Drought Compare and Ice Fall Parcels News
Weather notes show 1957 year to date drier than early droughts, with July rainfall lower than normal and a forecast of scattered thunderstorms and cooler nights. A Reading Pennsylvania report describes three 50 pound ice cakes falling from a clear sky, burying into ground near a farmer in Berks County. An injury accident in Frederick involved 15 year old James C. Simmons treated and released after a left turn collision. State Roads Commission announces immediate Maryland Garrett County road improvements from Deer Park toward Maryland 219.
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Reading
Bernville
Lancaster
Dauphin
Lehigh
Pennsylvania
Frederick
James H. Swartz
Thormont
RFD i
Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Maryland
Garrett County
George F. Hazelwood Co
Cumberland
Deer Park
Maryland 219
Frederick Righthander Sears to Pitch in State Semi Final
Frederick aims to reach the state title game in Williamsport Md tonight led by ace righthander John Hammond with Bill Seidling also a strong option. The winner advances to Monday’s state final at Staley Memorial stadium and the right to regionals in Huntington W Va.
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Williamsport
Frederick
John Hammond
Brunswick
Ed Seidling
Bill Seidling
Potomac
Darrell Feaga
Homer
Luke Mulcahey
Washington County
Hagerstown
Robert B.J 'Staley Memorial Stadium
Maryland
Delaware
Staley Stadium
Huntington
W. Va
Dio to face Senate questions on labor racketeering
Labor racketeer Johnny Dio will testify before the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee, facing possible Fifth Amendment invocation as investigators press charges of a corrupt alliance with James R. Hoffa. The panel alleges extortion and misuse of union funds, with Dio paroled briefly to testify amid ongoing prosecutions.
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Washington
Johnny Dio
New York
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee
Dio
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Cali
Fornia
Yes
John McNiff
Glasgow
The
Assn
McNiff
Hoffa
Teamster
Seaboard
Pareles
Samuel Goldstein
Teamsters Local 239
Max Chester
Retail Clerks Union
Traffic Jam Traps Driver On Railroad Tracks
A 22 year old man was trapped when his car stalled on a railroad crossing in San Diego. A freight train crushed the vehicle against a ditch after bumper to bumper traffic from Convair and Ryan plants backed up the intersection. The driver suffered possible skull fracture and other injuries. the train engineer noted the delay as the train approached at 25 to 30 mph.
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San Diego
Calif
Mare
Harold Buddy Locate
Locate
Laurel Street
Convair
Ryan Aircraft
Ryan
B. M. Steward
Fourteen Women Freed From Prison Hostage Situation
A group of fourteen women from the Kitchen Rhythmettes novelty orchestra at Price Utah were held hostage for about an hour by prison inmates at the State Prison near Salt Lake City. They were released unharmed after other inmates assured their protection. The incident occurred February 20 with around 500 inmates taking control of the facility for twelve hours.
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iCtah
Bor
la Novelty Orchestra
The
Kitchen Rhythmettes
Price
Utah
Taut Ubis
Salt Lake City
Dulles Outline on Inspections Draws Cautious Reactions
Secretary of State Dulles outlined a two part plan for air and ground inspections of the Soviet Union and much of North America and Europe. Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin said the proposal would receive careful study while noting unfairness to Russia.
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London
Dulles
Soviet Union
North America
Europe
Washington
Eisenhower
Valerian Zorin
U.N. Disarmament
Russia
Wester
West
Frst
Rio Grande
Ireland
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Albania
Greece
Turkey
Two Killed in Baltimore Car Bus Collision
A crash on U S 40 near Baltimore left two dead and 41 others with minor injuries. Police and emergency crews worked at the scene as investigators began reviewing witness statements and vehicle damage.
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Baltimore
U.S. 40
Car Versus Bus Collision Near Hyattsville Leaves Car Demolished
Jerry Allen Bowie, 28, of Hyattsville, was northbound when a car attempted a left turn in front of a bus. The impact sent the car rearward 281 feet, ending in a service station on the road’s left side. The bus sustained a dent to its left front.
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Jerry Allen Bowie
Hyatts ‘Ville
Law
Large county representation at 4 H Club Week
A large county delegation of six to six girls and a larger group will represent Frederick County at the University of Maryland College Park for 4 H Club Week. Delegates travel Monday noon, opening vesper led by Rev. E. Wiliam Hall, with local leaders and Miss Georgia Anne Masser presiding at the style revue Friday. A state competition at Chicago Club Congress awaits the winner, with Dorothy Coleman Doris Jean Lee Patsy Wise and Martha Haugh among county participants.
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Donna Jeanne Compher
Mary Elien Jones
Marilyn ‘Su
Frederick County
tHiChristy Conway
Val Jean Sam
University Ofmers
Patsy Simmons
Judy Whit
Maryland
Jean Swomley
Dotty Law
Barrick
Clara Ann Pulman
John
iClaire Walter
June Brumbaugh
Dannie Taamies Dati Tana
Colleges Park
E. Wiliam Hall
Calvary Methodist Church
Mary Thomas
Harold Mel Devitt
Mi Pleasant
Charles Putman
Lewistown
Georgia Anne Masser
Pleasant
Joyce Hood
College Park
Rath Keller
Jeffer JSON
Charlotte Stiles
iNew Market
Rachael Remsibere
Big Star
Buckerstown
Vivian Wolfe
Wolfsville
Will! T
Patsy Wise
State Farm Bureau
Alice Stambaugh
Thar
14 State Alarms Out For Killers In Motel Slaying
North East Maryland police issued alerts across 14 states seeking a tan or brown automobile in connection with the murder of Raymond Walter Freland, 70, found shot and beaten at Forest Garden Motel near US 40. Four suspects were questioned and released. Freland’s wife Kathleen reported seeing the vehicle speed away as she approached the office. The motive remains undetermined though robbery is considered possible.
