County Man Is Killed In Accident Near Potomac River Bridge
Norfolk Eduard Riegger a 22 year old from Brunswick Maryland died in a single vehicle crash on U S 340 near the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers junction. State police say the car hit a legally parked vehicle owned by Floyd Berger of Sharpsburg whose car burned. The crash near Harpers Ferry occurred about 12 30 PM with no witnesses. Riegger is survived by relatives in Bolivar Washington Yarrowsburg and Merchantville New Jersey. Services are set for Tuesday at 2 PM with ministers Gibson and Poling assisting.
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Frederick County
Potomac River
Virgina
Norval Eduard Reegger
Brunswick
East Potomac Steet
Wren
Virginia
Riegger
Floyd E Berger
Sharpsburg
Rieggers
Loudoun County
James Gibson
Middleburg
Gibson
Shenandoah
Potomac Rivers
Harpers Ferry
T. E. Hancock
Ruegger
Joseph Riegger
Bolivar
Kittie Green Riegger
Washington
Glenn Higdon
Yarrowsburg
Dannie
Ary: Green
Merchantville
X. J
Purcellville
Harpers Ferry-Bolivar Backies
George Gibson
Newton Poling
Minor Maryland crash nets $125 damage on 1956 Ford
Despite heavy Sunday traffic only one minor accident occurred in Frederick County and nearby areas. Milles Thompson Brown, 43, of Washington, drove a 1956 Ford on Maryland 26 and struck a traffic island at North Market Street, causing $125 damage. Brown was uninjured and cited for failure to obey a traffic control device. Burial planned in Brownsville Heights cemetery, Brownsville, Md.
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Brownsville Heights
Brownsville
Frederick County
Carroll, Montgormery
Washington Counlies
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Liberty Road
North Market Street
Milles Thompson Brown
Washington
U.S. Army
Brown
H. J. Frost
Boyle Column Reflects On Wives Aging and Daily Habits
Hal Boyle notes mail can reveal truths about society and cites trends in widowhood, marriage age shifts, and survival rates. He warns about wasteful care, fires in forests, and the high soap costs for babies, while joking about hogs and air conditioning.
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Hal Boyle
New York
U. S
Chicago
U.S
Mother Nature
Mrs Makel Celebrates 80th Birthday in City Family
Mrs John Makel 119 East Fifth Street marked her 80th birthday joining a five generation family photo. The group includes Michelle Linn Carter, Nina LaForge, and other relatives with ties to Baltimore and New York City.
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John Makel
East Fifth Street
Makel
Michelle Linn Carter
and Mirs
Howard Car
Ter
Baltimore
Delano Bryant Carter
Afr
James Bryant
This City
Nina LaForge
Richard LaForge
New York City
Diary Shows Phone Saves Time and Travel for Family
Mrs. Carroll kept a two week telephone diary to measure time saved. The diary showed calls reduced wait times for information and cut miles driven on errands. She found travel costs outweighed the phone's price, proving the phone pays for itself in convenience and money saved.
Eskimo Snow Words and a Radio Pioneer Dies
A reader letter laments Eskimo words for snow while noting three exist. John W. Elwood, 64, radio pioneer and NBC executive, died Saturday after 23 years with NBC ending in 1950. He became Radio Free director in 1951 and joined the CIA in 1953.
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John W. Elwood
Palo Alto
Calif
National Broadcasting Co
Elwood
NBC
Radio Free 4
Central Intelligence Agency
Birth of Patricia Ann to Mr and Mrs John R Vail
Mr and Mrs John R Vail announce the birth of their third child, a daughter named Patricia Ann, born in Lanham Maryland on April 1. Mrs Vail is the former Elizabeth Angieberger, daughter of Mr and Mrs Foster Angieberger of Frederick.
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John R. Vail
Patricia Ann
Lanham, Md
Vail
Elizabeth Angieberger
Foster Angieberger
Frederick
Robert Lacy Smyth Dies, Former American Consul General
Robert Lacy Smyth of San Rafael California, aged 4? no, 64? died Sunday of cancer. Retired foreign service officer Smyth was the last American consul general in Tientsin and guided the American community through the Communist siege and battle for that Chinese deity in 1949.
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Robert L. Smyth
San Rafael
Calif
Robert Lacy Smyth
Foreign Service
Smyth
Tientsin
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