Third Hoffman Orphanage Youth Dies From Crash Near Barlo w Pa
A truck carrying 19 boys from the Hoffman Orphanage overturned after veering off a road near Barlow north of Littlestown Pa. Mark R Plasajdr 14 of Baltimore died at 7 45 am at Gettysburg Hospital. Walter Bupp 15 of Rouzerville Pa and Patrick Gipe of Shippensburg Pa were killed at the scene. Two others remain seriously ill with five more listed as satisfactory. The orphanage is operated by the United Church of Christ with Synod support.
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Hoffman
Barlow
Littlestown
United Church of Christ
Potomac Synod
United Denomination
Mercersburg
Mark R. Plasaj
Baltimore
Walter Bupp
Janette Bupp
Rouzervil
Gettysburg
Plasaj
Lynn Gaylor
Gaiior
John Wolf
York
Gerald Wagaman
Fayettesville
Gary Beall
Larry Linebaugh
Kenneth Mumaw
Edinburg
Bobby Lee Conrath
Bedford
Donald M. Borning
Frederick D. Eyster
Frederick County
Tme
Raymond E. Wilhelm
Grace United Church of Christ
Eyster
Jesse B. Anders
UN Steers Clear of Congo Tribal War In Kasai
The United Nations Command adopted a hands off stance as tribal warfare rages in Kasai province. Belgian officials say the 25 000 strong Congolese army is unable to control hostilities between Lulua and Bahat tribes. Katsina? No. Hundreds killed. refugees flee toward Katanga as UN Secretary General Hammarskjold urges Congo leaders to stay neutral and follow UN guidance.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
U. N
Kasai
UNC
Security Council
U.N
Hostil Ie Lulua
Leonardo
We Tn
Baluba
Katanga
Patrice Lumumba
Das Hammarskiold
United Nations
Poland grants tax relief to millions of workers
The Polish Communist party abolished income taxes for about a million low income workers and cut taxes by 30 percent for 2.2 million others. The exemption applies to workers earning 35.45 dollars a month or less. The cut will be applied progressively from Monday toward November.
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Warsaw
Poland
Polish Communist Party
Central Council of Trade Unions
Library Plea for County Funds Aids to Create System
Officials of the C Burr Artz Library urged the County Commissioners to provide 19500 more this year to launch a county wide library service. They argued matching state and federal funds could yield over 25000 in aid and highlighted losses in state and federal support, book gifts, and cooperative sharing opportunities without new funding.
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C. Burr Artz Library
Josephine P Etchison
Miss Etchison
Frederick County
Division of Library
C. Burr
Enoch Pratt
Baltimore
F. Ross Myers
Parsons Newman
J. Richard Ramsburg
C. B. Artz
Potomac Edison Proposes Downward Electricity Rates
Potomac Edison President D. E. Stultz announced revised rate schedules filed with Maryland Public Service Commission. The changes cut annual customer costs by about 342000 dollars and introduce a new low rate for house heating. Rates apply to readings from September 1 and simplify residential pricing from five to two basic classes.
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Potomac Edison Company
D. E. Stultz
Public Service Commission of Maryland
Maryland Public Service Commission
Stultz
Staliz
Record Set In Area Use Of Electricity
The area set an all time electricity use record Monday at 317000 kilowatts at noon, surpassing the 312000 kilowatts peak of August 17 1959. Potomac Edison district manager John L. Morgan cited domestic air conditioning cooking and industrial load and warned residents to check wiring to handle higher summer demand.
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John L. Morgan
Potomac Edison Company
Morgan
Potomac Edison
Storm Toll Rises as Typhoon Shuts Formosa
In Formosa the death toll from Typhoon Shirley climbs with 23 confirmed dead and 12 missing. Reports say a truck carrying a Chinese opera troupe sank after crossing a bridge, with 28 troupe members likely drowned. Over 188 injured and more than 30,000 homeless as officials aid stranded communities.
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Formosa
Ryulgu Islands
July Weather Recap Shows Cooler Month and Modest Rainfall
July averaged 72.1 degrees, 4.6 degrees below normal, with five 90 degree days this year. Airport records note 3.09 inches of rainfall, 0.36 below normal, despite a 0.75 inch fall late in the month. the heaviest rain fell on the 13th and 14th, 1.39 inches. Page Four.
Truck Runs Wild Two Are Killed in Maryland Crash
A tanker truck laden with hydrochloric acid and caustic soda careened down Backbone Mountain Maryland 135 near Luke Bloomington and rammed a parked pulpwood truck. Driver Glenn Snyder and Thomas Lee Farmer were killed. a third driver injured.