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North East
Here
Raymond Walter Freland
Forest Garden
Freland
Union ‘Hospital
Elkton
Lewis
Squirrel Hoards 174 Golf Balls At Maine Club
In Boothbay Harbor Maine Mark Leeman and greenskeeper Ken Rice watched a grey squirrel snatch balls from a fairway. Leeman followed the thief to a thicket where the animal hid a cache of 174 golf balls. The club pro paid $10 for the find and advised buying peanuts for the rodent.
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Boothbay Harbor
Maine
Mark Leeman
Ken Rice
Country Club
Bali
Leeman
Medals Win for Frederick Police Pistol Team at Maryland Meet
The Frederick Police Department pistol team captured 32 medals at the Maryland Law Enforcement Officers Pistol Matches in Sparrows Point. Team members Sergt. Sherman Boone Det. Sergt. A Norman Dietz Sergt Marshall Murray Officer Charles Cashour and Corp William Bopst led in slow fire time conditions and rapid fire events. They placed second in class B with strong individual showings among about 375 officers statewide. A coroner's jury in Chicago concluded the death of Joseph Olson 38 was accidental after surgical scissors were found in his body.
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Frederick
Maryland Law Enforcement
Sparrows Point
Sherman Boone
Norman Dietz
Marshall Murray
Charles
Cashour and Corp
William Bopst
Fredl
Erick Junction
Potomac
Severn
Chicago
Joseph Olson
Cooling Winds Spread As Storms Scatter Nation
The Associated Press reports cooling air moving east from the Ohio Valley and lower Great Lakes. Scattered thunderstorms follow the cooling air across the north and mid Atlantic States, with additional storms from the South Atlantic west to the southern plateau. Chicago saw rain hail and wind up to 65 mph with minor damage. Whiting Indiana faced temporary water loss due to a fallen tree. Emergency pumps used. No serious injuries. El Paso and La Junta, Colorado endured gusts and dust but limited damage. Light rains touched the Southeast Ohio Valley and northern Great Lakes. Scattered storms affected the West from Texas to Colorado Nebraska Wyoming and Montana.
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Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Weather Bureau
Ohio ‘Valley
Great Lakes
North
midAtlantic
South Atlantic
Plateau
Roches
Central Plains
Rockies
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Whiting
Ind
la Junta
Colo
el Paso
Ohio Valley
Texas
Colorado
Nebraska
Wyoming
Monitana
Frederick to begin bicycle inspection and registration
Plans completed for annual bicycle inspection and registration in Frederick beginning Monday through August 21. Initial inspections for north of East and West Seventh streets will be at Staley Park 8:30 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. Rosedale Park will host inspections for the area west to Military Road between West Fourth and West Seventh streets on Wednesday and Thursday. All bicycles must be registered yearly with a new license plate for the coming year at a nominal fee. Owners should bring registration cards from the last completion to help with the process.
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Frederick
East
West Seventh Streets
Staley Park
Rosedale Park
North Market Street
Military Road
West Fourth
West
Moxley
sSuker
Confidential Trial Off To Slow Start In L A
The Confidential Magazine criminal libel case opened slowly due to legal technicalities and a courtroom mixup. Jury selection will extend into next week as prosecutors gain broader corporate exposure and defense seeks to pull more than 100 Hollywood figures into testimony.
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Los Angeles
Confidential Magazine
Hollywood
Eeger
Tab Hunter
Buddy Baer
Arian Nixon
Marie Wilson
Josephine Dillon
Clark Gable
Screen Estra
Stella Shovel
Confidential
Whisper
Keblert Harrison
Fred
Marjorie Meade
Hollywood Research, Inc
West Coast
Fourather
Herbert ¥. Walker
California
Anne West
Maureen O'Hara
Dick Powell
Corinne Cal‘net
Robert Mitchum
Dorothy Dandridge
John Carroll
Mark Stevens
Hunter
Baer
Nixon
Rory Calhoun
Gary Cooper
Walter Pidgeon
Lana Turner
Lenny Tufts
Ellicott City Faces Severe Water Shortage
Emergency measures ordered in Howard County town as water supply drops to about one tenth normal. Norman E. Moxley of the county commissioners says privately owned Maryland Water Works Co. may transport water by rail while Saker Branch stream and two artesian wells fall well below typical flow. A long rain is needed to ease the crisis.
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Ellicott City
Howard County
Norman E. Moxley
County Board of Commissioners
jMaryland Water Works Co
Moxley
Saker
Youth Killed In N Y Juvenile Crime Flareup
In the Bronx a youth identified as George Marshall aged 18 was fatally stabbed during a juvenile crime flareup amid a weekend police drive. A second boy was injured as detectives questioned two youths after an airliner emergency landing in London carrying U S General Lauris Norstad.
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N. Y
New York
Sie
Bronx
Saeetocal
London
Lauris Norstad
NATO
Peice
Norstad
Bay. Labrador
Paris
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North Carolina
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Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
White House
Daphne Flannigan
Catherine, Stambaugh
Joyce Meadows
Peggy Smith
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Helen Sul
Anne Lovell
Judy Priebe
Betty Ann Stiles
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Martha Dinterman
Wicia Shafer
Marjorie Sue Eagle
Alice Hevner
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la Rue Summers
Sarah Green
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Veronica ‘Little
Kathryn Nicholson
Margaret Nicholson
Linda Forney
Mickey Crewe
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