to Speak at St John’s College in Annapolis
President Eisenhower will visit St John’s College in Annapolis for an informal speech on May 22. The event marks the fourth time a president has spoken at the historic campus following Washington Taft and Roosevelt. The visit includes ceremonies dedicating a new auditorium and a laboratory at the liberal arts college.
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Annapolis
Eisenhower
St. John’s College
George Washington
Willaim
Howard Taft
Franklin D.roosevelt
Literal Arts College
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IR. W. Russell
the News
Art Club
Prra
U. S
Sam Dawson
API Business News
Europe
iBy
Raritan Club
John Pear
Harold Hood
Robert Thrasher
Communten
Keedysville
Ruritan Club
Ruritan
Michael Boyer
Herschel Boyer Sr
Bos
M. J. Grove Lime Company
J. C. Yeager
Poruiand Cementi
Charleston
W. Va
John T. Copenaver
C. Basil Grossnicke
Michael
Jacobs
Frederick Transit Co
East
Fifth Street
Hartsock—Baker
Ruth A. Baker
Hezekiah Baker
Raianetoen
William L. Hartsock
Roscoe Hartsock
Basil Grossnickle
James Gouker
Valerie Hartsock
Gouker
Hartsock
Department of Forest and Arks
Harmony
Mary Clarice Hemp
Burkittsville
Windolbona Convalescent Home
Gladhill Funeral Home
Middle Town
George Klinefelter
Pat Zecher
Lee Zecher
William Ailen
Tony Ryman
Raymond Gordon
Samuel Brown
Union Cemetery
Houffer—Schamel
Robert Huffer
Huffer
Frederick High School
Potomac Edison Company
Air
Middletown High School
U. S. Army
Mary Lynn Raymer
Bernice Raymer
Columbus
Hollis Eugene Sioat
F. J. McLane
Brunswick
Ohio
Raymer
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Sloat
Air Force
San Antonio
Texas
SAC Air Base
Shreveport
Louisiana
U.S.A
Thule
Greenland
Sioat
Itockbourne Air Force Base
Wieddings
Ike
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