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Backbone Mountain
Maryland
Snyder
West Virginia
Escapee killed in gun battle at Baltimore housing project
A man, cor nonce llius Hoss, 35, escaped from custody after hijacking a guard’s gun and wounding the officer at a downtown intersection. Police cornered him at a crowded housing development where a running gun battle occurred. he was killed. The guard, James E. Satterfield, was treated and released from Mercy Hospital. The getaway driver, Ross, was found by the La Fayette Apartments and shot dead in the yard. Coast guards and officers pursued the suspect through the development. Weather and market briefs follow the main item.
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Baltimore
Cornnelius Hoss
Laffayette
James E. Satterfield
Mercy Hospital
Ross
House of Correction
Nixon accuses Kennedy of low road in campaign
Vice President Richard M. Nixon charges Senator John F. Kennedy with following the low road by discussing personalities rather than issues. Nixon says he will stay focused on policy and plans a strenuous, extensive campaign, while praising Kennedy and questioning Lyndon B. Johnson's stance.
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Nixon
Kennedy
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
National Airport
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Intensive Manhunt For Slayer In East Tennessee
Former convict Clarence Leon Raby, 26, is hunted after the killing of Union County deputy Ben DeVault, robbery slaying of Frank Keith in Anderson County, and the ambush of Knox County officers. Two men linked to the crimes include Billy McCoy. Kaley Cooper wounded and his son Dan Cooper killed during the chase. Bloodhounds and deputies pursue the suspect across Heiskell and rural roads as charges of murder and felonious assault unfold.
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Clinton, Tenn
East
Tennessee
Clarence Leon Raby
Knoxville
Anderson County
Union County
Raby
Dan Cooper
Kaley Cooper
Knox County
EB. Bowles
Coopers
Bowles
Heiskell
Kaley
Here
Ben DeVault
Lloyd
DeVault
Fred Rutherford
Trumpet Found at Jazz Festival Park Return Protest Fades
A trumpet found in a park near London's fifth annual jazz festival was turned over to police by two British airmen who reported locating it in the festival car park. The owner is expected to reclaim the instrument after authorities confirm its rightful owner.
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London
Humph’s
Trump
Britain
Peice
Kennedy Hopes For Labor Endorsement Of Johnson
Kennedy seeks an early formal labor endorsement for his vice presidential running mate Lyndon B. Johnson. He meets Gov. G Mennen Williams and Abraham Ribicoff and John Bailey while David J. McDonald of United Steelworkers pledges labor support, citing steel industry woes and idle workers.
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Av. Abraham Ribicoff
Connec- G
Laicot
John M. Bailey
Connecticut
Democratic Committee
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
Johnson
McDonald
Kennedy
Congress
Man Receives 18 Months for Cutting Attack at Elks Club
Edward B. Moore of Frederick was convicted on two counts of assault and battery after a midnight brawl at the Elks Club on All Saints street. Magistrate Edward D. Storm sentenced him to 18 months in the Maryland House of Correction to begin after a 10 day prior jail term. Martin Lee suffered deep chest lacerations. Carl Lee had minor cuts. Witnesses described arcing left hand swipes as Moore denied using a weapon.
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Edward B. Moore
Frederick
Edward D. Storm
Moore
Maryland House of Correction
Martin
Carly Lee
Hope Hill
Elks Club
All Saints Street
Martin Lee
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Adel Demiray
Lee
Carl
Ting
Lees
Paul W. Mossburg
Mossburg
Preston Ramey
Germantown
Alton
Bennett
John White
Robert S. Rothenhoefer
Tragedy on Grbana Farm as Uncle’s Truck Kills Toddler
Two year old Robert Main, son of Mr and Mrs Francis W Main, was killed after running under a moving one and one half ton farm truck driven by his 17 year old uncle Jack Thompson on the Main farm one mile south of Urbana on GS 355. State Police and Hyattstown ambulance responded.
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Robert Main
Francis W. Main
Urbana
Main
Grbana
Harry Wills
Jack Thompson
Wills
Royal Hilton
Primaries In Michigan Kansas And Missouri Take Place
Three state primaries surface in Michigan Kansas and Missouri as Democrats and Republicans choose candidates for governor and U S Senate amid multiple contenders. Michigan deliberates a three way governor race while Patrick V McNamara faces GOP hopefuls Bentley and Leonard. Kansas sees a three way GOP contest for governor with Huck Boyd John Anderson and W H B Addington amid Docking unopposed. Missouri governors race tightens on the GOP side between Edward Farmer Jr and William Ewald as Dalton leads Democrats toward an expected nomination.
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Michigan
Kansas
Missouri
G. Memen Williams
James M. Hare
John B. Swainson
Detroit
GOP
George Docking
Joseph Henkle
Frank Theis
U.S
Senate
Andrew F. Schoeppel
John M. Dalton
Edward G. Farmer Jr
William B. Ewald
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Florida
Middletown
NEA Telephoto
Bueekerstown
Potomac
New York Jap
Boy
Urbana Farm
Tenn
Vienna
Austra
Austria
Niew Spa
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